 The Paragon Wiki Archive documents the state of City of Heroes/Villains as it existed on December 1, 2012.
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Invention Salvage
Overview
Invention salvage, along with Recipes, is used to craft new game content added by the Invention System in Issue 9. Invention salvage is acquired by defeating PvE enemies, trading with other players, or buying from the Consignment House.
Breakdown
In all, there are 108 different pieces of invention salvage. Each piece has an origin, a level bracket, and a rarity, and there are six different pieces in each possible combination of these categories.
There are two origins: Arcane and Technological. Which origin an enemy might drop depends on its faction. Most enemies will drop only one or the other, although a few can drop either.
There are three level brackets: Low-Level, Mid-Level, and High-Level. Low-Level invention salvage may be dropped by enemies from levels 4-25. Mid-Level salvage may be dropped by enemies level 20-39. High-Level salvage may be dropped by enemies level 35+. Note that these ranges overlap. Enemies in an overlap might drop invention salvage from either valid bracket.
There are three rarities: Common, Uncommon, and Rare. The rarity of a piece of salvage is reflected by the color of its title and by the "Invention Salvage Found!" message: white for Common, yellow for Uncommon, orange for Rare. There are standard chances for each rarity to occur.
Drop Rates
Each enemy you defeat has a chance of dropping one piece of invention salvage, provided it is at least level 4 and its con color is green or higher.
- Underling: never
- Minion: 8%
- Lieutenant/Sniper: 10.64%
- Boss/Elite Boss: 25%
- Archvillain: either never or 43.22%, depending on the AV
The chance of a drop depends entirely on the critter's Rank. Higher-level enemies do not drop salvage more often. Teams also do not directly increase the chance that each enemy might drop invention salvage, although they indirectly increase the total amount of invention salvage found by causing more, and higher-ranked, enemies to spawn. However, this increase is offset by the fact that each enemy will still drop at most one piece of invention salvage, total, which is awarded to a random team member.
For each drop, the Common:Uncommon:Rare ratio is 22:5:1:
- Common: 22 in 28 chance (78.57%)
- Uncommon: 5 in 28 chance (17.86%)
- Rare: 1 in 28 chance (3.57%)
Enemy Origins
Enemies and enemy groups that will drop Arcane salvage only: Banished Pantheon, Bat'Zul, Black Swan, Cabal, Cap au Diable Demons, Carnival of Shadows, Cimeroran Traitors, Circle of Thorns, Coralax, Diabolique, Fir Bolg, Ghosts, Hellions, Infernal, Lanaruu, Legacy Chain, Luddites, Midnight Squad, Minions of Igneous, Mother Mayhem, Psychic Clockwork, Red Caps, Rularuu, Shadowhunter, Shadow Shard Reflections, Slag Golems, Snakes, Spectral Pirates, Tsoo, Tuatha de Dannan, Tyrant, Wailers, Warriors, Winter Horde.
Enemies and enemy groups that will drop Technological salvage only: Antimatter, 60's Arachnos, Arachnoids, Battle Maiden, Bobcat, Cage Consortium Guards, Crazed, Crey, Dockworkers, Family, Freakshow, Gold Brickers, Hydra, Infected, Knives of Artemis, Lost, Loyalists, Malaise, Malta, Marauder, Mooks, Nemesis, Neuron, Nictus, Outcasts, Paragon Police Department, Peacebringers, Prisoners, Rikti, Rogue Island Police, Rogue Robots, Scrapyarders, Security Guards, Shivans, Siege, Skulls, Sky Raiders, Spetsnaz Commandos, Thugs, Trolls, Turrets, Vahzilok, Werewolves.
Enemies and enemy groups that will drop both Arcane and Technological salvage: 5th Column, Arachnos, Axis America, Chimera, Clockwork, Council, Council Empire, Devouring Earth, Dominatrix, generic/mission heroes, generic/mission villains, Longbow, Rogue Arachnos, Vanguard Shield, Vanguard Sword, Vindicators, Void Hunters, WISDOM, Wyvern.
NPC Sale Value
Invention salvage sells for the following influence/infamy values to NPC stores and contacts:
- Common: 250 inf
- Uncommon: 1000 inf
- Rare: 5000 inf
Storage
Each character can hold up to a maximum number of total invention salvage pieces in his Invention Salvage tab, and an additional number in his or her Vault Reserve inventory. The total storage capacity of both increases with the character's level. The following badges each give a +2 bonus to your personal invention salvage slots:
Invention Salvage Items
This was once lead, but has been alchemically changed into gold.
This was once tin, but has been alchemically changed into silver.
A blood sample taken from an alien life form.
This could be extremely valuable, or complete garbage. Hard to tell.
This bone holds more secrets than you can know.
A piece of Praetorian Clockwork Android armor, you occasionally catch a glimpse of glowing nanites flickering on its surfaces.
This sophisticated weaponry removed from a Praetorian Clockwork Android is in perfect condition.
Highly advanced circruitry from Praetorian Clockwork Androids.
