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Summoning is critical World 6 Idleon skill with vast and powerful account bonuses for past and future worlds. This guide optimises your progress with the summoning stone locations for bosses, a doublers tier list for priority upgrades and battle strategies.
Table of Contents:
– Summoning Stone Locations
– Best Upgrades/Doubler Priorities
– Summoning Strategies
– Summoning Tips
Summoning Stone Locations (Summoning Bosses)
These bosses provide a multiplier to the associated colour summoning upgrades and are essentially a damage check to see if you can defeat the boss within a time limit using your familiars. After defeating a boss they can be challenged again with a higher health pool for an additional multiplier.
| Summoning Colour (Base HP) | Area | Location |
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| White (250k) |  Bamboo Laboredge |
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| Green (1M) |  Lightway Path |
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| Yellow (150M) |  Yolkrock Basin |
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| Blue (10M) |  Equinox Valley |
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| Purple (4M) |  Jelly Cube Bridge |
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| Red (40M) |  Crawly Catacombs |
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| Cyan (500M) |  Emperor’s Castle Doorstep |
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Best Upgrades/Doubler Priorities
These are the priority upgrades and Summoning Doublers tier list once available split between essence generation and combat setups in approximate order.
Essence Generation Priority
Consider your own account progression as the strongest essence generation in each colour will change slightly based on your summoning level and coloured wins. You can click on the specific upgrade to see which one is stronger to double if you have limited Summoning Doublers.
| Upgrade Name (Essence) | Effect |
|---|---|
 Timely Essence (Cyan) |
The generation of all essence colours is increased by +(5%/Lvl) for every Endless Summoning victory you have. |
 Teal Knowledge (Teal) |
+(1%/Lvl) Teal Essence generation per Summoning LV you have. |
 Teal Tirade (Teal) |
+(5%/Lvl) Teal Essence generated per hour for each Teal circuit win. |
 Cyan Knowledge (Cyan) |
+(1%/Lvl) Cyan Essence generation per Summoning LV you have. |
 Cyan Essence King (Cyan) |
+(5%/Lvl) Cyan Essence generated per hour for each Cyan circuit win. |
 Red Knowledge (Red) |
+(1%/Lvl) Red Essence generation per Summoning LV you have. |
 Red Essence Ragin (Red) |
+(5%/Lvl) Red Essence generated per hour for each Red circuit win. |
 Purple Knowledge (Purple) |
+(1%/Lvl) Purple Essence generation per Summoning LV you have. |
 Purp Essence Pumpin’ (Purple) |
+(5%/Lvl) Purple Essence generated per hour for each Purple circuit win. |
 Blue Knowledge (Blue) |
+(1%/Lvl) Blue Essence generation per Summoning LV you have. |
 Blue Essence Ballin’ (Blue) |
+(5%/Lvl) Blue Essence generated per hour for each Blue circuit win. |
 Yellow Knowledge (Yellow) |
+(1%/Lvl) Yellow Essence generation per Summoning LV you have. |
 Yellow Essence Winnin’ (Yellow) |
+(5%/Lvl) Yellow Essence generated per hour for each Yellow circuit win. |
 Green Knowledge (Green) |
+(1%/Lvl) Green Essence generation per Summoning LV you have. |
 Green Essence Victor (Green) |
+(1%/Lvl) Green Essence generated per hour for each Green circuit win. |
 White Essence Champ (White) |
+(5%/Lvl) White Essence generated per hour for each win across all colours. |
 White Knowledge (White) |
+(1%/Lvl) White Essence generation per Summoning LV you have. |
 Cost Laundering (Teal) |
Reduces the cost of all Summoning Upgrades by +(1%/Lvl) for every 100 total summoning upgrades purchased. |
 Sell Sell Sell (Teal) |
All Summoning upgrades cost (3%/Lvl) less Essence. |
 Cost Deflation (Cyan) |
All Summoning upgrades cost (2%/Lvl) less Essence. |
 Cost Crashing (Red) |
All Summoning upgrades cost (1%/Lvl) less Essence. |
 Cyan Summoning (Red) |
Unlocks the Cyan Summoning Stone, and begins generating Cyan Essence. Also, +(10%/Lvl) Cyan Essence per hour |
 Red Summoning (Purple) |
Unlocks the Red Summoning Stone, and begins generating Red Essence. Also, +(10%/Lvl) Red Essence per hour |
 Purple Summoning (Blue) |
Unlocks the Purple Summoning Stone, and begins generating Purple Essence. Also, +(10%/Lvl) Blue Essence per hour |
 Blue Summoning (Yellow) |
Unlocks the Blue Summoning Stone, and begins generating Blue Essence. Also, +(10%/Lvl) Blue Essence per hour |
 Yellow Summoning (Green) |
Unlocks the Yellow Summoning Stone, and begins generating Yellow Essence. Also, +(10%/Lvl) Yellow Essence per hour |
 Green Summoning (White) |
Unlocks the Green Summoning Stone, and begins generating Green Essence. Also, +(10%/Lvl) Green Essence per hour |
Combat Priority
The combat priority is to maximise damage, utility and then some of the larger health boosts available and at lower Summoning Doubler levels when you can’t double everything you want a balance of all 3. The order will depend slightly on your strongest upgrades at the time so check your own account to see which one of the similar upgrade types (like % damage) is most powerful to double.
