Black salamander
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| Black salamander | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Released | 21 November 2006 (Update) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Members | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Quest item | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Properties | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tradeable | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Equipable | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stackable | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Noteable | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Options | Wield, Release | ||||||||||||||||||
| Examine | Slightly slimy and somewhat menacing. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Values | |||||||||||||||||||
| Value | 200 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| High alch | 120 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Low alch | 80 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 4 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Exchange | |||||||||||||||||||
| Exchange | 272 coins (info) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Buy limit | 125 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Daily volume | 1,609 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Advanced data | |||||||||||||||||||
| Item ID | 10148 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Link | MOID | ||||||||||||||||||
The black salamander is the second strongest salamander that can be caught using the Hunter skill at level 67 Hunter, giving 319 experience per catch. They can be found north-east of the Chaos Temple.
It is a two-handed weapon that requires level 70 Attack, Magic, and Ranged to wield, and can be used to train Strength, Magic, and Ranged. Harralander tar is used as ammunition for the salamander.
Despite being able to perform Magic and Ranged attacks, this weapon requires the user to be in the opponent's melee distance to attack, potentially reducing the practicality of the two attack styles. However, it can be used to attack enemies from behind fences, and can also attack enemies in diagonal squares, meaning that safespotting is still possible.
When using the Scorch (Slash) and Blaze (Magic) attack styles, the attack speed is 5. When using the Flare (Range) attack style, the attack speed is 4, which is similar in concept to the Rapid style of most ranged weapons, and it will use standard[1] ranged defence, similar to bows.
Warning: This is a live creature; if unprotected it will run away when you die. Should this happen, you will need to buy or catch a new one.
Combat stats
| +0 | +59 | +0 | +0 | +69 | ||
| +0 | +0 | +0 | +0 | +0 | ||
| Slot | ||||||
| +71 | +0 | +0% | +0 | List | ||
| Combat style | Attack type | Weapon style | Attack speed | Range | Experience | Level boost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scorch | Slash | Aggressive | 5 ticks (3.0s) | 1 tile | +3 Strength | ||
| Flare | Standard | Accurate | 4 ticks (2.4s) | 1 tile | None | ||
| Blaze | Magic | Defensive | 5 ticks (3.0s) | 1 tile | +3 Defence | ||
Chance to hit
Each attack style uses its own respective attack bonus (Slash, Range, Magic) when calculating a successful hit. Players looking to use two or more attack styles should take care in selecting equipment that does not penalize those attack bonuses.
Experience
Due to the nature of salamanders, combat experience is rewarded normally. However you will get less magic experience per attack because there isn't a base experience amount per cast as with other spells.
| Combat Style | Type | Experience |
|---|---|---|
| Scorch | Slash | |
| Flare | Ranged | |
| Blaze | Magic |
Maximum hit
For melee mode the strength bonus of the salamander is used, which is 71 (same as a dragon longsword).
For ranged mode the ranged strength bonus of the tar is used to decide the maximum hit. The black salamander uses harralander tars which have a ranged strength bonus of 49 (same as rune arrows).
The maximum hit for magic mode uses the "magic damage bonus" of the salamander. This bonus is not visible in the equipment stats, but is equal to 92 for the black salamander. Damage boosting items such as the slayer helmet (i) and occult necklace can be used to increase the max hit.
The max hit (Hitmax) formula for salamanders is as shown in fig.1, where "Magic" is your visible magic level and "Bonus" is the "magic strength bonus" for the salamander, in this case 92. This gives us the formula for the black salamander as shown in fig.2.
The table below shows maximum hits from level 70 to level 125. Like all other magic attacks, the max hit damage can be increased by using magic damage boosting equipment.
| Max Hit | |
|---|---|
| 70–71 | 17 |
| 72–75 | 18 |
| 76–79 | 19 |
| 80–84 | 20 |
| 85–88 | 21 |
| 89–92 | 22 |
| 93–96 | 23 |
| 97–100 | 24 |
| 101–104 | 25 |
| 105–108 | 26 |
| 109-112 | 27 |
| 113-116 | 28 |
| 117-121 | 29 |
| 122-125 | 30 |
Item sources
| Source | Level | Quantity | Rarity | League region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black salamander (Hunter) | 67 | 1 | Always |
Treasure Trails
| Tier | Emotes | STASH location | Items | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elite | Salute | Warriors' Guild bank | 272 |
Sound effects
| Sound | Name | Description | ID |
|---|---|---|---|
equip_salamander |
Wielding | 732 | |
salamander_flame |
Attacking, with slash | 738 | |
salamander_blaze |
Attacking, with standard | 736 | |
