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This article is about the removed Invention mechanic. For other uses, see Inspiration (disambiguation).
For the current version of this mechanic, see Discovery.
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Inspiration was removed after an update.
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Inspiration

A player obtaining inspiration while disassembling items.

Inspiration was a mechanic of the Invention skill. Inspiration was used to unlock blueprints of equipment and upgrades in the skill. How optimised the blueprint was during the research process determined how much inspiration was used, with poorly optimised blueprints consuming the most (up to 220% of minimum) and perfectly optimised blueprints consuming the least.

Inspiration was removed in an update on 18 September 2017 as part of a significant update to the Invention skill.[1]

Mechanics[]

Inspiration could be earned by:

  • Advancing an Invention level
  • Earning experience in any skill (including Invention); a limited amount of inspiration could be earned this way on each level (resets each time an Invention level is advanced and is equal to 50% of the current level's initial inspiration gains)
  • Dismantling a level 10 or higher augmented item
    • The Inspiration cap every level affects both the inspiration gained by training any skills and the inspiration gained from dismantling a level 10 weapon/armour.

The total pool of inspiration earned for every level was fixed at the total needed to research everything. If levels were skipped (as they often were at low levels due to the large amount of experience granted by dismantling levelled-up augmented items), the earnable inspiration at those levels was not lost, but instead could be earned later. If a project was researched without perfect optimisation, the excess inspiration used was returned to the pool to be earned again later. If new research projects were released, the pool size was increased and the additional inspiration could be earned by all, even those that had previously earned all available inspiration.[2]

Players could check the amount of inspiration they had by:

Research[]

Bonus experience was used in discoveries.

