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So, you've decided to take a crack at Summoning? Whether you're after a Minotaur to fight alongside you in battle, a Beaver to help you in your Woodcutting needs, or a Yak to carry your valuable items, Summoning is the skill for you. The following guide will hopefully make it a little easier for you to make sense of this wild skill.

Requirements: This is a member's only skill, and you must have completed the Wolf Whistle quest, which also gives you a brief introduction to the skill.

Note: During this guide, when it is said you need something to "Summon a creature," it actually costs nothing other than Summoning points (explained below) to bring a creature into the world of RuneScape. The materials are used to create Pouches which contain the 'essence' of the creature, and these Pouches are used to do the actual Summoning. Think of it like making a cocktail with all the ingredients, and then pouring it out when you want to.

Important Locations

Menageries

A Menagerie is a room for your Player-owned house made by using the Construction skill. Level 37 Construction is required, and building the room costs 30,000gp. In here, you can recharge your summoning points, store and feed your pets, or just enjoy the scenery! Just remember that to add a pet, it must be fully grown. Any type of pet can be kept here, except for Fish, Pet Rocks, and Clockwork cats.

Obelisks, Small Obelisks, & Shops

Obelisks are an essential part of the Summoning skill. They allow you to create Pouches, Scrolls and also allow you to recharge your Summoning points (explained below), whereas Small Obelisks, dotted all around RuneScape, can only let you recharge your Summoning points. Large Obelisks are only found in several places:

Taverley:

Obelisk: Yes
Shop: Yes

This is the easiest to access, as it is where you begin the quest, and is in a safe region. Simply enter Druid Pikkupstix' house and climb through the trap door. Pikkupstix also runs a shop.

Isafdar:

Obelisk: Yes
Shop: No

For those that have completed the Underground Pass will be able to access this Obelisk, located in the tunnel towards the end of Pass. You can get to it more easily by teleporting to Lletya using a Teleportation Crystal and walking to the cave entrance highlighted on the map. However, there is no shop at this location.

Karamja:

Obelisk: Yes
Shop: No

The Obelisk on Karamja is located on the peninsula on the north-western tip of the island, near Brimhaven. It is just South of the gold mining spot used in the Heroes' Quest. There are a few scorpions nearby, but plenty of plants to hide behind if you get in trouble! Unfortunately, there is no shop at this location.

Mort Myre Swamp:

Obelisk: Yes
Shop: Yes

This Obelisk is located in Filliman's Grotto, which can be accessed during and after the Nature Spirit quest. There is also a Wishing Well, which is actually a shop.

Gu'Tanoth:

Obelisk: Yes
Shop: Yes

Gu'Tanoth is located to the south of Yanille, and luckily, you don't need to complete any quests to use the Obelisk and shop. Bogrog also exchanges your pouches for spirit shards.

Kharidian Desert:

Obelisk: Yes
Shop: No

This is found just south-west of Pollnivneach, across the bridge, to the west and down a ladder. Another way to get there is to travel to Nardah, where there is a bank, via Magic Carpet and walk east until you reach the ladder. Due to it being in the middle of the desert, there is no shop to be found. Be sure to bring your Standard Desert Traveling Gear (Desert Robes or Graahk Armour, Waterskins and a knife), and watch out for the level 63 Crocodiles!

Piscatoris:

Obelisk: Yes
Shop: No

The Piscatoris Obelisk is located just South of the Fishing Colony, down a trapdoor. Although it is surrounded by crates, there is no store at this location.

Summoning-Free Areas

There are some places in RuneScape where you cannot Summon a creature, or take one in with you (usually Pets are allowed). These include places such as the Grand Exchange, the Mage Training Arena and some of the other Minigames.

However, there are other areas (near Obelisks where you can infuse Pouches) where you still cannot Summon creatures, but you can take Familiars in with you.

Pouches

Getting Supplies

To be able to Summon a creature, you need the following components:

1. A Pouch, which can be bought from any of the Summoning stores for 1gp each. They are stackable.
   
2. Several Spirit Shards (depending on what you are Summoning), which can also be bought from any store, but for the price of 25gp each. These are also stackable.
3. A Charm, of which you would need a different color depending on what Pouch you are making. There are two groups of Charms - basic Charms, required for every creature (Gold, Green, Crimson and Blue), and Charms that act as material objects, and are listed under the "Acquiring Ingredients" section.
4. A material object. As Pikkupstix tells you, the entity you are Summoning needs to focus on something solid. This basically means you need something related to the creature you are Summoning, for example, you need a Raw Chicken to create a Dreadfowl Pouch (a Dreadfowl is a type of chicken).
   

