Summoning Guide

Introduction

Summoning is a complex skill that allows you to invoke many types of assistance from a wide variety of creatures. It also allows you to have different pets such as dogs, birds, reptiles and wild animals.

The bulk of summoning experience is earned by creating pouches to summon animals - the experience for actually summoning familiars and using their special spells is only a fraction of that. Players do earn combat experience for damage done by familiars (the Familiars table specifies which type of experience will be received). Summoned familiars offer many benefits, both automatic and via scrolls, and it's worth exploring what they can do for you.

The most time-consuming part of summoning is acquiring the charms required to make pouches. Charms are not tradable and can only be obtained by killing certain monsters that drop them. In addition, charms may also be obtained from thieving chests in Dorgesh-Kaan, and by exchanging zeal at Soul Wars. Since the monster drop quantity is usually 0 or 1 (dragons may drop 2 or 3), this takes a great deal of time. Players are expected to collect these through slayer tasks and normal combat training.

Additionally, summoning requires an investment of pure cash, because the shards required to make pouches sell for 25gp at summoning shops. However, some costs can be recovered through selling pouches to other players, hi alching them, or swapping pouches back to an NPC for more shards.

Summoned familiars now remain for an extended time and do not require renewal. Summoning points are used as a continuous drain, like prayer. These points do not restore themselves - a summoning potion or a visit to a summoning obelisk is needed.

Familiars have unique abilities - they may be able to assist you in a fight, boost your combat or skill levels, collect materials at random, and in some cases even carry items for you! Lower level familiars are useful to players with lower overall skills. We encourage players to try out the familiars - grinding for experience just making pouches misses out on the special capabilities that are available.

Table Links
Simple Table In This Guide	Extensive Sortable Table
Using Familiars	Using Familiars (brief load time)
Making Pouches	GE Costs for Seconds, values of Pouches, Trade-In levels/values (more load time)

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Beginner's Walkthrough

This section will address the materials and actions needed to get to level 18 summoning while conserving valuable charms.

The table below shows what quantity of each pouch is needed to reach the next level - it's best to do the highest pouch you can make in order to get the most xp out of your charms. Make the summoning pouches at the obelisk in the cellar by using a blank pouch on the obelisk and selecting from the menu, the same method learned in the quest. Make the pouches into summoning scrolls for additional (but very minuscule) xp.

Level	Pouch	Charm	Shards	Second ingredient	Cost (gp) of shards	XP	Quantity to make
1	Spirit wolf	Gold	7	Wolf bones	175	4.8	(quest)
4	Dreadfowl	Gold	8	Raw chicken	200	9.3	95
10	Spirit spider	Gold	8	Spider carcass	200	12.6	54
13	Thorny snail	Gold	9	Raw thin snail	225	12.6	72
16	Granite crab	Gold	7	Iron ore	175	21.6	36
18	Desert wyrm	Green	45	Bucket of sand	1125	31.2	25

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At level 16 you have reached the peak efficiency for using gold charms as a beginner - making Granite crab summoning pouches using iron ore to earn 21.6 xp each. Gold charms do not come into use again until level 40 (requiring marigolds!), so you will want to make granite crab pouches from gold charms for quite a while.

Cost to level 18+: 80,675 gp

At this point, you should have exhausted your quest reward gold charms. Where do you get more charms? From killing monsters! This is the time-consuming part, which makes killing spiders and snails seem entertaining ... charms are not a 100% drop, so effort is required. There are many monsters that drop charms; Jagex examples are Fire giants, Ice giants, Ogres, Jogres, and Blue dragons. Slayers may also wish to seek charms from Abyssal Demons, Banshees, Basilisks, Bloodvelds, Brine Rats, Cave Horrors, Crawling Hands, Dark Beasts, Infernal Mages, Warped Tortoises, and others. The above monsters tend to give a charm drop every few kills. Tip.It players have found that Ice warriors, Giant rock crabs, Bloodworms, Iron dragons, and various different monsters also drop charms, but at less reliable rates. Slayer monsters seem no more likely to drop charms than others, and some monsters do not drop them at all. All of the monsters in the Chaos Tunnels drop charms, and as a multi-combat environment it's ideal for using familiars.

An alternative method to obtaining charms is through the use of your Hunting skill. If you have at least level 72 Hunter, you can catch Charm sprites for charm slices which can be combined to form summoning charms.

Thieving the chests in Dorgesh-Kaan is another way to get summoning charms.

Some charms are actually secondary ingredients and still require a basic "colour" charm. Abyssal charms are dropped by abyssal leeches, walkers and guardians. Obsidian charms are dropped by TzHaar monsters. Void charms can be purchased from Void Knights using Pest Control commendation points at the Void Knight Outpost. The Talon beast charm is dropped by Nail Beasts met at random during the Temple Trekking minigame.

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Making Pouches

The item on the top left is a single Summoning Pouch, and on the bottom left is a single Spirit shard. Both of these items are base materials for creating Summoning Pouches, and can be purchased from summoning shops (Pikkupstix, Gu'Tanoth and Mort Myre). To the right are the four colours of charms, a third base object needed to create Summoning Pouches. Each pouch requires a charm to be created.

Making a Pouch is fairly simple, however, sometimes the materials required are a bit of a pain to get. In order to construct a pouch, you need five things:

• Required Summoning Level
• One Pouch (bought from Summoning Shop)
• Spirit shards (also bought, see table below for number.)
• One basic Charm (see table below for colour.)
• Secondary Ingredient (see table below.)

Keep in mind that this is just for one pouch! However, Pouches, Spirit shards, and the basic Charms are all stackable, giving you a lot of inventory space for secondary ingredients.

Once you have enough materials to make how many Pouches you're going to make on one trip, head to a Summoning Obelisk (See Locations section). Click on the Obelisk and select to infuse your pouches. Once you do this, a panel will show up with all of the pouches there are, but the pouches that you can make are lit up (be sure to scroll down if you do not see the one you desire). Right-click on the pouch you want to make, and select "Make All" (or how many you want to make). That's all it takes to make Summoning Pouches.

