RS3 best perks

To start, put Precise 6 on your weapon and Equilibrium 1 and Impatient 4 on your armour; each combat style then has its own best-in-slot set below.

Best perks by gear slot

Which set

Weapons

  • Main hand6Precise
  • Off-hand4Eruptive
  • Two-handed6Precise4Eruptive

Switches

  • Flanking switch4Flanking
  • Planted Feet switchPlanted Feet

Armour

  • Body1Equilibrium4Impatient
  • Body, for Magic3Biting4Impatient
  • Legs4Crackling4Enhanced Devoted
  • Shield4Turtling
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Every perk, all 84

Gizmo
  • Absorbative 4armour20% chance to reduce an attack by 5% per rank. This perk has an increased chance to activate on level 20 items.
  • Aftershock 4weapon
  • Antitheism Denies access to protect prayers/deflect curses.
  • Biting 4weapon, armour+2% chance per rank to critically hit opponents. This perk has an increased chance to activate on level 20 items.
  • Blunted 5Reduces the weapon's damage by 1% per rank.
  • Brassican weapon, armour, toolAlways sometimes cabbages.
  • Breakdown 6tool
  • Brief Respite 4armourReduces cooldown for Guthix's Blessing and Rejuvenate by 5% per rank, and total healing by 1% of max lifepoints per rank.
  • Bulwark 4armourDebilitate deals no damage but gains up to 6% per rank extra duration from shield value.
  • Butterfingers 5Has a 3% chance per rank of dropping the resource you have just gathered. This perk has an increased chance to activate on level 20 items.
  • Careless 5toolWhile mining, increases your damage by 2% per rank, at the cost of reducing your stamina by an additional 10% per rank. While smithing, increases your base progress per strike by 10% per rank, at the cost of reducing heat by an additional 10% per rank.
  • Caroming 4weaponRicochet deals 4% bonus damage per rank, with each hit. Abilities copied with Chain deal an additional 5% + 5% damage per rank against secondary targets.
  • Cautious Cannot auto-retaliate while this item is equipped.
  • Charitable 4toolHas a 1% chance per rank of putting an extra item by other nearby players after successfully gathering a resource. This perk has an increased chance to activate on level 20 items.
  • Cheapskate 3Has a 1% chance per rank of transmuting a gathered resource to a lower tier.
  • Clear Headed 4weapon, armourAnticipation lasts one additional second per rank, but no longer reduces damage taken.
  • Committed Always skulled while this item is equipped. This perk is currently disabled.
  • Confused 3Has a 1% chance per rank of teleporting you randomly after successfully gathering a resource.
  • Crackling 4weapon, armourPeriodically zaps your combat target for 50% per rank of your weapon's damage (or 10% per rank in PvP). (1 minute cooldown)
  • Crystal Shield 4armourHas a 10% chance to activate on taking damage, lasting 10 seconds. 5% of damage taken per rank is totalled for this period, becoming temporary lifepoints afterwards. These last either 30 seconds or until depleted through further damage. (1 minute cooldown)This perk has an increased chance to activate on level 20 items.
  • Demon Bait Damage to demons is reduced by 30%.
  • Demon Slayer weapon, armourDeal 7% additional damage to demons.
  • Devoted 4armour3% chance per rank on being hit that protection prayers will work at 100% (or 75% in PvP) for 3 seconds. This perk has an increased chance to activate on level 20 items.
  • Dragon Bait Deal 30% less damage to dragons.
  • Dragon Slayer weapon, armourDeal +7% damage to dragons.
  • Efficient 4weapon, armour, toolCharge drain rate for this item is reduced by 6% per rank.
  • Energising 4weapon, armourGain by 50 + 25 per rank accuracy bonus.
  • Enhanced Devoted 4armour4.5% chance per rank on being hit that protection prayers will work at 100% (or 75% in PvP) for 3 seconds. This does not stack with devoted. This perk has an increased chance to activate on level 20 items.
  • Enhanced Efficient 4weapon, armour, toolCharge drain rate for this item is reduced by 9% per rank. This does not stack with efficient.
  • Enlightened 4weapon, armour, tool+3% item XP per rank (for the item it's installed on).
  • Equilibrium 4weapon, armourAbility damage is increased by 6%, plus an additional 2% per rank, but prevents critically striking. (Cannot critically strike for 30s after unequipping this perk).
  • Eruptive 4weaponAbility damage is increased by 0.5% per rank.
  • Explosive toolWhile mining core rocks, your mining damage is increased by 20%, but rockertunities will no longer spawn.
  • Fatiguing 3toolGain 2% less adrenaline per rank from all attacks.
  • Flanking 4weaponSoul Strike, Backhand, Impact and Binding Shot no longer stun and deal 40% more damage per rank to targets that are not facing you.
  • Fortune 3toolHas a 0.5% chance per rank on gathering skills and 0.1% chance per rank on production skills to double and bank what you have gathered or produced.
  • Furnace 4toolHas a 5% chance per rank of consuming a gathered resource for an extra 100% XP. When mining has a 5% chance per rank to generate no progress, but give double xp. This perk has an increased chance to activate on level 20 items.
  • Genocidal weapon, armourDeal up to +5% extra damage to your current Slayer target proportional to progress through your current task.
  • Glow Worm weapon, armour, toolProvides light equivalent to a bullseye lantern.
  • Hallucinogenic weapon, armour, toolCauses you to see strange things...
  • Hasty 5toolDuring excavation gives a 1% chance per rank to gain triple excavation progress, at the cost of not receiving a material.
  • Hoarding weapon, armour, toolProtect Item protects two items instead of one. (Does not work in PvP areas.)
  • Honed 6toolHas a 2% per rank higher chance of successfully gathering items. However, while mining you have a 2% chance per rank of mining an additional ore. This perk has an increased chance to activate on level 20 items.
  • Imp Souled 6toolHas a 3% chance per rank on successful gathering to send the gathered resources to the bank at a cost of 30 prayer points. This perk has an increased chance to activate on level 20 items.
  • Impatient 4weapon, armour9% chance per rank for basic abilities to generate 3 extra adrenaline. This perk has an increased chance to activate on level 20 items.
  • Inaccurate 5Reduces the weapon's accuracy by 1% per rank.
  • Invigorating 4weapon, armourBoosts adrenaline gained from basic attacks by 5% per rank.
  • Junk Food 3Food gives 3% less health per rank.
  • Looting weapon, armourMost enemies have a 25% chance to drop an additional high-level resource. (5 minute cooldown.)
  • Lucky 6armour0.5% chance per rank when hit that the damage dealt will be reduced to 1. Does not stack with the equivalent Warpriest effect. This perk has an increased chance to activate on level 20 items.
  • Lunging 4weapon
  • Mediocrity 3Reduces maximum hit by 3% per rank.
  • Mobile weapon, armourReduces cooldown of Surge, Escape, Dive, Bladed Dive, Barge and Greater Barge by 50%.
  • Mysterious 6weapon, armour, toolHas a mysterious effect...
  • Naturalist 5toolWhen successfully gathering from a Woodcutting, Mining or Fishing resource, gives a 0.5% chance per rank to activate a random skill specific buff.
  • Oblivious toolIncreases the number of successive pickpockets you can make by 5 before your target starts to get more suspicious.
  • Planted Feet weaponThe duration of Sunshine and Death's Swiftness is increased by 25%, but they no longer deal periodic damage to your target.
  • Polishing 4toolHas a 3% chance per rank of transmuting a gathered resource to a higher tier. This perk has an increased chance to activate on level 20 items.
  • Precise 6weaponIncreases your minimum damage by 1.5% per rank of your maximum damage.
  • Preparation 4armourPreparation's duration and cooldown are increased by 15% per rank.
  • Preservationist 5toolOn excavation completion has a 1% chance per rank to gain a restored artefact instead of a damaged artefact.
  • Profane You are prevented from drinking prayer potions.
  • Prosper toolAllows you to find clue scrolls whilst skilling and a 1% chance for elite clues found this way to be upgraded to master. This perk has an increased chance to activate on level 20 items.
  • Pyromaniac 6toolHas a 0.1% chance per rank of burning all logs of the same type from the inventory.
  • Rapid 4toolHas a 5% chance per rank to carry out work at a faster pace. However, while smithing has a 5% chance per rank to double your progress while your heat is lost twice as fast.
  • Refined 4toolHas a 5% chance per rank of preventing a resource depleting when gathering. However, while mining increases your chance to find geodes by 2% per rank. This perk has an increased chance to activate on level 20 items.
  • Reflexes armourAnticipation's duration and cooldown are halved.
  • Relentless 5weapon, armour1% chance per rank to prevent adrenaline being consumed when using an ability that requires adrenaline. This perk has an increased chance to activate on level 20 items.
  • Ruthless 3weaponWhenever you defeat an enemy you gain a 0.5% damage boost per rank for 20 seconds. This can stack up to 5 times. (Does not work in PvP areas.)
  • Scavenging 4weapon, armour1% 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.
  • Scraps toolGain one additional resource when a material cache is depleted or a tree is felled.
  • Shield Bashing 4weapon, armourDebilitate's damage is increased by 15% per rank.
  • Spendthrift 6weapon1% chance per rank to deal 1% extra damage per rank, at the cost of 1 gold coin per extra point of damage dealt. This perk has an increased chance to activate on level 20 items.
  • Talking weapon, armour, toolGives your gear more personality.
  • Taunting weapon, armourProvoke affects enemies in a 5x5 square around its target, causing those that are already in combat to attack you.
  • Tinker 4toolHas a 5% chance per rank to carry out higher quality work, awarding an extra 25% XP. While smithing, has a 2% chance per rank to double your progress.
  • Trophy-taker's 6weapon, armour3% chance per rank a slain creature will add zero kills to its Slayer assignment; 2% chance per rank it will add 2 kills.
  • Turtling 4armourThe Barricade ability's duration and cooldown are both increased by 10% per rank.
  • Ultimatums 4weapon, armour
  • Undead Bait Damage to undead is reduced by 30%.
  • Undead Slayer weapon, armourDeal 7% additional damage to undead.
  • Venomblood armourRegular poison damage is negated.
  • Wild Runes 5toolHas a 1% chance per rank to channel the Ourania Altar, providing a random assortment of elemental and catalytic runes in place of those you would have gained at the altar you are using. (Does not work when crafting necrotic runes.)
  • Wise 4weapon, armour, toolWhile equipped, +1% per rank additional experience, up to 50,000 XP per day.

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