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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 137,670,014 (d/a lvl 9 items), coins 123,232,413 (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 100,278,635 (d/a lvl 9 items), coins 90,924,095 (d/a lvl 9 refined legs)

Aftershock 4 Planted Feet: 6 Ilujankancomp 3 cywircomp (1/1.89 at 137 Invention)coins 112,777,232 (d/a lvl 9 items), coins 104,704,135 (d/a lvl 9 refined legs)

Aftershock 4 Precise 2: 6 Ilujankancomp 2 Armadylcomp 1 historiccomps (1/1.83 at 137 invention)coins 85,900,685 (d/a lvl 9 items), coins 78,083,877 (d/a lvl 9 refined legs)

Aftershock 3 Ruthless 2: 5 Ilujankancomp 4 timeworncomps (1/2.79 at 137 Invention)coins 95,103,420 (d/a lvl 9 items), coins 85,172,231 (d/a lvl 9 refined legs)

Caroming caroming4

Caroming 4: 7 shadowcomp (Guaranteed)coins 13,016,080

Caroming 4 Aftershock 1: 7 shadowcomp 2 Ilujankancomp (1/1.40 at 137 invention)coins 36,452,105

Caroming 4 Eruptive 2: 6 shadowcomp 3 timeworncomps (1/3.38 at 137 invention)coins 37,358,954

Caroming 4 Planted Feet: 6 shadowcomp 3 cywircomp (1/1.89 at 137 invention)coins 56,686,136

Caroming 4 Precise 2: 6 shadowcomp 2 Armadylcomp 1 historiccomps (1/1.83 at 137 invention)coins 31,590,259

Eruptive er4

Eruptive 4: 8 timeworncomps (1/1.01 at 137 invention)coins 821,151

Eruptive 4 Mobile: 7 timeworncomps 1 dextrouscomp 1 subtlecomp (1/3.44 at 137 invention)coins 2,602,097

Eruptive 4 Planted Feet: 6 timeworncomps 3 cywircomp (1/15.2 at 126/127 invention)coins 295,940,252

Eruptive 4 Precise 3: 3 timeworncomps 6 precisecomp (1/83.2 at 137 invention)coins 47,371,209

Eruptive 4 Ruthless 3: 8 timeworncomps (1/19.2 at 137 invention)coins 15,610,000

Flanking flank4

Flanking 4: 9 Clockworkcomp (1/1.22 at 53 invention, do not boost)coins 5,586,370

Flanking 4 Eruptive 1: 5 Clockworkcomp 4 precisecomp (1/20.6 at 134/135 invention)coins 57,729,483

Flanking 4 Eruptive 2: 3 Clockworkcomp 6 precisecomp (1/327 at 137 invention)coins 614,110,127

Lunging lunge4

Lunging 4: 6 averniccomp (Guaranteed)coins 32,381,426

Lunging 4 Aftershock 1: 6 averniccomp 2 ilujankancomp (1/1.4 at 137 invention)coins 62,100,984

Lunging 4 Eruptive 2: 6 averniccomp 3 timeworncomps (1/3.26 at 137 invention)coins 106,116,970

Planted Feet pf

Planted Feet: 2 cywircomp (Guaranteed | use a common weapon gizmo)coins 12,739,675 (d/a lvl 9 items)

Planted Feet Aftershock 1: 3 cywircomp 2 Ilujankancomp (Guaranteed above level 101 | use a common weapon gizmo)coins 88,267,662 (d/a lvl 9 items)

Planted Feet Mobile: 1 connectorparts 4 dextrouscomp 4 cywircomp (1/1 at 137 Invention)coins 25,839,591

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• connectorparts has to be in the middle.

Precise p6

Precise 6: 9 historiccomps (1/3 at 137 invention)coins 1,476,054

Precise 6 Aftershock 1: 7 Armadylcomp 2 Ilujankancomp (1/1.67 at 137 invention)coins 60,181,348 (d/a lvl 9 items), coins 57,803,557 (d/a lvl 9 refined legs)

Precise 5 Eruptive 2: 6 precisecomp 3 historiccomps (1/20.4 at 137 invention)coins 10,520,037

Precise 6 Eruptive 2: 6 precisecomp 3 historiccomps (1/585 at 137 invention)coins 301,677,545

Precise 6 Eruptive 2: 5 Armadylcomp 3 precisecomp 1 timeworncomps (1/47.6 at 137 invention)coins 777,233,936.

