Precious Metal

This is about the process of smelting down metal from rings and other loot. For the process of cutting the gems that can be set in rings, see Gem Cutting. For the Agency mission to cut five gems, see Jewelry (Daily Mission). For the process of making rings from metal, see Filigree Rings. For the process of assembling the ultimate product, see Jewellery

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. It may be impossible to make more money by changing loot rings into metal without proceeding to a further step in the process, as some metal made from rings is worth 75% or so of the worth of the original dropped loot ring.

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
	Engagement Ring	Silver		Ring of Power - Melee	Silver		Golden Ring	Gold
	Flower Ring	Silver		Ring of Power - Physics	Silver		Marriage Ring	Gold
	OT Ring	Silver		Ring of Power - Projectiles	Silver		Bracelet of Ka	Gold
	Pink Ring	Silver		Snake Ring	Silver		Golden Bracer	Gold
	Ring of Zern	Silver		Toe-Ring	Silver		Golden Nugget	Gold
	Ring of Suffering	Silver		Silver Nugget	Silver		Golden Sphere	Gold
	Ring of Power - Elements	Silver					Bracer of Shielding - Physics	Gold
	Ring of Power - Energy	Silver					Bracer of Shielding - Melee	Gold