The (or at least one) Answer to Fur Squares

i got a steel ingot from a regular sword using expert kit. sometimes i get 2-4 common items but doesn't happen frequently enough to compensate for the 400 price tag

The price vs result ratios need tweaked. It's already rediculous enough seeing crafting materials sell for more than the final object is worth after it is crafted. I've paid far less for rares than I've ever paid for crafting materials. There is something wrong with that picture.

I got furs from the following so far

Charr Hide
Minotaur Hide
Muggamo Hide (not sure on spelling, the centaur guys)

So, I am assuming you can get furs from any type of Hide, just very rarely does it actually work.

The really unfortunate thing about fur being so rare, is the items you can make with it do NOT justify the difficulty in the slightest. In the end, the only real difference is, you look slightly more unique, since most players are having a hard time finding that fur.

You can get silk 100% of the time with an expert salvage kit on maguuma spider silk. Well, maybe not 100%, but I got it 4 out of 4 tries. Normal salvage kits just yield glittering dust.

first two tan hide squares gave me two furs, then the next 20 gave me nothing.. sold one fur for 1000 so i guess it balances out plus i made some $.. not like i need the fur anyways, just like the rest of the rare items, dont need them, just sell em for gold.. not even sure i need gold either, got like 5k profits just from selling but i havent spent a penny yet!

i got 3 fur from 13 hides using expert kit...boy i feel lucky

I'm pretty sure i came across a wandering material trader somewhere in the icy region following Yak's Bend. Of course it would b difficult to point out exactly where for obvious reasons, but jus try straying off course a little. He has steel and fur squares. Venture off at own risk though, it can get pretty swarmy. good luk.

I blew 44 char hides for no fur squares with the expert salvage kit, talk about an expensive waste.

People dont seem to realize how much chance has to do with salvaging. Here's a little chart to act as a guide to your chances with salvaging:

Using Salvage Kit:
.......................Common Salvage Item......Rare Salvage Item
Rare Material.................. Low ........................ Medium

Common Mat. .................High ....................... Medium
(Inc. runes,
weap mod, etc.)

Using Expert Salvage Kit:
.......................Common Salvage Item.......Rare Salvage Item
Rare Material...............Medium ........................High

Common Mat...............Medium ........................ Low
(Inc. runes,
weap mod, etc.)

So those are the basic percentages when it comes to salvaging. It isn't some concrete formula. Logically, Using the Expert salvage kit will give you a better chance of getting good stuff than using the normal salvage kit. A gold item is more likely to give you a good item than purple/blue/white items. If you expert salvage a gold item you will most likely salvage a good item. However, there is still a chance you will get a basic crafting material.

For all of you out there looking for fur, try to maximize your chances for salvaging it. Its certainly possible to use a normal salvage kit on a white chaar hide and get a fur, but it isn't very likely. Use an expert salvage kit on all the different types of hides in the game and you will eventually get all the fur you need! Good Luck and I hope this little visual can help people better understand how crafting works.

I got tanned hide squares by using normal scavange item on the gear from humanoid creatures (for example grawls). So far it is 100%.

i used a regular salvage kit on a normal item and also got a rare so an expert kit may only up your chances of getting a rare in return to it

Can add that some highly salvagables are worth salvaging (depending on your class). In my case for my W/N I salvaged several staffs and got upgrade components (which I do not use) and steel!

On topic: I expert salvaged around 45 charr hides and got one fur...

For the ppl not understanding the waste of money: I wanted the cool-looking Ascalon helmet...which I have now

tanned hides are a common material and are in fact the common version of fur. Fur is what you will *rarely* get from something that normally gives tanned hides.

Don't look at it as a waste.

You have 44 tanned hides now. You could sell those to another player, at 10gp each, and have enough to buy another kit, with a little left over.

No, it doesn't exactly outweigh the kit-and-a-half that you used, but it's better than nothing!

So to clarify, Fur squares are expert salvaged from Charr Hides? Not types of Charr Armor?

Thanks,

Matt

Seems to me I saw an NPC just standin around outside of a town in post searing, can't remember where though. You could turn x amount of common materials into the more exotic materials, like steel and silk, pretty sure fur was listed too. Being an elementalist tho, didn't really care.....

how much is fur actually worth in gp? and what is it used for? making armor or what... i am so lost in all the things you can do in this game, if anyone wants to post and tell me everything about the game, the story and all the shit you can do... post plzzzzzzzzzzzzz

He was standing outside of the Sanitarium, and he does craft rare materials out of common ones.... but I don't think he crafts Fur Squares.

There is a Materials Crafter who crafts Fur Squares, but he wanders in the Shiverpeak Mountains, and can be difficult to find.

Really the best way is to salvage charr hides.

yeah this is ridiculous. I need fur for that cool ascalon warrior armor. I want this one since i dont want nething cheaper. I WANT FUR DAMMIT!!!