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Recommended Perks

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Introduction

This channel covers the perks we suggest for your gear and how to obtain them.

When you see symbols in a listed perk (+ and X):

⬥ + represents an item with multiple gizmos slots:

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• E.g., p6 as1 + as4 eruptive2

⬥ X - represents where you have a choice of perks:

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• E.g., 'Biting 4 X' you could choose between 9 different perks to go with biting4 depending on your preference

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• These combinations are listed in the later sections of this channel

Related Guides & Links
#invention-basics is a must-read if you're new to Invention invention#perk-information describes every perk we recommend. ⬥ RuneScape Wiki's Perk Calculator lets you test out component combinations and see your chance of different perks. ⬥ Shattered Worlds is the fastest way to level up your augmented gear.     • Video guides: Base Tank / Evil Lucario     • Note: Use 8 serencomp 1 piouscomp (1/1.08 at 120 invention) for Enlightened 4, instead of 8 serencomp as mentioned in the video.     • Alternatively, level up your gear using a slayer mob in #rs3-slayer.

Starter Perks

Many starter perks are decent & inexpensive and may well last your entire PvM career.
Requirements
⬥ Level 68 Invention Invention ⬥ Extreme Invention Potion extremeinventionpotion     • Note: Eruptive 4 er4 is the exception, requiring Level 86 Invention
Main Weapons
cywirwand darkiceshard deathguard90 ascmh Main-hand - Precise 6 p6cywirorb darkicesliver skulllantern90 ascoh Off-hand - Eruptive 4 eruptive4superiorzurielstaff lanispear wyverncrossbow Two-handed - Precise 6 p6 + Eruptive 4 eruptive4
Weapon Switches
vbook maceoh deathguard90 upgradedboneblowpipe Flanking - Flanking 4 flank4ancientrepriser ancientlantern sunspear Planted Feet - Planted Feet pf
Armour / Shields
SuperiorZurielstop masterworkbody sirenicbody dealertop80 Body - Biting 3 b3 + Impatient 4 imp4SuperiorZurielsrobebottom masterworklegs sireniclegs dealerlegs80 Legs - Crackling 4 crack4 + Enhanced Devoted 4 enhdev4Merciless malevkite vengeful Shield - Turtling 4 turtling4     • For Necromancy necromancy just use Bone Shield lesserboneshield / greaterboneshield

Advanced Weapon Perks

Magic Magic
roarofawakening Main-hand - Precise 6 Aftershock 1 ⬥ odetodeceit Off-hand - Aftershock 4 Eruptive 2 ⬥ sing Flanking switch - Flanking 4 Eruptive 1 ⬥ soa inquisitorstaff 2-handed - Aftershock 4 Eruptive 2 + Precise 6 Ruthless 1 ⬥ ancientlantern Ancient Lantern - Planted Feet, or Caroming 4 Planted Feet ⬥ abyssalorb Caroming switch - Caroming 4 Eruptive 2 ⬥ inquisitorstaff bloodbarrage Legacy Barrage - Aftershock 4 Precise 2 + Eruptive 4 Ruthless 3
Melee melee
lengmh abyssalscourge Main-hand - Precise 6 Aftershock 1 ⬥ lengoh Off-hand - Aftershock 4 Eruptive 2 ⬥ khopeshoh rapieroh Flanking switch - Flanking 4 Eruptive 1 ⬥ masterwork2hsword ezk 2-handed - Aftershock 4 Eruptive 2 + Precise 6 Ruthless 1 ⬥ noxscythe lanispear Halberd (AoE) - Aftershock 4 Precise 2 + Eruptive 4 Ruthless 3 ⬥ masterworkspearofannihilation MW Spear of Annihilation - Eruptive 4 Precise 3 + Lunging 4 Aftershock 1 ⬥ swh Statius' Warhammer - Aftershock 1
Necromancy
omniguard Main-hand - Aftershock 4 Eruptive 2 ⬥ soulboundlantern Off-hand - Precise 6 Aftershock 1 ⬥ deathguard90 Switch - Flanking 4 optimally with Eruptive 2     • Used for both a spec swap and a flankicon swap ⬥ skulllantern90 Off-hand (AoE) - Eruptive 4 Ruthless 3
Ranged range
bolg ecb hexhunterbow 2-handed - Precise 6 Aftershock 1 + Caroming 4 Eruptive 2 ⬥ bbc Main-hand - Precise 6 Aftershock 1 ⬥ bbcoh Off-hand - Caroming 4 Eruptive 2 ⬥ ascmh Hydrix Grico switch - Caroming 4 + Aftershock 1 ⬥ ascoh Off-hand (for mechchin) - Aftershock 4 Eruptive 2 ⬥ sgb (Off-style) SGB - Precise 6 Aftershock 1 + Eruptive 4 Ruthless 3 ⬥ dbow Dark bow - Precise 6 Aftershock 1 + Invigorating 4 ⬥ sunspear Planted Feet switch - Aftershock 1 + Planted Feet

