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A player summoning a familiar with the Summoning skill.
Summoning is a members-only skill released on 15 January 2008 and updated on 31 March. This skill is available to members who have completed the Wolf Whistle quest. Summoning allows players to infuse the essence of various creatures into Summoning pouches, then summon these creatures, called familiars. Each familiar has an unique ability that requires a Summoning scroll, made from the corresponding pouch. (See the Familiars section or Summoning points for more details.)
Familiars
A summoning familiar.
Familiars are creatures that players may summon to help them with many tasks. The familiars have many different abilities, from boosting skills to aiding you in combat. All familiars have a special move which can be activated with Summoning scrolls. Only one familiar can be summoned at a time, and must be dismissed before another can be summoned.
In order to summon a familiar, players must use the "Summon" option on a Summoning pouch. Summoning familiars costs summoning points (similar to Prayer points). While a familiar is out, summoning points will be slowly drained until they reach 0, again similar to prayer. The familiar does not disappear when the points reach 0, but any right-click abilities will be unavailable until the summoning points are recharged. Summoning points must be recharged at a Summoning Obelisk or by using Summoning potion(s).
Players can talk to their familiars if they have at least 10 or more summoning levels above the required level to summon that familiar, with some exceptions (i.e. minotaurs). Because of the skill cap of 99 and various other reasons, some familiars cannot be talked to.
Special Abilities
Each familiar has a different special ability that they are able to use. Some are accessed by talking, using the familiar's special button or right clicking a familiar for another option.
Abilities Description Fighter These familiar will fight with a player, and have combat levels similar to regular creatures. A player must be actively fighting and taking damage for his or her familiar to fight. Familiars will only fight in multi combat areas, and will not fight for a player. Fighting familiars do not interfere with Slayer tasks. Even if the familiar delivers the final blow that kills a slayer creature, the kill is credited to your fulfillment of the task.
Light enhancer Some familiars can see well in the dark and will make any light source a player carries brighter. Skill booster These familiars can either temporarily raise your level in a given skill, or provide an 'invisible' boost that is always active. If that stat has already been raised by a potion the skill boost will not work. Note that invisible skills boosts do not allow you to perform an activity above your level, they simply help you in increasing the efficiency of your activity in your current level. Remote view These familiars can fly into the air and allow you to see through their eyes, giving you the ability to see things much further away. Beast of Burden A beast of burden can carry a varying number of items. Certain familiars can only carry specific items, and only abyssal familiars can carry rune essence and pure essence. Healer These familiars can heal a player HP at a given rate. Forager A forager will find certain items from time to time, and can carry 30 of a specific type of item. You are only able to 'Withdraw' items from these familiars.
Familiars Forbidden Areas
There were certain places where you could not summon familiars: 'Summon-free' zones. These included:
- Varrock (excluding the palace)
- Falador (excluding the White Knight Castle)
- Lumbridge (excluding the castle courtyard)
- The Grand Exchange
- Seers' Village
- The Barrows minigame area
- The Mage Training Arena
- Pest Control - Familiars cannot enter the Void Knight boats
- Barbarian Assault - only while playing the minigame
- Vinesweeper - Rabbits are problematic enough without people bringing their pets/familiars
Most of these areas are now open to summoning following an update.
Pouches
Summoning pouches are used to summon familiars. The creation of a pouch is relatively simple: the pouch is infused with the essence of a creature, or familiar, which can then be summoned using the pouch. Infusing pouches yields experience in summoning. A pouch is used up when a familiar is summoned, and it is not restored when the familiar is dismissed.
Scrolls
A typical example of a selection of Summoning scrolls as they would appear in a Player's inventory.
A familiar boosting a player's Mining skill.
Summoning scrolls are required to perform a familiar's special move. They are created from converting specific creature pouches.
Pets
Pets are animals that follow you throughout RuneScape. They do not fight or help you like familiars, but are purely decorative. They are similar to cats obtained from the Gertrude's Cat quest.
Shop items
- See Summoning Shops for the shop locations.
