Table of Contents:

• Why Should You Train this Skill?
• Getting Started
• The Basics
  • Components
    • Common
    • Uncommon
    • Rare
    • Ancient
  • Core Devices
    • Augmentors
    • Charge Pack & Divine Charges
    • Equipment Siphons
    • Gizmos
  • Training
    • Disassembling/Siphoning Augmented Gear
  • What Should I Augment?
• Machines and Other Devices
• Tech Trees
  • Tasks
  • Technology

Why Should You Train this Skill?

Many people struggle to understand the point of this skill or why it is relevant, so let's get that covered right away. It makes training many other skills much easier, improves gathering rates, makes it easier to survive heavy hits from enemies... the applications are very, very broad. The best things that Invention will offer you start unlocking around level 85, but it has things that make your life easier all the way to level 120.

For a brief overview of why you should train this skill, have a quick watch of Protoxx's video on the subject.

 

 

Special thanks to Protoxx for allowing us to embed his video in this guide!

Unlocking this Elite Skill

Invention is currently Runescape's only elite skill and that label means two major things:

1. The levels and experience follow a different curve than other skills.
2. It has other skill requirements to start using it.

To get started as a Geilinorian inventor, you must have the following levels:

• 80 Crafting
• 80 Divination
• 80 Smithing

Getting Started

Once you have the required levels, head to the building carved out of the mountain rock North of Falador.

Upon entering the Invention Guild, Doc will be on your far right and Grubfoot will be on your left with his Mind-controlled monkey butler. Doc will introduce the beginnings of Invention and then point you in the direction of the workbench, which is right next to him to begin the tutorial. The tutorial will add a charge pack, inventor's tools, and a material pouch to your toolbelt.

Note: There are two parts to the workbench, "Discover" and "Manufacture" using each of these will pull up different options within the workbench.

The Basics

Completing the tutorial will unlock the Analyze and Dismantle abilities, which can be found in the skilling section of your magic spellbook (they are present in the Standard, Ancient, and Lunar spellbooks). Until you have made a discovery or two at the Invention workbench, your experience gain is rather limited. Once you obtain the necessary level for a device or component (more on those shortly), you still cannot make them until you have discovered/researched their uses at the invention workbench. Discovering a new device or researching a new material is fairly simple and grants experience based on your prototype. You will be presented with 5 slots and 10 modules to fit into them. Simply click and drag the modules until the slots are all filled and then attempt to prototype it. Any objects that don't contribute to the design will be rejected and you must fill the spaces they previously filled with objects that remain. Repeat this process until you are told that you are on the right track. An example is shown below.



Once you have determined the 5 modules being used to create the prototype, you have some options. You can simply complete the project to unlock the item right away, or you can move the objects around (click and drag or click two objects to swap their positions) in order to get more experience from the discovery. Each time you attempt to discover or research something new, the combination of objects and the perfect order (there always is one) will be different- even for different players on the same discovery. Regardless, the experience awarded has a base value determined by the level of the discovery that is then multipled by a number determined by the quality of your prototype. A perfect prototype will earn you 5 times the base experience value. An example of the prototype shuffling step is shown below.

The amount of experience gained for discovering something scales with the level requirement of the discovery, but is not universal by level. See the table below for a full list of discoveries.

