ARGO MOTH Salvage Guide for Star Citizen 4.10.1

For solo salvage, stick with the Vulture. You can operate its salvage equipment from the pilot seat, and there's less cargo to handle. Stock equipment data also gives the Vulture a higher combined scraping rate than the MOTH. Extra cargo space doesn't automatically mean faster hull scraping.

Choose the MOTH when you have a crew to use its three turrets and want more room for salvage. The Reclaimer is better suited to the largest wrecks, provided your group is ready for the extra unloading and processing work. A larger haul also gets split among more players; cargo capacity alone won't tell you which ship pays better per person.

New Deal at Lorville has the lowest current purchase listing, at about 8.48 million aUEC. Teach's Ship Shop at Levski and Buy and Fly at Checkmate, Orbituary and Ruin Station list the MOTH at about 8.93 million. One-day rentals cost about 223,000 aUEC across Vantage and Teach's kiosks.

Before travelling to buy or rent one, check UEX's MOTH purchase listings, rental listings or SC Trade Tools. Prices and shop availability can change. If a completed rental is missing from public ASOP terminals, see the missing rental ship guidance.

The intended crew is four: one pilot and three turret operators. Before setting out, choose which operator will handle cargo when boxes start filling the print bay. That player can leave their turret, move the finished boxes onto the cargo grid and return once both output positions are clear. The others can keep salvaging while the boxes are moved.

Adagio Holdings is a starting point in Stanton, Pyro and Nyx. Each system has an introductory contract that sends you to an abandoned ship approved for salvage. After that, pay attention to what you're accepting: a “Salvager Needed” delivery order doesn't necessarily include a wreck.

Adagio's repeatable orders ask for RMC, unrefined construction output and, at higher tiers, ship components. For these orders, look for lawful wreckage at Lagrange points or buy a separate Salvage Rights claim. Higher Adagio reputation opens claims for larger hulls.

Recco's salvage jobs send you through Levski to deliver the materials. If you still need to unlock them, the Recco Battaglia mission and reputation guide covers the story progression and rank requirements.

If you find a wreck outside a contract, check its ownership and legal status before scraping or breaking it apart. Looking abandoned doesn't make a ship legal to salvage.

Don't plan a routine MOTH run around fracturing an intact C2, M2 or A2 Hercules. The MOTH can process smaller sections from a damaged Hercules; that alone doesn't mean it can fracture the whole hull.

Some crews first use ship weapons to break a damaged Hercules or Hammerhead into smaller chunks. If you take that approach, allow for the preparation time and added risk. Whether the MOTH can fracture a section depends on its volume and shape, so ship length alone won't tell you whether it will work. For a simpler run, choose an authorized wreck the MOTH accepts as it is.

Hull scraping produces RMC. Print it, move it onto the cargo grid and take it straight to a buyer. Skipping the refinery keeps the trip shorter if you want to sell your load and head back out.

Structural salvage involves fracturing suitable wreck sections and produces Construction Pieces. You'll need to deliver those to a refinery, wait for the order, collect the resulting Construction Materials and transport them to a buyer.

On 18 September, route tools listed RMC at roughly 6,500–7,700 aUEC per SCU. Construction Materials buyers ranged from about 9,700 to 13,000 aUEC per SCU, with the suggested hubs below listing 11,000–13,000. The actual sale depends on the destination, demand and timing.

That higher Construction Materials price is tempting, but conversion yield, refinery fees and the extra time spent processing, collecting and delivering the load all affect what you earn.