Gold charm
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| Release date | 15 January 2008 (Update) |
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| Members? | Yes |
| Quest item? | Yes |
| Tradeable? | Only while Dungeoneering |
| Equipable? | No |
| Stacks? | Yes |
| High Alch | 0 coins |
| Low Alch | 0 coins |
| Value | 1 coin |
| Destroy | Drop |
| Store price | 1 coin |
| Examine | A charm used to summon familiars. |
| Weight | 0 kg |
Gold charms are the lowest level charm of the four major types of charms used in the Summoning skill. Common ways to obtain gold charms are as a drop from various monsters, hunting charm sprites, and thieving Dorgesh-Kaan Rich Chests. A less used but effective way of obtaining Gold Charms is to hunt Gelatinous Abombinations, located in the Taverley Slayer Dungeon southeast of the Slayer master, Turael (or Spria). It is possible to receive multiple charms in one drop from higher levelled opponents. Gold charms may also be purchased by using Zeal points obtained from the Soul Wars activity or by visiting the summoning shop in Burthorpe, however isn't recommended due to the high demand of players buying them as soon as they are replenished in the store; one free sample gold charm may be collected in the store however. Players will receive 275 gold charms upon completion of the Wolf Whistle quest that may be used to start training the skill. As gold charms give between 4.8 to 93.2 experience each depending on the pouch made, they are not as popular with higher levelled summoners as other charms due to their lower experience rates. As with the other three major charm types, gold charms may be used in Dungeoneering to summon followers. Other colours of charms are green, crimson, and blue. There was also a 'glitch' in the Dagannoth Lighthouse where there is a gold charm that is dropped but unobtainable; however, some speculate this is a counter measure to bots as they will click on the unobtainable charm for hours.
Familiars
Pouches that require gold charms to make generally need a minimal amount of spirit shards.
Gold charms are used to create pouches for the following familiars:
| Summon Level |
Familiar | Shards | Shard Cost |
Create Pouch XP |
Pouch hi-alch |
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| 1 | Spirit wolf | 7 | 175 | 4.85 | 359 |
| 4 | Dreadfowl | 8 | 200 | 9.3 | 375 |
| 10 | Spirit spider | 8 | 200 | 12.6 | 374 |
| 13 | Thorny snail | 9 | 225 | 12.6 | 389 |
| 16 | Granite crab | 7 | 175 | 21.6 | 359 |
| 17 | Spirit mosquito | 1 | 25 | 46.5 | 269 |
| 40 | Bull ant | 11 | 275 | 52.8 | 419 |
| 52 | Spirit terrorbird | 12 | 300 | 68.4 |
434 |
| 66 | Barker toad | 11 | 275 | 87.0 | 419 |
| 67 | War tortoise | 1 | 25 | 58.6 | 269 |
| 71 | Arctic bear | 14 | 350 | 93.2 | 464 |
Monsters that drop gold charms
Dungeoneering
While dungeoneering, the gold charm can be used to summon each of the types of dungeoneering familiars up to tier 3, or the Naïve versions. It can also be made by using any other types of charms on the summoning obelisk and then selecting "Downgrade to gold charm"
Other Charm Obtaining methods
- Dorgesh-Kaan Average Chest
- Dorgesh-Kaan Rich Chest
- Soul Wars rewards
- Spirit impling loot
- Charm sprite hunting
- Freeing a Fire Spirit
- Completing the Wolf whistle quest quest which gives 275 gold charms.
Trivia
- Gold charms appear in Magestix and Pikkupstix's shop inventories, but they cannot be sold to them, and there is no stock of the item. There is, however, one free sample that can be taken.
- The free sample in Magestix and Pikkupstix's shop inventories could be considered an unlimited source of gold charms, but it would take an extremely long time to even obtain 50.
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