For example while the Teal upgrades are stronger on a per level basis the cost is significant so cheaper essence types like Cyan, Red and Purple will generally be stronger as you can reach higher levels. There are also Teal upgrades that increase in power as you progress in endless summoning and total summoning upgrades so their strength will vary.
| Upgrade Name (Essence) | Effect |
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 Hundredaire (Teal) |
If you have 100x the mana cost of a unit when summoned, you’ll multiply Unit Damage by +(1%/Lvl) for the rest of the match! |
 Units of Destruction (Cyan) |
Increases the DMG of all summoned units in competition by +(10%/Lvl) |
 Merciless Units (Red) |
Increases the DMG of all summoned units in competition by a brand new multiplier of +(8%/Lvl) |
 Brutal Units (Purple) |
Increases the DMG of all summoned units in competition by +(3%/Lvl) |
 Infinite Damage (Cyan) |
The DMG of all summoned units is increased by +(2%/Lvl) for every Endless Summoning victory you have. |
 Damage Laundering (Cyan) |
Boosts the DMG of all summoned units by +(1%/Lvl) for every 100 total summoning upgrades purchased. |
 Unit Obliteration (Teal) |
Increases the DMG of all summoned units in compeition by +(50%/Lvl) |
 Seeing Red (Red) |
When an enemy crosses your line and damages you, all units get (1%/Lvl) DMG for the rest of the fight. This stacks every time an enemy crosses your line. |
 Sharpened Spikes (Yellow) |
Spikes damage is increased by 100% of your base unit damage. |
 Serrated Spikes (Teal) |
Spike damage is increased by (1%/Lvl) |
 Final Card (Purple) |
If you play every card in your hand, get +(1%/Lvl) Mana Regen per card played. Playing Multi-Number cards counts multiple times for this! |
 Mana Generation (White) |
During competition, mana generation is +(2%/Lvl) higher than normal |
 Manaranarr (Blue) |
During competition, mana generation is +(2%/Lvl) higher than normal. |
 Mana Dividends (Purple) |
During competition, mana generation is +(2%/Lvl) higher than normal. |
 Starting Mana frfr (Green) |
Start each competition with +(1/Lvl) more mana |
 Jeweled Cards (Blue) |
(6%/Lvl) chance to draw a Jeweled variant of any card, which costs 3x Mana but spawns 4x Units! |
 Re-Draw (Yellow) |
Unlocks the Re-Draw button, allowing you to instantly redraw all your cards for a cost… but you get the first (1/Lvl) for free! |
 Infinite Health (Teal) |
The HP of all summoned units is increased by +(2%/Lvl) for every Endless Summoning victory you have. |
 HP Laundering (Teal) |
Boosts the HP of all summoned units by +(1%/Lvl) for every 100 total summoning upgrades purchased. |
 Undying Units (Cyan) |
Increases the HP of all summoned units in competition by +(14%/Lvl) |
 Glombolic Units (Teal) |
Embiggens your units, glombolicizing their health by a homogonic +(100%/Lvl) emulcified pediatrician. |
 Unit Blood (Red) |
Increases the HP of all summoned units in competition by a brand new multiplier of +(10%/Lvl) |
 Unit Constitution (Yellow) |
Increases the HP of all summoned units in competition by +(5%/Lvl) |
Summoning Strategies
Summoning strategies change as you progress and unlock new Summoning familiars or utility upgrades which can be combined below. These strategies are for stone and endless battles as the summoning boss stone strategy is to simply spam as many units as possible to pass the damage check.
Initial Strategy
Early Summoning battles are generally straight forward as your health and attack values will be high enough to defeat the enemies so you can focus on summoning in places that block your opponent. When this starts to become difficult you can usually win by spamming units at the bottom of the battle screen to overwhelm your opponent before they can reduce your health points.
Strategy With Mana Overflow (Green Essence Upgrade)
Once you unlock the Mana Overflow upgrade in green essence upgrades wait to summon any units to allow this upgrade to increase maximum mana and mana regeneration significantly. When you are close to losing all your health points start spamming units to push back the opponent and win. This spamming is also buffed later with Final Card purple essence upgrade which increases mana regeneration every time you clear your hand and Hundredaire teal essence upgrade which increases unit damage if your mana is 100x the cost of the summoned unit.
Strategy With Spiked Placement (Green Essence Upgrade)
Once Spiked Placement is unlocked when summoning a unit it will create a small area of effect damage field around your cursor/finger which significantly boosts damage output and further buffed when Serrated Spikes cyan essence upgrade is unlocked. Focus this attack towards the largest concentration of opponent familiars or for boss battles always on the boss itself.
Strategy With Redraw (Yellow Essence Upgrade) and Sparkie (Red Essence Upgrade)
When these two upgrades are unlocked using redraws strategically is an important strategy. While accumulating Mana Overflow you can reroll your cards to get a strong starting hand with at least one Sparkie as these are the best attacking familiar for area of effect damage and knockback. This is one of the notable random elements of summoning battles and depending on your luck with initial and subsequent Sparkies can change a battle from impossible to easy.
