Summoning/Training

This article is about training the Summoning skill. For the skill itself, see Summoning.

Introduction

This page goes through the general method and tips of training the Summoning skill.

Equipment

There is no requirement to start Summoning, although there are various items of equipment and other things that can provide benefits specific to the Summoning skill - see Summoning Skill Boosts.

Training

Marks

Marks are the first thing you need to get in Summoning. At level 1, the options are Attack, Strength, Defence, or 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.

The average time to acquire marks varies with both the tier of the summoning familiar and whether the player has that familiar equipped. The average times shown below are excluding any downtime such as waiting for ore to respawn in Mining, time spent stunned in Thieving, and time waiting for Monsters to respawn in Combat.

Average Time to Acquire Marks (minutes)
Tier	Familiar Equipped?
Tier	No	Yes (Combat)	Yes (Non-Combat)
1	20	11.43	10
2	45	25.71	22.50
3	80	45.71	40

Mark Chance is based on fastest possible interval for artisan skills, so having all upgrades will increase your chances - the interval for these skills are based on the following:

Skill	Seconds per Action
Firemaking	60% of the log's base burn interval
Cooking	85% of the recipe's base cooking interval
Smithing	1.7
Fletching	1.3
Crafting	1.65
Runecrafting	1.7
Herblore	1.7
Summoning	4.85

For tips on how to maximise the chance of discovering marks, see Maximising Mark Discovery Chance.

Chance of acquiring Summoning marks of each tier over time, assuming that the familiar whose marks are being discovered is not equipped.

Tablets

Once you have your first mark you can start creating tablets in the familiars tab of the Summoning page.

Each tablet will have multiple recipes to create, so make sure you check them all for a recipe that suits you. Each recipe consumes shards, which can be purchased from the in game Shop.

Using tablets on the skill you acquired the mark from grants Summoning XP, and much more XP than creating tablets so using tablets is the quicker method of gaining Summoning levels. The XP/second gained increases with the Summoning level required for that familiar, and uses the following formula:

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Base XP Gained per Tablet Use} = \frac{\text{Action Time (seconds} \times \text{Summoning Level Required} \times 10}{\text{Summoning Level Required} + 10} }[/math]

As is the case with Marks, certain skills used a fixed value for the action time when determining the amount of XP gained per tablet.

If using a synergy, simply apply this formula once for each tablet used - in most cases, this will be 2 tablets used for one familiar, and 1 for the other.

Synergies

Having multiple familiars of at least level 2 or higher will start to unlock Synergies. Synergies grant additional bonuses over those given by using the familiars by themselves, as well as more XP per action.

For the best XP rates, it is suggested to unlock these synergies as soon as you can by levelling up marks. Higher tier (2 and 3) familiars need higher mark levels for their synergies to unlock than tier 1 familiars, but again these award more XP.

