Recommended Perks

Note: a Table of Contents can be found in the pinned messages.

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Introduction

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

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

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⬥ + represents an item with multiple gizmos slots:

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• E.g., +

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

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

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

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Related Guides & Links

⬥ #invention-basics is a must-read if you're new to Invention ⬥ #perk-information describes every perk we recommend. ⬥RuneScape Wiki's Perk Search lets you search a perk combination to find which component setup is best. ⬥ 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     • Alternatively, level up your gear using a slayer mob in #rs3-slayer.

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Recommended Perks

Starter Perks

Many starter perks are decent & inexpensive and may well last your entire PvM career.

Requirements

⬥ Level 68 Invention ⬥ Extreme Invention Potion     • Note: Eruptive 4 is the exception, requiring Level 86

Main Weapons

⬥ Main-hand - Precise 6 ⬥ Off-hand - Eruptive 4 ⬥ Two-handed - Precise 6 + Eruptive 4

Weapon Switches

⬥ Flanking - Flanking 4 ⬥ Planted Feet - Planted Feet

Armour / Shields

⬥ Body - Equilibrium 1 + Impatient 4 ⬥ Body (Magic) - Biting 3 + Impatient 4 ⬥ Legs - Crackling 4 + Enhanced Devoted 4 ⬥ Shield - Turtling 4     • For Necromancy just use Bone Shield /

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Advanced Weapon Perks

Magic

Use 2H perks for if using them as primary weapons ⬥ 2-handed - Aftershock 4 Eruptive 2 + Precise 6 Ultimatums 4 ⬥ Main-hand - Caroming 4 Aftershock 1 ⬥ Off-hand - Lunging 4 Eruptive 2 ⬥ Flanking switch - Flanking 4 Eruptive 1 ⬥ Planted Feet switch - Planted Feet, or Caroming 4 Planted Feet ⬥ Caroming switch - Caroming 4 Eruptive 2

Melee

⬥ Main-hand - Precise 6 Aftershock 1 ⬥ Off-hand - Aftershock 4 Eruptive 2 ⬥ Flanking switch - Flanking 4 Eruptive 1 ⬥ 2-handed - Aftershock 4 Eruptive 2 + Precise 6 Ruthless 1 ⬥ Halberd (AoE) - Aftershock 4 Precise 2 + Eruptive 4 Ruthless 3 ⬥ MW Spear of Annihilation - Precise 6 Aftershock 1 + Lunging 4 Eruptive 2 ⬥ Statius' Warhammer - Aftershock 1

Necromancy

⬥ Main-hand - Precise 6 Aftershock 1 ⬥ Off-hand - Aftershock 4 Eruptive 2 ⬥ Switch - Flanking 4 Eruptive 1

See !necroperks for an explanation of why reversed perks are no longer recommended.

Ranged

⬥ 2-handed - Precise 6 Caroming 1 + Aftershock 4 Eruptive 2 ⬥ Main-hand - Precise 6 Aftershock 1 ⬥ Off-hand - Caroming 4 Eruptive 2 ⬥ Hydrix Grico switch - Caroming 4 + Aftershock 1 ⬥ Off-hand (for ) - Aftershock 4 Eruptive 2 ⬥ (Off-style) SGB - Precise 6 Aftershock 1 + Eruptive 4 Ruthless 3 ⬥ Planted Feet switch - Aftershock 1 + Planted Feet

Advanced Armour/Shield Perks

Magic

⬥ Body - Biting 4 X + Relentless 5 Crackling 4 ⬥ Legs - Impatient 4 X + Energizing 4 Invigorating 3 ⬥ Merciless Kiteshield - Turtling 4 ⬥ Arcane Spirit Shield - Lucky 4 Absorbative 2

Melee

⬥ Body - Biting 4 X + Relentless 5 Crackling 4 ⬥ Legs - Impatient 4 X + Ultimatums 4 X ⬥ Malevolent Kiteshield - Turtling 4

Necromancy

⬥ Body - Equilibrium 4 X + Crackling 4 Ultimatums 4 ⬥ Legs - Impatient 4 X + Invigorating 4 X

Ranged

⬥ Body - Biting 4 X + Relentless 5 Crackling 4 ⬥ Legs - Impatient 4 X + Ultimatums 4 X

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Gizmo Layouts and Obtaining Perks