Level	Discovery	Experience (Base / Perfect)	Notes & Additional Requirements
1	Charge pack	40 / 200	Discovered during the tutorial
2	Augmentor	50 / 250	Discovered during the tutorial Unlocks the ability to augment weaponry
3	Gizmo	80 / 400	Discovered during the tutorial Only unlocks Weapon gizmos
4	Divine charge	~21.4 / 107
	Augmented item maximum level 5
8	Gizmo dissolver	~32.2 / 161
16	Augmented armour	~125.6 / 628	Also unlocks the ability to make Armour gizmos
	Augmentation dissolver
	Equipment dissolver
20	Camouflage outfit pieces	~239.62 / 1,198.1	These were originally from Treasure Hunter Requires level 70 Thieving to obtain the fragments used to craft these Requires level 80 Thieving to craft these At level 99 Thieving you will collect the fragments at double the base rate At level 120 Thieving you will collect the fragments at triple the base rate
	Divination outfit pieces		These were originally from Treasure Hunter Requires level 70 Divination to obtain the fragments used to craft these Requires level 80 Divination to craft these At level 99 Divination you will collect the fragments at double the base rate At level 120 Divination you will collect the fragments at triple the base rate
	Dungeoneering outfit pieces		These were originally from Treasure Hunter Discovering this requires you to first buy the blueprint from Bryll Thoksdottir Requires level 70 Dungeoneering to obtain the fragments used to craft these Requires level 80 Dungeoneering to craft these At level 99 Dungeoneering you will collect the fragments at double the base rate At level 120 Dungeoneering you will collect the fragments at triple the base rate
20	Farmer outfit pieces	~239.62 / 1,198.1	These were originally from Treasure Hunter Discovering this requires you to first buy the blueprint from Granny or Prehistoric Potterington Requires level 70 Farming to obtain the fragments used to craft these Requires level 80 Farming to craft these At level 99 Farming you will collect the fragments at double the base rate At level 120 Farming you will collect the fragments at triple the base rate
	Gemstone golem outfit pieces		These were originally from Treasure Hunter Requires level 70 Mining to obtain the fragments used to craft these Requires level 80 Mining to craft these At level 99 Mining you will collect the fragments at double the base rate At level 120 Mining you will collect the fragments at triple the base rate
	Rune ethereal outfit pieces		These were originally from Treasure Hunter Requires level 70 Runecrafting to obtain the fragments used to craft these Requires level 80 Runecrafting to craft these At level 99 Runecrafting you will collect the fragments at double the base rate At level 120 Runecrafting you will collect the fragments at triple the base rate
20	Sentinel outfit pieces	~239.62 / 1,198.1	These were originally from Treasure Hunter Requires level 70 Woodcutting to obtain the fragments used to craft these Requires level 80 Woodcutting to craft these At level 99 Woodcutting you will collect the fragments at double the base rate At level 120 Woodcutting you will collect the fragments at triple the base rate
	Shark outfit pieces		These were originally from Treasure Hunter Requires level 70 Fishing to obtain the fragments used to craft these Requires level 80 Fishing to craft these At level 99 Fishing you will collect the fragments at double the base rate At level 120 Fishing you will collect the fragments at triple the base rate
	Trapper outfit pieces		These were originally from Treasure Hunter Discovering this requires you to first buy the blueprint from Irwinsson Requires level 70 Hunter to obtain the fragments used to craft these Requires level 80 Hunter to craft these At level 99 Hunter you will collect the fragments at double the base rate At level 120 Hunter you will collect the fragments at triple the base rate
22	Augmented Hatchet	308 / 1,540
	Augmented Mattock	160 / 800
	Augmented Pickaxe	308 / 1,540
	Fishing rod-o-matic
	Hammer-tron
	Junk refiner
	Maximum charge improvement 1		Increases the maximum capacity of the charge pack from 200,000 to 250,000
	Pyro-matic
	Refined components
	Tool gizmos
24	Soul-in-a-box	~308.2 / 1,541	Blueprints unlocked from Nomad's Elegy
	Urn enhancer		Blueprints unlocked from Nomad's Elegy
27	Augmented item maximum level 10	535 / 2,675
	Equipment siphon
34	Charge drain reduction 1	1,089 / 5,445	Reduces the rate at which augmented items drain your charge pack by 1%
	Junk chance reduction 1		Multiplicatively reduces your junk chance when disassembling items by 1%
	Knightly components
40	Corporeal components	1,836 / 9,180	Unlocked from the Dwarven Tech tree
	Maximum charge improvement 2		Increases the maximum capacity of the charge pack from 250,000 to 300,000
	Pestiferous components		Unlocked from the Goblin Tech tree
43	Spring cleaner	~2,244.2 / 11,221	Also unlocks the ability to make Tight springs
45	Augmented leg armour	2,545 / 12,725
	Culinary components
	Harnessed components
49	Charge drain reduction 2	~4,520 / 22,600	Reduces the rate at which augmented items drain your charge pack by 3%
	Dragonfire components
	Explosive components
	Junk chance reduction 2		Multiplicatively reduces your junk chance when disassembling items by 3%
50	Mechanised chinchompa	~3,651.4 / 18,257	Unlocked from the Goblin Tech tree
	Mining accumulator		Unlocked from the Dwarven Tech tree
	Sprinkler MK1		Unlocked from the Dwarven Tech tree
	Woodcutting accumulator		Unlocked from the Goblin Tech tree
54	Brassican components	~4,520 / 22,600
	Crystal tool siphon		Discovering this requires you to first buy the blueprint from Boni (rewards)
	Fortunate components
	Fungal components
	Undead components
55	Clockwork components	~4,755.8 / 23,779
	Faceted components
60	Augmented item maximum level 15	~6,456.9 / 32,284.5
	Auto disassembler
	B.A.N.K. Stander		Unlocked from the Goblin Tech tree
	Book switcher		Unlocked from the Dwarven Tech tree
	Calorie bomb		Unlocked from the Dwarven Tech tree
	Fishing accumulator
	Monkey mind-control helmet		Unlocked from the Goblin Tech tree
	Simple generator
64	Charge drain reduction 3	~7,722.16 / 38,610.8	Reduces the rate at which augmented items drain your charge pack by 5%
	Junk chance reduction 3		Multiplicatively reduces your junk chance when disassembling items by 5%
	Maximum charge improvement 3		Increases the maximum capacity of the charge pack from 300,000 to 350,000
67	Auto-screener v1.080	4,300 / 21,500	Discovering this requires you to first buy the blueprint from Ezreal
69	Charge drain reduction 4	~9,512.59 / 47,562.9	Reduces the rate at which augmented items drain your charge pack by 7%
	Junk chance reduction 4		Multiplicatively reduces your junk chance when disassembling items by 7%
	Lab coat		Unlocks the ability to make both the Top and Legs
	Shifting components
70	Auto-screener v1.080	~10,518.2 / 52,591	Unlocked from the Dwarven Tech tree
	Dungeoneering lock melter		Unlocked from the Dwarven Tech tree
	Dungeoneering party simulator		Unlocked from the Goblin Tech tree
	Electrified box trap		Unlocked from the Goblin Tech tree
	Kinetic cyclone		Unlocked from the Dwarven Tech tree
	Oldak coil		Unlocked from the Goblin Tech tree
72	Alchemizer	~11,372.4 / 56,862
74	Armadyl components	~12,269.54 / 61,347.7
	Bandos components
	Saradomin components
	Zamorak components
75	Small gizmo bag	~12,734.4 / 63,672
77	Mechanised siphon	~13,697.8 / 68,489
78	Charge drain reduction 5	~14,196.34 / 70,981.7	Reduces the rate at which augmented items drain your charge pack by 9%
	Junk chance reduction 5		Multiplicatively reduces your junk chance when disassembling items by 9%
80	Large generator	~16,123.6 / 80,618
81	Auto disassembler mk. II	~16,688.2 / 83,441
83	Charge drain reduction 6	~17,854.68 / 89,273.4	Reduces the rate at which augmented items drain your charge pack by 12%
	Junk chance reduction 6		Multiplicatively reduces your junk chance when disassembling items by 12%
	Seren components
	Third-age components
	Zaros components
85	Ancient gizmos	8,500 / 42,500	Discovering this requires unlocking the blueprint via Torn blueprint fragments from the Stormguard Citadel Dig Site
	Classic components	4,200 / 21,000	Discovering this requires unlocking one of the blueprints via Torn blueprint fragments from the Stormguard Citadel Dig Site
	Historic components		Discovering this requires unlocking one of the blueprints via Torn blueprint fragments from the Stormguard Citadel Dig Site
87	Lightbulb hat	~20,340.7 / 101,703.5
	Maximum charge improvement 4		Increases the maximum capacity of the charge pack from 350,000 to 400,000
	Oceanic components
	Resilient components
	Silent components
88	Demon slayer ability codex	~20,994.6 / 104,973	Discovering this requires you to first buy the blueprint from Bryll Thoksdottir
	Dragon slayer ability codex		Discovering this requires you to first buy the blueprint from Bryll Thoksdottir
	Undead slayer ability codex		Discovering this requires you to first buy the blueprint from Bryll Thoksdottir
89	Avernic components	21,662 / 108,310	Discovering this requires 2,500+ Reputation with the Zamorak faction in the Heart of Geilinor
	Cywir components		Discovering this requires 2,500+ Reputation with the Seren faction in the Heart of Geilinor
	Ilujankan components		Discovering this requires 2,500+ Reputation with the Zaros faction in the Heart of Geilinor
	Shadow components		Discovering this requires 2,500+ Reputation with the Sliske faction in the Heart of Geilinor
90	Partial potion producer	~23,584.2 / 117,921
91	Charge drain reduction 7	~24,316.96 / 121,584.8	Reduces the rate at which augmented items drain your charge pack by 14%
	Junk chance reduction 7		Multiplicatively reduces your junk chance when disassembling items by 14%
	Pogo stick
92	Spirit tree re-rooter	~25,064 / 125,320
93	Ancient enhanced tools	13,000 / 65,000	Discovering this requires unlocking the blueprint via Torn blueprint fragments from the Stormguard Citadel Dig Site
	Automatic hide tanner	~25,825.5 / 129,127.5
94	Portable fairy ring	~26,601.7 / 133,008.5
	Vintage components	13,200 / 66,000	Discovering this requires unlocking one of the blueprints via Torn blueprint fragments from the Stormguard Citadel Dig Site
95	Charge drain reduction 8	27,392 / 136,960	Reduces the rate at which augmented items drain your charge pack by 17%
	Junk chance reduction 8		Multiplicatively reduces your junk chance when disassembling items by 17%
	Maximum charge improvement 5		Increases the maximum capacity of the charge pack from 400,000 to 500,000
	Medium gizmo bag
	Professor title
96	Herb protector	28,198 / 140,990
97	Enchanted notepaper	~29,018.6 / 145,093	Discovering this requires you to first buy the blueprint from Bryll Thoksdottir
98	Energy barrel	29,854 / 149,270
99	Ascended components	30,705 / 153,525
	Augmented item maximum level 20
	Noxious components
	Plank maker
	Rumbling components
100	Whetstone	~33,233.4 / 166,167
101	Divine-o-matic vacuum	~34,161.34 / 170,806.7	Also unlocks the ability to make Empty divine charges
102	Jumbo generator	~35,105.6 / 175,528
103	Timeworn components	18,000 / 90,000	Discovering this requires unlocking one of the blueprints via Torn blueprint fragments from the Stormguard Citadel Dig Site
104	Miraculous treatment	~37,043.7 / 185,218.5
105	Charge drain reduction 9	~38,037.76 / 190,188.8	Reduces the rate at which augmented items drain your charge pack by 20%
	Junk chance reduction 9		Multiplicatively reduces your junk chance when disassembling items by 20%
106	XP capacitor	8,500 / 42,500	Discovering this requires unlocking the blueprint via Torn blueprint fragments from the Stormguard Citadel Dig Site
107	Alchemical onyx	~40,076.46 / 200,382.3
108	Alchemizer mk. II	~41,121.38 / 205,606.9
109	Flatpack depacker	~42,183.48 / 210,917.4
110	Teleportation compactor	~43,262.92 / 216,314.6
111	Optimized hide tanner	~44,357.96 / 221,789.8
112	Potion reservoir	~45,474.18 / 227,370.9
113	Combat dummy MKII	~46,606.28 / 233,031.4
114	Ingenuity of the Humans ability codex	~47,756.16 / 238,780.8
	Partial potion producer DX
115	Equipment separator	~48,923.96 / 244,619.8
117	Alchemical hydrix	~51,313.78 / 256,568.9
	High capacity plank maker
118	Large gizmo bag	~52,536.02 / 262,680.1
	Passage of the abyss

