Waterfiend (familiar)

For the Slayer monster, see Waterfiend.

Waterfiend
Release		30 March 2020 (Update)
Summoning level		50
Duration (mins)		64
Points cost		6
Familiar size		1x1
Race		Demon
Abilities		Grants a 5% chance while training Mining, Fishing, Woodcutting, Divination or Archaeology to duplicate the gained resource and store it within itself.
Special moves		Straight Flush
Combat level		107
Examine		A fiendish embodiment of water.
Combat stats
Life points		Max hit
6,000		672
Attack	Defence	Ranged	Magic
77	77	77	77
Immune to poison		Yes
Attack style		Magic
Attack speed		Unknown edit
Infobox • Talk page

The waterfiend is a familiar that grants a 5% chance while training Mining, Fishing, Woodcutting, Divination, and Archaeology to duplicate the gained resource and store it within itself. A short ping sound can be heard whenever this effect activates.

For Archaeology, the effect may duplicate any damaged artefacts excavated as well as items received when screening soil. The effect may occur when excavating at Material caches. Artefacts that have been duplicated do not count toward The Discoverer tiered achievement.

If using the Divine-o-Matic to siphon all energy and memories or Crystallise, the familiar will have no effect.

The familiar can carry up to 20 items. These items can only be taken from the familiar's inventory; items cannot be added to its inventory as it is not a Beast of Burden. When the familiar vanishes, all the items stored within will be dropped on the ground under it, with the exception of damaged artefacts which will be destroyed and cannot be reclaimed.

Binding contract (waterfiend)

A Binding contract (waterfiend) is obtained via Archaeology.

Binding contract (waterfiend)

	Shards	Cost/XP	Charm	Tertiary
	200 ( 5,000)	1074.1 coins		2 Hellfire metal, 2 Blood of Orcus
	Create XP	Use XP	Low alch	Hi alch	GE price
	42.5	5.3	2,000	3,000	73,184 (info)
	GE Database	Cost to make	Bogrog shard return		Shard return level
	Look up price	45,651	140 (3,500)		57
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	Examine text
	I can summon a waterfiend familiar with this.

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In order to make the Ancient Summoning pouch, the mystery Dagon Bye must be completed. Once this mystery is solved, players may begin creating binding contracts, requiring 1 blue charm, a normal pouch, 2 Bloods of Orcus, 2 hellfire metals, and 200 spirit shards.

Upon making the binding contract, players must then kill waterfiends in order to bind the waterfiend to the contract, resulting in a binding contract (waterfiend). Unlike normal Summoning, Ancient Summoning does not require use of Summoning obelisks to infuse pouches. Note that the mystery Dagon Bye must be completed and the player must have level 50 Slayer in order to bind the Waterfiend to the contract.

Waterfiend scroll (Straight Flush)

Waterfiend scroll (Straight Flush)

	Create XP	Use XP	Special move points
	1	21	6
	Low Alch	High Alch	GE Price
	2,000	3,000	3,601 (info)
	GE Database	Bogrog shard return	Shard return level
	Look up price	Unknown edit	Unknown edit
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	Examine text
	A scroll for a waterfiend familiar.

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Waterfiend scroll (Straight Flush)s allow one to teleport all items stored within the familiar's inventory to the bank (note that this means it does not deposit items to the material storage container), at the cost of 6 special move points. If the bank is full or does not have space for a specific material or artefact, the item will remain in the familiar's inventory.

Dialogue

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Graphical updates

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  Waterfiend (familiar) after 30 March 2020 (update)

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  Waterfiend (familiar) after 1 August 2022 (update)

Update history

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• update 1 August 2022 (Update):
  • Waterfiends have been graphically updated.

• patch 14 Feb 2022 (Update):
  • Waterfiend no longer disappears after activating its ability while fishing Wobbegongs.

• patch 7 February 2022 (Update):
  • Fixed an issue where players could disconnect if they had a Waterfiend familiar summoned when using a magical Fishing spot in Deep Sea Fishing.

• patch 16 November 2020 (Update):
  • Ancient waterfiend familiars now correctly generate additional items whilst mining, fishing and woodcutting with Sign of the Porter equipped.

• patch 27 April 2020 (Update):
  • The message from all item-producing familiars (including the new waterfiend) now states which item they produced.

• hotfix 6 April 2020 (Update):
  • Fixed an issue that allowed the waterfiend familiar to be summoned for a longer duration than intended.

• hidden 6 April 2020 (Update):
  • Players can now renew an ancient familiar's timer by sacrificing a binding contract, just as they would with a pouch for a normal summoning familiar.

• update 30 March 2020 (Update):
  • Ancient Summoning was released with Archaeology.