Summoning training
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Training Summoning can become very expensive and tedious, but familiars at higher levels make it a rewarding skill. To begin training the Summoning skill, one must first speak to Pikkupstix in Taverley, and complete the Wolf Whistle quest.
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[edit] Starting
To begin training the Summoning skill, you must complete Wolf Whistle, which will give 275 gold charms and bring your Summoning level to 4.
[edit] Quests
You can complete certain quests to receive summoning experience, including Penguin Hide and Seek, the Tears of Guthix minigame, as rewards following certain random events, and certain quest lamps (usually require you to reach level 30 first to get summoning exp). Doing this means some no-cost experience, but also making your charms be worth more exp when certain levels are reached.
[edit] Pouches
The most common way of training Summoning is creating Summoning pouches. To begin making a Summoning pouch, you will need an empty pouch, a charm, a large number of spirit shards, and whatever item is relevant to the creature you want to summon (referred to as a tertiary). You can purchase empty pouches from Pikkupstix for 1gp each. You may also buy spirit shards from him for 25gp each.
Note that at level 29 it is possible to get to level 99 in one trip by making giant chinchompa pouches at the Feldip hills obelisk, trading in the pouches for shards, then repeating the process until you run out of charms, pouches, chinchompas, or shards. This method only requires a quarter of the shards compared to banking the pouches, because you get three quarters of the shards back each time you fill your inventory with pouches
[edit] Charms
- See Acquiring charms for more details.
In order to create a pouch, you need a charm. You are given enough charms at the conclusion of the Wolf Whistle quest to get you to at least level 16. After this, you must obtain charms by thieving and killing monsters. (charms cannot be traded on the Grand Exchange).
[edit] Recommendations
[edit] Gold Charms only
Players with low slayer or combat levels may have a hard time getting any charms besides gold charms, and even at higher levels gold charms are often easier to obtain than any other type of charm (see Monsters to kill for gold charms).
This table describes a path for advancing in summoning levels using only pouches that require gold charms. The "Expensive/fast" section lists pouches with the most experience regardless of cost, while the "Moderate" section only lists pouches that cost less than 10 XP each (more or less, prices vary). While the "Expensive/fast" section looks overwhelming (total cost to reach level 99 over 300 million coins!), many players find that the effort required to obtain the charms makes the more expensive pouch choices worthwhile.
| Levels | Expensive/fast | Moderate | ||||||
| Pouch | Cost/XP | Pouches Required | Total Cost | Pouch | Cost/XP | Pouches Required | Total Cost | |
| 4-9 | Dreadfowl | Profitable | 94 |  -9,682
| Dreadfowl | Profitable | 167 |  -17,201
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| 10-12 | Spirit spider |  -94.6
| 54 | -64,368
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| 13-15 | Thorny snail |
| 72 | -42,984
| Thorny snail | -47.4
| 72 | -42,984
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| 16 | Granite crab |  -5.3
| 17 | -1,955
| Granite crab | -5.3
| 5,598 | -643,770
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| 17-39 | Spirit mosquito | -81.1
| 734 | -2,766,446
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| 40-51 | Bull ant | -87.3
| 1,637 | -6,644,583
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| 52-65 | Spirit terrorbird |  -3.6
| 5,447 | -1,345,409
| Spirit terrorbird | -3.6
| 5447 | -1,345,409
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| 66-70 | Barker toad | -3.7
| 3,657 | -1,173,897
| Barker toad | -3.7
| 144,117 | -46,261,557
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| 71-99 | Arctic bear | -34.5
| 131,116 | -421,931,288
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| Total | 142,828 | -433,980,612
| 155,401 | -48,310,921
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- This table only contains pouches where the tertiary component is available on the Grand Exchange.
- "Moderate" means the cost is less than 10 gold per XP (approximately, prices vary)
- All costs assume you are selling the finished pouches
- All costs assume you are purchasing the tertiary component; you can greatly decrease the cost by acquiring the tertiary component through other means - for example, getting proboscises for Spirit mosquito pouches through the Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup minigame.
[edit] Green Charms Only
A player with green charms in their possession, wishing to increase their summoning level, can look in this table to find only pouches that require green charms.
| Levels | Pouch | Cost/XP | Pouches Required | Total Cost |
| 18-28 | Desert wyrm | -18.7
| 234 | -136,188
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| 28-33 | Compost mound | -8.8
| 149 | -65,411
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| 33-41 | Beaver | -9.7
| 398 | -221,686
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| 41-43 | Macaw | -17.3
| 127 | -159,385
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| 43-47 | Spirit cockatrice | -19.1
| 330 | -474,210
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| 47-56 | Magpie | -10.3
| 1309 | -1,116,577
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| 56-68 | Ibis | -9.6
| 4261 | -4,047,950
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| 68-69 | Bunyip | -16.8
| 529 | -1,060,645
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| 69-76 | Fruit bat | -6.7
| 5515 | -4,505,755
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| 76-78 | Forge regent | -16.1
| 2185 | -4,721,785
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| 78-80 | Giant ent | -16.2
| 2609 | -5,797,198
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| 80-88 | Hydra | -15.1
| 17043 | -36,233,418
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| 88-99 | Unicorn stallion | -9.6
| 56015 | -83,294,305
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| Total | 90704 | -141,834,513
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- This table only contains pouches where the tertiary component is available on the Grand Exchange.