Image Item Price Level Attack Bonus Defence Bonus Holds (unenchanted) Magic Ranged Stab Slash Crush Magic Ranged Summoning File:Pouch Summoning.png Pouch 1 coin - - - - - - - - - - File:Spirit shard.png Spirit shards 25 coins - - - - - - - - - - 
Antlers 100 coins - - - - - - - - +8 5 scrolls Lizard skull 200 coins 30 - +1 +2 +3 +4 +2 +3 +12 10 scrolls File:Feather Headdress.gif Feather headdress 240 coins 50 -1 +2 +4 +6 +8 +4 +4 +20 15 Scrolls
Headdresses
- These items can only store scrolls that are used to attack (not skill helping scrolls like "Egg Spawn").
- Combat scrolls stored in headdresses will be automatically used while in a multicombat zone with your familiar summoned and when you are wearing the headdress.
- The scrolls stored in the headdress must match the familiar you have currently summoned for them to be used.
- The non-specific Summoning items (eg. Adamant full helm) can be enchanted by Pikkupstix, for free, to store Summoning scrolls. (Note: You must have the required Summoning level to get the item enchanted in the first place.) If you wish to have the item disenchanted, simply speak to Pikkupstix and he will remove the enchantment, again for free. (See table below)
- The specific Summoning items (eg. Antlers, Lizard skull, and Feather headdress) are the only items that require the summoning level to wear. All other items can be worn like normal.
All Items That Can Store Summoning Scrolls
Image Item Summoning Level Defence Level Number of Scrolls Notes Antlers 10 1 40 Obtainable from a summoning shop for 100 coins. Lizard skull 30 1 65 Obtainable from a summoning shop for 200 coins. File:Feather Headdress.gif Feather headdress 50 1 150 Requires level 20 Ranged. Comes in various colours. Craftable at level 79 Crafting, from a coif and 20 coloured feathers. File:Adamant full helmet.png Adamant full helm 20 30 50 Requires level 30 Defence. File:Snakeskin bandana.PNG Snakeskin bandana 20 30 50 Requires level 30 Ranged. Splitbark helm 30 40 50 Requires level 40 Magic. File:Rune full helm.gif Rune full helm 30 40 60 Requires level 40 Defence File:Frem helmet.gif All Fremennik helmets 35 45 70 Requires the completion of The Fremennik Trials quest. Helm of Neitiznot 45 55 90 Requires the completion of The Fremennik Isles quest. File:Dragon med helm.png Dragon medium helm 50 60 110 Requires level 60 Defence. Lunar helm 55 40 110 Requires level 65 Magic. File:Armadylhelmet.png Armadyl helmet 60 70 120 Requires level 70 Ranged and level 70 Defence.
Locations
Summoning Shops
Pet Shops
Obelisks
Summoning obelisks (as opposed to small obelisks) are fully charged with summoning energy and can be used to infuse pouches and make scrolls, as well as to recharge summoning points. See the main article for a list of their locations.
Small Obelisks
Small obelisks are partially-charged with summoning energy and may be used to recharge summoning points, but not to infuse pouches or scrolls. They are much more abundant than summoning obelisks. For their locations see the main article.
Training
The majority of summoning experience is gained from making pouches. Making scrolls and using special effects gives very little experience (typically less than 10% of that provided by making pouches). Hence, training summoning quickly involves making a huge amount of pouches.
The four items required for pouch-making are blank pouches, charms, spirit shards, and tertiary ingredients. Pouches must be bought from summoning shops for 1gp each. Charms are untradable, and you must collect them yourself from monster drops (see Charms). Spirit shards cost 25 gp each and are not available from monster drops. They can be traded from other players and bought on the Grand Exchange. However, as most pouches sell at prices under the 70 percent exchange rate for shards, this can be a way to obtain shards at a slightly discounted price. Finally, the tertiary ingredient can usually be bought or collected. Tertiary ingredients trade at significant prices due to their use as a summoning item.
One also needs to find a way to do quick and efficient round trips between a bank and a summoning obelisk (see Obelisk section above), to minimise the time taken to make pouches.
