Summoning familiars

For the prices of familiars, see Calculator:Summoning/Pouches.

Summoning familiars are creatures that players may summon in order to help them with skilling, combat, and various other tasks. They are summoned by consuming a pouch of the familiar you wish to summon.

Combat experience is awarded for damage dealt to monsters, as it is for the player. The skills that benefit are those selected in Combat Settings under the Powers menu. For example, the iron titan can use magic and melee attacks. If Attack is chosen for melee experience, its melee attacks will grant Attack and Constitution experience; if Magic and Defence are chosen for magic, its magic attacks will grant Magic, Defence and Constitution experience.

Italic font under "Boost" means that the boosts are invisible. The spirit wolf and dreadfowl are the only two familiars available to free-to-play players.

Level	Image	Familiar	Time (minutes)	Point cost	Combat level	LP	Combat style	Special move	Boost	Other ability
1		Spirit wolf	6	1	0	1100	Melee	Howl		Scroll makes NPC foes flee
4		Dreadfowl	4	1	0	1400	Magic	Dreadfowl Strike	Farming (+1)	Scroll initiates attack on opponent
4		Meerkats	40	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	Fetch Casket		Scroll digs for Treasure Trails casket
10		Spirit spider	15	2	0	2000	Melee	Egg Spawn		Forages and drops red spider eggs Scroll spawns red spider eggs
13		Thorny snail	16	2	16	3500	Ranged	Slime Spray		Beast of burden (3) Scroll initiates attack on opponent
14		Spirit pack pig (tier 1)	17	13	13	4000	Melee	Bacon Blast		Pack pig pouches can make Bacon Blast scrolls, but only the war pig can use them
14		Spirit prayer pig (tier 1)	17	5	13	2400	Melee	Bacon Blast		Prayer pig pouches can make Bacon Blast scrolls, but only the war pig can use them
14		Spirit war pig (tier 1)	17	2	15	825	Melee	Bacon Blast		Scroll flings bacon as a magical attack
16		Granite crab	18	2	19	2600	Melee	Stony Shell	Fishing (+1)	Fishing boost only improves catch rates, not types of fish caught Forages and stores up to 30 cod, pike, oyster, or seaweed
17		Spirit mosquito	12	2	20	2700	Melee	Pester		Scroll initiates attack on opponent
18		Desert wyrm	19	1	22	2800	Melee	Electric Lash	Mining (+1)	"Burrow" mines ores up to iron
19		Spirit scorpion	17	2	23	2900	Melee	Venom Shot		Scroll makes player's next ranged attack mildly poisonous, if using poisonable ammo
22		Spirit Tz-Kih	18	3	26	3200	Magic	Fireball Assault		"Despair" drains opponent's prayer Scroll hits two nearby targets for up to 70 damage each
23		Albino rat	22	3	27	3300	Melee	Cheese Feast		Forages cheese and drops it Scroll fills rat's inventory with four cheese
25		Spirit kalphite	22	3	29	9500	Melee	Sandstorm		Beast of burden (6)
28		Compost mound	24	6	34	3800	Melee	Generate Compost	Farming (+1 + 2% of level)	Forages compost or supercompost Use a bucket on it to get compost (inflicts 20 damage to it each time)
29		Giant chinchompa	31	1	35	3900	Ranged	Explode		Chance of exploding spontaneously in combat, damaging nearby targets Scroll detonates it purposefully
31		Vampyre bat	33	4	36	4100	Melee	Vampire Touch		Light enhancer Scroll initiates attack on opponent with chance of healing player
32		Honey badger	25	4	38	4200	Melee	Insane Ferocity		Scroll initiates attack that hits opponent twice
33		Beaver	27	4	N/A	N/A	N/A	Multichop	Woodcutting (+2)	Use a log on it to fletch a bow Forages and stores up to 30 logs (yew or lower) or planks (normal or oak) from nearby trees Scroll chops logs, possibly from lower level trees than the player intends
34		Void ravager	27	4	41	4400	Melee	Call to Arms		Scroll teleports player to Pest Control landers
34		Void spinner	27	4	41	4400	Melee	Call to Arms		Heals 10 life points of player every 15 seconds Scroll teleports player to Pest Control landers
34		Void shifter	94	4	41	4400	Melee	Call to Arms		Teleports player to Void Knight outpost if player's life points drop below 10% Scroll teleports player to Pest Control landers
34		Void torcher	94	4	41	4400	Magic	Call to Arms		Scroll teleports player to Pest Control landers
36		Bronze minotaur	30	9	43	4600	Melee	Bronze Bull Rush
40		Bull ant	30	5	47	17,000	Melee	Unburden		Beast of burden (9)
41		Macaw	31	5	N/A	N/A	N/A	Herbcall		Improves herb drops "Remote view" Scroll forages and drops herbs
42		Evil Turnip	30	5	50	5200	Ranged	Evil Flames		Forages and drops evil turnip slices Scroll drains opponent's ranged level and heals the familiar
43		Spirit cockatrice	36	5	51	5300	Magic	Petrifying Gaze		Forages and drops Cockatrice eggs "Drain" inflicts damage on opponent and lowers a random Combat stat Scroll initiates attack against an opponent and lowers opponent's Defence level by 3
