Swordfish

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



A Swordfish is a type of fish that players can catch, cook, and use as food. They are considered the best healing food in free-to-play because they can heal 140 Life Points in one bite. They are a possible reward from Level 2 Clue Scrolls. Other foods in free-to-play may heal more. This should not present a problem to most players since few people have the need to buy in this amount, as it'll likely take you a day or more to cook that many.

Fionella keeps a stock of 10 on the first floor of the Legends' Guild.

Fishing
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 them.

Raw swordfish can be fished from the sea with a harpoon or (by members) with a barb-tailed harpoon (which is generally chosen over the normal harpoon, as it is wieldable, which saves an extra space). When harpoon fishing, it is very likely that more tuna will be caught than swordfish. 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.

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. Contraty to popular belief, barehanded fishing is NOT slower than regular fishing with a Harpoon. The only difference resides in the awarded Strength experience when using fishing barehanded. Note that barbarian(Barehanded) fishing in Harpoon/Net slots will require a Fishing level of 96 and a Strength level of 76. However, those spots only wield Sharks thus making it impossible to fish for Swordfish there.

Cooking
Swordfish can also be cooked with a minimum level 45 in Cooking, granting 140 Cooking experience. Players can accidentally burn swordfish while cooking until they reach level 86 in Cooking, or until level 81 when using Cooking gauntlets. Players gain ~190k xp/hour by cooking swordfish.

At level 45 Cooking, cooking swordfish yields an 80% burn rate. Therefore, it is not recommended that players cook swordfish until their level is 60 or above, as burning swordfish wastes time and money. however, if you do not mind wasting a little time and burning a few swordfish, 55 or 56 cooking is a good time to start (50% cook rate) and if you are lucky, and quite often (1/5 inventories. unconfirmed) 90% cook rate. If you do not mind burning a moderate number of swordfish, 50 Cooking is a good time to start, which gives a cook rate of approximately 30%.