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	The '''Salvage Forge''' turns a stack of your own single-use salvage bags into a reusable, multi-charge Hammer~~, without spending any Trade Notes on the Hammer itself~~. It is the ~~sixth~~ of the [[~~Custom~~ Crafting]] ~~mechanisms, and the only one~~ that ~~does not touch~~ a piece of gear ~~at all~~.		The '''Salvage Forge''' turns a stack of your own single-use salvage bags into a reusable, multi-charge '''Hammer'''. It is a fixture of the Marketplace crafting room, and the only one of the [[Marketplace Crafting Stations\|crafting stations]] that takes salvage rather than a piece of gear.

	== What it does ==		== What it does ==
	~~The tool is the~~ '''~~Hollow Hammer~~''': it ~~carries no material of its own and cannot be used on armor, a weapon, or anything else you~~'~~d normally craft. Instead you use it on a~~ full bag of [[Equipment Mods\|Tiger Eye]], [[Equipment Mods\|Obsidian]], [[Weapon Mods\|Tourmaline]], [[Weapon Mods\|Amethyst]] or [[Serpentine Salvage\|Serpentine]] salvage ~~already sitting in your pack. It consumes~~ that bag, plus ~~several~~ more full bags of the '''same''' material ~~found anywhere in~~ your ~~inventory, plus the Hollow Hammer itself, and in return creates~~ one full, ten-charge Hammer of that material ~~- identical to one bought sealed from [[Salvage-Broker Bevan Tolliver]]~~.		A squat brick forge banked with coals, kept by '''Forge-Warden Nadira Sahl'''. Hand it '''one full bag''' of [[Equipment Mods\|Tiger Eye]], [[Equipment Mods\|Obsidian]], [[Weapon Mods\|Tourmaline]], [[Weapon Mods\|Amethyst]] or [[Serpentine Salvage\|Serpentine]] salvage together with '''5 Trade Notes''', and it forges that bag - plus more full bags of the '''same''' material out of your packs - into one full '''ten-charge Hammer''' of that material.

	~~Matching is by '''material only'''~~, ~~not by which specific bag you click~~. ~~Every eligible full~~ bag ~~of that material anywhere in your packs - main pack, side packs, all of~~ it - ~~counts toward~~ the ~~total, and~~ the ~~game takes whichever ones it needs~~.		A Hammer does exactly what the matching bag does, ten times over, spending one charge per use and crumbling to dust when the last one goes. It shows its remaining uses as the green bar on its appraisal panel, and unlike a bag it stays usable when part-spent. See [[Custom Crafting#Hammers: salvage that survives the use\|Custom Crafting]] for the whole family.

	~~A Hammer can never be eaten as a~~ bag. An existing ~~multi-charge~~ Hammer of the same material ~~does not count~~ toward the total; only ordinary single-use bags do.		Matching is by '''material only''', not by which specific bag you hand over. Every eligible full bag of that material anywhere in your packs - main pack, side packs, all of it - counts toward the total, and the forge takes whichever ones it needs. An existing Hammer of the same material never counts toward the total and is never consumed; only ordinary single-use bags are.

			Anything the forge cannot use - a partial bag, a Hammer, a material outside the five - it hands straight back untouched, and charges nothing. There is no White Quartz option: that material is a retail-style imbue rather than a custom application, and has no Hammer.

	== The price scales with skill ==		== The price scales with skill ==
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	~~A Hammer bought outright from Bevan already holds~~ ten charges ~~for ten Trade Notes~~ - the ~~same price per charge as buying ten single-use bags one at a time. The Salvage Forge is not a cheaper way to acquire a Hammer in Trade Notes; it~~ is a way to turn skill investment into a discount on the '''bags''' themselves~~, so~~ a well-trained tinker ~~can forge a full Hammer from as few as~~ seven.		Ten bags for ten charges is break-even, so the forge is a way to turn skill investment into a discount on the '''bags''' themselves: a well-trained tinker gets ten applications out of seven bags, and a poorly-trained one gains nothing but pack space and a tidier inventory.

	~~The Hollow Hammer's own appraisal panel shows what a forge currently costs you, one line per tinkering skill, using your own current value in each.~~

	~~== How to use it ==~~
	~~Put the Hollow Hammer and the bag you want to spend both in your pack, neither of them equipped, then use the Hollow Hammer on that bag. If you do not have enough matching full~~ bags ~~for your current skill~~, ~~you are told exactly how many you have~~ and ~~how many you need. The game checks your bag count twice~~ - ~~once when you use the tool~~ and ~~again right before it takes effect - so moving, dropping or spending bags mid-animation is caught rather than silently ignored~~.

	~~The Hollow Hammer~~ is ~~consumed on~~ a ~~successful forge~~, the ~~same~~ as ~~any other~~ salvage ~~tool~~.		== Where the bags come from ==
			You make them. Every material the forge accepts is ordinary salvage: loot an item made of it, run it through a tinkering tool as you would for any other tinkering, and fill the bag. Tiger Eye, Tourmaline and Amethyst also drop as named gems you can salvage whole; Obsidian and Serpentine have no gem and come from salvaging gear made of the material. [[Custom Crafting#Where the salvage comes from\|Custom Crafting]] has the detail, including which tiers favour which material.

