June 1, 201115 yr Can someone help me with directions to a good guide to actually using familiars?...one with tips,ideas or suggestions on appropriate situations or examples of the effective use of these wee beasties would be great... thanks folks
June 1, 201115 yr What summoning level are you? You have you're beast of burdens. AKA BoB's. These will allow you to carry more stuff when needed, either on the way, or on the way back. Obvious examples are camping green/all dragons, god wars dungeon and some skills like training prayer and gathering (mining etc.) Then you have healing familiars which, well, heal you. Some more than others and the amount they heal greatly increases with level. Always use the bet healing familiar you can when using one (except titan's as they are pretty expensive to use casually) The next set of familiars are the fighting ones which are rarely used till level 90 + (except of course titans.) Finally you have the stat boosting familiars and interact familiars. These will help you with skills such as hunter (artic bear) and mining (Golem). The teleports of the Kyatt and Grahkk familiars can take you to the clostest summoning obelisk and nature altar respectively. If there's anything I've missed out please query. Miseryism | Completionist
June 1, 201115 yr The only thing missing is the scavengers that make you passive money while you do something else. Examples are macaws, magpies and fruit bats. These are great when you're skilling and don't have a use for any other familiars that would help in said stat.
June 1, 201115 yr To use a familiar, you need a pouch (and sometimes scrolls). Your summoning level is just like your prayer level, if you summon a familiar (right-click the pouch, second option) you will lose a number of points and your level will drain slowly afterwards. The total number of points lost while having a familiar out is equal to the level required for the pouch, so a spirit terrorbird drains 52 points total over the course of it's life (if you log out you lose a minute of the counter and you'll drain less overall). If you don't have the number of points you lose when summoning a pouch, you can't summon it, but if your points run out afterwards it continues working (some exceptions). tl;dr if you are going to use lots of familiars without visiting an obelisk, bring super restores/summoning potions. Supporter of Zaros | Quest Cape owner since 22 may 2010 | No skills below 99 | Total level 2595 | Completionist Cape owner since 17th June 2013 | Suggestions 99 summoning (18th June 2011, previously untrimmed) | 99 farming (14th July 2011) | 99 prayer (8th September 2011) | 99 constitution (10th September 2011) | 99 dungeoneering (15th November 2011) 99 ranged (28th November 2011) | 99 attack, 99 defence, 99 strength (11th December 2011) | 99 slayer (18th December 2011) | 99 magic (22nd December 2011) | 99 construction (16th March 2012) 99 herblore (22nd March 2012) | 99 firemaking (26th March 2012) | 99 cooking (2nd July 2012) | 99 runecrafting (12th March 2012) | 99 crafting (26th August 2012) | 99 agility (19th November 2012) 99 woodcutting (22nd November 2012) | 99 fletching (31st December 2012) | 99 thieving (3rd January 2013) | 99 hunter (11th January 2013) | 99 mining (21st January 2013) | 99 fishing (21st January 2013) 99 smithing (21st January 2013) | 120 dungeoneering (17th June 2013) | 99 divination (24th November 2013) Tormented demon drops: twenty effigies, nine pairs of claws, two dragon armour slices and one elite clue | Dagannoth king drops: two dragon hatchets, two elite clues, one archer ring and one warrior ring Glacor drops: four pairs of ragefire boots, one pair of steadfast boots, six effigies, two hundred lots of Armadyl shards, three elite clues | Nex split: Torva boots | Kalphite King split: off-hand drygore mace 30/30 Shattered Heart statues completed | 16/16 Court Cases completed | 25/25 Choc Chimp Ices delivered | 500/500 Vyrewatch burned | 584/584 tasks completed | 4000/4000 chompies hunted
June 2, 201115 yr Author To use a familiar, you need a pouch (and sometimes scrolls). Your summoning level is just like your prayer level, if you summon a familiar (right-click the pouch, second option) you will lose a number of points and your level will drain slowly afterwards. The total number of points lost while having a familiar out is equal to the level required for the pouch, so a spirit terrorbird drains 52 points total over the course of it's life (if you log out you lose a minute of the counter and you'll drain less overall). If you don't have the number of points you lose when summoning a pouch, you can't summon it, but if your points run out afterwards it continues working (some exceptions). tl;dr if you are going to use lots of familiars without visiting an obelisk, bring super restores/summoning potions.Tanks every body...that's a little clearer...but one more thing...how do you put things into yr BOB ??
June 2, 201115 yr Right click it and select Store, then select all. Really? Cause as I recall it was you who was the one cussing me at base. Also, re-read what you just said: one 15 second delay (which is an exaggeration to begin with) ruins floor times? You are beyond ridiculous.
June 2, 201115 yr Right click it and select Store, then select all. Or if you are in combat or maybe just storing one item, use the item on the BoB.
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