• 1.0 - Introduction
• 2.0 - The Basics
  • 2.1 - Creating pouches/scrolls
  • 2.2 - Using Familiars
  • 2.2 - Pets
• 3.0 - Obelisks
• 3.1 - Obelisk Locations
• 3.2 - Mini Obelisk Locations
• 4.0 - Familiars
• 4.1 - The Pouches
• 4.2 - The Scrolls
• 4.3 - The Familiars
• 5.0 - Equipment
• 6.0 - Pets
• 7.0 - Training Methods
• 7.1 - Gathering Charms
• 7.2 - Pouches Experience Calculator
• 7.3 - Training Strategies
• 7.4 - Training Routes
• 8.0 - Tips and Tricks
• 9.0 - Frequently Asked Questions
• 10.0 - Related Guides and Tips

Summoning is the 24th skill to be released in RuneScape, focusing both on the enhancement of other current skills and mainly the calling of otherworldly creatures in order to aid the summoner in battle. As per its namesake, Summoning allows the player to summon creatures from pouches. These creatures grant a variety of bonuses, such as the invisible +10 Mining boost from a Lava Titan, or the quick Farming boost from the Dreadfowl, or even the sheer powerhouse of the various titans. In addition to these creatures, your Summoning level also allows you to own a variety of pets, from a baby gecko, to a proud dragon.

Being counted as a combat skill, Summoning does affect your combat level. 12 levels can be gained from Summoning alone, raising the maximum level from the previous 126 to 138. On average, 8 levels in Summoning raises your combat level by 1. Contrary to popular belief, it does not affect your level in the Wilderness provided you do not have a familiar summoned or are not carrying any pouches or scrolls.

In order to begin training Summoning, you must complete the Wolf Whistle quest. You will not need to complete the quest to gather charms, although you won't be able to use them until you do.

Suggestively, the main benefit of the skill is to be able to summon and call upon the aid of creatures or animals, which are known as familiars. There are several aspects of Summoning, all of which are very useful and play a prominent part in the skill itself. The first is creating the pouches of familiars; these are used to summon the familiars themselves and are consumed once used. The second, of course, is summoning the creatures which is what the skill is centered around. A third and optional part is making and using scrolls, which are items used to activate a familiar's special move. The effects can range from relatively minor to extremely useful, such as the healing ability of a Unicorn stallion.

The first thing you'll ever create will be a pouch. Pouches are the basis of Summoning, both in practice and in training. Taking a coloured charm, a handful of shards, an empty pouch, and a tertiary ingredient to a Summoning Obelisk will yield you a pouch, which you can use to summon the familiar within, or create Summoning scrolls, which activate their respective familiar's special move. One pouch can be transformed into ten scrolls. Most of the experience you gain in training Summoning will most likely come from creating these pouches.

Different pieces of equipment are required in order to begin training, including:

Image	Name	Notes
	Pouch	Bought from a Summoning shop for 1gp each
	Spirit shards	Bought from a Summoning shop for 25gp each
	Spirit shard pack	Bought from a Summoning shop for 125,000gp each and can be opened for 5000 Spirit shards
	Charms	Obtained as monster drops. Gold, green, crimson, and blue charms are stackable, while others aren't

To create a pouch, take the required equipment and go to a large Summoning obelisk. They have a left-click option, 'Infuse', which when selected will bring up an interface listing all the pouches you can make. At the top are two tabs, one for pouches and the other to let you transform pouches into special move scrolls. Icons which are grey means that pouch/scroll currently cannot be made, and coloured ones mean you have the right ingredients. Right-click a pouch/scroll you can make, and you can choose to make 1, 5, 10, all, or any number you wish.

Familiars are summoned from afar once their pouch is activated. Once they appear, they will follow you wherever you go for a certain period of time, until you dismiss them or their timer runs out (as indicated by their timer in the familiar's interface). These familiars give benefits like teleports, invisible or temporary level bonuses, or more simply to help you fight in a multi-combat zone. There are several kinds of familiars: Healer, Forager, Skill Booster, Beast of Burden, Remote View, and Light Enhancer (see section 4.3 for more details on their abilities). Nearly every familiar can fight back in some way, though some will only attack when being attacked.

In order to access the familiar interface, right-click on the Summoning icon next to the minimap. Next, select 'Follower details' to bring up the interface. The left-click function of the button can also be customised by right-clicking and selecting 'Select left-click option'.

• Special move bar - special move points remaining out of 60
• Scrolls - number of special move scrolls remaining
• Attack - order familiar to attack a selected monster. You must be in combat for this to work
• Take BoB (Beast of Burden) - if your familiar is a beast of burden or forager, take all of its items
• Call familiar - bring the familiar next to you
• Renew familiar - if your familiar has less than 3 minutes remaining on its timer and you have a pouch of the same type in your inventory, renew to refresh its timer while sacrificing your pouch
• Dismiss familiar - get rid of your familiar, or right-click and select 'Dismiss now' to quickly dismiss it
• Timer - minutes remaining on your familiar
• Points - number of Summoning points remaining

Every familiar has a unique special move, which can be activated by going into the familiar's interface and selecting the option, or right-clicking the Summoning bubble in the upper-right-hand corner. They can only be activated if you have the familiar's appropriate scroll in either your inventory, or for combat-related scrolls, your enchanted headgear (see section 5.0 for information on equipment). In your familiar interface, you will also notice a special move bar, similar to the ones that players have, although they replenish a lot faster.

To make scrolls for a familiar, first take a familiar pouch to a Summoning Obelisk and select which scroll you want to make. Each pouch makes 10 scrolls.

Not only does the right Summoning level let you summon better, stronger familiars, it also lets you choose from a bigger range of pets as it increases. Pets are for players to take care of and do not serve any other purpose apart from, perhaps, showing off your high Summoning level. Some pets have growth meters, and almost all of them have hunger meters. Familiars and pets share the same interface, but there are a few differences. Pets do not have special moves and do not attack, so those two buttons are not needed. If you dismiss them, they will run away and disappear forever, so be careful not to accidentally select this.

Each pet has a different method of obtaining and, as with their picky nature, they eat only specific types of food which are also different. For some of them like beetle bits, you will need to visit a pet store to buy the food. For more information, see the pets section of this guide.

Summoning Obelisks are very important, where you make your pouches, and ultimately, where you get your experience. It is important to find an obelisk that is very close to a bank in order for you to get the fastest experience. Obelisks are also where you have to go to recharge your summoning points. There are five Obelisk locations in RuneScape, the most popular is in Taverley, as it is not only close to Falador, but close to a Player-owned house location and a Hot-air balloon (accessible after the Enlightened Journey quest).

This means that you can access it easily, unlike the majority of the other locations. Brimhaven will be an alternative route, via Brimhaven house portal. You can also use Karamja gloves 3 to teleport to Shilo Village and then take a cart to Brimhaven.

Taverley	West of Brimhaven	Gu'Tanoth	North of Menaphos
South of the Piscatoris Fishing Colony	Mort Myre Swamp, Nature Spirit Grotto	Underground Pass

Mini Obelisks allow players to restore their summoning points only, they can not be used to infuse pouches. Mini Obelisks are found all over RuneScape in large number and will always be nearby. For example players can find some of them on Karamja Volcano (southern side), inside Shilo Village, just west of the Duel Arena, at the Shantay Pass, just north of Pollnivneach, east of Sophanem, and near the moss giants in Varrock Sewers. Some of the easier ones to get to include the one right next to the Trollheim Teleport spawn, and the one right next to the Rellekah house portal.

