Summoning ~ for the Rich only

[Bodito]

Summoning is great. I've been waiting for it for ages now. I've been stockpiling Karamthulu and other various eggs prior to the release. The one thing I do not have, however, is an unlimited supply of money. This stat drains money at a rate equivalent to Construction. It may not seem like you are losing that much money, but you're getting much less xp. As such, this stat is not easily "powerlevelable." [in my mind, this is the Runecrafting of Construction, slow and expensive.]

 

 

 

In the 21 levels I've gotten so far, I've spent over 350K on this stat. Not only are Charms annoying to come by (which I entirely understand) the creation of these "creatures" is downright expensive.

 

 

 

Ex: Using the table I've created below. Let's figure out how much it would cost getting from 20-21. That's only 497 xp. Now lets assume you're going to use the best XP/cost method, the Granite Crab. So 497 divided by .0617 = 8055 Gp. That's how much it would cost to get lvl 21.

 

 

 

Food for thought:

 

(Note: I have not even included the cost of acquiring the materials [iron ore for example].)

 

The ones in Green require a Green Charm

 

The ones in Red require a Crimson Charm

 

The ones in Blue require a Blue Charm

 

Rest are Gold/normal Charms.

 

 

 

The ones in BOLD are the MOST COST EFFECTIVE ONES. [i used a calculator! Don't contradict me on this![size=75]I felt I had to say that because someone would come along and say that I was lying. :P[/size]]

 

 

 

Lvl -Familiar -Cost of Shards (total) - XP -- XP/Cost (amount of XP per GP spent)

 

01~Spirit wolf ------------ 350 ---------- 4.8 ------ .0137

 

04~Dreadfoul -------------400 ---------- 9.3 ------ .02325

 

10~Spirit Spider ---------- 400 ----------- 12.6 ---- .0315

 

13~Thorny Snail --------- 450 ------------12.6 ---- .028

 

16~Granite Crab -------- 350 ----------- 21.6 ---- .0617

 

18~Desert Wyrm -------- 2250 ---------- 31.2 ---- .0139

 

19~Spirit Scorpion ------- 2850 ---------- 83.2 ---- .0292

 

23~Albino Rat ----------- 3750 ----------- 202.4 --- .054

 

25~Spirit Kalphite ------ 2550 ---------- 220 ------ .0863

 

28~Compost Mound ----- 2350 ---------- 49.8 ----- .0212

 

31~Vampire Bat --------- 4050 ----------- 136 ----- .034

 

32~Honey Badger ------- 4200 ---------- 140.8 --- .0335

 

33~Beaver --------------- 3600 ---------- 57.6 ------ .016

 

36~Bronze Minotaur ----- 6000 --------- 316.8 --- .0528

 

40~Bull Ant -------------- 550 ----------- 52.8 ------ .096

 

41~Macaw ---------------- 3900 ---------- 72.4 ------ .0186

 

42~Evil Turnip ----------- 5200 ----------- 184.8 ---- .0355

 

43~Spirit cockatrice ------ 4400 ---------- 75.2 ----- .017

 

46~Iron minotaur ------ 6250 ---------- 404.8 ---- .0648

 

47~Magpie ---------------- 4400 ---------- 83.2 ----- .019

 

49~Bloated Leech -------- 5850 ---------- 215.2 ---- .038

 

52~Spirit terrorbird ----- 600 ---------- 68.4 ------ .114

 

54~Abyssal Parasite ------ 5300 --------- 94.8 ------ .018

 

55~Spirit Jelly ------------- 7550 --------- 484 ------ .064

 

56~Ibis ---------------------- 5450 --------- 98.8 ------ .018

 

56~Steel Minotaur -------- 7050 --------- 492.8 ---- .07

 

58~Karamthulu Overlord -- 7200 ---- 510.4 ----- .071

 

61~Smoke Devil ------------ 7050 ----------- 268 ------- .038

 

62~Abyssal Lurker --------- 5950 ------------ 163.2 ---- .027

 

63~Spirit cobra ------------- 5800 ----------- 276.8 ----- .048

 

64~Stranger plant ---------- 6400 ----------- 281.6 ----- .044

 

66~Barker Toad ------------ 500 ------------- 87 -------- .174

 

66~Mithril Minotaur -------- 7600 ----------- 580.8 ----- .076

 

67~War Tortoise ----------- 50 -------------- 58.6 ------- 1.172 - This is the most Amazing "hidden" bonus to slayer. Now you should do this task.

