Summoning - Skill Focuses



Introduction


Familiars come with a wide array of advantages, so it's best to know which familiar you're looking for depending on what you need them for. The tables below list all of the familiars you can use for each type of specific skill focus.

Attack

Familiar Summoning Level Required Time (Minutes) Abilities

Spirit wolf
1 [Image: Summoning] 6 Fights (Level 26)
Howl

Mosquito
17 [Image: Summoning] 12 Fights (Level 32)
Pester

Albino rat
23 [Image: Summoning] 22 Fights (Level 37)
Forager - stores cheese after scroll use
Cheese Feast

Void shifter
34 [Image: Summoning] 94 Fights (Level 46)
Teleporter - if you are in combat and have less than 10% of your life points, it will teleport you to the Void Knight Outpost
Call to Arms

Bloated leech
49 [Image: Summoning] 34 Fights (Level 76)
Blood Drain

Spirit kyatt
57 [Image: Summoning] 49 Fights (Level 93)
Hunter boost (5) - invisible
Pounce - if summoned or called directly into combat, its first attack can deal up to triple normal damage
Can teleport you to the Piscatoris Hunter area
Ambush

Spirit cobra
63 [Image: Summoning] 56 Fights (Level 105)
Ophidian Incubation

Ravenous locust
70 [Image: Summoning] 24 Fights (Level 120)
Can eat your opponent's food
Remote view
Famine

Praying mantis
75 [Image: Summoning] 69 Fights (Level 131)
Mantis Strike

Ice titan
79 [Image: Summoning] 64 Fights (Level 139)
Titan's Constitution

Swamp titan
85 [Image: Summoning] 56 Fights (Level 152)
Swamp Plague



Controlled

Familiar Summoning Level Required Time (Minutes) Abilities

Spirit scorpion
19 [Image: Summoning] 17 Fights (Level 51)
Venom Shot

Vampire bat
31 [Image: Summoning] 33 Fights (Level 44)
Can heal itself slightly when it damages an enemy
Light enhancer
Vampire Touch

Spirit larupia
57 [Image: Summoning] 49 Fights (Level 93)
Hunter boost (5) - invisible
Can teleport you to the Feldip Hunter area
Rending

Stranger plant
64 [Image: Summoning] 49 Fights (Level 107)
Farming boost (1 + 4% of your level)
Forager - strange fruit
Poisonous Blast

Arctic bear
71 [Image: Summoning] 28 Fights (Level 122)
Counts as two pieces of arctic camouflage
Hunter boost (7) - invisible
Can teleport you to the Trollweiss and Rellekka Hunter area
Arctic Blast

Giant ent
78 [Image: Summoning] 49 Fights (Level 137)
Increased yield when harvesting Farming fruit trees, belladonna and cacti
Forager - produces oak logs
Nature link - can convert pure essence into nature or earth runes
Acorn Missile

Spirit dagannoth
83 [Image: Summoning] 57 Fights (Level 148)
Ferocious - chance of attacking again without delay
Spike Shot


Defence

Familiar Summoning Level Required Time (Minutes) Abilities

Bronze minotaur
36 [Image: Summoning] 30 Fights (Level 50)
Bronze Bull Rush

Iron minotaur
46 [Image: Summoning] 37 Fights (Level 70)
Iron Bull Rush

Steel minotaur
56 [Image: Summoning] 46 Fights (Level 90)
Steel Bull Rush

Mithril minotaur
66 [Image: Summoning] 55 Fights (Level 112)
Mithril Bull Rush

Adamant minotaur
76 [Image: Summoning] 66 Fights (Level 133)
Adamant Bull Rush

Rune minotaur
86 [Image: Summoning] 151 Fights (Level 154)
Rune Bull Rush

Iron titan
95 [Image: Summoning] 60 Fights (Level 220)
Defence boost (10% bonus to your stab, slash and crush Defence) - invisible
Iron Within


Magic

Familiar Summoning Level Required Time (Minutes) Abilities

Dreadfowl
4 [Image: Summoning] 4 Fights (Level 26)
Farming boost (1)
Dreadfowl Strike

