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) ‎ 80,216,795 (d/a lvl 9 items), 81,954,893 (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) ‎ 57,779,036 (d/a lvl 9 items), 58,905,200 (d/a lvl 9 refined legs)

⬥ Aftershock 4 Planted Feet: 6 3 (1/1.89 at 137 Invention) ‎ 65,776,249 (d/a lvl 9 items), 66,748,143 (d/a lvl 9 refined legs)

⬥ Aftershock 4 Precise 2: 6 2 1 (1/1.83 at 137 invention) ‎ 52,522,059 (d/a lvl 9 items), 53,463,100 (d/a lvl 9 refined legs)

⬥ Aftershock 3 Ruthless 2: 5 4 (1/2.79 at 137 Invention) ‎ 55,528,090 (d/a lvl 9 items), 56,723,675 (d/a lvl 9 refined legs)

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Caroming

⬥ Caroming 4: 7 (Guaranteed) ‎ 16,903,581

⬥ Caroming 4 Aftershock 1: 7 2 (1/1.40 at 137 invention) ‎ 33,851,301

⬥ Caroming 4 Eruptive 2: 6 3 (1/3.38 at 137 invention) ‎ 48,220,765

⬥ Caroming 4 Planted Feet: 6 3 (1/1.89 at 137 invention) ‎ 47,884,977

⬥ Caroming 4 Precise 2: 6 2 1 (1/1.83 at 137 invention) ‎ 35,198,765

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Eruptive

⬥ Eruptive 4: 8 (1/1.01 at 137 invention) ‎ 704,433

⬥ Eruptive 4 Mobile: 7 1 1 (1/3.44 at 137 invention) ‎ 2,213,876

⬥ Eruptive 4 Planted Feet: 6 3 (1/15.2 at 126/127 invention) ‎ 174,761,649

⬥ Eruptive 4 Precise 3: 3 6 (1/83.2 at 137 invention) ‎ 41,305,135

⬥ Eruptive 4 Ruthless 3: 8 (1/19.2 at 137 invention) ‎ 13,391,206

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Flanking

⬥ Flanking 4: 9 (1/1.22 at 53 invention, do not boost) 5,471,808

⬥ Flanking 4 Eruptive 1: 5 4 (1/20.6 at 134/135 invention) ‎ 56,034,028

⬥ Flanking 4 Eruptive 2: 3 6 (1/327 at 137 invention) ‎ 590,370,452

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Lunging

⬥ Lunging 4: 6 (Guaranteed) ‎ 36,108,977

⬥ Lunging 4 Aftershock 1: 6 2 (1/1.4 at 137 invention) ‎ 61,668,101

⬥ Lunging 4 Eruptive 2: 6 3 (1/3.26 at 137 invention) ‎ 118,242,308

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Planted Feet

⬥ Planted Feet: 2 (Guaranteed | use a common weapon gizmo) ‎ 7,487,426 (d/a lvl 9 items)

⬥ Planted Feet Aftershock 1: 3 2 (Guaranteed above level 101 | use a common weapon gizmo) ‎ 51,609,588 (d/a lvl 9 items)

⬥ Planted Feet Mobile: 1 4 4 (1/1 at 137 Invention) ‎ 15,241,190

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• has to be in the middle.

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Precise

⬥ Precise 6: 9 (1/3 at 137 invention) ‎ 1,081,839

⬥ Precise 6 Aftershock 1: 7 2 (1/1.67 at 137 invention) ‎ 43,338,295 (d/a lvl 9 items), 43,624,549 (d/a lvl 9 refined legs)

⬥ Precise 6 Caroming 1: 7 2 (1/1.67 at 137 invention) ‎ 38,068,732 (d/a lvl 9 items)