Advanced Armour/Shield Perks

Magic Magic
elitetectbody cryptbloomtop mwmrobetop Body - Biting 4 X + Relentless 5 Crackling 4 ⬥ elitetectlegs cryptbloombottoms mwmrobebottom Legs - Impatient 4 X + Invigorating 4 X ⬥ Merciless Merciless Kiteshield - Turtling 4 ⬥ arcanespiritshield Arcane Spirit Shield - Lucky 4 Absorbative 2 ⬥ kalphiterebounder Kalphite Rebounder - Aftershock 4 Eruptive 2
Melee melee
vestmentsofhavoctop tmwbody Body - Biting 4 X + Relentless 5 Crackling 4 ⬥ vestmentsofhavocbottom tmwlegs Legs - Impatient 4 Mobile + Enhanced Devoted 4 ⬥ malevkite Malevolent Kiteshield - Turtling 4 ⬥ kalphitedefender Kalphite Defender - Aftershock 4 Eruptive 2
Necromancy
firstnecrorobetop wardentop90 Body - Biting 4 X + Relentless 5 Crackling 4 ⬥ firstnecrorobebottom wardenlegs90 Legs - Impatient 4 X + Invigorating 4 X
Ranged range
edracobody Body - Biting 4 X + Relentless 5 Crackling 4 ⬥ edracochaps Legs - Impatient 4 X + Enhanced Devoted 4 / Lucky 6 + X ⬥ kalphiterepriser Kalphite Repriser - Aftershock 4 Eruptive 2 ⬥ strykebow dbow Shieldbow - Caroming 4 Aftershock 1 + Turtling 4

Gizmo Layouts and Obtaining Perks

Weapon Gizmo Layouts ancientweapongizmo

Aftershock as4

Aftershock 4 Eruptive 2: 6 Ilujankancomp 3 timeworncomps (1/3.38 at 137 invention)coins 145,837,354 (d/a lvl 9 items), coins 111,460,483 (d/a lvl 9 refined legs)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• This combo is 1/1.17 at 137 invention ‎to give Aftershock 4 as4 in some variety

Aftershock 4 Invigorating 2: 6 Ilujankancomp 2 oceaniccomp 1 culinarycomp (1/2.19 at 137 invention)coins 106,509,240 (d/a lvl 9 items), coins 84,235,468 (d/a lvl 9 refined legs)

Aftershock 4 Planted Feet: 6 Ilujankancomp 3 cywircomp (1/1.89 at 137 Invention)coins 114,083,068 (d/a lvl 9 items), coins 94,860,498 (d/a lvl 9 refined legs)

Aftershock 4 Precise 2: 6 Ilujankancomp 2 Armadylcomp 1 historiccomps (1/1.83 at 137 invention)coins 91,107,194 (d/a lvl 9 items), coins 72,494,864 (d/a lvl 9 refined legs)

Aftershock 3 Ruthless 2: 5 Ilujankancomp 4 timeworncomps (1/2.79 at 137 Invention)coins 100,704,306 (d/a lvl 9 items), coins 77,057,494 (d/a lvl 9 refined legs)

