Salamander

Salamanders are versatile, two handed magic, melee, or ranged weapons that facilitate the training of the Ranged, Magic and/or Strength. Unlike other range and magic weapons they can only attack creatures or players in the next square, but they can attack over fences and similar barriers even in melee mode. Salamanders may be obtained through net trapping and must be fuelled using a variety of herb-tars made with the Herblore skill. They assume the affiliation of the Combat triangle with what the player trains (i.e. If players use mage training then it works well on high level melee, strength training on rangers and range training on mages.) Many people have found Black Salamanders to be very effective at Barrows. Since it uses the 3 attack styles of the combat triangle, it can be used effectively to attack the 6 brothers.

Note that the magic-based attack is not dependable on any magic attack bonuses; a full set of rune armour is just as effective as using a full set of mystic robes.

Trivia

 * While using a salamander, the player goes back to the old idle animation before the update.
 * When moving around, a salamander becomes a one-handed weapon rather than a two-handed one.