Ectoplasm - using Expert Salvage Kit

Chief

Chief

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Join Date: Apr 2005

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...207#post361207

According to the PRIMA Guide, there are certain "Collectible Drops" that can yield rare materials, only if you use an Expert Salvage Kit. I'm not sure how true this is, but I extracted the info for a quick guide. Maybe someone can say if they have successfully extracted Ecto from these items.

Here is a list of what materials you will get if you use an Expert Kit (very rare chance)

Globs of Ectoplasm (or Glittering Dust)
Ancient Eyes (Wilds Beholder)
Demonic Remains (Rift Nightmare)
Ghostly Remains (Ruins of Ascalon Ghost)
Phantom Residues (Rift Ghost)
Shadowy Remnants (Krytan Nightmare)
Stormy Eyes (Ruins of Ascalon Beholder)

Leather Squares (or Tanned Hides)
Half-Digested Masses (any)
Half-Eated Blobs (any)
Leather Belts (Krytan Human)
Worn Belts (Human-standard)

Steel (Note: If the expert does not work you will get what is next to it)
Swords (Iron)
Axes - (Wood Planks or Iron) Less Cleavers, Hatchets will give Granite Slabs only
Hammers - (Wood Planks or Iron) Ettin Hammer will give Granite Slabs only
Rods - (Iron)
Staffs - (ONLY the Wrathful Staff will give Steel. The rest will yield Iron)
Shields - (Iron) Less Crude, Militia, Wooden will give Wood Planks only

Charcoal (or Granite Slabs)
Glowing Hearts (Krytan Imp)

Sections of Ivory(or Bones)
Minotaur Horns (Crystal Desert Minotaur)

Onito

Onito

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Join Date: Aug 2005

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Mo/Me

oh i heard a thing my freind told me, he salvaged one of those Salvage iteams u gett from the last mission, i cant rember the name, but i think its the ONLY salvage iteam u can gett there. Anyway,. he gottt Steel from that one,. i dunno how mnay times he succeded but i know its posssible too gett Steel out of these

Onito

Onito

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Death Boring Sweden

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Mo/Me

U can also gett Bolts of Linen from Alpine Seed, this happpen not often at all, most rare what i have heard....

Mr. Niceguy

Mr. Niceguy

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

The Pappenheimers

I've expertly salvaged more Phantom Residues and Demonic Remains than you could ever dream of owning, and never once have I gotten a Glob of Ectoplasm. I'm almost postitive that it's impossible to salvage it, but I haven't tried all the other stuff.

Onito

Onito

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Mo/Me

WE know it IS possible,. but the odds of that are EXTRMLY small...

octaviancmb

octaviancmb

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Me/

Until someone posts a screen capture of their expert salvage, I think this is solidly a Prima guide myth. The guide has many inaccuracies in it; no big surprise that this is wrong.

CMB

Puddin Tame

Puddin Tame

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Wouldn't you like to know

Pretty Horsies Arouse Greatly

R/

Probably long since nerfed.

mr30

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

LFA

R/N

i tried on 250 remains and got no ecto..= =

Xue Yi Liang

Xue Yi Liang

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Northern CA

Outlaws of the Water Margin

Mo/Me

Maybe, for some odd reason, you need to extract ecto with a standard salvage kit instead of an expert one. It's just the sort of thing a wiseguy game developer would do.

Axle_Fieshe

Banned

Join Date: May 2005

Mo/W

I get a lot of Linen/Silk from Ghouls Collar's.

Manfy

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

Brotherhood Of Flaming Hearts

Mo/Me

After reading this, I salvaged around 750 Demonic Remains, nothing else but glittering dust.

DeLuux

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2005

Warriors of the Forgotten Land

Salvaged Bolt of Linen out of Necrid Robes and 2 Parchment out of a Scroll..

FluidFox

FluidFox

Banned

Join Date: Feb 2005

In a box with a Keyboard. (cst)

I wish you could craft ecto. Even if it required like 5 components in large quantities.

I'm going to have to say prima guide myth on this one too. I just went through 550 Demonic remains and now have 2750 glittering dust and only the 9 ecto I started with.

However, I now have that whole glittering dust thing in hand for the next year or so.

Onito

Onito

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Join Date: Aug 2005

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Mo/Me

Oh, well maybe it is a myth then, somebody wrote that he/her gotta ecto by salvaging it :S
Anyway, i think u can really gett many sort of stuff from one salvage iteam, not that u willl gett a shard from a Ebony Spider Leg.. But other stuff like linen, fur and more
Thats what i belive....

FireFox

FireFox

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Texas

We Wear Sombreros [文文文], Ugly Ducklings [ugly]

storm bow / eternal sheild salvaging?