Players are also recommended to trade their pouches with Bogrog in Gu'Tanoth, who will exchange for 70% of the Spirit shard required to make the pouch. This will help the player save money on how many spirit shards one needs to buy, however, it requires the player to be at least 1 level above the level required to make the pouch.
Minimize cost
Based upon minimizing the cost due to the number of spirit shards used:
Table below shows minimum cost assuming players buy all the components (pouches, shards, tertiary ingredients).
Level Shards Tertiary Method Cost Notes 1 - 4 14 Wolf bones Starting point - At completion of Wolf Whistle quest 4 - 10 760 Raw chicken 95 Dreadfowl pouches Expression error: Unexpected < operator. coins Uses gold charms from quest 10 - 16 1,008 Spider carcass 126 spider pouches Expression error: Unexpected < operator. coins Uses gold charms from quest 16 - 18 378 Iron ore 54 Granite crab pouches Expression error: Unexpected < operator. coins Uses up the remaining gold charms from quest 18 - 40 10,927 Iron ore 1,561 Granite crab pouches Expression error: Unexpected < operator. coins Uses gold charms 40 - 52 17,930 Marigolds 1,630 Bull ant pouches Expression error: Unexpected < operator. coins Uses gold charms 52 - 66 65,364 Raw bird meat 5,447 Spirit terrorbird pouches Expression error: Unexpected < operator. coins Uses gold charms 66 - 67 6,545 Swamp toad 595 Barker toad pouches Expression error: Unexpected < operator. coins Uses gold charms From this point up, the rarity and cost of the tertiary component may be your primary constraint. 67 - 82 31,964 Tortoise shell 31,964 War tortoise pouches Expression error: Unexpected < operator. coins Uses gold charms 83 - 86 3,226 Dagannoth hide 3,226 Spirit dagannoth pouches Expression error: Unexpected < operator. coins Uses crimson charms 86 - 99 12,469 Runite bar 12,469 Rune minotaur pouches Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "[". coins Uses blue charms Costs are based on current exchange prices plus the cost of shards and pouches. And without taking into consideration later alching of made pouches.
At around level 16 this will use up all the gold charms from the quest. Raw chicken meat can be obtained through killing Chickens, bought in a store in Canifis or from Ali Morisanne. Iron ores are easily mined or purchased from the Grand Exchange. It also will require just over 2,000 Spirit shards at 25 coins each. It will cost around 50,000 coins to reach level 18. Expect to spend at least 3 times that to make the hiscores at level 30. Players can also make a few extra GP from using Alchemy on the pouches.
Minimize time
For minimum time you must create pouches from whatever charms you get and you must create the highest level pouches that you can make with the charms you obtain. It is strongly recommended that you use Crimson Charms, as they give the best xp per coin, and are fast to use. The fastest ways to get Crimson Charms include killing Waterfiends, Rock Lobsters, Cockroach Soldiers and Dust Devils.
Minimize charms
This method minimizes the charms used to gain levels:
Level Shards Tertiary Method Cost Notes 1 - 4 14 Wolf bones Starting point - At completion of Wolf Whistle quest 4 - 10 760 Raw chicken 95 Dreadfowl pouches Expression error: Unexpected < operator. coins Uses gold charms from quest 10 - 16 1,008 Spider carcass 126 spider pouches Expression error: Unexpected < operator. coins Uses gold charms from quest 16 - 17 126 Iron ore 18 Granite crab Expression error: Unexpected < operator. coins Uses gold charms from quest 17 - 19 18 Proboscis 18 Spirit mosquito Expression error: Unexpected < operator. coins Uses gold charms from quest 19 - 25 2,679 Bronze claws 47 Spirit scorpion pouches Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "[". coins Uses crimson charms 25 - 36 3,927 Potato cactus 77 Spirit kalphite pouches Expression error: Unexpected < operator. coins Uses blue charms 36 - 46 13,974 Bronze bar 137 Bronze minotaur pouches Expression error: Unexpected < operator. coins Uses blue charms 46 - 55 30,500 Iron bar 244 Iron minotaur pouches Expression error: Unexpected < operator. coins Uses blue charms 55 - 56 5,436 Jug of water 36 Spirit jelly pouches Expression error: Unexpected < operator. coins Uses blue charms 56 - 58 11,562 Steel bar 82 Steel minotaur pouches Expression error: Unexpected < operator. coins Uses blue charms 58 - 66 76,608 Empty fishbowl 532 Karamthulhu overlord pouches Expression error: Unexpected < operator. coins Uses blue charms 66 - 76 219,944 Mithril bar 1,447 Mithril minotaur pouches Expression error: Unexpected < operator. coins Uses blue charms 76 - 86 486,864 Adamantite bar 3,381 Adamant minotaur pouches Expression error: Unexpected < operator. coins Uses blue charms 86 - 99 12,469 Runite bar 12,469 Rune minotaur pouches Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "[". coins Uses blue charms Costs are based on current exchange prices plus the cost of shards and pouches.