⬥ Precise 5 Eruptive 2: 6 3 (1/20.4 at 137 invention) ‎ 8,784,016

⬥ Precise 6 Eruptive 2: 6 3 (1/585 at 137 invention) ‎ 251,894,574

⬥ Precise 6 Eruptive 2: 5 3 1 (1/47.6 at 137 invention) ‎ 624,403,169

⬥ Precise 6 Eruptive 1: 5 4 (1/2.18 at 137 invention) ‎ 28,578,612

⬥ Precise 6 Lunging 1: 7 2 (1/1.67 at 137 invention) ‎ 50,317,707

⬥ Precise 6 Mobile: 7 1 1 (1/2.57 at 137 invention) ‎ 46,999,691

⬥ Precise 6 Ruthless 1: 7 2 (1/1.77 at 137 invention) ‎ 32,374,358

⬥ Precise 6 Ultimatums 4: 9 (1/94.7 at 137 invention) ‎ 34,150,052

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Armour Gizmo Layouts

Absorbative

⬥ Absorbative 4: 8 (Guaranteed) ‎ 433,013

⬥ Absorbative 4 Crystal Shield 1: 8 1 (1/37.2 at 137 invention) ‎ 38,614,889

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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) ‎ 96,780,844

⬥ Biting 4 Crystal Shield 1: 7 2 (1/1.72 at 137 invention) ‎ 166,582,988

⬥ Biting 4 Demon Slayer: 7 2 (1/1.76 at 137 invention) ‎ 269,385,036

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

⬥ Biting 4 Dragon Slayer: 7 2 (1/1.76 at 137 invention) ‎ 171,734,284

⬥ Biting 4 Genocidal: 7 2 (1/1.9 at 137 invention) ‎ 184,260,850

⬥ Biting 4 Lucky 1: 7 1 1 (1/1.91 at 137 invention) ‎ 188,109,609

⬥ Biting 4 Lucky 2: 7 2 (1/12.6 at 137 invention) ‎ 1,243,866,084

⬥ Biting 4 Mobile: 7 1 1 (1/3.03 at 137 invention) ‎ 293,245,959

⬥ Biting 4 Reflexes: 7 1 1 (1/1.9 at 137 invention) ‎ 183,883,605

⬥ Biting 4 Undead Slayer: 7 1 1 (1/2.02 at 137 invention) ‎ 202,356,189

⬥ Biting 3: 9 (1/20.5 at 69 invention) ‎ 20,626,773

⬥ Biting 3 Cautious: 9 (1/7.85 at 137 invention) ‎ 8,096,008

⬥ 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) ‎ 1,335,302

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Clear Headed

⬥ Clear Headed 4: 9 (1/15.6 at 74 invention) ‎ 4,154,883

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Crackling

⬥ Crackling 4: 4 3 (1/1.06 at 137 invention) ‎ 1,169,800

⬥ Crackling 4 Demon Slayer: 4 3 2 (1/3.52 at 120 invention) ‎ 3,498,489

⬥ Crackling 4 Relentless 3: 4 3 (1/3.12 at 137 invention) ‎ 3,443,186

⬥ Crackling 4 Relentless 5: 8 (1/20.2 at 137 invention) ‎ 25,909,608

⬥ Crackling 4 Undead Slayer: 7 1 1 (1/1.67 at 120 invention) ‎ 7,504,371

⬥ Crackling 4 Ultimatums 4: 9 (1/5.44 at 137 invention) ‎ 6,819,612

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Crystal Shield

⬥ Crystal Shield 4: 8 (1/2.49 at 120 invention) ‎ 1,357,691

⬥ Crystal Shield 4 Looting: 6 3 (1/1.32 at 137 invention) ‎ 1,101,027

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Energising

⬥ Energising 4 Invigorating 3: 9 (1/74.2 at 137 invention) ‎ 21,496,393

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Enhanced Devoted

⬥ Enhanced Devoted 4: 8 (1/1.38 at 137 invention) ‎ 752,455

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Equilibrium

