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, it has a 5% chance per rank each hammer swing to grant double progress for the swing. This also causes your heat to be consumed twice as fast (ie: 20 per swing instead of 10 per swing). 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

Update history

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• 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.