Portable Composter
“Double-click to salvage materials from a crafted food consumable in your inventory.
— In-game description
The Portable Composter is an infinite salvage kit for consumable food and feast items that have been crafted by a chef. Salvaging yields Extracts of Nourishment of varying quality, used for growing ascended-quality herbs on garden plots in order to craft ascended feasts.
Acquisition[edit]
The recipe is unlocked by bringing Varietal Herb Seeds to Mender Earie as a part of the Gourmet Training achievement.
- Source
Recipe: Portable Composter- Type
- Crafting Component
- Output qty.
- 1
- Discipline
Chef- Req. rating
- 425
- Chat link
- API
- 13258
Mechanics[edit]
- See also: Portable Composter/Guide
| # | Rank | Food recipe rating | Salvaged nourishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Novice | 0 to 50 | 100% Fine |
| 2 | Initiate | 75 to 125 | 33.3% Fine, 33.3% Fine (2), 33.3% Masterwork |
| 3 | Apprentice | 150 to 200 | 100% Masterwork |
| 4 | Journeyman | 225 to 275 | 33.3% Masterwork, 33.3% Masterwork (2), 33.3% Rare |
| 5 | Adept | 300 to 375 | 100% Rare |
| 6 | Master | 400 to 450 | 100% Exotic |
| 7 | Grandmaster | 500 | 100% Ascended |
Only consumable food items that can be crafted by a chef may be salvaged with the Portable Composter. Crafted ingredients may not be salvaged. Feasts provide ten times the amount of materials that the single ingredient food item would provide.
Salvage results by crafting discipline rating of the food's recipe:
Fine Extract of Nourishment — Rating 0 to 125 (100% guaranteed from 0 to 50, 33.3% chance to drop 2 from 75 to 125)
Masterwork Extract of Nourishment — Rating 75 to 275 (100% guaranteed from 150 to 200, 33.3% chance to drop 2 from 225 to 275)
Rare Extract of Nourishment — Rating 250 to 375 (100% guaranteed from 300 to 375)
Exotic Extract of Nourishment — Rating 400 to 450
Exquisite Extract of Nourishment — Rating 500
Inconsistencies in this pattern are:
Loaf of Walnut Sticky Bread is the only available food with a ranking between 51 and 74 (rating 60), belongs to the rank novice (0-74) but salvages into fine and masterwork extracts.
Bowl of Tasty Wurm Stew and 
Bowl of Fancy Creamy Mushroom Soup have a required rating of 200 but salvages into masterwork and rare extract.
Griffon Egg Omelet has a required rating of 225 but salvages into masterwork extract only.
Plate of Sweet Curried Mussels has a required rating of 400 but salvage into fine extract only.
Bowl of Tropical Mousse, 
Bowl of Tropical Fruit Salad and 
Mashed Purple Potatoes have a required rating of 400 but salvage into rare extract only.
Soul Cake and 
Saint Bones cannot be salvaged.
Fried Oyster Sandwich grants ten Exotic Extract of Nourishment instead of only one.
Salvage research can be found here.
Notes[edit]
- Since the August 25, 2020 game update this item can be used in the PvP lobby.
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