Charms are more difficult to get a hold of, as they are given as monster drops and are non-tradeable or obtained by Thieving from the average chests in Dorgesh-Khaan (level 52 Thieving required). Pikkupstix gives you a fair amount to start with, but the following creatures, listed by Jagex, have high Charm drop rates (most lower level creatures drop one Charm at a time, whereas higher levels, such as Dragons, drop multiple Charms, depending on how strong they are; e.g. a Fire Giant drops Charms one at a time, whereas the King Black Dragon drops four):

Other creatures have high drop rates of different Charms, but different creatures drop different charms, most more than one type. Moss Giants drop any of the Charms (except for Obsidian, Abyssal or any of the Void Knight Outpost Charms), so are useful if you are after a variety of them. Below is a list of the different Charms you can get, and examples of what creatures are likely to drop them.

Gold Charms - Fire Giants, Zamorak Warriors. Note: An especially good source for these are Giant Rock Crabs, and can be found either on Waterbirth Island or the new Chaos Tunnels, found north-east of the Zamorak Mage, who is just north of Edgeville and across the Wilderness Ditch. However, these are combat level 137, but can be attacked with magic from safespots.

Green Charms - Blue Dragons, Basilisks, Jellies.

Crimson Charms - Cockroaches, Greater Demons

Blue Charms - Kalphite, Iron Dragons, Aberrant Spectres (combat level 96. Slayer level 60 and a Nose Peg required. Found in the Canifis Slayer Tower). These are the rarest of the standard Charms.

Another Note: The other creatures in the Chaos Tunnels, as well as Giant Rock Crabs, are known to have high drop rates of Charms.

Making Pouches

Now that we've covered what you need to make the Summoning Pouches, it's time to learn how to actually make them.

Firstly, gather the required materials for the Pouch. In this example, we will create a Dreadfowl Pouch, which requires 1 Pouch (as all creatures do), 8 Spirit Shards, 1 Gold Charm and 1 Raw Chicken.

Then you will need to take all of the 'ingredients' to any Obelisk, and click "Infuse-Pouch" on the Altar. The following screen will pop up:

If you have all of the ingredients, click "Infuse Dreadfowl Pouch", et voila, you have a Dreadfowl Pouch!