Caroming caroming4

Caroming 4: 7 shadowcomp (Guaranteed)coins 14,281,812

Caroming 4 Aftershock 1: 7 shadowcomp 2 Ilujankancomp (1/1.40 at 137 invention)coins 39,317,217

Caroming 4 Eruptive 2: 6 shadowcomp 3 timeworncomps (1/3.38 at 137 invention)coins 40,900,933

Caroming 4 Planted Feet: 6 shadowcomp 3 cywircomp (1/1.89 at 137 invention)coins 55,405,602

Caroming 4 Precise 2: 6 shadowcomp 2 Armadylcomp 1 historiccomps (1/1.83 at 137 invention)coins 34,292,504

Eruptive er4

Eruptive 4: 8 timeworncomps (1/1.01 at 137 invention)coins 783,899

Eruptive 4 Mobile: 7 timeworncomps 1 dextrouscomp 1 subtlecomp (1/3.44 at 137 invention)coins 2,475,444

Eruptive 4 Planted Feet: 6 timeworncomps 3 cywircomp (1/15.2 at 126/127 invention)coins 269,157,696

Eruptive 4 Precise 3: 3 timeworncomps 6 precisecomp (1/83.2 at 137 invention)coins 44,852,446

Eruptive 4 Ruthless 3: 8 timeworncomps (1/19.2 at 137 invention)coins 14,901,843

Flanking flank4

Flanking 4: 9 Clockworkcomp (1/1.22 at 53 invention, do not boost)coins 5,542,011

Flanking 4 Eruptive 1: 5 Clockworkcomp 4 precisecomp (1/20.6 at 134/135 invention)coins 57,186,286

Flanking 4 Eruptive 2: 3 Clockworkcomp 6 precisecomp (1/327 at 137 invention)coins 606,172,341

Lunging lunge4

Lunging 4: 6 averniccomp (Guaranteed)coins 29,647,748

Lunging 4 Aftershock 1: 6 averniccomp 2 ilujankancomp (1/1.4 at 137 invention)coins 56,665,578

Lunging 4 Eruptive 2: 6 averniccomp 3 timeworncomps (1/3.26 at 137 invention)coins 97,204,540

Planted Feet pf

Planted Feet: 2 cywircomp (Guaranteed | use a common weapon gizmo)coins 11,589,241 (d/a lvl 9 items)

Planted Feet Aftershock 1: 3 cywircomp 2 Ilujankancomp (Guaranteed above level 101 | use a common weapon gizmo)coins 82,345,859 (d/a lvl 9 items)

Planted Feet Mobile: 1 connectorparts 4 dextrouscomp 4 cywircomp (1/1 at 137 Invention)coins 23,502,364

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• connectorparts has to be in the middle.

Precise p6

Precise 6: 9 historiccomps (1/3 at 137 invention)coins 1,325,604

Precise 6 Aftershock 1: 7 Armadylcomp 2 Ilujankancomp (1/1.67 at 137 invention)coins 63,999,733 (d/a lvl 9 items), coins 58,338,059 (d/a lvl 9 refined legs)

Precise 5 Eruptive 2: 6 precisecomp 3 historiccomps (1/20.4 at 137 invention)coins 9,931,064

Precise 6 Eruptive 2: 6 precisecomp 3 historiccomps (1/585 at 137 invention)coins 284,787,855

Precise 6 Eruptive 2: 5 Armadylcomp 3 precisecomp 1 timeworncomps (1/47.6 at 137 invention)coins 826,676,039.

Precise 6 Eruptive 1: 5 Armadylcomp 4 precisecomp (1/2.18 at 137 invention)coins 37,803,426

Precise 6 Lunging 1: 7 Armadylcomp 2 averniccomp (1/1.67 at 137 invention)coins 56,579,476

Precise 6 Ruthless 1: 7 Armadylcomp 2 timeworncomps (1/1.77 at 137 invention)coins 42,866,511

Armour Gizmo Layouts ancientarmourgizmo2

Absorbative absorbative4

Absorbative 4: 8 fungalcomp (Guaranteed)coins 511,923

Absorbative 4 Crystal Shield 1: 8 fungalcomp 1 subtlecomp (1/37.2 at 137 invention)coins 43,934,974

Biting biting4

Note: All Biting 4 combos are roughly 1/1.58 at 137 invention ‎to give some form of Biting 4.

