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Often overlooked by the bloodthirsty beginners, salvaging is one of the quickest ways to make extra ISK. Simply put, it’s all about reclaiming valuable components from ship wreckage in space. You can salvage player ship wrecks as well as those of NPC hostiles. This can multiply your income from any combat-related venture. Salvaged components are used to build Rigs: expensive high-end upgrades for ships. You don’t need to do the building yourself. Just bring your goods to a trade hub and sell it to rig manufacturers. The Salvaging skill-book costs 900.000 ISK, not an insignificant sum for a beginner. Don’t worry though, you will make it up very quickly. Though some salvaged items sell for a few hundred or less ISK, you will very often find items that sell for 80,000+ ISK each. A cargo-full of salvaged items can easily fetch several million ISK at a time. Or more!

Salvaging requires a specialized module, called Salvager I. You need to fit at least one in your ship’s high slot. That’s right, Salvagers take up gun or launcher slots. Most combat ships don’t have more than one high slot to spare for this purpose. When pirate hunting, one Salvager will suffice but missions are a different story. To cope with dozens of wrecks scattered around the place, you’ll want to use a dedicated salvaging ship. Destroyers excel in this role, that is why they’re often called ‘garbage collectors’. They are fast and have 8 high slots. Fit 4 Salvager I’s and 4 Small Tractor Beams (if you can use them), put an afterburner in one of the mid slots and fill the lows with the best cargo expanders you can find (Expanded Cargohold I module and its named variants).

Here’s how it works. Once you have a wreck floating in front of you in space, target it. It does not matter whether the wreck is empty or still contains loot. During salvaging, the remaining loot isn’t lost. It gets jettisoned into space in a cargo container. Now, get in range. Salvagers operate at 5.000m or less. This is where Tractor Beams come in handy. They reach as far as 20km, can quickly pull wrecks and cargo towards your ship and hold it there. Once in range, activate one or more Salvagers on the wreck the same way you shoot your guns at targets.

POSSIBLE SALVAGING OUTCOMES:

• Attempt failed. Trying again.
• Attempt successful but there was nothing to salvage. Wreck disappears.
• Attempt successful. Salvaged components are automatically placed in your cargo hold.

Higher levels of Salvaging skill reduce the number of failed attempts. This means you’ll be able to go through the wrecks more quickly but, contrary to popular belief, you WON’T get more salvaged components. This is why Salvaging at level 4 is as far as you want to train unless you need a long skill to set during a break from EVE.

The beauty of Salvaging is that the wrecks don’t need to come from ships you destroyed yourself. It’s quite common for younger players to provide salvaging services to more experienced colleagues or corpmates who do all the shooting. It’s a win-win situation because the main damage dealer doesn’t need to change ships to gather loot after each mission while the salvaging player gets his share of profits without having to kill all those nasty battleships himself. This tactic works best inside a corporation because people are more inclined to trust each other. Another reason is that tractor beams only work on your own wrecks and those owned by your corpmates.

But wait, there’s more! You don’t need anyone’s permission to salvage their wrecks! When you loot a wreck or a container that belongs to someone else, you become flagged. That means you can be engaged and destroyed by that person or corporation in the next 15 minutes without any interference from CONCORD or the sentry guns. Fortunately, salvaging does not trigger the aggression flag. That means you can safely cruise the high-sec systems’ belts and salvage the abandoned wrecks at your leisure. If the owner of the wrecks is still around, it would be nice to ask for permission. You’re free to ninja-salvage, steal loot, scam and extort in EVE but remember – you may need good reputation in the future.

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