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You have two options when it comes to disposing of your unwanted gear inDiablo 4. Selling or Salvaging both come with their pros and cons and they can both be the best option depending on your current situation. With most of your character’s power coming from maximising your gear’s potential, it pays to plan ahead, as there are valuable currencies to be obtained from your discarded items.
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This guide will explain the benefits of either Selling or Salvaging your gear, as well as recommend the best times to focus on each option.
When Should You Salvage Your Gear?
Salvaging your gear at the Blacksmith NPC will yieldvaluable crafting resourcesthatcan be spent to upgrade your the equipment. It is a system that rewards forward-thinking, andstocking up on rarer materials is especially important for World Tier Three and above.
Salvaging something with an undiscovered equipment appearance will alsoadd it to your appearance collection.
In these higher World Tiers, you will be looking toexchange your gear for stronger options, upgrading a new piece once you deem it worth equipping.The material costs will increase with each rank you upgrade, and new materials will also be introduced at each rank, making it more challenging to reach the highest gear upgrade levels.
Basic Armor and above.
Upgrading Armor from Rank One and above.
Magic Armor and above.
Upgrading Armor from Rank Two and above.
Basic and above Weapons and Jewelry.
Upgrading Weapons and Jewelry from Rank One and above.
Magic and above Weapons and Jewelry.
Upgrading Weapons and Jewelry from Rank Two and above.
Rare and above Weapons and Jewelry.
Upgrading all Equipment from Rank Three and above.
Upgrading Armor from Rank Four and above.
Upgrading Jewelry from Rank Four and above.
Upgrading Weapons from Rank Four and above.
Upgraded Legendary Equipment.
Upgrading all Equipment to Rank Five.
While you are progressing the campaign,upgrading your gear should take a back seat. You will regularly be swapping out any pieces you find for ones with better stats, and due to the high turnover of gear,spending your resources to upgrade all of your pieces is not recommended.
It can be worth increasing a particularly powerful item by a couple of ranks during leveling, but only if it contains anespecially strong Aspect you do not want to lose.
The content you will be undertaking will becomemore challenging during World Tier Three and Four, so you will need a strong character in order to clear it. This is not the case during leveling, which can be approached from a more relaxed perspective due to its weaker enemies.
Due to this lower difficulty level, it is advised that youSalvage the majority of your gear while leveling. You will want to build up a healthy supply of materials, which should be easy to accomplish due to the fact you probably won’t be spending all that many of them on upgrading best-in-slot items.
Salvaging Legendary items is almost always the best option. This is due to the rarity of the materials gained and the importance of using them to achieve maximum gear ranks. If you have done a lot of farming and find yourself with many of these, then, by all means, start selling them, but for most of the game,attempt to Salvage any Legendaryyou are not Extracting the Aspect out of.
When Should You Sell Your Gear?
Selling your gear is more straightforward. Visiting either aWeapon, Armor, or Jewelry vendor will allow you to offload your unwanted items for Gold. The price you will receive will vary depending on both thequality and levelof the specific item, as well aswhat slot it occupies.
While you might be tempted to build up some Gold during leveling,it is not worth it. You will rarely be spending much Gold whilst you level up, and the vast majority of your expenditure will come when you start to pay more attention to maximising each piece of gear.Enchanting items can very quickly cost you millions of Gold, and the only noticeable impact you can make towards this is to sellend-game items.
If you have a healthy supply of basic materials, thenyou should start selling all Magic items and below once you reach World Tier Three. This will provide you with a nice buffer to repair any damaged gear and gain some basic upgrade ranks on any good items you come across.
If you have plenty ofVeiled Crystals, you can also start selling any Rare items.
