PROFESSION · RECOVERY
Salvage
Break wreckage and abandoned machinery down into useful materials, subassemblies, and recoverable value shaped by the history of the place you are working.
Salvage geography is historical geography.A civilian freight graveyard, industrial debris field, military wreck cluster, and research site should not pay out the same things. What happened there determines what is worth recovering.
THE LOOP
What the career actually does.
01Choose a wreck field
→02Work its local salvage fingerprint
→03Recover bulk material and hardware
→04Manage cargo and Crew strain
→05Sell, process, use, or study the haul
IN GAME
What this looks like.
The layout changes between desktop and mobile, but the underlying operation and information stay the same.
NavigationLocal operation
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CURRENT LOCATION
Shackleton Debris Zone
Old industrial wreckage and abandoned transfer hardware beyond LunaLocal actions
Target Salvage
Salvage
General recovery · mixed wreck material remains possible.
Structural ScrapBulk wreck material
Recovered ElectronicsUseful technical material
Recovered Field-Coil HardwareHigher-value specialist hardwareWAYWARD SUNSalvage
CURRENT LOCATION
Shackleton Debris Zone
Target Salvage
Structural ScrapBulk wreck materialRecovered ElectronicsUseful technical materialRecovered Field-Coil HardwareHigher-value specialist hardwareGEOGRAPHY
The wreck tells you what kind of economy used to be there.
Learning where old industry, shipping, military activity, and research infrastructure accumulated is part of becoming a good salvager.
YOUR BUILD
Recovery is a whole-ship job.
CHOICES
You can optimize for very different salvage careers.
Bulk recoveryMove large volumes of common reclaimed material.
Targeted salvageBias routine salvage toward a discovered material in the local salvage pool.
EnduranceStay on site longer before returning.
Risk toleranceWork more dangerous wreck fields for different provenance.
WHERE IT LEADS
Routine salvage is material-first, with rare coherent recoveries.
Most salvage work produces recoverable materials. Coherent equipment and schematic knowledge can appear as rare bonus finds, while dedicated Derelict Recovery is the stronger path when you are specifically hunting intact systems.
SellMove recovered materials or rare equipment into the local market.
ProcessTurn salvage feedstock into standardized industrial inputs.
ManufactureFeed reclaimed stock into compatible production recipes.
Reverse engineerUse coherent recovered equipment as physical specimens for schematic reconstruction.
StoreKeep valuable recovered material or equipment for later decisions.