Boosters

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

Source	Type	XP Boost	Other Modifiers
Pit Jump	Agility Obstacle 3	+3% Global Skill XP	-4% Agility Skill XP
Tree Climb	Agility Obstacle 5	+4% Global Skill XP	-10% Ammo Preservation -10% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills -10% Rune Preservation +3% Global Mastery XP
A Lovely Jog	Agility Obstacle 8	+5% Global Skill XP	-6% Global Mastery XP
Qimican	Constellation	+8% Summoning Skill XP	-5% Herblore Interval -5% Summoning Interval +8% Chance to Double Items in Herblore +8% Chance to Double Items in Summoning +5% Chance To Preserve Potion Charge +8% Herblore Mastery XP +8% Summoning Mastery XP +8% Herblore Skill XP +5% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges
Necromancer Boots	Item (Boots, Passive)	+2% Summoning Skill XP	+2 Base Quantity for Summoning Tablet Creation
Cape of Completion	Item (Cape)	+5% Global Skill XP	Bypass Slayer Area item requirements for areas that require less than level 100 Slayer -20% Agility Obstacle Build Costs -50% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers (Prayer Point cost cannot go below 1) -0.5s Thieving Interval -0.5s Crafting Interval -15% Woodcutting Interval -15% Cooking Interval -50% Coal Costs for Smithing -15% Township Building Cost (Does not affect GP cost. Capped at -80%) x2 Items received from Fishing x2 Items received from Fletching x2 Items received from Herblore Create +5 Additional Runes of the same type in Runecrafting +50% Ammo Preservation +1 to base drop quantity of Stardust and Golden Stardust from Astrology +1 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply) +100% chance to receive Ash per log burnt in Firemaking +2% Global Perfect Cook chance +100% chance to successfully Cook an item +15% Chance to Double Items in Runecrafting +5% Damage To Slayer Tasks +25% Farming Yield +100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking +10% GP From Agility +100% GP From Thieving +10 Flat Hitpoints Regeneration +25% Mastery Pool XP Cap Items that reduce Rune costs are now 2x as effective +20% Chance to Preserve Resources in Summoning +25% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation +10% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges +10 Base Quantity for Summoning Tablet Creation +150 Stealth while Thieving
Firemaking Skillcape	Item (Cape)	+5% Global Skill XP	+100% chance to receive Ash per log burnt in Firemaking +100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking
Maximum Skillcape	Item (Cape)	+5% Global Skill XP	Bypass Slayer Area item requirements for areas that require less than level 100 Slayer -20% Agility Obstacle Build Costs -50% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers (Prayer Point cost cannot go below 1) -0.5s Thieving Interval -0.5s Crafting Interval -15% Woodcutting Interval -15% Cooking Interval -50% Coal Costs for Smithing -15% Township Building Cost (Does not affect GP cost. Capped at -80%) x2 Items received from Fishing x2 Items received from Fletching x2 Items received from Herblore Create +5 Additional Runes of the same type in Runecrafting +50% Ammo Preservation +1 to base drop quantity of Stardust and Golden Stardust from Astrology +1 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply) +100% chance to receive Ash per log burnt in Firemaking +2% Global Perfect Cook chance +100% chance to successfully Cook an item +15% Chance to Double Items in Runecrafting +5% Damage To Slayer Tasks +25% Farming Yield +100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking +10% GP From Agility +100% GP From Thieving +10 Flat Hitpoints Regeneration Items that reduce Rune costs are now 2x as effective +20% Chance to Preserve Resources in Summoning +25% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation +10% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges +10 Base Quantity for Summoning Tablet Creation +150 Stealth while Thieving
Superior Cape of Completion	Item (Cape)	+8% Global Skill XP	Bypass All Slayer Area item requirements -30% Agility Obstacle Build Costs -20% Agility Pillar build costs -75% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers (Prayer Point cost cannot go below 1) -0.8s Thieving Interval -0.8s Crafting Interval -20% Woodcutting Interval -25% Cooking Interval -10% Summoning Interval -10% Astrology Interval -75% Coal Costs for Smithing -20% Township Building Cost (Does not affect GP cost. Capped at -80%) x2 Items received from Fishing x2 Items received from Fletching x2 Items received from Herblore Create +8 Additional Runes of the same type in Runecrafting +75% Ammo Preservation +2 to base drop quantity of Stardust and Golden Stardust from Astrology +1 Bolts produced per action in Fletching +2 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply) +50% Chance to gain +1 additional bar in Smithing (Cannot be doubled) +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Fishing (Cannot be doubled) +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Fletching (Cannot be