Proboscis

&lt;img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Infobox%20Item%5Cn%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BInfobox%20Item%5Cn%7Cname%20%3D%20Proboscis%5Cn%7Cimage%20%3D%20%5B%5BFile%3AProboscis.PNG%5D%5D%5Cn%7Cupdate%20%3D%20Tai%20Bwo%20Wannai%20Clean-Up%5Cn%7Crelease%20%3D%20%5B%5B9%20August%5D%5D%20%5B%5B2005%5D%5D%5Cn%7Cmembers%20%3D%20Yes%5Cn%7Cquest%20%3D%20Yes%5Cn%7Ctradeable%20%3D%20Yes%5Cn%7Cequipable%20%3D%20No%5Cn%7Cstackable%20%3D%20Yes%5Cn%7Chigh%20%3D%203%5Cn%7Clow%20%3D%202%5Cn%7Cdestroy%20%3D%20Drop%5Cn%7Cstore%20%3D%20No%5Cn%7Cexchange%20%3D%20GEMW%5Cn%7Cexamine%20%3D%20A%20giant%20mosquito%27s%20proboscis%3A%20aerodynamic%2C%20sharp%20and%20pointy%21%5Cn%7Cweight%20%3D%200%5Cn%7D%7D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D" type="double-brackets" /&gt; &lt;img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3AProboscis%20detail.png%7Cleft%7C100px%5D%5D%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Proboscis_detail.png%22%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22align%22%3A%22left%22%2C%22caption%22%3A%22%22%2C%22alt%22%3A%22Proboscis%20detail.png%22%2C%22width%22%3A100%7D%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" alt="" src="" width="100" height="65" class="image alignLeft" type="image" /&gt;A Proboscis (plural proboscises or proboscides) is a &lt;a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22stackable%20item%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Stackable%20items%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BStackable%20items%7Cstackable%20item%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" href="/wiki/Stackable_items" title="Stackable items"&gt;stackable item&lt;/a&gt; that &lt;a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22members%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Pay-to-play%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BPay-to-play%7Cmembers%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" href="/wiki/Pay-to-play" title="Pay-to-play" class="mw-redirect"&gt;members&lt;/a&gt; can use (along with a &lt;a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22spirit%20shard%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22spirit%20shard%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bspirit%20shard%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" href="/wiki/Spirit_shard" title="Spirit shard" class="mw-redirect"&gt;spirit shard&lt;/a&gt;, a &lt;a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22gold%20charm%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22gold%20charm%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bgold%20charm%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" href="/wiki/Gold_charm" title="Gold charm"&gt;gold charm&lt;/a&gt;, and an empty &lt;a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22pouch%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Pouch%20%28Summoning%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BPouch%20%28Summoning%29%7Cpouch%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" href="/wiki/Pouch_(Summoning)" title="Pouch (Summoning)"&gt;pouch&lt;/a&gt;) to make &lt;a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Spirit%20mosquito%20pouch%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Spirit%20mosquito%20pouch%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSpirit%20mosquito%20pouch%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" href="/wiki/Spirit_mosquito_pouch" title="Spirit mosquito pouch" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Spirit mosquito pouches&lt;/a&gt; as part of the &lt;a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Summoning%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Summoning%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSummoning%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" href="/wiki/Summoning" title="Summoning"&gt;Summoning&lt;/a&gt; skill. These pouches are used to summon &lt;a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Spirit%20mosquito%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Spirit%20mosquito%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSpirit%20mosquito%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" href="/wiki/Spirit_mosquito" title="Spirit mosquito"&gt;Spirit mosquitos&lt;/a&gt;, which require level 17 Summoning. Players can obtain proboscises from &lt;a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Mosquito%20Swarm%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Mosquito%20Swarm%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMosquito%20Swarm%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" href="/wiki/Mosquito_Swarm" title="Mosquito Swarm" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Mosquito Swarms&lt;/a&gt;, which drop a varying number of them during the &lt;a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Tai%20Bwo%20Wannai%20Cleanup%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Tai%20Bwo%20Wannai%20Cleanup%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BTai%20Bwo%20Wannai%20Cleanup%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" href="/wiki/Tai_Bwo_Wannai_Cleanup" title="Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup"&gt;Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup&lt;/a&gt; activity. The number proboscises dropped is the same as the number of mosquitoes in the swarm.&lt;img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.runescape.com%5C%2Fkbase%5C%2Fviewarticle.ws%3Farticle_id%3D1987%20%5C%22Tai%20Bwo%20Wannai%20Clean-up%5C%22%2C%20%27%27RuneScape%27%27%20manual%5D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D" type="ext" /&gt; They are also obtainable in batches of twelve from the "Gamble" &lt;a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Soul%20Wars%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Soul%20Wars%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSoul%20Wars%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" href="/wiki/Soul_Wars" title="Soul Wars"&gt;Soul Wars&lt;/a&gt; reward, a random loot reward from a &lt;a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Box%20of%20summoning%20ingredients%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Box%20of%20summoning%20ingredients%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBox%20of%20summoning%20ingredients%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" href="/wiki/Box_of_summoning_ingredients" title="Box of summoning ingredients"&gt;Box of summoning ingredients&lt;/a&gt; received as a choice after the &lt;a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Familiarisation%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Familiarisation%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFamiliarisation%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" href="/wiki/Familiarisation" title="Familiarisation"&gt;Familiarisation&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Distraction%20and%20Diversion%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Distraction%20and%20Diversion%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BDistraction%20and%20Diversion%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" href="/wiki/Distraction_and_Diversion" title="Distraction and