EVE New Citizens Q&A

I found a detailled forum thread on rigs with some details about salvaging, but dating back to 2006.
Not sure how valid it remains since, here's some questions.

Other than training Salvaging to 5, what can improve the delay to complete a salvage? salvage tackle rig? T2 salvager? mechanics and survey to 5? using multiple salvagers on a wreck?

Noctis isn't an option.

First of all, right click any module and do a show info, it will tell you what a module does.

In your list you forgot the most basic one of salvaging, which is luck. If your lucky you complete salvaging in first cycle, but it can take a lot of cycles if you're unlucky.

Salvage tackle rig improves your chance of salvaging stuff.
Salvaging skill again increases change of salvaging drop.
Salvager II has an increased range but same cycle time.
Mechanics has nothing to do with salvaging, it increases your structure HP.
Survey again has nothing to do with salvaging but increases your scan speeds of said modules (Survey scanners).

All these facts are just found by right clicking and show info part. If it isn't listed in the show info, it doesn't do it.

But multiple salvagers on 1 wreck could decrease salvaging time, mainly cause if module 1 is unsuccessful module 2 can be lucky. The opposite is also true, if module 1 is successful then you wasted time with module 2. Best to have multiple modules and a tractor beam. Pull all wrecks to you, then 1 salvager on each of the wrecks and wait till they all are gone.

Tech 2 Salvager, Salvage Tackle rigs (2-3) and multiple salvagers on one wreck. I don't think Mechanics or Survey skills matter here. Indirectly - tractor beams (you won't waste time flying from wreck to wreck).


Too bad. Noctis is a real salvage beast.

You want it for a ratting ship or dedicated salvage vessel? For a ratting ship... well, there's not much you can do here without serious offence and/or defence damage. For salvaging vessel - Amarr destroyer is a very good ship for that task. Four low-power slots can be used for Cargohold Extenders (or Overdrives if you need speed), but you need to be insanely careful in hostile environment. For hisec quick-salvaging in small fleets I'm using Coercer with Cargohold Expanders II, MWD and Salvage Tackle rigs. For lowsec and w-space roams - Trasher (I need more medslots for Analyzer and Codebreaker) with Overdrive and Cloak (the rest is almost the same as in Coercer). For anything else - Noctis (no competition here).

Once you got salvage to 5 there isn't much that makes it go "faster".
T2 salvagers have a higher base chance to salvage in a given cycle, salvage tackle rigs do the same.
Multiple salvagers on a wreck increase the chance as well.

in old paper-pen style: T2 salver/rigs increase your base chance, multiple salver gets you more dice.

You basically also need T2 salvagers in W- , since sleeper wrecks have a high base difficulty. You can salvage them "eventually" with T1 salvers and T1 rigs, but that means you're sitting still...

Tractors help by limiting the amount of flying around you need to do.

Means nina salvaging.

Then again, unless you come across a player who don't understand game mechanics you are pretty safe.

People who know the game mechanics will not shoot you and ignore you for the main part as they know they can't shoot you for salvaging. They might find you annoying but that's it.

People who don't know the game mechanics might try to shoot you, the result will be a WTF just neuted/pointed/webbed/any other Ewar my mission ship. Once they are in their pod they will notice CONCORD is all over the place and remember that salvaging a wreck is totally free for everyone and they made the mistake of shooting you.

I do, just trying to balance the costs. Don't want it to become an ISK sink or make a living out of it, there's more rewarding occupations, this would just be for occasional lulz.

Ugh... This looks power-heavy. I'm affraid 8 salvagers will suck your dessie cap dry in no time. Without revealing too much of the ninja salvaging techniques: cloak and probe launcher ;)


Use AB when fit is too tight. It's enough to not die out of boredom during salvage. MWD is of course highly recommended. Don't forget about power consumption management.

(both look nice)

Sometimes it's quicker to use combats instead of cores... supposedly, as I never ever ever did ninja salvaging... I swear on my blue pony ;)

Use dessie for "ninja ambushing" (wait till it happends) or another ship for "ninja blitzing" (find where it is happening) :)

Note: you need combats for missionrunners