If you want to salvage your gear in Diablo 4, you'll need to find a blacksmith. If you're familiar with Diablo or you played during the beta weekend, you'll know that your inventory fills quickly with all the loot you pick up from dungeons. And like the previous games, salvaging gear can free up valuable bag space so you can pick up even more gear.
Another added bonus to salvaging gear is that you'll receive materials that can be used to craft gear, so it's not going to waste. More importantly, you'll gain the appearance of certain salvaged weapons or armour, which you can then transmog to turn you into Hell's newest hotness. If you're ready to get started, here's how to salvage in Diablo 4.
Diablo 4 salvage: How it works
You don't have a huge inventory in Diablo 4, so, like the earlier games, you need to get into the habit of freeing up bag space whenever you return to town. You can sell your unwanted gear to vendors if you choose, but the better option is to salvage your gear so you can collect crafting materials for use later on.
What you get from your gear will depend on the quality of the item being salvaged. Generally, you'll receive rawhide and leather, though the higher the quality, the better the reward. Once we have access to the full game in June, max-level gear should start rewarding materials that will allow the crafting of legendary items, for example.
To salvage gear, you'll need to locate a blacksmith and you can usually find one in a town—look for the anvil icon on your map. Once you've found the NPC, interact with them, click the first tab at the top, and you'll be presented with the Salvage window. Here you'll find several options:
- Salvage all junk: This lets you salvage the gear you've manually marked as junk in your inventory.
- Common: Salvage all common (white) quality items.
- Magic: Salvage all magic (blue) quality items.
- Rare: Salvage all rare (yellow) quality items.
- All items: This will salvage everything in your bags except for legendary quality items.
The pickaxe icon at the top of the list allows you to salvage individual items, and you'll need to select this if you want to salvage legendary weapons or armor.
