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Salamander



Primary type							Slash
Secondary type							Range
Tertiary type							Magic

Attack speed

Variable

Salamanders are unique and versatile two-handed weapons that facilitate the training of all combat styles, namely the Ranged, Magic and Strength skills.

Salamanders may be obtained through net trapping and must be fuelled using a variety of herb-tars made with the Herblore skill. The black salamander is commonly used by players with a low budget to kill the Barrows brothers or to safespot Lava dragons. Due to their ability to output multiple types of damage, salamanders also have a niche use in PvP against bot accounts which use auto-prayer macros. They are also able to attack diagonally over some obstacles and corners similar to most ranged or magic attacks, which allows it to be used in melee safespotting without having to flinch or use a halberd. Salamanders can also be used to flinch an enemy by while dealing magic or ranged damage such as the Kalphite Queen's second phase, because spells and other ranged weapons have a delay that makes flinching unsafe.

Killing Kree'arra and the Phantom Muspah with a salamander are grandmaster and master Combat Achievement tasks.

Warning: All salamanders are not retrievable if they are unprotected items when a player dies. This is because it is a live creature and it will simply run away once released.

Combat styles

	Attack type	Weapon style	Level boost
Scorch	Slash	Aggressive	+3 Strength
Flare	Standard	Accurate	None
Blaze	Magic	Defensive	+3 Defence

The first combat option, Scorch, has an attack speed of 5 ticks.

The second option, Flare, has an attack speed of 4 ticks. Though it's labelled as "Accurate", this option is more similar to a bow's rapid style in that it does not provide any invisible ranged level boost.

The third option, Blaze, has an attack speed of 5 ticks.

Salamanders and fuel


30	29	Swamp lizard ^(Hunter)	Guam tar
50	47	Orange salamander ^(Hunter)	Marrentill tar
60	59	Red salamander ^(Hunter)	Tarromin tar
70	67	Black salamander ^(Hunter)	Harralander tar
80	79	Tecu salamander ^(Hunter)	Irit tar

Bonuses

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Item
	Swamp lizard	0	10	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	22	0%	0	0	4.000
	Orange salamander	0	19	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	31	0%	0	0	4.000
	Red salamander	0	37	0	0	47	0	0	0	0	0	49	0%	0	0	4.000
	Black salamander	0	59	0	0	69	0	0	0	0	0	71	0%	0	0	4.000
	Tecu salamander	0	77	0	0	87	0	0	0	0	0	91	0%	0	0	6.000

Trivia

	Equip salamander
The unique sound which can be heard when players equip a salamander.

Salamanders have a unique sound when equipping them.

References

v t e Salamanders
Salamanders	Swamp lizard ^(creature) Orange salamander ^(creature) Red salamander ^(creature) Black salamander ^(creature) Tecu salamander ^{(creature) • (immature)}
Ammuntion	Guam tar Marrentill tar Tarromin tar Harralander tar Irit tar

Slash weapons

Scimitar

Longsword

Battleaxe

Claws

Halberd

Two-handed sword

Standard	Bronze Iron Steel Black White Mithril Adamant Rune Gilded Dragon ^(cr)
Godswords	Ancient Armadyl ^{(or) (deadman)} Bandos ^(or) Saradomin ^(or) Zamorak ^(or)
Other	Colossal blade Hallowfell Katana Saradomin ^(blessed) Shadow Giant bronze dagger

Other

	Abyssal tentacle ^(or) Abyssal whip ^{(or) (volcanic) (frozen)} Brine sabre Dharok's greataxe Fremennik blade Harry's cutlass Iron sickle Lucky cutlass Salamanders Scythe of vitur ^{(holy) (sanguine)} Silver sickle ^(b) Soulreaper axe ^(o) Sulphur blades Toktz-xil-ek Voidwaker
Demonbane swords	Silverlight Darklight Arclight Emberlight
Quests	Anger battleaxe Anger sword Arkan blade Blurite Cleaver Excalibur Hallowed flail Skewer Spatula Wooden spoon
Castle Wars	Gold decorative Red decorative White decorative

Ranged weapons

Bows

Shortbows	Normal ^(u) Oak ^(u) Willow ^(u) Maple ^(u) Yew ^(u) Magic ^(u) ⁽ⁱ⁾
Longbows	Normal ^(u) Oak ^(u) Willow ^(u) Maple ^(u) Yew ^(u) Magic ^(u)
Composite bows	Willow Ogre Yew Magic
Special bows	Training Rain bow Starter Cursed goblin Signed oak Ogre Bone Seercull Dark ^(bh) Craw's 3rd age Webweaver Crystal Scorching Bow of Faerdhinen ^(c) Venator ^(echo) Twisted

