Black salamander

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Black salamander
Equipped
Release date	21 November 2006 (Update)
Members only	Yes
High Alchemy	120 coins
Low Alchemy	80 coins
Destroy	Release
Store price	Not sold
Exchange price	392 coins (info)
Weight	4 kg
Drop Rate	Unknown
Drops From	Unknown
Examine	Slightly slimy, and somewhat menacing.
Examine	Slightly slimy, and somewhat menacing.
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The Black salamander is the strongest salamander and can be caught using the Hunter skill at level 67 Hunter. It requires level 70 Attack, Magic and Ranged to wield, and is a 2-handed weapon. Harralander tar is used as ammunition for the salamander.

A player attacks using a salamander.

The black salamander is a possible weapon substitute for the Barrows minigame. The ammunition is cheaper than a cast of Slayer dart. In Barrows, the magic bonus does not affect its use as much, and casting in full rune armour has a similar effect as casting in full mystic robes. It can also be used to range Ahrim, but a rune crossbow is better. It is not advised to use the melee option for Karil, as a dragon scimitar has higher bonuses.

Salamanders can be used to train ranged, magic and strength.

Bonuses
Attack bonus
	+0
	+0
	+59
	+59
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+69
	+69
Defence bonus
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
Other bonuses
	+71
	+71
	+0
	+0
Slot	List
Attack speed
Attack speed

Combat styles

	Combat style	Type	Experience
	Scorch	Slash	Strength and Hitpoints
	Flare	Range	Ranged and Hitpoints
	Blaze	Magic	Magic and Hitpoints

Combat data

Due to the nature of salamanders, combat experience is rewarded differently.

• When the salamander is set to Scorch. Players gain Strength experience at $4*damage$ as exp.
• When the salamander is set to Flare. Players gain Ranged experience at $4*damage$ as exp.
• When the salamander is set to Blaze. Players gain Magic experience at $2*damage$ as exp.

Maximum hit

For ranged mode the ranged strength bonus of the tar is used to decide the maximum hit. The black salamander uses harralander tars which have a ranged strength bonus of 49 (same as rune arrows).

For melee mode the strength bonus of the salamander is used, which is 71 (same as dragon longsword).

The maximum hit for magic mode uses the "magic strength bonus" of the salamander. This bonus is not visible in the equipment stats, but is equal to 92 for the black salamander.

The max hit formula for salamanders is: floor(0.5 + Magic*(64 + Bonus)/640), where "Magic" is your visible magic level (the level shown in the stats tab) and "Bonus" is the "magic strength bonus" for the salamander, in our case 92.

This gives us the following formula for the black salamander, where "Magic" is your visible magic level:

Max hit = floor(0.5 + Magic*39/160)

(floor means you round the number down)

Specific boosts can increase maximum hits. The table below shows maximum hits from level 70 to level 104.

level	Maximum hit
70-71	17
72-75	18
76-79	19
80-84	20
85-88	21
89-92	22
93-96	23
97-100	24
101-104	25

It offers high hits especially for magic, however it may not be as useful as using other weapons, such as a Trident of the seas. This is due to the lack of magic attack bonus and is limited to a distance of 1 square (also diagonally, unlike melee), which is problematic unless at Barrows due to their very poor magic defence.

Trivia

• The attack speed shown only applies to the Scorch (strength) and Blaze (magic) attack styles. The attack speed of the Black Salamander when using the Flare (ranged) attack style is 6, which is similar in concept to the Rapid style of most ranged weapons.
• It is currently possible to use this item on the melee setting to attack monsters that could not previously be meleed, for instance aviansies or even Kree'arra.