Scavenging

This article is about the Invention perk. For other uses, see Scavenging (disambiguation).

Scavenging

Description?
1% chance per rank to get an uncommon Invention component as a drop from combat (with a 1% chance it will be a rare component instead). This perk has an increased chance to activate on level 20 items.
Release date	25 January 2016 (Update)
Gizmo type	Weapon, Armour
Maximum rank	3

Scavenging is an Invention perk that has a chance of producing materials when monsters that give combat experience are killed. It can be created in weapon and armour gizmos.

When the perk triggers, it prompts the message:

Your Scavenging perk adds: [Amount] x [Materials].

Scavenging comes in 3 ranks, each giving an increased chance and amount of materials, and an item with a level of 20 also increases the chance further without changing the amount of materials. The effective number of kills on average to obtain 1 component is calculated below. The expected number of materials that will be obtained in a random 10,000 kill sample are also shown.

Effective kills for materials

Rank		Materials	Chance		Kills per material			10,000 kills
					Kills	Kills/Mat		Any	Uncommon	Rare
Equipment Level under 20
1		1	1%		100	100		100	99	1
2		2	2%		50	25		400	396	4
3		3	3%		33	11		900	891	9
Equipment Level 20
1		1	1.1%		91	91		110	109	1
2		2	2.2%		45	23		440	436	4
3		3	3.3%		30	10		990	981	9

Sources

Material		Rarity	Perk ranks with X materials
			1	2	3	4	5
	Precious components	Uncommon	0	1	1–2	1–2	1–3
	Smooth parts	Common	0	1	1–2	1–2	1–2
	Connector parts	Common	0	1	1–2	1–2	1–2

Suggested gizmos

Gizmo layout	Possible perks
	Scavenging 1–3 (3 is rare) Looting Other possible perks: Antitheism Spendthrift Blunted
	Scavenging 1–3 (3 is rare) Other possible perks: Looting Spendthrift Antitheism
	Scavenging 1–2 Mobile (rare) Other possible perks: Undead Bait Blunted Dragon Bait Reflexes Energising
	Scavenging 1–2 Mobile Other possible perks: Undead Bait Antitheism Blunted Dragon Bait Precise