Crossbows

Standard	Normal Bronze Blurite Iron Steel Mithril Adamant Rune ^(or) Dragon ^(cr)
Ballistae	Light Heavy ^(or) Silvthrill
Special crossbows	Phoenix Dorgeshuun Hunters' Hunters' sunlight Karil's Dragon hunter ^(b) ^(t) Armadyl Zaryte

Thrown

Darts	Bronze Iron Steel Black Mithril Adamant Rune Amethyst Dragon
Throwing knife	Bronze Iron Steel Black Mithril Adamant Rune Dragon
Thrownaxes	Bronze Iron Steel Mithril Adamant Rune Dragon Morrigan's
Chinchompas	Grey Red Black
Blowpipes	Camphor Ironwood Rosewood Toxic
Other	Salamanders Holy water Mud pie Hunter's spear Toktz-xil-ul Eclipse atlatl Tonalztics of Ralos Morrigan's javelin Blisterwood stake

Magic weapons

Staves

	Staff ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Magic ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Bob the Cat ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Iban's ^(u) ^(o) ^(uo) ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ White ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Slayer's ^(e) ⁽⁺¹²⁾ Twinflame ⁽⁺¹²⁾ Ancient ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Bryophyta's ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Toktz-mej-tal ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Thammaron's (a) ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Ahrim's ^(echo) ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Nightmare ⁽⁺¹⁶⁾ Zuriel's ⁽⁺¹⁸⁾ Accursed (a) ⁽⁺²²⁾ Purging ⁽⁺³⁷⁾
Elemental staves	Air ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Water ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Earth ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Fire ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
God staves	Guthix ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Saradomin ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Zamorak ⁽⁺⁶⁾

Battlestaves

Battlestaff ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Air ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Water ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Earth ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Fire ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Lava ^(or) ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Mud ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Steam ^(or) ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Smoke ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Mist ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Dust ⁽⁺¹²⁾

Mystic staves

Air ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Water ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Earth ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Fire ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Lava ^(or) ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Mud ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Steam ^(or) ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Smoke ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Mist ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Dust ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾

Powered staves

	Starter staff ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Warped sceptre ⁽⁺¹²⁾ Bone staff ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾ Thammaron's sceptre ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Trident of the seas ^(e) ^(o) ^(eo) ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Accursed sceptre ⁽⁺²²⁾ Trident of the swamp ^(e) ^(o) ^(eo) ⁽⁺²⁵⁾ Sanguinesti staff ^(holy) ⁽⁺²⁵⁾ Dawnbringer ⁽⁺²⁵⁾ Eye of ayak ⁽⁺³⁰⁾ Tumeken's shadow ⁽⁺³⁵⁾
The Gauntlet	Crystal staff (basic) ⁽⁺⁸⁴⁾ Crystal staff (attuned) ⁽⁺¹²⁸⁾ Crystal staff (perfected) ⁽⁺¹⁸⁴⁾

Bladed staves

Staff of the dead ⁽⁺¹⁷⁾
Staff of light ⁽⁺¹⁷⁾
Staff of balance ⁽⁺¹⁷⁾
Toxic staff of the dead ⁽⁺²⁵⁾
Blue moon ⁽⁺³⁰⁾

Wands

Beginner ⁽⁺⁵⁾
Apprentice ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Teacher ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾
Dragon hunter ⁽⁺¹⁶⁾
Master ⁽⁺²⁰⁾
3rd age ⁽⁺²⁰⁾
Kodai ⁽⁺²⁸⁾

Croziers

Ancient ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Armadyl ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Bandos ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Guthix ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Saradomin ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Zamorak ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾

Other

Cursed goblin staff ⁽⁺⁰⁾
Salamanders ⁽⁺⁰⁾
Rod of ivandis ⁽⁺⁴⁾
Ivandis flail ⁽⁺⁸⁾
Blisterwood flail ⁽⁺⁸⁾
Void knight mace ⁽⁺⁸⁾
Dramen ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Skull sceptre ⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Lunar ⁽⁺¹³⁾
Ancient sceptre _{(smoke) (shadow) (blood) (ice)} ⁽⁺²⁰⁾

Weapons

Melee

Stab	Pickaxe Harpoon Dagger Sword Hasta Spear Partisan
Slash	Sickle Machete Axe Claws Cutlass Scimitar Scythe Longsword Battleaxe Whip Two-handed sword Halberd
Crush	Banner Blackjack Cane Polestaff Mace Maul Warhammer

Magic

Ranged

	Shortbow Longbow Composite bow Crossbow Ballista
Thrown	Dart Throwing knife Thrownaxe Chinchompa Blowpipe

Other

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