~These values are estimates based on a formula used to predict the actual values, please Submit actual values.

Components

You've discovered a device, but you cannot make it without the proper parts. Let's talk invention components.

As discussed earlier, invention provides access to the disassemble and analyze abilities. For reference, we are going to take a look at an Elder shortbow and some Blood runes. Using the analyze ability on an object will tell you the item's base junk chance, chances for materials, and the materials it can potentially give you when disassembled. As a general rule of thumb, lower level items will have higher junk chances and vice versa. If the item in question is a form of ammunition such as Runes, Arrows, or Summoning Scrolls, the name of the item will be followed by the number of them required for a single disassembly. Using these examples, a single Elder shortbow will roll for materials 12 times, but rolling for the 8 materials that Blood runes give requires 50 of them.

There are four major categories of components: common, uncommon, rare, and ancient. In most cases, the common parts will be noted in the material analysis as "often" or "sometimes", and the uncommon parts will be noted as "rarely". The rare and ancient components will usually be noted as "special" because for, most items that can provide them, the rare components are not considered one of the material chances from the item; rather they are in addition to the usual rolls (with a few exceptions). The difference with ancient components is their unlock requirements, which is discussed further here. Before any rare or ancient components can be used in a gizmo (more on that here), it must be researched at an invention workbench.

You can see your invention components in your material pouch by clicking the invention icon in your inventory:

Before you go out to the Grand Exchange or to collect the things you need to disassemble, here are some things to keep in mind that will help minimize the amount of time, effort, and money (if that's your strategy) that you will put into gathering materials.

• The disassemble ability is useful for clearing inventory space and opening up room in the loot window. If you are struggling to find things on the floor when the room is just packed full of drops, you can always pick up things you dont need and break them down for parts.
• Don't be afraid to break down drops that you receive regularly. It will save you the struggle of obtaining their parts later though more time consuming means.
• It is possible to disassemble items while in combat and especially easy to do so when in the middle of a channeled combat ability (such as rapid fire or asphyxiate). Doing it this way can cut down on the time it takes to manage your drops later.
• Even though noted items are really just paper, you can still disassemble them as though they were not noted. Like with most good interactions in modern Runescape, this will disassemble 60 of the selected item provided you don't interrupt the process.
• While it might sound like it makes the most sense to make and disassemble items that use the smallest amount of supplies, this is usually incorrect as the number of materials those items typically give will scale with the number of materials used. For example, a Bronze full helm provides 8 materials, but the Bronze platebody gives 20. They both give 4 materials per Bronze bar used to make the item.
• Prioritize getting precious components to put the scavenging perk on your equipment (we cover this in more detail here). This will significantly cut down on the number of items you will have to disassemble for components.
• Don't drop items! Any time you find yourself wanting to get rid of something by dropping it, disassemble it instead.

The table below outlines all the invention components by rarity and level, including general sources and some specific ones as well.