Note: For Biting 2 combos, use common armour gizmos for these unless told otherwise.

Biting 4: 7 Noxiouscomp 1 directcomp 1 bladeparts (Virtually guaranteed)coins 98,327,087

Biting 4 Crystal Shield 1: 7 Noxiouscomp 2 facetedcomp (1/1.72 at 137 invention)coins 169,281,108

Biting 4 Demon Slayer: 7 Noxiouscomp 2 thirdagecomp (1/1.76 at 137 invention)coins 264,615,073

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Price may be inaccurate due to volatility of 3rd age items

Biting 4 Dragon Slayer: 7 Noxiouscomp 2 dragonfirecomp (1/1.76 at 137 invention)coins 174,532,045

Biting 4 Genocidal: 7 Noxiouscomp 2 bandoscomp (1/1.9 at 137 invention)coins 187,355,957

Biting 4 Lucky 1: 7 Noxiouscomp 1 fortunatecomp 1 silentcomp (1/1.91 at 137 invention)coins 191,738,756

Biting 4 Lucky 2: 7 Noxiouscomp 2 silentcomp (1/12.6 at 137 invention)coins 1,268,164,178

Biting 4 Mobile: 7 Noxiouscomp 1 dextrouscomp 1 subtlecomp (1/3.03 at 137 invention)coins 297,931,072

Biting 4 Reflexes: 7 Noxiouscomp 1 dextrouscomp 1 harnessedcomp (1/1.9 at 137 invention)coins 186,821,465

Biting 4 Undead Slayer: 7 Noxiouscomp 1 undeadcomp 1 livingcomp (1/2.02 at 137 invention)coins 205,325,481

Biting 3: 9 directcomp (1/20.5 at 69 invention)coins 21,777,634

Biting 3 Cautious: 9 directcomp (1/7.85 at 137 invention)coins 8,547,721

Biting 2: 5 directcomp (1/2.23 at 34/35 invention)coins 947,750

Biting 2 Genocidal: 3 directcomp 2 bandoscomp (1/13.8 at 137 invention)coins 3,519,000

Biting 2 Mobile: 4 directcomp 1 subtlecomp (1/14.3 at 120 and 137 | Do not put subtle in the middle)coins 4,862,000

Biting 2 Mobile: 4 directcomp 1 dextrouscomp (1/15.1 at 120 and 137 | Do not put dextrous in the middle)coins 5,134,000

Biting 2 Reflexes: 4 directcomp 1 harnessedcomp (1/5.22 at 120 and 137 invention)coins 1,774,800

Biting 2 Venomblood: 3 directcomp 2 healthycomp (1/29.5 at 120 and 137 invention | Do not put healthy in the middle)coins 7,522,500

Biting 2 Venomblood: 6 directcomp 3 healthycomp (1/1.72 at 120 and 137 invention | Do not put healthy in the middle)coins 1,434,276

Clear Headed ch4

Clear Headed 4: 9 variablecomp (1/15.6 at 74 invention)coins 5,052,554

Crackling crack4

Crackling 4: 4 vintagecomps 3 Explosivecomp (1/1.06 at 137 invention)coins 1,373,008

Crackling 4 Demon Slayer: 4 vintagecomps 3 dextrouscomp 2 Explosivecomp (1/3.52 at 120 invention)coins 4,385,825

Crackling 4 Relentless 3: 4 vintagecomps 3 Explosivecomp (1/3.12 at 137 invention)coins 4,041,307

Crackling 4 Relentless 5: 8 vintagecomps (1/20.2 at 137 invention)coins 39,810,032

Crackling 4 Undead Slayer: 7 Explosivecomp 1 undeadcomp 1 livingcomp (1/1.67 at 120 invention)coins 6,734,520

