Making Bank Salvaging Hammerheads in 3.23?

Looking to make bank salvaging Hammerheads in Patch 3.23 of Star Citizen? This is A Star Citizen Solo Guide and a test if you can still make bank using a Reclaimer to salvage a Hammerhead in Patch 3.23.
This also services a general guide to star citizen salvage 3.23 with a Reclaimer.
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00:00:00 Intro and how to get mission
00:01:40 Salvaging
00:04:11 Salvage Processing
00:05:58 Heading back to Orison
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[@OldManInRecliner]

I did one run post go live, and was easily able to fill up the Reclaimer to 240 units. All total when got back and sold at Orison I got over 400k now! It also only seems to spawn once a day, so you might want to scrape it first to maximize profits. Also had it break into 4 pieces once. I just released an updated video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXetcmdqjpuamJI

[@UserOG]

Which hotkeys are for quantom mode? i done put it in nav and forgot what key it is to turn it back to guns and rockets. lmao

[@OldManInRecliner]

@@UserOG B to go in Nav / Quant the left click after spool. B to go back to SCM mode.

[@UserOG]

@@OldManInRecliner Thanks man i found it out today lmao they changed the UI and all so I didn't realize. but thanks man

[@timsgta]

The HH cleanup us only once per day?!?

[@wiegehts829]

Thanks for the info man, appreciate it!

[@OldManInRecliner]

I'm glad you found the info helpful!

[@MaxPSVR]

FYI. The RMC has a boost in price. So you may want to strip the hammerhead first before disintegrating it. You’ll get a lot more cash. But it will take longer per run

[@OldManInRecliner]

Thank you very much! I am going to do an updated video once 3.23 goes live with and without the stripping for RMC to give people the information.

[@MaxPSVR]

@@OldManInRecliner No problem. FYI the Trawler might not be working in the EPTU. I found it kept cutting out. (Ie. Didn’t collect) best to swap it out when th the abrade. Which I my personal fave. Best mix for speed and efficiency. I don’t think you’ll get much with the trawler but would get a lot more with the abrade. Cinch even more so. But you’ll need the patience of a saint to use it

[@chritofgodfighter4210]

@@MaxPSVR agree with you

[@-OldMan-Fox-]

If you type in the Name of your final destination for a Quant Jump it will bring up the location, click once on the location and press "R" and it will lock to it, no need to track down and fidget with the map issue. Just a side note, good quick vid keep them coming. Cheers

[@OldManInRecliner]

Thanks didn't know about the "R" key thing. I made an updated video doing the scraping to increase the profits with the reduced chances to get the mission. I also working on one about doing plates. Although I find the plates annoying just because of the server desync and not spawning and scannable.

[@Jezato]

Middlemouse button swaps to NAV FLT mode if you want to turn off quantum markers if you get sick of lookin at them.

[@OldManInRecliner]

Thanks, that is good to know for tomorrow. I was going to test out more combat.

[@SpaceMike3]

Hold up. You can have nav mode without the quantum markers?

[@OldManInRecliner]

@@SpaceMike3 Confirmed you can like he said with using the middle mouse button. BUT then it becomes harder to tell you are not in SCM mode. There is just the little text saying NAV FLT and red bar is longer.

[@Jezato]

@@SpaceMike3 yeah mate, middle mouse goes through 3 variations of the FLT or 2 variations of SCM modes. Scan, QT, Guns and FLT.

[@SpaceMike3]

@@Jezato ah ffs now I have to bind more bloody keys. Cheers for that

[@dgilbertbigd]

I clear over close to 600k per hour in vulture farming panels. I am kind of disappointed that the reclaimer isn't doing better.

[@OldManInRecliner]

Yes Reclaimer should do much much better. The nerf to Construction Materials made it almost pointless to have a Reclaimer. But I did a video on how to maximize with scrapping and get closer to a million on Hammerheads. But then I did a video on panels and yah vulture can make aUEC more quickly.

[@dgilbertbigd]

@@OldManInRecliner I am thinking about using the reclaimer for panels. With the cargo space and less down time going back and forth selling as much I think the profits could be good.

[@OldManInRecliner]

@@dgilbertbigd I did that in my panels video check it out for how it went. I also change up the loadout for Panels in the video. Selling is still going to be the issue though with everyone selling RMC. You might have to store the ship and sell it the next day.

