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 9  TruthScape Skill Secrets
      9  TruthScape Skill Secrets - Summoning
           9  TruthScape Skill Secrets - Summoning - Understanding, Using and Benefiting From Familiars
                9  TruthScape Skill Secrets - Summoning - Familiar Analysis, Reference and Rankings

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Familiar Quick Reference Guide

I have gathered together all of the essential information about the familiars described in the TruthScape Skill Secrets Summoning guide, and combined them into Table 53. Having all of this information in one place should make it easier for you to quickly see the strengths and weaknesses of various familiars, and identify the ones that will help you most in your gameplay.

As I expand my coverage in the future to include more familiars, I will add more summary tables, grouping familiars together by level.


Table 53: Familiar Quick Reference (Summoning Levels 1 to 28)

General

Name

Spirit Wolf

Dreadfowl

Spirit Spider

Thorny Snail

Granite Crab

Desert Wyrm

Spirit Scorpion

Albino Rat

Spirit Kalphite

Compost Mound

Examine Description

“Man’s significantly less domesticated friend.”

“Southern fried please!”

“Would scare anyone off their tuffet.”

“A hermit slug!”

“Is it a stone? Is it a crab? No! It’s Granite Crab!”

“Surprisingly slime-free.”

“Salt and vinegaroon.”

“The big cheese.”

“Hail to the Queen, baby.”

“I suppose it could smell worse, I just can’t think how.”

Summoning Level

1

4

10

13

16

18

19

23

25

28

Summoning Points to Summon/Renew

1

1

2

2

2

1

2

3

3

6

Base Timer Duration

3:00

3:00

3:00

3:00

3:00

3:00

3:00

3:00

3:00

3:00

Minimum Summoning Level to Understand Chat

11

14

20

23

26

28

29

33

35

38

Number of Chat Dialogs

4

3

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

Size (in Squares)

2x2

1x1

1x1

1x1

1x1

2x2

1x1

2x2

2x2

2x2

Pouch Information

Charm Required

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

Green

Crimson

Blue

Blue

Green

Spirit Shards Required

7

8

8

9

7

45

57

75

51

47

Secondary Ingredient(s)

Wolf bones

Raw chicken*

Spider carcass

Thin snail (raw)

Iron ore

Bucket of sand

Bronze claws

Raw rat meat

Potato cactus

Compost

Pouch Making XP

4.8

9.3

12.6

12.6

21.6

31.2

83.2

202.4

220

49.8

Summon XP

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.4

0.9

2.3

2.5

0.6

High Alch Value

359

374

374

389

359

929

1,109

1,379

1,019

929

Scroll / Special Move Information

Scroll Name

Howl

Dreadfowl Strike

Egg Spawn

Slime Spray

Stony Shell

Electric Lash

Venom Shot

Cheese Feast

Sandstorm

Generate Compost

Scroll Effect

Causes monster to temporarily flee

Magic attack causing up to 3 points of damage

Generates red spiders’ eggs in up to four of the eight map squares surrounding the player

Magical attack causing up to 8 damage

Increases Defence level by about 5%

Magic attack causing 1 damage and (allegedly) stunning opponent

Has a (rather poor, sorry) chance of making your next Ranged attack slightly poisonous

Generates five pieces of cheese, which the rat stores in its inventory

Hits up to 5 nearby opponents for 0 to 2 damage each

Fills a compost bin with either compost (mostly) or supercompost (occasionally)

Special Move Points Required

3

3

6

6

12

6

6

6

6

12

Scroll XP (per 10)

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.4

0.9

2.3

2.5

0.6

Special Move (Scroll) Activation XP

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.4

1

2.3

2.5

0.6

Non-Combat Abilities

Beast of Burden

--

--

--

General purpose (1 slot)

--

--

--

--

General purpose (2 slots)

--

Automatic Skill Boost

--

--

--

--

Fishing (1)

Mining (1)

--

--

--

--

Manual Skill Boost

--

Farming (1)

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

Farming (1 + 2% of player’s level—supposedly)

Skill Assistance

--

--

--

--

Independently catches big net fish, storing catch in player’s inventory.

Burrows for ores up to iron when near appropriate mining rocks (right-click ability)

--

--

--

--

Foraging

--

--

--

--

Iron ore (1)

--

--

--

--

Compost, supercompost or seeds (5 inventory slots)

Production

--

--

Red spiders’ eggs (using scroll)

--

--

--

--

Cheese (using scroll)

--

Creates compost and supercompost for Farming

Other Abilities

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

Can use an empty bucket on the familiar to fill it with regular compost; this does 2 HP of damage to it

Combat Abilities

Combat Level

15

17

23

26

29

30

33

36

38

41

Hitpoints

12

12

15

12

30

22

25

28

30

25

Approximate Maximum Hit

2

3

3

3

3

4

4

4

4

6

Attack Speed

Slow (5 seconds)

Slow (5 seconds)

Slow (5 seconds)

Slow (5 seconds)

Slow (5 seconds)

Slow (5 seconds)

Slow (5 seconds)

Slow (5 seconds)

Slow (5 seconds)

Slow (5 seconds)

Normal Attack Style

Melee

Melee and Magic

Melee

Melee

Melee

Melee

Melee

Melee

Melee

Melee

Special Move Attack Style

n/a

Magic

--

Magic

--

Magic

--

--

(unknown)

--

Right-Click Combat Ability

--

“Special”: Launches special attack

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

Right-Click Ability Summoning Point Cost

n/a

0

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Value Ratings

Skill Assistance Rating

0

1

5

1

7

1

0

3

1

4

Combat Support Rating

0

2

0

1

0

0

0

4

1

0

Combat Rating

0

2

1

2

2

1

2

3

3

4

Overall Rating

0

1

4

2

6

1

1

5

2

4


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