You can also build a Mini Obelisk in your Player Owned House in the Menagerie room. 41 Construction is required. See our Construction guide for more information.

South of Draynor Village	Duel Arena	Edgeville, north-west of the Grand Exchange	Etceteria	Feldip Hills	Fishing Guild	Rellekka in the Fremennik Province	Tree Gnome Stronghold
Jatizso	Karamja Volcano	Lletya near Tirannwn	Lunar Isle	Mos Le'Harmless	Nature Altar ruins	Neitiznot	Oo'glog
Port Khazard	Port Phasmatys	Port Sarim	Rogue's Castle	Shantay Pass	Shilo Village	East of Sophanem	Combat Training Camp north of West Ardougne
Trollheim	Tyras Camp	Varrock Sewers	Pollnivneach	South of West Ardougne, north of the Battlefield.	Near the Black Demons in Brimhaven Dungeon	Keldagrim	TzHaar
Zanaris	Near Rune Rocks in Heroes' Guild	Giant Mole Den	King Black Dragon Lair	Slayer Dungeon entrance	Gu'Tanoth Dungeon west wall	Catherby	Waterbirth Island dungeon
Barbarian Assault	Stronghold of Security	In the Aberrant Spectre section of the Desert Slayer Dungeon

Pouches will be your primary source of experience. While experience is also gained for both creating scrolls and summoning a familiar, this amount is paltry compared to what pouches have to offer. Pouches can be made from four things: spirit shards (bought from Pikkupstix, or players), empty pouches (bought from Pikkupstix), coloured charms (obtained from various monsters, and also bought as prizes), and a tertiary ingredient to complete the recipe. All but the tertiary ingredients are stackable, so you're usually going to end up with enough space for 24 pouches each trip, assuming you're using Teleport Tablets and an equippable item for teleporting.

Pouches are made at Summoning Obelisks, which are dotted around RuneScape. The most popular, by far, is the one in Taverley. If you have a house there, you can teleport to that location, run to the Obelisk beneath Pikkupstix, and teleport back, repeating the process. However, if you have 57 Summoning, using a Spirit Kyatt's teleport to the Piscatoris Hunter Area with a ring of duelling can remove the need for a teleport in your inventory, allowing for 25 pouches per trip.

In the wilderness, holding a pouch in your inventory, or having a familiar summoned, will count towards your overall combat level.

Level	Name	Ingredients			Experience
		Charm	Shards	Tertiary	Creating	Summoning
1	Spirit wolf pouch	Gold	7	Wolf bones	4.8	0.1
4	Dreadfowl pouch	Gold	8	Raw chicken	9.3	0.1
4	Meerkat pouch	Can not be made; received as a Treasure Trail reward only				0.2
10	Spirit spider pouch	Gold	8	Spider carcass	12.6	0.2
13	Thorny snail pouch	Gold	9	Raw thin snail	12.6	0.2
16	Granite crab pouch	Gold	7	Iron ore	21.6	0.2
17	Spirit mosquito pouch	Gold	1	Proboscis	46.5	0.2
18	Desert wyrm pouch	Green	42	Bucket of sand	31.2	0.4
19	Spirit scorpion pouch	Crimson	57	Bronze claws	83.2	0.9
22	Spirit Tz-Kih pouch	Crimson	64	Obsidian charm	96.8	0.9
23	Albino rat pouch	Blue	75	Raw rat meat	202.4	2.3
25	Spirit kalphite pouch	Blue	51	Potato cactus	220	2.5
28	Compost mound pouch	Green	47	Compost	49.8	0.6
29	Giant chinchompa pouch	Blue	84	Chinchompa	255.2	0.6
31	Vampire bat pouch	Crimson	81	Vampire dust	136	1.5
32	Honey badger pouch	Crimson	84	Honeycomb	140.8	1.6
33	Beaver pouch	Green	72	Willow logs	57.6	0.7
34	Void ravager pouch	Green	74	Ravager charm	59.6	0.7
34	Void torcher pouch	Blue	74	Torcher charm	59.6	0.7
34	Void spinner pouch	Blue	74	Spinner charm	59.6	0.7
34	Void shifter pouch	Blue	74	Shifter charm	59.6	0.7
36	Bronze minotaur pouch	Blue	102	Bronze bar	316.8	3.6
40	Bull ant pouch	Gold	11	Marigolds	52.8	0.6
41	Macaw pouch	Green	78	Clean guam	72.4	0.8
42	Evil turnip pouch	Crimson	104	Evil turnip	184.8	2.1
43	Spirit cockatrice pouch Spirit guthatrice pouch Spirit zamatrice pouch Spirit saratrice pouch Spirit pengatrice pouch Spirit coraxatrice pouch Spirit vulatrice pouch	Green	88	Cockatrice egg Guthatrice egg Zamatrice egg Saratrice egg Pengatrice egg Coraxatrice egg Vulatrice egg	75.2	0.9
46	Iron minotaur pouch	Blue	125	Iron bar	404.8	4.6
46	Pyrelord pouch	Crimson	111	Tinderbox	202.4	0.9
47	Magpie pouch	Green	88	Gold ring	83.2	0.9
49	Bloated leech pouch	Crimson	117	Raw beef	215.2	2.4
52	Spirit terrorbird pouch	Gold	12	Raw bird meat	68.4	0.8
54	Abyssal parasite pouch	Green	106	Abyssal charm	94.8	1.1
55	Spirit jelly pouch	Blue	151	Jug of water	484	5.5
56	Steel minotaur pouch	Blue	141	Steel bar	492.8	5.6
56	Ibis pouch	Green	109	Harpoon	98.8	1.1
57	Spirit kyatt pouch	Blue	153	Kyatt fur	501.6	5.7
57	Spirit larupia pouch	Blue	155	Larupia fur	501.6	5.7
57	Spirit graahk pouch	Blue	154	Graahk fur	501.6	5.7
58	Karamthulu overlord pouch	Blue	144	Fishbowl	510.4	5.8
61	Smoke devil pouch	Crimson	141	Goat's horn dust	268	3
62	Abyssal lurker pouch	Green	119	Abyssal charm	109.6	1.9
63	Spirit cobra pouch	Crimson	116	Snake hide	276.8	3.1
64	Stranger plant pouch	Crimson	128	Bagged plant 1	281.6	3.2
66	Mithril minotaur pouch	Blue	152	Mithril bar	580.8	6.6
66	Barker toad pouch	Gold	11	Swamp toad	87	1
67	War tortoise pouch	Gold	1	Tortoise shell	58.6	0.7
68	Bunyip pouch	Green	110	Raw shark	119.2	1.4
69	Fruit bat pouch	Green	130	Banana	121.2	1.4
70	Ravenous locust pouch	Crimson	79	Pot of flour	132	1.4
71	Arctic bear pouch	Gold	14	Polar kebbit fur	93.2	1.1
72	Phoenix pouch	Crimson	165	Phoenix quill	301.8	7
73	Obsidian golem pouch	Blue	195	Obsidian charm	642.4	3.7
74	Granite lobster pouch	Crimson	166	Granite (500g)	325.6	3.7
75	Praying mantis pouch	Crimson	168	Flowers (red)	329.6	3.6
76	Forge regent pouch	Green	141	Ruby harvest	134	1.6
76	Adamant minotaur pouch	Blue	144	Adamant bar	668.8	7.6
77	Talon beast pouch	Crimson	174	Talon beast charm	1015.2	1.6
78	Giant ent pouch	Green	124	Willow branch	136.8	1.6
79	Fire titan pouch	Blue	198	Fire talisman	695.2	3.6
79	Moss titan pouch	Blue	202	Earth talisman	695.2	5.6
79	Ice titan pouch	Blue	198	Water talisman Air talisman	695.2	4.6
80	Hydra pouch	Green	128	Water orb	140.8	1.6
83	Spirit dagannoth pouch	Crimson	1	Dagannoth hide	364.8	4.1
83	Lava titan pouch	Blue	219	Obsidian charm	730.4	6.6
85	Swamp titan pouch	Crimson	150	Swamp lizard	373.6	7.6
86	Rune minotaur pouch	Blue	1	Rune bar	756.8	8.6
87	Ghast	Purchased as a reward from Temple Trekking for 80,000gp
88	Unicorn stallion pouch	Green	140	Unicorn horn	154.4	1.8
89	Geyser titan pouch	Blue	222	Water talisman	783.2	8.6
92	Wolpertinger pouch	Crimson	203	Wolf bones Raw rabbit	404.8	4.6
93	Abyssal titan pouch	Green	113	Abyssal charm	163.2	8.6
95	Iron titan pouch	Crimson	198	Iron platebody	417.6	8.6
96	Pack yak pouch	Crimson	211	Yak-hide	422.4	4.8
99	Steel titan pouch	Crimson	178	Steel platebody	435.2	8.6