Common Parts
Material	General Sources	Cheap/Slow Sources	Expensive/Fast Sources
Base	Bladed salvage of any metal, Bolts, Shields, and weapons with hilts	All Big Game Hunter dinosaurs drop Large bladed adamant salvage is generous quantities, with Oculi apoterrasaurs doing it the most frequently. Kalphite guardians drop a lot of different Bladed salvage at a pretty steady rate. Swords can be bought from several shops, like the sword shop in Varrock. Unfinished broad bolts can be bought from Slayer masters and (once they are Fletched) are reliable base and head parts.	Higher level Swords that can be made with Smithing, such as Elder rune longsword + 5s or Bane 2h sword + 4s.
Blade	Bladed salvage of any metal, slashing, stabbing, and thrown weapons	All Big Game Hunter dinosaurs drop Large bladed adamant salvage is generous quantities, with Oculi apoterrasaurs doing it the most frequently. Kalphite guardians drop a lot of different Bladed salvage at a pretty steady rate. Swords can be bought from several shops, like the sword shop in Varrock.	Buy higher level Swords that can be made with Smithing, such as Elder rune longsword + 5s or Bane 2h sword + 4s.
Clear	Gems and Glass objects	Vials that you buy in bulk from shops. Gems that you get from Geodes while Mining. Orthenglass you excavate.	Orthenglass, Potion flasks, and Unpowered orbs that you buy.
Connector	Claws, Crossbows, Hatchets, Jewellery, Spiky salvage of any metal, and whips	Crossbow stocks that you have the Woodcutting and Fletching to make are reliable. Elf warriors in the Elf Camp drop a fair amount of Spiky salvage. Salamanders that you can Hunt are fast and reliable.	Black salamanders that you buy, especially if you take the time to augment and level them up before disassembling them.
Cover	Armor, clothing, Plated salvage of any metal, Shields	Metal dragons always drop a Large plated salvage of the same metal.	Plated salvage that you buy.
Crafted	Arrows, Leathers, Metal bars, Planks, Potions, Spears, Spiky salvage of any metal, Summoning Pouches, Summoning Scrolls, and two-handed Crossbows	Elf warriors in the Elf Camp drop a fair amount of Spiky salvage.	Spiky salvage that you buy.
Crystal	Crystal tree blossoms, Harmonic dust, and non-attuned crystal items	Crystal teleport seeds that are dropped by Elf warriors in Lletya and the Elf Camp. Harmonic dust (100 Dust per part).	Crystal weaponry that you buy.
Deflecting	Defenders, Halberds, hybrid/magic/melee armours, Plated salvage of any metal, and Shields	Metal dragons always drop a Large plated salvage of the same metal.	Plated salvage that you buy.
Delicate	Books, Gems, Glass objects, Jewellery, Orbs, and Potions	Gems that you get from Geodes while Mining.	Felt, Potion flasks, and Unpowered orbs that you buy.
Flexible	Bows, Summoning Pouches, and whips	Shieldbows or Shortbows that you make (be sure to string them, it increases how many materials they can give by a significant margin).	Shieldbows or Shortbows that you buy. Magic ones are usually the way to go.
Head	Ammunition, Battleaxes, Blunt salvage of any metal, blunt weaponry, Hatchets, Pickaxes, and Wands	Hatchets and Battleaxes that you can Smith are the most reliable. Unfinished broad bolts can be bought from Slayer masters and (once they are Fletched) are reliable base and head parts.	Necronium 2h greataxe + 4s that you buy.
Magic	Magic armor and weaponry, Portents, Runes, and Signs	Runes that you make, ideally ones that you get a lot of Runes per Essence for at your Runecrafting level.	Runes that you buy. Body runes are usually a pretty efficient source.
Metallic	Bladed salvage of any metal, Knives, and Swords	All Big Game Hunter dinosaurs drop Large bladed adamant salvage is generous quantities, with Oculi apoterrasaurs doing it the most frequently. Kalphite guardians drop a lot of different Bladed salvage at a pretty steady rate.	Buy higher level Swords that can be made with Smithing, such as Elder rune longsword + 5s or Bane 2h sword + 4s.
Organic	Ashes, Bones, Food, Herbs, Potions, and Seeds	Ashes that drop from demons you kill. Bones that drop from things you kill. Seeds that you get from Pickpocketing Master farmers.	Ashes, Bones, and Seeds that you buy.
Padded	Clothing, Ranged armor, Staves	Elf warriors drop Green dragonhide armor fairly often. The best Ranged armor you can make.	Red, Black, or Royal dragonhide bodies that you buy.
Plated	Mauls, melee armor, Plated salvage of any metal, throwing axes	Metal dragons always drop a Large plated salvage of the same metal.	Plated salvage that you buy.
Simple	Basic weaponry, clothing, hides, Leathers, Logs, Metal bars, Ores, and Planks	Logs obtained through Woodcutting. Maple logs obtained from the Throne of Miscellania.	Yew or Magic logs that you buy.
Smooth	Battleaxes, Blunt salvage of any metal, books, Gems, Glass objects, Jewellery, Maces, Orbs, and Warhammers	Gems that you get from Geodes while Mining. Orthenglass that you excavate.	Orthenglass, Potion flasks, and Unpowered orbs that you buy.
Spiked	Bolts, Claws, Daggers, one-handed Crossbows Spiky salvage of any metal, thrown weaponry	Elf warriors in the Elf Camp drop a fair amount of Spiky salvage salvage.	Spiky salvage that you buy.
Spiritual	Summoning Charms, Pouches, and Scrolls	Summoning Pouches that you make.	Summoning Pouches that you buy.
Stave	Arrows, Blunt salvage of any metal, Bows, Halberds, Spears, and Staves	Medium and Hard reward caskets drop a lot of Arrows, as does the Kalphite Queen.	Shieldbows or Shortbows that you buy. Magic ones are usually the way to go.
Tensile	Bows, Crossbows and Ranged armor	Shieldbows or Shortbows that you make (be sure to string them, it increases how many materials they can give by a significant margin).	Shieldbows or Shortbows that you buy. Magic ones are usually the way to go.

Uncommon Components
Material	General Sources	Cheap/Slow Sources	Expensive/Fast Sources
Dextrous	Bladed salvage of any metal, Crossbows, Longswords, Maces, Shortbows, and Swords	Longswords that you Smith. Shieldbows or Shortbows that you make (be sure to string them, it increases how many materials they can give by a significant margin).	Bladed salvage that you buy. Shieldbows or Shortbows that you buy. Magic ones are usually the way to go.
Direct	Battleaxes, Blunt salvage of any metal, Pickaxes, and Spears	Battleaxes that you Smith.	Blunt salvage that you buy. Spears that you buy.
Enhancing	Books, Food, Glass objects, Herbs, Jewellery, Orbs, and Potions	Unfinished Potions made with unneeded Herb drops. Unneeded Food drops.	Sharks (raw or cooked) that you buy.
Ethereal	Ashes, books, Orbs, Portents, and Signs	Portents of restoration obtained by Thieving from Amlodd workers.	Portents of restoration that you buy.
Evasive	Hybrid and ranged armor	Dragonhide armor that you make. Insulated boots that can be bought from Slayer masters.	Dragonhide armor that you buy.
Healthy	Food, Herbs, and Potions	Unneeded Food drops. Unneeded Herb drops.	Sharks (Raw or Cooked) that you buy.
Heavy	Maces, mauls, Pickaxes, Plated salvage of any metal, and Warhammers	Metal dragons always drop a Large plated salvage of the same metal.	Plated salvage that you buy.
Imbued	Staves and Wands	Air/Earth/Fire/Water battlestaves drop reliably from Spiritual mages (of all four factions).	Air/Earth/Fire/Water battlestaves that you buy.
Light	Daggers, Gems, and Spiky salvage of any metal	Elf warriors in the Elf Camp drop a fair amount of Spiky salvage.	Spiky salvage that you buy.
Living	Food, Herbs, hides, Logs, and Seeds	Magic logs that you Chop.	Magic logs that you buy.
Pious	Ashes and Bones	Impious ashes that you get from Pyrefiend or Thieving from Hefin workers. Infernal ashes that you get from killing various demons.	Tortured souls that you buy.
Powerful	Hybrid/Magic armor and weaponry, Runes, Summoning Pouches, and Summoning Scrolls	Air/Earth/Fire/Water battlestaves drop reliably from Spiritual mages (of all four factions).	Air/Earth/Fire/Water battlestaves that you buy.
Precious	Gems and Jewellery	Buy Enchanted gem and make them into Ring of slaying for disassembly. Turn all the Gems you obtain into the highest level Jewellery you can for disassembly (strung amulets have the lowest junk chance).	Jewellery that you buy.
Precise	Arrows, Bows, Spiky salvage of any metal, stabbing weaponry, and Wands	Elf warriors in the Elf Camp drop a fair amount of Spiky salvage. Shieldbows that you make (be sure to string them, it increases how many materials they can give by a significant margin).	Magic shieldbows that you buy.
Protective	Armor, Plated salvage of any metal, and Shields	Metal dragons always drop a Large plated salvage of the same metal.	Plated salvage that you buy.
Refined	Created using a Junk refiner
Sharp	Bladed salvage of any metal, slashing weapons, and thrown weapons	All Big Game Hunter dinosaurs drop Large bladed adamant salvage is generous quantities, with Oculi apoterrasaurs doing it the most frequently. Kalphite guardians drop a lot of different Bladed salvage at a pretty steady rate.	Higher level Swords that can be made with Smithing, such as Elder rune longsword + 5s or Bane 2h sword + 4s.
Strong	Blunt salvage of any metal, Hatchets, mauls, melee armor, Plated salvage of any metal, Shieldbows, Shields, Two-handed swords, and Warhammers	Metal dragons always drop a Large plated salvage of the same metal.	Plated salvage that you buy.
Stunning	Blunt salvage of any metal, Bolts, Crossbows and Halberds	Magic stocks that you make. Unfinished broad bolts can be bought from Slayer masters and (once they are Fletched) are reliable base parts, head parts, and stunning components.	Magic stocks that you buy.
Subtle	Bladed salvage of any metal, Defenders, Scimitars, and whips	All Big Game Hunter dinosaurs drop Large bladed adamant salvage is generous quantities, with Oculi apoterrasaurs doing it the most frequently. Kalphite guardians drop a lot of different Bladed salvage at a pretty steady rate.	Higher level Swords that can be made with Smithing, such as Elder rune longsword + 5s or Bane 2h sword + 4s.
Swift	Claws, Knives, Spiky salvage of any metal, and thrown weaponry	Elf warriors in the Elf Camp drop a fair amount of Spiky salvage. Claws or Throwing knives that you make.	Claws or Throwing knives that you buy.
Variable	Miscellaneous	Harralander tar that you make. Relics from elite dungeons.	Harralander tar that you buy.

Rare Components
Material	Level	General Sources	Specific Sources
Knightly	34	Black armor and weaponry	On the second floor of Ardougne castle there is a Black scimitar spawn that can be disassembled repeatedly.
Corporeal*	40	Spirit shields	Augmented blessed spirit shield.
Pestiferous*+	40	Void equipment	Augmented Korasi's sword.
Culinary+	45	Culinaromancer equipment	Wooden spoon and Spatula.
Harnessed	45	Elemental metal armor	Body body and Elemental helmet.
Dragonfire	49	Augmented Dragonfire shields, Augmented Royal crossbow.
Explosive	49	Augmented hand cannon.
Brassican+	54	Cabbages, most easily gathered from the patch South of Falador.
Fortunate	54	Treasure Trail rewards	Magic, Willow, and Yew composite bows.
Fungal	54	Ganodermic equipment	Ganodermic gloves.
Undead+	54	Barrows equipment	Augmented Dharok's greataxe, Augmented Malevolent kiteshield.
Clockwork+	55	Clockworks and gizmos	Clockworks and Dwarf cannon pieces.
Faceted+	55	Books, crystal equipment, and Orbs	Batwing books and Spider orbs.
Shifting	69	Chaotic weaponry and Khopeshes	Augmented Chaotic staff and Khopesh of the Kharidian.
Armadyl	74	Armadyl equipment	Augmented Armadyl chestplate and Warpriest of Armadyl pieces.
Bandos	74	Bandos equipment	Augmented Bandos chestplate and Warpriest of Bandos pieces.
Saradomin	74	Saradomin equipment	Augmented Saradomin sword and Warpriest of Saradomin pieces.
Zamorak	74	Zamorak equipment	Augmented Garb of subjugation and Warpriest of Zamorak pieces.
Seren+	83	Crystal equipment, especially attuned	Augmented Attuned crystal bow and Crystal halberd.
Third-Age	83	Third-Age equipment obtained from Treasure Trail.
Zaros	83	Nex drops	Ancient emblem and Augmented Zaryte bow.
Oceanic	87	Seasinger's equipment	Augmented Seasinger's robe top and Seasinger's robe top.
Resilient	87	Tetsu equipment	Augmented Tetsu body and Tetsu body.
Silent	87	Death Lotus equipment	Augmented Death lotus chestplate and Death lotus dart.
Avernic*	89	Twin Furies drops	Augmented Blade of Nymora and Crest of Zamorak.
Cywir*	89	Helwyr drops	Augmented Wand of the cywir elders and Crest of Seren.
Ilujankan*	89	Vindicta & Gorvek drops	Augmented Dragon rider lance and Crest of Zaros.
Shadow*	89	Gregorovic drops	Augmented Shadow glaive and Crest of Seren.
Ascended	99	Ascension and Sirenic equipment	Augmented Elite sirenic hauberk and Ascension crossbow.
Noxious	99	Araxxi drops	Augmented Noxious bow and Araxxi's eye.
Rumbling	99	Drygore weaponry and Mazcab raids armor	Augmented Drygore longsword and Teralith Cuirass.

Ancient Components*
Material	Level	General Sources	Specific Sources
Classic+	85	Archaeology materials of any level and restored artefacts below level 70.	Hookah pipe, Opulent wine goblet, and Soapstone.
Historic+	85	Archaeology materials of any level and restored artefacts below level 70.	Hookah pipe, Opulent wine goblet, and Soapstone.
Vintage+	94	Restored artefacts, easiest above level 70.	Larupia trophy, Night owl flight goggles, and Xiphos short sword.
Timeworn+	103	Restored artefacts, easiest above level 70.	Aviansie dreamcoat, Flat cap, and Kopis dagger.

* These materials have additional requirements before they can be used in gizmos.
+ These materials aren't guaranteed from most if not all of the items that can yield them.

Material	Additional Requirements
Corporeal	Unlocked from the Dwarven Tech Tree.
Pestiferous	Unlocked from the Goblin Tech Tree.
Avernic	2,500+ Reputation with the Zamorak faction in the Heart of Geilinor.
Cywir	2,500+ Reputation with the Seren faction in the Heart of Geilinor.
Ilujankan	2,500+ Reputation with the Zarosian faction in the Heart of Geilinor.
Shadow	2,500+ Reputation with the Sliske faction in the Heart of Geilinor.
Classic	Ancient gizmos unlocked via Torn blueprint fragments from the Stormguard Citadel Dig Site.
Historic	Ancient gizmos unlocked via Torn blueprint fragments from the Stormguard Citadel Dig Site.
Vintage	Ancient gizmos unlocked via Torn blueprint fragments from the Stormguard Citadel Dig Site.
Timeworn	Ancient gizmos unlocked via Torn blueprint fragments from the Stormguard Citadel Dig Site.

Core Devices

The manufacturing window classifies more than these as core items, but these are the ones that are actually relevent to level up invention effectively. The more complicated devices that didn't make this list are covered in our Invention Machines and Devices special report. For any other devices, look at their item entry.

Augmentors

While Augmentors can be made with any form of divine energy, the requirement of 80 Divination means that players manufacturing Augmentors have the ability to gather Brilliant energy at the least. They require an amount of energy that scales with the kind of energy used to make them, requiring less energy at higher levels (see the table below for a full recipe). Once you have an Augmentor, it can be used on various items based on your invention level. Once a player has completed the invention tutorial, they can use them to augment weapons. This expands to augmenting Shields and torso armor at level 16, augmenting tools at level 22 (which cannot be stored on the toolbelt, unlike their unaugmented counterparts), and finally augmenting leg armor at level 44. Most items that can be augmented, but normally degrade with use, do not degrade once they are augmented; there are a few notable exceptions (such as Trimmed masterwork armor). All augmented items use Divine charges from your Charge pack when they are being used. However, the reason this is worth doing is because augmented items can have Gizmos attached to them to add various perks to improve their uses.