No, it's not oil, it's the Black Blood of the Earth.
People who use the phrase 'like getting blood from a stone' obviously have never seen this.
A vial of blood from a recipient of the power of the Well of the Furies.
A simple sight used to aim weapons.
This sample of Devouring Earth Brain Lichen is intact and not a little bit disgusting.
A small bar of brass.
A mask from the Carnival of Shadows.
An armor plate made of high-density ceramics.
A mathematical theory describing the behavior of nonlinear dynamic systems.
A chemical formula, useful in experiments.
A device that allows the user to skip forward in time.
A printed circuit board used in many high-tech devices.
A gear from one of the Clockwork King's minions.
The big key seen sticking out of the back of so many of the Clockwork King's creations.
A cybernetic implant approved for medical use.
With a chemical formula this complex, you can achieve remarkable results.
A simple virus used to cause havoc with personal computers.
Who knew that the simple aglet's true purpose was so sinister?
A canister of corrosive gas. Handle with caution.
A hidden, resident, computer program.
A small multi-gigabyte data storage device.
A weapon lored to have belonged to an ancient god.
A blood sample of a demon from the Netherworld.
An official report from MAGI about the threat demons possess to the material world.
Does this hold a person's true destiny? Can destiny be changed?
An extremely rare gemstone.
This powerful rune has many uses.
An enchanted chunk of impervium, the hardest metal in the known universe.
A high-tech energy-based weapon.
Uranium that has been enriched into a weapons-grade Plutonium.
A weapon empowered with magic.
Water from the Well of the Furies, slightly tainted.
A cryptic message that tells you more about yourself than what the future may hold.
A small bar of gold.
A souvenir of a battle with the Hamidon.
A laser based sight used to aim weapons.
Irradiated water from a nuclear reactor.
A three-dimensional data storage device.
A small amount of human blood.
A liquid based piston.
The hardest metal in the known universe, impervium is virtually indestructible.
The technology behind this cybernetic implant is iffy, at best.
In Rod We Trust
A canister of non-flammable gas.
A small bar of iron.
A low-tech weapon that deals minimal damage.
A rare puzzle box, too complicated for you to open.
This ink work seems to dance on the patch of skin its attached to.
You're not sure what it is, but people claim it improves their luck when they have it.
This is big. Really big.
This weapon is of exquisite workmanship.
A mathematic proof, useful in various equations.
Armored and reinforced, this cybernetic is military grade.
One of the vestments worn by the Mu.
A blood sample taken from a known mutant.
A strand of DNA from a known mutant.
This genome is undergoing constant mutation, and is a thrill to research.
Odd how this ice stays cold to the touch, but never seems to melt away completely.
One of the missing pages from the infamous book of global devastation, the Malleus Mundi.
Fertile soil from the time before time.
A high-tech photon weapon.
A piece of Praetorian Clockwork Android armor, you occasionally catch a glimpse of glowing nanites flickering on its surfaces.
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A storage device for superheated plasma.
A small bar of platinum.
A gas based piston.
A thermoplastic used in manufacturing.
A learning computer that can adapt to any given situation.
This spongy organic material is commonly found growing on Devouring Earth creatures.
The Lichen gives the impression of being far more evolved, possibly closer to the Hamidon in origin.
Only the Fates know if this prophecy will come true.
Physical residue from the manifestation of psionic powers.
A remnant of a psychic manifestation.
An official FBSA report on psionic threats to Paragon City.
Brass pieces that are covered in psychic ectoplasm.
A canister of flammable or explosive gas.
This piece of flesh seems to be growing into... something.
An alloy of Rikti metals, making for a lightweight, extremely durable, metal.
A red colored precious gem.
A symbol of magical writing, containing within it great power.
An armor plate empowered with runes.
A blue colored precious gem.
A proven scientific principal.
A simple theory of science, outlined in a notebook.
A lens-based sight used to aim weapons.
A small bar of silver.
A simple chemical, in a sealed container.
A gemstone with the soul of a sentient being trapped inside of it.
A piece of armor with an unwilling soul bound into it.
A collection of files that can be converted from a human readable format to a computer-executable one.
Inks used in the transcribing of powerful magic spells.
A scroll describing a simple spell.
A thorn from the Spirit Tree.
Physical evidence of an ethereal spirit.
This is a genome of a harmless mutation.
A small bar of steel.
One of the strands of fate that determine the destiny of everyone on the planet.
A piece of armor with a willing entity bound into it.
A powerful piece of magical writing.
A self-aware artificial intelligence.
A chronal device that tracks the current fourth dimensional offset and velocity.
Sand from an ancient hourglass.
A device that allows its user to determine what time period a given object is from.
This is a vine from the Thorn Tree.
A shard of titanium.
The surface of this highly advanced artificial intelligence control unit flickers with busy little nanites.
A powerful magical device.
This fire never consumes it's fuel, and is impossible to put out.
One of many copies of the multiple volumes of the Obsidian Librum.