Scrolls are created from pouches; one pouch converts into ten scrolls. These provide minimal experience. Scrolls, as mentioned, allow familiars to activate their special move, which can grant bonuses, deal damage, or just do something really special. Since scrolls are stackable, you can carry them in one inventory spot. However, you can have certain headpieces (such as helmets and hats) enchanted by Pikkupstix in Taverley, allowing you to imbue the headpieces with the desired scrolls, saving you an inventory space (see section 5.0).

Using scrolls will drain your familiar's special move bar by a certain number of points. The most that can be stored at once is 60, and a special move typically costs around 3 to 12 points each. When a familiar's special move bar runs out, you'll have to wait for it to recharge. It usually takes around 30 seconds to restore 15 points.

Level	Name	Familiar	Effect	Experience (making and casting)
1	Howl scroll	Spirit wolf	Causes NPCs to flee	0.1
4	Dreadfowl strike scroll	Dreadfowl	Magical attack causing up to 30 damage	0.1
4	Fetch casket scroll	Meerkats	Digs for a Treasure Trail casket without making wizards appear
10	Egg spawn scroll	Spirit spider	Spawns Red spider's eggs around the spider (does not work inside a bank)	0.2
13	Slime spray scroll	Thorny snail	Inflict up to 80 damage	0.2
16	Stony shell scroll	Granite crab	Temporary +4 Defence boost	0.2
17	Pester scroll	Spirit mosquito	Attacks a target	0.5
18	Electric lash scroll	Desert wyrm	Magical attack, hits up to 50 damage and stuns opponent	0.4
19	Venom shot scroll	Spirit scorpion	Next Ranged weapon used counts as being poisoned (if it can be poisoned)	1
22	Fireball assault scroll	Spirit Tz-kih	Hits 2 targets for up to 70 damage	1.1
23	Cheese feast scroll	Albino rat	Forages 4 Cheese instantly ready to be withdrawn	2.3
25	Sandstorm scroll	Spirit kalphite	Hits 5 targets for up to 20 damage each	2.5
28	Generate compost scroll	Compost mound	Instantly fills a Compost bin with 15 loads of Compost (chance of creating Supercompost instead)	0.6
29	Explode scroll	Giant chinchompa	Explodes and damages nearby targets	2.9
31	Vampire touch scroll	Vampire bat	Damage an opponent for up to 120 damage. Chance of healing 20 life points	1.6
32	Insane ferocity scroll	Honey badger	Boosts your Attack and Strength and lowers your Defence	1.6
33	Multichop scroll	Beaver	Cuts up to 3 logs from a nearby tree and holds it	0.7
34	Call to arms scroll	Void spinner Void ravager Void torcher Void shifter	Teleports the player to the Void Knight Outpost	0.7
36	Bronze bull rush scroll	Bronze minotaur	Magic attack that deals up to 40 damage. Chance of stunning opponent	3.6
40	Unburden scroll	Bull ant	Restores energy depending on Agility level	0.6
41	Herbcall scroll	Macaw	Fetches a random grimy herb (can only be used once per minute)	0.8
42	Evil flames scroll	Evil turnip	Magical attack. Lowers the opponent's Ranged level	2.1
43	Petrifying gaze scroll	Spirit cockatrice (and variants)	Damage an opponent for up to 100 damage and lower a stat by 3 levels (depending on cockatrice used)	0.9
46	Iron bull rush scroll	Iron minotaur	Magic attack that deals up to 60 damage. Chance of stunning opponent	4.6
46	Immense heat scroll	Pyrelord	Crafts jewellery without a furnace	2.3
47	Thieving fingers scroll	Magpie	Temporarily boosts Thieving by 2	0.9
49	Blood drain scroll	Bloated leech	Damage yourself to cure poison, disease, and restore lowered stats	2.5
52	Tireless run scroll	Spirit terrorbird	Restores energy depending on Agility level	0.8
54	Abyssal drain scroll	Abyssal parasite	Magical attack that drains opponent's [guide]Prayer[guide] points	1.1
55	Dissolve scroll	Spirit jelly	Magical attack that deals up to 120 damage. Drains opponent's Attack	5.5
56	Steel bull rush scroll	Steel minotaur	Magic attack that deals up to 40 damage. Chance of stunning opponent	5.6
56	Fish rain scroll	Ibis	Creates raw mackerel, bass, or cod around the Ibis	1.1
57	Ambush scroll	Spirit kyatt	Attack a target instantly without delay	5.7
57	Rending scroll	Spirit larupia	Magic attack that drains opponent's Strength	5.7
57	Goad scroll	Spirit graahk	Select a target to attack it (as familiars have an option to attack, this special move is useless)	5.7
58	Doomsphere device scroll	Karamthulu overlord	Damage an opponent for up to 160 life points	5.8
61	Dust cloud scroll	Smoke devil	Deal up to 80 damage on up to 6 opponents	3.1
62	Abyssal stealth scroll	Abyssal lurker	Boosts Thieving and Agility temporarily by 4	1.9
63	Ophidian incubation scroll	Spirit cobra	Converts Eggs to Cockatrice eggs (also works with some other eggs)	3.2
64	Poisonous blast scroll	Stranger plant	Deal 20 damage with a 50% chance of poisoning your opponent	3.2
66	Mithril bull rush scroll	Mithril minotaur	Magic attack that deals up to 40 damage. Chance of stunning opponent	6.6
66	Toad bark scroll	Barker toad	Damage an opponent for up to 180 life points	1
67	Testudo scroll	War tortoise	Temporarily boosts Defence level by 8	0.7
68	Swallow whole scroll	Bunyip	Eat raw fish without cooking it (Cooking level required to cook the fish is needed)	1.4
69	Fruitfall scroll	Fruit bat	Creates fruit around the bat (notably Papaya)	1.4
70	Famine scroll	Ravenous locust	Destroys one piece of a player's food	1.5
71	Arctic blast scroll	Arctic bear	Magic attack that deals up to 150 damage. Chance of stunning opponent	1.1
72	Rise from the ashes scroll	Phoenix	Target Ashes on the floor to make the Phoenix appear from it and damage nearby targets. The lower its health, the more it hits	5
73	Volcanic strength scroll	Obsidian golem	Boosts Strength temporarily by 8	7.3
74	Rushing clawscroll	Granite lobster	Deals up to 140 damage. Drains opponent's Defence level by 5	3.7
75	Mantis strike scroll	Praying mantis	Deals Magic damage, binds and drains opponent's Prayer	3.8
76	Inferno scroll	Forge regent	Disarm an opponent's weapon (does not work if he/she is wearing Ice gloves)	1.5
76	Adamant bull rush scroll	Adamant minotaur	Magic attack that deals up to 40 damage. Chance of stunning opponent	7.6
77	Deadly claw scroll	Talon beast	Hits three times rapidly with Magic	11.7
78	Acorn missile scroll	Giant ent	Deal up to 170 damage on up to 3 opponents, and may drop Acorns	1.6
79	Titan's constitution scroll	Fire titan Ice titan Moss titan	Boost life points by 80 and Defence by 12.5%	7.9
80	Regrowth scroll	Hydra	Use on a tree planted using Farming that has been cut down to instantly restore it	1.6
83	Spike shot scroll	Spirit dagannoth	Deals up to 180 Ranged damage, and stuns opponent	4.2
83	Ebon thunder scroll	Lava titan	Magic attack that drains player's special attack bar	8.3
85	Swamp plague scroll	Swamp titan	Deals Magic damage on multiple opponents with a chance of poisoning them	4.3
86	Rune bull rush scroll	Rune minotaur	Magic attack that deals up to 40 damage. Chance of stunning opponent	8.6
87	Ghastly request scroll	Ghast	Instantly restore 100 Prayer points	???
88	Healing aura scroll	Unicorn stallion	Heals player for 15% of maximum life points (affected by life point-boosting equipment)	1.8
89	Boil scroll	Geyser titan	Attack that deals more damage based on defensive bonuses	8.9
92	Magic focus scroll	Wolpertinger	Boosts Magic temporarily by 7. This is equivalent to a dose of Extreme magic potion	4.6
93	Essence shipment scroll	Abyssal titan	Deposits all Rune or Pure essence in the player's and titan's inventory to the bank	1.9
95	Iron within scroll	Iron titan	Strike 3 times the next time it attacks	4.8
96	Winter storage scroll	Pack yak	Send an item to the bank	4.8
99	Steel of legends scroll	Steel titan	Strike 4 times the next time it attacks	5

