Summoning/Training

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

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]\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 leveling 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

XP

Source	Type	XP Boost	Other Modifiers
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 -20% Agility Obstacle Build Costs -50% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers -0.5s Thieving Interval -0.5s Crafting Interval -15% Woodcutting Interval -15% Cooking Interval -50% Coal Costs for Smithing x2 Items received from Fishing x2 Items received from Fletching x2 Items received from Herblore +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) +2% Global Perfect Cook chance. +100% chance to successfully Cook an item. +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 HP Regen +100% to effective Mastery Pool progress Rune providing items provide 2x as many runes +35% Chance to Preserve Resources in Runecrafting +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 coal when burning logs in Firemaking
Maximum Skillcape	Item (Cape)	+5% Global Skill XP	Bypass Slayer Area item requirements -20% Agility Obstacle Build Costs -50% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers -0.5s Thieving Interval -0.5s Crafting Interval -15% Woodcutting Interval -15% Cooking Interval -50% Coal Costs for Smithing x2 Items received from Fishing x2 Items received from Fletching x2 Items received from Herblore +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) +2% Global Perfect Cook chance. +100% chance to successfully Cook an item. +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 HP Regen Rune providing items provide 2x as many runes +35% Chance to Preserve Resources in Runecrafting +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
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
Ancient Ring of Skills	Item (Ring)	+8% Summoning Skill XP	+8% Alt. Magic Skill XP +8% Woodcutting Skill XP +8% Fishing Skill XP +8% Firemaking Skill XP +8% Cooking Skill XP +8% Mining Skill XP +8% Smithing Skill XP +8% Farming Skill XP +8% Thieving Skill XP +8% Fletching Skill XP +8% Crafting Skill XP +8% Runecrafting Skill XP +8% Herblore Skill XP +8% Agility Skill XP +8% Astrology Skill XP
Book of Scholars	Item (Shield, Passive)	+3% Global Skill XP	-15% GP from all sources (Except Item Selling)
Pit Jump	Agility Obstacle 3	+1% Global Skill XP	-4% Agility Skill XP
Tree Climb	Agility Obstacle 5	+3% Global Skill XP	-10% Ammo Preservation -10% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills -10% Rune Preservation +2% Global Mastery XP
A Lovely Jog	Agility Obstacle 8	+5% Global Skill XP	-6% Global Mastery XP
Qimican	Constellation	+1-15% Summoning Skill XP	-1-15% Summoning Interval -1-15% Herblore Interval +1-15% Chance to Double Items in Summoning +1-15% Chance to Double Items in Herblore +1-15% Chance To Preserve Potion Charge +1-15% Summoning Mastery XP +1-15% Herblore Mastery XP +1-15% Herblore Skill XP +1-15% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges
Pyro	Pet	+1% Global Skill XP

Action Time

Source	Type	Action Interval	Other Modifiers
Forest Trail	Agility Obstacle 6	-3% Summoning Interval	-6% Farming Yield +3% Summoning Mastery XP
Qimican	Constellation	-1-15% Summoning Interval	-1-15% Herblore Interval +1-15% Chance to Double Items in Summoning +1-15% Chance to Double Items in Herblore +1-15% Chance To Preserve Potion Charge +1-15% Summoning Mastery XP +1-15% Herblore Mastery XP +1-15% Summoning Skill XP +1-15% Herblore Skill XP +1-15% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges