Gold charm

For other uses, see Gold charm (disambiguation).

Gold charm
Release																				15 January 2008 (Update)
Members																				No
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				No
Equipable																				No
Stackable																				Yes
Disassembly																				Yes
Destroy																				Drop
Values
Value																				1 coin
High alch																				1 coin
Low alch																				1 coin
On death																				Always kept outside Wild
Weight																				0 kg
Examine
A charm used to summon familiars.
Advanced data
Item ID																				12158
Links																				MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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A gold charm is the first- and lowest-tier charm of the four main types of charms used in the Summoning skill, and the only available in free-to-play, with no requirements to use. The amount of experience gained from creating Summoning pouches that use gold charms varies from 4.8 to 93.2 experience each, depending on the pouch being created.

Common ways to obtain gold charms are as a drop from various monsters, hunting charm sprites, and thieving Dorgesh-Kaan Rich Chests. Gelatinous abominations is one effective source for low-level players as they have a high drop rate and are easy to kill. It is possible to receive multiple charms in one drop from higher-level opponents.

Gold charms may also be purchased using Zeal points obtained from the Soul Wars minigame or by visiting Pikkupstix's Summoning Shop in Taverley for one free sample gold charm. Players will receive 275 gold charms upon completion of Wolf Whistle, which may be used to start training the skill.

Additionally, Spirit gems may be used to save these charms when creating pouches.

The Charming Imp may be used to automatically collect these charms.

Products

General

This is an auto-generated list (update now), and shows the first 100 items alphabetically. For all items, click here.

Item	Skills	Materials	GE price	XP
Arctic bear pouch	71	1 × Pouch 14 × Spirit shards 1 × Gold charm 1 × Polar kebbit fur	1,738	93.2
Barker toad pouch	66	1 × Pouch 11 × Spirit shards 1 × Gold charm 1 × Swamp toad	1,070	87
Bull ant pouch	40	1 × Pouch 11 × Spirit shards 1 × Gold charm 1 × Marigolds	857	52.8
Charming potion (3)	102	1 × Primal extract 4 × Gold charm 4 × Green charm 4 × Crimson charm 4 × Blue charm 1 × Spark chitin	2,040	1,000
Dreadfowl pouch	4	1 × Pouch 8 × Spirit shards 1 × Gold charm 1 × Raw chicken	326	9.3
Granite crab pouch	16	1 × Pouch 7 × Spirit shards 1 × Gold charm 1 × Iron ore	381	21.6
Green charm × 10 (transmutation)	64	250 × Vibrant energy 20 × Gold charm	N/A	134
Pack pig pouch	14	1 × Pouch 6 × Spirit shards 1 × Gold charm 1 × Pack pig tooth	N/A	15.6
Prayer pig pouch	14	1 × Pouch 6 × Spirit shards 1 × Gold charm 1 × Prayer pig tooth	N/A	15.6
Small obelisk (player-owned house) (construction)	41	1 × Marble block 1,000 × Spirit shards 10 × Gold charm 10 × Green charm 10 × Crimson charm 10 × Blue charm	N/A	676
Spirit mosquito pouch	17	1 × Pouch 1 × Spirit shards 1 × Gold charm 1 × Proboscis	582	46.5
Spirit spider pouch	10	1 × Pouch 8 × Spirit shards 1 × Gold charm 1 × Spider carcass	620	12.6
Spirit terrorbird pouch	52	1 × Pouch 12 × Spirit shards 1 × Gold charm 1 × Raw bird meat	878	68.4
Spirit wolf pouch	1	1 × Pouch 7 × Spirit shards 1 × Gold charm 1 × Wolf bones	1,281	4.8
Thorny snail pouch	13	1 × Pouch 9 × Spirit shards 1 × Gold charm 1 × Thin snail	723	12.6
War pig pouch	14	1 × Pouch 6 × Spirit shards 1 × Gold charm 1 × War pig tooth	N/A	15.6
War tortoise pouch	67	1 × Pouch 1 × Spirit shards 1 × Gold charm 1 × Tortoise shell	28,437	58.6

Familiars

Pouches that use gold charms generally require minimal use of spirit shards.

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

Level	Familiar	Tertiary Cost	Shards (Cost)	XP	Price	Profit	GP/XP
1	Spirit wolf	Wolf bones 2,900	7 (175)	4.85	1281	−1,794	−369.9
4	Dreadfowl	Raw chicken 1,422	8 (200)	9.3	326	−1,296	−139.35
10	Spirit spider	Spider carcass 3,085	8 (200)	12.6	620	−2,665	−211.51
13	Thorny snail	Thin snail 2,151	9 (225)	12.6	723	−1,653	−131.19
16	Granite crab	Iron ore 1,151	7 (175)	21.6	381	−945	−43.75
17	Spirit mosquito	Proboscis 8,706	1 (25)	46.5	582	−8,149	−175.25
40	Bull ant	Marigolds 9,956	11 (275)	52.8	857	−9,374	−177.54
52	Spirit terrorbird	Raw bird meat 1,005	12 (300)	68.4	878	−427	−6.24
66	Barker toad	Swamp toad 1,803	11 (275)	87.0	1070	−1,008	−11.59
67	War tortoise	Tortoise shell 27,586	1 (25)	58.6	28437	826	14.1
71	Arctic bear	Polar kebbit fur 9,167	14 (350)	93.2	1738	−7,779	−83.47

Spirit wolves and dreadfowl are available to free-to-play.