Weapon Gizmo Layouts

Aftershock

⬥ Aftershock 4 Eruptive 2: 6 3 (1/3.38 at 137 invention) ‎ 75,229,034 (d/a lvl 9 items), 77,018,531 (d/a lvl 9 refined legs)

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

⬥ Aftershock 4 Invigorating 2: 6 2 1 (1/2.19 at 137 invention) ‎ 54,551,304 (d/a lvl 9 items), 55,710,771 (d/a lvl 9 refined legs)

⬥ Aftershock 4 Planted Feet: 6 3 (1/1.89 at 137 Invention) ‎ 62,310,106 (d/a lvl 9 items), 63,310,742 (d/a lvl 9 refined legs)

⬥ Aftershock 4 Precise 2: 6 2 1 (1/1.83 at 137 invention) ‎ 48,630,507 (d/a lvl 9 items), 49,599,377 (d/a lvl 9 refined legs)

⬥ Aftershock 3 Ruthless 2: 5 4 (1/2.79 at 137 Invention) ‎ 52,104,851 (d/a lvl 9 items), 53,335,792 (d/a lvl 9 refined legs)

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Caroming

⬥ Caroming 4: 7 (Guaranteed) ‎ 15,439,236

⬥ Caroming 4 Aftershock 1: 7 2 (1/1.40 at 137 invention) ‎ 31,164,564

⬥ Caroming 4 Eruptive 2: 6 3 (1/3.38 at 137 invention) ‎ 44,109,901

⬥ Caroming 4 Planted Feet: 6 3 (1/1.89 at 137 invention) ‎ 44,909,171

⬥ Caroming 4 Precise 2: 6 2 1 (1/1.83 at 137 invention) ‎ 31,781,983

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Eruptive

⬥ Eruptive 4: 8 (1/1.01 at 137 invention) ‎ 721,140

⬥ Eruptive 4 Mobile: 7 1 1 (1/3.44 at 137 invention) ‎ 2,270,779

⬥ Eruptive 4 Planted Feet: 6 3 (1/15.2 at 126/127 invention) ‎ 169,567,392

⬥ Eruptive 4 Precise 3: 3 6 (1/83.2 at 137 invention) ‎ #N/A

⬥ Eruptive 4 Ruthless 3: 8 (1/19.2 at 137 invention) ‎ 13,708,804

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Flanking

⬥ Flanking 4: 9 (1/1.22 at 53 invention, do not boost) 5,491,989

⬥ Flanking 4 Eruptive 1: 5 4 (1/20.6 at 134/135 invention) ‎ #N/A

⬥ Flanking 4 Eruptive 2: 3 6 (1/327 at 137 invention) ‎ #N/A

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Lunging

⬥ Lunging 4: 6 (Guaranteed) ‎ 37,458,550

⬥ Lunging 4 Aftershock 1: 6 2 (1/1.4 at 137 invention) ‎ 62,868,236

⬥ Lunging 4 Eruptive 2: 6 3 (1/3.26 at 137 invention) ‎ 122,641,918

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Planted Feet

⬥ Planted Feet: 2 (Guaranteed | use a common weapon gizmo) ‎ 7,248,580 (d/a lvl 9 items)

⬥ Planted Feet Aftershock 1: 3 2 (Guaranteed above level 101 | use a common weapon gizmo) ‎ 49,681,140 (d/a lvl 9 items)

⬥ Planted Feet Mobile: 1 4 4 (1/1 at 137 Invention) ‎ 14,780,039

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• has to be in the middle.

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Precise

⬥ Precise 6: 9 (1/3 at 137 invention) ‎ 1,157,441

⬥ Precise 6 Aftershock 1: 7 2 (1/1.67 at 137 invention) ‎ 38,725,344 (d/a lvl 9 items), 39,020,064 (d/a lvl 9 refined legs)

⬥ Precise 6 Caroming 1: 7 2 (1/1.67 at 137 invention) ‎ 33,600,201 (d/a lvl 9 items)

