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Swamp lizard



Released							21 November 2006 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No

Properties

Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							Yes
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Options							Wield, Release
Examine							A very slimy and generally disgusting green lizard.

Values

Value							50 coins
High alch							30 coins
Low alch							20 coins
Weight							4 kg

Grand Exchange

Exchange							168 coins (info)
Buy limit							125
Daily volume							1,447

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Advanced data

Item ID							10149
Link							MOID

The swamp lizard is a two-handed Ranged weapon requiring level 30 in Attack, Ranged, and Magic to wield. The required ammunition for the swamp lizard is Guam tar.

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.

Swamp lizards may be obtained by trapping swamp lizards east of Canifis using net traps, requiring level 29 Hunter, or by trading with other players. Successfully catching a Swamp Lizard grants 152 Hunter experience.

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.

In its melee mode, the swamp lizard has a chance of inflicting poison starting at 6 damage.

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


Attack bonuses

+0	+10	+0	+0	+20

Defence bonuses


+0	+0	+0	+0	+0

Other bonuses				Slot


+22	+0	+0%	+0	List

	Attack type	Weapon style	Attack speed	Range	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

While using the Ranged and Melee attack styles, combat experience is rewarded normally. Dissimilarly, the Magic attack style rewards experience at a halved rate (than what would normally be compensated with a base per-cast exp amount with traditional spells).

Combat Style	Type	Experience
Scorch	Slash
Flare	Ranged
Blaze	Magic

Maximum hit

Melee mode's damage potential is determined by the strength bonus of the salamander itself, which is +22 for a swamp lizard (equivalent to a mithril longsword).

Ranged mode's damage potential is determined by the Ranged strength bonus of the tar used, which is +16 for the guam tar used with a swamp lizard (equivalent to a steel arrow).

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 56 for the swamp lizard.

The max hit (Hit_max) formula for salamanders is as shown in fig.1., where "Magic" is your visible magic level and "Bonus" is the "magic damage bonus" for the salamander, in this case 56. This gives us the formula for the swamp lizard as shown in fig.2.

The table below shows maximum hits from level 30 to level 125. Like all other magic attacks, the max hit damage can be increased by using magic damage boosting equipment.

Level	Max Hit
30-34	6
35-39	7
40-45	8
46-50	9
51-55	10
56-61	11
62-66	12
67-71	13
72-77	14
78-82	15
83-87	16
88-93	17
94-98	18
99-103	19
104-109	20
110-114	21
115-119	22
120-125	23

Item sources

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity	League region
Swamp lizard (Hunter)	29	1	Always

Sound effects

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

Trivia

Salamanders have a unique sound when equipping them.

References

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 15 July 2024. Archived from the original on 2 May 2026. Mod Ash: ""standard""

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⁾

Source site	Old School RuneScape Wiki
Canonical source	Swamp lizard
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