Breakdown

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Breakdown
Release date								6 February 2017 (Update)
Gizmo type								Tool
Maximum rank
Standard								5
Ancient								6
In-game description
When finishing a smithing item has a 0.8% chance per rank, of giving components as if you would've dissassembled the item. This does not dissassemble the item.
Advanced data
Dbrow ID								820
Links								Dbrow820

Breakdown is a perk for Invention that, when finishing items with Smithing, has a 0.8% chance per rank to give the materials that the created item would yield when disassembled, without disassembling the item. This does not work when smelting ores. It can be created in tool gizmos.

The Breakdown perk is also the activation trigger for Orthen furnace core skilling offhand–if the Breakdown perk activates, the player gains the Furnace Core buff, providing a 5% increase to Firemaking and Smithing experience and lasting for five minutes. The buff can be refreshed up to five minutes by triggering either Breakdown or Pyromaniac perk again.

Disassemble chance

Rank	Chance
1	0.8% (0.88%)
2	1.6% (1.76%)
3	2.4% (2.64%)
4	3.2% (3.52%)
5	4.0% (4.40%)
6	4.8% (5.28%)

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
	Padded parts	Common	0	1	1–2	1–3	1–3	0	1	1	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–4	1–4	1–5
	Heavy components	Uncommon	1	1–2	1–3	1–4	1–5	0	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–4	1–5	1–6	1–6	2–6
	Undead components	Rare	1	1–2	1–3	2–4	2–5	0	1–2	1–2	2–3	2–4	2–5	3–6	3–6	4–6

Suggested gizmos

Gizmo layout	Possible perks	Approx costs per attempt
	Chance increases with and level 120. Chance for Careless 5, Breakdown 2 is 6.711%. This combination is useful for lower intensity smithing with the Orthen furnace core in combination with Tinker 4. See Optimal skilling perk setup for more details. Careless 4–5 Breakdown 2 Other possible perks: Naturalist Scraps Open in calculator: Ancient tool	3,004,991 6x Offcut 6,851 each 3x Undead 886,817 each Ancient tool gizmo 303,434 each See RS:Material prices for details on how prices are approximated.
	The following assumes level 54. Highest chance is 44.93% (sum) at level 54 Tinker 3–4 Breakdown 1 Other possible perks: Hasty Enhanced Efficient Open in calculator: Ancient tool	5,567,429 2x Undead 886,817 each 7x Clockwork 498,623 each Ancient tool gizmo 303,434 each See RS:Material prices for details on how prices are approximated.
	The following assumes level 120. Breakdown 4–6 Open in calculator: Ancient tool	8,284,787 9x Undead 886,817 each Ancient tool gizmo 303,434 each See RS:Material prices for details on how prices are approximated.
	The following assumes level 120. Breakdown 4–6 Prosper Open in calculator: Ancient tool	36,466,305 8x Undead 886,817 each 1x Third-age 29,068,335 each Ancient tool gizmo 303,434 each See RS:Material prices for details on how prices are approximated.
	The following assumes level 120. Breakdown 2–6 (2 is rare and only in combination with another perk) Other possible perks: Butterfingers Committed Open in calculator: Ancient tool	428,435 9x Heavy 13,889 each Ancient tool gizmo 303,434 each See RS:Material prices for details on how prices are approximated.
	The following assumes level 120. Breakdown 1–5 (5 is rare) Other possible perks: Butterfingers Committed Open in calculator: Tool	99,820 4x Heavy 13,889 each 5x Padded 2,353 each Tool gizmo 32,499 each See RS:Material prices for details on how prices are approximated.
	The following assumes level 120. Breakdown 2–5 (5 is rare) Open in calculator: Tool	4,466,584 5x Undead 886,817 each Tool gizmo 32,499 each See RS:Material prices for details on how prices are approximated.

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Graphical updates

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  Breakdown after 6 February 2017 (update)
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  Breakdown after 12 May 2025 (update)

Update history

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• hidden 12 May 2025 (Update):
  • The perk icon was graphically updated.

• patch 3 February 2020 (Update):
  • Breakdown perk activation chance decreased from 0.8% per rank per bar down to a flat 0.8% per rank.

• patch 19 August 2019 (Update):
  • The Breakdown perk description now uses correct terminology.

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

Trivia

• With this perk, it's possible to get the skilling pets for Smithing and Invention.
• Prior to the Mining and Smithing rework, Breakdown provided a 20% chance per rank to disassemble the created item. It was also affected by the chance increase of a level 20 item.