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[Xiandra]

Here's a great link:
http://www.thejackcat.com/AC/Shopping/Crafts/Salvage.htm
This link shows graphically what the equation below proves mathmatically.

The proven equation is:
salvage obtained = ceil( ( skill/193 ) * work )

This means:
- Take your buffed skill level and divide by 193
- Multiply that by the workmanship of the item
- Round up, no matter what is after the decimal pt (unless it's .0)

The result is how much total salvage you get from that item. If you want to know how much that is over (or under) 100%... just subtract the original workmanship of the item.
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[Xiandra]

Poking around yielded more good info.

http://www.asheronstoybox.com/salvaging_skill_levels.htm

From the bottom of the above article: (notice this does NOT take into account the minor salvaging helm which can save you 5 pts in the skill---imho you want to aim for 181 base, to get the best out of ws6 and above salvage, assuming the use of the salvaging helm.)

Addendum, as inspired by Gouru_MT:

Some higher salvaging efforts are not truthfully useful or efficient. For example, Yielding 10 or 11 units from a wk 8 item still requires the SAME number of base items to create a full bag of 100 (both require 10 items). Therefore, the highest skill is not always the most efficient use of xp.

The following chart lists the skill required to fill bags in the MOST EFFICIENT manner.


wk - Buffed Skill Required

10- 232 (192 base)
9 - 236 (196 base)
8 - 218 (178 base)
7 - 221 (181 base)
6 - 226 (186 base)
5 - 232 (192 base)
4 - 242 (202 base)
3 - 194 (154 base)
2 - 194 (154 base)
1 - 194 (154 base)

Conclusions of this analysis: If you aren't concerned about wk 4 items, the highest necessary Salvaging skill is 196 base, at a cost of 1,692,943,784 xp. Any additional xp spent will not fill bags any faster.
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