Precise 6 Eruptive 1: 5 Armadylcomp 4 precisecomp (1/2.18 at 137 invention)coins 35,529,788

Precise 6 Lunging 1: 7 Armadylcomp 2 averniccomp (1/1.67 at 137 invention)coins 55,628,062

Precise 6 Ruthless 1: 7 Armadylcomp 2 timeworncomps (1/1.77 at 137 invention)coins 40,266,940

Armour Gizmo Layouts ancientarmourgizmo2

Absorbative absorbative4

Absorbative 4: 8 fungalcomp (Guaranteed)coins 546,329

Absorbative 4 Crystal Shield 1: 8 fungalcomp 1 subtlecomp (1/37.2 at 137 invention)coins 44,996,735

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 108,698,413

Biting 4 Crystal Shield 1: 7 Noxiouscomp 2 facetedcomp (1/1.72 at 137 invention)coins 187,164,416

Biting 4 Demon Slayer: 7 Noxiouscomp 2 thirdagecomp (1/1.76 at 137 invention)coins 279,023,000

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• 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 192,751,286

Biting 4 Genocidal: 7 Noxiouscomp 2 bandoscomp (1/1.9 at 137 invention)coins 207,042,067

Biting 4 Lucky 1: 7 Noxiouscomp 1 fortunatecomp 1 silentcomp (1/1.91 at 137 invention)coins 211,692,323

Biting 4 Lucky 2: 7 Noxiouscomp 2 silentcomp (1/12.6 at 137 invention)coins 1,397,618,252

Biting 4 Mobile: 7 Noxiouscomp 1 dextrouscomp 1 subtlecomp (1/3.03 at 137 invention)coins 329,356,191

Biting 4 Reflexes: 7 Noxiouscomp 1 dextrouscomp 1 harnessedcomp (1/1.9 at 137 invention)coins 206,526,984

Biting 4 Undead Slayer: 7 Noxiouscomp 1 undeadcomp 1 livingcomp (1/2.02 at 137 invention)coins 226,141,170

Biting 3: 9 directcomp (1/20.5 at 69 invention)coins 22,504,833

Biting 3 Cautious: 9 directcomp (1/7.85 at 137 invention)coins 8,833,147

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 1,496,816

Clear Headed ch4

Clear Headed 4: 9 variablecomp (1/15.6 at 74 invention)coins 5,619,770

Crackling crack4

Crackling 4: 4 vintagecomps 3 Explosivecomp (1/1.06 at 137 invention)coins 1,383,548

Crackling 4 Demon Slayer: 4 vintagecomps 3 dextrouscomp 2 Explosivecomp (1/3.52 at 120 invention)coins 4,422,328

Crackling 4 Relentless 3: 4 vintagecomps 3 Explosivecomp (1/3.12 at 137 invention)coins 4,072,331

Crackling 4 Relentless 5: 8 vintagecomps (1/20.2 at 137 invention)coins 39,528,977

Crackling 4 Undead Slayer: 7 Explosivecomp 1 undeadcomp 1 livingcomp (1/1.67 at 120 invention)coins 6,680,654

Crystal Shield crystalshield4

Crystal Shield 4: 8 facetedcomp (1/2.49 at 120 invention)coins 2,073,358

Crystal Shield 4 Looting: 6 subtlecomp 3 facetedcomp (1/1.32 at 137 invention)coins 1,284,144

Energising energising4

Energising 4 Invigorating 3: 9 enhancingcomp (1/74.2 at 137 invention)coins 51,198,693

Enhanced Devoted enhdev4

Enhanced Devoted 4: 8 facetedcomp (1/1.38 at 137 invention)coins 1,149,090

Impatient imp4

Impatient 4: 4 zamorakcomp 3 zaroscomp (1/1.05 at 137 invention)coins 8,996,661

Impatient 4: 7 zamorakcomp 2 saradomincomp (1/1 at 29 invention | Better if low invention level and/or don't value time highly.)coins 4,179,599

Impatient 4 Crystal Shield 1: 4 zamorakcomp 3 zaroscomp 2 facetedcomp (1/2.3 at 100 invention)coins 19,978,620

Impatient 4 Devoted 2: 4 zamorakcomp 3 zaroscomp (1/1.76 at 137 invention)coins 15,080,117

Impatient 4 Devoted 4: 7 zamorakcomp 2 Saradomincomp (1/10.5 at 137 invention | Can replace 1 Zamorak component with Zaros)coins 43,754,525

Impatient 4 Dragon Slayer: 6 zaroscomp 1 zamorakcomp 2 dragonfirecomp (1/1.82 at 113 invention)coins 25,174,390

Impatient 4 Genocidal: 6 zaroscomp 1 zamorakcomp 2 bandoscomp (1/2.21 at 116 invention)coins 29,490,070

Impatient 4 Hoarding: 6 zamorakcomp 2 fortunatecomp 1 zaroscomp (1/5.25 at 102 invention)coins 40,250,182

Impatient 4 Lucky 1/2: 6 zaroscomp 1 zamorakcomp 1 fortunatecomp 1 silentcomp (1/1.98 at 113 invention)coins 29,993,007 / coins 1,417,851,253

Impatient 4 Mobile: 6 zaroscomp 1 zamorakcomp 1 subtlecomp 1 dextrouscomp (1/3.16 at 113 invention)coins 41,120,192

