Rapid

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

Rapid
Release date	6 February 2017 (Update)
Gizmo type	Tool
Maximum rank
Standard	3
Ancient	4
In-game description
Has 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. This perk has an increased chance to activate on level 20 items.
Infobox • Talk page

Rapid is a Smithing and Firemaking perk which acts differently for each skill. It can be created in tool gizmos and ancient tool gizmos.

While firemaking, it grants a 5% chance per rank to speed up an action by a game tick (0.6 seconds).

While smithing, each hammer swing has a 5% chance per rank to grant double progress (i.e. 20 per swing instead of 10). Double heat is lost with every hammer swing, including swings that do not grant double progress. This makes it a good perk for active smiths who re-heat the in-progress items often.

When the perk triggers, it prompts the message: Your rapid perk speeds up the action process.

Effective time saved and action increase

Rank	Chance	Ticks Saved	Time Saved (s)	Firemaking
				Time Reduction	Action Increase
1	5% (5.5%)	0.05 (0.055)	0.03 (0.033)	1.67% (1.837%)	1.695% (1.865%)
2	10% (11.0%)	0.10 (0.110)	0.06 (0.066)	3.33% (3.663%)	3.448% (3.793%)
3	15% (16.5%)	0.15 (0.165)	0.09 (0.099)	5.00% (5.500%)	5.263% (5.789%)
4	20% (22%)	0.20 (0.22)	0.12 (0.132)	6.67% (7.333%)	7.143% (7.857%)

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
	Enhancing components	Uncommon	0	1	1–2	1–2	1–3	0	1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–4	1–4	1–4
	Shifting components	Rare	0	1	1–2	1–2	2–3	0	1	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–3	2–4	2–4	2–4
	Light components	Uncommon	0	1	1–2	1–2	1–2	0	1	1	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–3	1–4	1–4
	Stave parts	Common	0	1	1	1–2	1–2	0	0	1	1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2

Suggested gizmos

Gizmo layout	Possible perks
	Chance highest at 137 invention, 69.12% or 1/1.44 Rapid 3–4 Efficient 4 Open in calculator: Ancient tool
	Chance highest at 124-125 invention, 6.812% or 1/14.6 Rapid 2–4 Prosper Other possible perks: Efficient Open in calculator: Ancient tool
	Rapid 3–4 Refined 2–3 Other possible perks: Cheapskate Open in calculator: Ancient tool
	Rapid 2–3 (3 is rare) Efficient 3 Open in calculator: Tool
	Rapid 1–2 Pyromaniac 1–5 (5 is rare) Other possible perks: Hallucinogenic Glow Worm Open in calculator: Tool
	Rapid 1–3 (3 is rare) Refined 1–2 Other possible perks: Cheapskate Open in calculator: Tool
	30% chance starting at level 90, maxing at 35-36% at 120-137. Rapid 2 Breakdown 2 Other possible perks: Committed Butterfingers Refined Cheapskate Open in calculator: Ancient tool

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included - see here for how to help out!

• patch 26 May 2020 (Update):
  • Fixed an issue where the perks Refined 4, Tinker 4 and Rapid 4 were not activating as often as they should.

• patch 7 January 2019 (Update):
  • Rapid perk now smiths faster, but causes heat to be lost faster.

• update 6 February 2017 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Prior to the Mining and Smithing rework, Rapid provided the same effect for both skills.