Inventory cleanup routine

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steps
- Right-click each stack of unidentified gear and use the whole stack before you start breaking gear down.
- Use a salvage kit on gear you do not want to keep so it turns into crafting materials.
- Right-click the salvage kit when you want to salvage all pieces from a chosen rarity.
- Press the deposit button after salvaging to send crafting materials into material storage.
- Visit a merchant for anything that remains and use the merchant’s junk-selling option.
In Guild Wars 2, should I sell or salvage items?
Sell junk or salvage gear
Sell junk at a merchant when the item is sellable junk. The merchant option removes that junk safely, and items left behind usually have another purpose.
Salvage unwanted gear when you have gear you do not want to use. A salvage kit breaks that gear down into crafting materials.
Keep checking leftover items when they do not disappear through junk selling. Those items are usually tied to a collection, a trophy, or another use case.
Sell junk at merchants
steps
- Go to a merchant when your bags still have leftover items after normal cleanup.
- Open the merchant screen.
- Go to the sell section.
- Use Sell Junk to remove all sellable junk from your inventory.
- Treat anything that remains as something that may need a different action instead of assuming it is safe junk.
How can I sell my junk?
steps
- Find any merchant.
- Open the merchant interface.
- Select the sell option.
- Press Sell Junk.
Identify gear before salvaging

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steps
- Right-click a stack of unidentified gear.
- Choose the option that uses the whole stack.
- Identify gear before salvaging because a green unidentified item can turn into something better than green gear.
- After the stack is identified, salvage the gear you do not want to use.
Deposit materials after salvaging

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steps
- Salvage unwanted gear with a salvage kit so it becomes crafting materials.
- Press the deposit button to move materials into material storage.
- Use the deposit button from anywhere in the world.
- Keep a salvage kit with you if you want to run the identify, salvage, and deposit routine away from a merchant.
Use /wiki from chat
steps
- Type
/wikiin chat to open the Guild Wars 2 wiki home page in your browser. - Add search text after the command to open a specific wiki page.
- Type
/wiki Uncanny Cannerto open that achievement’s page. - Shift-click an item after
/wikito link it, then press Enter to open that item’s wiki page. - Link a skill after the command when you want that skill’s wiki page.
The wiki includes information on items, classes, skills, achievements, guides, walkthroughs, tutorials, crafting, gathering, leveling, raiding, and more.
Event timers page
Inventory bag space
In this series
- Guild Wars 2 Beginner Tips: A Calm Start Guide for New Players
- Deposit materials and use all
- Guild Wars 2 Social Help: Groups, LFG, Friends, and Commanders
- Guild Wars 2 Leveling Guide: Early Builds and Open-World Exploration
- Guild Wars 2 Interface Shortcuts: UI Tips New Players Should Know
- Guild Wars 2 Gear Progression: What to Upgrade While Leveling and at 80
- Guild Wars 2 Character Creation: Race, Profession, Server, and First Choices
- Guild Wars 2 Inventory Management: Identify, Salvage, and Deposit Gear
- Guild Wars 2 Dungeon Access: How Story and Explorable Modes Work
- Movement and combat basics
- Level 80 progression systems
- Guild Wars 2 Expansions Features: Mounts, Gliding, Elite Specs, and Story