Monsters that drop gold charms

Monsters with a significant gold charm drop rate (greater than 10%) are listed below. It is not meant to be inclusive of all monsters that drop gold charms.

Effective drop rate is the average number of charms received per monster killed.

Monster	Combat level	No. dropped	Drop frequency %	Effective drop rate
Aberrant spectre	104	1	11.8%	0.11
Ankou	86, 88, 90	1	23.6%	0.23
Bat	20	1	15.8%	0.15
Black bear	34	1	16%	0.16
Black demon	140	1	20.8%	0.2
Blue dragon	74	1	11.1%	0.11
Brine rat	70	1	22.7%	0.22
Bronze dragon	131	1	13.6%	0.13
Capsarii	150	1	11.3%	0.1
Catablepon	49, 64, 68	1	19%	0.18
Corporeal Beast	210	13	22.3%	2.73
Deadly red spider	136	1	25.1%	0.24
Dust devil	93	1	11.9%	0.11
Fire giant	85	1	55.6%	0.55
Gelatinous abomination	2	1	39.8%	0.4
Ghoul	42	1	18.8%	0.18
Giant rock crab	95	3	79.3%	2.37
Giant bat	27	1	19.2%	0.19
Grizzly bear	21, 42	1	13%	0.1
Hellhound	92, 95	1	69%	0.68
Hill giant	13, 28	1	14.4%	0.14
Hobgoblin	23, 28, 36, 42, 47	1	16%	0.16
Infernal mage	66	1	32.9%	0.32
Ice giant	51	1	44.6%	0.44
Ice warrior	54	1	42%	0.42
Iron dragon	98	2	12.3%	0.24
Jogre	53, 58, 105	1	40.6%	0.38
Khazard trooper	19	1	10.8%	0.1
Killerwatt	55	1	14.1%	0.13
Legio Quintus	175	6	20.3%	1.32
Legio Secundus	175	6	19.3%	0.96
Mithril dragon	112	4	19.2%	0.76
Moss giant	51	1	35%	0.32
Ogress champion	67	1	79.3%	0.79
Rock crab	102	1	10.1%	0.1
Rorarii	84	1	45.5%	0.45
Scutarii	150	1	19.8%	0.2
Shadow warrior	48	1	10.5%	0.1
Steel dragon	100	3	13.9%	0.36
Suqah	111	1	14.1%	0.13
Thug	16	1	11.5%	0.11
Tormented demon	450	3	20.8%	0.42
Tormented wraith	129	1	12.5%	0.13
Werewolf	63, 89	1	44.3%	0.44
Wolf (level 42)	42	1	32%	0.34
Zamorak warrior	81, 84, 85	1	17.9%	0.17
Zogre	44	1	10.9%	0.1

Note that monsters do not drop gold charms on free-to-play worlds.

Other charm obtaining methods

• Looting Dorgesh-Kaan Average Chests
• Looting Dorgesh-Kaan Rich Chests
• Pickpocketing Amlodd workers
• Soul Wars rewards
• Catching Spirit implings
• Hunting Charm sprites
• Hunting Charming moths
• Freeing Fire Spirits
• Completing the Wolf Whistle quest which gives 275 gold charms. (F2P)
• A one-time reward of 10 gold charms from saving Nora from a burning building in Burthorpe (F2P)

Drop sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Amlodd worker		1	Common
Augmented Sunspear (magic)		1	Rare
Augmented Sunspear (melee)		1	Rare
Augmented Sunspear (ranged)		1	Rare
Dung kalphite	N/A	1	Uncommon
Festive box (elite)	N/A	10	Uncommon
Fire spirit (item)	N/A	1–2	6804.67/10004
Fire spirit (item) divine	N/A	1–2	Common
Fire spirit (item) divine forge phoenix	N/A	1–2	Common
Fire spirit (item) normal	N/A	1–3	Common
Frank's Free Chest	N/A	200	Unknown
Gift box (elite)	N/A	10	Common
Gift box (hard)	N/A	10	1/5
Gift box (medium)	N/A	10	1/5
Menaphite gift offering (large)	N/A	43–110	Common
Menaphite gift offering (medium)	N/A	39–81	Common
Menaphite gift offering (small)	N/A	36–83	150.72/2014
Shiny columbarium key	N/A	1	Common
Spirit impling	54	6	Common
Sunspear (magic)		1	Rare
Sunspear (melee)		1	Rare
Sunspear (ranged)		1	Rare
Sunspear		1	Rare

Store locations

This is an auto-generated list (update now). For a full list, see here. For help, see the FAQ.

Seller	Location	Cost	Currency	Base stock	Members?
Magestix's Summoning Shop	Taverley	1	Coins	0
Magestix's Summoning Shop	Taverley	Free sample	-	1
Pikkupstix's Summoning Shop	Taverley	Free sample	-	1

Disassembly

Gold charm
Disassembly category	Charms
Disassembly XP	0.1
Item quantity required	1
Material count	1
Base junk chance	?  98.9% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 98.9% 1 34 98.0 2 49 96.0 3 64 94.0 4 69 92.0 5 78 90.0 6 83 87.1 7 91 85.1 8 95 82.1 9 105 79.2
Common materials
Spiritual parts	1/1

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included - see here for how to help out!

• update 15 January 2008 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• 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 a single free sample that can be taken, but it is an inefficient way to obtain them as it takes a long time to restock.
• 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.
• Troll Chuckers, Troll brutes and cows in Burthorpe are the only monsters that drop Gold charms on free-to-play worlds.
• 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, although this is probably just a mistake.