In addition, augmented items have their own leveling system that is separate from the player. Upon completing the tutorial, this is irrelevant. However, once a player has passed level 4 invention and discovered the ability to have augmented items reach level 5, it becomes your primary source of experience. As augmented items are used, they slowly gain experience. More experience, higher level, pretty straightforward. If you disassemble an augmented item, you will receive an amount of invention experience that scales with the level of the item. For more information on this, see the section on Disassembling/Siphoning Augmented Gear.

Augmentor Recipe
Energy Ingredient: Choose one of these Energies
Energy Type	Quantity	Divination Level		Energy Type	Quantity	Divination Level
Ancestral energy	100	95		Incandescent energy	225	95
Luminous energy	350	90		Radiant energy	400	85
Brilliant energy	450	80		Elder energy	500	75
Lustrous energy	550	70		Vibrant energy	650	60
Gleaming energy	700	50		Sparkling energy	800	40
Glowing energy	850	30		Bright energy	900	20
Pale energy	1,000	10		Pale energy	2,000	1
Material components
Material						Quantity
Base parts						45
Flexible parts						45
Tensile parts						45
Enhancing components						8
Powerful components						7
Gains
Invention Experience:		495	Divination Experience:		100	1 Augmentor

Charge Pack & Divine Charges

Attained during the invention tutorial and placed on your toolbelt, the charge pack is what stores the fuel that powers all your augmented items. When obtained, it will contain 100,000 charge (which is half its capacity at that point). Filling it up is done with Divine charges, but because 1 Divine charge is not 1 charge in the charge pack, we will herafter refer to the charge in the pack as "pack charges" to avoid any confusion. As you level up, you can discover upgrades to the charge pack's maximum capacity and the rate at which it uses pack charges (see the table below). When your charge pack runs out of pack charges, all augmented items will become significantly less useful. More specifically, any augmented item that a player attempts to use while out of pack charges will function as if it was an item with the stats of its level 1 equivalent. For example, an Augmented Crystal hatchet would function as if it were a Bronze hatchet instead. You can still continue what you are doing and you can make use of tools on your toolbelt by unequipping the augmented tool. The drawbacks are that your augmented tool will no longer gain experience while you mine and you will not be benefiting from any perks you have on that augmented pickaxe.

A single Divine charge contributes 3,000 pack charges to the pack. At the highest possible pack charge capacity, it takes 166 2/3 Divine charges to completely fill the charge pack from an empty state. You can check how full your charge pack is by using the "check" option on an augmented item or looking at it in the invention section of your toolbelt.

Invention Level	Charge Drain Reduction	Max Pack Charge
1	0	200,000
22	0	250,000
34	-1%	250,000
40	-1%	300,000
49	-3%	300,000
64	-5%	350,000
69	-7%	350,000
78	-9%	350,000
83	-12%	350,000
87	-12%	400,000
91	-14%	400,000
95	-17%	500,000
105	-20%	500,000

Equipment Siphons

While Equipment siphons can be made as early as level 27, they are most efficient after level 60 and the discovery of level 15 augmented items. This is because the best item experience you can gain from an Equipment siphon is by using it on an augmented item of level 12 or above. When used, an Equipment siphon drains all the experience from the item you use it on and awards an amount of invention experience equal to if you had disassembled an item 2 levels lower. There are a few tradeoffs for doing this instead of just disassembling the items.

• It takes almost twice as long to train an item to level 12 as it does to train one to level 10
• Making Equipment siphons requires some materials that you have to gather
• Buying Equipment siphons can be expensive
• Siphoning equipment means that you don't gain any materials that you would from disassembly

On the other hand...

• Disassembling completely destroys the augmentor
  • Making Augmentors requires materials that you have to gather
  • Buying Augmentors can be expensive
• Disassembling items means that you have to replace them or find a new item to augment
• Many items that you can siphon are fairly cheap to make, specifically the tools you can make starting at level 22

Unless your augmented item is a Fishing rod-o-matic, Hammer-tron, Pyro-matic, or an item you augmented specifically because you want the materials it gives, it is usually better to use an Equipment siphon. They require 50 simple parts, 5 dextrous components, and 5 precious components to make and higher level items might not even consume the siphon (Items with level 13-15 augmentation have a 50% chance to not consume the siphon and items with level 16+ augmentation will never consume the siphon).

Gizmos

Once you have the ability to augment an item, you can also attach gizmos to them. Gizmos are devices that are added to augmented items to provide perks based on what is added to the gizmo. Some perks can only be obtained for specific types of items. This is why there are three basic kinds: Weapon, Armour, and Tool. A basic gizmo has 5 slots in which you can insert invention materials. Note that common materials put into a gizmo are used in sets of 5 for each slot. Hovering over materials in the material bag or in the gizmo interface will tell you what perks those materials can generate when added to a gizmo. In addition, the bottom right corner of the gizmo interface will tell you what the possible perks are for the combination of materials that are currently in the gizmo. Note that this doesn't tell you what perks can be obtained in combination with each other!



The number of gizmos that can go on an item is usually 2, but 1 handed weapons and Shields can only have 1 gizmo each. In addition, each gizmo has the potential to provide 2 perks each. Note that exceptions exist though, such as, an armour gizmo can have enhanced devoted on it, but enhanced devoted prevents the gizmo from having an additional perk. Some perks also have numbers associated with them (such as biting or equilibrium). Those perks are "ranked" and the values that they affect scale with the rank of the perk. For example, biting increases your chance to score a critical hit on an enemy by 2% per rank. As such, biting 1 increases that chance by 2%, biting 2 increases it by 4%, and so on. When a gizmo shell is filled, you will receive an amount of invention experience based on the materials that you added to the shell.



After level 85 invention and unlocking ancient gizmos using Torn blueprint fragments from the Stormguard Citadel Dig Site, you can make ancient gizmos. There are two major differences between ancient gizmos and the basic ones. First off, the ancient gizmos have 9 slots instead of 5. As a result, perks that have ranks can be obtained with higher ranks because more materials can be inserted that contribute to those perks. For example, a basic gizmo can reliably give you aftershock 2 and sometimes 3, but an ancient gizmo can give you aftershock 4 with and additional perk such as precise 2 or planted feet.

The second major difference is that you can use ancient materials in an ancient gizmo and they have some perks that other materials cannot produce, such as ruthless and relentless.



For more information on what perks exist (and how best to optimize them to your needs), see our Invention Perks Guide.

Training

Training invention starts out a little annoying then gets simpler and simpler from levels 2 to 60. At the very beginning, your only significant sources of experience are discovering new devices and making them. Disassembling items grants experience, but not very much. Before focusing on how to train invention, you should check your invention workbench to see if there is anything you can discover (make sure you do this every time you level up!). Discovering new things provides a surprising amount of experience over time. Because of this, it is worth checking your invention workbench for new discoveries every time you level up. The following table details how to get the most out of your work for invention experience up to level 60.

