Polishing

Polishing
Release date	14 March 2016 (Update)
Gizmo type	Tool
Maximum rank	4
Description?
Has a 3% chance per rank of transmuting a gathered resource to a higher tier.
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Polishing is an Invention perk that has a chance to transmute a gathered resource to a higher tier. It can be created in tool gizmos.

When the perk triggers, it prompts the message: Your polishing perk upgrades the gathered resource.

When Polishing activates while Fishing or Woodcutting, the experience gained in the gathering skill will be that of the original item, not the transmuted item. For example, if Polishing transmutes a regular log into an oak log, only 25 Woodcutting experience will be gained, instead of 37.5 experience.

When Polishing activates while Mining, all ores received in that swing will be transmuted.

This perk has no effect on Archaeology.

Upgrade chance

Rank	Chance
1	3% (3.3%)
2	6% (6.6%)
3	9% (9.9%)
4	12% (13.2%)

Fishing

Level	Original item	Transmuted item	Profit/loss
1	Raw shrimps	Raw anchovies	-41
1	Raw crayfish	Raw herring	-77
5	Raw sardine	Raw herring	12
10	Raw herring	Raw cod	264
16	Raw mackerel	Raw cod	357
20	Raw trout	Raw salmon	505
23	Raw cod	Raw tuna	-591
25	Raw pike	Raw salmon	348
30	Raw anchovies	Raw cod	308
30	Raw salmon	Raw tuna	-635
35	Raw tuna	Raw bass	1,295
38	Raw rainbow fish	Raw bass	1,045
40	Raw lobster	Raw bass	1,214
46	Raw bass	Raw swordfish	-1,214
48	Leaping trout	Leaping salmon	-1
50	Raw swordfish	Raw monkfish	774
52	Raw desert sole	Raw catfish	241
58	Leaping salmon	Leaping sturgeon	144
60	Raw catfish	Raw beltfish	625
62	Raw monkfish	Raw shark	853
68	Raw green blubber jellyfish	Raw shark	1,024
70	Leaping sturgeon	Raw shark	1,644
76	Raw shark	Raw cavefish	241
85	Raw cavefish	Raw rocktail	2,689
90	Raw rocktail	Raw blue blubber jellyfish	1,288
90	Raw tarpon	Raw seerfish	0
91	Raw blue blubber jellyfish	Raw sailfish	-305
92	Raw seerfish	Raw sillago	1
93	Small crystal urchin	Medium crystal urchin	1 point
95	Medium crystal urchin	Large crystal urchin	1 point

Unaffected items

• Raw minnow
• Raw karambwanji
• Frog spawn
• Slimy eel
• Raw cave eel
• Lava eel
• Raw baron shark
• Raw beltfish
• Raw sea turtle
• Raw great white shark
• Raw manta ray
• Large crystal urchin
• Raw sillago
• Raw wobbegong
• Raw sailfish
• Any items that are gathered from a Crystallised fishing spot.

Mining

Level	Original item	Transmuted item	Profit/loss
1	Copper ore	Iron ore	98
1	Tin ore	Iron ore	239
10	Iron ore	Coal	-413
20	Silver ore	Gold ore	414
20	Coal	Mithril ore	183
30	Mithril ore	Adamantite ore	218
30	Mithril ore	Luminite	684
40	Adamantite ore	Runite ore	1,517
40	Luminite	Runite ore	1,051
50	Runite ore	Orichalcite ore	1,028
50	Runite ore	Drakolith	1,386
60	Drakolith	Necrite ore	1,269
60	Drakolith	Phasmatite	276
60	Orichalcite ore	Necrite ore	1,627
60	Orichalcite ore	Phasmatite	634
70	Necrite ore	Banite ore	929
70	Phasmatite	Banite ore	1,922
77	Concentrated coal deposit	Mithril ore	183
80	Banite ore	Light animica	2,274
80	Banite ore	Dark animica	-534
90	Salty crabletine	Alaea sea salt	1
90	Salty crablet	Alaea sea salt	1

Unaffected items

• Clay
• Soft clay
• Blurite ore
• Limestone
• Daeyalt ore
• Elemental ore
• Pure essence
• Gold ore
• Sandstone
• Gem rocks
• Granite
• Rubium
• Concentrated sandstone rocks
• Living rock remains
• Concentrated gold deposit
• Crystal-flecked sandstone
• Red sandstone
• Corrupted ore
• Light animica
• Dark animica
• Alaea sea salt

Woodcutting

Level	Original item	Transmuted item	Profit/loss
1	Logs	Oak logs	-225
1	Achey tree logs	Oak logs	-684
15	Oak logs	Willow logs	153
30	Willow logs	Maple logs	-362
35	Teak logs	Mahogany logs	792
45	Maple logs	Eucalyptus logs	468
47	Acadia logs	Eucalyptus logs	1
50	Mahogany logs	Yew logs	-697
54	Arctic pine logs	Yew logs	-163
58	Eucalyptus logs	Yew logs	-363
60	Yew logs	Magic logs	199
75	Magic logs	Elder logs	7,919
90	Bamboo	Golden bamboo	2

Unaffected items

• Bark
• Blisterwood logs
• Cursed magic logs
• Jade roots
• Bloodwood logs
• Elder logs
• Golden bamboo
• Any items that are gathered from a Crystallised tree.

Sources

Material		Rarity	Perk ranks with X materials
			Standard Gizmo					Ancient Gizmo
			1	2	3	4	5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Dextrous components	Uncommon	1	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–3	0	1	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–4	1–4	1–4	1–4
	Oceanic components	Rare	1	1–2	1–2	2–3	2–3	0	1	1–2	1–2	2–3	2–4	2–4	2–4	2–4
	Protective components	Uncommon	1	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–3	0	1	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–4	1–4	1–4	1–4
	Padded parts	Common	0	1	1–2	1–2	1–2	0	1	1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–3
	Fortunate components	Rare	1	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–3	0	1	1–2	1–2	2–3	2–4	2–4	2–4	2–4

Suggested gizmos

Gizmo layout	Possible perks
	Polishing 3–4 Open in calculator: Ancient tool
	Polishing 2–4 Hoarding Open in calculator: Ancient tool
	Polishing 1–3 Other possible perks: Hoarding Open in calculator: Tool
	Polishing 2–3 Open in calculator: Tool

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 13 July 2020 (Update):

• • The ‘Polishing’ perk can now upgrade sea salt to alaea sea salt.

• patch 21 January 2019 (Update):
  • The Polishing, Imp-Souled, Butter-Fingers, and Cheapskate invention perks will now work correctly while mining.

• patch 26 June 2017 (Update):
  • The Polishing perk will now work on fish caught in the Menaphos Port district.

Trivia

• Prior to a hotfix on 27 July 2016, if polishing triggered on a sillago, it would upgrade it to a wobbegong and cause the fishing spot to instantly deplete - it was treated as if you fished the last wobbegong from a wobbegong spot, not like you caught a sillago from a sillago spot.