Diversion" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Distraction and Diversion&lt;/a&gt;, or as loot when opening &lt;a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22spirit%20impling%20jar%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22spirit%20impling%20jar%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bspirit%20impling%20jar%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" href="/wiki/Spirit_impling_jar" title="Spirit impling jar"&gt;spirit impling jars&lt;/a&gt;. Before the &lt;a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Summoning%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Summoning%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSummoning%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" href="/wiki/Summoning" title="Summoning"&gt;Summoning&lt;/a&gt; skill was released, the proboscis had no purpose at all, and so was available for about 2 coins. This is one of the few stackable tertiary ingredients in Summoning. You could theoretically get from level 17 to 99 in a single trip to the obelisk with enough shards, charms, pouches, and proboscises by making Spirit mosquito pouches, converting them to Pester scrolls, and repeating. It would take 280,244 proboscis and the needed shards, charms and pouches to achieve this. Players completing &lt;a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Fairytale%20I%20-%20Growing%20Pains%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Fairytale%20I%20-%20Growing%20Pains%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFairytale%20I%20-%20Growing%20Pains%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" href="/wiki/Fairytale_I_-_Growing_Pains" title="Fairytale I - Growing Pains" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Fairytale I - Growing Pains&lt;/a&gt; may need this item as a randomly selected item that they must take to &lt;a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Malignius%20Mortifer%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Malignius%20Mortifer%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMalignius%20Mortifer%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" href="/wiki/Malignius_Mortifer" title="Malignius Mortifer"&gt;Malignius Mortifer&lt;/a&gt; to make the &lt;a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22magic%20secateurs%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22magic%20secateurs%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bmagic%20secateurs%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" href="/wiki/Magic_secateurs" title="Magic secateurs"&gt;magic secateurs&lt;/a&gt;.  Dropping monsters &lt;img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22ItemDropsTableHead%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BItemDropsTableHead%7D%7D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D" type="double-brackets" /&gt; &lt;img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22ItemDropsLine%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BItemDropsLine%7CMonster%3DMosquito%20swarm%7CCombat%3D13%7CQuantity%3D1%7CRarity%3DAlways%7D%7D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D" type="double-brackets" /&gt; &lt;img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22ItemDropsLine%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BItemDropsLine%7CMonster%3DMosquito%20swarm%7CCombat%3D17%7CQuantity%3D3%7CRarity%3DAlways%7D%7D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D" type="double-brackets" /&gt; &lt;img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22ItemDropsLine%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BItemDropsLine%7CMonster%3DMosquito%20swarm%7CCombat%3D20%7CQuantity%3D5%7CRarity%3DAlways%7D%7D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D" type="double-brackets" /&gt; &lt;img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22ItemDropsLine%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BItemDropsLine%7CMonster%3DGiant%20mosquito%7CCombat%3D13%7CQuantity%3D1%7CRarity%3DRare%7D%7D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D" type="double-brackets" /&gt; |} <h2 data-rte-washtml="1" data-rte-line-start="true" data-rte-attribs=" data-rte-empty-lines-before=1">Trivia <ul data-rte-washtml="1" data-rte-line-start="true"><li data-rte-washtml="1">Proboscises used to have a different examine: "A giant mosquito's proboscis: aerodynamic, sharp and not very useful!" It was changed to what it is today after the release the Summoning 2 update, along with the Spirit mosquito familiar. </li></ul> <h2 data-rte-washtml="1" data-rte-line-start="true" data-rte-attribs=" data-rte-empty-lines-before=1">References <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-washtml="1" data-rte-line-start="true" data-rte-attribs=" data-rte-fromparser=true">&lt;img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Reflist%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BReflist%7D%7D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D" type="double-brackets" /&gt; <ul data-rte-washtml="1" data-rte-line-start="true"><li data-rte-washtml="1">&lt;a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Grand%20Exchange%20Database%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Grand%20Exchange%20Database%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGrand%20Exchange%20Database%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" href="/wiki/Grand_Exchange_Database" title="Grand Exchange Database"&gt;Grand Exchange Database&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22external%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Current%20price%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22http%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fitemdb-rs.runescape.com%5C%2Fviewitem.ws%3Fobj%3D6319%22%2C%22linktype%22%3A%22text%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fitemdb-rs.runescape.com%5C%2Fviewitem.ws%3Fobj%3D6319%20Current%20price%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" href="<a href="http://itemdb-rs.runescape.com/viewitem.ws?obj=6319" class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://itemdb-rs.runescape.com/viewitem.ws?obj=6319</a>" class="external text" rel="nofollow"&gt;Current price&lt;/a&gt; </li></ul> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-washtml="1" data-rte-line-start="true" data-rte-attribs=" data-rte-fromparser=true data-rte-empty-lines-before=1">&lt;img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22WP%20also%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BWP%20also%7D%7D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D" type="double-brackets" /&gt; &lt;img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22category%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCategory%3ATai%20Bwo%20Wannai%20Cleanup%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" class="placeholder placeholder-category" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D" type="category" /&gt; &lt;img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22category%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCategory%3ASummoning%20tertiaries%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="304-11840633874f0791f942bbf" class="placeholder placeholder-category" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D" type="category" /&gt;