doubled) +15% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Crafting (Cannot be doubled) +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Herblore (Cannot be doubled) +20% Chance to Double Farming Yield +100% chance to receive Ash per log burnt in Firemaking +100% chance to receive Charcoal per burn in Firemaking +4% Global Perfect Cook chance +100% chance to successfully Cook an item +20% chance to avoid the stun interval and stun damage in Thieving when pickpocket attempt fails +25% Chance to Double Items in Runecrafting +1% chance to find a Lost Chest while Fishing (This is separate to the Special Fishing Chance) +5% Chance to Preserve Food when eaten +5% Chance To Preserve Potion Charge +5% Chance To Preserve Prayer Points +8% Damage To Slayer Tasks +40% Farming Yield +100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking +20% GP From Agility +150% GP From Thieving +5% Chance to find gem veins when Mining +15 Flat Hitpoints Regeneration +5% Lifesteal +5% Magic Damage Bonus from Equipment +5% Melee Strength Bonus from Equipment +1 minimum Bird Nest's received from Woodcutting +5% of Maximum Hit added to Minimum Hit +5% Ranged Strength Bonus from Equipment +5% Reflect Damage +10% Rune Preservation Items that reduce Rune costs are now 4x as effective +25% Chance to Preserve Resources in Summoning +35% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation +10% Slayer Coins +15% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges +10 Base Quantity for Summoning Tablet Creation +10% Summoning Maximum Hit +270 Stealth while Thieving
Superior Firemaking Skillcape	Item (Cape)	+8% Global Skill XP	+100% chance to receive Ash per log burnt in Firemaking +100% chance to receive Charcoal per burn in Firemaking +100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking
Superior Max Skillcape	Item (Cape)	+8% Global Skill XP	Bypass All Slayer Area item requirements -30% Agility Obstacle Build Costs -20% Agility Pillar build costs -75% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers (Prayer Point cost cannot go below 1) -0.8s Thieving Interval -0.8s Crafting Interval -20% Woodcutting Interval -25% Cooking Interval -10% Summoning Interval -10% Astrology Interval -75% Coal Costs for Smithing -20% Township Building Cost (Does not affect GP cost. Capped at -80%) x2 Items received from Fishing x2 Items received from Fletching x2 Items received from Herblore Create +8 Additional Runes of the same type in Runecrafting +75% Ammo Preservation +2 to base drop quantity of Stardust and Golden Stardust from Astrology +1 Bolts produced per action in Fletching +2 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply) +50% Chance to gain +1 additional bar in Smithing (Cannot be doubled) +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Fishing (Cannot be doubled) +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Fletching (Cannot be doubled) +15% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Crafting (Cannot be doubled) +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Herblore (Cannot be doubled) +20% Chance to Double Farming Yield +100% chance to receive Ash per log burnt in Firemaking +100% chance to receive Charcoal per burn in Firemaking +4% Global Perfect Cook chance +100% chance to successfully Cook an item +20% chance to avoid the stun interval and stun damage in Thieving when pickpocket attempt fails +25% Chance to Double Items in Runecrafting +1% chance to find a Lost Chest while Fishing (This is separate to the Special Fishing Chance) +5% Chance to Preserve Food when eaten +5% Chance To Preserve Potion Charge +5% Chance To Preserve Prayer Points +8% Damage To Slayer Tasks +40% Farming Yield +100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking +20% GP From Agility +150% GP From Thieving +5% Chance to find gem veins when Mining +15 Flat Hitpoints Regeneration +5% Lifesteal +5% Magic Damage Bonus from Equipment +5% Melee Strength Bonus from Equipment +1 minimum Bird Nest's received from Woodcutting +5% of Maximum Hit added to Minimum Hit +5% Ranged Strength Bonus from Equipment +5% Reflect Damage +10% Rune Preservation Items that reduce Rune costs are now 4x as effective +25% Chance to Preserve Resources in Summoning +35% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation +10% Slayer Coins +15% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges +10 Base Quantity for Summoning Tablet Creation +10% Summoning Maximum Hit +270 Stealth while Thieving
Necromancer Hat	Item (Helmet, Passive)	+2% Summoning Skill XP	+2 Base Quantity for Summoning Tablet Creation
Necromancer Robes	Item (Platebody, Passive)	+2% Summoning Skill XP	+2 Base Quantity for Summoning Tablet Creation
Necromancer Bottoms	Item (Platelegs, Passive)	+2% Summoning Skill XP	+2 Base Quantity for Summoning Tablet Creation
Ring of Summoning	Item (Ring, Passive)	+8% Summoning Skill XP	-0.2s Summoning Interval +5% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges
Book of Scholars	Item (Shield, Passive)	+3% Global Skill XP	-15% Global GP (except Item Sales)
Pyro	Pet	+1% Global Skill XP