Inventor's workbench

Inventor's workbench
Release	25 January 2016 (Update)
Members	Yes
Quest	No
Location	See article
Actions	• Discover • Manufacture • Examine
Examine	You can attempt to discover and build inventions here.
Advanced data
Object ID	100873, 100874, 100875, 100876
Links	MROD
doc • Talk page

Inventor's workbenches are pieces of interactive scenery found in a selection of locations across Gielinor as part of the Invention skill. They have two options: Discover and Manufacture. Discover allows players to create blueprints for new devices or research certain components or concepts. Manufacture allows players to use their stored components to create new devices and equipment.

Attempting to use the Inventor's workbench in the Invention Guild for the first time will direct players to talk to Doc, if they haven't already.

Locations

Inventor's workbenches can be found in 7 locations throughout the game, though the Invention Guild location is by far the most commonly used. The bench in Seers' Village is the closest to a lodestone. The bench in Keldagrim is the closest to a consistent teleport (excluding a max guild skill portal), being very close to the Keldagrim teleport of the luck of the Dwarves. Varrock Teleport brings the player a short distance east of one without the investment in the aforementioned ring. The bench in Seers' Village can be reached for no cost through the Lodestone Network, but is slower.

Location	Map
Ardougne In the house with the furnace, west of the church.
Dorgesh-Kaan On the ground floor[UK]1st floor[US] in the north-western part of the city, in Oldak's laboratory.
Invention Guild North-east of Falador's northern gate.
Keldagrim On the ground floor[UK]1st floor[US] in the western part of the palace.
Seers' Village In the building that holds the entrance to the elemental workshop.
Varrock In the building with the anvils, south of the western bank.
Yanille In the hut with the anvils next to the bank

Update history

The update history project is a work-in-progress – not all updates to this topic may be covered below. See here for how to help out!

• patch 14 September 2020 (Update):
  • The 'blueprint hover' sound has been removed from the Inventor's Workbench.

• patch 24 February 2020 (Update):
  • Runescape Mobile: Fixed an issue that was blocking scrolling on mobile when browsing Invention blueprints on the discovery side of the inventor's workbench.

• patch 8 January 2018 (Update):
  • Mouseover text now updates for interactable locations which connect or change state, such as the Invention workbench and picked fruit trees.

• patch 4 April 2016 (Update):
  • Fixed a typo with the Yanille Inventor's workbench 'Manufacture' option.

• patch 22 February 2016 (Update):
  • Moved the Invention workbench in Dorgesh-Kaan so that it is in Oldak's laboratory instead of the smithing area in the south of the city.

• update 25 January 2016 (Update):
  • Added to game.