⬥ Precise 5 Eruptive 2: 6 3 (1/20.4 at 137 invention) ‎ #N/A

⬥ Precise 6 Eruptive 2: 6 3 (1/585 at 137 invention) ‎ #N/A

⬥ Precise 6 Eruptive 2: 5 3 1 (1/47.6 at 137 invention) ‎ 547,623,492

⬥ Precise 6 Eruptive 1: 5 4 (1/2.18 at 137 invention) ‎ #N/A

⬥ Precise 6 Lunging 1: 7 2 (1/1.67 at 137 invention) ‎ 47,277,475

⬥ Precise 6 Mobile: 7 1 1 (1/2.57 at 137 invention) ‎ 41,179,046

⬥ Precise 6 Ruthless 1: 7 2 (1/1.77 at 137 invention) ‎ 28,365,587

⬥ Precise 6 Ultimatums 4: 9 (1/94.7 at 137 invention) ‎ 36,536,553

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Armour Gizmo Layouts

Absorbative

⬥ Absorbative 4: 8 (Guaranteed) ‎ 447,636

⬥ Absorbative 4 Crystal Shield 1: 8 1 (1/37.2 at 137 invention) ‎ 38,944,836

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Biting

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 1 1 (Virtually guaranteed) ‎ 92,256,254

⬥ Biting 4 Crystal Shield 1: 7 2 (1/1.72 at 137 invention) ‎ 158,802,551

⬥ Biting 4 Demon Slayer: 7 2 (1/1.76 at 137 invention) ‎ 261,392,643

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

⬥ Biting 4 Dragon Slayer: 7 2 (1/1.76 at 137 invention) ‎ 163,771,004

⬥ Biting 4 Genocidal: 7 2 (1/1.9 at 137 invention) ‎ 175,657,245

⬥ Biting 4 Lucky 1: 7 1 1 (1/1.91 at 137 invention) ‎ 179,522,948

⬥ Biting 4 Lucky 2: 7 2 (1/12.6 at 137 invention) ‎ 1,186,949,362

⬥ Biting 4 Mobile: 7 1 1 (1/3.03 at 137 invention) ‎ 279,536,449

⬥ Biting 4 Reflexes: 7 1 1 (1/1.9 at 137 invention) ‎ 175,286,882

⬥ Biting 4 Undead Slayer: 7 1 1 (1/2.02 at 137 invention) ‎ 193,216,515

⬥ Biting 3: 9 (1/20.5 at 69 invention) ‎ 20,957,604

⬥ Biting 3 Cautious: 9 (1/7.85 at 137 invention) ‎ 8,225,860

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

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

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

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

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

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

⬥ Biting 2 Venomblood: 6 3 (1/1.72 at 120 and 137 invention | Do not put healthy in the middle) ‎ 1,363,754

