Red salamander

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This article is about the equippable weapon. For the Hunter creature, see Red salamander (Hunter).

Red salamander
Released							21 November 2006 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							Yes
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Options							Wield
Destroy							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							45 coins (info)
Buy limit							125
Daily volume							2,793
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Advanced data
Item ID							10147

The red salamander is the second strongest salamander and can be caught using 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.

A player attacks using a salamander.

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.

Warning: This is a live creature, it will run away when you die. Should this happen, you will need to buy or catch a new one.

Attack bonuses
+0		+37		+0		+0		+47
Defence bonuses
+0		+0		+0		+0		+0
Other bonuses								Slot
+49		+0		+0%		+0		List
Attack speed							Range
							1 square

Combat styles

Combat Options	Combat Style	Attack types	Style	Experience
	Scorch	Slash	Aggressive	Strength and Hitpoints
	Flare	Ranged	Accurate	Ranged and Hitpoints
	Blaze	Magic	Defensive	Magic and Hitpoints

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	$StrengthExp=4\times Damage$
Flare	Ranged	$RangedExp=4\times Damage$
Blaze	Magic	$MagicExp=2\times Damage$

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 (Hit_max) 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.

${\begin{aligned}Hit_{max}&=\lfloor {\frac {1}{2}}+{\frac {Magic*(64+Bonus)}{640}}\rfloor &&(1)\\Hit_{max}&=\lfloor {\frac {1}{2}}+{\frac {Magic*141}{640}}\rfloor &&(2)\end{aligned}}$

This means the red salamander will have a max hit of 13 damage at the minimum 60 magic required to wield it, up to 22 damage at 98 magic.

Item sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here (include RDT).

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Red salamander (Hunter)	59	1	Always