⬥ Equilibrium 4: 5 4 (1/1.02 at 120 invention) ‎ 224,780,636

⬥ Equilibrium 4: 6 2 (Guaranteed) ‎ 264,239,419

⬥ Equilibrium 4 Crystal Shield 1: 6 1 2 (1/1.31 at 137 invention) ‎ 346,172,411

⬥ Equilibrium 4 Demon Slayer: 6 1 2 (1/1.35 at 137 invention) ‎ 432,984,410

⬥ Equilibrium 4 Dragon Slayer: 6 1 2 (1/1.35 at 137 invention) ‎ 357,722,288

⬥ Equilibrium 4 Genocidal: 6 1 2 (1/1.52 at 137 invention) ‎ 401,861,505

⬥ Equilibrium 4 Lucky 1: 6 1 1 (1/1.52 at 137 invention) ‎ 404,068,411

⬥ Equilibrium 4 Lucky 2: 6 3 (1/1.83 at 137 invention) ‎ 488,677,066

⬥ Equilibrium 4 Mobile: 6 1 1 1 (1/1.61 at 137 invention) ‎ 425,416,127

⬥ Equilibrium 4 Reflexes: 6 1 1 1 (1/1.45 at 137 invention) ‎ 383,066,828

⬥ Equilibrium 4 Undead Slayer: 6 2 1 (1/1.4 at 137 invention) ‎ 374,533,748

⬥ Equilibrium 4 Venomblood: 6 1 2 (1/1.35 at 137 invention) ‎ 356,648,426

⬥ Equilibrium 2: 9 (1/11.7 at 91+ invention) ‎ 8,949,782

⬥ Equilibrium 1: 3 (Guaranteed at 76+ invention | use a common armour gizmo) ‎ 303,652

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Impatient

⬥ Impatient 4: 4 3 (1/1.05 at 137 invention) ‎ 12,947,067

⬥ Impatient 4: 7 2 (1/1 at 29 invention | Better if low invention level and/or don't value time highly.) ‎ 8,986,421

⬥ Impatient 4 Crystal Shield 1: 4 3 2 (1/2.3 at 100 invention) ‎ 28,520,620

⬥ Impatient 4 Devoted 2: 4 3 (1/1.76 at 137 invention) ‎ 21,701,750

⬥ Impatient 4 Devoted 4: 7 2 (1/10.5 at 137 invention | Can replace 1 Zamorak component with Zaros) ‎ 94,075,198

⬥ Impatient 4 Dragon Slayer: 6 1 2 (1/1.82 at 113 invention) ‎ 30,062,568

⬥ Impatient 4 Genocidal: 6 1 2 (1/2.21 at 116 invention) ‎ 35,344,600

⬥ Impatient 4 Hoarding: 6 2 1 (1/5.25 at 102 invention) ‎ 60,712,553

⬥ Impatient 4 Lucky 1/2: 6 1 1 1 (1/1.98 at 113 invention) ‎ 34,508,040 / 1,631,289,174

⬥ Impatient 4 Mobile: 6 1 1 1 (1/3.16 at 113 invention) ‎ 49,682,914

⬥ Impatient 4 Reflexes: 6 1 1 1 (1/1.97 at 113 invention) ‎ 30,973,209

⬥ Impatient 4 Undead Slayer: 6 1 1 1 (1/2.09 at 113 invention) ‎ 39,956,469

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Invigorating

⬥ Invigorating 4: 7 1 1 (1/1.0008 at 137 invention) ‎ 268,935

⬥ Invigorating 4 Crystal Shield 1: 6 1 2 (1/1.15 at 137 invention | Must be input in same order as displayed) ‎ 10,087,920

⬥ Invigorating 4 Demon Slayer: 6 2 1 (1/1.17 at 137 invention) ‎ 74,694,604

⬥ Invigorating 4 Demon Slayer: 6 2 1 (1/2.1 at 123 invention) ‎ 122,256,788

⬥ Invigorating 4 Dragon Slayer: 4 2 2 1 (1/1.21 at 137 invention) ‎ 7,608,588

⬥ Invigorating 4 Dragon Slayer: 6 3 (1/1.82 at 120 invention | Do not put enhancing in the middle) ‎ 498,914

⬥ Invigorating 4 Genocidal: 5 2 2 (1/1.27 at 137 invention) ‎ 9,518,547

⬥ Invigorating 4 Hoarding: 6 1 1 1 (1/3.15 at 137 invention) ‎ 29,732,515

⬥ Invigorating 4 Lucky 1/2: 6 1 1 1 (1/1.28 at 137 invention) ‎ 13,322,543 / 466,289,001

