Historic components are ancient invention materials often used for making various invention products, such as ancient gizmo shells, XP Capacitor 5000, etc. Furthermore, invention perks such as Precise and Ultimatums are obtainable from historic components. You can obtain this component by disassembling artifacts and materials obtained from the archaeology skill. In this RuneScape 3 historic components guide, we’ll run through some of the best methods of getting historic components for your invention needs.
Buying Historic Components Crates from the Grand Exchange
You can obtain historic components by buying historic components crates of varying sizes from the Grand Exchange. Do note that this method of obtaining historic components is unavailable for Ironman. With that in mind, the following are all variants of historic component crates available from the Grand Exchange, complete with the number of components you’ll get from them and their buying limits.
- Small crate (historic components) is an invention material crate that will give you 100 historic components when opened. This item has a buying limit of 1000 on the Grand Exchange.
- Large crate (historic components) is an invention material crate that will give you 1000 historic components when opened. This item has a buying limit of 1000 on the Grand Exchange.
Disassembling Items from the Grand Exchange
You can obtain historic components by disassembling archaeology materials bought from the Grand Exchange. Furthermore, these materials will also give you classic components. Because of the Grand Exchange trade limitation, this method of getting items for historic components is unavailable for Ironman unless you obtain the items yourself through archaeology. Do note that these items have a buying limit on the Grand Exchange. With that in mind, the following are some of the best items to disassemble for historic components available to buy at the Grand Exchange.
- Leather scraps
- Eye of Dagon
- White oak
- Vellum
- Fossilised bone
- Yu’biusk clay
- Goldrune
- Ancient vis
- Soapstone
- Imperial steel
Disassembling Archaeology Artifacts
You can obtain historic components by disassembling restored artifacts. These artifacts are obtainable by excavating from excavation hotspots. You can find these excavation hotspots at dig sites scattered throughout Gielenor. Artifacts are received in their broken state and can’t be disassembled unless you restore them first. Keep in mind that each artifacts require different materials to restore them. You can see all the required materials for an artifact by inspecting it in your inventory.