Summoning Pouch Information
Level	Pic	Pouch Abilities Link)	Charm	Shards	Secondary Item Link)	Cost of shards	XP	Shard cost/xp	Hi-alch value
1		Spirit wolf	Gold	7	Wolf bones	175	4.8	36	359
4		Dreadfowl	Gold	8	Raw chicken	200	9.3	22	374
10		Spirit spider	Gold	8	Spider carcass	200	12.6	16	374
13		Thorny snail	Gold	9	Raw thin snail	225	12.6	18	389
16		Granite crab	Gold	7	Iron ore	175	21.6	8	359
17		Spirit Mosquito	Gold	1	Proboscis	25	46.5	0.5	269
18		Desert wyrm	Green	45	Bucket of sand	1125	31.2	36	929
19		Spirit scorpion	Crimson	57	Bronze claws	1425	83.2	17	1109
22		Spirit Tz-Kih	Crimson	64	Obsidian Charm	1600	96.8	16.5	1214
23		Albino rat	Blue	75	Raw rat meat	1875	202.4	9	1379
25		Spirit kalphite	Blue	51	Potato cactus	1275	220	6	1019
Level	Pic	Pouch Abilities Link)	Charm	Shards	Secondary Item Link)	Cost of shards	XP	Shard cost/xp	Hi-alch value
28		Compost mound	Green	47	Compost	1175	49.8	24	959
29		Giant Chinchompa	Blue	84	Chinchompa	2100	255.2	8.2	1514
31		Vampyre bat	Crimson	81	Vampyre dust	2025	136	15	1469
32		Honey badger	Crimson	84	Honeycomb	2100	140.8	15	1514
33		Beaver	Green	72	Willow logs	1800	57.6	31	1334
34		Void Ravager	Green	74	Ravager Charm	1850	59.6	31	1364
34		Void Shifter	Blue	74	Shifter Charm	1850	59.6	31	1364
34		Void Spinner	Blue	74	Spinner Charm	1850	59.6	31	1364
34		Void Torcher	Blue	74	Torcher Charm	1850	59.6	31	1364
36		Bronze minotaur	Blue	102	Bronze bar	2550	316.8	8	1784
40		Bull ant	Gold	11	Marigolds	275	52.8	5	419
Level	Pic	Pouch Abilities Link)	Charm	Shards	Secondary Item Link)	Cost of shards	XP	Shard cost/xp	Hi-alch value
41		Macaw	Green	78	Clean Guam	1950	72.4	27	1424
42		Evil turnip	Crimson	104	Carved turnip	2600	184.8	14	1814
43		Spirit cockatrice (and variants)	Green	88	Cockatrice egg (or variant)	2200	75.2	29	1574
46		Iron minotaur	Blue	125	Iron bar	3125	404.8	8	2129
46		Pyrelord	Crimson	111	Tinderbox	2775	202.4	13.7	1919
47		Magpie	Green	88	Gold ring	2200	83.2	26	1574
49		Bloated leech	Crimson	117	Raw beef	2925	215.2	14	2009
52		Spirit terrorbird	Gold	12	Raw bird meat	300	68.4	4	434
54		Abyssal parasite	Green	106	Abyssal charm	2650	94.8	28	1844
55		Spirit jelly	Blue	151	Jug of water	3775	484	8	2519
Level	Pic	Pouch Abilities Link)	Charm	Shards	Secondary Item Link)	Cost of shards	XP	Shard cost/xp	Hi-alch value
56		Steel minotaur	Blue	141	Steel bar	3525	492.8	7	2369
56		Ibis	Green	109	Harpoon	2725	98.8	28	1889
57		Spirit Graahk	Blue	154	Graahk Fur	3850	501.6	7.7	2564
57		Spirit Kyatt	Blue	153	Kyatt Fur	3825	501.6	7.6	2549
57		Spirit Larupia	Blue	155	Larupia Fur	3875	501.6	7.7	2579
58		Karamthulhu overlord	Blue	144	Empty fishbowl	3600	510.4	7	2414
61		Smoke devil	Crimson	141	Goat's horn dust	3525	268	13	2369
62		Abyssal lurker	Green	119	Abyssal charm	2975	109.6	27.1	2039
63		Spirit cobra	Crimson	116	Snake hide	2900	276.8	10	1994
64		Stranger plant	Crimson	128	Bagged plant	3200	281.6	11	2174
66		Mithril minotaur	Blue	152	Mithril bar	3800	580.8	7	2534
66		Barker toad	Gold	11	Swamp toad	275	87	3	419
Level	Pic	Pouch Abilities Link)	Charm	Shards	Secondary Item Link)	Cost of shards	XP	Shard cost/xp	Hi-alch value
67		War tortoise	Gold	1	Tortoise shell	25	58.6	~0	269
68		Bunyip	Green	110	Raw shark	2750	119.2	23	1904
69		Fruit bat	Green	130	Banana	3250	121.2	27	2204
70		Ravenous Locust	Crimson	79	Pot of Flour	1975	132	15	1439
71		Arctic bear	Gold	14	Polar kebbit fur	350	93.2	4	464
72		Phoenix	Crimson	165	Phoenix Quill	4125	302	13.6	2991
73		Obsidian Golem	Blue	195	Obsidian Charm	4875	642.4	7.5	3179
74		Granite lobster	Crimson	166	Granite (kg) and (g)	4150	325.6	13	2744
75		Praying mantis	Crimson	168	Flowers	4200	329.6	13	2774
76		Adamant minotaur	Blue	144	Adamant bar	3600	668.8	5	2414
76		Forge Regent	Green	141	Ruby Harvest	3525	134	26	2369
77		Talon Beast	Crimson	174	Talon Beast Charm	4350	1015.2	4.3	2864
Level	Pic	Pouch Abilities Link)	Charm	Shards	Secondary Item Link)	Cost of shards	XP	Shard cost/xp	Hi-alch value
78		Giant ent	Green	124	Willow branch	3100	136.8	22.6	2114
79		Fire Titan	Blue	198	Fire Talisman	4950	695.2	7.1	3224
79		Ice Titan	Blue	198	Air Talisman + Water Talisman	4950	695.2	7.1	3224
79		Moss Titan	Blue	202	Earth Talisman	5050	695.2	7.2	3284
80		Hydra	Green	128	Water orb	3125	140.8	22	2174
83		Spirit dagannoth	Crimson	1	Dagannoth hide	25	364.8	~0	269
83		Lava Titan	Blue	219	Obsidian Charm	5475	730.4	7.5	3579
85		Swamp Titan	Crimson	150	Swamp Lizard	3750	373.6	10	2504
86		Rune minotaur	Blue	1	Rune bar	25	756.8	~0	269
87		Ghast	-	-	-	-	-	-	3584
88		Unicorn stallion	Green	140	Unicorn horn	3500	154.4	23	2354
Level	Pic	Pouch Abilities Link)	Charm	Shards	Secondary Item Link)	Cost of shards	XP	Shard cost/xp	Hi-alch value
89		Geyser Titan	Blue	222	Water Talisman	5550	783.2	7	3584
92		Wolpertinger	Crimson	203	Raw rabbit + Wolf bones	5075	404.8	13	3299
93		Abyssal Titan	Green	113	Abyssal Charm	2825	163.2	17.3	1949
95		Iron Titan	Crimson	198	Iron Platebody	4950	417.6	11.8	3224
96		Pack yak	Crimson	211	Yak hide	5275	422.4	12	3419
99		Steel Titan	Crimson	178	Steel Platebody	4450	435.2	10.2	2924

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Pets

Pet shops are located in Yanille and in Taverly. They sell puppies for 500 gp, they have incubators for hatching pets from eggs, and they sell some exotic pet food: flies, beetle bits, and nuts, for 10 gp each. The owners will also give good advice about how to feed your pets. Additional overall pet information is given in the More About Pets subsection.