Crystal Shield crystalshield4

Crystal Shield 4: 8 facetedcomp (1/2.49 at 120 invention)coins 1,724,401

Crystal Shield 4 Looting: 6 subtlecomp 3 facetedcomp (1/1.32 at 137 invention)coins 1,201,337

Energising energising4

Energising 4 Invigorating 3: 9 enhancingcomp (1/74.2 at 137 invention)coins 46,601,624

Enhanced Devoted enhdev4

Enhanced Devoted 4: 8 facetedcomp (1/1.38 at 137 invention)coins 955,692

Impatient imp4

Impatient 4: 4 zamorakcomp 3 zaroscomp (1/1.05 at 137 invention)coins 9,129,316

Impatient 4: 7 zamorakcomp 2 saradomincomp (1/1 at 29 invention | Better if low invention level and/or don't value time highly.)coins 4,179,085

Impatient 4 Crystal Shield 1: 4 zamorakcomp 3 zaroscomp 2 facetedcomp (1/2.3 at 100 invention)coins 20,209,523

Impatient 4 Devoted 2: 4 zamorakcomp 3 zaroscomp (1/1.76 at 137 invention)coins 15,302,473

Impatient 4 Devoted 4: 7 zamorakcomp 2 Saradomincomp (1/10.5 at 137 invention | Can replace 1 Zamorak component with Zaros)coins 43,749,150

Impatient 4 Dragon Slayer: 6 zaroscomp 1 zamorakcomp 2 dragonfirecomp (1/1.82 at 113 invention)coins 25,659,562

Impatient 4 Genocidal: 6 zaroscomp 1 zamorakcomp 2 bandoscomp (1/2.21 at 116 invention)coins 30,061,296

Impatient 4 Hoarding: 6 zamorakcomp 2 fortunatecomp 1 zaroscomp (1/5.25 at 102 invention)coins 39,185,067

Impatient 4 Lucky 1/2: 6 zaroscomp 1 zamorakcomp 1 fortunatecomp 1 silentcomp (1/1.98 at 113 invention)coins 30,332,627 / coins 1,433,906,012

Impatient 4 Mobile: 6 zaroscomp 1 zamorakcomp 1 subtlecomp 1 dextrouscomp (1/3.16 at 113 invention)coins 41,901,006

Impatient 4 Reflexes: 6 zaroscomp 1 zamorakcomp 1 dextrouscomp 1 harnessedcomp (1/1.97 at 113 invention)coins 26,121,830

Impatient 4 Undead Slayer: 6 zaroscomp 1 zamorakcomp 1 undeadcomp 1 livingcomp (1/2.09 at 113 invention)coins 34,650,117

Invigorating invig4

Invigorating 4: 7 culinarycomp 1 organicparts 1 enhancingcomp (1/1.0008 at 137 invention)coins 352,751

Invigorating 4 Crystal Shield 1: 6 oceaniccomp 1 culinarycomp 2 facetedcomp (1/1.15 at 137 invention | Must be input in same order as displayed)coins 19,994,431

Invigorating 4 Demon Slayer: 6 oceaniccomp 2 thirdagecomp 1 culinarycomp (1/1.17 at 137 invention)coins 78,170,233

Invigorating 4 Demon Slayer: 6 culinarycomp 2 thirdagecomp 1 oceaniccomp ‎ ‎(1/2.1 at 123 invention)coins 116,546,962

Invigorating 4 Dragon Slayer: 4 oceaniccomp 2 culinarycomp 2 enhancingcomp 1 dragonfirecomp (1/1.21 at 137 invention)coins 14,588,870

Invigorating 4 Dragon Slayer: 6 culinarycomp 3 enhancingcomp (1/1.82 at 120 invention | Do not put enhancing in the middle)coins 747,090

Invigorating 4 Genocidal: 5 oceaniccomp 2 culinarycomp 2 bandoscomp (1/1.27 at 137 invention)coins 18,728,955

