Big swordfish

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For the item received from the taxidermist, see Big swordfish (stuffed).

Big swordfish
Release	31 May 2006 (Update)
Members	Yes
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	No
Equipable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Destroy	Drop
Values
Value	2,500 coins
High alch	1,500 coins
Low alch	1,000 coins
On death	Reclaimable Reclaim: 375 Sacrifice: 1,500
Weight	0.5 kg
Examine
Whopper! I should get this stuffed!
Advanced data
Item ID	7991
Links	MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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A big swordfish is an abnormally large raw swordfish caught while fishing at any cage/harpoon fishing spot. Since players can only get it while fishing for swordfish, it requires 50 Fishing to obtain. It is a rare catch and luck will not increase chances of obtaining one. On a sample of 47152 swordfish caught, only 10 were big swordfish, making the chances of obtaining one about 0.02%, similar to the chances of catching a Big shark.

To stuff the big swordfish, players must take it to the Taxidermist in Canifis. She will charge the player 2,500 coins and turn it into a stuffed swordfish. Once it is stuffed, players can mount it in their Skill Hall at 56 Construction, using a stuffed swordfish and 2 teak planks, producing a mounted swordfish.

Fishing

Catching

Big swordfish
Fishing level	50
Fishing spot	Cage/Harpoon
Tool	Harpoon
Experience
Fishing XP	100 XP
Equipment XP	11.8 XP

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Locations

Spot	Location	Number	Requirements	Members	Maplink
Cage, Harpoon	Fishing Guild	8	68 Fishing		Show on map
Cage, Harpoon	Catherby	2	None		Show on map
Cage, Harpoon	Musa Point	3	None		Show on map
Cage, Harpoon	Rellekka	4	None		Show on map
Cage, Harpoon	Miscellania	4	The Fremennik Trials		Show on map
Cage, Harpoon	Southeast of the Demonic Ruins (level 38 Wilderness)	3	None		Show on map
Cage, Harpoon	Jatizso	5	The Fremennik Isles		Show on map
Cage, Harpoon	Feldip Hills	2	None		Show on map
Cage, Harpoon	Anachronia - Spirit grove	3	None		Show on map
Cage, Harpoon	Southeast Anachronia	2	None		Show on map
Cage, Harpoon	Mass grave - The Everlight	1	None		Show on map
Cage, Harpoon	Oikoi (households) - The Everlight	2	None		Show on map
Cage, Harpoon	Dominion Games stadium - The Everlight	1	None		Show on map
Piscatoris Fishing Colony	Piscatoris Fishing Colony	4	Swan Song		Show on map

Drop sources

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

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Fishing spot (Piscatoris Fishing Colony)	35; 62	1	Rare
Fishing spot (cage, harpoon)	35; 40	1	Rare

Disassembly

Big swordfish
Disassembly category	Food and herbs
Disassembly XP	1.3
Item quantity required	1
Material count	1
Base junk chance	?  50.5% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 50.5% 1 34 50.0 2 49 49.0 3 64 48.0 4 69 47.0 5 78 46.0 6 83 44.5 7 91 43.5 8 95 42.0 9 105 40.5
Common materials
Organic parts	89/100
Uncommon materials
Crafted parts	8/100
Rare materials
Living components	1/100
Healthy components	1/100
Enhancing components	1/100

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included - see here for how to help out!

• patch 12 March 2013 (Update):
  • You can once again cook the big bass, swordfish and shark if you don't want to have them stuffed.

• update 31 May 2006 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

A big swordfish next to a normal swordfish

• When using the big swordfish on the Taxidermist, she replies, "Don't point that thing at me!" before charging you the required fee. 
• Previously, if a player attempted to cook a big swordfish they would get the message "You don't have any more swordfish to cook." Now when attempting to cook big swordfish, players will receive the normal XP as if they had cooked a raw swordfish, and they will receive a cooked swordfish as if they had cooked a raw swordfish, as long as they don't burn it. 
• When dropped next to a normal swordfish, players can see that a big swordfish is actually smaller than a normal swordfish. Its colouration also more resembles a real-life swordfish.
• If a player catches a big swordfish while helping Frodi, the player will say "Sorry Frodi, but I'm keeping this one" after which Frodi will compliment the player on catching such a magnificent swordfish.