Dogs
You are able to buy puppies from pet shops for 500 gp. Just ask the owner, "How much is that doggy in the window?" You cannot buy another until you house the one you have into your Player-Owned House's Menagerie. Feed your dog raw meat: beef, bear or rat meat. (Dogs will not eat fish, chicken, rabbit, bird or kebbit.)

Dogs
Summoning Level	Breed	Puppy	Food	Adult
1	Bulldog		Raw meat
1	Terrier		Raw meat
1	Sheepdog		Raw meat
1	Greyhound		Raw meat
1	Dalmatian		Raw meat
1	Labrador		Raw meat

Eggs
Level 30 summoners and above are able to incubate eggs to hatch them as pets. Eggs are brought to maturity in the pet shop incubators at the appropriate summoning level. Despite what the proprietor says, you do not need to stay near the incubator. It takes more than a few minutes, so doing a task and returning is a good idea.

Lower Level Pets Hatched from Eggs
Level	Egg	How to Obtain	Baby	Food	Adult
30		Speak to the Penguin Keeper at the Ardougne Zoo. Must have 30 summoning to get egg.		Raw fish	Penguin
50		Very rare reward from a Birds Nest*.		Ground fishing bait as a chick. Fishing bait as an adult.	Raven

* A great way to get Birds Nests is from Manage Thy Kingdom unlocked after completing the quest, Throne of Miscellania.

God birds have 3 stages of maturity: Hatchling, Bird and Raptor/Owl/Hawk. They eat fishing bait, but you must grind it with a pestle and mortar to feed the chick/hatchling. You cannot have more than one god bird at a time. If you put an egg into the incubator while you still own a god bird, when you retrieve the incubated egg it will vanish.

God Birds Hatched from Eggs
Level	Egg	How to Obtain	Chick	Bird	Food	Adult
70		Possible reward from a Birds Nest*.	Guthix chick	Guthix bird	Ground fishing bait as a chick. Fishing bait as an adult.	Guthix Raptor
70		Possible reward from a Birds Nest*.	Saradomin chick	Saradomin bird	Ground fishing bait as a chick. Fishing bait as an adult.	Saradomin Owl
70		Possible reward from a Birds Nest*.	Zamorak chick	Zamorak bird	Ground fishing bait as a chick. Fishing bait as an adult.	Zamorak Hawk

* A great way to get Birds Nests is from Manage Thy Kingdom unlocked after completing the quest, Throne of Miscellania.

High Level Pets hatched from Eggs
Level	Egg	How to Obtain	Baby	Food	Adult
85		Obtained as an uncommon drop by killing Vultures (level 31).		Ground fishing bait as a chick. Fishing bait as an adult.	Vulture
90		Can be found on Cairn Isle (north-west of Shilo Village). Must have 90 summoning to pick up egg.		Flies	Chameleon
99		Obtained as a drop from Black, Blue, Green or Red Dragon. (Metal dragons do not drop eggs.) Requires 99 summoning to get drop. Each coloured egg produces a small hatchling dragon, which matures into a baby dragon of the same matching colour.		Large amounts of raw meat, fish or chicken	Baby Dragon

Hunted Pets
Hunters may choose to trap themselves a special pet, but there is also a summoning requirement for each of them. These come in various colours, shapes, and sizes of the species decribed below. Two types require bait. See the table below.

Hunted Pets
Baby Pet	Hunter Level	Summoning Level	Location	Trap	Bait	Hunter XP	Food	Adult
Baby gecko	27	10	North-west of Karamja shipyard (fairy ring DKP)	Box trap	None	100	Flies and beetle bits
Baby platypus	48	10	Can be caught on the beach south of Oo'glog after the completion of As a First Resort	Box trap	Lure to box trap with smouldering Lavender	205	Raw fish or Ground fishing bait as a baby, Raw fish or Fishing bait as an adult.
Baby squirrel	29	60	South of Mind runecrafting altar and Rupert's Tower	Net trap	Nuts	152	Nuts
Baby raccoon	27	80	Near Body runecrafting altar west of Barbarian Village and west of Falador near agility shortcut.	Box trap	None	100	Raw meat and fish
Baby monkey	27	95	Southern Karamja, from Shipyard to Tai Bwo Wannai and from Shilo Village all the way north	Box trap	Banana	100	Bananas

Soul Wars
Players who take part in the Soul Wars minigame can purchase special pets, made from the heads (or hand) of slain monsters. To obtain them, simply provide the Nomad with the appropriate trophy after you have enough Zeal. These pets do not grow up, but require feeding with some unusual items.

Soul Wars Pets
Level	Pet	Trophy	Zeal	Food
4	Creeping Hand	Stuffed or Unstuffed Crawling hand	5	Leather gloves
4	Minitrice	Stuffed or Unstuffed Cockatrice head	25	Limpwurt root
4	Baby Basilisk	Stuffed or Unstuffed Basilisk head	40	Eye of newt
4	Baby Kurask	Stuffed or Unstuffed Kurask head	70	Bones
4	Abyssal Minion	Stuffed or Unstuffed Abyssal head	85	Ashes
99	Baby TzRek Jad	Fire Cape and 99 Slayer	100	None

Other

Other Pets
Level	Baby Pet	How to Obtain	Food	Adult
4	N/A Rune Guardian	After the completion the quest Rune Mechanics, you will receive a Rune Guardian to use a pet. It does not physically eat anything, rather, it needs to be recharged by visiting a Runecrafting Altar. It can also be stored multiple times inside your POH Menagerie. The Rune Guardian can also have its colour changed by using it on any Runecrafting altar, other than the Ourania Altar; each altar will give a different colour.	Visiting a Runecrafting altar will decrease it's hunger
20	N/A Broav	During the quest While Guthix Sleeps, you will come across a special pitfall trap. It must be baited with Mort Myre Fungus, and you will have a chance to catch an unconscious broav. Take it back to the Feldip Hills Hunting Expert, and after a cutscene it will become conscious.	Mort Myre Fungus
40	Giant Crab	Kill Mogres (level 60) at Mudskipper Point until you get a Crunchy claw token. (May need to kill 50-100.) See Murphy at Port Khazard to retrieve your diving equipment and visit the Mogres in the underwater kingdom (requires Pirate Pete subquest of Recipe for Disaster). Give your token to Nung to buy a baby giant crab.	Raw fish
71	N/A Ex-ex parrot	You can obtain this pet after completing the Rocking Out quest. You must speak to Bill Teach to obtain a Magical Cage. Then speak with 50 Ships Mufasa to obtain an Ex-parrot. Put the dead parrot in the cage and then use the cage on the stone slab outside of the Cave Horror dungeon on Mos Le'Harmless. The bird will become an Ex-ex-parrot. It is obtained in the adult stage, there is no baby Ex-ex-parrot. The Ex-ex-parrot requires feeding less frequently than most pets.	Rock Fragments*
72	Cute Phoenix Eggling	You can obtain this pet after completing the In Pyre Need quest. Then, after leaving the lair after fighting the Phoenix, there is a slim chance you will get lost and arrive at a phoenix egg. This egg can be hatched by either clapping or kicking the egg. To obtain a Cute Phoenix Eggling, you must clap.	Ashes	N/A
72	Mean Phoenix Eggling	You can obtain this pet after completing the In Pyre Need quest. Then, after leaving the lair after fighting the Phoenix, there is a slim chance you will get lost and arrive at a phoenix egg. This egg can be hatched by either clapping or kicking the egg. To obtain a Mean Phoenix Eggling, you must kick the egg.	Ashes	N/A