Impatient 4 Reflexes: 6 zaroscomp 1 zamorakcomp 1 dextrouscomp 1 harnessedcomp (1/1.97 at 113 invention)coins 25,635,057

Impatient 4 Undead Slayer: 6 zaroscomp 1 zamorakcomp 1 undeadcomp 1 livingcomp (1/2.09 at 113 invention)coins 33,994,645

Invigorating invig4

Invigorating 4: 7 culinarycomp 1 organicparts 1 enhancingcomp (1/1.0008 at 137 invention)coins 391,855

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 18,587,910

Invigorating 4 Demon Slayer: 6 oceaniccomp 2 thirdagecomp 1 culinarycomp (1/1.17 at 137 invention)coins 74,445,627

Invigorating 4 Demon Slayer: 6 culinarycomp 2 thirdagecomp 1 oceaniccomp ‎ ‎(1/2.1 at 123 invention)coins 111,661,285

Invigorating 4 Dragon Slayer: 4 oceaniccomp 2 culinarycomp 2 enhancingcomp 1 dragonfirecomp (1/1.21 at 137 invention)coins 13,584,214

Invigorating 4 Dragon Slayer: 6 culinarycomp 3 enhancingcomp (1/1.82 at 120 invention | Do not put enhancing in the middle)coins 828,247

Invigorating 4 Genocidal: 5 oceaniccomp 2 culinarycomp 2 bandoscomp (1/1.27 at 137 invention)coins 17,401,810

Invigorating 4 Hoarding: 6 oceaniccomp 1 culinarycomp 1 fortunatecomp 1 piouscomp (1/3.15 at 137 invention)coins 53,766,470

Invigorating 4 Lucky 1/2: 6 oceaniccomp 1 culinarycomp 1 fortunatecomp 1 silentcomp (1/1.28 at 137 invention)coins 23,271,112 / coins 814,488,908

Invigorating 4 Mobile: 7 culinarycomp 2 subtlecomp (1/6.48 at 120 invention | 2 dextrous components is similar results)coins 3,695,166

Invigorating 4 Reflexes: 6 culinarycomp 1 oceaniccomp 1 dextrouscomp 1 harnessedcomp (1/2.44 at 137 invention)coins 7,257,577

Invigorating 4 Undead Slayer: 6 culinarycomp 1 oceaniccomp 1 undeadcomp 1 livingcomp (1/2.41 at 120 invention)coins 15,007,258

Invigorating 4 Undead Slayer: 6 oceaniccomp 1 culinarycomp 1 undeadcomp 1 livingcomp (1/1.35 at 137 invention)coins 26,052,236

Lucky lucky6

Lucky 6: 7 silentcomp (Guaranteed)coins 8,143,089

Lucky 6 Absorbative 1: 7 silentcomp 2 fungalcomp (1/1.67 at 137 invention)coins 13,909,724

Lucky 4 Absorbative 2: 5 silentcomp 4 fungalcomp (1/1.76 at 137 invention)coins 11,073,202

Lucky 6 Hoarding: 6 silentcomp 2 fortunatecomp 1 piouscomp (1/2.03 at 137 Invention)coins 18,428,567

Lucky 6 Undead Slayer: 7 silentcomp 1 undeadcomp 1 livingcomp (1/1.79 at 137 invention)coins 20,398,393

Turtling turtling4

Turtling 4: 6 historiccomps 3 evasivecomp (1/2.37 at 137 invention)coins 1,138,155

Turtling 4 Mobile: 7 historiccomps 1 dextrouscomp 1 subtlecomp (1/659 at 90/91 invention)coins 334,762,210

Turtling 3 Reflexes: 6 evasivecomp 1 dextrouscomp 1 harnessedcomp 1 historiccomps (1/8.17 at 137 invention)coins 3,062,798

Turtling 3 Taunting: 2 knightlycomp 1 historiccomps 6 evasivecomp (1/7.53 at 137 invention | Input comps in same order as shown)coins 2,822,873

Turtling 4 Ultimatums 4: 9 historiccomps (1/19.1 at 137 invention)coins 9,397,546

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 5,431,944

Dragon Slayer Demon Slayer: 3 dextrouscomp 2 dragonfirecomp (Guaranteed | Do not place dragonfire in middle)coins 819,363

Dragon Slayer Undead Slayer: 1 baseparts 1 dragonfirecomp 1 livingcomp 1 enhancingcomp 1 undeadcomp (Guaranteed | Input comps in same order as shown)coins 3,693,956

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 231,787

Genocidal Dragon Slayer: 2 dragonfirecomp 1 bandoscomp powerfulcomp (1/1.34 | Bandos in middle, powerful on top)coins 1,279,581

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 3,523,738

Scavenging 4: 9 preciouscomp (1/15.4 at 137 invention)coins 8,650,613