Spirit Tz-Kih
22 [Image: Summoning] 18 Fights (Level 36)
Right-click Despair - when fighting other players, the Tz-Kih will drain your opponent's Prayer instead of inflicting damage
Fireball Assault

Void torcher
34 [Image: Summoning] 94 Fights (Level 46)
Right-click Strike - inflicts 10 extra damage with this attack
Call to Arms

Spirit cockatrice
(and variants)
43 [Image: Summoning] 36 Fights (Level 64)
Right-click Drain - inflicts damage and drains a combat stat (varies according to type)
Forager - cockatrice eggs
Petrifying Gaze

Smoke devil
61 [Image: Summoning] 48 Fights (Level 101)
Right-click Flames - hits opponent with a fire spell
Dust Cloud

Phoenix
72 [Image: Summoning] 30 Fights (Level 124)
Right-click Ash Blast - blinds opponents for a few seconds, reducing their chance to hit
Rise from the Ashes

Fire titan
79 [Image: Summoning] 62 Fights (Level 139)
Titan's Constitution

Wolpertinger
92 [Image: Summoning] 62 Fights (Level 210)
Hunter boost (5) - invisible
Grants you a 5% Defence bonus against Magic
Double experience and yield when harvesting berries
Magic Focus


Ranged

Familiar Summoning Level Required Time (Minutes) Abilities

Thorny snail
13 [Image: Summoning] 16 Fights (Level 26)
Beast of burden (3)
Slime Spray

Giant chinchompa
29 [Image: Summoning] 31 Fights (Level 42)
Explode - chance of exploding in combat, damaging nearby targets
Explode

Evil turnip
42 [Image: Summoning] 30 Fights (Level 62)
Forager - evil turnip slices
Can heal itself slightly when using Ranged attacks
Evil Flames

Karamthulhu overlord
58 [Image: Summoning] 44 Fights (Level 95)
Right-click Drown - hits opponent with a water spell
Doomsphere Device

Forge regent
76 [Image: Summoning] 45 Fights (Level 133)
Counts as a tinderbox, with 10xp bonus
Right-click Fireball - flaming attack that hits up to 6 enemies for up to 50 damage each
Inferno

Hydra
80 [Image: Summoning] 49 Fights (Level 141)
Regrowth

Geyser titan
89 [Image: Summoning] 69 Fights (Level 200)
Ranged Boost (1 + 3% of your level)
Use bowls on the geyser titan to get bowls of hot water
Use amulets of glory on the geyser titan to recharge them
Boil

Steel titan
99 [Image: Summoning] 64 Fights (Level 230)
Defence boost (15% bonus to your stab, slash and crush Defence) - invisible
Steel of Legends


Strength

Familiar Summoning Level Required Time (Minutes) Abilities

Honey badger
32 [Image: Summoning] 25 Fights (Level 45)
Ferocious - chance of attacking again without delay
Insane Ferocity

Pyrelord
46 [Image: Summoning] 32 Fights (Level 70)
Firemaking boost (3) - invisible
Counts as a tinderbox, with 10xp bonus
Immense Heat

Spirit jelly
55 [Image: Summoning] 43 Fights (Level 88)
Dissolve

Spirit graahk
57 [Image: Summoning] 49 Fights (Level 93)
Hunter boost (5) - invisible
Trample - if the graahk has to move to get into combat, it will strike twice
Can teleport you to the horned graahk area
Goad

Barker toad
66 [Image: Summoning] 8 Fights (Level 112)
Right-click Cannon - must be 'loaded' with a cannonball
Toad Bark

Obsidian golem
73 [Image: Summoning] 55 Fights (Level 126)
Mining boost (7) - invisible
Volcanic Strength

Talon beast
77 [Image: Summoning] 49 Fights (Level 135)
Deadly Claw

Moss titan
79 [Image: Summoning] 58 Fights (Level 139)
Titan's Constitution

Lava titan
83 [Image: Summoning] 61 Fights (Level 148)
Chance of inflicting 50 extra damage with every attack
Firemaking boost (10) - invisible
Mining boost (10) - invisible
Can teleport you to the Lava Maze
Ebon Thunder