*Rock Fragments can be obtained by using a chisel on the stone slab outside the Cave Horror dungeon on Mos Le'Harmless.

More About Pets
The pet interface (same menu button as the familiar interface) tells you the exact status of your pet. It shows both its hunger level and how far it has grown. If your pet's hunger level gets to 78%, the numbers will turn red. At 86%, your character will pop up in your chat box, saying "I think it's hungry!" At 94%, you will get another warning. At 100% ... your pet will run away forever.

If you do not have the proper food to feed your pet, or the time to give it attention (such as in combat), just pick it up - this will stop its hunger from increasing, so it won't run away before you can feed it.

Unlike cats, you must continue to feed the summoning adult pets regularly, just as you did while raising them.

Additionally, pets can be stored in a player-owned house by use of the menagerie, a feature that requires level 38 Construction and allows for the storage of more pets.

Formerly, you were only allowed to have one of a specific pet, but the menagerie has changed this restriction. If you store a gecko (or dog, or god bird) in your menagerie, you can raise another one. You cannot have two out of the menagerie at once, though. Also, Jagex allows only one follower (either a familiar or a pet) behind you at any time. Pets are permitted on most transportation (teleports, gliders, boats, balloons, canoes, and magic carpets).

If you die with your pet out, you will lose your pet.

The number of total pets you can own increases with your summoning level. At level one, you can have two pets. Ten levels later, you can have two more pets. Every ten levels, you can own two more pets. So at level 78, you could own up to 16 pets.

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Familiar Interface

You can command your familiar in one of two ways. The quickest way is to use the menu available upon right clicking the summoning icon near the world map. Also available from this menu is the familiar detail tab which will allow you to use all the commands as well as giving more detail on your familiar. You can see the options below. There are 8 options on this. The first option will bring up the Follower Details tab, allowing you to command your familiar. The last option allows you to choose your left-click option which is explained below. The other 6 options are shortcuts for commands in the Follower Details tab which will be explained below.

If you view the follower details tab, you can see more details about the familiar as well as command your familiar. You can see all of these options explained below.

1. Cast Scroll: Clicking on this will activate your familiar’s scroll, which can have one of a variety of different effects, depending on what familiar you are using. View each familiars scroll in the Scrolls section. You can also hover over this to view the name of the scroll and how many special points it uses. Above this box, you can view how many special points your familiar has remaining, out of a maximum of 60.
2. Attack: If you want your familiar to attack a certain person or monster, click this and select your target and your familiar should quickly move to attack it. There are certain familiars that are non-combat and thus will not attack when told to.
3. Take BoB: If your current familiar is a beast of burden (Can hold items), than this can be used to withdraw all of the items that it is holding. This can also be used for foragers, which will gather items and keep them in its inventory. If you don’t have enough inventory space to withdraw all of the items, then it will take as many as you can hold, and leave the rest in there.
4. Renew Familiar: When your familiar’s timer runs below 3 minutes, you will have the option to renew it. This uses up a pouch and as many summoning points as it normally would but it keeps your familiar is alive, which is especially helpful when you have a Beast of Burden with a lot of items held. This would prevent it from dropping all of those items on the ground.
5. Call Follower: If your follow is dragging behind a little bit or is getting stuck behind an obstacle, you can use this to call your familiar up to you. If there is not enough room for your familiar where you are currently standing, then it will disappear and come back when you are in an area with enough room for it.
6. Dismiss: You can use this to dismiss your familiar when you no longer need it. If you are in an area where you are being attacked too much to click to confirm the dismissal, you can right click and “Dismiss now” which will delete it without a confirmation.
7. Time Left: This hourglass shows how long your familiar has left until it disappears.
8. Summoning Points: This shows how many summoning points you have left. If you have a familiar summoned, your points will slowly go down, and you need summoning points to summon a familiar, which varies per familiar.

To make certain things more convenient, you are able to left click the summoning icon to quickly perform any task, such as casting your familiars scroll, or visiting the familiar details tab. You can change what left clicking does by right clicking the summoning icon and selecting “Select left-click option". You can see the options for this below.

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Familiars

Familiars are summoned using pouches. The table below lists familiars, their innate abilities, and their special move activated by the related scroll. The xp for creating a scroll and using a scroll is the same amount in most cases (a small fraction). The initial summoning point cost to activate the familiar is listed, along with the number of minutes it will remain. (Summoning points will continue to drain while it is used.) The bolded words show the familiar's best ability, but carrying abilities are also bolded for convenience.

If a familiar's time expires, it will drop whatever it is carrying on the ground. You get a one minute and a 30 second warning when its time is about to expire.

If your familiar is within two and a half minutes of expiration, you can press the "Renew Familiar" button (if you have another pouch in your inventory) to restore the timer to full. This is especially helpful for beasts of burden.

Using a right-click ability costs some summoning points. If your summoning points get down to zero, the familiar will still function, but you cannot invoke the right-click ability.