[@draconusspiritus1037]

So while salvage does take a hefty hit, it will still pay about a million or a bit more per hour without too much effort. I'm cool with that. tyvm

[@OldManInRecliner]

Well not exactly, this video was partially 4x and 8x speed. This run took about 41 minutes. You can definitely do 2x in an hour if you don't land in between, but that would only net you like 600-700k depending on how well you do.

[@curveofsound]

You can easily salvage 3 ships in an hour. Maybe even 4, if you have a 2 man crew it's even easier. But you have to pick the salvage missions near to one another, I always keep a Star map photo handy to make sure I pick missions close by to one another. Rear crew stacks boxes while front qt to next spot for salvage

[@OldManInRecliner]

@@curveofsound Yah I think I was a little slow from the new interface in 3.23. Also I am old and slow in general. LOL

[@draconusspiritus1037]

When you check the contracts tab for salvage claims, unless that's been removed in 3.23 you can see the location of the claim before accepting it. For R&R purposes I do claims in my Vulture right around Cru L1. In the Reclaimer I stay around Yela. Usually doing the (risky) Hammerhead Cleanup missions. I will normally get at least 272 SCU of CM from a single hammerhead. Hear tell they break into 3 pieces in 3.23 so my yield should go up a bit. I can currently do 4 hammerheads per hour solo with relative ease. Scraping pays better per scu. But takes a LOT longer and there's fewer places you can sell RMC. If you're worried about aUEC per hour, it's Crunch & Munch all the way. You can also do an assembly line style. A little les pay but can be more fun. 1 Reclaimer, 2 Vultures, at least one cargo ship. Cargo ship collects whatever cargo is found. Vultures scrape, and the RMC is added to the cargo ship. When the hull is fully scraped the Reclaimer munches and processes the remaining structure while the Vultures and cargo ship head for the next claim. As the cargo ship gets full it heads off to go sell then returns.

[@Rayven.of.furryswarm]

@@draconusspiritus1037 ive got an srv so with my org i pretty much fly the hammerheads out of the hostile zone and bring them to the reclaimers and they scrape and salvage them, its a team effort but it paid good in 3.22 so should be fine in 3.23

[@jehg82]

Historically!

[@OldManInRecliner]

Yah anything before the current patch is historically in my book. :)

[@sheriff1980]

All I could afford in the EPTU was a vulture, I did unverified missions with it, and got a crime stat any time I used the tractor beam. My crime log at the terminal to clear it was full of "unauthorized towing". One full load of construction material, and one full load of RMC, barely covered the cost.

[@OldManInRecliner]

Good to know so do try and tow it out of the area. I will test that too when it goes live.

[@GBrai-mu5zy]

Yeah fracturing and disintegrating is still the way to go.scraping takes too long anyways,plus you have to upgrade the scrapers or it take even longer.the claw on the reclaimer is a stock money maker

[@Inferno_Angel]

Never use the tractor beam on an unverified mission. If you just do the scraping and fracture you won't get a crime stat.

[@donvancu]

Salvaging with vulture 347k per run..sold in area 18...took a while,its true..but is relaxing...

[@OldManInRecliner]

I am doing a video with Vulture now and panels.

[@firstone2917]

Better prices if sold at NB still ? ( will need to test ) although a longer trip if your working on a per hour ratio instead of per load I guess. I do like NB especially in the daytime .

[@OldManInRecliner]

I will be doing updated video after go live to test out RMC scrapping first, so will also do a run where I go to NB too.

[@chritofgodfighter4210]

no the better prize is at A18 for salvage things

[@tarran6176]

Curious as to how long it took you to do it all, from taking the ship out to selling the items. 30min? I’ve been thinking about doing this after the next patch.

[@OldManInRecliner]

It took 41 minutes from take off to landing in Orison. Parts of the video are 4x speed and parts are 8x speed.

[@timsgta]

That's why you do more than one mission at a time

[@MarkLee1]

Im not getting any Hammerhead/Hercules missions. Only smaller 20-25k ones.

[@OldManInRecliner]

Yah I think they are server wide so hard to get them. I just gave up and started doing panels again. I put up a new video on them.

[@attieplays]

Can I ask where did you get the bigger graycat gun?

[@OldManInRecliner]

At the Cargo locations in the main cities and most if not all the space stations.

