Swordfish



A Swordfish is a type of fish that players can use as food. They are considered the best healing food in free-to-play, as they can heal 14 hitpoints and can be consumed in one bite. Other foods in free-to-play may heal more, but they must be consumed in two or more bites.

Players can catch swordfish with a Fishing level of 50 or higher, granting 100 Fishing experience. 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 (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 the tuna potato, which heals 22 Hitpoints.

Swordfish can also be cooked with a Cooking level of 45, granting 140 Cooking experience. Players can accidentally burn swordfish while cooking until they reach a Cooking level of 86.



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; some members find this to be useful, since the tuna can be used to make tuna potatoes, which heal 22 hitpoints.

Barbarian fishing - or "hand fishing" - is another possible option when fishing for swordfish. Hand fishing gives an extra 10 Strength experience for each swordfish and requires 70 Fishing and 50 Strength. Note: Barbarian fishing is a members-only skill.

It is also good to remember that an Apple pie gives players a healing of 14 hitpoints in two bites, or 7 hitpoints per bite, and are much cheaper than swordfish. However, they are not recommended in player-vs-player combat, since the players' opposition may be able to hit faster than the player can regain hitpoints from eating two bites.

Players should note, that a consumer can only buy 20,000 swordfish per day. Though, this should not cause a problem since most players have no reason to buy this amount of swordfish.

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 56 construction or above.

Trivia

 * At 45 Cooking, cooking swordfish yields an 80% burn rate. Therefore, it is not recommended that players cook swordfish until their Cooking level is 60 or above, as burning swordfish wastes time and money. Also it does not grant any Cooking experience to burn any type of fish.
 * In the random event Evil Bob's island player can try to uncook swordfish (if he/she has a cooked swordfish in his/her inventory). It will be told that you need a level 40 uncooking skill to uncook swordfish then you will be told you don't even have that skill.