Summoning Familiars Information
Level	Name	Points to Summon	XP for Use	Time (min)	Abilities	Scroll Ability (Uses Special Bar)	Bar Cost
1	Spirit Wolf	1	0.1	6	Fights (level 26) Attack	Makes NPC foes flee (great for wilderness!)	3
4	Dreadfowl	1	0.1	4	Fights (level 26) Magic Farming Boost (1)	Magic attack that inflicts up to 30 damage	3
4	Meerkats*	1	1	40	Right click options to be used as a sextant, and to dig for Treasure Trail items	Will dig up a Treasure Trails casket without disturbing the wizard defending it.	3
10	Spirit Spider	2	0.2	15	Fights (level 25) Controlled Forages red spider eggs	Spawns a random number of red spider eggs on the ground	6
13	Thorny Snail	2	0.2	16	Fights (level 26) Ranged Carries 3 items	Attack that can deal up to 80 damage	3
16	Granite Crab	2	0.2	18	Fights (level 26) Defence Forages big net fish when fishing, gives small amounts of fishing experience Boosts Fishing +1	Temporarily boosts Defence +4	12
17	Mosquito	4	0.5	12	Fights (level 32) Attack	Sends it to attack enemy	3
18	Desert Wyrm	1	0.4	19	Fights (level 31) Strength Boosts Mining +1 Right-click to Forage ores	Magic attack that deals up to 50 damage and stuns opponent	6
19	Spirit Scorpion	2	0.9	17	Fights (level 51) Controlled	Makes your next ranged attack mildly poisonous if using poisonable ammo	6
22	Spirit Tz-Kih	3	0.9	18	Fights (level 53) Magic Right-click "Despair" drains opponent's prayer	Hits two nearby targets for up to 70 damage each	6
23	Albino Rat	3	2.3	22	Fights (level 37) Attack	Puts 4 cheese in rat's inventory	6
25	Spirit Kalphite	3	2.5	22	Fights (level 39) Defence Carries 6 items	Hits up to 20 damage on up to 5 nearby opponents	6
28	Compost Mound	6	0.6	24	Fights (level 37) Strength Forages compost and seeds Boosts Farming (+1 + 2%) Fills bucket with compost	Fills nearby compost bin with compost or maybe supercompost	12
29	Giant Chinchompa	1	2.5	31	Fights (level 43) Ranged Chance of exploding in combat, damaging nearby targets	Explodes chinchompa, damaging nearby targets	3
31	Vampyre Bat	4	1.5	33	Fights (level 44) Controlled Light enhancer Heals itself slightly	Inflicts up to 120 damage; chance of restoring 20 of your LP	4
32	Honey Badger	4	1.6	25	Fights (level 45) Strength Chance of attacking again without delay	Boosts its attack and strength by reducing its defence	12
33	Beaver	4	0.7	27	Does not fight Forages logs and planks Acts as knife in Fletching Boosts Woodcutting +2	Cuts up to three logs from nearby tree	3
34	Void Ravager	4	0.7	27	Fights (level 46) Strength Forages ore Boosts Mining +1 and +1 invisible	Teleports you to Pest Control Landers	3
34	Void Spinner	4	0.7	27	Fights (level 40) Defence Heals you for 10 LP regularly	Teleports you to Pest Control Landers	3
34	Void Torcher	4	0.7	94	Fights (level 46) Magic Right-click "Strike" hits 10 extra points of damage	Teleports you to Pest Control Landers	3
34	Void Shifter	4	0.7	94	Fights (level 46) Attack Like "ring of life", teleports you from combat to Void Knight outpost if you have less than 10% health left	Teleports you to Pest Control Landers	3
36	Bronze Minotaur	9	3.6	30	Fights (level 50) Defence	Magic attack that deals up to 40 damage, chance of stunning	6
40	Bull Ant	5	0.6	30	Fights (level 58) Controlled Carries 9 items	Restores run energy; more energy for higher agility level	12
41	Macaw	5	0.8	31	Does not fight Forages herbs Gives remote view Improves herb drops	Chance of creating herbs	12
42	Evil Turnip	5	2.1	30	Fights (level 62) Ranged Forages evil turnip slices Heals self when using ranged	Magic attack which lowers opponent's ranged skill	6
43	Spirit Cockatrice	5	0.9	36	Fights (level 64) Magic Forages cockatrice eggs Right-click "Drain" lowers foe's combat stat	Deals up to 100 damage, as well as reducing a combat skill by 3 (varies by cockatrice type)	3
46	Iron Minotaur	9	4.6	37	Fights (level 70) Defence	Magic attack that deals up to 60 damage, chance of stunning	6
46	Pyrelord	4	2.3	32	Fights (level 70) Strength Firemaking boost +3 Acts as tinderbox, +10xp bonus	Crafts gold jewellery from bars without furnace	6
47	Magpie	5	0.9	34	Does not fight Forages jewellery	Boosts Thieving skill +2	12
49	Bloated Leech	5	2.4	34	Fights (level 76) Attack	Sacrifice LP to cure poison, disease and stat reduction	6
52	Spirit Terrorbird	6	0.8	36	Fights (level 62) Controlled Carries 12 items	Restores run energy (50% of your agility level); 2 level Agility boost	6
54	Abyssal Parasite	6	1.1	30	Fights (level 86) Magic Carries 7 pure/rune essence Abyssal Prayer drain slowed	Magic attack that gives you ten prayer points if it hits	6
55	Spirit Jelly	6	5.5	43	Fights (level 88) Strength	Magic attack which deals up to 120 damage and lowers enemy's Attack	6
56	Steel Minotaur	9	5.6	46	Fights (level 90) Defence	Magic attack that deals up to 90 damage, chance of stunning	6
56	Ibis	6	1.1	38	Does not fight Forages when fishing, gives small amounts of fishing experience Boosts fishing +3	Produces raw fish 'rain' up to bass	12
57	Spirit Graahk	6	5.7	49	Fights (level 93) Strength Hunter boost +5 Strikes twice if it must move to enter combat Can teleport you to Horned Graahk (Karamja) hunting area	Sends it to attack enemy	3
57	Spirit Kyatt	6	5.7	49	Fights (level 93) Attack Hunter boost +5 First attack hits up to triple damage if summoned or called directly into combat Can teleport you to the hunting area south of the Piscatoris fishing colony	Calls it directly into combat for instant attack	3
57	Spirit Larupia	6	5.7	49	Fights (level 93) Controlled Hunter boost +5 Can teleport you to Feldip Hills hunting area	Magic-based attack, also drains enemy's Strength	6
58	Karamthulhu Overlord	6	5.8	44	Fights (level 95) Ranged Right-click "Drown" (water spell)	Deals up to 160 damage on target	3
61	Smoke Devil	7	3	48	Fights (level 101) Magic Right-click "Flames" (fire spell)	Deals up to 80 damage on 6 adjacent opponents	6
62	Abyssal Lurker	7	1.9	41	Fights (level 93) Controlled Carries 7 pure/rune essence	Boosts Agility and Thieving by 4 points	20
63	Spirit Cobra	7	3.1	56	Fights (level 105) Attack	Turns egg (raven, penguin, vulture, blue, red, green, chicken) into variant cockatrice egg to make pouch	3
64	Stranger Plant	7	3.2	49	Fights (level 107) Controlled Boosts Farming (+1 + 4%) Forages strange fruit	Attack with 50% chance of poison and 20 damage	6
66	Mithril Minotaur	9	6.6	56	Fights (level 112) Defence	Magic attack that deals up to 120 damage, chance of stunning	6
66	Barker Toad	7	1.0	8	Fights (level 112) Strength Right-click "Cannon" (must be loaded with cannonball)	Deals up to 180 damage on opponent	6
67	War Tortoise	7	0.7	43	Fights (level 86) Defence Carries 18 items	Boosts Defence +8	20
68	Bunyip	7	1.4	44	Does not fight Heals you for 20 LP regularly Converts fish into water runes	Provided you have Cooking level to cook, you can eat raw fish	3
69	Fruit Bat	7	1.4	45	Does not fight Forages fruit and seeds Light enhancer Gathers fruit on Karamja	Produces random fruit nearby	6
70	Ravenous Locust	6	1.5	24	Fights (level 120) Attack Can eat enemy's food Remote view	Destroys enemy player's food	12
71	Arctic Bear	8	1.1	28	Fights (level 122) Controlled Boosts Hunter +7 Counts as 2 arctic camouflage Teleport to Snow Hunting area	Magic attack that deals up to 150 damage; chance of stunning	6
72	Phoenix	8	7	30	Fights (124) Magic Right click Ash-Blast blinds opponents for a few seconds, reducing their chance to hit	Revives phoenix from ashes when it dies in combat.	12
73	Obsidian Golem	8	7.3	55	Fights (level 126) Strength Boosts Mining +7	Boosts your Strength +9	12
74	Granite Lobster	8	3.7	47	Fights (level 129) Defence Forages fish when fishing, gives small amounts of fishing xp Boosts Fishing +4	Inflicts up to 140 damage; lowers opponent's Defence by up to 5	6
75	Praying Mantis	8	3.6	69	Fights (level 131) Attack	Binds, deals magic-based damage, and drains enemy's Prayer	6
76	Adamant Minotaur	9	7.6	66	Fights (level 133) Defence	Magic attack that deals up to 160 damage, chance of stunning	6
76	Forge Regent	8	1.5	45	Fights (level 133) Ranged Acts as tinderbox, +10xp bonus Right-click "Fireball" flames hit up to 6 enemies for up to 50 damage each	Magic attack that can disarm enemy's weapon or shield	6
77	Talon Beast	8	3.8	49	Fights (level 135) Strength	Three magic attacks	6
78	Giant Ent	8	1.6	49	Fights (level 137) Controlled Forages oak logs Converts pure essence to earth/nature runes Increased yield when harvesting fruit trees, belladonna, bushes and cactus	Deals up to 110 damage on up to 3 opponents; chance of acorn drop	6
79	Fire Titan	9	7.9	62	Fights (level 139) Magic	Boosts your LP and Defence significantly	20
79	Ice Titan	9	7.9	64	Fights (level 139) Attack	Boosts your LP and Defence significantly	20
79	Moss Titan	9	7.9	58	Fights (level 139) Strength	Boosts your LP and Defence significantly	20
80	Hydra	9	1.6	49	Fights (level 141) Ranged	Use on farming tree stump to instantly regrow tree	6
83	Spirit Dagannoth	9	4.1	57	Fights (level 148) Controlled Chance of attacking again without delay	Ranged attack deals up to 180 damage and stuns	6
83	Lava Titan	9	8.3	61	Fights (level 148) Strength Chance of hitting 50 extra damage each time Boosts Firemaking +10 Boosts Mining +10 Teleport to Lava Maze	Magic attack that also drains enemy's Special Attack	4
85	Swamp Titan	9	4.2	56	Fights (level 152) Attack	Area effect Magic attack that can poison opponents	6
86	Rune Minotaur	9	8.6	151	Fights (level 154) Defence	Magic attack that deals up to 190 damage, chance of stunning	6
87	Ghast**	9	1.8	68	Fights (level 200) Ranged	Makes ghasts passive while in Morytania. Prevents food from rotting under the effect of ghasts in Morytania. Gives prayer XP for any damage it does.	20
88	Unicorn Stallion	9	1.8	54	Fights (level 70) Controlled Right-click "Cure" Heals poison and disease	Up to 15% of your LP is restored	20
89	Geyser Titan	9	8.9	69	Fights (level 200) Ranged Boosts Ranged (1 + 3%) Fills empty bowl with hot water (use on it) Recharges Amulet of glory or Ring of Wealth (use on it)	Attack that does more damage based on enemy player's armour	6
92	Wolpertinger	10	4.6	62	Fights (level 210) Magic +5% Defence against magic Boosts Hunter +5 x2 XP and yield when harvesting berries	Temporary Magic boost +7	20
93	Abyssal Titan	10	1.9	32	Fights (level 215) Attack Carries 7 pure/rune essence	Banks all pure essence that you and your familiar are holding	6
95	Iron Titan	10	4.7	60	Fights (level 220) Defence Boosts your stab, slash and crush defence by 10%	Its next attack will be three powerful melee attacks	12
96	Pack Yak	10	4.8	58	Fights (level 175) Strength Carries 30 items	Banks one targeted item in your inventory	12
99	Steel Titan	10	4.9	64	Fights (level 230) Ranged Boosts your stab, slash and crush defence by 15%	Its next attack will be four powerful ranged attacks	12

