Salvaging is the practice of obtaining items from wrecks, which are left behind after a ship (NPC or player) is destroyed. Wrecks may contain loot (which can be taken by anyone) and salvage (which requires specialised equipment to recover).

What is salvage used for Eve?

Salvaging is one of the many professions available to the players of EVE Online, through which a pilot can attempt to recover potentially valuable components from any salvagable wreck of destroyed ships or structures.

Does salvaging skill affect salvage drones?

Salvage drones can salvage the same items as the salvage modules, the only difference being that because of lower chance they are much worse at salvaging difficult wrecks (and are incapable of salvaging the most difficult Sleeper wrecks).