Swordfish
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Swordfish | |
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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 |
Actions [?] | |
Backpack | Eat |
Values | |
Value | 400 coins |
High alch | 240 coins |
Low alch | 160 coins |
On death | Reclaimable Reclaim: 30 Sacrifice: 120 |
Weight | 0.45 kg |
Examine | |
I'd better be careful eating this! | |
Grand Exchange | |
Exchange | 205 coins (info) |
Buy limit | 10,000 |
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Advanced data | |
Item ID | 373 |
Links | MRID • recipe |
FAQ • doc |
A swordfish is a type of fish that players can catch, cook, and use as food. They are the best fish that can be cooked in free-to-play, and considered the best f2p healing food as they can heal up to 1400 life points in one bite.
Enter your Constitution level | name=skillstat_Constitution_level|type=int|value=1|range=9,99|size=4|sublist=calchealing |
name=healing|type=output |
let(minLevel, 56) let(healAmount, 0) let(healAmountOutOfCombat, 0) let(healOverTimeAmount, 0) let(healOverTimeDuration, 0) let(constitutionLevel, skillstat_Constitution_level) let(itemName, "This")
let(pointsPerLevel, 25) if(healAmount){
let(pointsPerLevel, healAmount / minLevel)
}
if(constitutionLevel < minLevel){
let(heal, constitutionLevel * pointsPerLevel)
}{
let(heal, minLevel * pointsPerLevel)
}
let(heal, floor(heal + 0.000001)) let(healing, itemName + " will heal " + heal + " life points at level " + constitutionLevel + " while in combat.")
if(healOverTimeAmount){
let(healing, healing + " It will heal an additional " + healOverTimeAmount + " life points over " + healOverTimeDuration + " seconds.")
}
if(healAmountOutOfCombat){
let(pointsPerLevelOutOfCombat, healAmountOutOfCombat / minLevel) if (constitutionLevel < minLevel){ let(healOutOfCombat, constitutionLevel * pointsPerLevelOutOfCombat) }{ let(healOutOfCombat, minLevel * pointsPerLevelOutOfCombat) } let(healOutOfCombat, floor(healOutOfCombat + 0.000001)) let(healing, healing + " It will heal " + healOutOfCombat + " life points while out of combat.")
}
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 1474 total versus 1450 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 (unf) to create a cooking potion, which boosts a player's Cooking level by three.
Fishing[edit | edit source]
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.
Cooking[edit | edit source]
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45 | 140 (154) | 4 (2.4s) | 205 | ||
Servings | 1 | ![]() | 1400 | ||
Requirements | |||||
Burn level | 86 | ![]() | 80 | ||
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Requires a range ![]() ![]() | |||||
Ingredients | |||||
Item | Quantity | Price | Total | ||
![]() | Raw swordfish | 1 | 355 | 355 | |
Profit | −150 |
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[edit | edit source]
Item | Skills | Materials | GE price |
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| 7,538 |
Economic impact[edit | edit source]
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.
Drop sources[edit | edit source]
Source | Level | Quantity | Rarity |
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Aviansie | 89; 92; 95 ![]() | 5 | 2/128 |
Barrel (Viyeldi caves) | N/A ![]() | 1–2 (noted) | Rare[dr 1] |
Black Heather | 138 ![]() | 5 (noted) | Rare |
Bronze dragon | 86 ![]() | 1–2 | 4/128 |
Chaos Elemental F2P | 305 ![]() | 10 | Common |
Dagannoth guardian | 98 ![]() | 1 | Common |
Desert strykewyrm | 103 ![]() | 2 | Uncommon |
Donny the Lad | 138 ![]() | 5 (noted) | Rare |
Gnoeals | 70 ![]() | 1 | Common |
Gourmet impling jar | ![]() | 3 (noted) | Rare[dr 1] |
Gourmet impling | 28 ![]() | 3 (noted) | Rare[dr 1] |
Locust lancer | 77 ![]() | 1 | Uncommon |
Locust ranger | 77 ![]() | 1 | Common |
Mighty banshee | 91 ![]() | 1 | 13/128 |
Scabaras lancer | 77 ![]() | 1–2 | Uncommon |
Scabaras mage | 77 ![]() | 1 | Uncommon |
Speedy Keith | 138 ![]() | 5 (noted) | Uncommon |
Yeti | 63 ![]() | 1 | Common |
Store locations[edit | edit source]
Seller | Location | Cost | Currency | Base stock | Members? |
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Fishing Guild Shop | Fishing Guild | 400 | ![]() | 0 | ![]() |
Keepa Kettilon's Store | Jatizso | 400 | ![]() | 0 | ![]() |
Legends' Guild General Store | 1st floor[UK]2nd floor[US] of Legends' Guild | 400 | ![]() | 10 | ![]() |
The Shrimp and Parrot | Brimhaven | 400 | ![]() | 10 | ![]() |
Disassembly[edit | edit source]
Swordfish | |
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Disassembly category | Food and herbs |
Disassembly XP | 1.6 |
Item quantity required | 1 |
Material count | 1 |
Base junk chance | 38.4% |
Common materials | |
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Uncommon materials | |
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Rare materials | |
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Achievement[edit | edit source]
- Fishy Dishes (
30) – Sample all of the listed fish dishes.
Update history[edit | edit source]
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
Standard fish |
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The Arc | |
Leaping fish | |
Trophy fish | |
Special fish | |
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