Discovery Level Cost Experience Cumulative cost
Device: Charge pack 1 10 200 10
Research: Apply Augmentor to weapons 2 10 250 20
Device: Gizmo 3 10 400 30
Research: Augmented item maximum level 5 4 40 107 70
Research: Divine charge 110
Device: Gizmo dissolver 8 40 161 150
Device: Equipment dissolver 16 110 628 260
Research: Augmented armour 370
Device: Augmentation dissolver 480
Research: Camouflage outfit piece 20 0 1198 480
Research: Gemstone golem outfit piece 480
Research: Shark outfit piece 480
Research: Rune ethereal outfit piece 480
Device: Junk refiner 22 150 1,541 630
Research: Maximum charge improvement 1 780
Material: Refined components 930
Research: Augmented hatchet 1,080
Research: Augmented pickaxe 1,230
Device: Fishing rod-o-matic 1,380
Device: Pyro-matic 1,530
Device: Hammer-tron 1,680
Device: Tool gizmo 1,830
Device: Urn enhancer [reqs 1] 24 150 1,541 1,980
Device: Soul-in-a-box[reqs 1] 2,130
Device: Equipment siphon 27 200 2,675 2,330
Research: Augmented item maximum level 10 2,530
Research: Charge drain reduction 1 34 750 5,446 3,280
Research: Junk chance reduction 1 4,030
Material: Knightly components 4,780
Research: Maximum charge improvement 2 40 900 9,184 5,680
Material: Corporeal components[reqs 2] 675 6,355
Material: Pestiferous components[reqs 3] 7,030
Material: Harnessed components 45 900 12,726 7,930
Research: Augmented leg armour 8,830
Material: Culinary components 9,730
Research: Junk chance reduction 2 49 900 16,114 10,630
Material: Dragonfire components 11,530
Material: Explosive components 12,430
Research: Charge drain reduction 2 13,330
Device: Sprinkler MK1[reqs 2] 50 1200 18,257 14,530
Device: Mining accumulator[reqs 2] 15,730
Device: Woodcutting accumulator[reqs 3] 16,930
Device: Mechanised chinchompa[reqs 3] 18,130
Material: Brassican components 54 1,550 22,600 19,680
Material: Fortunate components 21,230
Material: Undead components 22,780
Material: Fungal components 24,330
Device: Crystal tool siphon[reqs 4] 25,880
Material: Clockwork components 55 23,779 27,430
Material: Faceted components 28,980
Research: Augmented item maximum level 15 60 1,750 32,284.5 30,730
Device: Fishing accumulator 32,480
Device: B.A.N.K. Stander[reqs 3] 1,325 33,805
Device: Calorie bomb[reqs 2] 35,130
Device: Monkey mind-control helmet[reqs 3] 36,455
Device: Book switcher[reqs 2] 37,130
Research: Maximum charge improvement 3 64 1,750 38,610 38,880
Research: Charge drain reduction 3 40,630
Research: Junk chance reduction 3 42,380
Device: Discover the Lab coat outfit 69 1,750 47,562 44,130
Research: Junk chance reduction 4 45,880
Research: Charge drain reduction 4 47,630
Material: Shifting components 49,380
Device: Auto-sanctifier[reqs 2] 70 1,725 52,591 51,105
Device: Dungeoneering lock melter[reqs 2] 52,830
Device: Dungeoneering party simulator[reqs 3] 54,555
Device: Electrified box trap[reqs 3] 56,280
Device: Kinetic cyclone[reqs 2] 58,005
Device: Oldak coil[reqs 3] 59,730
Material: Zamorak components 74 2,300 61,347 62,030
Material: Saradomin components 64,330
Material: Armadyl components 66,630
Material: Bandos components 68,930
Research: Charge drain reduction 5 78 2,300 70,981 71,230
Research: Junk chance reduction 5 73,530
Research: Junk chance reduction 6 83 4,500 89,273 78,030
Research: Charge drain reduction 6 82,530
Material: Ancient components 87,030
Material: Seren components 91,530
Materials: Zaros components 1,750 93,280
Device: Discover the Lightbulb hat item 87 4,500 101,703 97,780
Research: Maximum charge improvement 4 102,280
Material: Oceanic components 106,780
Material: Silent components 111,280
Material: Resilient components 115,780
Material: Avernic components[reqs 5] 89 4,500 108,310 120,280
Material: Cywir components[reqs 6] 124,780
Material: Ilujankan components[reqs 7] 129,280
Material: Shadow components[reqs 8] 133,780
Research: Charge drain reduction 7 91 6,000 121,584 139,780
Research: Junk chance reduction 7 145,780
Device: Pogo stick 151,780
Research: Charge drain reduction 8 95 6,000 136,962 157,780
Research: Maximum charge improvement 5 163,780
Research: Junk chance reduction 8 169,780
Research: Professor title 175,780
Research: Augmented item maximum level 20 99 6,000 153,526 181,780
Material: Noxious components 187,780
Material: Rumbling components 193,780
Material: Ascended components 199,780
Research: Charge drain reduction 9 105 11,000 190,188 210,780
Research: Junk chance reduction 9 221,780
Research: Alchemical onyx 107 0 200,382 221,780

Discovering all blueprints would result in a total experience gain of 4,907,159 if no bonus experience was used.

Additional requirements
  1. ^ a b Requires completion of Nomad's Elegy.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Requires unlocking the dwarven tech tree. Unlocked by exchanging dwarven currency.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Requires unlocking the cave goblin tech tree. Unlocked by exchanging goblin currency.
  4. ^ The ability to make this item has to be unlocked with chimes and taijitu from Boni (rewards).
  5. ^ Also requires 2,500 Zamorakian reputation in the Heart of Gielinor.
  6. ^ Also requires 2,500 Serenist reputation in the Heart of Gielinor.
  7. ^ Also requires 2,500 Zarosian reputation in the Heart of Gielinor.
  8. ^ Also requires 2,500 Sliskean reputation in the Heart of Gielinor.

References[]

  1. ^ Jagex. "Invention Batch 2 Launch." 18 September 2017. RuneScape News.
  2. ^ Mod Moltare. [suggestion] Remove inspiration cap after 120.. RuneScape subreddit. 3 March 2016. "Inspiration is capped at 100% of the inspiration it takes to unlock everything; and if you overspend on a thing, that extra goes back in the available pool. As we add new stuff we increase that pool to fit."*
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