Getting to 30 Summoning
For players wishing to get on highscores for summoning, it is advised to use the gold charms obtained from Wolf Whistle quest to get to 18 summoning using the methods described above. Getting from 18 to 30 summoning requires 456 gold charms if the player is making Granite crab pouch, which is a relatively cheap way to train. This method also requires 456 Summoning pouches, 3192 Spirit shards, and 456 iron ore. To do this would cost exactly Expression error: Unexpected < operator. coins. For a list of monsters to kill for gold charms, please see Gold charms. Playing Penguin Hide and Seek is also a good way to train summoning.
Chaos Tunnels
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The Chaos Tunnels were released in conjunction with Summoning. They are one of the best areas to obtain charms. Players should be warned that the area is multicombat: see the main article for details.
Armour
For details of summoning defence bonuses, see armour
Updates
- 15 January 2008: Summoning release
- 21 January 2008: Spirit shards were halved in price, from 50 coins to 25 coins each. Anyone who had bought shards for 50 coins before the price cut were given the number of shards they had bought, for free, as compensation.
- 31 March 2008: Summoning part 2
- 7 May 2008: Update:Perils of Ice Mountain - Bogrog will swap Summoning pouches for spirit shards at a 70% rate.
Cape of Accomplishment
File:Summoning-cape.png File:Summoning-hood.png File:Summoning-capet.png
A player wearing the Summoning cape.
Once players have mastered the skill and reached level 99, Pikkupstix (in Taverley) will sell them a Summoning Cape . Refer to the Capes guide for more details.
Music
- Scape Summon - The opening music at the Welcome to RuneScape screen when the skill was released
- Animal Apogee - in room with Summoning Obelisk
Trivia
The login screen shown during Summoning's release.
- You can log onto a Free-to-Play world and you will see your combat level without the bonus from summoning.
The "hidden monster", shown directly beneath the login box during Summoning's release.
- Apparently, a hidden monster could be seen by using paint on the Summoning Log-in screen or by turning your brightness and contrast down to minimum. However, this may have been the result of pareidolia, which occurs when random shapes appear to resemble an actual object.
- On 13 February, the Summoning log-in screen was taken away, to be returned on 31 March (with the release of Summoning batch 2).
- The chocotrice that was commandable during the 2008 easter event is the only creature that could be controlled by non-member players.
- From the Update on 'Summoning Wallpaper #4' on the 27 March 2008, the picture along side the article on the Runescape homepage, when saved to your hard drive, has the name 'abyssal_titan.gif' showing yet another summoning familiar. This links with the Update description of 'It is element-ary that we would release a new wallpaper for something as titan-ic as Summoning 2'. Then from this description you see that 'element-ary' directly links with the wallpaper of 4 creatures based on the elements.
- When Summoning 2 update came out, the login screen became the summoning one once again. Then after the Treasure Trails update, the summoning log-in was taken away again.
See also
- Quest experience rewards - Summoning
- Summoning history
- Summoning familiars
- Summoning pouches
- Summoning scrolls
- Summoning obelisks
- Starting Summoning
- Summoning points
References
- Update:Summoning balancing
- RuneScape Game Guide
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