Ships & Modules

Hi ,
I recently had a maelstrom and soon it will be perfectly skill ready for level 4s.Is noctis worth it for looting and salvaging my level 4 missions since maelstrom was doing about 30 mins-1 hour to loot one mission cause of distances.

If you are going to loot and Salvage the Noctis is the absolute way to go.

[Noctis, Mission]
Damage Control II
Capacitor Power Relay II
Capacitor Power Relay II

Large F-S9 Regolith Shield Induction
Experimental 10MN Microwarpdrive I

Small Tractor Beam I
Small Tractor Beam I
Small Tractor Beam I
Small Tractor Beam I
Salvager I
Salvager I
Salvager I
Salvager I

Medium Salvage Tackle I
Medium Salvage Tackle I
Medium Salvage Tackle I


Hobgoblin II x5

Even at low skill you have massive Tractor Range and Pull Speed bringing things in from 60km+ away in less then a minute and can Salvage most things in 1-2 cycles which are faster. With an MWD it can move cap stable around 1km a second with enough cap to be tractoring and salvaging. It has a nice tank to deter Ganks (Unlikely) and NPC Ships that may Spawn while Salvaging. I have never had the cargo space run out on me whilst salvaging and taken the cargo expander off since drones stopped dropping Mins. If it does drop a few of the Cap Boosters that are definitely the problem they are practically worthless anyway.

You can clear a room of 30 wrecks that are 80km apart in about 5 or so minutes. It is the perfect ship for looting missions, a dream come true over my old tractor beam Catalyst.

i love the noctis. use it all the time in null following around my combat character through the belts/plexs etc etc. one of the most useful ships i have ever trained for. get it.

Ok thank you a lot guys.Noctis here I come.Let's be rich.

If you salvage, get a Noctis. You won't regret it.

A Noctis is by far the best ship for salvaging.


Things cost several times what they used to, but mission rewards haven't changed. The actual mission pay is chump change and has been for years. While this used to be true, it hasn't been in a very long time.

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3) Launch a flight of 5 T1 Salvage Drones, and go AFK. With maxed drone range skillz they can salvage everything in a 60 km radius, and with Salvage Drone skill 4, all normal wrecks can be salvaged. If you want to increase your salvage range, fit a single +24 km drone range module (Drone Link Augmentor, I think it's called) in a HIGH slot, for a total radius of 84 km, and shift your ship a few km towards the largest cluster of wrecks before going AFK.

That way, you get all the salvage (minus any from special wrecks, although I believe those are at best very rare on level 4 missions, save perhaps in bonus pockets), but none of the loot.

Some favour a 3/5 mix or a 5/3 mix, instead of 4/4. I can't remember which one it is I ended up liking, when I still noct'ed level 4 missions, except that it wasn't 4/4. So I suggest that OP buys 5 of each module, so he can experiment, see what he likes.


Also, upgrading to T2 Salvagers, for the higher salvage chance, is very worth it. 20% chance with T1 Salvagers and skill 4, but 35% chance with T2 Salvagers and skill 5. You'll salvage faster that way (although of course you won't get more stuff).

I stopped looting and salvaging (and mostly stopped doing missions) before T2 Small Tractor Beams came out, but there, too, upgrading to T2 is a significant range boost. The Noctis can already reach out to, I think it's 60 or more likely 80 km with T1 tractors, but it'll be much further with T2 ones, especially in terms of reachable-bubble volume. And I presume the faster tractor speed also helps get the job done faster.

If the Noctis can use drones (I can't recall if it can) then another possibility might be to fit all Tractors, and use Salvage Drones.

the ratio of tractors to salvagers depends on your skills and your rigs. personally, i have my best experiences with a 6/2 setup.