Ibis

Ibis

Level	56
Duration (min)	38
Points cost	6
Abilities	Forager - produces Swordfish and Tuna while summoner is fishing Fishing boost (3) - invisible
Special moves	Fish rain
Race	Bird
Combat level	Non-combatant
Life Points	N/A
Immune to poison?	N/A
Attack Style	N/A
Maximum hit	N/A
Examine text	I wonder if it uses the 'Crane' technique.

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The Ibis is a summoning familiar which requires level 56 Summoning to use. Although the Ibis does not aid in combat, it assists a player with an invisible Fishing boost of 3 levels.

Note: As with any invisible boost, it does not grant abilities above the player's level (e.g., the ability to catch new kinds of fish). It does, however, increase the success rate of catching fish.

While the player is fishing, the Ibis will forage tuna and swordfish. The Ibis produces fish when the player fishes at any fishing spot, and can hold up to 30 fish. (however this is very unlikely without renewing it a few times) Each time the Ibis catches a swordfish, you gain 10 Fishing experience. This is unaffected by the use of swordfish gloves or the sacred clay harpoon. Players do not gain Fishing experience each time the Ibis forages a tuna.

Interestingly, whenever you are aided by your Ibis companion while practising the art of Barbarian fishing using a Barbarian rod, or net fishing inside the Piscatoris Fishing Colony, it tends to only produce swordfish. The Ibis also catches only swordfish while the player is fishing in Shilo Village, Living Rock Caverns, Catherby , and on Jatizso.

Ibis pouch

Ibis pouch

	Shards	Shard cost	Charm	Tertiary
	109	2,725 coins	Green	Harpoon
	Create XP	Use XP	Low Alch	Hi Alch	GE Price
	98.8	1.1	1,259 coins	1,889 coins	coins (info)
	GE Database	Cost to make	Bogrog shard return		Shard return level
	Look up price	2,888 coins	77 (  1,925)		62
	Examine text
	I can summon an ibis familiar with this.

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An ibis pouch is created by using an summoning obelisk with an empty pouch, 109 spirit shards, a green charm and a normal harpoon in the player's inventory.

Gerret in Port Sarim sells 1000 Harpoons at 45 gp each and is right next to the Port Sarim lodestone, as an alternative to buying them on the Grand Exchange.

A barb-tail harpoon does not work in creating this familiar. If players exchange their ibis pouches with Bogrog, they will receive 77 spirit shards per pouch.

Fish rain scroll

Fish rain scroll

Fish rain scroll	Create XP	Use XP	Special move points
	1.1	1.1	12
	Low Alch	High Alch	GE Price
	125 coins	188 coins	coins (info)
	GE Database	Bogrog shard return	Shard return level
	Look up price	6 (  150)	62
	Examine text
	A scroll for a ibis familiar.

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A player activating the Fish Rain special move.

Fish rain is the special move of the ibis. The special move makes fish (raw shrimp, bass, cod, and mackerel) fall out of the sky. Fish Rain can be activated by having a Fish rain scroll in the player's inventory. Using the scroll costs 12 special points. It can be used 5 times before the player will have to wait for the special to raise. If cast in a player owned house it will not generate fish.

Dialogue

This article on a Summoning familiar has an associated dialogue page. Click here for a transcript of possible conversations with this familiar.

Trivia

• The ibis's examine text, "I wonder if it uses the 'Crane' technique," is a reference to the Crane style of many martial arts and to the movie "The Karate Kid".
• Many birds that look like the ibis are sometimes referred to as 'Crane birds' because of their long necks and beaks, which could be one reason for its examine text.
• The ibis' special move is similar to that of the spirit spider, fruit bat, and Macaw.
• While fishing, the ibis could sometimes disappear without warning. This has yet to be fixed.