Requirements for Making Pouches
Summoning Level	Pouch Name	Picture	Experience for Making	Shards Required	Charm Required	Object(s) Required
1	Spirit wolf		4.8	7	Gold	Wolf bones
4	Dreadfowl		9.3	8	Gold	Raw chicken
10	Spirit spider		12.6	8	Gold	Spider carcass
13	Thorny snail		12.6	9	Gold	Raw thin snail
16	Granite crab		21.6	7	Gold	Iron ore
17	Spirit mosquito		46.5	1	Gold	Proboscis
18	Desert wyrm		31.2	45	Green	Bucket of sand
19	Spirit Scorpion		83.2	57	Crimson	Bronze claws
22	Spirit Tz-Kih		96.8	64	Crimson	Obsidian charm
23	Albino rat		202.4	75	Blue	Raw rat meat
25	Spirit kalphite		220	51	Blue	Potato Cactus
28	Compost Mound		49.8	47	Green	Compost
29	Giant chinchompa		255.2	84	Blue	Chinchompa
31	Vampire bat		136	81	Crimson	Vampire dust
32	Honey Badger		140.8	84	Crimson	Honeycomb
33	Beaver		57.6	72	Green	Willow Logs
34	Void ravager		59.6	74	Green	Ravager charm
34	Void shifter		59.6	74	Blue	Shifter charm
34	Void spinner		59.6	74	Blue	Spinner charm
34	Void torcher		59.6	74	Blue	Torcher charm
36	Bronze minotaur		316.8	102	Blue	Bronze bar
40	Bull ant		52.8	11	Gold	Marigolds
41	Macaw		72.4	78	Green	Guam
42	Evil Turnip		184.8	104	Crimson	Carved turnip
43	Spirit Cockatrice		75.2	88	Green	Cockatrice egg
43	Spirit Guthatrice		75.2	88	Green	Guthatrice egg
43	Spirit Saratrice		75.2	88	Green	Saratrice egg
43	Sprit Zamatrice		75.2	88	Green	Zamatrice egg
43	Spirit Pengatrice		75.2	88	Green	Pengatrice egg
43	Spirit Coroxatrice		75.2	88	Green	Coroxatrice egg
43	Spirit Vulatrice		75.2	88	Green	Vulatrice egg
46	Iron minotaur		404.8	125	Blue	Iron bar
46	Pyrelord		202.4	111	Crimson	Tinderbox
47	Magpie		83.1	88	Green	Gold ring
49	Bloated leech		215.2	117	Crimson	Raw Beef
52	Spirit terrorbird		68.4	12	Gold	Raw bird meat
54	Abyssal parasite		94.8	106	Green	Abyssal charm
55	Spirit Jelly		484	151	Blue	Jug of water
56	Ibis		98.8	109	Green	Harpoon
56	Steel minotaur		492.8	141	Blue	Steel bar
57	Spirit graahk		501.6	154	Blue	Graahk fur
57	Spirit kyatt		501.6	153	Blue	Kyatt fur
57	Spirit larupia		501.6	155	Blue	Larupia fur
58	Karamthulhu overlord		510.4	144	Blue	Empty fishbowl
61	Smoke devil		268	141	Crimson	Goat's horn dust
62	Abyssal lurker		163.2	119	Green	Abyssal charm
63	Spirit Cobra		276.8	116	Crimson	Snake hide
64	Stranger plant		281.6	128	Crimson	Bagged plant
66	Barker toad		87	10	Gold	Swamp toad
66	Mithril minotaur		580.8	152	Blue	Mithril bar
67	War tortoise		58.6	1	Gold	Tortoise shell
68	Bunyip		119.2	110	Green	Raw shark
69	Fruit bat		121.2	130	Green	Banana
70	Ravenous locust		132	79	Crimson	Pot of flour
71	Arctic bear		93.2	14	Gold	Polar kebbit fur
73	Obsidian golem		642.4	195	Blue	Obsidian charm
74	Granite lobster		325.6	166	Crimson	Granite (500g)
75	Praying mantis		329.6	168	Crimson	Red flowers
76	Adamant minotaur		668.8	144	Blue	Adamantite bar
76	Forge regent		134	141	Green	Ruby harvest
77	Talon beast		1015.2	174	Crimson	Talon beast charm
78	Giant ent		136.8	94	Green	Willow branch
79	Fire titan		695.2	198	Blue	Fire talisman
79	Ice titan		695.2	198	Blue	Air talisman, water talisman
79	Moss titan		695.2	202	Blue	Earth talisman
80	Hydra		140.8	128	Green	Water orb
83	Spirit dagannoth		364.8	1	Crimson	Dagannoth hide
83	Lava titan		730.4	219	Blue	Obsidian charm
85	Swamp titan		373.6	150	Crimson	Swamp lizard
86	Rune minotaur		756.8	1	Blue	Runite bar
88	Unicorn stallion		154.4	140	Green	Unicorn horn
89	Geyser titan		783.2	222	Blue	Water talisman
92	Wolpertinger		404.8	203	Crimson	Raw rabbit, wolf bones
93	Abyssal titan		163.2	113	Green	Abyssal charm
95	Iron titan		417.6	198	Crimson	Iron platebody
96	Pack yak		422.4	211	Crimson	Yak hide
99	Steel titan		435.2	178	Crimson	Steel platebody

Making Scrolls

Summoning Scrolls are used to activate your follower's special ability, and to make them, you need the Pouch of the creature that will be using the ability. We will continue with the example of Dreadfowl.

The Dreadfowl's special ability is the Dreadfowl Strike, so you will need to 'split' a Dreadfowl Pouch. Each time you split a Pouch, you receive 10 scrolls. To do so, click the "Transform Scrolls" tab after you have clicked on the Obelisk. You will see this screen:

If you have a Dreadfowl Pouch, you can click "Transform Dreadfowl Strike Scroll." You will receive 10 scrolls.

Summoning With Scrolls

Before learning how to Summon you should be aware of something: "Familiars" are creatures that are Summoned, and are temporary, whereas Pets are bought or captured and are permanent, unless you die with them in your pack or choose to dismiss them. Bringing a Familiar into RuneScape and keeping them there costs points, whereas getting a pet does not (see section on Pets for more information).