* The Meerkats pouch is a Treasure Trails reward for any level of clue, and cannot be created by players.
** The Ghast pouch can be bought for 50,000 Gp when a player has leveled all temple trekking companions to level 99.

There is a gp limit that a familiar can carry, equal to approximately 50k gp per space times the number of spaces. Familiars will refuse to carry certain "rare" or valuable items, like some treasure trail rewards and rarer armour. Familiars can hold any untradeable potions (such as overloads, super prayer potions, and flasked potions), however, they cannot hold any other untradeable items. Only the Abyssal familiars (Parasite, Lurker, Titan) can store Rune/Pure Essence. The normal Beasts of Burden cannot carry them.

Familiars remain for a fixed amount of time and do not require renewing. If your summoning points run out, the familiar will still remain for its entire time.

You can talk to and understand your familiar if you are 10 levels above its summoning level.

The colour of charm may help identify a familiar's best skills, but this is not consistent. In general, blue charms are the rarest drop, and are used to create fighting familiars. Crimson charms are the next rarest, and these familiars have fighting abilities as well. Green charm familiars tend to have skill-related abilities, which can help you with herblore, fishing, etc. Gold charms are the most common drop, and their abilities are a mixed bag. However - they require the fewest shards to make, so they are extremely cost-effective.

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Scrolls

The scroll abilities are listed in the Familiars table above. The xp for using the scroll is approximately the same as for summoning the creature. The special bar cost for using the scroll is also shown. Each pouch makes 10 scrolls (earning only a fraction of xp for making them), and each scroll alchs for one-tenth of the pouch high alch value. Scrolls are activated by clicking the icon in the top left of the Summoning interface.