43		Spirit guthatrice	36	5	51	5300	Magic	Petrifying Gaze		Forages and drops Cockatrice eggs "Drain" inflicts damage on opponent and lowers a random Combat stat Scroll initiates attack against an opponent and lowers opponent's Attack level by 3
43		Spirit saratrice	36	5	51	5300	Magic	Petrifying Gaze		Forages and drops Cockatrice eggs "Drain" inflicts damage on opponent and lowers a random Combat stat Scroll initiates attack against an opponent and lowers opponent's Prayer level by 3
43		Spirit zamatrice	36	5	51	5300	Magic	Petrifying Gaze		Forages and drops Cockatrice eggs "Drain" inflicts damage on opponent and lowers a random Combat stat Scroll initiates attack against an opponent and lowers opponent's Strength level by 3
43		Spirit pengatrice	36	5	51	5300	Magic	Petrifying Gaze		Forages and drops Cockatrice eggs "Drain" inflicts damage on opponent and lowers a random Combat stat Scroll initiates attack against an opponent and lowers opponent's Magic level by 3
43		Spirit coraxatrice	36	5	51	5300	Magic	Petrifying Gaze		Forages and drops Cockatrice eggs "Drain" inflicts damage on opponent and lowers a random Combat stat Scroll initiates attack against an opponent and lowers opponent's Summoning level by 3
43		Spirit vulatrice	36	5	51	5300	Magic	Petrifying Gaze		Forages and drops Cockatrice eggs "Drain" inflicts damage on opponent and lowers a random Combat stat Scroll initiates attack against an opponent and lowers opponent's Ranged level by 3
44		Spirit pack pig (tier 2)	35	13	37	2400	Melee	Bacon Blast		Pack pig pouches can make Bacon Blast scrolls, but only the war pig can use them
44		Spirit prayer pig (tier 2)	35	5	37	2400	Melee	Bacon Blast		Prayer pig pouches can make Bacon Blast scrolls, but only the war pig can use them
44		Spirit war pig (tier 2)	35	2	51	2620	Melee	Bacon Blast		Scroll flings bacon as a magical attack
46		Iron minotaur	37	9	55	5600	Melee	Iron Bull Rush
46		Pyrelord	32	5	55	5600	Melee	Immense Heat	Firemaking (+3)	Substitutes for a tinderbox, but with an extra 10 xp Firemaking per log Scroll crafts gold jewellery without a furnace
47		Magpie	34	5	N/A	N/A	N/A	Thieving Fingers	Thieving (+3)	Forages and stores up to 30 uncut gems, gold rings, unenchanted sapphire through diamond jewellery, or enchanted rings Scroll activates a +2 visible Thieving boost
49		Bloated leech	34	5	59	5900	Melee	Blood Drain
52		Spirit terrorbird	36	6	62	23,000	Melee	Tireless Run		Beast of burden (12)
54		Abyssal parasite	30	6	64	24,000	Magic	Abyssal Drain		Slowed abyssal Prayer drain Beast of burden (7, only unnoted Rune essence and Pure essence)
55		Spirit jelly	43	6	65	6500	Melee	Dissolve
56		Steel minotaur	46	9	66	6600	Melee	Steel Bull Rush
56		Ibis	38	6	N/A	N/A	N/A	Fish rain	Fishing (+3)	Fishing boost only improves catch rates, not types of fish caught Substitutes for a harpoon while fishing tuna or swordfish Forages and stores up to 30 tuna and swordfish Scroll spawns shrimp, bass, cod, or mackerel
57		Spirit graahk	49	6	68	6700	Melee	Goad	Hunter (+5)	"Teleport" to Horned Graahk Area close to Nature altar Scroll initiates attack on opponent
57		Spirit kyatt	49	6	68	6700	Melee	Ambush	Hunter (+5)	"Teleport" to Piscatoris Hunter area Scroll initiates attack on opponent for triple damage
57		Spirit larupia	49	6	68	6700	Melee	Rending	Hunter (+5)	"Teleport" to the Feldip Hunter area Scroll initiates magic attack on opponent to lower Strength
58		Karamthulhu overlord	44	6	69	6800	Melee Ranged	Doomsphere Device		"Drown" hits opponent with a water spell
61		Smoke devil	48	7	72	7100	Magic Melee	Dust Cloud		"Flames" hits opponent with a fire spell
62		Abyssal lurker	41	7	73	28,000	Melee	Abyssal Stealth		Beast of burden (12, only unnoted Rune essence and Pure essence)
63		Spirit cobra	56	7	75	7300	Melee	Ophidian Incubation
64		Stranger plant	49	7	94	9000	Melee	Poisonous Blast	Farming (+1 + 4% of level)	Forages and drops Strange fruit
66		Mithril minotaur	55	9	78	7600	Melee	Mithril Bull Rush
66		Barker toad	8	7	78	7600	Melee	Toad Bark		"Cannon" fires a loaded cannonball at opponent
67		War tortoise	43	7	80	30,500	Melee	Testudo		Beast of burden (18)
68		Bunyip	44	7	81	7800	Melee	Swallow Whole		Use raw fish on the familiar to turn them into Water runes Restores 2% max life points of player every 15 seconds
69		Fruit bat	45	7	N/A	N/A	N/A	Fruitfall		Light enhancer Forages and stores up to 30 fruit on Karamja "Fly" forages and stores up to 30 fruit on Karamja Scroll spawns up to eight fruit anywhere (i.e., places other than Karamja, too)
70		Ravenous locust	24	4	82	8000	Melee	Famine		"Remote view"
