Precious Metal

Ingots from Rubi-Ka can be used for various Tradeskills, like Virral Triumvirate Egg, Bracelet of Arul Saba, for Filigree Rings, and last but most certainly not least, for the Shadow Gem Rings made with Shadow Gems from the Shadowlands. The silver and gold ingots are usually made from looted rings and bracers melted down; Platinum, however, is always found in the form of Small Platinum Ingots. Platinum is never melted down, as there are no items that can be melted into Platinum. Platinum ingots are found on Dyna bosses, Mission bosses, in Small Brown Boxes in missions, and rarely, on random mobs.

All of the items that can be melted in this fashion come from the AO classic game material. Whereas the Shadow Gems can be used in RK tradeskill processes, and the resulting rings used by free players (they have bonuses, but no requirements at all), the series of ingots and ores unique to the Shadowlands cannot be melted or used for Jewelry. They were at one point Farmed (killing the mobs that drop them, repeatedly) for their high resale value; a Shadowlands gold ingot has a base value of 4,800,000, compared to an RK ingot at 500,000.

Required Skills

• Mechanical Engineering (ME)

Required Items and Tools

Component / Tool	*1	Location
Precious Metal Reclaimer	R	Shop - Tools for Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
Ring or Bracer (s.o.)	C	Mob or Chest Loot

*1 R = reusable, C = consumed

The Following Rings and Bracers Can Be Melted

Icon	Name	Result	Icon	Name	Result	Icon	Name	Result
ID NOT FOUND	Engagement Ring	Silver	ID NOT FOUND	Ring of Power - Melee	Silver	ID NOT FOUND	Golden Ring	Gold
ID NOT FOUND	Flower Ring	Silver	ID NOT FOUND	Ring of Power - Physics	Silver	ID NOT FOUND	Marriage Ring	Gold
ID NOT FOUND	OT Ring	Silver	ID NOT FOUND	Ring of Power - Projectiles	Silver	ID NOT FOUND	Bracelet of Ka	Gold
ID NOT FOUND	Pink Ring	Silver	ID NOT FOUND	Snake Ring	Silver	ID NOT FOUND	Golden Bracer	Gold
ID NOT FOUND	Ring of Zern	Silver	ID NOT FOUND	Toe-Ring	Silver	ID NOT FOUND	Golden Nugget	Gold
ID NOT FOUND	Ring of Suffering	Silver	ID NOT FOUND	Silver Nugget	Silver	ID NOT FOUND	Golden Sphere	Gold
ID NOT FOUND	Ring of Power - Elements	Silver				ID NOT FOUND	Bracer of Shielding - Physics	Gold
ID NOT FOUND	Ring of Power - Energy	Silver				ID NOT FOUND	Bracer of Shielding - Melee	Gold

Rings and Bracers that cannot be melted:

• Augmented OT Ring
• IQ Ring
• Failed Ring of Flying
• Fashionable Energy Ring
• Silver Pearl (because it is a gem)
• Ring of Knowledge
• Gold 2 Sphere Pearl by Peters & Tool
• Ring of Presence
• Ring of the Nucleus Basalis
• Ring of Thorns
• Bracer of Growing Flesh
• Bracer of Shrinking Flesh
• Bracelet of Pacifism

Processing

ID NOT FOUND	+	ID NOT FOUND	=	ID NOT FOUND	Skills: ME
Precious Metal Reclaimer		Ring or Bracer		Small Silver/Gold Ingot	QL x 3.2

translated from the german AOWiki --Mummu 12:19, 09. Aug 2005 (CEST)

--Tahca 15:13, 10. Mär 2005 (CET)

--Berael 19:09, 31 January 2007 (CET)