To Summon a creature, you will need at least one Summoning Point and a Pouch containing the entity of whatever you want to Summon. Simply right-click a Pouch, and click "Summon [creature] Pouch."

Some areas, mainly in parts of towns and always near an Obelisk, are "Summoning-Free." You will not be able to Summon anything in these areas, but you will be able to take them in with you. Pets, however, can be taken into or put down in these areas, except for certain minigames.

Familiar Interface

Now that you have a Familiar, you will be able to access a new interface, found on the bottom-left of you inventory.

1. Summoning Icon - Click this to view the interface. This does not show up if you do not have a follower.
2. Call Familiar - Makes the Summoned creature appear beside you. (This happens automatically if the creature falls too far behind)
3. Take BoB Items - if your Familiar is a forager and picks up something, or is a Beast of Burden and you have given it something, clicking this button takes any items from its inventory (you cannot take anything if your inventory is full).
4. Dismiss Familiar - After your confirmation, this gets rid of your Familiar, and you will have to use another Pouch to bring another into being. This happens automatically after the timer runs out.
5. Summoning Points Remaining - This conveniently shows you how many Summoning Points you have left.
6. Familiar time remaining - Shows how long your follower has until it disappears.
7. Familiar name and picture
8. Special points remaining - This is similar to the special meter on weapons with special attacks, and goes down every time you use a Scroll. The amount goes down in different amounts, depending on what scroll you use; the bar recharges over time. Note: This is separate to your weapon's special bar, so if you use one, the other remains unaffected.
9. Special ability - Clicking this, if you have scrolls in your inventory, will activate your Familiar's special attack. The number shows how many scrolls you have left.

When you Summon a Familiar, it will cost you a certain amount Summoning Points, depending on what Pouch you are using. These are like Prayer Points, and can be recharged by right-clicking on an Obelisk and click "Renew-Points," or left-clicking on a Small obelisk. When Summoned, your creature will have a certain amount of minutes until it disappears, and your Summoning Points will be slowly drained if you have a Familiar out. Warnings will pop up in the chat box to let you know the timer is running out. The time your Familiar lasts depends on the creature you are Summoning (for example, with the Dreadfowl, it costs 1 point to Summon, and it lasts for 4 minutes before disappearing).

Using Special Abilities And Scrolls

Different Familiars have different abilities and different Scrolls. When you interact with your Familiar, they can perform an Ability, which will not drain your Summoning Points or Special Bar. Following the Dreadfowl example, if you talk to it and select "Farming boost," your Farming level will temporarily increase by one.

There are seven kinds of abilities currently available:

Fights - The majority of Familiars have the ability to fight, but only in multicombat areas. They will only attack if you choose to attack something, and will retaliate if you have the auto-retaliate button switched on.
Light enhancer - Some creatures (notably, bats) have the ability to make any light source with you brighter.
Skill boost - Different Familiars can boost different skills. With some creatures, you must activate them by talking to them, but others, such as the Desert wyrm, can provide 'invisible' boosts, which remain active as long as they remain Summoned.
Remote view - This allows you to see through the eyes of your Familiar, meaning that you can see things much further away. You can see in the different Cardinal directions (North, South, East and West) and directly above.
Beast of burden - These can carry a certain number of items. Some Familiars can only hold specific items (such as the Abyssal parasite, which can only carry unnoted rune and pure essence).
Forager - When having these Familiars Summoned, there is a chance that they will pick up items, specific to the creature. These are then put into the Familiar's 'inventory,' which you can only withdraw from.
Healer - These regularly heal the Summoner for a few hitpoints.

If you choose to use a scroll, this will drain your Familiar's special bar by a few points, depending on what scroll you are using. To do so, click on the icon in the top left of the interface. Attack scrolls can only be used in multi-combat areas. Dreadfowl Strike can be activated in combat, and acts as a low-level missile spell.

