Hunter Charm Sprite Blasting Level 72

The Basics

You can't see them, but they're here

A gnome hunter by the name of Yaktwee Swinmari Cianta (yes, it's a silly name, even by gnome standards) has discovered that the Taverley druids' constant venturing into the Spirit Realm has had an effect on RuneScape. Creatures (or 'critters' as Yaktwee calls 'em) native to the Spirit Realm have 'invaded' an area just south of the Tree Gnome Stronghold, and are 'attacking' the locals...well, the local neverberry bushes at least.

At first, nobody knew what was going on other than the neverberry bushes were dying, which was down to these critters being invisible. It took a long while for Yaktwee, with the aid of Summoning know-it-all Pikkupstix, to pool their knowledge of hunting and summoning together and figure out a way of making these critters visible and, better still, capturing them!

Between them they created the tools for the job - the sprite lure and the Yaktwee stick. If you head over to Yaktwee he'll happily sell you one of each and teach you how to hunt with them, though the process is quite simple. First, you'll need to keep an eye out for any rustling neverberry bushes, so you know some of these 'invizzy critters' are nearby. Then, simply throw your sprite lure at the bush and zap the lure with your Yaktwee stick - this will make any nearby invizzy critters vizzy (er, you'll be able to see them). All that's left now is to give the critters another blast* with the Yaktwee stick and you'll, er...well, that's the weird part.

You see, like familiars, these critters ain't...sorry, aren't real animals - they're actually just a physical projection of the energy contained within the charms used to create summoning pouches. Capturing one with a blast from the Yaktwee stick simply transmutes them back into that energy in the form of a charm slice. If you capture enough charm sprites to get ten charm slices of the same colour (gold, green, crimson or blue), then you can 'combine' those fragments to gain a charm of that colour to use in your Summoning training. Thanks to this effect, Pikkupstix suggested that 'charm sprites' was a better name for them than 'invizzy critters'.

So, to recap: with sprite lure and Yaktwee stick in hand, click on a rustling neverberry bush, then click on your sprite lure, then click on the charm sprites that appear before they get away. Once you have at least ten charm slices of the same colour, 'combine' them to receive a whole charm.

*Please note that no critters, whether vizzy, invizzy or otherwise, were harmed in the making of this content. A certain gnome with a silly moniker is a little on edge...oh, and the neverberry bushes now live in constant fear of being eaten (but that's just bushes for you).

Charm Sprites

Even when you make charm sprites visible, they're still difficult to hit with a blast from a Yaktwee stick. They're fast, small and very jittery, so you'll have to line up your shot quickly before they're out of range and become invisible again. Once you do manage to blast one, it might transmute into a charm slice that flies back at you and straight into your inventory (you don't have to pick anything up). Anyone hunting charm sprites will also find there are a few types, some rarer than others, with the rarer ones granting both more Hunter XP and a greater chance of transmuting into a charm slice (and charm slices of a better type).

Charm sprite	Level required	Experience gained
Gleaelg	72	130
Tranart	72	200
Slithtils	72	400

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