Swapping Pouches/Scrolls for shards

Bogrog, the summoning shop ogre north of Gu'Tanoth, will give you spirit shards in exchange for your pouches (noted or unnoted). The amount he pays is equal to 70% of the shards required to craft the pouch. This is not recommended for gold charm pouches, which require very few shards. However, in most other cases the value of shards he gives is more than the hi alch value of the pouch. Scrolls can also be swapped, but the exchange rate is not a direct 1/10 of the pouch value. Bogrog requires that you have a summoning level above what is required to craft the pouch (excluding level 99 familiars). He uses a sliding scale, the minimum level to swap is 21 summoning for level 11 pouches, 58 for level 52 pouches, 93 for level 92 pouches. In the table below is the level required to exchange each pouch/scroll.

Swapping Pouches/Scrolls Information
Level required to swap	Swapping Pouches Information		Swapping Scrolls Information
	Pouch name	Shard value	Scroll name	Quantity of scrolls needed for each exchange	Shard value
21	Spirit wolf	5	Howl	3	1
21	Dreadfowl	6	Dreadfowl Strike	3	1
21	Spirit spider	6	Egg spawn	3	1
23	Thorny snail	7	Slime Spray	2	1
26	Granite crab	5	Stony Shell	3	1
27	Mosquito	1	Pester	18	1
28	Desert wyrm	32	Electric Lash	1	2
28	Spirit scorpion	40	Venom Shot	1	3
31	Spirit Tz-Kih	45	Fireball Assault	1	3
32	Albino rat	53	Cheese Feast	1	4
34	Spirit kalphite	36	Sandstorm	1	2
37	Compost mound	33	Generate Compost	1	2
37	Giant Chinchompa	59	Explode	1	4
39	Vampyre bat	57	Vampyre Touch	1	4
40	Honey badger	59	Insane Ferocity	1	4
41	Beaver	51	Multichop	1	4
42	Void Ravager	52	Call to Arms	1	4
42	Void Shifter	52	Call to Arms	1	4
42	Void Spinner	52	Call to Arms	1	4
42	Void Torcher	52	Call to Arms	1	4
44	Bronze minotaur	72	Bronze Bull Rush	1	5
47	Bull ant	8	Unburden	2	1
48	Macaw	55	Herbcall	1	4
49	Evil turnip	73	Evil Flames	1	5
50	Spirit cockatrice (and variants)	62	Petrifying Gaze	1	4
53	Iron minotaur	88	Iron Bull Rush	1	7
53	Pyrelord	78	Immense Heat	1	6
54	Magpie	62	Thieving Fingers	1	4
56	Bloated leech	82	Blood Drain	1	6
58	Spirit terrorbird	9	Tireless Run	2	1
60	Abyssal parasite	75	Abyssal Drain	1	5
61	Spirit jelly	106	Dissolve	1	8
62	Steel minotaur	99	Steel Bull Rush	1	7
62	Ibis	77	Fish Rain	1	6
63	Spirit Graahk	108	Goad	1	8
63	Spirit Kyatt	109	Ambush	1	8
63	Spirit Larupia	108	Rending	1	8
64	Karamthulhu overlord	101	Doomsphere Device	1	8
66	Smoke devil	99	Dust Cloud	1	7
67	Abyssal lurker	84	Abyssal Stealth	1	6
68	Spirit cobra	82	Ophidian Incubation	1	6
69	Stranger plant	90	Poisonous Blast	1	7
71	Mithril minotaur	107	Mithril Bull Rush	1	8
71	Barker toad	8	Toad Bark	2	1
72	War tortoise	1	Testudo	18	1
73	Bunyip	77	Swallow Whole	1	6
73	Fruit bat	91	Fruit Fall	1	7
74	Ravenous Locust	56	Famine	1	6
75	Arctic bear	10	Arctic Blast	2	1
76	Phoenix	114	Rise from the Ashes	1	9
77	Obsidian Golem	137	Volcanic Strength	1	10
78	Granite lobster	117	Crushing Claw	1	9
79	Praying mantis	118	Mantis Strike	1	9
79	Adamant minotaur	101	Adamant Bull Rush	1	8
79	Forge Regent	99	Inferno	1	7
80	Talon Beast	122	Deadly Claw	1	9
81	Giant ent	87	Acorn Missile	1	6
82	Fire Titan	139	Titan's Constitution	1	11
82	Ice Titan	139	Titan's Constitution	1	11
82	Moss Titan	142	Titan's Constitution	1	11
83	Hydra	90	Regrowth	1	7
85	Spirit dagannoth	1	Spike Shot	1	0
85	Lava Titan	154	Ebon Thunder	1	12
87	Swamp Titan	105	Swamp Plague	1	8
88	Rune minotaur	1	Rune Bull Rush	1	0
90	Unicorn stallion	98	Healing Aura	1	7
90	Geyser Titan	156	Boil	1	12
93	Wolpertinger	143	Magic Focus	1	11
94	Abyssal Titan	80	Essence Shipment	1	6
96	Iron Titan	139	Iron Within	1	11
97	Pack yak	148	Winter Storage	1	11
99	Steel Titan	125	Steel of Legends	1	9

Note that meerkat pouches and scrolls CANNOT be swapped for shards.

Locations

Pet shops are located in Yanille and in Taverly.

Summoning shops are located in Taverly (Pikkupstix, where you did the quest), the road up to Gu'Tanoth (south-west of Yanille), and at a Wishing Well in the Nature Spirit Grotto (Mort Myre Swamp). Each shop also has an obelisk nearby for making pouches and restoring summoning points.

Pikkupstix in Taverly can enchant certain helms so that you can charge them with scrolls for random automatic "firing" in combat. The bespelled helm will have the letter (e) added to its name, and becomes untradable. Then you can use combat scrolls on it to charge it. The summoning level required for each headgear item is listed below.

Summoning Headgear
Pic	Name	Level Required	Scroll Capacity
	Antlers	10	40
	Adamant Full Helm	20	50
	Slayer Helmet	20	50
	Snakeskin Bandana	20	50
	Splitbark Helm	30	50
	Rune Full Helm	30	60
	Lizard Skull	30	65
	Warrior Helm	35	70
	Berserker Helm	35	70
	Archer Helm	35	70
	Farseer Helm	35	70
	Helm of Neitizot	45	90
	Dragon Medium Helm	50	110
	Feather Headdress	50	150
	Lunar Helm	55	110
	Armadyl Helm	60	120

• Antlers and lizard skulls sold at summoning shops are ready to hold scrolls - simply use the scroll on it.
• Feathered headdresses are explained in the Crafting Guide.
• Pikkupstix will also disenchant helms if you wish.

Additional summoning obelisks for making pouches and recharging points are located in Isafdar (just inside the west exit of the Underground Pass), north-west Brimhaven (just east of Moss Giant island), outside Piscatoris (ladder near mine), and south-west of Pollnivneach across a bridge.

Small obelisks just for recharging summoning points (not making pouches) have been added across Runescape.