Scrolls and Their Effects
Summoning Level	Scroll Name	Picture	Pouch Required	Experience Per 10 Scrolls	Special Move	Points Used
1	Howl		Spirit wolf	0.1	Causes NPC's to flee	3
4	Dreadfowl Strike		Dreadfowl	0.1	Magic attack, causes up to 3 damage	3
10	Egg Spawn		Spirit Spider	0.2	Creates a random number of red spider eggs	6
13	Slime Spray		Thorny Snail	0.2	Attack, causes up to 8 damage	3
16	Stony Shell		Granite Crab	0.2	Gives you a +4 defense boost	12
17	Pester		Mosquito	0.5	Sends the mosquito to attack an enemy	3
18	Electric Lash		Desert Wyrm	0.4	Magic attack that hits up to 5 damage and stuns the foe	6
19	Venom Shot		Spirit Scorpion	0.9	Causes your next Ranged attack to be mildly poisonous, if your ammunition can be poisoned	6
22	Fireball Assault		Spirit Tz-Kih	1.1	Hits two nearby targets by up to 7 damage each	6
23	Cheese Feast		Albino Rat	2.3	Puts 4 pieces of cheese into the rat's inventory	6
25	Sandstorm		Spirit Kalphite	2.5	Hits up to 5 nearby opponents by up to 2 damage	6
28	Generate Compost		Compost Mound	0.6	Fills a nearby compost bin with compost, sometimes with supercompost	12
29	Explode		Giant chinchompa	2.9	Damages nearby enemies	3
31	Vampire Touch		Vampire Bat	1.5	Causes up to 12 damage on your foe, may restore 2 of your hitpoints	4
32	Insane Ferocity		Honey Badger	1.6	Reduces its Defense to raise its Attack and Strength	12
33	Multichop		Beaver	0.7	Cuts up to 3 logs from a nearby tree	3
34	Call to Arms		Void ravager, shifter, spinner or torcher	0.7	Teleports you to the Pest Control landers	3
36	Bronze Bull Rush		Bronze minotaur	3.6	Magic attack that causes up to 4 damage, may stun the foe	6
40	Unburden		Bull Ant	0.6	Restores run energy based on your Agility level	12
41	Herbcall		Macaw	0.8	May create herbs	12
42	Evil Flames		Evil Turnip	2.1	Magic attack, drains target's Ranged level	6
43	Petrifying Gaze		Spirit Cockatrice (and variants)	0.9	Causes up to 10 damage, and reduces one of the foe's combat skills by 3, depending on which variant you use	3
46	Iron Bull Rush		Iron Minotaur	4.6	Magic attack that causes up to 6 damage, may stun the foe	6
46	Immense Heat		Pyrelord	2.3	Allows you to smelt a gold bar into jewelry without a furnace	6
47	Thieving Fingers		Magpie	0.9	Boosts Thieving by 2	12
49	Blood Drain		Bloated Leech	2.4	Restores stat damage, poison and disease by reducing your hitpoints	6
52	Tireless Run		Spirit Terrorbird	0.8	Boosts Agility by 2, restores run energy based on normal Agility level	8
54	Abyssal Drain		Abyssal Parasite	1.1	Magic attack that gives a Prayer point if successful	6
55	Dissolve		Spirit Jelly	5.5	Magic attack, hits up to 12 and drains the target's Attack	6
56	Fish Rain		Ibis	1.1	Produces fish up to Bass	12
56	Steel Bull Rush		Steel Minotaur	5.6	Magic attack that causes up to 9 damage, may stun the foe	6
57	Goad		Spirit graahk	5.7	Sends the graahk to attack an enemy	3
57	Ambush		Spirit kyatt	5.7	Calls the kyatt to combat, striking immediately and causing high damage	3
57	Rending		Spirit larupia	5.7	Magic based attack, drains the enemy's Strength	6
58	Doomsphere Device		Karamthulhu Overlord	5.8	Inflicts up to 16 damage on the opponent	3
61	Dust Cloud		Smoke devil	3	Inflicts up to 8 damage on up to 6 adjacent opponents	6
62	Abyssal Stealth		Abyssal lurker	1.9	Boosts Agility and Thieving by 4	20
63	Ophidian Incubation		Spirit Cobra	3.1	Turns an egg into a cockatrice egg	3
64	Poisonous Blast		Stranger Plant	3.2	Attack that has a 50% chance of poisoning the foe, inflicts 2 damage	6
66	Toad Bark		Barker Toad	1	Inflicts up to 18 damage on your opponent	6
66	Mithril Bull Rush		Mithril Minotaur	6.6	Magic attack that causes up to 12 damage, may stun the foe	6
67	Testudo		War Tortoise	0.7	Boosts your Defense by 8	20
68	Swallow Whole		Bunyip	1.4	Allows you to eat a raw fish, so long as you have the Cooking level to cook it	3
69	Fruitfall		Fruit Bat	1.4	Produces fruit nearby	6
70	Famine		Ravenous locust	1.5	Destroys some of the target player's food	12
71	Arctic Blast		Arctic Bear	1.1	Magic attack that causes up to 15 damage, may stun the foe	6
73	Volcanic Strength		Obsidian golem	7.3	Boosts your Strength by 9	12
74	Crushing Claw		Granite Lobster	3.7	Inflicts up to 14 damage and reduces the opponent's Defense by 5	6
75	Mantis Strike		Praying Mantis	3.7	Binds the foe, causes Magical damage and drains Prayer	6
76	Adamant Bull Rush		Adamant Minotaur	7.6	Magic attack that causes up to 16 damage, may stun the foe	6
76	Inferno		Forge regent	1.5	Magic attack, can disarm enemy's weapon or shield	6
77	Deadly Claw		Talon beast	11.4	Three Magic attacks	6
78	Acorn Missile		Giant Ent	1.6	Inflicts up to 17 damage on up to 3 opponents, may drop acorns	6
79	Titan's Constitution		Fire, ice or moss titan	7.9	Boosts your Defense and Hitpoints significantly	20
80	Regrowth		Hydra	1.6	Used on a tree grown with Farming to regrow it instantly	6
83	Spike Shot		Spirit Dagannoth	4.1	Ranged attack, hits up to 18 and stuns the foe	6
83	Ebon Thunder		Lava titan	8.3	Magic attack, drains the target's Special Attack energy (for weapons)	4
85	Swamp Plague		Swamp titan	4.2	Magic attack that can poison enemies in the nearby area	6
86	Rune Bull Rush		Rune Minotaur	8.6	Magic attack that causes up to 19 damage, may stun the foe	6
88	Healing Aura		Unicorn Stallion	1.8	Heals up to 15% of your Hitpoints	20
89	Boil		Geyser titan	8.9	Damages a player, doing more damage depending on the armour they are wearing	6
92	Magic Focus		Wolpertinger	4.6	Reduces its Defense to raise its Attack and Strength	20
93	Essence Shipment		Abyssal titan	1.9	Banks any pure essence in the titan's or your inventory	6
95	Iron Within		Iron titan	4.7	Makes the titan's next attack three powerful melee attacks	12
96	Winter Storage		Pack Yak	4.8	Used on one item in your inventory to bank it	12
99	Steel of Legends		Steel titan	4.9	Makes the titan's next attack four powerful ranged attacks	12