Level range	Next major unlock(s)	Training method(s)
1 - 3	Level 4: Augmented item max level 5	Make gizmos and fill them with parts you will likely not ever use, then disassemble them. We recommend using spiky parts, as they are never used to manufacture anything with this skill. Manufacture Augmentors and/or Divine charges since you will need them to level up invention later.
At level 4, look into what sorts of weapons you can Augment using this section.
4 - 15	Level 16: Ability to augment Torso armor and Shields	Augment a weapon, train it to level 5, and then disassemble it.
At level 16, look into what sorts of chest armor you can Augment using this section.
16 - 21	Level 22: Ability to make a Fishing rod-o-matic, Hammer-tron, and Pyro-matic	Augment a weapon or chest armor (weapon is faster), train it to level 5, and then disassemble it.
22 - 26	Level 27: Augmented item max level 10, Ability to make Equipment siphons	Make a Fishing rod-o-matic, Hammer-tron, or Pyro-matic, train it to level 5, and then disassemble it.
27 - 44	Level 45: Ability to Augment leg armor	Make Equipment siphons (This method is slow, but will save you a lot of time and effort later. Do not do this exclusively, it will take you years.). Augment weapons and chest armor, train them to level 10, and then disassemble them. Make Fishing rod-o-matics, Hammer-trons, and Pyro-matics, train them to level 10, and then disassemble them.
At level 45, look into what sorts of leg armor you can Augment using this section.
45 - 59	Level 60: Augmented item max level 15	Augment weapons, chest armor, and leg armor, train them to level 10, and then disassemble them. Augment Crystal fishing rods, Crystal hammers, and Crystal tinderboxes, train them to level 10, and then disassemble them. Make Fishing rod-o-matics, Hammer-trons, and Pyro-matics, train them to level 10, and then disassemble them.

Once you reach level 60, training invention should become a very passive process. You don't work on it actively as much as progress it by training other skills. At that point, your focus should be on training it by leveling up gear you already have a reason to use, getting access to discoveries that have additional requirements, and getting good perks onto your gear (More information here). Every time you have an augmented weapon, armor, or tool reaches level 12, make an Equipment siphon to use on it. If it's a tool manufactured with invention (Fishing rod-o-matic, Hammer-tron, or Pyro-matic), then you can choose to level it to 12 and use an Equipment siphon on it, or you could instead level it to level 10, disassemble it, and make a new one. Choosing to disassemble them makes invention level faster, but it also costs the materials to make a new one, whereas siphoning them costs the materials used to make the Equipment siphon.

Disassembling/Siphoning Augmented Gear

The amount of experience you earn from disassembling or siphoning augmented equipment scales with two things: the level of the item's augmentation and the level tier of the item (for example, a Saradomin godsword has an attack level requirement of 75, so the experience gained from siphoning or disassembling a Augmented Saradomin godsword is scaled to a tier 75 item). Generally, the tier of the item is easy information to get, but there are some siphonable items that defy this expectation. To clear up any confusion on this, see the table below.

Siphons as Level:	70	80	99
Items	Augmented Crystal fishing rod Augmented crystal hammer Augmented crystal tinderbox Augmented Tavia's fishing rod Fishing rod-o-matic Hammer-tron Pyro-matic	Enhanced fishing rod-o-matic Enhanced hammer-tron Enhanced pyro-matic	Augmented Guildmaster Tony's mattock

In addition to these, siphonable items that contain the word "crystal" in their name can be siphoned using a Crystal tool siphon instead of an Equipment siphon if you have one. Using the Crystal tool siphon instead will treat the siphoned item as though it were a level 90 item, thus significantly increasing the experience gained for siphoning it. The following table breaks down siphoning and disassembling experience for augmented items.

Invention Experience for Disassembling Augmented Items
Item Level	Item Experience	Tier 60	Tier 70	Tier 75	Tier 80	Tier 85	Tier 90	Tier 92	Tier 99	Benefits of Item's Level
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	None
2	1,160	6,300	7,650	8,325	9,000	9,675	10,350	10,620	11,565	Disassembling this item has a 50% chance to return all installed gizmos.
3	2,607	18,900	22,950	24,975	27,000	29,025	31,050	31,860	34,695	Disassembling this item gives double materials.
4	5,176	37,800	45,900	49,950	54,000	58,050	62,100	63,720	69,390	Disassembling this item never gives junk.
5	8,286	75,600	91,800	99,900	108,000	116,100	124,200	127,440	138,780	This item drains 10% less charge when used.
6	11,760	100,800	122,400	133,200	144,000	154,800	165,600	169,920	185,040	Disassembling this item gives triple materials.
7	15,835	138,600	168,300	183,150	198,000	212,850	227,700	233,640	254,430	Disassembling this item gives an additional random uncommon material.
8	21,152	189,000	229,500	249,750	270,000	290,250	310,500	318,600	346,950	Disassembling this item returns all installed gizmos.
9	28,761	264,600	321,300	349,650	378,000	406,350	434,700	446,040	485,730	Disassembling this item gives quadruple materials.
10	40,120	378,000	459,000	499,500	540,000	580,500	621,000	637,200	693,900	Disassembling this item gives the maximum amount of experience that disassembling it could.
11	57,095	378,000	459,000	499,500	540,000	580,500	621,000	637,200	693,900	None.
12	81,960	378,000	459,000	499,500	540,000	580,500	621,000	637,200	693,900	None.
13	117,397	378,000	459,000	499,500	540,000	580,500	621,000	637,200	693,900	None.
14	166,496	378,000	459,000	499,500	540,000	580,500	621,000	637,200	693,900	This item uses 12.5% less charge when used.
15	232,755	378,000	459,000	499,500	540,000	580,500	621,000	637,200	693,900	This item can now be used with an Equipment separator.
16	320,080	378,000	459,000	499,500	540,000	580,500	621,000	637,200	693,900	None.
17	432,785	378,000	459,000	499,500	540,000	580,500	621,000	637,200	693,900	Using an Equipment separator on this item now has a 25% chance not to consume the separator.
18	575,592	378,000	459,000	499,500	540,000	580,500	621,000	637,200	693,900	This item drains 15% less charge when used.
19	753,631	378,000	459,000	499,500	540,000	580,500	621,000	637,200	693,900	Using an Equipment separator on this item now has a 50% chance not to consume the separator.
20	972,440	378,000	459,000	499,500	540,000	580,500	621,000	637,200	693,900	Helpful perks on this item now activate 10% more often (multiplicatively).
Invention Experience for Siphoning Augmented Items
Item Level	Item Experience	Tier 60	Tier 70	Tier 75	Tier 80	Tier 85	Tier 90	Tier 92	Tier 99	Benefits of Item's Level
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	None
2	1,160	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	None.
3	2,607	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	None.
4	5,176	6,300	7,650	8,325	9,000	9,675	10,350	10,620	11,565	None.
5	8,286	18,900	22,950	24,975	27,000	29,025	31,050	31,860	34,695	This item drains 10% less charge when used.
6	11,760	37,800	45,900	49,950	54,000	58,050	62,100	63,720	69,390	None.
7	15,835	75,600	91,800	99,900	108,000	116,100	124,200	127,440	138,780	None.
8	21,152	100,800	122,400	133,200	144,000	154,800	165,600	169,920	185,040	None.
9	28,761	138,600	168,300	183,150	198,000	212,850	227,700	233,640	254,430	None.
10	40,120	189,000	229,500	249,750	270,000	290,250	310,500	318,600	346,950	None.
11	57,095	264,600	321,300	349,650	378,000	406,350	434,700	446,040	485,730	None.
12	81,960	378,000	459,000	499,500	540,000	580,500	621,000	637,200	693,900	Siphoning this item gives the maximum amount of experience that siphoning it could.
13	117,397	378,000	459,000	499,500	540,000	580,500	621,000	637,200	693,900	Siphoning this item has a 50% chance to not consume the Equipment siphon/Crystal tool siphon.
14	166,496	378,000	459,000	499,500	540,000	580,500	621,000	637,200	693,900	This item uses 12.5% less charge when used.
15	232,755	378,000	459,000	499,500	540,000	580,500	621,000	637,200	693,900	This item can now be used with an Equipment separator.
16	320,080	378,000	459,000	499,500	540,000	580,500	621,000	637,200	693,900	Siphoning this item will no longer consume the Equipment siphon/Crystal tool siphon.
17	432,785	378,000	459,000	499,500	540,000	580,500	621,000	637,200	693,900	Using an Equipment separator on this item now has a 25% chance not to consume the separator.
18	575,592	378,000	459,000	499,500	540,000	580,500	621,000	637,200	693,900	This item drains 15% less charge when used.
19	753,631	378,000	459,000	499,500	540,000	580,500	621,000	637,200	693,900	Using an Equipment separator on this item now has a 50% chance not to consume the separator.
20	972,440	378,000	459,000	499,500	540,000	580,500	621,000	637,200	693,900	Helpful perks on this item now activate 10% more often (multiplicatively).