71		Arctic bear	28	8	84	8100	Melee	Arctic Blast	Hunter (+7)	Counts as two pieces of the Polar camouflage gear Can teleport you to the Trollweiss Hunter Area.
72		Phoenix	30	8	85	8200	Magic	Rise from the ashes		"Ash blast" throws ashes at opponent Scroll initiates multi-way attack
73		Obsidian golem	55	8	87	8300	Melee	Volcanic Strength	Mining (+7)
74		Granite lobster	47	8	88	8400	Melee	Crushing Claw	Fishing (+4)	Fishing boost only improves catch rates, not types of fish caught Substitutes for a harpoon for Swordfish and Sharks Forages and stores up to 30 swordfish and sharks
75		Praying mantis	69	8	89	8500	Melee	Mantis Strike
76		Adamant minotaur	66	9	90	8600	Melee	Adamant Bull Rush
76		Forge regent	45	9	90	8600	Magic Melee	Inferno
77		Talon beast	49	9	92	8700	Melee	Deadly Claw
78		Giant ent	49	8	93	8800	Melee	Acorn Missile		Forages and drops Oak logs "Nature link" converts Pure essence into Nature runes or Earth runes Improves yield when harvesting belladonna, cactus spines, bushes, or fruit trees
79		Fire titan	62	9	94	8900	Magic Melee	Titan's Constitution
79		Ice titan	64	9	94	8900	Melee	Titan's Constitution
79		Moss titan	58	9	94	8900	Melee	Titan's Constitution
80		Hydra	49	8	94	9000	Melee Ranged	Regrowth		"Regrowth" enables the player to regrow a tree that has been cut down, although the tree has to be grown by the player through the farming skill.
81		Nightmare muspah	58	10	96	9100	Melee	Siphon self		Beast of burden for divination memories and energy. Boost for finding enriched memories.
82		Demon brawler	31	9	97	9000	Melee	Ring of fire		Will automatically engage in combat with new enemies of same type as the player is attacking
82		Demon deacon	31	9	97	9000	Magic	Ring of fire		Will automatically engage in combat with new enemies of same type as the player is attacking
82		Demon executioner	31	9	97	9000	Ranged	Ring of fire		Will automatically engage in combat with new enemies of same type as the player is attacking
83		Spirit dagannoth	57	9	99	9300	Melee	Spike Shot		"Ferocious" initiates attack with a chance of hitting opponent twice
83		Lava titan	61	9	99	9300	Magic Melee	Ebon Thunder	Mining (+10) Firemaking (+10)
84		Spirit pack pig (tier 3)	55	13	67	4080	Melee	Bacon Blast		Pack pig pouches can make Bacon Blast scrolls, but only the war pig can use them
84		Spirit prayer pig (tier 3)	55	5	67	4080	Melee	Bacon Blast		Prayer pig pouches can make Bacon Blast scrolls, but only the war pig can use them
84		Spirit war pig (tier 3)	55	2	91	4488	Melee	Bacon Blast		Scroll flings bacon as a magical attack
84		Reborn phoenix	30	12	100	9400	Magic	Rise from the ashes	Firemaking (+12)	Has a chance to burn two logs at once when using bonfires
85		Swamp titan	56	9	101	9500	Melee	Swamp Plague
86		Rune minotaur	151	9	102	9600	Melee	Rune Bull Rush
87		Ghast familiar	69	1	103	9700	Melee Ranged	Ghastly request		Makes Ghast monsters non-aggressive in Morytania Prevents ghasts from rotting food in the Mort Myre Swamp
87		Blood nihil	90	10	112	20,000	Melee	Annihilate	+5% Attack	Deals damage and stuns target
87		Shadow nihil	90	10	112	20,000	Ranged	Annihilate	+5% Ranged	Deals damage and stuns target
87		Smoke nihil	90	10	108	20,000	Magic	Annihilate	+5% Magic	Deals damage and stuns target
87		Ice nihil	90	10	105	20,000	Magic	Annihilate	+5% Magic	Deals damage and stuns target Chance to reduce opponent accuracy and defence by 5%
88		Unicorn stallion	54	9	105	9800	Melee	Healing Aura		"Cure" cures Poison and Disease
88		Light creature	60	10	105	9800	Melee	Enlightenment		Light source "Teleport" to Tears of Guthix or Tormented Demon area Chance to convert memories
89		Geyser titan	69	10	106	9900	Melee Ranged	Boil	Ranged (+1 + 3% of level)	Use a bowl on the familiar to get a bowl of hot water Use Amulets of glory or rings of wealth on the familiar to recharge them
92		Wolpertinger	62	10	109	10,200	Magic Melee (EOC)	Magic Focus	Hunter (+5) Defence (+5% of level) Magic (+7)	Double experience and yield when harvesting bushes Scroll activates the magic boost
93		Abyssal titan	32	10	110	43,500	Melee	Essence Shipment		Beast of burden (20, only unnoted Rune essence and Pure essence) Scroll sends all essence in both the player's and the familiar's inventory to the bank
95		Iron titan	60	10	112	10,500	Magic Melee	Iron Within		Scroll initiates attack on opponent, hitting three times
96		Pack yak	64	10	114	45,000	Melee	Winter Storage		Beast of burden (30)
99		Pack mammoth	64	20	118	46,500	Melee	Mammoth Feast		Beast of Burden (32)
99		Steel titan	64	10	118	10,900	Melee Ranged	Steel of Legends		Scroll initiates attack on opponent, hitting four times, with either ranged or melee, depending on the distance to the target