Familiar Abilities and Skill Focuses

Each creature has a certain skill in which they help you, and this can be either combat or non-combat skills - these are called 'skill focuses.' In the table below, the time each Familiar remains out is shown, the combat level is shown if the Familiar fights, and their skill focus is written with any additional information in the column beside it. Aside from Abyssal parasite, lurker and titan, every slot can hold one item or stack of items (you cannot give them non-tradeable items).

Some creatures have 'invisible' skill boosts. All this means is that the boost applies whilst they remain Summoned, rather than having to interact with them to activate it.

Acquiring Ingredients

Some of the secondary ingredients are harder to acquire than others, and below is a list of where to get them. Remember that the Grand Exchange can be your best friend when leveling Summoning, if you don't mind spending extra to get the ingredients.

Material Charms:

These act as any other material object, despite being called charms. All of these Charms are non-stackable.

Obsidian Charms - only dropped by monsters in TzHaar.

Abyssal Charms - only dropped by creatures from The Abyss.

Ravager, Shifter, Spinner and Torcher Charms - bought from the Void Knights at Void Knight Outpost for the cost of two Pest Control points each.

Talon Beast Charm - found during Temple Trekking and Burgh de Rott Ramble minigames.

It is advised to take into account the cost of the material item required before using this table to work out the expense of training. Charms are also a big factor when deciding upon a method of training; some Charms are much harder to come across than others.

Pets

If you are fed up of wandering round, mindlessly killing anything in your path, then you may want to get a pet. Then you can continue said killing, except that you will have a companion to keep you company! Pets do not require any Summoning Points to care for them, just a little food and attention.

Pet Stores

There are currently two pet stores in RuneScape, and they are found in Taverley and Yanille:

Taverley: This is located South of the quest start point for the Wolf Whistle quest.

Yanille: The Yanille pet store is between the Hunter store and the Wizards' Guild, near the center of the town.