What Should I Augment?

As a general rule of thumb, you can Augment most weapons, torso, and leg armors that require level 60 or above in a combat skill. Most items that fit these requirements will not be possible for you to simply make, a Necronium 2h greataxe cannot be augmented, for example. This means that the combat items that you want to Augment and disassemble for invention experience will tend to cost a lot. However, there are a few things you can do to minimize the cost.

• Do not Augment Shields unless you plan to use them over a long period of time. Shields level up very slowly because they aren't used as much as weapons are.
• Whenever you have the choice to Augment weaponry, you should favor weapons that are two handed or used in the main hand. Off hand weapons level very slowly and two-handed weapons level the fastest.
• If and when you can, try to Augment items that come from quests or achievements, as they often can be replaced very cheaply.
• While higher level weapons cost more, they also do more damage and, as a result, will level up faster.

Below is a table of items that are fairly cheap to Augment and level up. The cost of replacing them is in parentheses after the item.

Combat Style	Main Hand	Two-Handed	Off-Hand	Armor
Melee	Wilderness sword 4 (100,000 Coins) Abyssal whip (100.6k Coins) Chaotic longsword (200k Dungeoneering tokens) Chaotic rapier (200k Dungeoneering tokens) Crystal dagger (388.6k Coins)	Chaotic maul (200k Dungeoneering tokens) Crystal halberd (344.2k Coins) Black salamanders (1,625 Coins or Hunted)* Sunspear (Melee) (600,000 Coins)	Enhanced excalibur (500 Coins) Off-hand chaotic longsword (100k Dungeoneering tokens) Off-hand chaotic rapier (100k Dungeoneering tokens) Off-hand crystal dagger (358.8k Coins)	Verac's brassard (1.5m Coins) Verac's plateskirt (1,000.0k Coins)
Ranged	Chaotic crossbow (200k Dungeoneering tokens) Karil's pistol crossbow (1.1m Coins)	Dark bow (229.9k Coins) Crystal bow (371.0k Coins) Black salamanders (1,625 Coins or Hunted)* Sunspear (Ranged) (600,000 Coins) Karil's crossbow (6.0m Coins) Royal crossbow (382,100 Coins and a trip to Queen Black Dragon)	Off-hand chaotic crossbow (100k Dungeoneering tokens) Karil's off-hand pistol crossbow (1.1m Coins)	Dinosaurhide body (1.4m Coins) Dinosaurhide chaps (827.4k Coins)
Magic	Crystal wand (379.5k Coins) Ahrim's wand (2.9m Coins)	Chaotic staff (200k Dungeoneering tokens) Crystal staff (369.5k Coins) Black salamanders (1,625 Coins or Hunted)* Sunspear (Magic) (600,000 Coins) Ahrim's staff (15.6m Coins)	Crystal orb (373.3k Coins) Ahrim's book of magic (4.3m Coins)	Ganodermic poncho (1.8m Coins) Ganodermic leggings (581.7k Coins)

*Black salamanders are hands down the cheapest thing to augment and level up.

Machines and Other Devices

There are many more devices and machines than we have discussed in this guide. So many, in fact, that they needed a guide of their own, which can be found here.

Tech Trees

Tech trees are branches of Invention that unlock various extra devices and materials. Upon starting invention, you unlock the human tech tree. Once you reach level 40, you choose a second tech tree to focus on - either cave goblin or dwarven. Specializing in one of these 2 trees means that you will earn 50% more currency for completing tasks within that tree.

Note: you can change which tech tree you specialize in, however, it will cost 100 currency of your current tree. You will need to speak with Drorkar or Oldak to specialize in their tech tree.

Tasks

Most tasks for the tech trees involve handing in components or devices. A new task is added to your list each day at reset. Much like the Challenge System, you can have up to 5 that can be completed. Note that these tasks will remain until you complete 1 or more of them, they will not change.

To begin a task, you will need to open the technology noticeboard found on the North wall of the Southern Invention Guild room. Left clicking will give you the option to choose which tree's task list you would like to view. Right clicking and choosing "Technology" will show you the various device blueprints you can unlock.

When you complete a task you will earn either 10 or 15 currency in your current tech tree, depending on if it is your specialized tree or not. This currency can only be spent within its respective tech tree. This means that you will need to complete tasks from the dwarven tree to unlock dwarven blue prints and goblin tasks for goblin blueprints.

Technology

Both tech trees have 8 different devices which you can purchase the blueprints for and components which you can now use. These are broken down into 4 different tiers which require a specific Invention level to access.

Tier	Level	Currency	Blueprints
			Dwarven	Goblin
1	40	10	Corporeal components	Pestiferous components
2	50	25	Sprinkler MK1 Mining accumulator	Mechanised chinchompa Woodcutting accumulator
3	60	35	Book switcher Calorie bomb	B.A.N.K. Stander Monkey mind-control helmet
4	70	55	Auto-sanctifier Kinetic cyclone Dungeoneering lock melter	Dungeoneering party simulator Electrified box trap Oldak coil

Capes of Accomplishment

Once you have achieved level 99, you may visit Doc to purchase an Invention cape for 99,000 Coins.

Once you have achieved level 120 (approximately 80 million experience), Doc will sell you the Invention Master Cape for 120,000 Coins.

Discount

Note that as of December 2018, another one of Mod Daze's Easter Eggs have been found. This enables you to purchase a Skillcape for half price (only from Doc, not Elen) if you are wearing a Ring of Charos (a). Be aware that "Half price" is 92,000 Coins as the experience at level 92 is approximately half way to level 99.