Call Familiar (920)

Call Familiar (920) Mnemonic [FAMILIAR] Base Duration 1200 sec Added Duration 60 sec per Wizard Base rank Span Refreshable Utility Magic   Components Can use, but not required  Availability Self-cast

Wizard Base Spells Minor Shock (901) Attack Minor Elemental Edge (902) Offensive Minor Water (903) Attack Minor Acid (904) Attack Prismatic Guard (905) Defensive Minor Fire (906) Attack Major Cold (907) Attack Major Fire (908) Attack Tremors (909) Attack Major Shock (910) Attack Mass Blur (911) Defensive Call Wind (912) Attack Melgorehn's Aura (913) Defensive Sandstorm (914) Attack Weapon Fire (915) Attack Invisibility (916) Utility Earthen Fury (917) Attack Duplicate (918) Utility Wizard's Shield (919) Defensive Call Familiar (920) Utility Enchant (925) Utility Familiar Gate (930) Utility Core Tap (950) Utility

Call Familiar enables a wizard to summon an animal to their side as a companion. Cast unaided, the spell calls out to the nearest appropriate animal in the region, resulting in an arbitrary familiar. The duration of the effect may be refreshed in order to retain a particular familiar over an extended period of time.

Call Familiar is used in conjunction with Familiar Gate (930) for easy transport to wherever the familiar is located.

Commands

Familiars are controlled using the TELL verb.

TELL FAMILIAR	Description
LOOK [player, object, creature]	look through a familiar's eyes
READ	read an object in the room it is in
ANCHOR	sets an anchor room for the familiar to return to (50 Water Lore ranks)
GO ANCHOR	familiar will return to the set anchor room
GO - ENTER - CLIMB	move in a direction, traverse a portal, or send a familiar into a home
SAY	speak through a familiar
GET	pick up and hold a small item
DROP	drop a held item
FIND	search for another character
EMOTE [options]	familiar actions
ACT [options]	set activity level and demeanor of a familiar
STAY	remain in the current room; cease following a character
RETURN	return familiar to caster's room, even when the caster is invisible
WATCH	watch the room a familiar is in
STOP	cease watching the room
RESCUE	send a familiar to look for help when the caster is dead
FLY, LAND, STAND, SIT, SLEEP	more familiar actions
LEAVE	the familiar will leave and the spell will need to be recast

Lore Benefits

Elemental Lore, Air

Every 100 skill bonus of Elemental Lore, Air will decrease the amount of time it takes for a familiar to find a player, with the maximum benefit occurring at 200 skill. Familiars use a "round system" for travel and finding people. A round fluctuates depending on the calculated distance. The lore benefit reduces those rounds.

Elemental Lore, Air ranks	24	100
Approximate % time reduction	25%	50%

Not all thresholds shown, only those provided in release post. Benefit is hard to quantify.

Elemental Lore, Water

50 ranks of Elemental Lore, Water will unlock the ability to set an anchor to the naturally occurring earthnode of a caster's choice. Setting an anchor will allow the mage to TELL FAMILIAR TO GO ANCHOR, and the familiar will return to that room. The controlling mage can set the anchor room remotely through the familiar using TELL FAMILIAR ANCHOR. The anchor is a setting specific to the mage and does not need to be reset when a new familiar is cast. Each mage has one anchor setting.

Binding Rune and Familiar Talismans

A wizard may choose to consistently call the same type of familiar by use the binding rune. Once the wizard has found a fellow wizard to teach him this rune, he must create the binding rune using a brush, ink and blank runestone, all available in the local alchemist shops.

Once the wizard has a binding runestone, he must purchase a familiar talisman from the local Wizard Guild shop.

• WAVE the binding runestone at the familiar talisman in order to prepare it
• WAVE the prepared familiar talisman at the familiar of choice.
• Seal the familiar talisman by casting the Call Familiar spell at it.
• To summon the familiar, cast Call Familiar at the familiar talisman. Each familiar talisman has 20 charges.

Using the GAZE verb to look at a talisman will reveal the familiar the talisman summons.

>gaze my talisman
As your eyes traverse across the grain of an faewood weasel talisman, the misty image of a ragged-eared mangy-furred weasel fills your vision before slowly fading away.

More advanced familiar talismans can be made via Alchemy.

