Summon

A summon is a friendly NPC ally or object created via skills, consumables, items and equipment such as runes or sigils. Many professions and their elite specializations have skills and mechanics designed around summons.

Types of summon[edit]

Allies

Summoned allies, or companions, are non-player characters allied to the player. These NPCs can be targeted by foes and allies alike, and as such have their own health bar. Summoned allies have their own set of attributes, typically based off the level of the player. Mesmer illusions will gain some attributes based on the player's attributes.

Objects

Like all objects, most summoned objects can be interacted with and have a yellow health bar, if applicable. Most players will encounter summoned objects through conjure weapons, banners, and bundles from consumable items. Static objects include turrets and siege weapons, the latter of which can be interacted with. Summoned objects are considered allied NPCs for the purposes of certain ally-targeted skills.

Sources[edit]

Profession skills[edit]

All professions have access to a summon of some kind, although they may have different interactions with specific game mechanics.

Summon	Profession / Elite Specialization
Elementals Conjure weapons	Elementalist
Turrets	Engineer
Spirit Weapons	Guardian
Jade Mech CJ-1	Mechanist
Illusions	Mesmer
Minions	Necromancer
Pets Spirits Lunar Wolf	Ranger
Legendary Renegades	Revenant
Fellow thieves	Thief
Banners	Warrior

Racial skills[edit]

Summon	Skill
SYN-7001 STA-7012	Summon 7-Series Golem
STA-D007	Summon D-Series Golem
Power Suit	Summon Power Suit
Charr Warband	Warband Support
Hounds of Balthazar	Hounds of Balthazar
Snow Wurm	Call Wurm
Healing Seed	Healing Seed
Seed Turret	Seed Turret
Druid Spirit	Summon Druid Spirit
Sylvan Hound	Summon Sylvan Hound
Five Seed Turrets	Take Root
Mistfire Wolf	Mistfire Wolf

Consumables[edit]

Note that apart from the turret and mortar, the summoned allies listed here are active for a maximum of 5 minutes. All except the Shadow Mender have a 30 minute cooldown before they can be used again.
A maximum of 2 allies (NPCs) and 2 objects can be deployed by a single player at any given time. Consumables that summon NPCs can be combined in any way, while for consumables that spawn objects there are some combinations that only allow for 1 objects to be deployed.

Summon	Consumable
Mortar	Deployable Mortar Kit
Ember	Fire Elemental Powder
Ogre Pet	Ogre Pet Whistle
Thumper Turret	Deployable Thumper Turret
Red, Blue or Yellow Mortar Seed Turret	Mortar Seed Turret
Jade Armor	Pocket Jade Armor
Sunspear Paragon	Sunspear Paragon Support
Cannon	Cannon in a Box
Shadow Mender	Shadow Mender
Raven Spirit Shadow	Raven Spirit Shadow