The pet shop owners sell an infinite supply of the following items for 10gp each:

Nuts - Used to feed squirrels, and also helps when catching them by using them with a Net trap (level 60 Summoning and 27 Hunter required).

Flies - Used to feed Baby Geckos, and helps when catching them with a Box trap (level 10 Summoning and 27 Hunter). Also feeds Chameleons.

Beetle bits - Used to feed Adult Geckos.

The pet store owner, when spoken too, will also sell you a dog of your choice for 500gp. You must have done the Wolf Whistle quest to buy one.

Pet Interface

When you have got your pet, you can choose to "drop" it. This will not get rid of it, but allows your pet to follow you. You can access the Pet Interface the same way as you would the Familiar Interface, by clicking the icon in the bottom left hand corner; they are quite similar.

1. Summoning Icon - Click this to view the interface. This does not show up if you do not have a follower.
2. Call Pet - Makes your pet appear beside you.
3. Dismiss Pet - If you confirm, your pet will disappear and you will not be able to get the same one again. You will have to get another and start caring for it from the beginning!
4. Pet Growth Percentage - Shows how close your pet is to growing to its next stage. For most pets, at 100% it becomes fully grown, but several pets have more than one stage. For example, when you hatch a Guthix Raptor, it will start off as a chick, grow into a bird, and then become a fully grown Raptor. Pets only grow when you are logged in.
5. Pet Hunger - You must feed your pet in order for it to survive! The higher this percentage, the hungrier your pet is. Different pets eat different food, as shown in the table below.
6. Pet Name and Picture

Finding and Feeding Pets

The pictures shown are just one color of each Pet - some of them can have different variations (colors). To obtain a different color dog, you would have to dismiss your current one and purchase a new one.

Finding and Feeding Pets
Summoning Level	Pet Name	Baby Picture	Adult Picture	Food	Location
4	Bulldog			Raw meat (not fish or chicken)	Pet stores
4	Dalmatian			Raw meat (not fish or chicken)	Pet stores
4	Greyhound			Raw meat (not fish or chicken)	Pet stores
4	Labrador			Raw meat (not fish or chicken)	Pet stores
4	Sheepdog			Raw meat (not fish or chicken)	Pet stores
4	Terrier			Raw meat (not fish or chicken)	Pet stores
10	Gecko			Eats flies as a baby, beetle bits as an adult	Hunted on the north-eastern side of Karamja (near the shipyard), level 27 and a box trap required.
10	Platypus			Raw fish/fishing bait (ground in baby form)	Hunted with a box trap after completing the As a First Resort Quest. You must be holding burning Lavender to attract them.
30	Penguin			Raw fish	Egg is obtained from the Penguin minder in the Ardougne Zoo.
40	Giant crab			Raw fish	Obtained from Nung in the Mogre Encampment, found during the Recipe for Disaster Quest. You must have a Crunchy claw token, which is a drop from Mogres.
50	Raven			Ground fishing bait as a chick, fishing bait as an adult	Egg found in Bird's nests from Woodcutting.
60	Squirrel			Eats nuts	Hunted to the west of Barbarian Village, level 29 Hunter and a net trap baited with Nuts required.
70	Guthix raptor			Ground fishing bait as a chick, fishing bait when older	Egg found in Bird's nests from Woodcutting.
70	Saradomin owl			Ground fishing bait as a chick, fishing bait when older	Egg found in Bird's nests from Woodcutting.
70	Zamorak hawk			Ground fishing bait as a chick, fishing bait when older	Egg found in Bird's nests from Woodcutting.
80	Raccoon			Raw meat and fish	Hunted to the east of Barbarian Village, level 27 Hunter and a box trap required.
85	Vulture			Ground fishing bait as a chick, fishing bait as an adult	Egg obtained by killing Vultures in the Desert.
90	Chameleon			Eats flies	Egg found on Cairn Isle, near Shilo Village.
95	Monkey			Eats bananas	Hunted on Karamja, level 27 Hunter and a box trap baited with a banana required.
99	Baby dragon			Eats lots of raw meat, fish or chicken	Egg dropped by the various Dragons throughout RuneScape. It is possible to get different colored Dragons, depending on what you are killing.

Raising Pets

Even though your pet may be nothing more than pixels and coding, it still has to be fed! Every pet gets hungry in its younger form, and each has its own food requirements. Some Pets, such as adult cats (from the Gertrude's Cat Quest (no Summoning level required) do not need to be fed when they are older.