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Clear Headed

⬥ Clear Headed 4: 9 (1/15.6 at 74 invention) ‎ 4,412,931

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Crackling

⬥ Crackling 4: 4 3 (1/1.06 at 137 invention) ‎ 1,204,758

⬥ Crackling 4 Demon Slayer: 4 3 2 (1/3.52 at 120 invention) ‎ 3,595,288

⬥ Crackling 4 Relentless 3: 4 3 (1/3.12 at 137 invention) ‎ 3,546,080

⬥ Crackling 4 Relentless 5: 8 (1/20.2 at 137 invention) ‎ 26,243,747

⬥ Crackling 4 Undead Slayer: 7 1 1 (1/1.67 at 120 invention) ‎ 7,591,218

⬥ Crackling 4 Ultimatums 4: 9 (1/5.44 at 137 invention) ‎ 7,177,857

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Crystal Shield

⬥ Crystal Shield 4: 8 (1/2.49 at 120 invention) ‎ 1,409,647

⬥ Crystal Shield 4 Looting: 6 3 (1/1.32 at 137 invention) ‎ 1,121,006

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Energising

⬥ Energising 4 Invigorating 3: 9 (1/74.2 at 137 invention) ‎ 22,742,225

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Enhanced Devoted

⬥ Enhanced Devoted 4: 8 (1/1.38 at 137 invention) ‎ 781,250

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Equilibrium

⬥ Equilibrium 4: 5 4 (1/1.02 at 120 invention) ‎ 224,140,735

⬥ Equilibrium 4: 6 2 (Guaranteed) ‎ 263,481,327

⬥ Equilibrium 4 Crystal Shield 1: 6 1 2 (1/1.31 at 137 invention) ‎ 345,179,809

⬥ Equilibrium 4 Demon Slayer: 6 1 2 (1/1.35 at 137 invention) ‎ 431,960,040

⬥ Equilibrium 4 Dragon Slayer: 6 1 2 (1/1.35 at 137 invention) ‎ 356,697,918

⬥ Equilibrium 4 Genocidal: 6 1 2 (1/1.52 at 137 invention) ‎ 400,702,635

⬥ Equilibrium 4 Lucky 1: 6 1 1 (1/1.52 at 137 invention) ‎ 402,957,997

⬥ Equilibrium 4 Lucky 2: 6 3 (1/1.83 at 137 invention) ‎ 487,307,482

⬥ Equilibrium 4 Mobile: 6 1 1 1 (1/1.61 at 137 invention) ‎ 424,193,344

⬥ Equilibrium 4 Reflexes: 6 1 1 1 (1/1.45 at 137 invention) ‎ 381,966,579

⬥ Equilibrium 4 Undead Slayer: 6 2 1 (1/1.4 at 137 invention) ‎ 373,470,459

⬥ Equilibrium 4 Venomblood: 6 1 2 (1/1.35 at 137 invention) ‎ 355,624,056

⬥ Equilibrium 2: 9 (1/11.7 at 91+ invention) ‎ 9,217,028

⬥ Equilibrium 1: 3 (Guaranteed at 76+ invention | use a common armour gizmo) ‎ 307,414

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Impatient

⬥ Impatient 4: 4 3 (1/1.05 at 137 invention) ‎ 13,196,323

⬥ Impatient 4: 7 2 (1/1 at 29 invention | Better if low invention level and/or don't value time highly.) ‎ 8,934,700

⬥ Impatient 4 Crystal Shield 1: 4 3 2 (1/2.3 at 100 invention) ‎ 29,069,097

⬥ Impatient 4 Devoted 2: 4 3 (1/1.76 at 137 invention) ‎ 22,119,551

⬥ Impatient 4 Devoted 4: 7 2 (1/10.5 at 137 invention | Can replace 1 Zamorak component with Zaros) ‎ 93,533,750

⬥ Impatient 4 Dragon Slayer: 6 1 2 (1/1.82 at 113 invention) ‎ 31,018,600

⬥ Impatient 4 Genocidal: 6 1 2 (1/2.21 at 116 invention) ‎ 36,502,709

⬥ Impatient 4 Hoarding: 6 2 1 (1/5.25 at 102 invention) ‎ 61,217,371

⬥ Impatient 4 Lucky 1/2: 6 1 1 1 (1/1.98 at 113 invention) ‎ 35,605,454 / 1,683,166,917

⬥ Impatient 4 Mobile: 6 1 1 1 (1/3.16 at 113 invention) ‎ 51,342,838

⬥ Impatient 4 Reflexes: 6 1 1 1 (1/1.97 at 113 invention) ‎ 32,008,035

⬥ Impatient 4 Undead Slayer: 6 1 1 1 (1/2.09 at 113 invention) ‎ 41,054,330

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Invigorating

⬥ Invigorating 4: 7 1 1 (1/1.0008 at 137 invention) ‎ 285,505

⬥ Invigorating 4 Crystal Shield 1: 6 1 2 (1/1.15 at 137 invention | Must be input in same order as displayed) ‎ 10,114,460

⬥ Invigorating 4 Demon Slayer: 6 2 1 (1/1.17 at 137 invention) ‎ 74,719,277

⬥ Invigorating 4 Demon Slayer: 6 2 1 (1/2.1 at 123 invention) ‎ 122,293,435

⬥ Invigorating 4 Dragon Slayer: 4 2 2 1 (1/1.21 at 137 invention) ‎ 7,633,005

⬥ Invigorating 4 Dragon Slayer: 6 3 (1/1.82 at 120 invention | Do not put enhancing in the middle) ‎ 529,171

⬥ Invigorating 4 Genocidal: 5 2 2 (1/1.27 at 137 invention) ‎ 9,540,729

⬥ Invigorating 4 Hoarding: 6 1 1 1 (1/3.15 at 137 invention) ‎ 29,881,381

⬥ Invigorating 4 Lucky 1/2: 6 1 1 1 (1/1.28 at 137 invention) ‎ 13,387,765 / 468,571,758

⬥ Invigorating 4 Mobile: 7 2 (1/6.48 at 120 invention | 2 dextrous components is similar results) ‎ 3,193,864

