Red salamander
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| Red 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 but certainly striking. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Values | |||||||||||||||||||
| Value | 150 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| High alch | 90 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Low alch | 60 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 4 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Exchange | |||||||||||||||||||
| Exchange | 38 coins (info) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Buy limit | 125 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Daily volume | 4,287 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Advanced data | |||||||||||||||||||
| Item ID | 10147 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Link | MOID | ||||||||||||||||||
The red salamander is the third strongest salamander and can be caught using a net trap and the Hunter skill at level 59. It requires level 60 Ranged, 60 Attack, and 60 Magic to wield.
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.
Tarromin tar is used as ammo for the salamander. Tarromin tar can be made by using tarromin with swamp tar along with 39 Herblore. However, this weapon's proprietary ammo is consumed on use, much like bolt racks.
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 | +37 | +0 | +0 | +47 | ||
| +0 | +0 | +0 | +0 | +0 | ||
| Slot | ||||||
| +49 | +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 exp per attack because there isn't a base exp 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 49 (same as a rune longsword).
For ranged mode the ranged strength bonus of the tar is used to decide the maximum hit. The red salamander uses tarromin tars which have a ranged strength bonus of 31 (same as adamant 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 77 for the red salamander.
The max hit (Hitmax) formula for salamanders is shown in fig.1., where "Magic" is your visible magic level and "Bonus" is the "magic damage bonus" for the salamander, in this case 77. This gives us the formula for the red salamander as shown in fig.2.
The table below shows maximum hits from level 60 to level 125. Like all other magic attacks, the max hit damage can be increased by using magic damage boosting equipment.
| Max Hit | |
|---|---|
| 60-61 | 13 |
| 62-65 | 14 |
| 66-70 | 15 |
| 71-74 | 16 |
| 75-79 | 17 |
| 80-83 | 18 |
| 84-88 | 19 |
| 89-93 | 20 |
| 94-97 | 21 |
| 98-102 | 22 |
| 103-106 | 23 |
| 107-111 | 24 |
| 112-115 | 25 |
| 116-120 | 26 |
| 121-124 | 27 |
| 125 | 28 |
Item sources
| Source | Level | Quantity | Rarity | League region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red salamander (Hunter) | 59 | 1 | Always |
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 |
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| Zaryte crossbow | +110 | (+122) | 356,941,709 |
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| Bow of Faerdhinen | +128 | +106 | 106,792,343 |
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| Venator bow | +90 | +25 (+85) |
70,841,220 |
| ||
| Scorching bow | +124 | +40 (+100) |
30,770,431[n 1] |
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| 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 |
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| Dragon hunter crossbow | +95 | (+122) | 31,832,007 |
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| Crystal bow | +100 | +78 | 481,365[n 2] |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Volatile nightmare staff | +16 | +15% | 70,054,795 |
| ||
| Eldritch nightmare staff | +16 | +15% | 154,799,611 |
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| 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 |
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| Trident of the swamp (e) | 5,348,960 | |||||
| Purging staff | +37 | +10% | 30,776,983[n 1] |
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| 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 |
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| 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] |
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| 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 |
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| 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] |
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| Mystic smoke staff | +14 | +10%[n 3] | 1,829,526 |
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| Smoke battlestaff | +12 | 1,746,834 | ||||
| Salamanders | (Green) |
N/A | N/A | 168 |
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(Orange) |
160 | |||||
(Red) |
38 | |||||
(Black) |
272 | |||||
(Tecu) |
249,716 | |||||
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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 |
|---|---|
| 3 | Kalphite Queen/Strategies (Flinching) |
Trivia
- Salamanders have a unique sound when equipping them.
References
| Salamanders | |
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| Battleaxe | |||||||||
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| Halberd | |||||||||
| Two-handed sword |
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| Other |
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