Blue Salt Bonds are an item you get from completing tasks for the Blue Salt Brotherhood. They are used to increase the development of communities and in the creation of special trade packs. Here are the methods I know of to get Blue Salt Bonds.
The Resident Board Quests
Each resident board right outside a community center has a daily quest where it asks you to supply the community with either iron ingots, lumber, leather or fabric. The amount of each item required varies from day to day but is always either 20, 60 or 100 items. You can see what amount the community centers are asking for each day by pressing the “G” button next to the resident board. However, the type of material asked for at a particular community center is the same every day.
The material a community center asks for is shown in this list.
Materials Required for the Resident Board Quests .
- West Continent | East Continent
- Fabric: Lilyut, Marianople, Two Crowns, Halcyona | Arcum Iris, Falcorth Plains
- Iron Ingot: Ahrain Rock, Dewstone, Cindermoore | Rokhala Mt., Solis Headlands, Sunbite Winds, Tigerspine Mt.
- Leather: Ahnimar, Aubre Cradle, Sanddeep, Karkasse Ridgeland |Mahadevi, Rockborne Basin, Villanelle, Windscour Savannah
- Lumber: Gweonid Forest, Solzreed Peninsula, White Arden and Hellswamp |Silent Forest, Ynystere, Perinoor Ruins, Halsa
You can complete these quests each day for each material and each amount. So up to three quests for iron ingots, up to three quests for lumber, etc. for a total of twelve quests at most. This means you can get up to twelve Blue Salt Bonds each day from this method alone. Now, I say at most since sometimes more than one location requires the same amount of material.
These quests also offer gold and experience as a reward, with the 20 items giving 2.5 gold and 2000 experience, the 60 item quests giving 7.5 gold and 3000 experience and the 100 items giving 12.5 gold and 5000 experience. This could mean that for the cheaper base materials you might actually earn a little gold on occasion.
Making a Local Speciality Trade Pack – (Trade Outlet: )
If you have a house in Archeage (which is likely if you are trying to get Blue Salt bonds) you can accept a daily quest from your local community manager NPC where you need to produce one of a few local specialty trade packs. This quest is pretty straightforward, just make one of those trade pack at your local community center.
What is not required is to deliver the pack. You can make the pack, store it and just go to the Speciality Buyer NPC to complete the quest. But that’s a rather expensive way to get Blue Salt bonds.
Supporting Your Community Center – (Chipping In)
By having a house you also get a daily quest from your local community manager NPC where you are asked to donate 30 lumber to support the community. Now, this is a hefty price to pay for a single Blue Salt bond so I have it last, but if you are determined to get as many bonds as you can then you need to add this quest to your daily routine.
It’s worth mentioning that for the later two daily quests you also get a single Gilda star and 500 vocation badges each. So that’s something.
Summary
These are all the ways of getting a Blue Salt bond in Archeage Unchained that I know of for now. You should be able to get up to 14 Blue Salt bonds each day by using them. If I find more ways to get Blue Salt bonds later I will add them to this list. Also, if you know of any other methods I’d appreciate it if you could comment about it.
Now, if you found this guide useful then please share it with your friends and allies in Aecheage and good luck with collecting those bonds. By the way, I have a few more guides on Archeage you might find useful.
You can also get a Bluesalt Bond from one of the daily quests from an upgraded Thatched Farmhouse.
I have been doing the Supporting my Community requests with 30 lumber but when I complete the quest I do not get credit for the diligence mission.
It seems as the only quests which count towards the Archepass are the Resident Board Quests.