Gold charm

This article is about the item used in Summoning. For the item from the historical quest, see Gold charm (Wolf Whistle).

For the variant encountered in Daemonheim, see Gold charm (Dungeoneering).

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	0 coins
Low alch	0 coins
On death	Always kept outside Wild
Weight	0 kg
Examine
A charm used to summon familiars.
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A gold charm is the first- and lowest-tier charm of the four major primary charm types used in the Summoning skill. The use of gold charms in the creation of Summoning pouches requires Summoning level 1. The amount of experience gained from creating pouches that use gold charms varies from 4.8 to 93.2 experience each, depending on the pouch being created. Furthermore, gold charms are the only charms available for free players.

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 abominations, located in the Taverley Slayer Dungeon southeast of the Slayer master, Turael (or Spria, if the player has completed While Guthix Sleeps). 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 the Wolf Whistle quest, which may be used to start training the skill.

Additionally, Spirit gems may be used to save these charms when creating summoning pouches. The Charming Imp may be used to automatically collect these charms.

Familiars

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

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

Level	Familiar	Tertiary Cost	Shards (Cost)	XP	Price	Profit	GP/XP
1	Spirit wolf	Wolf bones 1,577	7 (175)	4.85	485	-1,267	-261.24
4	Dreadfowl	Raw chicken 602	8 (200)	9.3	449	-353	-37.96
10	Spirit spider	Spider carcass 692	8 (200)	12.6	838	-54	-4.29
13	Thorny snail	Thin snail 391	9 (225)	12.6	703	87	6.9
16	Granite crab	Iron ore 534	7 (175)	21.6	604	-105	-4.86
17	Spirit mosquito	Proboscis 4,764	1 (25)	46.5	765	-4,024	-86.54
40	Bull ant	Marigolds 5,336	11 (275)	52.8	1296	-4,315	-81.72
52	Spirit terrorbird	Raw bird meat 355	12 (300)	68.4	1490	835	12.21
66	Barker toad	Swamp toad 478	11 (275)	87.0	1612	859	9.87
67	War tortoise	Tortoise shell 5,699	1 (25)	58.6	6399	675	11.52
71	Arctic bear	Polar kebbit fur 5,746	14 (350)	93.2	2483	-3,613	-38.77

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	# dropped	Drop frequency %	Effective drop rate
Aberrant spectres	104	1	11	0.11
Ankous	86,88,90	1	23	0.23
Bats	20	1	15	0.15
Black bears	34	1	16	0.16
Black demons	140	1	20	0.2
Blue dragons	74	1	11	0.11
Brine rats	70	1	22	0.22
Bronze dragons	131	1	13	0.13
Capsarii	150	1	10	0.1
Catablepon	49,64,68	1	18	0.18
Corporeal Beast	210	13	21	2.73
Deadly red spiders	136	1	25	0.24
Dust devils	93	1	11	0.11
Fire giants	85	1	55	0.55
Gelatinous abominations	2	1	41	0.4
Ghouls	42	1	18	0.18
Giant rock crabs	95	3	79	2.37
Giant bats	27	1	19	0.19
Grizzly bears	21,42	1	10	0.1
Hellhounds	92, 95	1	69	0.68
Hill giants	13,28	1	14	0.14
Hobgoblins	23,28,36,42,47	1	15	0.16
Infernal mages	66	1	32	0.32
Ice giants	51	1	44	0.44
Ice warriors	54	1	42	0.42
Iron dragons	98	2	12	0.24
Jogres	53,58,105	1	36	0.38
Khazard troopers	19	1	10	0.1
Killerwatts	55	1	14	0.13
Legio Quintus	175	6	21	1.32
Legio Secundus	175	6	19	0.96
Mithril dragons	304	4	19	0.76
Moss giants	42	1	32	0.32
Ogress champions	67	1	79	0.79
Rock crabs	102	1	10	0.1
Rorarii	84	1	45	0.45
Scutarii	150	1	19	0.2
Shadow warriors	48	1	10	0.1
Steel dragons	100	3	13	0.36
Suqahs	111	1	14	0.13
Thugs	16	1	11	0.11
Tormented demons	450	3	20	0.42
Tormented wraiths	129	1	12	0.13
Werewolves	63, 89	1	44	0.44
Wolves (level 60)	64	1	32	0.34
Zamorak warriors	81,84,85	1	17	0.17
Zogres	44	1	10	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 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

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For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here (include RDT).

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity	Members
Amlodd worker	94	1	Common
Columbarium	N/A	1	Common	N/A
Dung kalphite	N/A	1	Uncommon
Festive box (elite)	N/A	10	Uncommon
Fire spirit (item) normal	N/A	1–3	Common	N/A
Fire spirit (item) divine	N/A	1–2	Common	N/A
Gift box (elite)	N/A	10	Unknown
Gift box (hard)	N/A	10	Common (1/5)
Gift box (medium)	N/A	10	Common (1/5)
Menaphite gift offering (large)	N/A	43–110	Common
Menaphite gift offering (medium)	N/A	72–80	Common
Menaphite gift offering (small)	N/A	37–137	Common
Shiny columbarium key	N/A	1	Common
Spirit impling	54	6	Common
Sunspear		1	Rare
Sunspear (magic)		1	Rare
Sunspear (melee)		1	Rare
Sunspear (ranged)		1	Rare

Store locations

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

Disassembly

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 97.9 2 49 95.9 3 64 94.0 4 69 92.0 5 78 90.0 6 83 87.0 7 91 85.1 8 95 82.1 9 105 79.1
Possible materials
Often
Spiritual parts	1/1

charmscharmsCharmstabletabletabletable1? (edit)0.198.9?  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	97.9
2	49	95.9
3	64	94.0
4	69	92.0
5	78	90.0
6	83	87.0
7	91	85.1
8	95	82.1
9	105	79.1

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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, 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, 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.

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