Tinker

Tinker
Release date	6 February 2017 (Update)
Gizmo type	Tool
Maximum rank	3
Description?
Has a 5% chance per rank to carry out higher quality work, awarding an extra 25% XP. While smithing, has a 2% chance per rank to double your progress. This perk has an increased chance to activate on level 20 items.
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Tinker is a Smithing and Firemaking perk. It acts differently for each. It can be created in tool gizmos.

While firemaking, it has a 5% chance per rank per action to increase the experience gained from that action by 25%. It does not work with Superheat Form. This extra XP is given as base XP, giving a corresponding increase in item XP and allowing it to be doubled with bonus XP.

While smithing, it has a 2% chance per rank to grant double progress for that swing, increasing the overall experience per hour.

When the perk triggers, it prompts the message: Your tinker perk allows you to carry out higher quality work, awarding extra XP/progress.

Effective experience increase

Rank	Firemaking		Smithing
	Chance (level 20)	Average increase (level 20)	Chance (level 20)
1	5% (5.5%)	1.25% (1.375%)	2% (2.2%)
2	10% (11%)	2.50% (2.75%)	4% (4.4%)
3	15% (16.5%)	3.75% (4.125%)	6% (6.6%)

Sources

Material		Rarity	Perk ranks with X materials
			1	2	3	4	5
	Fungal components	Rare	0	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–3
	Clockwork components	Rare	1	1–2	1–2	2–3	2–3
	Delicate parts	Common	0	1	1–2	1–2	1–3

Suggested gizmos

Gizmo layout	Possible perks
	Tinker 1–3 (3 is rare) Open in calculator: Tool
	Tinker 2–3 Enhanced Efficient 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 7 January 2019 (Update):
  • Tinker perk now increases chance for double progress when smithing.

Trivia

• Prior to the Mining and Smithing rework, the effect of Tinker was the same for both Firemaking and Smithing.

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