Summoning

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Summoning is a skill that allows you to create Summoning Tablets for various familiars which provide bonuses to various tasks while equipped. Two types of tablets can be equipped in a single loadout. Some combinations of familiars provide a Synergy effect in addition to their regular benefits when equipped at the same time.

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Summoning

Mechanics

Gathering Summoning Marks

In order to create Summoning Tablets for a given familiar, the player must have at least one of the corresponding Summoning Marks. Summoning Marks for familiars are acquired by gaining XP in skills other than summoning. The Summoning Marks screen will show the skills that marks can be discovered in for each familiar the player has the level to summon.

Summoning Marks cannot be found until the player has reached the level to create the appropriate tablet (If playing in   Adventure mode, the player must also have Summoning unlocked in order to begin finding Summoning Marks). At level 1, there are two Marks that can be found: The Mark of the Golbin Thief, which is discovered while training combat with a style that gains

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Attack

,

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Strength

, or

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Defence

XP and the Mark of the Ent, which is discovered while

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Woodcutting

.

Once the first Mark for a given Familiar has been found, the player will not find any more marks until they create at least one Summoning Tablet for that familiar.

Summoning Marks are not items and will not go to the player's bank. Once found, they instead will fill the progress bar towards leveling up the mark level for the appropriate familiar. The number of marks per level and the benefits are as follows:

Level Marks Needed to Level Up Cumulative Marks for Level Benefit
1 1 1 Unlocks the ability to create Summoning Tablets for the familiar
2 5 6 Unlocks the ability to use this familiar in synergies with Tier 1 familiars
3 10 16 Unlocks the ability to use this familiar in synergies with Tier 2 familiars
4 15 31 Unlocks the ability to use this familiar in synergies with Tier 3 familiars

Note that:

  • Marks for all
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    Combat
    skills (including
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    Slayer
    ) have a chance of being obtained on each hit rather than on kill
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    Slayer
    marks can only be obtained from the player's current Slayer task monster, they cannot be found from other Slayer monsters
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    Magic
    marks can be found when doing
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    Alt Magic
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    Strength
    marks cannot be found when catching fish from the Barbarian Fishing fishing area

The chance of acquiring marks for a familiar can be increased by equipping tablets of that same familiar. This doubles the chance for non-combat skills (excluding

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Alt Magic

), and increases the chance by 1.75 times for

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Combat

skills as well as

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Alt Magic

.

Gaining Summoning XP

Once the player has at least one Summoning Mark, they can begin leveling Summoning. There are two ways to gain Summoning XP: Creating Summoning Tablets, and using Summoning Tablets. Note however that only tablet creation grants

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Mastery

XP.

Creating Summoning Tablets

Creating Summoning Tablets is a slow process relative to other artisan skills. Each action takes 5 seconds by default and produces 25 tablets. The interval can be reduced to 4.85 seconds if the player has the Forest Trail

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Agility

Obstacle. The number of tablets created can be increased in a number of ways, including the Runic Trail

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Agility

Obstacle, the 95% Mastery Pool Checkpoint for Summoning, the   Summoning Skillcape, Necromancer Robes, and Necromancer Potions.

Regardless of the number of tablets created, the same amount of XP will be earned for each action. The base amount of XP earned is equal to

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{XP Gained} = 5 + 2 \times \lfloor \text{Summoning Level Required} \times 0.2 \rfloor }[/math]

For example, creating

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Pig

summoning tablets (requiring

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Level 25

) will grant [math]\displaystyle{ 5 + 2 \times \lfloor 25 \times 0.2 \rfloor = 15 }[/math] xp.

Using Familiars

Summoning XP can be gained much more quickly by using the Summoning Tablets once created. XP is gained whenever a tablet charge is used. For non-combat tablets, this occurs whenever the player does an action in the relevant skill. For combat tablets, this occurs each time the familiar attack bar fills, which takes 3 seconds.

XP gained follows a formula that is based on the level of the summon and the amount of time the action took (in seconds):

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{XP Gained} = \frac{\text{Action Time} \times \text{Summoning Level Required} \times 10}{\text{Summoning Level Required} + 10} }[/math]

For example, when cooking with

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Pig

Summoning Tablets equipped (

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Level 25

required) with the default 3 second cooking interval the XP earned will be [math]\displaystyle{ \frac{3 \times 25 \times 10}{25 + 10} = 21.4 }[/math] xp.

Unlocking And Using Synergies

Some familiars produce an additional effect when both are used at the same time. These combination effects are called Synergies and can be unlocked by reaching a high enough Mark level with both summons. Even if both familiars are equipped, the Synergy effect will not happen unless it is unlocked.

