This Post Could Be Mathier
While crafting nature runes, I saw a cheeky, little monkey. He did not throw his poop at me and I was grateful.
I could not get spider carcasses, either through buying or killing spiders, so I resorted to dreadfowl and got 16 summoning. It gave me 2 combat levels. Combat 107 = fear me. Mwuhahaha!1!!!!
As to the math. Here is what I figured out cost-wise with summoning (number of shards vs. XP). Oh, and Jagex is halving the price of shards sometime this week. Lol, I read the recent summoning post from the front page and learned summoned creatures are supposed to help me make money. I haven't ever been a fan of summoned creatures since my husband introduced me to Dungeons and Dragons.
Here's a chart (hopefully) with the shards-to-experience ratio:
GOLD CHARMS
Spirit Wolf ~ lvl 1 ~ .6857
Dreadfowl ~ lvl 4 ~ 1.1625
Spirit Spider ~ lvl 10 ~ 1.575
Thorny Snail ~ lvl 13 ~ 1.4
Granite Crab ~ lvl 16 ~ 3.057
Bull Ant ~ lvl 40 ~ 4.8
Spirit Terrorbird ~ lvl 52 ~ 5.7
Barker Toad ~ lvl 66 ~ 8.7
War Tortoise ~ lvl 67 ~ 58.6
Arctic Bear ~ 71 ~ 6.6571
GREEN CHARMS
Desert Wyrm ~ lvl 18 ~ .6933~
Compost Mound ~ lvl 28 ~ 1.0595
Beaver ~ lvl 33 ~ .8
Macaw ~ lvl 41 ~ .9282
Spirit Cockatrice* ~ lvl 43 ~ .8545
Magpie ~ lvl 47 ~ .9454
Abyssal Parasite ~ lvl 54 ~ .8943
Ibis ~ lvl 56 ~ .9064
Abyssal Lurker ~ lvl 62 ~ 1.3714
Bunyip ~ lvl 68 ~ 1.0836
Fruit Bat ~ lvl 69 ~ .9323
Giant Ent ~ lvl 78 ~ 1.4553
Hydra ~ lvl 80 ~ 1.1
Unicorn Stallion ~ lvl 88 ~ 1.1028
*Jagex notes in the KB that the name varies. Possibly due to different eggs (raven, vulture, penguin, etc.)
CRIMSON CHARMS
Spirit Scorpion ~ lv 19 ~ 1.4596
Vampire Bate ~ lvl 31 ~ 1.6790
Honey Badger ~ lvl 32 ~ 1.6761
Evil Turnip ~ lvl 42 ~ 1.7769
Bloated Leech ~ lvl 49 ~ 1.8393
Smoke Devil ~ lvl 61 ~ 1.9007
Spirit Cobra ~ lvl 63 ~ 2.3862
Stranger Plant ~ lvl 64 ~ 2.2
Granite Lobster ~ lvl 74 ~ 1.9614
Praying Mantis ~ lvl 75 ~ 1.9619
Spirit Dagannoth ~ lvl 82 ~ 364.8
Wolpertinger ~ lvl 92 ~ 1.9940
Pack Yak ~ lvl 96 ~ 2.0018
BLUE CHARMS
Albino Rat ~ lvl 23 ~ 2.69866~
Spirit Kalaphite ~ lvl 25 ~ 4.3137
Bronze Minotaur ~ lvl 36 ~ 3.1058
Iron Minotaur ~ lvl 46 ~ 3.2384
Spirit Jelly ~ lvl 55 ~ 3.2052
Steel Minotaur ~ lvl 56 ~ 3.4950
Karamthulu Overlord ~ lvl 58 ~ 3.544~
Mithril Minotaur ~ lvl 66 ~ 3.8210
Adamant Minotaur ~ lvl 76 ~ 4.644~
Rune Minotaur ~ lvl 86 ~ 756.8
I used the information available in the KB. Since I'm such a low level, I don't feel comfortable putting up advice on the "best" way to level summoning. Keep in mind that everyone else (and their dog) are out there killing monsters for charms and components. Zybez's Shop Database is a great way to find out if a component is available at a store. Items such as raw beef/rat/chicken, harpoons, jugs of water, bronze claws, bananas and compost are unlimited supplies in some shops. And if you haven't done Hand in the Sand quest yet, this might be a good time to do it for the reward of 84 buckets of sand every 24 hours from Bert.