[edit] By Cost
This table recommends pouches for players with sufficient combat and slayer levels to acquire all types of charms.
| Levels | Fast | Balanced | Inexpensive | |||||||||
| Pouch | Cost/XP | Pouches Required | Total Cost | Pouch | Cost/XP | Pouches Required | Total Cost | Pouch | Cost/XP | Pouches Required | Total Cost | |
| 4-9 | Dreadfowl | Profitable | 94 | -9,682
| Dreadfowl | Profitable | 266 | -27,398
| Dreadfowl | Profitable | 266 | -27,398
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| 10-12 | Spirit spider | -94.6
| 54 | -64,368
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| 13-15 | Thorny snail |
| 72 | -42,984
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| 16 | Granite crab | -5.3
| 17 | -1,955
| Granite crab | -5.3
| 36 | -4,140
| Granite crab | -5.3
| 57 | -6,555
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| 17 | Spirit mosquito | -81.1
| 18 | -67,842
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| 18 | Desert wyrm | -18.7
| 14 | -8,148
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| 19-22 | Spirit scorpion | -8.2
| 28 | -19,124
| Spirit scorpion | -8.2
| 28 | -19,124
| Spirit scorpion | -8.2
| 28 | -19,124
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| 23-24 | Albino rat | 11.9
| 8 | 19,256
| Albino rat | 11.9
| 8 | 19,256
| Albino rat | 11.9
| 8 | 19,256
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| 25-28 | Spirit kalphite | Profitable | 19 | 95,323
| Spirit kalphite | Profitable | 19 | 95,323
| Spirit kalphite | Profitable | 77 | 386,309
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| 29-35 | Giant chinchompa |  -4.8
| 57 | -61,275
| Giant chinchompa | -4.8
| 57 | -61,275
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| 36-45 | Bronze minotaur | -3.6
| 136 | -154,088
| Bronze minotaur | -3.6
| 136 | -154,088
| Bronze minotaur | -3.6
| 136 | -154,088
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| 46-54 | Iron minotaur | -3.3
| 244 | -323,056
| Iron minotaur | -3.3
| 244 | -323,056
| Iron minotaur | -3.3
| 244 | -323,056
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| 55 | Spirit jelly |  -2.6
| 36 | -44,748
| Spirit jelly | -2.6
| 36 | -44,748
| Spirit jelly | -2.6
| 36 | -44,748
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| 56 | Steel minotaur | -4
| 39 | -77,688
| Steel minotaur | -4
| 39 | -77,688
| Steel minotaur | -4
| 39 | -77,688
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| 57 | Spirit graahk | Profitable | 42 | -43,932
| Spirit graahk | Profitable | 42 | -43,932
| Spirit graahk | Profitable | 42 | -43,932
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| 58-65 | Karamthulhu overlord | -2.8
| 533 | -754,728
| Karamthulhu overlord | -2.8
| 533 | -754,728
| Karamthulhu overlord | -2.8
| 533 | -754,728
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| 66-75 | Mithril minotaur | -4.7
| 1,447 | -3,941,628
| Mithril minotaur | -4.7
| 1,447 | -3,941,628
| Mithril minotaur | -4.7
| 2,243 | -6,109,932
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| 76-78 | Adamant minotaur | -6.1
| 691 | -2,811,679
| Adamant minotaur | -6.1
| 691 | -2,811,679
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| 79-85 | Ice titan | -4.9
| 2,588 | -8,804,376
| Ice titan | -4.9
| 4,378 | -14,893,956
| Ice titan | -4.9
| 16,162 | -54,983,124
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| 86-88 | Rune minotaur | -21.9
| 1,644 | -27,196,692
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| 89-99 | Geyser titan | -10
| 10,460 | -78,837,020
| Geyser titan | -10
| 10,460 | -78,837,020
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| Total | 18,227 | -123,142,286
| 18,395 | -101,888,029
| 19,832 | -62,138,808
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- This table only contains pouches where the tertiary component is available on the Grand Exchange.
- "Balanced" means the cost is less than 10 gold per XP (approximately, prices vary)
- "Inexpensive" means the cost is less than 5 gold per XP (approximately, prices vary)
- All costs assume you are selling the finished pouches
[edit] Minimising shards
Based upon minimising 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 34,295 coins Uses gold charms from quest 10 - 16 1,008 Spider carcass 126 spider pouches 184,842 coins Uses gold charms from quest 16 - 18 378 Iron ore 54 Granite crab pouches 19,710 coins Uses up the remaining gold charms from quest 18 - 40 10,927 Iron ore 1,561 Granite crab pouches 569,765 coins Uses gold charms 40 - 52 17,930 Marigolds 1,630 Bull ant pouches 7,727,830 coins Uses gold charms 52 - 66 65,364 Raw bird meat 5,447 Spirit terrorbird pouches 3,072,108 coins Uses gold charms 66 - 67 6,545 Swamp toad 595 Barker toad pouches 276,675 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 406,773,864 coins Uses gold charms 83 - 86 3,226 Dagannoth hide 3,226 Spirit dagannoth pouches 23,011,058 coins Uses crimson charms 86 - 99 12,469 Runite bar 12,469 Rune minotaur pouches 240,975,894 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/use/trading of made pouches.
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