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Familiars

Animal	Locations	Base descriptors*		Secondary descriptors**
Bat	Teras Isle Elven Nations	small	large	short-nosed	bare-backed
		fruit	spotted	little-collar	long-tailed
		pygmy		long-tongued
Cat	Wehnimer's Landing Solhaven River's Rest Icemule Trace Teras Isle Elven Nations	black	calico	blue-eyed	disheveled
		charcoal	ginger	fat	fluffy
		grey	tabby	green-eyed	long-haired
		white		orange-eyed	plump
				shabby	short-haired
				sleek
	Alchemy	silver-eyed pure white
		silver-ruffed charcoal black
Chameleon	Teras Isle Elven Nations	black	brown	large	small
		dwarf	forest
		green	grey
		leaf	mountain
		ochre	spotted
		veiled
Coyote	Alchemy	lithe golden-eyed
Falcon	Wehnimer's Landing Solhaven River's Rest Elven Nations Zul Logoth	long-winged	narrow-winged	large	ruffled
		red-footed	red-necked	sleek	small
Fox	Icemule Trace Aenatumgana Elven Nations	arctic	bat-eared	disheveled	sleek
		black	blue
		desert	grey
		kit	red
		swift
	Alchemy	black-footed plump red
Frog	Wehnimer's Landing River's Rest Teras Isle Zul Logoth	brown	bull	large	plump
		green	green tree	slimy	small
		horned	tree	speckled
	Alchemy	heavy-set bull
Gyrfalcon	Icemule Trace	[no descriptors]
Hare	Icemule Trace	black	broom	black-tailed	white-tailed
		cape	mountain
		red	savanna
		scrub	snowshoe
		woolly
Hawk	Wehnimer's Landing Solhaven River's Rest Elven Nations	black	black-mantled	large	ruffled
		grey-bellied	grey-headed	sleek	small
		red-chested	red-tailed
		spot-tailed	white-bellied
	Alchemy	dappled broad-winged
Jackal	Alchemy	rangy dappled grey
Lemur	Teras Isle	bamboo	black	greater	lesser
		brown	crowned	sleek	small
		dwarf	fork-crowned
		golden	fork-marked
		grey	grey-headed
		mouse	red-bellied
		ring-tailed	red-collared
		ruffled	white-collared
Merlin	Alchemy	slim dove grey
Mouse	Wehnimer's Landing Solhaven River's Rest Teras Isle Elven Nations	black	brown	fat	plump
		field	forest	sleek	tiny
		furry	pocket
		grey	white
		[no descriptor]
Owl	Wehnimer's Landing Solhaven River's Rest Icemule Trace Aenatumgana Elven Nations	barn	pygmy	greater	lesser
		barred	screech	ruffled	sleek
		bay	snowy
		crested	sooty
		eagle	speckled
		elf	spectacled
		grass	spotted
		great white	striped
		grey	tawny
		hawk	white
		horned	white-faced
		maned	wood
		masked
	Alchemy	dark-eyed grey barred
Pelican	Teras Isle	brown	pink-backed	large	ruffled
		white	spot-billed	small	sleek
Penguin	Icemule Trace Aenatumgana	crested	emperor	[no descriptors]
		king	royal
		yellow-eyed	little blue
Pitohui	Teras Isle	rusty	hooded	[no descriptors]
		red-brown	black
		brown	crested
Ptarmigan	Icemule Trace	rock		[no descriptors]
Raven	Wehnimer's Landing Solhaven River's Rest Elven Nations Zul Logoth	[no descriptors]		large	ruffled
				small	sleek
	Alchemy	glossy coal black
Toad	Alchemy	squat pebble-backed
Toucan	Teras Isle	blue	bright blue	black-banded	ivory-billed
		collared	emerald	black-billed	red-billed
		green	hooded	black-necked	red-necked
		speckled	[no descriptor]	blue-banded	spot-billed
				curl-crested	stripe-billed
				fiery-billed	yellow-browed
				grey-breasted	yellow-ridged
				groove-billed
Wolf	Wehnimer's Landing Solhaven River's Rest Icemule Trace Aenatumgana Elven Nations	arctic	blue	[no descriptors]
		great white	grey
	Alchemy	amber-eyed grizzled timber
Air Wyrdling	Requires Attunement: Air Located Anywhere	[no descriptors]		cloudy-eyed	long-eared
				ethereal	long-nosed
				foggy-eyed	soft-featured
				lithe	white-eyed
Earth Wyrdling	Requires Attunement: Earth Located Anywhere	[no descriptors]		amber-eyed	large-nosed
				crumbling	rough
				crystal-eyed	round-eared
				dusty	squat
				dusty-eyed	stout
Fire Wyrdling	Requires Attunement: Fire Located Anywhere	[no descriptors]		angular	sharp-eared
				ember-eyed	sharp-nosed
				lanky	smoky
				red-eyed	smoky-eyed
				scaled	smoldering
Lightning Wyrdling	Requires Attunement: Lightning Located Anywhere	[no descriptors]		angular	nebulous
				hook-nosed	scaled
				jagged-eared	silver-eyed
				lanky	spark-eyed
Water Wyrdling	Requires Attunement: Water Located Anywhere	[no descriptors]		blue-eyed	misty-eyed
				frothy-eyed	sleek
				lithe	small-nosed
				long-eared	smooth
				misty

* - Not all descriptors are found in all areas for a given creature

** - Secondary descriptor may be blank

Sources:

Raelee's Familiars List

Talk:Call Familiar (920)

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Resources

• Runestone
• Familiars (saved posts)
• Wizard Base Spell Circle: Call Familiar, on Play.net
• Officials folder
• Raelee's list of familiars