⬥ Invigorating 4 Reflexes: 6 1 1 1 (1/2.44 at 137 invention) ‎ 4,123,101

⬥ Invigorating 4 Undead Slayer: 6 1 1 1 (1/2.41 at 120 invention) ‎ 12,255,530

⬥ Invigorating 4 Undead Slayer: 6 1 1 1 (1/1.35 at 137 invention) ‎ 16,361,809

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Lucky

⬥ Lucky 6: 7 (Guaranteed) ‎ 7,094,149

⬥ Lucky 6 Absorbative 1: 7 2 (1/1.67 at 137 invention) ‎ 12,122,371

⬥ Lucky 4 Absorbative 2: 5 4 (1/1.76 at 137 invention) ‎ 9,640,548

⬥ Lucky 6 Hoarding: 6 2 1 (1/2.03 at 137 Invention) ‎ 15,518,683

⬥ Lucky 6 Undead Slayer: 7 1 1 (1/1.79 at 137 invention) ‎ 18,776,447

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Turtling

⬥ Turtling 4: 6 3 (1/2.37 at 137 invention) ‎ 892,816

⬥ Turtling 4 Mobile: 7 1 1 (1/659 at 90/91 invention) ‎ 279,405,544

⬥ Turtling 3 Reflexes: 6 1 1 1 (1/8.17 at 137 invention) ‎ 2,404,572

⬥ Turtling 3 Taunting: 2 1 6 (1/7.53 at 137 invention | Input comps in same order as shown) ‎ 2,216,209

⬥ Turtling 4 Ultimatums 4: 9 (1/19.1 at 137 invention) ‎ 7,369,041

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Ultimatums

⬥ Ultimatums 4 Dragon Slayer: 2 1 6 (1/1.64 at 120 invention) ‎ 2,901,793

⬥ Ultimatums 4 Dragon Slayer: 1 7 1 (1/2.4 at 120 invention) ‎ 3,574,702

⬥ Ultimatums 4 Demon Slayer: 2 1 6 (1/1.64 at 120 invention) ‎ 94,331,334

⬥ Ultimatums 4 Demon Slayer: 2 7 (1/15.3 at 120 invention) ‎ 16,663,355

⬥ Ultimatums 4 Energising 2: 3 1 5 (1/2.64 at 137 invention) ‎ 1,553,961

⬥ Ultimatums 4 Energising 2: 4 4 1 (1/4.65 at 137 invention) ‎ 4,166,562

⬥ Ultimatums 4 Genocidal: 6 2 1 (1/1.87 at 120 invention) ‎ 2,046,287

⬥ Ultimatums 4 Mobile: 1 1 6 1 (1/2.82 at 120 invention) ‎ 3,042,590

⬥ Ultimatums 4 Mobile: 1 1 7 (1/3.67 at 120 invention) ‎ 4,382,377

⬥ Ultimatums 4 Undead Slayer: 6 1 1 1 (1/1.89 at 120 invention) ‎ 8,258,203

⬥ Ultimatums 4 Undead Slayer: 1 1 7 (1/2.47 at 120 invention) ‎ 11,076,949

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Other Gizmos

Slayer Armour Combos

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.

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⬥ Demon Slayer Mobile: 4 1 (Virtually guaranteed at 71+ | use a common armour gizmo) ‎ #N/A

⬥ Demon Slayer Undead Slayer: 4 1 (1/1.67 | Do not put undead in the middle) ‎ 5,670,463

⬥ Dragon Slayer Demon Slayer: 3 2 (Guaranteed | Do not place dragonfire in middle) ‎ 795,453

⬥ Dragon Slayer Undead Slayer: 1 1 1 1 1 (Guaranteed | Input comps in same order as shown) ‎ 3,795,838

⬥ Genocidal Demon Slayer: 1 1 2 1 (1/1.71 at 120 and 137 invention | Bandos in middle, powerful on top, clear on bottom) ‎ 166,663

⬥ Genocidal Dragon Slayer: 2 1 (1/1.34 | Bandos in middle, powerful on top) ‎ 1,196,509

⬥ Genocidal Undead Slayer: 1 1 1 1 / (1/1.04 | Powerful in middle, bandos on top, undead on left) ‎ 3,632,669

⬥ Scavenging 4: 9 (1/15.4 at 137 invention) ‎ 6,291,760

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