Every Apotheosis run buries you in affix gear you will never actually wear. Salvaging is how you turn that clutter into something useful, breaking unwanted items down into Rarity Materials at the 
Salvaging Table. Those materials are the currency you spend to reforge the gear you do want, so a junk drop becomes progress instead of trash.
Instead of throwing a mediocre Rare sword into lava, you feed it to the table and get a 
Rare Material (Luminous Crystal Shard) toward re-rolling a better one. It works on affix weapons, armor, tools, 
Bows, and 
Shields, and it doubles as a way to recycle gems and even ordinary Minecraft gear.
How It Works
Salvaging takes any item that carries at least one affix and reduces it to the Rarity Material that matches its rarity. A Common item gives 
Common material, a Mythic item gives 
Mythic material, and the item type never matters. A Rare bow and a Rare helmet both hand back the same Rare material.
Materials
5 items
Common Material
Uncommon Material
Rare Material
Epic Material
Mythic MaterialEach item you salvage yields between 1 and 4 of its material. Higher rarity does not give more materials, it gives rarer ones, so a stack of Mythic drops is worth far more than a pile of Common ones. You can process up to twelve items in a single press, which makes clearing out a full inventory of loot quick.
Rarity Materials are the main cost of reforging, so salvaging your bad rolls directly pays for rerolling your good gear. Reforging consumes materials matched to the item’s rarity, plus sigils and experience, with costs rising by rarity and tier. The same materials also feed Gem Cutting, sigil crafting, and smithing templates.
The maximum yield scales with how much durability an item has left, so a nearly broken sword returns close to the minimum while a fresh one can hit the full 4. Salvage gear while it is still fresh, and never grind an affix item down to almost zero before recycling it.
The Salvaging Table also accepts plain vanilla equipment as a bonus. Diamond armor breaks back into diamonds, Netherite armor returns Netherite Scrap, and leather gear gives leather, though worn tools often yield nothing at all.
Getting Started
Craft the Salvaging Table
Smithing table, tools, and gem dust
Build the Salvaging Table around a 
Smithing Table, an 
Iron Pickaxe, and an 
Iron Axe, with 
Copper Ingots along the top and 
Gem Dust in the bottom corners around a 
Lava Bucket. Your first Gem Dust comes from dropping an Apothic Gem on the ground and crushing it with a falling Anvil, after which the table produces plenty more.
Load Your Unwanted Gear
Fill the input grid
Open the table and place affix items, gems, or vanilla equipment into the twelve input slots. A results preview on the side shows exactly how many materials the current batch will produce, listed as a minimum and maximum range so you can see what you are getting before you commit.
Press Salvage
Collect your materials
Hit the Salvage button to convert everything at once, with the results dropping into the six output slots. If those slots fill up, the extra materials go straight into your inventory, so nothing is lost.
The Five Rarity Materials
Every affix rarity maps to its own material, and each one is used to reforge and upgrade items of that same rarity. They share a purpose but not a source, so you cannot skip a tier by grinding lower materials into higher ones.
Material
Yield per Item
Ancient rarity gear is the one exception, since there is no salvaging recipe for it and it cannot be broken down for its Manifestation of Infinity material. Treat Ancient items as keepers rather than salvage fodder.
Salvaging Gems
The same table breaks Apothic Gems down into Gem Dust, and the amount you get scales with the gem’s purity. A Cracked Gem barely returns anything, while a Perfect one can hand back a large pile, so save your highest purity gems for when you genuinely have spares.
Minimum
Maximum
Gem Dust is the workhorse crafting item behind the Salvaging Table, 
Gem Cutting Table, and other Apotheosis stations, so recycling gems you will never socket keeps your workbenches stocked. Duplicate low purity gems are the ideal candidates, since their combat value is small but their dust adds up.
Tips
Salvage in bulk rather than one item at a time. The table processes all twelve input slots on a single press, so it is worth hoarding a stack of unwanted drops and clearing them together after a dungeon run.
Keep an eye on the results preview before committing. It shows the exact minimum and maximum for your current batch, which lets you decide whether a lightly used item is worth salvaging now or repairing first for a better return.
When a tough enemy or Apothic Boss drops Epic or Mythic gear, decide which piece to scrap rather than automatically salvaging the drop. If the new item has stronger affixes than what you are wearing, keep it and scrap your current piece instead. The materials are identical either way, but you end up with the better item as your starting point for reforging.
At the reforging table, the most expensive of the three available tiers does not guarantee the best affix roll. Check all three options before spending your materials, since a cheaper tier sometimes produces a better result than the priciest one.
You can automate the whole process with hoppers. The Salvaging Table pulls items in from the top and pushes finished materials out the bottom, so a simple hopper setup can grind through mob farm drops while you are away.
Do not salvage everything on reflex. Match your salvaging to what you actually need, since reforging Mythic gear eats Mythic materials fast, and it is easy to run dry if you break down every good drop instead of banking a few for later use.
FAQ
They are the main cost of reforging affix items, letting you reroll the affixes on gear you want to keep. The same materials also feed Gem Cutting, sigil recipes, and smithing templates, making them a core Apotheosis currency.
Yes. The maximum yield shrinks as durability runs low, so a nearly broken item returns close to the minimum. Salvage gear while it still has most of its durability to get the best return.
Affix items drop from mobs and appear in loot across the world, especially from tougher enemies and Apothic Bosses. Most of what you gather will be gear you do not want, which is exactly what salvaging is built to handle.
No. Salvaging only covers the Common through Mythic rarities, and there is no recipe to break down Ancient gear. Hold onto Ancient items rather than trying to recycle them.
Yes. The table takes items in from the top and pushes finished materials out the bottom, so hoppers can feed it and collect the results automatically. This pairs well with a mob farm that produces a steady stream of affix drops.