Healers

Familiar Summoning Level Required Time (Minutes) Abilities

Void spinner
34 [Image: Summoning] 27 10 life points healed every 15 seconds
Fights in self-defence (Level 40 - Defence)
Call to Arms

Bunyip
68 [Image: Summoning] 44 20 life points healed every 15 seconds
Fights in self-defence (Level 70 - Attack)
Use raw fish on the bunyip to turn them into water runes
Swallow Whole

Unicorn stallion
88 [Image: Summoning] 54 Use scrolls to heal
Fights in self-defence (Level 70 - Controlled)
Right-click Cure - cures poison and disease
Healing Aura


Beasts of Burden

Familiar Summoning Level Required Time (Minutes) Abilities

Thorny snail
13 [Image: Summoning] 16 3 inventory slots
Fights (Level 26 - Ranged)
Slime Spray

Spirit kalphite
25 [Image: Summoning] 22 6 inventory slots
Fights (Level 39 - Defence)
Sandstorm

Bull ant
40 [Image: Summoning] 30 9 inventory slots
Fights (Level 58 - Controlled)
Unburden

Spirit terrorbird
52 [Image: Summoning] 36 12 inventory slots
Fights (Level 62 - Controlled)
Tireless Run

Abyssal parasite
54 [Image: Summoning] 30 7 inventory slots for rune/pure essence
Fights (Level 86 - Magic)
Slowed abyssal Prayer drain
Abyssal Drain

Abyssal lurker
62 [Image: Summoning] 41 7 inventory slots for rune/pure essence
Fights (Level 93 - Controlled)
Abyssal Stealth

War tortoise
67 [Image: Summoning] 43 18 inventory slots
Fights (Level 86 - Defence)
Testudo

Abyssal titan
93 [Image: Summoning] 32 7 inventory slots for rune/pure essence
Fights (Level 215 - Attack)
Essence Shipment

Pack yak
96 [Image: Summoning] 58 30 inventory slots
Fights in self-defence (Level 175 - Strength)
Winter Storage


Foragers

Familiar Summoning Level Required Time (Minutes) Abilities

Spirit spider
10 [Image: Summoning] 15 Forages for red spiders' eggs
Fights (Level 25 - Controlled)
Egg Spawn

Granite crab
16 [Image: Summoning] 18 Forages for fish while summoner is Fishing
Fights (Level 26 - Defence)
Fishing boost (1) - invisible
Stony Shell

Desert wyrm
18 [Image: Summoning] 19 Right-click to gather ores
Fights (Level 31 - Strength)
Mining boost (1) - invisible
Electric Lash

Compost mound
28 [Image: Summoning] 24 Forages for compost and seeds
Fights (Level 37 - Strength)
Farming boost (1 + 2% of your level)
Use a bucket on your compost mound to get compost - deals 20 damage to your familiar
Generate Compost

Beaver
33 [Image: Summoning] 27 Forages for logs and planks
Woodcutting boost (2) - invisible
Fletcher - counts as a knife for Fletching purposes
Multichop

Void ravager
34 [Image: Summoning] 27 Forages for ores
Fights (Level 46 - Strength)
Mining boost (1)
Mining boost (1) - invisible
Call to Arms

Macaw
41 [Image: Summoning] 31 Forages for herbs
Remote view
Improved herb drops
Herbcall

Magpie
47 [Image: Summoning] 34 Forages for jewellery
Thieving Fingers

Ibis
56 [Image: Summoning] 38 Forages for fish while summoner is Fishing
Fishing boost (3) - invisible
Fish Rain

Fruit bat
69 [Image: Summoning] 45 Forages for fruit and seeds
Light enhancer
Fly - gathers fruit in Karamja
Fruitfall

Granite lobster
74 [Image: Summoning] 47 Forages for fish while summoner is Fishing
Fights (Level 129 - Defence)
Fishing boost (4) - invisible
Crushing Claw