⬥ Invigorating 4 Mobile: 7 2 (1/6.48 at 120 invention | 2 dextrous components is similar results) ‎ 3,086,674

⬥ Invigorating 4 Reflexes: 6 1 1 1 (1/2.44 at 137 invention) ‎ 4,080,521

⬥ Invigorating 4 Undead Slayer: 6 1 1 1 (1/2.41 at 120 invention) ‎ 12,213,473

⬥ Invigorating 4 Undead Slayer: 6 1 1 1 (1/1.35 at 137 invention) ‎ 16,332,113

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Lucky

⬥ Lucky 6: 7 (Guaranteed) ‎ 7,051,740

⬥ Lucky 6 Absorbative 1: 7 2 (1/1.67 at 137 invention) ‎ 12,054,751

⬥ Lucky 4 Absorbative 2: 5 4 (1/1.76 at 137 invention) ‎ 9,585,667

⬥ Lucky 6 Hoarding: 6 2 1 (1/2.03 at 137 Invention) ‎ 15,337,532

⬥ Lucky 6 Undead Slayer: 7 1 1 (1/1.79 at 137 invention) ‎ 18,700,535

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Turtling

⬥ Turtling 4: 6 3 (1/2.37 at 137 invention) ‎ 836,138

⬥ Turtling 4 Mobile: 7 1 1 (1/659 at 90/91 invention) ‎ 265,971,867

⬥ Turtling 3 Reflexes: 6 1 1 1 (1/8.17 at 137 invention) ‎ 2,261,567

⬥ Turtling 3 Taunting: 2 1 6 (1/7.53 at 137 invention | Input comps in same order as shown) ‎ 2,084,406

⬥ Turtling 4 Ultimatums 4: 9 (1/19.1 at 137 invention) ‎ 6,887,708

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Ultimatums

⬥ Ultimatums 4 Dragon Slayer: 2 1 6 (1/1.64 at 120 invention) ‎ 2,820,750

⬥ Ultimatums 4 Dragon Slayer: 1 7 1 (1/2.4 at 120 invention) ‎ 3,442,886

⬥ Ultimatums 4 Demon Slayer: 2 1 6 (1/1.64 at 120 invention) ‎ 94,250,291

⬥ Ultimatums 4 Demon Slayer: 2 7 (1/15.3 at 120 invention) ‎ 15,823,453

⬥ Ultimatums 4 Energising 2: 3 1 5 (1/2.64 at 137 invention) ‎ 1,459,298

⬥ Ultimatums 4 Energising 2: 4 4 1 (1/4.65 at 137 invention) ‎ 3,936,260

⬥ Ultimatums 4 Genocidal: 6 2 1 (1/1.87 at 120 invention) ‎ 1,953,666

⬥ Ultimatums 4 Mobile: 1 1 6 1 (1/2.82 at 120 invention) ‎ 2,903,236

⬥ Ultimatums 4 Mobile: 1 1 7 (1/3.67 at 120 invention) ‎ 4,180,910

⬥ Ultimatums 4 Undead Slayer: 6 1 1 1 (1/1.89 at 120 invention) ‎ 8,164,806

⬥ Ultimatums 4 Undead Slayer: 1 1 7 (1/2.47 at 120 invention) ‎ 10,941,357

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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) ‎ 205,292

⬥ 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) ‎ 3,795,810

⬥ Genocidal Demon Slayer: 1 1 2 1 (1/1.71 at 120 and 137 invention | Bandos in middle, powerful on top, clear on bottom) ‎ 169,760

⬥ Genocidal Dragon Slayer: 2 1 (1/1.34 | Bandos in middle, powerful on top) ‎ 1,198,936

⬥ Genocidal Undead Slayer: 1 1 1 1 / (1/1.04 | Powerful in middle, bandos on top, undead on left) ‎ 3,634,552

⬥ Scavenging 4: 9 (1/15.4 at 137 invention) ‎ 6,018,291

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