Strategy With Seeing Red (Red Essence Upgrade)
This upgrade pairs perfectly with previous strategies once unlocked as it provides a massive attack buff for any health point damage you have taken. This once again combines with the Mana Overflow strategy as waiting to summon your own familiars will build mana and damage at the same time.
Endless Strategies
Endless Summoning is unlocked with a Cyan essence upgrade and provides endless battles for players against increasingly powerful opponents for even stronger bonuses including stamp levels, Equinox max level, meal bonus multiplier and summoning winner bonuses multiplier. Progress here is somewhat time gated as you need to develop your overall summoning power to progress but there are particular strategies you can combine with the above strategies for improved odds:
| Endless Modifier | Effect | Strategy |
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| Extra Time | I’ve doubled our health points so we can play longer. | Use the extra health for higher Seeing Red bonuses to increase your damage. |
| Fair Play | No lane stacking! When you hurt me, all your units in that lane take damage. | A difficult modifier that rewards careful timing of familiar summoning, it can be useful to stack your Bloomy familiars in one area and then ensure that all your attacks are on a different vertical area so that you do not lose your mana regeneration each time you deal damage. If you know that Fair Play is about to trigger then you can wait to summon familiars or place them elsewhere instead. |
| Fast Forward | All of our units, yours and mine, move at 170% speed. | Be careful of the extra speed while building up Seeing Red bonuses as units can reduce your health quicker than normal. |
| Invincibility | Just let me play my units, I will forfeit one health each time, but you must deal the final blow. | A defensive focused modifier the value of Bloomy and Guardio increases so you can target them with early redraws but don’t forget to still build Seeing Red. As any summoning units that reach the end of the battle area are wasted you can try summon units slower to match your opponent which saves mana for one final push to deal the final blow. |
| Slow Motion | All units, both yours and my own, move at 60% speed. | No notable strategy changes but these will take longer to complete. |
| Offside Rules | When you hurt me, all your minions beyond the midfield perish. | Be careful with the timing of your familiars they can go to waste when you deal damage to your opponent. The challenge risk with this modifier is that when the offside rule triggers you are overwhelmed by your opponent so consider saving Sparkies in your hand if you know it’s about to trigger as this will give you a boost afterwards to recover. |
| Triple Overtime | Ten times the health points. I wanna see your deck’s lategame viability. | Similar to extra time use the extra health for additional Seeing Red buffs. |
| Zerg Surprise | You best be ready, I’m playing all my minions on turn 1! | Lowers the time to build up Mana Overflow or Redraw and be careful while using Seeing Red as your health reduces quickly. |
| Uno Draw 7 | You’re playing with a 7 card hand. It’s more fun this way, trust me you’ll love it! | Redrawing early to stack multiple Sparkies in your hand is more powerful as you can see more cards than usual. |
| Glass Cannon | You have but a single health point, as do I. | Cannot build up Seeing Red so your damage will be significantly lower. Try to rush your opponent if possible as they only have a single health point otherwise focus on defensive play to hold your enemy then focus a particular row to push through. |
| Truce | No mods, no effects, no tricks. I want a proper match this time. | No strategy changes from normal battles. |
Summoning Tips
- Upgrade Priority: Always prioritise purchasing essence generation from the respective summoning colour upgrades as this will compound into future gains. Other upgrades are still important though once you can no longer afford essence upgrades with many useful utility and general health/damage upgrades. The Arcane Cultist also has the Essential Essence talent which lowers the cost of upgrades based on your total Summoning upgrades.
- Always Buy Familiars: The white essence familiar purchase resets every four days and is the source of base Summoning experience. Always buy these when they are available as summoning level will boost essence generation and eventually can increase the strength of all star signs once you unlock Seraph star sign tier. A World 7 Legend Talent and an Arcane Cultist talent also increase the number of familiars purchasable for additional summoning experience gain.
- Use Daily Attempts: Summoning battles have elements of luck involved including the familiar cards that you draw and the location the enemy summons familiars so if you barely lose a fight make sure you are using all of your daily attempts to try again for hopefully better luck.
- Store Summoning Experience: As Summoning experience is only added to your characters when you walk into the summoning area it is possible to accumulate experience and only claim when your experience multiplier is higher. This is an advanced tactic that can be useful if you are close to unlocking a large experience boost such as the stamp, card, meal or vial. Experience can also be accumulated into the World 2 Bonus Ballot is Summoning EXP as you reach higher summoning levels that are harder to obtain.
- Boss Battles: Don’t forget about the boss stone battles if you hit a wall as these strong multipliers to each essence colour can help give you a significant boost to progress.
- Swap your Summoning Doublers: When you unlock Summoning Doublers from the Gambit Cavern in World 5 don’t forget that these can be reset at the Lamp. This allows you to focus on essence generation upgrades for a period of time for large essence gain and then swap to damage or utility upgrades while you push battles as far as possible. Once you hit a battle wall swap back to essence generation summoning doublers for a few days and repeat the process.