Familiar abilities
Beast of burden (slots)	Thorny snail (3) Spirit kalphite (6) Bull ant (9) Spirit terrorbird (12) Abyssal parasite (7)* Abyssal lurker (7)* War tortoise (18) Abyssal titan (7)* Pack yak (30)
Forager (item)	Spirit spider (Red spider's eggs) Granite crab (fish) Desert wyrm (ore) Albino rat (Cheese) Compost mound (Compost/seeds) Beaver (logs/planks) Void ravager (ore) Macaw (herbs) Evil turnip (Evil turnip slices) Spirit cockatrice (Cockatrice eggs) Magpie (jewellery) Ibis (fish) Stranger plant (Strange fruit) Fruit bat (fruit/seeds) Granite lobster (fish) Giant ent (Oak logs)
Stat boosters	Temporary	Dreadfowl (+1 Farming) Compost mound (Farming - 1 + 2% of level) Stranger plant (Farming - 1 + 4% of level) Geyser titan (Ranged - 1 + 3% of level)
	Invisible	Granite crab (+1 Fishing) Desert wyrm (+1 Mining) Beaver (+2 Woodcutting) Void ravager (+1 Mining) Pyrelord (+3 Firemaking) Ibis (+3 Fishing) Spirit graahk (+5 Hunter) Spirit larupia (+5 Hunter) Spirit kyatt (+5 Hunter[/guide]) Arctic bear (+7 Hunter) Obsidian golem (+7 Mining) Granite lobster (+4 Fishing) Lava titan (+10 Mining, Firemaking) Wolpertinger (+5 Hunter) Iron titan (+10% Stab, Slash, and Crush Defence) Steel titan (+15% Stab, Slash, and Crush Defence)
Healer	Void spinner, Bunyip
Remote view	Macaw, Ravenous locust
Light enhancer	Vampire bat, Fruit bat