[@rybuds47]

The salvage missions are still only at yella? I did like the video thanks for the update.

[@OldManInRecliner]

The illegal (now called "unverified") mission "Aegis Hammerhead Clean Up" is only around Yela's asteroid belt as far as I am aware.

[@007mindbender]

There've always been other salvage missions all across Stanton. it's the nine tails Hammerhead cleanup that's exclusive to Yela

[@Crazy-Chicken-Media]

now my big question is, Tim the vultures team up and fracture bigger ships like The prospectors can came up on a Rock?

[@OldManInRecliner]

I haven't tested it in 3.23, but historically you couldn't fracture a hammerhead with a vulture even with multiple vultures. None of them can engage the fracture option on a ship bigger than a MSR.

[@Crazy-Chicken-Media]

@@OldManInRecliner yeah I was hoping that would change. I'll keep bugging CIG on this issue 😁

[@Warcat1235.]

Problem is that HH mission isn't appear every 5 min as it was at eptu

[@OldManInRecliner]

I noticed this. I have been trying to make a follow up video with options, but I barely ever see it now. I don't know if they tuned it down or has some competition built in with too many people doing it. I believe it is the former.

[@dianeweaver8379]

My friend and I scraped a Hammerhead for approx. 60 SCU's of Recycled Material Composite and then fractured and disintegrated the ship for the Construction Materials. On selloff, we made 1.3 million aUEC from the derelict.

[@Mrlluck]

How much time?

[@OldManInRecliner]

My updated video in day or two has a solo where I stayed total with fracturing almost exactly 1 hour in case of security. I was only able to get 44 SCU in that time because only did each side from one perspective. I have to test the security timer last thing before I release video.

[@VoltKraken5555]

Should I bother scraping the hammerhead? What about having myself (pilot) and a friend both scrape? I would put abrades on instead of trawlers.

[@OldManInRecliner]

Now that it only spawns once a day. it is best to scrape it first now. For a team abrades are better and more efficient (i.e. more RCM). For a solo the Trawlers are better because of the wider area quicker scraping.

[@VoltKraken5555]

@@OldManInRecliner thanks. It's too bad tdd inventory is always high for rmc because of traders, lowering the value.

[@jdavey117]

I found a hammerhead on day 1 of the new patch and today I was out for 4 hours and not a single hammerhead. Is there a special way to get them to spawn?

[@OldManInRecliner]

Seems like a daily mission spawn now. You can always follow a buddy or team around doing ERTs though to scrap their kills, but as far as solo seems like once a day it is.

[@worldofsimulations6637]

Why are you bringing the RCM to Orison? on Grimm Hex Admin it's much faster.

[@OldManInRecliner]

Good point, this was more of a test. I will do Grimm Hex in my updated video, which will be a guide. It will be post go live of patch 3.23. Generally though, I was avoiding Grimm Hex out of old habit of avoiding PvP. BUT in a Reclaimer with 3xS3 shields it should not be an issue. In updated video, I am going to test out different scenarios, like scraping first, showing multiple salvages before selling, selling at different locations, etc. Then will post a summary of the outcome with the guide part being the most efficient aUEC per hour.

[@chritofgodfighter4210]

yes but realllllllllllly more dangerous^^

[@shinbo010]

i found a bug, if u scrape it 1st than pop it. you can scrape it again. double the recycled matts

[@OldManInRecliner]

Yep I thought it was a visual bug, but turns out you can do it 2x.

[@SideQuestStories]

Old Man in Reclaimer

[@OldManInRecliner]

Yeppers

[@josephvick8212]

is there still a timer and if so how long?

[@OldManInRecliner]

The timer is hidden, I was going to test it tomorrow in PTU. I thought I had a timer running today from time I accepted mission until I got destroyed but I didn't. I am assuming it is same at 1 hour, but want to confirm for an updated video working on.

[@MadMoses56]

how do you not get attacked. I get to these and i get 7 or 8 spawns including a live hammerhead

[@OldManInRecliner]

I believe you have to get out within approximately 1 hours from the time you get in "trespassing". That is the last thing I need to prove for my new video update.

[@shamelescampr5594]

I just want to point out really quick two points in the beginning of the video which are not true. You don't have to be at Orson to call in your eclaimer. You can also do it at area 18 as well and you don't have to be at crusader to call in the mission. You can call it in from area 18

[@OldManInRecliner]

I literally just went to Area18 for the first time in years the other day. I made a video because of how hard it was to find the spaceport in the clouds. :) I will check it out. I mainly start in Orison because that is where all the military grade A components are for ships in general.