• Tirannwn (2) - Tyras Camp, and near Lletya
• Fremennik Province Islands (4) - Lunar Isle, just west of Neitiznot, outside the Jatizso gates, and by the docks at Etceteria
• Western Runescape (Kandarin)(13) - Keldagrim, south of Rellekka, Slayer Dungeon, south of the Lighthouse, near the Barbarian Outpost, Gnome Stronghold just west of the Agility Course, Fishing Guild, outside King Lathas' Training Camp, north of Khazard Battlefield, south-west of Port Khazard, outside of Castle Wars, Feldip Hills hunting grounds, and west of Oo'glog
• Karamja (6) - atop Karamja Volcano, in Tzhaar near fairy ring, Brimhaven Dungeon before the metal dragons, west of the Nature Altar, Shilo Village, Ape Atoll
• Central Runescape (Asgarnia and Misthalin)(10) - Burthorpe, Catherby, underneath Heroes Guild, Taverly Dungeon, Bridge east of Edgeville, South of Draynor Village, Port Sarim, Zanaris, Dwarven Mines, and Varrock Sewers
• Eastern Runescape (Kharidian Desert and Morytania)(9) - west of Duel Arena, Shantay Pass, Pollnivneach, east of Sophanem, west of Canifis, north of Ectofuntus near Port Phasmatys, Mort Myre (found inside the Nature Grotto), just outside of Burgh de Rott, and east of Mos Le'Harmless
• Wilderness (1) - Rogues Castle

The Summoning - Locations section of the Jagex Manual (Knowledge Base) includes a surface map of the main locations.

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Tips and Tricks

Shard Buy Back The Pet shop owner will buy Spirit shards for 25 GP each from you! The same price you payed for them!

Charming Imp The charming imp is a reward from the Dungeoneering skill. It costs 100,000 tokens to purchase and requires level 21 in both Dungeoneering and Summoning to use. When you have a Charming imp in your inventory, it will automatically pick up charms dropped by monsters. Speak to the imp to choose which type of charms are picked up. Those not picked up will be converted into a small amount of Summoning XP per charm.

Spirit Wolf Howl Players report that a wilderness trip is improved by bringing a spirit wolf and using its Howl scroll, which scares away monsters including revenants. However, if it bites the Treasure Trail Zamorak Wizard, the Wizard will vanish and you'll have to restart the fight.

Spirit weed seeds and evil turnip seeds may be obtained as a monster drop.

Spirit weeds can be planted in a herb patch at level 36 farming, earn 32 xp for planting and 36 xp for harvesting. Level 40 herblorists can combine the spirit weed with any cockatrice egg (including variants) to earn 92 xp in herblore. The summoning potion restores 7-31 summoning points.

Evil turnips can be planted in the special patch on the west side of Draynor Manor (north of the Belladonna plot) at level 42 farming. The farmer earns 41 xp for planting and 46 xp for harvesting. The growth time is extremely short, with no intermediate stages. Use a knife with it to make a carved turnip, a required ingredient for level 42 Evil turnip summoning pouches.

Honeycombs can be obtained from the beehives west of Catherby by right clicking to take honey while having insect repellent in your inventory.

Cockatrice eggs are dropped by cockatrices in the slayer cave, or foraged by spirit cockatrice familiars. Cockatrice eggs are the secondary ingredient of the summoning potion and can be used to create level 43 Spirit cockatrice summoning pouches.

Spirit cobra Ophidian incubation scroll is used to convert ordinary chicken eggs into cockatrice eggs. It also converts some untradeable eggs (blue, green, red, penguin, raven, and vulture) into variant cockatrice eggs which are tradeable. If used to create a summoning pouch, the result will be a hybrid familiar, respectively Saratrice, Guthatrice, Zamatrice, Pengatrice, Coraxatrice, and Vulatrice. All use the same level 43 scroll Petrifying gaze to deal up to 50 damage to your foe, and also reduce a random combat skill.

Combat-type scrolls can be added to various types of headgear, which discharges the abilities automatically at random intervals during combat. See enchanted helms.

There is a value limit on items that a familiar can hold. This limit is encountered with high value items such as armour and Treasure Trail rewards. This should not affect more typical skilling use.

Prohibited Areas - Aside from some minigames, quests and transportation networks, you can bring your familiar with you many places. If you try to enter a forbidden area, you will be given a choice to dismiss your familiar before proceeding. Familiars are not allowed on the island of Entrana (including the Law runecrafting altar) and will not follow you into the whirlpool entrance to the Ancient Cavern (mithril dragons). You cannot *summon* a familiar at the summoning obelisks themselves, or use a scroll near the obelisks, but you can bring a familiar along with you. Familiars are specifically allowed in Castle Wars and Clan Wars, and at the Duel Arena if both parties agree. Familiars are not allowed in the Temple Trekking / Burgh de Rott Ramble minigame. Familiars are hidden when entering the Grand Exchange, and their timers are temporarily stopped until you leave.

Transportation - most forms of travel (teleports, ships, gliders, fairy rings, balloons, canoes, and magic carpets) allow a familiar or pet, and will bring it with you automatically.

Pouch Uses - If you do not desire to summon familiars with your pouches, there are many other uses for them. Some pouches are desired by other players for use, and are easily sellable. Others can be high-alched to recoup some of your expenses incurred while making them. Also, Bogrog, the summoning shop ogre north of Gu'Tanoth, will give some spirit shards in exchange for pouches (noted or unnoted).

Teleports - Familiar teleports are a very nice feature. The level 57 spirit kyatt takes you to Piscatoris, which has a summoning obelisk nearby for making pouches. Spirit graahks get you near the Nature runecrafting altar on Karamja. Void familiars take you to Pest Control island. The spirit larupia takes you to Feldip Hills, arctic bear teleports to the snow hunting area, and the lava titan can teleport you to the Wilderness Lava Maze.

Other Tips - For pouches that require seconds that are stackable or can be held in high number, and that you may not want to keep but rather trade in for shards, it is beneficial to infuse your pouches at Bogrog as you can then continuously infuse then swap your pouches without having to constantly go to a bank to acquire more seconds. For example, the fruit bat which requires bananas as its second can have the bananas held in a basket allowing five times as many pouches per inventory space. Or, there is the granite lobster that requires 500 g blocks of granite. Here, you could take 5 kg blocks and a chisel to the summoning obelisk and chip off pieces of the block to use as the second. This is beneficial as each 5 kg block gives ten 500 g blocks effectively allowing ten times the pouches per inventory space used. However, make sure that your summoning level is high enough above the pouch you want to infuse so that you can swap the pouch otherwise you won't be able to use this method.

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Cape of Achievement

Once you have mastered the skill and reached level 99, you may want to buy yourself a Summoning Cape from Pikkupstix at his summoning shop in Taverly. Refer to the Achievement Capes guide for more details.

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Credits

Original Guide by: Tip.It Crew

Special Thanks to: chenw

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Last updated by: Baffler

Last updated on: 3-Apr-2013

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