Swordfish

This article is about the cooked version. For the raw version, see Raw swordfish.

For the item used in the quest Hunt for Red Raktuber, see Swordfish (Hunt for Red Raktuber).

For the item named Swordy, see Swordy McSwordFace.

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Swordfish
Release																				11 June 2001 (Update)
Members																				No
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				Yes
Equipable																				No
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				Yes
Noteable																				Yes
Edible																				Yes
Destroy																				Drop
Examine																				I'd better be careful eating this!
Options
Backpack																				Eat
Values
Value																				400 coins
High alch																				240 coins
Low alch																				160 coins
On death																				Reclaimable Value: 122 Reclaim: 100
Weight																				0.45 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange																				122 coins (info)
Buy limit																				10,000
Volume																				190,152
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Advanced data
Item ID																				373
Links																				MRID • recipe

A swordfish is a type of food that heals 1,400 life points when eaten. It can be obtained by cooking a raw swordfish on a fire or cooking range, requiring level 45 Cooking. They are the best fish that can be cooked in free-to-play, and considered the best food available to free-to-play players.

A number of items can heal more in one slot, but all with their limitations:

• Bottle of wine heals 1500, but is untradeable, has limited supply and temporarily lowers the player's Attack level
• Kebab, which heals depending on random chance
• Cheese wheel that requires slicing and many bites of cheese
• Biscuits are stackable, but takes many bites
• Undercooked mystery meat, which are untradeable and can only be obtained as a drop, and only heals more when life points are boosted above 10,000
• RS Anniversary cake and 20th Anniversary cake heal 2200, but they can only be eaten at certain times of year and have a cooldown period
• Anchovy pizza heals 1,474 total versus 1,450 for swordfish with expensive spices, but takes 2 bites

They are also a possible reward from level 2 clue scrolls.

At level 55 Divination members can weave 40 gleaming energy with one swordfish to create a portent of restoration VI or an attuned portent of restoration VI at 57 Divination, which heal 1050 or 1400 life points respectively. Members with level 55 Herblore can also add a swordfish to a harralander potion (unfinished) to create a cooking potion, which boosts a player's Cooking level by three.

Fishing

Players can catch swordfish with a minimum level of 50 in Fishing, granting 100 Fishing experience per catch. Fishing for swordfish takes a longer amount of time than lobsters because tuna is caught along with them.

Raw swordfish can be fished from the sea with a harpoon (in your tool belt or inventory, wielding a barb-tailed harpoon is another possibility) in various locations, such as Catherby, Musa point, and the Fishing Guild. When harpoon fishing, it is very likely that more tuna will be caught than swordfish. With a 19 January 2010 update, a high Agility level may allow two swordfish to be caught at once, although experience is only gained for a single one. However, when doing a task to catch swordfish, catching two counts towards two.

Barbarian Fishing is another possible option when fishing for swordfish. Hand fishing gives an extra 10 Strength experience for each swordfish, and requires level 70 Fishing and level 50 Strength. Contrary to popular belief, barehanded fishing is not slower than fishing with a harpoon. The only difference resides in the awarded Strength experience when fishing barehanded.

Creation

Requirements
Members			No
Ticks			4 (2.4s)
Facility			Range, Fire
Skill			Level	Experience
Cooking			45 (b?)	140
Level to stop burning			86	N/A
Level to stop burning with cooking gauntlets			80	N/A
Material			Quantity	Cost
	Raw swordfish		1	262
Total cost				262
Output			Quantity	Cost
	Swordfish		1	122
Profit				−140

Swordfish can also be cooked with a minimum level 45 in Cooking, granting 140 Cooking experience, or with the bonfire cooking bonus 154 cooking experience. Players can accidentally burn swordfish while cooking until they reach level 86 in Cooking, or until level 80 when using cooking gauntlets.

At Cooking level 45, cooking swordfish yields an 80% burn rate; therefore, it is not recommended that players cook swordfish until their level is 60 or above. If you do not mind burning a moderate number of swordfish, level 50 Cooking yields a burn rate of approximately 30%. At 67 Cooking using a range, you will burn about 20% (98/500) of the swordfish. At 80 Cooking using a range, you will burn about 5.7% (28/493) of the swordfish (0 to 4 burnt in each inventory). Using cooking gauntlets at Cooking level 80, you will burn approximately 0.2% of the swordfish. At 80 Cooking using logs, you will burn about 8.7% (45/516) of the swordfish (0 to 7 burnt in each inventory).

Products

For an exhaustive list of all products, see here.