Summon	Level required	Skill focus	Other abilities
Spirit wolf	1	Attack
Dreadfowl	4	Magic	Farming boost (+1)
Spirit spider	10	Controlled	Forager - Red spiders' eggs
Thorny snail	13	Ranged	Beast of burden (3)
Granite crab	16	Defence	Forager - Produces fish while the summoner is fishing Invisible Fishing boost (+1)
Spirit mosquito	17	Attack
Desert wyrm	18	Strength	Forager - right-click to obtain ores Invisible Mining boost (+1) Burrow - mines up to Iron ore
Spirit scorpion	19	Controlled
Spirit Tz-Kih	22	Magic	Despair - right-click to drain an opponent's Prayer while in combat
Albino rat	23	Attack	Forager - stores Cheese after scroll use
Spirit kalphite	25	Defence	Beast of burden (6)
Compost mound	28	Strength	Forager - Compost and seeds Farming boost (1 + 2% of your Farming level) Use a bucket on your familiar to get compost, dealing 20 damage to your familiar
Giant Chinchompa	29	Ranged	Explode - randomly explodes during combat, dealing damage to nearby targets
Vampire Bat	31	Controlled	Can heal itself when it inflicts damage on an opponent Light enhancer
Honey badger	32	Strength	Ferocious - chance of attacking again without delay
Beaver	33	None	Forager - logs and planks Invisible Woodcutting boost (+2) Counts as a knife for Fletching
Void ravager	34	Strength	Forager - ore Invisible Mining boost (+1)
Void spinner	34	Defence	Healer - heals summoner 10 life points regularly
Void shifter	34	Attack	Teleporter - teleports you to the Void Knights' Outpost when your life points fall below 10% of your total life points
Void torcher	34	Magic	Strike - right-click to inflict ten extra damage with this attack
Bronze minotaur	36	Defence
Bull ant	40	Controlled	Beast of burden (9)
Macaw	41	None	Forager - herbs Remote view Improved chance of Grimy herb drops
Evil turnip	42	Ranged	Forager - Evil turnip slices Can heal itself when using Ranged attacks
Spirit cockatrice	43	Magic	Forager - Cockatrice eggs Drain - right-click to inflict damage on an opponent and drain a combat skill, dependent on Cockatrice variant
Iron minotaur	46	Defence
Pyrelord	46	Strength	Invisible Firemaking boost (+3) Counts as a Tinderbox while Firemaking with a 10 XP bonus
Magpie	47	None	Forager - jewellery
Bloated leech	49	Attack
Spirit terrorbird	52	Controlled	Beast of burden (12)
Abyssal parasite	54	Magic	Beast of burden (7) - unnoted Rune/Pure essence Prevents Prayer drain while in the Abyss
Spirit jelly	55	Strength
Steel minotaur	56	Defence
Ibis	56	None	Forager - fishes while summoner is fishing Counts as a Harpoon when fishing Tuna and Swordfish Gives invisible Fishing boost (+3)
Spirit graahk	57	Strength	Invisible Hunter boost (+5) Teleports to Horned graahk area Trample - if a Graahk has to move to get into combat, it strikes twice
Spirit kyatt	57	Attack	Invisible Hunter boost (+5) Teleports to Piscatoris hunting area Pounce - when summoned directly into combat, the first attack hits upto three times the normal damage
Spirit larupia	57	Controlled	Invisible hunter boost (+5) Teleports to Feldip hunting area
Karamthulhu overlord	58	Ranged	Drown - right-click to attack an opponent with a Water spell
Smoke devil	61	Magic	Flames - right-click to attack an opponent with a Fire spell
Abyssal lurker	62	Controlled	Beast of Burden (7) - unnoted Rune/Pure essence
Spirit cobra	63	Attack
Stranger plant	64	Controlled	Forager - Strange fruit Farming boost (1 + 4% of Farming level)
Mithril minotaur	66	Defence
Barker toad	66	Strength	Cannon - right-click to load a Cannonball to fire
War tortoise	67	Defence	Beast of burden (18)
Bunyip	68	Attack	Healer - heals summoner 20 life points regularly Turns raw fish into Water runes
Fruit bat	69	None	Forager - fruit and seeds Light enhancer Fly - Gathers fruit when walking through Brimhaven and Musa Point
Ravenous locust	70	Attack	Remote view Can eat your opponent's food
Arctic bear	71	Controlled	Invisible Hunter boost (+7) Counts as 2 pieces of Arctic camoflouge Teleports you to the Trollweiss and Rellekka Hunter area
Phoenix	72	Magic	Ash Blast - right-click to reduce an opponent's chance to hit by blinding them.
Obsidian Golem	73	Strength	Invisible Mining boost (+7)
Granite lobster	74	Defence	Forager - gathers Raw swordfish and Raw shark while summoner is fishing Invisible Fishing boost (+4)
Praying mantis	75	Attack
Adamant minotaur	76	Defence
Forge regent	76	Ranged	Fireball - right-click to hit up to 6 targets for up to 50 damage each Counts as a Tinderbox when Firemaking with a 10 XP bonus
Talon beast	77	Strength
Giant ent	78	Controlled	Forager - Oak logs Nature Link - turns Pure essence into Nature or Earth runes Increased yield when harvesting fruit trees, Belladonna, and cacti Collects Whiteberries at random
Fire titan	79	Magic
Ice titan	79	Attack
Moss titan	79	Strength
Hydra	80	Ranged
Spirit dagannoth	83	Controlled	Ferocious - chance of attacking right after the previous attack with no delay
Lava titan	83	Strength	Chance of inflicting 50 extra damage with every attack Invisible Firemaking boost (+10) Invisble Mining boost (+10) Teleports to the Lava maze
Swamp titan	85	Attack
Rune minotaur	86	Defence
Ghast	87	Prayer	Prevents food from being rotted in Mort Myre Makes Ghasts non-aggressive
Unicorn stallion	88	Controlled	Cure - right-click to cure poison and disease
Geyser titan	89	Ranged	Ranged boost (1 + 3% of your level) Use Bowls to obtain Bowls of hot water Recharges Amulet of glory Recharges Ring of wealth
Wolpertinger	92	Magic	Invisible Hunter boost (+5) 5% Defence boost against Magic attacks Doubled yield and experience when harvesting berries
Abyssal titan	93	Attack	Beast of burden (7) - unnoted Rune/Pure essence
Iron titan	95	Defence	Invisible Defence boost (+10% to Stab, Slash, and Crush Defence)
Pack yak	96	Strength	Beast of burden (30)
Steel titan	99	Ranged	Invisible Defence boost (+15% to Stab, Slash, and Crush Defence)

Whilst chopping at trees when Woodcutting, players have a chance of a bird's nest falling on the ground nearby. Nests can alternatively be received from Kingdom managing, which is a slightly faster method. If you search any nest, you have a chance of receiving one of the eggs below, an item of jewellery, or seeds. These eggs can be incubated in a pet shop to make it hatch into a newborn pet. The Dragon egg is a rare drop from Dragons, with a low drop rate.

Picture	Egg Type	Level Required	Hatched Summon
	Cockatrice Egg	43	Spirit Cockatrice
	Penguin Egg	30	Penguin
	Raven Egg	50	Raven
	Red egg	70	Zamorak hawk
	Blue egg	70	Saradomin owl
	Green egg	70	Guthix raptor
	Vulture Egg	85	Vulture
	Chameleon Egg	90	Chameleon
	Dragon Egg	99	Dragon

The following eggs are obtained by using the Spirit cobra's special ability known as Ophidian Incubation, which allows players to turn a regular egg from the table below, into a different cockatrice egg. These cockatrice eggs can then be used as the final ingredient to create pouches to summon the Cockatrice variations.

Picture	Egg Type	Egg required	Hatched Summon
	Cockatrice egg	Egg	Spirit Cockatrice
	Zamatrice egg	Red egg	Spirit Zamatrice
	Saratrice egg	Blue egg	Spirit Saratrice
	Guthatrice egg	Green egg	Spirit Guthatrice
	Pengatrice egg	Penguin egg	Spirit Pengatrice
	Vulatrice egg	Vulture egg	Spirit Vulatrice
	Coraxatrice egg	Raven egg	Spirit Coraxatrice

Several pieces of headgear, some of which are useful for their defence, can be enchanted by Pikkupstix in Taverley to store combat-related special move scrolls. To get them enchanted, simply talk to Pikkupstix or select the 'Enchant' option that he has. He will let you choose the headgear to enchant, and after enchanting, it will gain an (e) suffix to its name. Using combat-related scrolls on the enchanted headgear will store them, and can be taken back out any time.

Level to store	Name	Scrolls
10	Antlers	40
20	Adamant full helm	50
20	Slayer helmet	50
20	Snakeskin bandana	50
30	Lizard skull	65
30	Splitbark helm	50
30	Rune full helm	60
35	Berserker helm	70
35	Warrior helm	70
35	Archer helm	70
35	Farseer helm	70
45	Helm of Neitiznot	90
50	Feather headdress	150
50	Dragon med helm	110
55	Lunar helm	110
60	Armadyl helmet	120

Aside from familiars, pets are also available for those who have refined Summoning skills. All pets do not serve any kind of purpose other than to show off your Summoning level. Like familiars, the pets interface can be accessed by right-clicking on the Summoning icon by the minimap and selecting 'Follower details'. The interface for pets differ slightly:

• Call follower - brings the pet to you
• Dismiss - brings up a confirmation message to confirm if you want to dismiss your pet. By clicking 'Yes', your pet will be ridden of. This can not be undone
• Hunger meter - increases as the pet follows you longer. Your pet will run away when this reaches 100% and will not return
• Growth meter - also increases as the pet follows you longer. When this reaches 100%, your pet will grow into its adult version (or next stage of growth)

