Talk:Recycle

Recycling Silver?
I tried recycling silver - I made silver rings and put 325 of them in the bloomery, but I got back I believe the same quality and number of lumps as went into them. No improvement.
 * Recycling doesn't improve the quality of the lumps you get from the recycled item. If you recycle a Q60 silver ring, you wil get a Q60 silver lump (if your smelting skill is high enough). However, you can use that Q60 lump to craft a new silver ring of a higher quality if your jewelry skill and jewelry crafting kit are good enough. Let's assume you have a Q60 silver ring. Your recycle it and get a Q60 silver lump (no improvement). You then use this Q60 silver lump to craft a Q70 silver ring (improvement). You recycle that silver ring and get a Q70 silver lump (no improvement). You then use that Q70 silver lump to craft a Q80 silver ring (improvement) and so on. That's how you use recycling to improve quality - not by recycling on its own but by the crafting skill of the corresponding item.

Recycling trick to improve quality no longer works
With max smelting and forging I took Q37 Iron ingots and forged Q49 crucible and tongs in a blacksmith shop (wearing blacksmith's outfit). I then recycled the tongs and got Q25 iron lumps, a reduction in quality of the crucible and tongs of 50%. --Makhar eve (talk) 13:43, 5 May 2018 (UTC)