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Introduction

Summoning isn't just for show. There are a number of summoning familiars that provide incredibly useful abilities in and out of combat. Gaining level 68, 96, or 99 summoning, in particular, can dramatically improve your combat abilities. Additionally, summoning familiars never expire or need to be renewed, so a single pouch can last for ever. This page lists all of the familiars with functional abilities.

Familiars not on this list are cosmetic only - they have no function and their scrolls will not work.

To use a scroll, click on the summoning icon. If you have sufficient points and the ability is not on cooldown, then it will activate.

Combat Familiars

Unlike in RuneScape, familiars in Grinderscape do not have auto-attacks. The only way for a familiar to fight is through the use of a scroll that causes it to do damage to a target. Currently, only one familiar has such a scroll - the Steel Titan:

Familiar	Name	Level	Special Move	Cost
	Steel Titan	99	4 fast attacks, each with a max hit of 24	19 Summoning Points

There is a 4.8-second "cooldown" period between uses of Steel Titan scrolls.

Healing Familiars

Familiar	Name	Level	Special Move	Cost
	Bunyip	68	Passively heals 1-15 hp every 15 seconds	None
	Unicorn Stallion	88	Heals 15% of max hitpoints	19 Summoning Points

There is a 2.4-second "cooldown" period between uses of Unicorn Stallion scrolls.

Beasts of Burden

Storage for Combat

One of the most common categories of familiar is the Beast of Burden. Beasts of burden simply provide extra inventory slots by holding onto all types of food, potions, and bones for you. You can withdraw and deposit from them exactly like a bank.

Familiar	Name	Level	Slots	Special Move
	Thorny Snail	13	3	None
	Spirit Kalphite	25	6	None
	Bull Ant	40	9	None
	Spirit Terrorbird	52	12	Restores run energy
	War Tortoise	67	18	None
	Pack Yak	96	30	Use an item on the familiar to bank it instantly once every 5 minutes

Using certain items on the Pack Yak, such as potions, may cause all of that item in your inventory to be banked at once, rather than one at a time.

Storage for Runecrafting

The Abyssal summoning creatures act very similar to the regular beasts of burden, however, they can only store rune/pure essence. There is no real advantage to using these to train runecrafting.

Familiar	Name	Level	Slots	Special Move
	Abyssal Parasite	54	7	None
	Abyssal Lurker	62	12	None
	Abyssal Titan	93	20	None