By looking at your follower's Hunger Percentage, you can see how hungry it is. You shouldn't let your pet get too hungry, as if it begins to starve (at 100% hunger) it will run away, and you will have to acquire a new one.

Since every pet needs to be fed a certain type of food, you should probably find out what to feed your Pet before you get one. The table below also shows where to find your pet (click the thumbnails for more detail).

The vast majority of Pets have two forms (baby and adult) and take 10 hours in game to raise, but the 'God Birds' (Zamorak hawk, Guthix Raptor and Saradomin Owl) have three forms (chick, bird and hawk/raptor/owl) and so take 20 hours to raise in game.

Note: You can only have one follower out at a time, and the number of pets you can have increases with your Summoning level. This starts at 1 pet at level 4, and with every 10 Summoning levels, you can raise one more pet.

Note on Eggs: Eggs are a random yield from Bird's nests obtained from Woodcutting. They must be found when cutting trees or with the Managing Miscellania minigame (when collecting maple logs, you may receive a nest), rather than by exchanging Mole skin / claws with Wyson, if you wish to get one of the three colored eggs or a Raven egg. All eggs must be incubated in the Incubator at either the Yanille or Taverley Pet Stores.

Headgear

There are various types of headgear that you can wear at different Summoning levels. Three of these are specifically designed for this purpose (Antlers, Lizard skull and Feathered headdresses), and the rest can be converted (and unconverted) by Pikkupstix. When converted, they cannot be traded, and have the ability to hold scrolls, and they will also look a little lighter than the original helmet. Each of these can store a different number of scrolls, and activate when you are in combat and have the Familiar Summoned that matches said scrolls.

The scrolls stored can only be scrolls that can be activated in a fight (you cannot use a Herbcall scroll, for example). The headgear becomes 'charged' when you use scrolls on them, but become uncharged again by removing the scrolls. Below are the three specific items of headgear, and the tables show the other items that can be enchanted by Pikkupstix:

Antlers - Summoning level 10 required, can store up to 40 scrolls. Bought from Summoning Stores for 100gp.

Lizard skull - Summoning level 30 required, can store up to 65 scrolls. Bought from Summoning Stores for 200gp.

Feather headdresses - Summoning level 50 required, can store up to 150 scrolls. Crafted from a Coif and 20 colored feathers (i.e. Red, Brown, Stripy; obtained from bird snaring with the Hunter skill), level 79 Crafting Required.

Headgear
Picture	Headgear	Scroll Capacity	Required Levels
	Adamant full helm	50	20 Summon, 30 Defense
	Snakeskin bandana	50	20 Summon, 30 Defense, 30 Ranged
	Splitbark helm	50	30 Summon, 40 Defense, 40 Magic
	Rune full helm	60	30 Summon, 40 Defense
	Berserker helm	70	35 Summon, 45 Defense
	Warrior helm	70	35 Summon, 45 Defense
	Archer helm	70	35 Summon, 45 Defense
	Farseer helm	70	35 Summon, 45 Defense
	Helm of Neitiznot	90	45 Summon, 55 Defense
	Dragon med helm	110	50 Summon, 60 Defense
	Lunar helm	110	55 Summon, 40 Defense, 65 Magic
	Armadyl helm	120	60 Summon, 70 Defense, 70 Ranged

Useful Information

• Bogrog's Exchange - in Gu'Tanoth, you can "swap" pouches with Bogrog - he will give you 70% of the shards used to create the pouch/pouches back to you. He accepts pouches in noted form, and the amount of shards you will receive is rounded up. For example, the Pyrelord needs 111 shards to be created, and you will receive 78 (111*0.7=77.7) shards. Each type of pouch requires a different level to swap, which can be calculated using the following formula:
  (9 * [level to make pouch] + 111) / 10

• Summoning potions can be used to restore a percentage of your Summoning points with each dose, like a Prayer potion (7-31 points, depending on your level). You can make them by adding a clean spirit weed and a Cockatrice egg to a vial of water.
• When you are ten levels above the required Summoning level to Summon, buy, or catch your familiar/pet, you will be able to understand them, but you will need a M'Speak Amulet to understand monkeys (obtained during the Monkey Madness Quest). Therefore you will never be able to understand creatures that require a Summoning level of 90+ (you cannot use the Summoning boost that comes with the skill cape to talk to them, either), and this does not apply to the Abyssal creatures, who will always talk a garbled language.

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