Level	Name	Obtained	Food
1	Baby troll	Given for free by Corporal Keymans during the Burthorpe tutorial	N/A
1	Bulldog	Bought from a pet shop in Taverley or Yanille for 500gp each	Raw meat
1	Dalmatian		Raw meat
1	Greyhound		Raw meat
1	Labrador		Raw meat
1	Sheepdog		Raw meat
1	Terrier		Raw meat
4	Milk tooth creature	Obtained after completing Fairy Tale III - Orks Rift.	Bucket of milk / Bucket of chocolatey milk
4	Rune guardian	Obtained after completing Rune Mechanics quest.	None
4	Creeping hand	Converted from a Crawling hand for 5 Zeal (obtained from the Soul Wars minigame)	Leather gloves
4	Minitrice	Converted from a Cockatrice head for 25 Zeal	Limpwurt root
4	Baby basilisk	Converted from a Basilisk head for 40 Zeal	Eye of newt
4	Baby kurask	Converted from a Kurask head for 70 Zeal	Bones
4	Abyssal minion	Converted from an Abyssal head for 85 Zeal	Ashes
10	Gecko	Caught using the Hunter skill	Flies (also Beetle bits as adult)
10	Platypus	Caught using the Hunter skill (after completing As a First Resort...)	Raw fish / Ground fishing bait (Fishing bait as adult)
23	Broav	Caught using the Hunter skill (after completing While Guthix Sleeps)	Mort myre fungus
30	Penguin	Talk to the Penguin keeper in Ardougne zoo for a Penguin egg	Raw fish
40	Giant crab	Talk to Nung	Raw fish
50	Raven	Obtain a Raven egg from a Bird's nest while cutting trees	Ground fishing bait (Fishing bait as bird and adult)
60	Squirrel	Caught using the Hunter skill	Nuts
70	Saradomin owl	Obtain a blue Bird's egg from a Bird's nest while Woodcutting or from the kingdom of Miscellania	Ground fishing bait (Fishing bait as bird and adult)
70	Guthix raptor	Obtain a green Bird's egg from a Bird's nest while Woodcutting or from the kingdom of Miscellania	Ground fishing bait (Fishing bait as bird and adult)
70	Zamorak hawk	Obtain a red Bird's egg from a Bird's nest while Woodcutting or from the kingdom of Miscellania	Ground fishing bait (Fishing bait as bird and adult)
71	Ex-ex parrot	Talk to 50 Ships Musafah and use it on the stone by the Cave horror dungeon in Mos Le'Harmless	Rock fragment
72	Phoenix eggling	Randomly encountered after completing the Phoenix Lair Distraction and Diversion	Ashes
72	Mean phoenix eggling	Randomly encountered after completing the Phoenix Lair Distraction and Diversion	Ashes
80	Raccoon	Caught using the Hunter skill	Raw meat/Raw fish
85	Sneakerpeeper spawn	Buy from the Rewards trader in Daemonheim for 85,000 Dungeoneering tokens	Eye of newt
85	Vulture	Obtain a Vulture egg as a drop from a Vulture	Ground fishing bait (Fishing bait as adult)
90	Chameleon	Take a Chameleon egg from Cairn Isle	Flies
95	Monkey	Caught using the Hunter skill	Banana
99	Baby dragon	Obtain a Dragon egg as a rare drop from a chromatic dragon (green, blue, red, or black)	Raw meat
99	TzRek-Jad	Exchange at Soul Wars for a Fire cape and 100 Zeal. 99 Slayer is also required	N/A

Charms are one of the most important elements of training Summoning, and they are also the aspect that sets Summoning apart from most skills. To achieve 99 Summoning, an immense amount of charms are required. Some of the preferred methods for gathering charms include Slayer, Rock lobsters, and Waterfiends. Below is a table showing each charm and the best monsters to obtain them from.

Picture	Charm	Monsters	Notes
	Gold	Fire giant; Dagannoth; Hellhound; Giant rock crab	Gold charms do not give a lot of experience, but they use a very small amount of shards. This makes them cheap, but slow experience
	Green	Bloodveld; Turoth; Iron dragon; Steel dragon; Basilisk	Green charms are not the best charms for training. They have a high cost, for a relatively low amount of experience. However, they tend to be used for many useful familiars.
	Crimson	Waterfiend; Rock lobster; Black demon; Dust devil; Abyssal demon; Nechryael	As all of those monsters except for Rock lobster are commonly assigned Slayer assignments, Slayer is an excellent way to accumulate many of these charms. They give a lot of experience and are more commonly dropped by higher-level monsters
	Blue	Kalphite; Gargoyle; Dark beast; Tormented demon; Glacor	Blue charms give the most experience per charm; however, they are rarely dropped.

Other charms can be obtained through specific methods. They are actually used as tertiary ingredients and, unlike the ordinary charms, are not stackable. The following charms are used alongside the regular charms to create several special familiars.

Picture	Charm	Obtained From
	Abyssal charm	Killing Abyssal leeches, Abyssal guardians, and Abyssal walkers
	Obsidian charm	Killing TzHaar monsters
	Ravager charm	Exchange 2 Pest Control points for a charm
	Spinner charm	Exchange 2 Pest Control points for a charm
	Shifter charm	Exchange 2 Pest Control points for a charm
	Torcher charm	Exchange 2 Pest Control points for a charm
	Talon beast charm	Killing Nail beasts during the Temple Trekking mini-game

The first step to training Summoning effectively is to gather large amounts of charms. Through activities like training combat, particularly Slayer, you will build up a collection of coloured charms ready to process into pouches and experience. This calculator will help you total up the amount of experience you can get from using them all. To use this calculator, type in the number of each coloured charm that you have, then select the familiar whose pouch you will make. The calculations made will be shown, and the total experience will be calculated for you.

Charms	Familiar	Shards	Experience
Gold charms:	Spirit wolfDreadfowlSpirit spiderThorny snailGranite crabSpirit mosquitoBull antSpirit terrorbirdBarker toadWar tortoiseArctic bear
Green charms:	Desert wyrmCompost moundBeaverVoid ravagerMacawSpirit cockatriceMagpieAbyssal parasiteIbisAbyssal lurkerBunyipFruit batForge regentGiant entHydraUnicorn stallionAbyssal titan
Crimson charms:	Spirit scorpionSpirit Tz-KihVampire batHoney badgerEvil turnipPyrelordBloated leechSmoke devilSpirit cobraStranger plantRavenous locustPhoenixGranite lobsterPraying mantisTalon beastSpirit dagannothSwamp titanWolpertingerIron titanPack yakSteel titan
Blue charms:	Albino ratSpirit kalphiteGiant chinchompaVoid torcherVoid spinnerVoid shifterBronze minotaurIron minotaurSpirit jellySteel minotaurSpirit kyattSpirit larupiaSpirit graahkKaramthulu overlordMithril minotaurObsidian golemAdamant minotaurFire titanMoss titanIce titanLava titanRune minotaurGeyser titan
Total

After completing Wolf Whistle, Pikkupstix will generously give you 275 gold charms to give you a head start with your Summoning training. It's important to make the most out of these as experience is much slower in the lower levels. Because the vast majority of the experience will come from making pouches, the main obelisk you will be using at this point is the one located in Pikkupstix's basement.

