Talk:Portable Composter

There are some food that cannot be salvaged by the portable composter, is this a bug?

All 5 of the Lunar New Year foods (Delicious Rice Ball, Fried Golden Dumpling, Spring Roll, Steamed Red Dumpling, Sweet Bean Bun) can't be salvaged.

6 of the Dragon Bash foods (Kralkachocolate Bar, Koi Cake, Dragon's Breath Bun, Dragonfly Cupcake, Dragonfish Candy, Slice of Candied Dragon Roll) can't be salvaged too. The exception is Dragon's Revelry Starcake, which can be salvaged. --202.190.127.48 04:00, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

Just checked, and the "canned" food items from WvW provisions can't be salvaged either. - Ojimaru (talk) 04:40, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

Only craftable food can be salvaged. --BuffsEverywhere (talk) 08:00, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

You're right, which also explains why Soul Pastries are the only Halloween food that cant be salvaged. --202.190.127.48 22:40, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

Am I reading this right? ONE use?

This is a consumable. Does that mean you lose it upon using it once? Daddicus (talk) 05:47, 31 August 2019 (UTC)

No, it has infinite uses. --BuffsEverywhere (talk) 05:48, 31 August 2019 (UTC)

Should that be listed as an anomaly, then? Daddicus (talk) 06:04, 31 August 2019 (UTC)

No, it's not a consumable. --BuffsEverywhere (talk) 07:49, 31 August 2019 (UTC)

Right, it's a salvage kit, some of which are infinite use. —Idris 13:36, 31 August 2019 (UTC)

Food levels and results

The level of food and what kind of extract you receive doesn't seem as clear-cut. I salvaged 30 Horseradish Burgers (req. level 55) and got 38 Masterwork and 5 Rare extracts. --Sialor (talk) 12:25, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Yeah, I've been getting a mix of extracts near the "border" levels too. I've set up a research page on Portable Composter/Salvage research. —Idris 13:28, 1 September 2019 (UTC)