[@timsgta]

HH cleanup is once per day mission spawn now?

[@OldManInRecliner]

It appears to be server wide and first come first serve. You might be able to get it multiple times by server hopping. Also there appears to be a some form of cooldown. So I found that doing panels might be the fastest aUEC. Checkout latest video for how to do it.

[@timsgta]

@@OldManInRecliner litle point in keeping the Reclaimer now if that's the case.

[@OldManInRecliner]

@@timsgta Yep, I am hoping this is just a temporary over correction. I mean the whole point of large industrial ships is to make large amounts of money.

[@timsgta]

@@OldManInRecliner agreed

[@calebcrozier3373]

Tried the hammerhead with my reclaimer and a friend. We started scraping, got a crime stat 3. Then random player found us boarded us and killed us before I even noticed there was a ship. Yeah ill stick to bounty hunting

[@OldManInRecliner]

Yah, I posted a new video where I explain that the crime stat was probably from using the tracker beam. I intentionally left the tracker beam going and got up to crime stat 3, then stopped. It didn't take long to get that high. I then went to Grim Hex and people attacked me. I had 3x FR86 on the Reclaimer and they almost go through shields before I got in hanger.

[@calebcrozier3373]

@@OldManInRecliner oh word? but scraping it and fracking it wont?

[@OldManInRecliner]

@@calebcrozier3373 Correct, the issue is the Tracker Beam only. It defaults to tracker beam, so you have to be careful. See my updated video, I show how you can make almost a million aUEC in one run.

[@calebcrozier3373]

@@OldManInRecliner Thanks for the awesome responses. I'll like the videos as a form of apology to my attitude. Will your other video provide proper selling locations for both RCMU and CMATs?

[@OldManInRecliner]

@@calebcrozier3373 Yes it does. Shows where to go in Orison for both, but since RMC (Recycled Material Composite) is a commodity you can't always sell in Orison. I show New Babbage (on PTU 3.23.1 so I could show prices maxed for RMC) and Grim Hex as well. I don't recommend Grim Hex though annoying players attacking you and prices are lower even for CM which is the same everywhere else.

[@stevendavis3991]

And once they are done testing salvaging... it'll go back down to normal price and payout will be better for something else then you can just lock that salvage ship up and let it collect dust lol.

[@OldManInRecliner]

Yep the next money maker will be with cargo in the 3.23.X patch when they update that.

[@MarkLee1]

These devs are one of the worst i've seen. Every patch they break already broken things even more and never fix them.

[@OldManInRecliner]

Yah they are more of a two steps forward one step back. They are making progress in general but it is mostly stuff we don't see, all we see are them breaking things.

[@magnumx70]

DUDE!! we start with 25000 after the wipe who the hell pay 30k for a salvage job

[@OldManInRecliner]

It used to be 250k. It was insane before.

[@mutdog2184]

Is there a timer for this mission?

[@OldManInRecliner]

I am pretty sure they changed it to server wide, so it is like first come first serve every 15 minutes or so.

[@mutdog2184]

@@OldManInRecliner i mean before cops show up. At least i think that is the mechanic.

[@OldManInRecliner]

@@mutdog2184 Oh approximately an hour, but the timer stops when you fracture it and complete the mission. So scrape with Trawler before, then Abrade after fracturing. I did a specific video on doing the hammerhead missions with scraping, but I think Panels are the way to go right now. I did a video on Panels as well.

[@mutdog2184]

@@OldManInRecliner lol, i just got the reclaimer because i kept getting vids from a month ago saying that you get money quick af from them, now they broke the game. Thanks tho!

[@lumavolt]

The clowns on spectrum, and server chat have been saying we had to scrape now before fracturing.... You are the fist video I have seen on 3.23. I'm glad to see the scrape rumor is a lie.

[@OldManInRecliner]

Yah, I did it 2x and I didn't have to scrape at all either time using a Reclaimer. This was done on Monday (5/7/2024) evening.

[@Crazy-Chicken-Media]

I don't know who you've been talking to but salvaging has not changed except for the prices. You don't have to scrape before you fracture them.