Invigorating 4 Hoarding: 6 oceaniccomp 1 culinarycomp 1 fortunatecomp 1 piouscomp (1/3.15 at 137 invention)coins 57,309,727

Invigorating 4 Lucky 1/2: 6 oceaniccomp 1 culinarycomp 1 fortunatecomp 1 silentcomp (1/1.28 at 137 invention)coins 24,773,115 / coins 867,059,029

Invigorating 4 Mobile: 7 culinarycomp 2 subtlecomp (1/6.48 at 120 invention | 2 dextrous components is similar results)coins 3,459,553

Invigorating 4 Reflexes: 6 culinarycomp 1 oceaniccomp 1 dextrouscomp 1 harnessedcomp (1/2.44 at 137 invention)coins 7,691,575

Invigorating 4 Undead Slayer: 6 culinarycomp 1 oceaniccomp 1 undeadcomp 1 livingcomp (1/2.41 at 120 invention)coins 15,596,256

Invigorating 4 Undead Slayer: 6 oceaniccomp 1 culinarycomp 1 undeadcomp 1 livingcomp (1/1.35 at 137 invention)coins 27,828,212

Lucky lucky6

Lucky 6: 7 silentcomp (Guaranteed)coins 8,446,906

Lucky 6 Absorbative 1: 7 silentcomp 2 fungalcomp (1/1.67 at 137 invention)coins 14,420,362

Lucky 4 Absorbative 2: 5 silentcomp 4 fungalcomp (1/1.76 at 137 invention)coins 11,443,739

Lucky 6 Hoarding: 6 silentcomp 2 fortunatecomp 1 piouscomp (1/2.03 at 137 Invention)coins 18,442,555

Lucky 6 Undead Slayer: 7 silentcomp 1 undeadcomp 1 livingcomp (1/1.79 at 137 invention)coins 21,061,313

Turtling turtling4

Turtling 4: 6 historiccomps 3 evasivecomp (1/2.37 at 137 invention)coins 1,022,450

Turtling 4 Mobile: 7 historiccomps 1 dextrouscomp 1 subtlecomp (1/659 at 90/91 invention)coins 303,139,297

Turtling 3 Reflexes: 6 evasivecomp 1 dextrouscomp 1 harnessedcomp 1 historiccomps (1/8.17 at 137 invention)coins 2,753,219

Turtling 3 Taunting: 2 knightlycomp 1 historiccomps 6 evasivecomp (1/7.53 at 137 invention | Input comps in same order as shown)coins 2,537,544

Turtling 4 Ultimatums 4: 9 historiccomps (1/19.1 at 137 invention)coins 8,439,680

Other Gizmos

Slayer Armour Combos slayer

These gizmos list some of the common combos you may wish to use. However, many of the guides listed in #rs3-slayer have specific perk requirements.

Demon Slayer Undead Slayer: 4 dextrouscomp 1 undeadcomp (1/1.67 | Do not put undead in the middle)coins 5,543,049

Dragon Slayer Demon Slayer: 3 dextrouscomp 2 dragonfirecomp (Guaranteed | Do not place dragonfire in middle)coins 838,848

Dragon Slayer Undead Slayer: 1 baseparts 1 dragonfirecomp 1 livingcomp 1 enhancingcomp 1 undeadcomp (Guaranteed | Input comps in same order as shown)coins 3,767,484

Genocidal Demon Slayer: 1 bandoscomp 1 powerfulcomp 2 dextrouscomp 1 clearparts (1/1.71 at 120 and 137 invention | Bandos in middle, powerful on top, clear on bottom)coins 240,522

Genocidal Dragon Slayer: 2 dragonfirecomp 1 bandoscomp powerfulcomp (1/1.34 | Bandos in middle, powerful on top)coins 1,312,535

Genocidal Undead Slayer: 1 powerfulcomp 1 bandoscomp 1 undeadcomp 1 crystalparts / livingcomp (1/1.04 | Powerful in middle, bandos on top, undead on left)coins 3,598,241

Scavenging 4: 9 preciouscomp (1/15.4 at 137 invention)coins 7,734,805