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This article is about raw Swordfish. For the cooked form, see Swordfish.
Raw swordfish
Raw swordfish
Release date June 11 2001 (Update)
Members? No
Quest item? No
Tradeable? Yes
Equipable? No
Stackable? No
High Alch 204 coins
Low Alch 136 coins
Destroy Drop
Store price Not sold
Exchange price 302 coins (info)
Buy limit 20,000
Examine I should try cooking this.
Weight 0.5 kg
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A Raw swordfish

A Raw swordfish is a type of fish that players can catch at level 50 fishing. Lucky members may also receive a Big swordfish while fishing. These are hung up in a Skill Hall in player-owned houses for those with level 56 Construction or above.

Players can catch swordfish with a minimum of level 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 it. Free players fishing on Karamja generally drop their tuna or put them in notes(often cooking it first for the experience) but the members-only fishing spots in Catherby and the Fishing Guild are close enough to banks that it is actually faster for players to bank the raw tuna than to drop it. Some members keep - and actively scavenge - dropped tuna to make tuna potatoes, which heal 220 Life Points in one bite.

A full inventory of swordfish grants 2,800 experience (with normal harpoon fishing using a harpoon stored in the toolbelt), and also 8,456 coins worth of wealth.

Swordfishwithoutharpoon
Using the barbarian skills, a player can attempt to catch tuna and swordfish with their bare hands.

It is even more profitable for a higher level fisherman to have a low level friend. Instead of discarding the tuna, the higher level fisherman will give it to his lower level friend who in-turn sells it for themselves. This strategy benefits not only the high level but the lower level as well.

Raw swordfish can be fished from the sea with a harpoon. When harpoon fishing, it is very likely that more tuna will be caught than swordfish at levels below 60. Of 725 fish caught by a player with level 60-62 fishing, 314 were swordfish and 411 were tuna, giving an average swordfish catch rate of 43.3%. With a Jan. 2010 update, a high agility may allow two swordfish to be caught at once, although experience is only gained for a single one.

Cooking a Raw swordfish (requires a minimum of level 45 cooking) grants 140 Cooking experience. You stop burning swordfishes at level 86 cooking, or at level 81 cooking with Cooking gauntlets.

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. Note that barbarian fishing is a members-only ability.

Dropping monsters

Monster Combat level Quantity Rarity
Aquanite 114 1–2 2Common
Mogre 60 1 2Common
Brine rat 70 9 3Uncommon
Locust lancer 109 1 2Common
Locust ranger 98 1 2Common
River troll 14, 49, 79, 120, 159 5Very rare

Sacred clay harpoon and swordfish gloves

Using a sacred clay harpoon, it will grant 200 experience. Experience gained by catching swordfish is 200 when wearing swordfish gloves, which are available at level 65 and higher Fishing. Swordfish gloves are obtainable through the Fist of Guthix minigame, and the sacred clay harpoon is obtained through the Stealing Creation minigame. Combining the use of a sacred clay harpoon and swordfish gloves will grant a player 400 experience per swordfish caught, but this does not mean faster catches.

When using the swordfish gloves alone a player can make 3 fishing attempts in the time that they could make only 2 with the sacred clay harpoon. When the 200 experience gained is multiplied with just swordfish gloves 600 experience is gained, which is the same as the 300 experience gained with both multiplied by the 2 attempts. Therefore, by using both players would not gain experience any faster and it would be a waste. Swordfish gloves will last 7-8 times longer than a sacred clay harpoon, but extra experience is gained for swordfish, and not for tuna, they also can take about 2–4 hours to obtain depending on how well the players perform at Fist of Guthix.

A sacred clay harpoon will last about 4-5 loads and will also grant additional experience for each tuna caught. They are also very easy to acquire after just one Stealing Creation game. Although games usually last 20 minutes, players can easily find clans in the RuneScape Forums who play very fast "no combat" games which often last 10 minutes or less.

Swordfish can also be obtained from a level 2 clue scroll.

At level 63 cooking a player would have successfully cooked 14 raw swordfish out of a full inventory of 28 raw swordfish. Due to this it is recommended that a player waits until they have reached a higher level such as 70, or drink a chef's delight or the mature version. A player may prefer to use a cooking urn since the chance of cooking it successfully is about 50/50 so they don't waste their money as much. Many players cook lobsters until they have reached a high level like level 70 for an example.

See also


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Fish
Standard fish

CrayfishCrayfish (raw) • ShrimpsShrimps (raw) • KarambwanjiKarambwanji (raw) • SardineSardine (raw) • HerringHerring (raw) AnchoviesAnchovies (raw) • MackerelMackerel (raw) • TroutTrout (raw) • CodCod (raw) • PikePike (raw) Cooked slimy eelCooked slimy eel (raw) • SalmonSalmon (raw) • TunaTuna (raw) • Rainbow fishRainbow fish (raw) • Cave eelCave eel (raw) • LobsterLobster (raw) • BassBass (raw) • SwordfishSwordfish (raw) • MonkfishMonkfish (raw) • SharkShark (raw) CavefishCavefish (raw) • RocktailRocktail (raw)

Dungeoneering fish

Heim crabHeim crab (raw) • Red-eyeRed-eye (raw) • Dusk eelDusk eel (raw) • Giant flatfishGiant flatfish (raw) • Short-finned eelShort-finned eel (raw) • Web snipperWeb snipper (raw) • BouldabassBouldabass (raw) • Salve eelSalve eel (raw) • Blue crabBlue crab (raw) • Cave morayCave moray (raw) • Vile fishVile fish (raw)

Special fish

LoachGoblin fish (steamed) • Lava eelLava eel (raw) • Cooked karambwanKarambwan (raw) (poison) • Sea turtleSea turtle (raw) Manta rayManta ray (raw) • Tiger sharkTiger shark (raw) • Fury sharkFury shark • Baron sharkBaron shark (raw)

Leaping fish

Leaping troutLeaping trout • Leaping salmonLeaping salmon • Leaping sturgeonLeaping sturgeon

Trophy fish

Big bassBig bass • BigSwordfishBig swordfish • Big sharkBig shark

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Fishing Trawler
Items

Swamp pasteSwamp paste • RopeRope • BbucketBailing bucket

Fish Rewards

Raw tunaRaw tuna • Raw lobsterRaw lobster • Raw swordfishRaw swordfish • Raw sharkRaw shark • Raw sea turtleRaw sea turtle • Raw manta rayRaw manta ray • Raw tiger sharkRaw tiger shark

Junk Rewards

ButtonsButtons • Broken staffBroken staff • Broken arrowBroken arrow • Broken armourBroken armour • Smashed glassSmashed glass • Old bootOld boot • Empty potEmpty pot

Rare Rewards

Shimmering shellShimmering shell • Glistening shellGlistening shell • Shark toothShark tooth • Shark's tooth necklaceShark's tooth necklace

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