 

68~Bunyip ------------------ 5500 ----------- 119.2 ------ .022

 

69~Fruit Bat ---------------- 6500 ----------- 121.2 ------ .019

 

71~Arctic Bear ------------- 700 ------------- 93.2 ------- .133

 

74~Granite Lobster -------- 8300 ------------ 325.6 ----- .039

 

75~Praying Mantis --------- 8400 ------------ 329.6 ----- .039

 

76~Adamant Minotaur ---- 7200 ------------- 668.8 ----- .093

 

 

 

 

 

More to come, colors are still in the works for what is there, I just need to leave a few blank so I can keep my bearings.

 

I just need a little break.

[Defender2516]

$ummoning is the bomb!!!

 

 

 

:mrgreen:

 

 

 

I agree with you mate, it seems kramnite krambs, are the best to level for low levels.

[qeltar]

If you're smart, you'll learn ways of getting charms that include other drops to help pay for the shards.

 

 

 

If you're dumb, you'll try to power-level a skill NOT designed to be power-leveled, and waste a ton of money doing it.

 

 

 

It's GOOD for there to be things to spend money on in this game aside from stupid hats.

[Zierro]

Even though it takes a while to train, I think it's fun.

[Defender2516]

Well, what turns it off for me is the fact that a summon for fighting is useless in non-multicombat areas.

 

 

 

Really, how many multicombat areas do you know that have great drops? I think it was a bad move on Jagex part to do this. Really, whats so wrong with attacking a monster and having your summon help you? ...

 

 

 

Bad move Jagex. :shame:

[qeltar]

Had they not done that, it would have unbalanced every monster in the game. And made Summoning too powerful.

[whitening75]

its not rlly for the rich only, the charms take a lot of mon killing to get and in the time it takes for u to get the charms u need to strat traing again you would have plently of drops for u to shards. plussome of the high lv blue charm summons only need 1 shard

[Bodito]

If you're smart, you'll learn ways of getting charms that include other drops to help pay for the shards.

 

 

 

If you're dumb, you'll try to power-level a skill NOT designed to be power-leveled, and waste a ton of money doing it.

 

 

 

It's GOOD for there to be things to spend money on in this game aside from stupid hats.

 

 

 

I entirely agree with you. Problem is, is that I would rather be able to make my own shards, albiet (much?) slower, if I didn't have to pay for them. I don't have multi millions that I'm really willing to drop to get a few levels. Sure...I could RC and make money, or kill monsters as you say. Problem with monsters though, is that all the relatively good ones, the ones where you make a large profit, are always, always crowded and often times it's hard to even get a decent kill rate because you're waiting for a spawn, or fighting for the spawn. (Blue Dragons for example, which are now going to be even more crowded.)

[Bodito]

its not rlly for the rich only, the charms take a lot of mon killing to get and in the time it takes for u to get the charms u need to strat traing again you would have plently of drops for u to shards. plussome of the high lv blue charm summons only need 1 shard

 

 

 

Ok.... Fine, once you get ABOVE 86, you can buy runite bars only to level.

 

And the other 3.6M xp on the way to it?

[aoe325]

Well, what turns it off for me is the fact that a summon for fighting is useless in non-multicombat areas.

 

 

 

Really, how many multicombat areas do you know that have great drops? I think it was a bad move on Jagex part to do this. Really, whats so wrong with attacking a monster and having your summon help you? ...

 

 

 

Bad move Jagex. :shame:

 

 

 

They just released an entire multi combat dungeon with many high level monsters, and many high level dungeons in the game are multi already (Tarn's lair)

[Carcher]

The thing I like about it is that it's just like Slayer. You use your combat to actually level it, in this case get the supplies to level it. I believe this has made a giant bonus to Slayer!

[TheAncient]

Bloated toads?

 

 

 

They're something like 10 shards for 8.7 xp

 

 

 

Plus the seconds are free

[alcoolj]

Sounds like fire giants will again be overcrowded :( Time to put chat on private, bring my cannon and shoo off others training there :P

[Numer0_un0]

Slayer... lol.

 

 

 

It's more of a Construction/Runecrafting/Combat/Herblore/Communism

 

 

 

Cons - expensive. 401 gp not including the cost of chickens/trouble of getting charms to make a Dreadfowl. (9.3 exp)

 

Runecrafting - CRAFT the pouches, anyone? + it's boring and slow, exactly like Runecrafting.

 

Combat - they help you in combat. Simple enough, yes? Plus you do get some exp for it - I used like 70 strike scrolls and 6 dreadfowl pouches and got 14 exp :P beat that.

 

Herblore - First ingredient (charms) Secondary ingredient (raw chicken)

 

Communism - They controlled the prices right off from the start :( They lied to us.

 

 

 

Edit: Oh, yeah, and Prayer: Summoning points that drop for each monster you summon.