Precious Metal

This is about the process of reclaiming 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

Small Ingots from Rubi-Ka can be used in the following Tradeskills:

The Small Silver and Gold Ingots can be either looted in their complete form, or reclaimed from looted rings and bracers as shown later in this page. Small Platinum Ingots however can only be looted in their complete form, as there are no items from which platinum can be reclaimed. Small 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 reclaimed 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 reclaimed 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[edit]

Mechanical Engineering (ME)

Required Items and Tools[edit]

Component / Tool	*1	Location	min. QL
Precious Metal Reclaimer	R	Shop Tools for Electrical and Mechanical Engineering	10
Ring or Bracer (see below)	C	Mob or Chest Loot	1+

*1 R = reusable, C = consumed

Known Processes[edit]

Small Silver Ingot Reclaimable from:	Small Gold Ingot Reclaimable from:	Not reclaimable:
Engagement Ring	Marriage Ring	Excellent IQ Ring
Flower Ring	Pink Ring	Ring of Knowledge
OT Ring	Golden Ring	Augmented OT Ring
Ring of Zern	Bracelet of Ka	Glow Art
Silver Nugget	Golden Bracer	Spin Art
Ring of Suffering	Golden Nugget	Fashionable Energy Ring
Snake Ring	Golden Sphere	Gold 2 Sphere Pearl by Peters & Tool
Toe-Ring	Bracer of Shielding - Energy	Failed Ring of Flying
Ring of Power - Elements	Bracer of Shielding - Melee	Silver Pearl
Ring of Power - Energy	Bracer of Shielding - Physics	Ring of Presence
Ring of Power - Melee	Bracer of Shielding - Nano	Ring of the Nucleus Basalis
Ring of Power - Physics	Bracer of Reflection - Nano	Ring of Thorns
Ring of Power - Projectiles		Bracelet of Pacifism
Ring of Luck - Defensive		Bracer of Growing Flesh
Ring of Luck - Offensive		Bracer of Shrinking Flesh
Bracer of Reflection - Elements		Bracer of Shielding - Elements
Bracer of Reflection - Melee
Bracer of Reflection - Projectile
Bracer of Reflection - Physics