Currently, the only pouch available for you to make is the Spirit wolf pouch. These use Wolf bones as tertiary ingredients, so collect (or buy) them and start making 58 of these pouches until you reach level 4, where you can make 95 Dreadfowl pouches to level 10.

Carry on making those until you are able to make Spirit spider pouches which require Spider carcasses. You will need to make 126 of them to get level 16, then afterwards make 36 Granite crab pouches which need Iron ore for the ingredient. Note that you will need more than the 275 gold charms given to you after the quest to start you off; you will need to gather more charms by, for example, hunting monsters to reach even higher levels.

At level 18, you will be able to make your first green charm familiar, the Desert wyrm. You can save the charms for later when you can make better familiars, or you can begin making Desert wyrm pouches until level 28, when you can make Compost mounds. As with before, use your gold charms to make Granite crabs, or if you are willing to spend a lot of money for the Proboscis tertiary ingredients, Spirit mosquitos.

Even though you can make Spirit scorpions with your crimson charms or Albino rats with blue charms afterwards, it is suggested you save them for later as you will gain more experience from them then. For now, focus on using up your gold and green charms.

Now the crimson charms are worth using up. Level 32 grants you access to Honey badgers which give decent experience, and also because their tertiary ingredient, Honeycombs, are easy to hoard. They are obtained from the beehives west of Catherby and can be taken and banked in Catherby bank. Continue your training by making Honey badger pouches.

Another familiar with a cheap tertiary ingredient comes at level 33, this being the Beaver, and needs Willow logs to make. These are extremely cheap when purchased from other players, so players should immediately create these pouches once they get the level. From this point onwards, they are great for players who wish to save money because of their comparatively cheap cost.

At level 41, you can summon Macaws. They have a special move which let you generate a valuable herb per minute and are good if you want to earn back some money lost from training. Later at level 47, begin training with Magpie pouches and summon some while training. They are foragers of jewellery and uncut gems which let you generate profits without any effort at all.

Move on to making Pyrelord pouches once you reach level 46. Their tertiary ingredients are Tinderboxes which are even easier to get. You will not be making them for long as at level 49, you will be making Bloated leech pouches, using Raw beef as the ingredient.

Once you reach level 52, begin making Spirit terrorbird pouches with your gold charms, the ingredients being Raw bird meat. Hold on to some pouches for yourself; they are one of the most useful familiars. They are beasts of burden with 12 slots in their inventory, so they are able to carry 12 items for you. Their special move restores energy depending on your Agility level. This proves to be useful while training Summoning given the amount that you will be running to and from an obelisk.

If you have any blue charms stocked up, it is wise to save them for later as, again, the experience gained per charm is a lot higher at higher levels.

This is where training is sped up dramatically, because you now have access to Spirit kyatts. Their right-click ability, teleport, takes you next to the Summoning obelisk in the Piscatoris Hunter area (west of Tree Gnome Stronghold). It can be found under a trapdoor just west of the mining spot. Combined with fast teleports to a bank, this is the fastest method of making pouches accessible.

The procedure is to firstly summon a Spirit kyatt and take your stack of Pouches, charms, shards, and tertiary ingredients from a bank. The best item to equip in order to teleport back to a bank is a Ring of duelling, because they provide a fast teleport to Castle Wars bank and have as many as 8 teleport charges before disappearing. An alternative is a Ring of kinship, which provides a slower teleport to Daemonheim where there is a bank nearby but is free and has limitless teleports.

Now would be a good time to begin using blue charms. You have two recommended choices of pouches to make from them, either Spirit kyatt pouches to fund your Summoning training if you are using the Kyatt method, or Spirit graahk pouches which are just as popular for players training Runecrafting, and are sought after as a result. Larupias are a waste to create as they have only one useful function: to teleport you to the Feldip Hunter area. Of course, you may choose to make other more higher-level pouches as you ascend through the levels in order to squeeze out as much experience out of your blue charms.

Regarding the journey to higher Summoning levels, it is only a matter of switching out the pouches you make with your charms for more efficient and cost-effective experience. You should be making the following (familiar names, their required charms, levels, and tertiaries are listed):

• Upon reaching level 63, make Spirit cobras (Crimson charm) which use Snake hide
• Level 66 - Barker toad (Gold) use Swamp toad
• Level 68 - Bunyip (Green) use Raw shark
• Level 69 - Fruit bat (Green) use Banana
• Level 73 - Obsidian golem (Blue) use Obsidian charm
• Level 74 - Granite lobster (Crimson) use Granite (500g)
• Level 78 - Giant ent (Green) use Willow branch
• Level 79 - Moss titan (Blue) use Earth talisman
• Level 83 - Lava titan (Blue) use Obsidian charm
• Level 85 - Swamp titan (Crimson) use Swamp lizard
• Level 88 - Unicorn stallion (Green) use Unicorn horn
• Level 89 - Geyser titan (Blue) use Water talisman

From level 93 onwards, all new familiars will only require crimson charms. This means you can make every single familiar that require the other colour charms, gold, green, and blue. With gold charms, you can make Arctic bears, War tortoises, or the cheapest option that gives the least experience which is Barker toads. Abyssal titans can be made with green charms, but their tertiary ingredient, the Abyssal charm, takes longer to obtain, so you may wish to create Unicorn stallions instead. Finally, you can create Geyser or Lava titans with blue charms which require many spirit shards.

While Wolpertingers would be the best option in terms of experience, they have a problem in that they actually require two tertiary ingredients. If using the Spirit kyatt method for training, one trip will allow you to make only 12 Wolpertinger pouches as opposed to the normal 25 with most of the other pouches.

When you get to 95, things should get a lot easier, but also a lot more expensive. This is because you will then be able to make Iron titan pouches. These pouches require crimson charms, 198 shards, and an Iron platebody as the tertiary ingredient. These Iron platebodies are easily purchased from the Grand Exchange, or you could smith them yourself if you are looking for a cheaper expenditure.

Attaining level 96 allows you to create the infamous Pack yak pouch. These pouches are a excellent way to train your Summoning until level 99, if you are not that rich and are not afraid of some tedious killing. By gathering the Yak hides first-hand, you will have to go kill the Yaks yourself. Alternatively, you could find a world with players killing yaks and pick up the hides that they don't bother picking up. If you are going with Yaks, you will have to create 7931 Pack yak pouches, from 96 to 99. As you can see, that is a lot of Yaks to kill.

This means that the most logical, but also more expensive, way to get to 99 is to keep on making both Iron titan pouches and Pack yaks. You could, for example, create 500 Iron Titans, then kill 500 yaks and use their hides to make 500 Pack yaks. If you are a wealthy player and you are not afraid of spending some money on your Summoning Cape, you can stick to making Iron titans.

The following section will outline some of the fastest, or best possible routes that a player may take to maximize their training potential. Keep in mind that some of the requirements below aren't suited for everyone. Some of the routes require the completion of fairly high level quests, while others may take quite a lot of effort on the Player's side. Either way, the following routes should aid you in your training.

Requirements:

1. Completed Enlightened Journey Quest
2. Ring of duelling (Optional)
3. Unlocked the Castle Wars hot air balloon route
4. Logs
5. Willow logs or Ring of duelling
6. Recommended: Ring of duelling

This route requires that you complete Enlightened Journey quest, which unlocks Hot Air Balloons. Upon completion of the quest, you are able to travel between Taverley and Entrana. You can then unlock other locations by completing a puzzle. Make sure you have the Castle Wars location unlocked.

