Star Citizen Vulture

The Drake Vulture is the popular single-seat salvage ship: a compact vessel built to strip hulls and wrecks down into sellable materials, solo.

What it is

Salvage is a steady, lower-combat money loop, and the Vulture lets one player run it without a crew, scraping wrecks and filling its cargo with reclaimed materials. It is a favourite solo earner.

Who it is for

Solo players who enjoy the methodical salvage loop and want a dedicated ship for it. It is an early goal you can earn in-game, not a first purchase.

Compare solo salvage with crewed salvage

Choose a Vulture when you want to run the salvage workflow yourself. The Reclaimer targets a larger operation with different crew and logistics demands. Learn material collection, storage and selling before judging the role by a headline profit estimate. Patch behaviour and time spent finding a target affect the result.

Crewed salvage alternative. These are buying considerations based on intended roles, not measured flight-test results.

Check the source-dated RSI specifications below for variants and production status. In-game purchase and rental availability need a separate check. For first-time access, choose a Game Package; standalone ships do not include the game licence.