Tinkering Alternate Advancement (AA) points are a little different from other Tradeskill AAs.
First, they are obviously only available to gnomes, since only gnomes can tinker.
Second, you'll notice there is nothing immediately available in your Alternate Advancement window that indicates there even are Tinkering AAs you can buy! In order to make the AA line visible, you must complete a very simple quest which you can start once you reach level 59 and you should have at least 18 AA points banked before completing this quest.
In addition to the Tinkering AAs, there is one other line that can be beneficial for tinkerers.
It will cost 443 AAs to buy all ranks of Tinkering Mastery.
AA Rank | Level Required | Cost | Effect |
1 | 59 | 3 | Reduces failures by 10% |
2 | 59 | 6 | Reduces failures by 25% |
3 | 59 | 9 | Reduces failures by 50% |
4 | 60 | 20 | Allows you to raise your skill by 5 points to 305 |
5 | 65 | 25 | Allows you to raise your skill by 5 points to 310 |
6 | 70 | 30 | Allows you to raise your skill by 5 points to 315 |
7 | 75 | 35 | Allows you to raise your skill by 5 points to 320 |
8 | 80 | 40 | Allows you to raise your skill by 5 points to 325 |
9 | 85 | 45 | Allows you to raise your skill by 5 points to 330 |
10 | 90 | 50 | Allows you to raise your skill by 5 points to 335 |
11 | 95 | 55 | Allows you to raise your skill by 5 points to 340 |
12 | 100 | 60 | Allows you to raise your skill by 5 points to 345 |
13 | 105 | 65 | Allows you to raise your skill by 5 points to 350 |
This passive Alternate Ability gives you the chance to automatically recover an item that would otherwise be lost on a failed tradeskill combine. It is possible to "salvage" multiple items from each failed combine.
It will cost 30 AAs to buy all ranks of Salvage.
AA Rank | Level Required | Cost | Effect |
1 | 60 | 5 | 5% chance to recover an item |
2 | 65 | 5 | 15% chance to recover an item |
3 | 70 | 5 | 25% chance to recover an item |
4 | 75 | 5 | 30% chance to recover an item |
5 | 80 | 5 | 35% chance to recover an item |
6 | 85 | 5 | 40% chance to recover an item |