[@mydartswinger]

You don't HAVE to scrape before fracturing, but the the difference in price between RMC and CM is now significant. I don't know the exact numbers, but it's somewhere in the ballpark 7k per SCU for the RMC and 1.5k for the Construction Materials. It's big enough to make some salvagers that were only fracturing consider scraping too now...myself included after trying a few legal salvage missions.

[@OldManInRecliner]

@@mydartswinger I didn't consider the RMC rates. That is definitely useful information. I will test that out once this goes live, and do an updated video.

[@rlhescher8876]

Old man in a reclaimer*

[@OldManInRecliner]

That did make me chuckle, thanks for that. :)

[@lovethesabres06]

Everything costs more and you make less per mission 👍

[@OldManInRecliner]

Yep, the 25K ones in the Unverified section.

[@victimUK]

You have like £2000 worth of ships haha

[@OldManInRecliner]

Most of them are loaners, my fleet cost is approximately $3,600 and it's value is $5,755. I was a single software developer with high disposable income, and was addicted to the CCU chain mini-game. I wouldn't do it now. I will do a video on my fleet sooner or later, on actual ships and value.

[@ThomasHessDK]

This game loop was broken in 3.22, when you could make ridicilous amount of cash. In 3.23, this game loop should just plain be avoided. The Reclaimer is a multi-crew salvaging ship. Bring friends, scrape the hull, and get paid properly. 2-3 people can have a lot of fun scraping this, fighting off the NPCs that spawn, and just playing the loop right.

[@OldManInRecliner]

You can still make decent money if you do the scraping for RMC.

[@ThomasHessDK]

@@OldManInRecliner exactly my point.

[@chritofgodfighter4210]

only 350k, really?

[@OldManInRecliner]

After go live I got a full load easier and was closer to 400k now.

[@Tentacl]

Must love CIG overnefing everything all the times. Now WHO will hire people to form a crew? Anyone can make money faster just doing bounties.

[@OldManInRecliner]

Yah, they need to keep the benefits of large ships like the Reclaimer. You get a large ship you are supposed to make enough money for 4 person crew. This nerf to Construction Material is a step in wrong direction. It is very frustrating! Hopefully they find a way to balance it out sooner rather than later.

[@dracoflame8780]

​@OldManInRecliner it wouldn't be so bad if it wasnt for the rmc bug. Rmc is supposed to sell for 25k a SCU but its gone down to 14k per cause of all the people duping the commodity

[@N1ghtR1der666]

dont forget that every profession got a 2-5x nerf in value on top of the nerf to salvage, in the form of ship price increases, I cant even bring myself to play this patch because it feels like everything you do is such a waist of time

[@OldManInRecliner]

Yah, the 3.23.X patch with Cargo hanger updates will probably be profitable. I am also dropping updated video tomorrow, that shows you can still make almost a million aUEC in one run.

[@obsolete4735]

Nice video and tutorial. But in general salvaging is dead. They increased Reclaimer price x2. Decreased profitability by x4 (FOUR TIMES WTF IT WAS TWO!) Increased the average ship price by 3-5 times. It simply not worth the time for salvaging.

[@FuriousImp]

Nope. It was made too easy before because the devs needed testers.

[@doubledigital_]

dude it was stupid before, now its in line with most things like mining.. i mean shit you can even make 20k in a vulture just showing up vs a cutlss lol

[@OldManInRecliner]

Yah, they always do it. Make the thing they want to test the most lucrative. Cargo will be the BIG money maker in 3.23.X patch when they introduce the new cargo mechanics.

[@XTripleJaxX]

@@doubledigital_ a 50 million dollar ship shouldnt make less money than mining with a rental cutlass and ROC, right now mining hadanite gets you more money per hour than a reclaimer

[@idn]

Dead compared to what? It's just being brough in-line with other long-in game loops.

[@mrbaglog]

Good info but your B roll needs to come with a seizure warning. I appreciate that you wanted to speed it up for us but maybe make the clips smaller and at normal speed instead?

[@OldManInRecliner]

Yah making updated version now that it is live. I will try cutting out the all the running around and flying. I wanted to give people the whole loop in case they didn't do it before, but only been doing it a month. I didn't even have a real video editor software until after made this. :)

[@Mistersisterfister1337]

is it normal the Missions spawns once a day

[@OldManInRecliner]

Yah, that has been my experience since go live of 3.23.