Gold charm

Release date	15 January 2008 (Update)
Members?	No
Quest item?	No
Tradeable?	Only while Dungeoneering
Equipable?	No
Stackable?	Yes
High Alch	0 coins
Low Alch	0 coins
Value	1 coin
Destroy	Drop
Store price	1 coin
Exchange price	Not sold
Examine	A charm used to summon familiars.
Weight	0 kg

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Gold charms are the lowest level charm of the four major types of charms used in the Summoning skill. Common ways to obtain gold charms are as a drop from various monsters, hunting charm sprites, and thieving Dorgesh-Kaan Rich Chests. A less used but effective way of obtaining Gold Charms is to hunt Gelatinous Abombinations, located in the Taverley Slayer Dungeon southeast of the Slayer master, Turael (or Spria). It is possible to receive multiple charms in one drop from higher levelled opponents. Gold charms may also be purchased by using Zeal points obtained from the Soul Wars minigame (14 per 4 zeal)or by visiting the summoning shop in Burthorpe, however isn't recommended due to the high demand of players buying them as soon as they are replenished in the store; one free sample gold charm may be collected in the store however. Players will receive 275 gold charms upon completion of the Wolf Whistle quest that may be used to start training the skill. As gold charms give between 4.8 to 93.2 experience each depending on the pouch made, they are not as popular with higher levelled summoners as other charms due to their lower experience rates. As with the other three major charm types, gold charms may be used in Dungeoneering to summon followers. Other colours of charms are green, crimson, and blue. There was also a 'glitch' in the Dagannoth Lighthouse where there is a gold charm that is dropped but unobtainable; however, some speculate this is a counter measure to bots as they will click on the unobtainable charm for hours.

FamiliarsEdit

Pouches that require gold charms to make generally need a minimal amount of spirit shards.

Gold charms are used to create pouches for the following familiars:

Summon level	Familiar	Tertiary GE cost	Shards	Shard cost	Create pouch XP	Pouch hi-alch
1	Spirit wolf	Wolf bones &0000000000001576000000 1,576	7	&0000000000000175000000 175	4.85	359
4	Dreadfowl	Raw chicken &0000000000000199000000 199	8	&0000000000000200000000 200	9.3	375
10	Spirit spider	Spider carcass &0000000000001006000000 1,006	8	&0000000000000200000000 200	12.6	374
13	Thorny snail	Thin snail &0000000000000987000000 987	9	&0000000000000225000000 225	12.6	389
16	Granite crab	Iron ore &0000000000000187000000 187	7	&0000000000000175000000 175	21.6	359
17	Spirit mosquito	Proboscis &0000000000008123000000 8,123	1	&0000000000000025000000 25	46.5	269
40	Bull ant	Marigolds &0000000000002687000000 2,687	11	&0000000000000275000000 275	52.8	419
52	Spirit terrorbird	Raw bird meat &0000000000000104000000 104	12	&0000000000000300000000 300	68.4	434
66	Barker toad	Swamp toad &0000000000000296000000 296	11	&0000000000000275000000 275	87.0	419
67	War tortoise	Tortoise shell &0000000000011304000000 11,304	1	&0000000000000025000000 25	58.6	269
71	Arctic bear	Polar kebbit fur &0000000000001493000000 1,493	14	&0000000000000350000000 350	93.2	464

Spirit Wolves and Dreadfowls are available to free-to-play.

Monsters that drop gold charmsEdit

DungeoneeringEdit

While dungeoneering, the gold charm can be used to summon each of the types of dungeoneering familiars up to tier 3, or the Naïve versions. It can also be made by using any other types of charms on the summoning obelisk and then selecting "Downgrade to gold charm"

Other charm obtaining methodsEdit

• Dorgesh-Kaan Average Chest
• Dorgesh-Kaan Rich Chest
• Soul Wars rewards
• Spirit impling loot
• Charm sprite hunting
• Freeing a Fire Spirit
• Completing the Wolf whistle quest quest which gives 275 gold charms. (F2P)
• Free Sample in Pikkupstix's Summoning Store (F2P)
• A one-time reward of 10 Gold Charms from saving Nora from a burning building in Burthorpe (F2P)

TriviaEdit

• Gold charms appear in Magestix and Pikkupstix's shop inventories, but they cannot be sold to them, and there is no stock of the item. There is, however, one free sample that can be taken.
• The free sample in Magestix and Pikkupstix's shop inventories could be considered an unlimited source of gold charms, but it would take an extremely long time to even obtain 50.
• Gold charms were allowed for free players as of 4 March 2013, along with the release of The World Wakes. All other charms remain members only.
• The Gold charm being obtainable as a free player, more than from one-time rewards, means that F2P is trainable, even after level 5 Summoning. However, no experience can be gained until you become P2P.
• Troll chuckers and Troll brutes are the only monsters that drop Gold charms on free-to-play worlds.