How to get iridescent powder?

[Vilanye]

My Artificer is up to 170 and not one has salvage accessories given me anything but metal fragments(which seem to be worthless for an artificer) when using it on jewelry.

Is there some secret into getting these?

I have never gotten gem fragments either.

[Woftam]

My Artificer is up to 170 and not one has salvage accessories given me anything but metal fragments(which seem to be worthless for an artificer) when using it on jewelry.

Is there some secret into getting these?

I have never gotten gem fragments either.

Salvage accessories was broken by patch 1.11

Until recently Trion denied this by laying the balme on RNG.

Previous thread: http://forums.riftgame.com/rift-gene...cessories.html

Last I heard it was on their list to repair. Somewhere near the bottom I suspect.

Iridescent Powder and Gem Fragments can (very rarely) come from a workorder reward bag.

[Vilanye]

Wow

Okay, thanks.

[Shattered]

Yeah, near the bottom along with the fix for Artificers not being able to salvage staves, a bug which has been in the game all along.

[Faratha]

Artificer salvaging has indeed been borked for a while now, and please accept my heartfelt apologies for not having fixed this sooner. The GM quoted in the other thread didn't have all the details because I hadn't looked into the situation yet.

As of 2.2 -

• Low-level jewelry will once again yield gem components when salvaged by an artificer. Depending on a ring or necklace's level, it will provide Gemstone Fragments, Iridescent Powder, or Clear Crystal.
• Artificers will be able to salvage totems that weren't salvaging correctly.
• Artificers, not weaponsmiths, will be able to salvage staves.

[Woftam]

Artificer salvaging has indeed been borked for a while now, and please accept my heartfelt apologies for not having fixed this sooner. The GM quoted in the other thread didn't have all the details because I hadn't looked into the situation yet.

As of 2.2 -

• Low-level jewelry will once again yield gem components when salvaged by an artificer. Depending on a ring or necklace's level, it will provide Gemstone Fragments, Iridescent Powder, or Clear Crystal.
• Artificers will be able to salvage totems that weren't salvaging correctly.
• Artificers, not weaponsmiths, will be able to salvage staves.

It's looking like 2.2 is going to be really worth looking forward to. Not just this issue, but many others that Dev Tracker indicates are finally being addressed.

Major thanks peoples, subscription renewal made to post this. The next month should be a lot less frustrating.

[ironwill96]

Artificer salvaging has indeed been borked for a while now, and please accept my heartfelt apologies for not having fixed this sooner. The GM quoted in the other thread didn't have all the details because I hadn't looked into the situation yet.

As of 2.2 -

• Low-level jewelry will once again yield gem components when salvaged by an artificer. Depending on a ring or necklace's level, it will provide Gemstone Fragments, Iridescent Powder, or Clear Crystal.
• Artificers will be able to salvage totems that weren't salvaging correctly.
• Artificers, not weaponsmiths, will be able to salvage staves.

Salvaging staves (and bows) is one of the primary ways we get wooden boards to make augments from for weaponsmith crafting, is there any way you can increase drop rates of wooden boards or add them to other items where it makes sense (maces could have wooden components etc). It is extremely expensive to make augments right now due to the high salvage component requirements.

[Woftam]

Salvaging staves (and bows) is one of the primary ways we get wooden boards to make augments from for weaponsmith crafting, is there any way you can increase drop rates of wooden boards or add them to other items where it makes sense (maces could have wooden components etc). It is extremely expensive to make augments right now due to the high salvage component requirements.

OMG NO. Please no more changes before the broken stuff is fixed.

[Phelim on the Moor]

Twould have been nice to see "Artificer reward chests will no longer give weaponsmith items, and instead will reward Artificer items". My Artificer has no use for metal scraps/polished metal scraps, though he could use wooden boards and/or the gem stuff.

At least there's some progress being made.

[Fiftyish]

Artificer salvaging has indeed been borked for a while now, and please accept my heartfelt apologies for not having fixed this sooner. The GM quoted in the other thread didn't have all the details because I hadn't looked into the situation yet.

As of 2.2 -

• Low-level jewelry will once again yield gem components when salvaged by an artificer. Depending on a ring or necklace's level, it will provide Gemstone Fragments, Iridescent Powder, or Clear Crystal.
• Artificers will be able to salvage totems that weren't salvaging correctly.
• Artificers, not weaponsmiths, will be able to salvage staves.

Will totems break to wood components (as in post SL salvaging) or are low level crafters / salvagers still going to get the useless to them, metal components?