salamander_scorch |
Attacking, with magic | 740 | |
salamander_belch |
Unused | 734 | |
salamander_blast |
Unused | 735 |
Comparison between other weapons
Ranged
| Name | Ranged attack | Ranged strength (Max ammo) |
Price | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twisted bow | +70 | +20 (+80) |
1,406,366,161 |
| ||
| Zaryte crossbow | +110 | (+122) | 356,941,709 |
| ||
| Bow of Faerdhinen | +128 | +106 | 106,792,343 |
| ||
| Venator bow | +90 | +25 (+85) |
70,841,220 |
| ||
| Scorching bow | +124 | +40 (+100) |
30,770,431[n 1] |
| ||
| Toxic blowpipe | +30 | +20 (+55) |
10,256,099 |
| ||
| Heavy ballista | +125 | +15 (+165) |
1,015,721 |
| ||
| Eclipse atlatl | +87 | +40 (Melee) | 784,654 |
| ||
| Armadyl crossbow | +100 | (+122) | 34,180,711 |
| ||
| Dragon hunter crossbow | +95 | (+122) | 31,832,007 |
| ||
| Crystal bow | +100 | +78 | 481,365[n 2] |
| ||
| Webweaver bow | +85 | +65 | 15,683,884 |
| ||
| Karil's crossbow | +84 | (+55) | 98,751 |
| ||
| Hunters' sunlight crossbow | +79 | (+60) | 6,844 |
| ||
| Dragon crossbow | +94 | (+122) | 675,279 |
| ||
| Rune crossbow | +90 | (+115) | 9,232 |
| ||
| Craw's bow | +75 | +60 | 15,400,045 |
| ||
| Dark bow | +95 | (+60) | 705,217 |
| ||
| Magic shortbow | +69 | (+55) | 771 |
| ||
| Magic shortbow (i) | +75 | 33,818 | ||||
| Magic comp bow | +71 | (+55) | 1,931 |
| ||
| Seercull | +69 | (+55) | 45,389 |
| ||
| Magic longbow | +69 | (+55) | 1,130 |
| ||
| Adamant crossbow | +78 | (+100) | 884 |
| ||
| Chinchompas | (Grey) |
+45 | N/A | Varies[n 3] |
| |
(Red) |
+70 | +15 | ||||
(Black) |
+80 | +30 | ||||
| Salamanders | (Green) |
+20 | (+16) | 168 |
| |
(Orange) |
+29 | (+22) | 160 | |||
(Red) |
+47 | (+31) | 38 | |||
(Black) |
+69 | (+49) | 272 | |||
(Tecu) |
+87 | (+60) | 249,716 | |||
| Dorgeshuun crossbow | +42 | (+49) | 2,662 |
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| Shortbows | (Yew) |
+47 | (+49) | 319 |
| |
| Darts | (Adamant) |
N/A | +17 | Varies[n 3] |
| |
| Dwarf multicannon | N/A | N/A | N/A | 742,791 |
| |
Magic
| Name | Level(s) required | Magic attack | Magic damage | Price | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tumeken's shadow | +35 | N/A | 784,560,084 |
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| Eye of ayak | +30 | N/A | 43,001,642 |
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| Harmonised nightmare staff | +16 | +15% | 444,486,738 |
| ||
| Volatile nightmare staff | +16 | +15% | 70,054,795 |
| ||
| Eldritch nightmare staff | +16 | +15% | 154,799,611 |
| ||
| Sanguinesti staff | +25 | N/A | 18,139,722 |
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| Holy Sanguinesti staff | ||||||
| Kodai wand | +28 | +15% | 61,200,341 |
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| Trident of the swamp | +25 | N/A | 3,179,570 |
| ||
| Trident of the swamp (e) | 5,348,960 | |||||
| Purging staff | +37 | +10% | 30,776,983[n 1] |
| ||
| Toxic staff of the dead | +25 | +15% | 8,819,693 |
| ||
| Staff of light | +17 | +15% | 5,262,338 |
| ||
| Staff of balance | +17 | +15% | 29,888,309 |
| ||
| Staff of the dead | +17 | +15% | 5,337,135 |
| ||
| Trident of the seas | +15 | N/A | 39,895 |
| ||
| Trident of the seas (e) | 2,823,003 | |||||
| Slayer's staff (e) | +12 | N/A | 25,871[n 2] |
| ||
| Blue moon spear | +30 | +5% | 368,032 |
| ||
| Nightmare staff | +16 | +15% | 32,313,810 |
| ||
| Ahrim's staff | +15 | +5% | 149,202 |
| ||
| Ancient sceptre | +20 | +10% | 60,687 |
| ||
| Accursed sceptre | +22 | N/A | 3,258,266 |
| ||
| Accursed sceptre (a) | ||||||
| Dragon hunter wand | +16 | +10% | 8,675,576 |
| ||
| Warped sceptre | +12 | N/A | 89,479 |
| ||
| Master wand | +20 | +10% | 4,289,821 |
| ||
| Thammaron's sceptre | +15 | N/A | 3,222,350 |
| ||
| Thammaron's sceptre (a) | ||||||
| Twinflame staff | +12 | +10%[n 3] | 6,438,992 |
| ||
| God staves | +6 | N/A | 80,000 |
| ||
| Iban's staff | +10 | N/A | 200,000[n 4] |
| ||
| Iban's staff (u) | 400,000[n 5] | |||||
| Ancient staff | +15 | N/A | 60,687 |
| ||
| Slayer's staff | +12 | N/A | 24,257 |
| ||
| Void knight mace | +8 | N/A | Untradeable[n 6] |
| ||
| Mystic smoke staff | +14 | +10%[n 3] | 1,829,526 |
| ||
| Smoke battlestaff | +12 | 1,746,834 | ||||
| Salamanders | (Green) |
N/A | N/A | 168 |
| |
(Orange) |
160 | |||||
(Red) |
38 | |||||
(Black) |
272 | |||||
(Tecu) |
249,716 | |||||
| |
Croziers | +10 | N/A | 2,749 |
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| Skull sceptre | +10 | N/A | Untradeable |
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| Skull sceptre (i) | ||||||
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Elemental staves | (Basic) |
+10 | N/A | 904 | |
(Battlestaff) |
+12 | 8,725 | ||||
(Mystic staff) |
+14 | 24,785 | ||||
Used in recommended equipment
| Rank | Method |
|---|---|
| 2 | Kalphite Queen/Strategies (Flinching) |
Trivia
- Salamanders have a unique sound when equipping them.
- It is possible to use this item to attack aviansie, including Kree'arra, using melee, which cannot be done using regular melee weapons.
- It is possible to use this item to slash webs.
References
| Salamanders | |
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| Scimitar | |||||||||
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| Longsword | |||||||||
| Battleaxe | |||||||||
| Claws | |||||||||
| Halberd | |||||||||
| Two-handed sword |
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| Other |
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| Bows |
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