A healing familiar is a familiar that can be summoned to help players quickly regenerate their life points. Healing familiars are usually used by players that are expecting to stay in an area for a prolonged time. Staying in an area for a prolonged time is usually required by Slayer to kill large amounts of monsters, usually in the number of hundreds at a time. With the use of a healing familiar, the amount of time spent in an area without death is greatly increased. {| class="wikitable"