See also

• Clay familiar
• Dungeoneering/Summoning

Update history

• patch 5 November 2018 (Update):
  • Attempting to use a target familiar scroll on the game world will no longer cause a disconnection.

Trivia

• A familiar's attack command can be used on all NPCs including non-combat ones to see their life points and weakness. This method shows how almost all non-combat NPCs have 1 life point and a weakness to crush, although there are exceptions such as Dreadnips (4500 life points and weak to Earth) and the Wise Old Man (30,000 life points, no weakness).
• While it is not possible for most familiars to attack a target without the player being in combat, it is possible to use an ability that does not require a target, such as Anticipation, to enter combat stance and order the familiar to attack. However, combat special moves cannot be used this way. The scroll will be used, but the move will only be unleashed upon actually attacking a target.
• Previous, some summoning familiars have options that allow them to do a different special attack, separate from their special moves. After an update, these have either turned into part of its basic attack pattern (e.g. Smoke devil), a different version of the special move, activated by using a scroll in a different manner (e.g. Phoenix), or even replaced its special move (e.g. Barker toad).
• There is currently a bug where when a player comes from a PvP area such as the Wilderness, their Familiar's combat level may still display, even in non-PvP areas.
• The duration of the Pack Yak familiar was extended by 6 minutes on an update on the 26th of November 2018.