Protean cog (2024)

Protean cog is a Treasure Hunter reward.

If the associated promotion is not currently active, it may not be obtainable.

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Protean cog



Release																				26 January 2017 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Quest item																				No

Properties

Tradeable																				No
Equipable																				No
Stackable																				Yes
Disassembly																				No
Destroy																				Your item will be destroyed permanently and it may not be reclaimable.
Examine																				A stackable cog that can be used to train your Invention.

Options ^[?]

Backpack																				Manufacture, Convert, Destroy

Values

Value																				0 coins Cash out: 40 coins
Alchemy																				Not alchemisable
On death																				Always kept outside dangerous area
Weight																				0kg

Advanced data

Item ID																				39401
Links																				MRID•recipe

Protean cogs are protean items used to train Invention. They were first properly available on Treasure Hunter from 26 January 2017, though they were added to the game API (and temporarily to the game as a glitch) over a month earlier on 19 December 2016 (update).

The Invention Tutorial is required to be completed to be able to use protean cogs.

At most 60 protean cogs can be manufactured with one interaction and each takes 4.2 seconds to manufacture. About 850 cogs can be used per hour.

Release history[edit | edit source]

First available from 26 January to 30 January 2017.
It was re-released on 7 March 2017 as a 2nd Chance Tuesday promotion.
It was re-released again from 8 November to 13 November 2017 for the Apple Jubilee promotion.

Experience[edit | edit source]

Level 1-4 are excluded as completing the Invention Tutorial will advance the player's Invention level to level 4. However, that can be seen if a player has obtained a protean cog before they've unlocked invention, or interacted with a Jubilee hopper.

Level	XP per cog	XP per hour^{[T 1]}
1	108.0	91,800.0
21	180.0	153,000.0
41	234.0	198,900.0
61	288.0	244,800.0
81	360.0	306,000.0
101	432.0	367,200.0

^ Assumes a rate of 850 cogs manufactured per hour

Drop sources[edit | edit source]

