Shadow components

Shadow components
Release date	29 March 2016 (Update)
Rarity	Rare
Level	89
Experience	2100
Description
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Approximate value
12,860,633
Price based on the average cost per material of several items. See RS:Material prices § Shadow components for details.
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Shadow components are rare materials used in the Invention skill. Level 89 Invention is required to discover them at an Inventor's workbench and use them in a gizmo; however, this level is not required to obtain them. The blueprints to research them are unlocked after earning 2,500 Sliskean reputation in the Heart of Gielinor.

The cost per Shadow component is 5,464,507 if the most cost-effective method is used.

Unlocking

Sliske Reputation Rewards, which displays the Sliskean reputation that players have obtained

Before players can use Shadow components, they must be first unlocked and then discovered at an invention workbench.

The steps to unlock these components are:

1. Gain 2,500 Sliskean reputation at the Heart of Gielinor (God Wars Dungeon 2).
   1. Kill Helwyr, Vindicta or The Twin Furies to obtain seals and hand them in to the Gregorovic's Chosen.
      It would take 500 boss kills to obtain the required reputation.
   2. Complete daily bounties at the Feng, the Bounty Master. (select 'Fight for Sliske')
      It would take 16 days to obtain the required reputation, as one bounty is added per day.
      Players can complete multiple bounties on a single trip.
      Using Corruption Shot or Corruption Blast on the warring faction mobs are the fastest way to obtain kills and complete bounties.
   3. The methods can be combined by getting bounties and killing the corresponding general. Each boss kill awards 25 kills of bounty progress.
2. Reach at least Level 89 Invention
3. Go to an invention workbench and discover Shadow components
4. Disassembling Sliskean armour or weapons will now obtain Shadow components

Methods of obtaining

Overview

Full list: Category:Items that disassemble into Shadow components

Calculator: Calculator:Disassembly by material/Shadow

• Anima Core of Sliske components
• Shadow glaive and its off-hand
• Sliskean essence
• Regular and Dormant staff of Sliske

Disassembly

The regular method to obtain these components is to buy a Sliskean weapon or Anima Core armour piece, augment it, take it to level 9 and then disassemble it, destroying the item in exchange for 4 Shadow components.

The cost for this method depends on the item chosen, and is as follows:

Item	Augmentor	Item price	Total cost	Components obtained	Cost per component	Item leveling speed
Shadow glaive (level 9+)	1	25,231,900	25,632,188	4	6,408,047	100%
Off-hand shadow glaive (level 9+)	1	21,457,740	21,858,028	4	5,464,507	50%
Anima core body of Sliske (level 9+)	1	50,997,429	51,397,717	4	12,849,429	100%
Anima core legs of Sliske (level 9+)	1	50,641,852	51,042,140	4	12,760,535	100%

Refined Anima Legs

An alternate method of obtaining these components is to buy an Anima Core armour piece, convert it into a refined Anima Core piece, take it to level 9, and then disassemble the refined piece, thus returning the original Anima Core armour piece and providing Shadow components as a byproduct.

This method is currently 7,628,805 per Shadow component. It is 5,131,730 cheaper than the regular method of disassembling a normal Anima Leg piece.

The steps for this method are as follows:

1. Purchase or obtain an Anima core legs of Sliske (grand exchange price is currently 50,641,852)
2. Convert the item into a Refined anima core legs of Sliske by adding 2 of each essence
3. Take the refined armour to an invention workbench and augment it with divine charges (you can optionally add perks on it if you have spare gizmos)
4. Use the refined legs in combat until it reaches level 9 (killing Dark beasts or Abyssal demons provides the highest Item XP rates per hour)
5. Disassemble the refined legs, returning the original Anima core legs of Sliske armour piece and granting you 4 x Shadow components as a byproduct.
6. The regular legs can be then sold back on the grand exchange refunding its cost

The total cost for obtaining  4 x Shadow components using this method is as follows:

Item	Quantity	Total price
Augmentor	1	400,288
Divine charge	36	2,472,552
Zarosian essence	2	572,834
Zamorakian essence	2	26,003,620
Sliskean essence	2	705,638
Serenic essence	2	360,288
Total cost (4  )		30,515,220
Per component cost		7,628,805

Refined Anima Body

This method is currently 1,765,326 per Shadow component cheaper than the regular method of disassembling a normal Anima Body piece. The cost per component is 11,084,103. The cost is much higher than using Anima Legs because 3 of each essence is required rather than 2.

The total cost for obtaining  4 x Shadow components using this method is as follows:

Item	Quantity	Total price
Augmentor	1	400,288
Divine charge	36	2,472,552
Zarosian essence	3	859,251
Zamorakian essence	3	39,005,430
Sliskean essence	3	1,058,457
Serenic essence	3	540,432
Total cost (4  )		44,336,410
Per component cost		11,084,103

Possible perks

Perk		Gizmos			Perk ranks available with X materials
					Standard Gizmo					Ancient Gizmo
		Weapon	Armour	Tool	1	2	3	4	5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Caroming				0	1	2	2–3	3	0	1	1	2	2–3	3–4	4	4	4

Devices

This is an auto-generated list (update now), and shows the first 100 items alphabetically. For all items, click here.

Item	Skills	Materials	GE price
Enchantment of agony	80	8 × Sliver of strength 6 × Shadow components 1 × Abyssal vine whip	74,671,469