	~~== Getting the Hollow Hammer ==~~		'''[[Assay Row]]''' hands over your first Hammer of each material as a one-time quest reward, so the forge is the refill route rather than the introduction.
	'''[[~~Salvage-Broker Bevan Tolliver~~]]''' ~~sells it sealed~~, ~~for '''one Trade Note''':~~

	~~{\| class~~=~~"wikitable"~~		== The Hollow Hammer ==
	~~! Item !! Cost~~		Before the forge was built, the same work was done by a hand tool called the '''Hollow Hammer''', used on a bag in your own pack. The tool is '''retired''': it is no longer sold anywhere, and the Marketplace forge replaced it.
	\|-
	~~\| Sealed~~ Hollow Hammer ~~\|\| 1 Trade Note~~
	\|}

	~~Use the sealed version~~ in your pack ~~to break the seal~~, the same ~~as any other salvage item~~ on ~~his shelf~~.		If you still hold one it continues to work exactly as it did - use it on a full bag in your pack, with the same skill-scaled bag count above, and it is consumed on a successful forge. It costs no Trade Notes, which is the one advantage it keeps over the station.

	== See also ==		== See also ==
			* [[Marketplace Crafting Stations]] - the rest of the crafting room.
	* [[Custom Crafting]] - every way gear can be reworked, in one place.		* [[Custom Crafting]] - every way gear can be reworked, in one place.
	* [[Equipment Mods]] - Tiger Eye and Obsidian, two of the materials this forges.		* [[Equipment Mods]] - Tiger Eye and Obsidian, two of the materials this forges.
	* [[Weapon Mods]] - Tourmaline and Amethyst, two more.		* [[Weapon Mods]] - Tourmaline and Amethyst, two more.
	* [[Serpentine Salvage]] - the fifth material this forges.		* [[Serpentine Salvage]] - the fifth material this forges.
	* [[~~Salvage-Broker Bevan Tolliver~~]] - ~~sells~~ the ~~Hollow~~ Hammer ~~and every~~ material ~~it consumes~~.		* [[Assay Row]] - where the first Hammer of each material is granted.

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The '''Salvage Forge''' turns a stack of your own single-use salvage bags into a reusable, multi-charge Hammer, without spending any Trade Notes on the Hammer itself. It is the sixth of the [[Custom Crafting]] mechanisms, and the only one that does not touch a piece of gear at all.

== What it does ==
The tool is the '''Hollow Hammer''': it carries no material of its own and cannot be used on armor, a weapon, or anything else you'd normally craft. Instead you use it on a full bag of [[Equipment Mods|Tiger Eye]], [[Equipment Mods|Obsidian]], [[Weapon Mods|Tourmaline]], [[Weapon Mods|Amethyst]] or [[Serpentine Salvage|Serpentine]] salvage already sitting in your pack. It consumes that bag, plus several more full bags of the '''same''' material found anywhere in your inventory, plus the Hollow Hammer itself, and in return creates one full, ten-charge Hammer of that material - identical to one bought sealed from [[Salvage-Broker Bevan Tolliver]].

Matching is by '''material only''', not by which specific bag you click. Every eligible full bag of that material anywhere in your packs - main pack, side packs, all of it - counts toward the total, and the game takes whichever ones it needs.

A Hammer can never be eaten as a bag. An existing multi-charge Hammer of the same material does not count toward the total; only ordinary single-use bags do.

== The price scales with skill ==
How many bags the forge needs depends on your '''current''' value in the tinkering skill that material answers to - Armor Tinkering for Tiger Eye and Obsidian, Weapon Tinkering for Tourmaline and Amethyst, Magic Item Tinkering for Serpentine:

{| class="wikitable"
! Your skill in the matching tinkering !! Bags required
|-
| Under 500 || 10
|-
| 500 to 699 || 9
|-
| 700 to 899 || 8
|-
| 900 and up || 7
|}

A Hammer bought outright from Bevan already holds ten charges for ten Trade Notes - the same price per charge as buying ten single-use bags one at a time. The Salvage Forge is not a cheaper way to acquire a Hammer in Trade Notes; it is a way to turn skill investment into a discount on the '''bags''' themselves, so a well-trained tinker can forge a full Hammer from as few as seven.

The Hollow Hammer's own appraisal panel shows what a forge currently costs you, one line per tinkering skill, using your own current value in each.

== How to use it ==
Put the Hollow Hammer and the bag you want to spend both in your pack, neither of them equipped, then use the Hollow Hammer on that bag. If you do not have enough matching full bags for your current skill, you are told exactly how many you have and how many you need. The game checks your bag count twice - once when you use the tool and again right before it takes effect - so moving, dropping or spending bags mid-animation is caught rather than silently ignored.

The Hollow Hammer is consumed on a successful forge, the same as any other salvage tool.

== Getting the Hollow Hammer ==
'''[[Salvage-Broker Bevan Tolliver]]''' sells it sealed, for '''one Trade Note''':

{| class="wikitable"
! Item !! Cost
|-
| Sealed Hollow Hammer || 1 Trade Note
|}

Use the sealed version in your pack to break the seal, the same as any other salvage item on his shelf.

== See also ==
* [[Custom Crafting]] - every way gear can be reworked, in one place.
* [[Equipment Mods]] - Tiger Eye and Obsidian, two of the materials this forges.
* [[Weapon Mods]] - Tourmaline and Amethyst, two more.
* [[Serpentine Salvage]] - the fifth material this forges.
* [[Salvage-Broker Bevan Tolliver]] - sells the Hollow Hammer and every material it consumes.

[[Category:Game systems]]