🤿 Salvage

Dive old wrecks for ship fittings, chart fragments and sealed crates.

Type: Gathering skill · Levels: 1–99 (XP table) · Ledger area: Ledger Reef Wrecks

Actions

Base time and XP, before tools, Expertise and other bonuses. XP/h assumes no bonuses.

Action	Level	Time	XP	XP/h	Needs	Makes
Shallow Wreck	1	2.5 s	5	7,200	—	1 × 🔩 Rusted Fittings
Reef Wreck	15	4.5 s	22	17,600	—	1 × 🔩 Brass Fittings
Storm Wreck	30	5 s	34	24,480	—	1 × 🔩 Silvered Fittings
Trench Wreck	45	6 s	56	33,600	—	1 × 🔩 Duskiron Fittings
Ledger Reef Wreck 💠 Ledger	45	6 s	56	33,600	—	1 × 🔩 Reefsteel Fittings
Ghost Ship	60	7 s	49	25,200	—	1 × 🔩 Stormglass Fittings
Moonlit Galleon	70	7.5 s	52	24,960	—	1 × 🔩 Moonsteel Fittings
Abyssal Hulk	80	8 s	56	25,200	—	1 × 🔩 Deepbone Fittings
Leviathan Graveyard	90	9 s	61	24,400	—	1 × 🔩 Tidesteel Fittings

Rare drops and finds

Odds are per action, before rare-find bonuses (Lucky Currents, Expertise, tonics, bait, trinkets), which multiply them.

Drop	Chance	On
💠 Tide Shard	1 in 2,500	Every action except Ledger Reef Wreck
💠 Tide Shard	1 in 1,250	Ledger Reef Wreck

Wreck finds: 1% chance per action to roll a find (every action except Ledger Reef Wreck).

Find	Rarity	Amount	Per action
📜 Chart Fragment	Common	1–3	1 in 167
📦 Barnacled Crate	Uncommon	1	1 in 400
🧰 Captain's Strongbox	Rare	1	1 in 833
💼 Admiral's Coffer	Epic	1	1 in 3,846
👑 Leviathan Hoard	Legendary	1	1 in 25,000

Wreck finds: 1.5% chance per action to roll a find (Ledger Reef Wreck).

Find	Rarity	Amount	Per action
📜 Chart Fragment	Common	1–3	1 in 111
📦 Barnacled Crate	Uncommon	1	1 in 267
🧰 Captain's Strongbox	Rare	1	1 in 556
💼 Admiral's Coffer	Epic	1	1 in 2,564
👑 Leviathan Hoard	Legendary	1	1 in 16,667

Tools

One tool slot. Tools are smithed from bars and a Carpentry handle (see tools); the tier 1 tool is also sold in the shop for 150 gold.

Tier	Tool	Level	Speed	Sell value
1	🔪 Tidecopper Diving Knife	1	+5%	30
2	🔪 Saltiron Diving Knife	15	+10%	80
3	🔪 Coralsilver Diving Knife	30	+15%	170
4	🔪 Duskiron Diving Knife	45	+20%	260
5	🔪 Stormglass Diving Knife	60	+25%	420
6	🔪 Moonsteel Diving Knife	70	+30%	650
7	🔪 Deepbone Diving Knife	80	+35%	1,000
8	🔪 Tidesteel Diving Knife	90	+40%	1,600

Ledger area: Ledger Reef Wrecks

Fresh wrecks on the Ledger Reef, barely picked over.

Applies automatically for Ledger Pass holders: +10% XP, 10% chance of double output.

Ledger exclusives (never needed by free players): Ledger Reef Wreck (level 45).

Expertise

Every action earns its own Expertise level (1–50) as you repeat it. Milestones for Salvage:

Expertise	Completions	Perk
10	1,300	+5% speed
20	5,379	+5% double yield
30	12,011	+50% rare finds
40	21,089	+10% XP
50	32,539	Expert title

Full curve: Expertise.

Curios

Salvage can turn up curios from the ⚓ Wreck Treasures set: 1 in 3,000 per action, before rare-find bonuses. Only curios you are still missing can drop.