Onito

Onito

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Death Boring Sweden

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Mo/Me

Hmm, no idea, i wouldnt salvage em if i were you XD

Valerius

Valerius

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

Canada

R/

yeah i don't think it's possible to get ecto... have used an expert salvage on like 500+ Demonic Remains and about 200 Phantom Residue's... nothing but Dust

legendel

legendel

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Join Date: May 2005

UK

League of Friends (LOF)

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Heres a link i use for most of my salvaging, sorry that it's from another site

http://www.gwonline.net/page.php?p=90

Hope this helps people, and yes chances are small of getting a more rare item, but it does occasionally happen

Legendel Firestart
Toots the Cutie
Ysabel Death

Warlawk

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

W/Mo

eternal shields yield iron and rare salvage of steel. storm bows/eternals ive only ever gotten wood

Black Sunshine

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Aug 2005

Yeah I highly doubt you can salvage ecto or there'd be talk on the streets

minky

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mo/E

What is the glob of Ectoplasm for anyway? And what is with the beer for sale from merchants? What does it do??

aB-

aB-

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by minky
What is the glob of Ectoplasm for anyway? And what is with the beer for sale from merchants? What does it do??
The ectolpasm is for crafting fissure armor, and the beer, or ale as it is called in game, is used for nothing other than getting drunk. It makes the screen fuzzy and wavy, but serves no real purpose.

DrSLUGFly

DrSLUGFly

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

European Server or International

I salvage everything with expert.

I've got hundreds of steel from salvaging swords, axes, sheilds and hammers
I've got many leather squares (don't remember what I salvaged them from) but be careful, you can salvage a leather square for the other leather one
I've got 3 charcoals, 1 from drop I think and the other 2 salvage

I've never even seen an ecto

Net War

Net War

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

Virginia

Gurdian Legion - LGN

W/Mo

i got an ecto from a ghostlyremains when i first started post searing. there is a bonus where you have to kill an army of eternal like soldiers by the cemetary. it was out one of the main quests outside of ascalon. i think it was Ruins of Surmia. anyway, i sold it to the trader because i thought it was nothing special. now i got my FoW armor so it doesnt really matter to me.
Net Warr

VGJustice

VGJustice

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2005

Tyria, cappin' ur bosses

Boston Guild [BG]

R/W

That quest is Nolani Academy. I've also concidered trying to farm those things, but I just don't have the cash. I guess I'm just not farming in the right spots.

Net War

Net War

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

Virginia

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W/Mo

ya i tried nolai again. I killed 3 and salvaged -> got 1 ecto. lucky me!

Xue Yi Liang

Xue Yi Liang

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Northern CA

Outlaws of the Water Margin

Mo/Me

OMG - I salvaged azure remains and got an Ecto!







nah - I'm joking

Incubus Nin

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Hawaii

W/Mo

Net War is right I also did the same thing and got a ecto when I first started playing. Like him I also sold it but to the rare material merchant. I think back then I got like 1 or 2 platinum. How often you can get ecto from the salvaging is another matter but if you don't want to shell out the money its the only way to go.

Xomah of Denyle

Xomah of Denyle

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The Enforcing Cows of Denyle

E/R

No screenshot, no believing.

Onito

Onito

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Mo/Me

Hmm, how do u catch when Exp Salvaging a iteam? lol, thats kinda hard...

Kobun King

Kobun King

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Record it with FRAPS.

Net War

Net War

Academy Page

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Virginia

Gurdian Legion - LGN

W/Mo

Didnt think of taking a screeny. sorry, will next time i try...

Valerius

Valerius

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Join Date: Apr 2005

Canada

R/

it also shows a msg in the chat log saying something like :

Salvaged ## amount of XXXX out of XXXX

until i see a screeny... i won't believe...

Lord Xenos

Lord Xenos

Banned

Join Date: Jul 2005

Somewhere In Tyria Or Cantha :D

W/Mo

... i got a ton of demonic remains from UW like aats or whatever will they work or is it only the rift nightmares?

Net War

Net War

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

Virginia

Gurdian Legion - LGN

W/Mo

i dont know. i only try ghostly remains...

spiritofcat

spiritofcat

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2005

Sydney, Australia

Order of the Sanguine Dragon [OSD]

E/Mo

I just tried soloing that nolani bonus. Got 10 Ghostly Remains and they each salvaged to 1 dust. No ecto.

jag

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Aug 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Niceguy
I've expertly salvaged more Phantom Residues and Demonic Remains than you could ever dream of owning, and never once have I gotten a Glob of Ectoplasm. I'm almost postitive that it's impossible to salvage it, but I haven't tried all the other stuff.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Manfy
After reading this, I salvaged around 750 Demonic Remains, nothing else but glittering dust.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Valerius
yeah i don't think it's possible to get ecto... have used an expert salvage on like 500+ Demonic Remains and about 200 Phantom Residue's... nothing but Dust
With expert kit or normal?

Paine

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

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JAG FFS

1. Read the thread-topic again
2. Read the threads you quoted again.
3. And then again, OFC it's Expert Salvage kit!

jag

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Aug 2005

Maybe you should better read all the posts in this thread...?!

Someone posted earlier that it could be that ecto can only be salvaged with the normal kit. And noone ever posted that he did get an ecto using the expert! And I've heard that before, so it's a reasonable question.

But I should have asked - did you ALWAYS use the expert...?

Manfe posted shortly after Xue Yi Liang and didnt write "expert(ly)". Possible that he did try to salvage with the normal one.


Quote:
Originally Posted by Xue Yi Liang
Maybe, for some odd reason, you need to extract ecto with a standard salvage kit instead of an expert one. It's just the sort of thing a wiseguy game developer would do.

BTW what means "FFS" and "OFC"?

Onito

Onito

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Mo/Me

FFS = for f**k sake
OFC = Of course