I could not get spider carcasses, either through buying or killing spiders, so I resorted to dreadfowl and got 16 summoning. It gave me 2 combat levels. Combat 107 = fear me. Mwuhahaha!1!!!!
As to the math. Here is what I figured out cost-wise with summoning (number of shards vs. XP). Oh, and Jagex is halving the price of shards sometime this week. Lol, I read the recent summoning post from the front page and learned summoned creatures are supposed to help me make money. I haven't ever been a fan of summoned creatures since my husband introduced me to Dungeons and Dragons.
Here's a chart (hopefully) with the shards-to-experience ratio:
GOLD CHARMS
Spirit Wolf ~ lvl 1 ~ .6857
Dreadfowl ~ lvl 4 ~ 1.1625
Spirit Spider ~ lvl 10 ~ 1.575
Thorny Snail ~ lvl 13 ~ 1.4
Granite Crab ~ lvl 16 ~ 3.057
Bull Ant ~ lvl 40 ~ 4.8
Spirit Terrorbird ~ lvl 52 ~ 5.7
Barker Toad ~ lvl 66 ~ 8.7
War Tortoise ~ lvl 67 ~ 58.6
Arctic Bear ~ 71 ~ 6.6571
GREEN CHARMS
Desert Wyrm ~ lvl 18 ~ .6933~
Compost Mound ~ lvl 28 ~ 1.0595
Beaver ~ lvl 33 ~ .8
Macaw ~ lvl 41 ~ .9282
Spirit Cockatrice* ~ lvl 43 ~ .8545
Magpie ~ lvl 47 ~ .9454
Abyssal Parasite ~ lvl 54 ~ .8943
Ibis ~ lvl 56 ~ .9064
Abyssal Lurker ~ lvl 62 ~ 1.3714
Bunyip ~ lvl 68 ~ 1.0836
Fruit Bat ~ lvl 69 ~ .9323
Giant Ent ~ lvl 78 ~ 1.4553
Hydra ~ lvl 80 ~ 1.1
Unicorn Stallion ~ lvl 88 ~ 1.1028
*Jagex notes in the KB that the name varies. Possibly due to different eggs (raven, vulture, penguin, etc.)
CRIMSON CHARMS
Spirit Scorpion ~ lv 19 ~ 1.4596
Vampire Bate ~ lvl 31 ~ 1.6790
Honey Badger ~ lvl 32 ~ 1.6761
Evil Turnip ~ lvl 42 ~ 1.7769
Bloated Leech ~ lvl 49 ~ 1.8393
Smoke Devil ~ lvl 61 ~ 1.9007
Spirit Cobra ~ lvl 63 ~ 2.3862
Stranger Plant ~ lvl 64 ~ 2.2
Granite Lobster ~ lvl 74 ~ 1.9614
Praying Mantis ~ lvl 75 ~ 1.9619
Spirit Dagannoth ~ lvl 82 ~ 364.8
Wolpertinger ~ lvl 92 ~ 1.9940
Pack Yak ~ lvl 96 ~ 2.0018
BLUE CHARMS
Albino Rat ~ lvl 23 ~ 2.69866~
Spirit Kalaphite ~ lvl 25 ~ 4.3137
Bronze Minotaur ~ lvl 36 ~ 3.1058
Iron Minotaur ~ lvl 46 ~ 3.2384
Spirit Jelly ~ lvl 55 ~ 3.2052
Steel Minotaur ~ lvl 56 ~ 3.4950
Karamthulu Overlord ~ lvl 58 ~ 3.544~
Mithril Minotaur ~ lvl 66 ~ 3.8210
Adamant Minotaur ~ lvl 76 ~ 4.644~
Rune Minotaur ~ lvl 86 ~ 756.8
I used the information available in the KB. Since I'm such a low level, I don't feel comfortable putting up advice on the "best" way to level summoning. Keep in mind that everyone else (and their dog) are out there killing monsters for charms and components. Zybez's Shop Database is a great way to find out if a component is available at a store. Items such as raw beef/rat/chicken, harpoons, jugs of water, bronze claws, bananas and compost are unlimited supplies in some shops. And if you haven't done Hand in the Sand quest yet, this might be a good time to do it for the reward of 84 buckets of sand every 24 hours from Bert.