Product		Members	Using	Skills	Experience	Materials	GE price
	1 × Attuned portent of restoration VI		N/A	57 50	11.8 0	40 ×  Gleaming energy 1 ×  Swordfish	N/A
	1 × Calorie bomb (swordfish)		N/A	60 ?	770 100	1 ×  Empty pot 75 ×  Cover parts 25 ×  Organic parts 5 ×  Swordfish	N/A
	1 × Cooking potion (3)		N/A	55	125	1 ×  Harralander potion (unfinished) 1 ×  Swordfish	1,878
	1 × Crest part (Caleb)		Caleb	None	None	1 ×  Swordfish 1 ×  Bass 1 ×  Tuna 1 ×  Salmon 1 ×  Shrimps	N/A
	1 × Portent of restoration VI		N/A	55	11.5	40 ×  Gleaming energy 1 ×  Swordfish	12,747

Item sources

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

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Chaos Elemental Free-to-play	305	10	18/129
Black Heather	138	5 (noted)	2/128
Donny the Lad	138	5 (noted)	2/128
Speedy Keith	138	5 (noted)	2/128
Gourmet impling	28	3 (noted)	1/100
Gourmet impling jar	N/A	3 (noted)	1/100
Aviansie	89; 92; 95	5	2/128
Scabaras ranger	77	1	4/128
Scabaras lancer	77	1	4/128
Scabaras mage	77	1	4/128
Locust lancer	77	1	4/128
Locust ranger	77	1	4/128
Mighty banshee	61	1	12/128
Managing Miscellania Fishing (cooked)	N/A	131	Always
Gnoeals	70	1	2/100
Yeti	63	1	5/100
Dagannoth guardian	98	1	7/64
Desert strykewyrm	103	2	1/101
Hamper	N/A	0–9	Common
Cyclossus	89	1	8/100
Barrel (Viyeldi caves)	N/A	1–2 (noted)	Rare
Bronze dragon	86	2	2/128
Bronze dragon	86	1	1/128
Flesh-hatcher Mhekarnahz	368	3–12	Common

Shop locations

Seller	Location	Number in stock	Price sold at	Price bought at	Members
Roachey Shop: Fishing Guild Shop	Fishing Guild	0	400	120
Keepa Kettilon Shop: Keepa Kettilon's Store	Jatizso	0	400	120
Fionella Shop: Legends' Guild General Store	1st floor[UK]2nd floor[US] of Legends' Guild	10	400	120
Alfonse the Waiter and Charlie the Cook Shop: The Shrimp and Parrot	Brimhaven	10	400	120

Economic impact

Swordfish has generally been a popular trading item among merchants in the Grand Exchange. Demand for swordfish has been consistently high as it is the highest-healing free-to-play fish. With the introduction of Stiles on 21 April 2010, free-to-play players can fish and bank Swordfish between 3 and 4 times faster than before. This has led to a substantial increase in the supply of swordfish and therefore a dramatic decrease in their price, from 500 coins to around 300 coins. Swordfish is now in high supply, and is much more affordable than it was prior to the update. In addition, the price of swordfish fell to record lows after the Return of Free Trade, to about 150 gold.

However, following Bot-Nuking Day/ClusterFlutterer, the supply of swordfish from botting severely decreased which resulted in swordfish prices rising to over 350 gold. After the Evolution of Combat update, prices have suffered variations, that gradually lowered its market value, set to 170-180 gp at the GE. Since legacy mode was introduced, there has been an increase in the price of swordfish because many players started PKing again and, as it is the highest healing food in f2p, people started buying more of them, set to around 340 gp at the GE. After a brief spike at the end of 2016, the price of swordfish began to slowly decline to its current value.

Disassembly

Swordfish
Disassembly category					Food and herbs
Disassembly XP					1.6
Item quantity required					1
Material chance
Base junk chance					?  38.4% 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 38.4% 1 34 38.1% 2 49 37.3% 3 64 36.5% 4 69 35.8% 5 78 35.0% 6 83 33.8% 7 91 33.1% 8 95 31.9% 9 105 30.8%
Material count					1
Organic parts					89/100
Crafted parts					8/100
Enhancing components					1/100
Healthy components					1/100
Living components					1/100
Advanced data
Raw category					food
Item level (for junk chance)					56
Estimated cost
Parsed					122
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Achievements

• Fishy Dishes ( 30) – Sample all of the listed fish dishes.

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!

• update 11 June 2001 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• When barbarian fishing swordfish, the fish used to appear to come out fully cooked, rather than the pink raw colour.
• A bug still exists with the tool belt mechanism such that players with 55-69 Fishing would automatically hand-fish for tuna, which thereby made it impossible for them to catch swordfish until level 70 unless they equipped a sacred clay harpoon, barb-tail harpoon or kept an extra harpoon in their inventory. 
• Noted swordfish can sometimes be found inside barrels.

See also

• Big swordfish
• Swordfish gloves