The crafting system in Diablo 4 works a bit differently than most RPGs. You can’t outright craft new weapons and gear items but you can however upgrade them. For those upgrades, you need crafting materials that are only found by salvaging other gear items. To help you maximize your class builds, we will go over how you can salvage your gear and other items in Diablo 4 to upgrade the ones you are currently using.
Salvaging in Diablo IV will turn the weapon or other gear item into raw materials to upgrade other products. Once you salvage an item, it will be destroyed. If it had any gems or a legendary aspect, those will be destroyed as well. However, you will unlock the item’s appearance in your Wardrobe to be used when applying transmog to equipment.
Where to salvage materials in Diablo 4?
Salvaging in Diablo 4 is done at any Blacksmith in the game. Blacksmiths are usually found in cities and settlements so it is easier for you to fast travel and salvage gear. The earliest blacksmith you will encounter is Zivek in Kyovashad. You will automatically go here and once the prologue is complete, you should see a Priority quest on the map.
This priority quest will take you to the blacksmith and explain the basics of salvaging equipment. Apart from Zivek, you can find Blacksmith in a lot of places. Simply go up to one to open the shop menu. Press the “hammer” icon and then click on any piece of gear you want to salvage.
Manually selecting takes longer; a way is to mark all items you don’t need as junk and then select the “All Junk” option to salvage all junk materials simultaneously. It will save a lot of your time.
How do different rarities affect the salvage loot
The rarity of gear and items significantly affects the materials earned by salvaging in D4. Some of them are listed below
Weapon salvage
| Weapon Quality/Rarity | Earned Material |
| Common | 1-2 Iron Chunks |
| Magic | 1-2 Iron Chunks and 1 Silver Ore |
| Rare | 1-2 Iron Chunks and 1 Veiled Crystal |
| Legendary | 1 Veiled Crystal, 1 Baleful Fragment, and 1-2 Iron Chunks |
Armor salvage
| Armor Quality/Rarity | Earned Material |
| Common | 1-2 Rawhide |
| Magic | 1-2 Rawhide and 1 Superior Leather |
| Rare | 1-2 Rawhide and 1 Veiled Crystal |
| Legendary | 1 Veiled Crystal, 1 Coiling Ward, and 1-2 Rawhide |
Jewelry salvage
| Jewelry Quality/Rarity | Earned Material |
| Common | 1-2 Iron Chunks |
| Magic | 1-2 Iron Chunks and 1 Silver Ore |
| Rare | 1-2 Iron Chunks and 1 Veiled Crystal |
| Legendary | 1-2 Iron, 1 Abstruse Sigil, and 1 Veiled Crystal |
Keep in mind that you aren’t always guaranteed to receive these products and in these quantities. There is a certain randomness involved with this process but for the most part you will get these materials upon salvaging gear in D4.