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Showing 100 out of 194 sources.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Celebration Lamps	N/A	10	520,000/57,702,400
Celebration Lamps	N/A	1,000	10,400/57,702,400
Celebration Lamps	N/A	150	130,000/57,702,400
Celebration Lamps	N/A	300	36,400/57,702,400
Celebration Lamps	N/A	75	260,000/57,702,400
Contagion	N/A	10	900,000/162,048,600
Contagion	N/A	100	112,500/162,048,600
Contagion	N/A	200	31,500/162,048,600
Contagion	N/A	50	270,000/162,048,600
Contagion	N/A	750	9,000/162,048,600
Double Dragon Chests	N/A	10	1,000,000/162,000,000
Double Dragon Chests	N/A	100	125,000/162,000,000
Double Dragon Chests	N/A	200	35,000/162,000,000
Double Dragon Chests	N/A	50	300,000/162,000,000
Double Dragon Chests	N/A	750	10,000/162,000,000
Egg Hunt	N/A	10	8,272,500/1,465,000,000
Egg Hunt	N/A	100	767,040/573,600,000
Egg Hunt	N/A	200	326,400/578,600,000
Egg Hunt	N/A	50	6,360,000/2,310,000,000
Egg Hunt	N/A	750	107,900/582,000,000
Foresight To Train	N/A	10	4,450,000/486,000,000
Foresight To Train	N/A	100	556,250/486,000,000
Foresight To Train	N/A	200	155,750/486,000,000
Foresight To Train	N/A	50	1,335,000/486,000,000
Foresight To Train	N/A	750	44,500/486,000,000
Foresight To Train/Archive	N/A	1,000	15,000/44,100,000
Foresight To Train/Archive	N/A	150	187,500/44,100,000
Foresight To Train/Archive	N/A	300	52,500/44,100,000
Foresight To Train/Archive	N/A	75	375,000/44,100,000
Gemfall	N/A	10	900,000/162,000,000
Gemfall	N/A	100	112,500/162,000,000
Gemfall	N/A	150	Unknown
Gemfall	N/A	200	31,500/162,000,000
Gemfall	N/A	50	270,000/162,000,000
Gemfall	N/A	750	9,000/162,000,000
Genie's Wishes	N/A	10	1,500,000/162,000,000
Genie's Wishes	N/A	100	187,500/162,000,000
Genie's Wishes	N/A	200	52,500/162,000,000
Genie's Wishes	N/A	50	450,000/162,000,000
Genie's Wishes	N/A	750	15,000/162,000,000
Gifts from the Harvest	N/A	10	1,258,000/162,000,000
Gifts from the Harvest	N/A	100	157,250/162,000,000
Gifts from the Harvest	N/A	200	44,030/162,000,000
Gifts from the Harvest	N/A	50	377,400/162,000,000
Gifts from the Harvest	N/A	750	12,580/162,000,000
Gifts from the Heart	N/A	10	625,000/62,133,120
Gifts from the Heart	N/A	1,000	12,500/62,133,120
Gifts from the Heart	N/A	150	156,250/62,133,120
Gifts from the Heart	N/A	300	43,750/62,133,120
Gifts from the Heart	N/A	75	312,500/62,133,120
Grim Harvest	N/A	10	950,000/162,000,000
Grim Harvest	N/A	100	118,750/162,000,000
Grim Harvest	N/A	200	33,250/162,000,000
Grim Harvest	N/A	50	285,000/162,000,000
Grim Harvest	N/A	750	9,500/162,000,000
Hall of Heralds	N/A	10	1,350,000/162,000,000
Hall of Heralds	N/A	100	168,750/162,000,000
Hall of Heralds	N/A	200	47,250/162,000,000
Hall of Heralds Yellow Window	N/A	30	70/1,000
Hall of Heralds	N/A	50	405,000/162,000,000
Hall of Heralds	N/A	750	13,500/162,000,000
Huge protean pack	N/A	1,000	Always
Large protean pack	N/A	300	Always
Loot Duels	N/A	10	630,000/64,393,560
Loot Duels	N/A	1,000	12,600/64,393,560
Loot Duels	N/A	150	157,500/64,393,560
Loot Duels	N/A	300	44,100/64,393,560
Loot Duels	N/A	75	315,000/64,393,560
Loot Rooms Regular and multiplier chests	N/A	10	1,260,000/162,000,000
Loot Rooms Regular and multiplier chests	N/A	100	157,500/162,000,000
Loot Rooms Regular and multiplier chests	N/A	200	44,100/162,000,000
Loot Rooms Regular and multiplier chests	N/A	50	378,000/162,000,000
Loot Rooms Regular and multiplier chests	N/A	750	12,600/162,000,000
Looting Range	N/A	10	1,350,000/162,000,000
Looting Range	N/A	100	168,750/162,000,000
Looting Range	N/A	200	47,250/162,000,000
Looting Range	N/A	50	405,000/162,000,000
Looting Range	N/A	750	13,500/162,000,000
Medium protean pack	N/A	150	Always
Phoenix Lamps	N/A	10	500,000/64,400,000
Phoenix Lamps	N/A	1,000	10,000/64,400,000
Phoenix Lamps	N/A	150	125,000/64,400,000
Phoenix Lamps	N/A	300	35,000/64,400,000
Phoenix Lamps	N/A	75	250,000/64,400,000
Phoenix Rising	N/A	10	500,000/64,400,000
Phoenix Rising	N/A	1,000	10,000/64,400,000
Phoenix Rising	N/A	150	125,000/64,400,000
Phoenix Rising	N/A	300	35,000/64,400,000
Phoenix Rising	N/A	75	250,000/64,400,000
Potion Pandemonium	N/A	10	1,100,000/162,000,000
Potion Pandemonium	N/A	100	137,500/162,000,000
Potion Pandemonium	N/A	200	38,500/162,000,000
Potion Pandemonium	N/A	50	330,000/162,000,000
Potion Pandemonium	N/A	750	11,000/162,000,000
Protean chest	N/A	40	150/1,250
Rainbow Trail	N/A	10	375,000/64,400,000
Rainbow Trail	N/A	1,000	7,500/64,400,000
Rainbow Trail	N/A	150	93,750/64,400,000
Rainbow Trail	N/A	300	26,250/64,400,000
Rainbow Trail	N/A	75	187,500/64,400,000

Update history[edit | edit source]

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included – see here for how to help out!

update 26 January 2017(Update):
- Added to game.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

Protean cogs were a possible Treasure Hunter prize for a short time on 19 December 2016 until they were removed with a hotfix.

v•d•e Protean items
Standard	Bar Cog Essence Hide Logs Memory Plank Protein Shake Trap
Unstable	Bar Cog Essence Hide Logs Memory Plank Protein Shake Trap
Packs	Tiny Small Medium Large Huge
Other	Chest Powerup Prolonger Processor Box of processors