The Mark level required for a synergy is equal to one plus the tier level of the other summon in the synergy. For example, to unlock the synergy between

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Golbin Thief

(Tier 1) and

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Minotaur

(Tier 2) the player needs to reach Mark Level 3 for Golbin Thief and Mark Level 2 for Minotaur. While using an unlocked Synergy, a charge will be used from each tablet. These charges are used in addition to any charges that would normally be used for the action. For example, when using the

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Ent

+

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Mole

Synergy (+2% chance per action in Woodcutting to gain a random gem), two Ent tablets and one Mole tablet will be used for each action. XP is gained for each tablet used, which means Synergies earn XP faster due to consuming more tablets. This can be particularly useful for consuming higher level tablets like

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Bear

or

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Devil

through very fast Woodcutting actions using the

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Ent

Synergy.

Summoning Marks

Summoning Tablets

Synergies

Mastery Unlocks

Level Unlock
10 +5% Cost Reduction, excluding Shards, for this Summoning Tablet only.
20 +5% Cost Reduction, excluding Shards, for this Summoning Tablet only.
30 +5% Cost Reduction, excluding Shards, for this Summoning Tablet only.
40 +5% Cost Reduction, excluding Shards, for this Summoning Tablet only.
50 +5% Cost Reduction, excluding Shards, for this Summoning Tablet only.
50 +1 Shard Cost Reduction for this Summoning Tablet only.
60 +5% Cost Reduction, excluding Shards, for this Summoning Tablet only.
70 +5% Cost Reduction, excluding Shards, for this Summoning Tablet only.
80 +5% Cost Reduction, excluding Shards, for this Summoning Tablet only.
90 +5% Cost Reduction, excluding Shards, for this Summoning Tablet only.
99 +5% Cost Reduction, excluding Shards, for this Summoning Tablet only.
99 +1 Shard Cost Reduction for this Summoning Tablet only.
99 +10 Base Quantity for this Summoning Tablet only.

Mastery Pool Checkpoints

Pool % Pool XP Bonus
10% 1,450,000 xp +5% Summoning Mastery XP for Melvor Realm only
25% 3,625,000 xp -1 Shard Cost when creating Tier 1 Familiars in Summoning
-1 Shard Cost when creating Tier 2 Familiars in Summoning
50% 7,250,000 xp +10% chance to preserve resources in Summoning for Melvor Realm only
95% 13,775,000 xp +10 base primary resource quantity gained in Summoning for Melvor Realm only
-1 Shard Cost when creating Tier 3 Familiars in Summoning
Total Mastery Pool XP 14,500,000

Skillcape

The skillcape can be purchased from the store for 1,000,000  after the player reaches

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Level 99

.

Regular Skillcape

The   Summoning Skillcape is the skillcape for the Summoning skill. It can be purchased for 1,000,000  from the Shop once the player reaches

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Level 99

in the Summoning skill. The Summoning Skillcape offers the following benefits when worn:

+20% Chance to Preserve Resources in Summoning, +10% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges, and +10 base primary resource quantity gained in Summoning

Superior Skillcape

The   Superior Summoning Skillcape is the superior skillcape for the Summoning skill. It can be purchased for 10,000,000  from the Shop once the player reaches

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Level 120

in the Summoning skill.

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Level 120

can only be reached if the player owns the   Throne of the Herald expansion. Likewise, the superior skillcape can only be purchased if the player owns this expansion. The superior skillcape offers the following benefits when worn:

+25% Chance to Preserve Resources in Summoning, +15% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges, +10 base primary resource quantity gained in Summoning for Melvor Realm only, +10% Summoning Maximum Hit, and -10% Summoning Interval

Pet

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Tim the Wolf

can be unlocked either by creating Summoning Tablets or while gaining XP from using summoning tablets.

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Mark

is acquired differently from other skill pets, and is unlocked when the player reaches the maximum mark level of 4 in each of the Summoning marks.

PetNameDLCEffect
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Tim the Wolf  -1 Shard cost when creating Melvor Realm Familiars in Summoning
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Mark  +10% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges

Potion

The Necromancer Potion can be used to increase the number of Summoning Tablets created per action.

Necromancer Potion
PotionTierChargesEffect
 I15+1 base primary resource quantity gained in Summoning
 II30+2 base primary resource quantity gained in Summoning
 III45+3 base primary resource quantity gained in Summoning
 IV60+5 base primary resource quantity gained in Summoning

XP Boosts

The following things can be used to increase the amount of Summoning XP received: