Black salamander

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This article is about the Ranged weapon. For the hunter creature, see Black salamander (Hunter).

For this item's augmented variant, see augmented black salamander.

Black salamander
Release																				21 November 2006 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				Yes
Equipable																				Yes
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				Yes
Noteable																				Yes
Destroy																				Release
Actions
Backpack																				Wield, Release all, Release
Values
Value																				200 coins
High alch																				120 coins
Low alch																				80 coins
On death																				Reclaimable Value: 2,483 Reclaim: 100
Weight																				4 kg
Examine
Slightly slimy and somewhat menacing.
Grand Exchange
Exchange																				2,483 coins (info)
Buy limit																				1,000
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Advanced data
Item ID																				10148
Links																				MRID • recipe

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The black salamander is the strongest salamander and can be caught using the Hunter skill at level 67, using a small fishing net and a rope to set a trap on a tree. It requires level 70 Ranged, and it is 2-handed. Harralander tar is used as ammunition for the salamander; it is not retrievable like regular bolts and arrows, even with the use of one of Ava's devices. However, little ammunition is consumed when using abilities.

The black salamander is a popular weapon and is a cheaper alternative to Karil's crossbow, with identical damage and accuracy. The black salamander also does not degrade, though its attack range is shorter. Nevertheless, it is a cheap yet effective weapon when slaying monsters weak to bolts.

Black salamanders are a secondary ingredient in camouflage potions.

The price of black salamanders rose dramatically in anticipation for Invention; it is a popular item to augment and disassemble for a large amount of Invention experience, due to its ease to obtain compared to any weapon of similar strength, subsequently falling on release of Wilderness Flash Events.

Combat stats

Requirements
70
Class			Slot
Ranged
Tier
70
		Auto		Ability
Damage		892.5		1008
Accuracy		1486
Style		Bolts
Range		7
Speed		Average (3.6s)
Attributes						Damage reduction
Armour				0.0		PvM: 0%			PvP: 0%
Life points				0		Style bonuses
Prayer				0		0.0		0.0		0.0
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Products

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Item	Skills	Materials	GE price
Camouflage potion (3)	65	1 × Bloodweed potion (unf) 1 × Black salamander	N/A

Drop sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Black salamander (Hunter)	67	1	Always
Sack of wild rewards	N/A	10–20 (noted)	3 × ~2052/20265

Disassembly

Black salamander
Disassembly category	Two-handed crossbows
Disassembly XP	21.0
Item quantity required	1
Material count	12
Base junk chance	?  23.0% 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 23.0% 1 34 22.8 2 49 22.4 3 64 21.9 4 69 21.4 5 78 21.0 6 83 20.3 7 91 19.8 8 95 19.1 9 105 18.5
Common materials
Connector parts	35/100
Tensile parts	30/100
Crafted parts	30/100
Rare materials
Stunning components	3/100
Dextrous components	2/100

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 13 May 2013 (Update):
  • Salamanders now only require the appropriate Ranged level to equip them.

• patch 4 December 2012 (Update):
  • Salamanders can now be sheathed.

• patch 17 January 2011 (Update):
  • This weapon has had its wield and attack animations updated.

• patch 10 January 2011 (Update):
  • Attacking with this weapon's magic attack no longer claims every hit is a max hit.

• update 21 November 2006 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Prior to the Evolution of Combat update, the black salamander dealt damage up to 2.5 times the level of the fighting style you were using. Black salamanders could use all three fighting styles: Scorch (strength), Blaze (magic) attack styles, and Flare (ranged) attack style. The attack speed of the Black Salamander when using Scorch or Blaze was 5 ticks, whereas Flare (ranged) attacked at a speed of 4 ticks, which is similar in concept to the Rapid style of most ranged weapons.
• Prior to the EoC update, salamander gave combat experience equivalent to 2/5 of your damage as exp.
• Prior to the EoC Update, it is possible to hit 638 life points of damage using the Black Salamander when combat stats are boosted to level 255 during the While Guthix Sleeps quest. (255*2.5= 637.5)
• Like Chinchompas and Flags/Standards, the character's animations when wielding a salamander used to use the obsolete and choppy animation, even after the RuneScape "High Detail" update
• In Clan Wars and the Duel Arena, if magic is turned off (or set to a certain spellbook/binding spells in the case of Clan Wars), the Salamander's magic option still works and counts as magic damage.
• Before 13 May 2013, this weapon also required 70 Attack and 70 Magic. This was because it was a multi-style weapon before the Evolution of Combat, although the Attack and Magic requirements were not removed immediately after it became a ranged weapon with the update.
• Black salamanders used to escape and disappear if a player died with them in their inventory.