The strategy, as you might have guessed already, involves using the Hot air balloons to travel between Castle Wars and Taverley. Both balloon locations are very close to your main destinations: the Bank in Castle Wars, and the obelisk in Taverley. Withdraw your charms, pouches, shards, final ingredients and some logs from the Castle Wars bank. Run to the hot air balloon and hitch a ride to Taverley. Once you have made the pouches you have a choice of two routes back. You can take the balloon back to Castle Wars, which will require some Willow logs, and use more energy. Alternatively, you can use a Ring of duelling to teleport back to Castle Wars, this will save time, energy and reduce your weight limit.

This route is one of the fastest, however the hot air balloons have a weight limit of 40kg. If you are carrying heavy tertiary ingredients (for example Iron ore for Granite crabs) you will not be able to use this route effectively unless you are wearing an Agile top and Agile legs. Despite this, if you find yourself training by making pouches and you aren't over 40kg (e.g. Dreadfowls) then this is a fast route.

Requirements:

1. Completed Swan Song

The strategy involved with this route is quite simple. Upon completion of Swan Song, you have access to the bank in the Piscatoris Fishing Colony. The time spent in walking is fairly minimal. Start at the bank, and walk south, out of the main doors. Just west of the tunnel entrance is a ladder; climb down the ladder to get to the obelisk. Once there, infuse the pouches, and make your way to the Bank again. If you don't have any iron ores, this is also a good route to mine iron ores on the way to the obelisk.

Requirements:

1. 57 Summoning
2. Spirit kyatt
3. Ring of duelling or Tokkul-Zo

For this method, you will start in the Castle Wars lobby. Withdraw your pouches, charms, shards and secondary ingredients from the bank. Interact with your Spirit kyatt and click the teleport option. This will get you very close to the Piscatoris obelisk (Picture). Go down the ladder and infuse your pouches. Use your Ring of duelling in order to get back to the Castle Wars lobby to repeat the process.

A much better alternative to the Ring of duelling for those who have completed Elder Kiln, The is to use the 'Teleport' option of the Tokkul-Zo ring, with infinite teleports to the Fight Kiln. Choosing this teleport sends you straight next to a banker.

Requirements:

1. A Player Owned House in either Brimhaven or Taverley
2. Kharyll/Canifis portal
3. Amulet of glory trophy
4. Teleport to house tablets
5. Recommended: Butler or Demon butler

Brimhaven

This method is relatively slow, as the obelisk is quite a walk from the POH portal. Nevertheless, it is a fairly fast method of training. You will need plenty of House teleport tabs, which you can either buy or make yourself. The steps involve banking in either Canifis or Edgeville. Banking in Canifis requires a Canifis/Kharyll Portal, while banking in Edgeville requires an Amulet of Glory trophy. Whichever bank you use, you will be using the obelisk in Brimhaven. Gather your supplies, then use your House teleport tab to go to Brimhaven. Once there, head North west of the House portal till you arrive at the obelisk. Make your pouches, then use your House teleport again. Once inside your POH, take the Canifis portal to go to Canifis, or Amulet of Glory trophy to go to Edgeville.

An alternative to banking in Canifis, you may carry the final ingredients in noted form. The rest of the items are stackable, so you can carry as much as you want. Once you teleport to your POH, use the noted items on your Butler. He will automatically ask if you want the items unnoted. Say yes, and less than a minute later, he should be back with the items unnoted. The benefit of using your butler is that you spend less time banking; the downside is that you spend more money paying your servant. Regardless, if you use your butler, particularly a Demon butler, you spend way less time banking, thus speeding up this particular training route.

Taverley

Having a house portal in Taverley works slightly differently. For this method, you will not need Teleport tabs, although you may use them for the sake of using it. Using a teletab is recommended if you want the fastest possible training route. The steps involved are as follows:

Start at the house portal in Taverley, then walk to the obelisk. Once there, make the pouches, and either walk back to your POH, or use a House Teleport tab. When you're inside, you may wish to use your Amulet of glory trophy, or Canifis portal. Or, like the above route, you may use your Butler. Using your butler would be a good idea, as you spend less time banking. If you do bank in Canifis or Edgeville, you will need House Teleport tabs, in order to get back to Taverley.

Requirements:

1. Completed Shilo Village quest
2. 10gp each trip
3. Recommended: Karamja gloves (3)

For this method you will need to start in Shilo Village bank. Withdraw all the equipment you need and have plenty of money out (multiply how many trips you plan on doing by 10gp, or 20gp). Simply run to Vigroy the cart pusher, and pay him 10gp to take you to Brimhaven. From here you will be very close to the obelisk, when you have infused your pouches you can either get the cart back to Shilo Village or use your Karamja gloves to teleport nearer to Shilo Village. This route is much quicker than Hot air balloons as you have no weight limit, it is also much cheaper than the house teleport routes as you do not need teletabs.

Summoning is one of the most diverse skills in the game. It is a combat skill, yet it also provides aids in other skills and situations. When wandering around busy areas, it is not uncommon to see players with the same familiars in the same areas because of their special abilities that they possess, of which you might not have known about. From special moves to passive skill boosts, there are many nifty features that could be made use of. The tips below are listed in order of Summoning level to access, starting with the lowest first.

Do not worry if you buy too many Spirit shards, either by buying the wrong amount or buying more than you expected to use. Simply go to one of two pet shops and sell the shards to the owners and they will buy any amount at full price. The two pet shops are located in Taverley and Yanille.

Involves a Spirit spider familiar and Egg spawn scrolls. Their special move, Egg spawn, generates multiple Red spiders eggs on the spaces around them. On average, 3 are made for every scroll used. Profits can easily be made as the eggs are used as Herblore secondary ingredients, and the scrolls are inexpensive.

Warning: this will not work while inside a bank!

The special move of a Compost mound familiar is to fill a compost bin with 15 loads of Compost, with a small chance of putting Supercompost instead. The cost of either the pouches or scrolls is usually very low; however, the compost is quite valuable to farmers training Farming. The best location for this method is the allotment patches in Catherby. Choose to cast the special move with the Compost mound summoned on an empty compost bin, then bank the filled buckets by going south to the bank. With enough Buckets, this is not only a good way of making fast money, but is great for training Farming at very low levels.

Some skills involve standing next to a bank and withdrawing materials in order to process them, for example making unstrung bows with Fletching or making potions with Herblore. You will not be using another familiar while performing these activities. A Magpie is a forager of jewellery and gems which are valuable, and it will automatically hoard them over time as long as they are summoned. These effectively earn you free money and are recommended if you won't be using another familiar for a long time.

A lesser known ability of the Bunyip is its ability to turn raw fish into several Water runes (around 2-3). This can easily be combined with Fishing training, and may be used in some Slayer. The best way of using this ability is fly fishing for Raw trout and Raw salmon since they are easiest to catch and provide decent experience.

Be warned that using any kind of fish provides the same amount of runes, so be careful about what you choose to feed into the Bunyip.

The Spirit Tz-Kih's special move is to launch a fireball missile at a target, which will also damage other monsters around it if in a multi-combat area. This lets players make a large number of monsters turn towards them with ease and is a good alternative for conventional luring methods. An especially good use of this is while training in the Mummy room in the Chaos Tunnels.

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