Barb-tail harpoon

A Barb-tail harpoon is a one-handed wieldable harpoon obtained by hunting Barb-tailed Kebbits. As well as being a weapon, it can also be used for fishing. Many players prefer this harpoon over a normal one if a bank is far away as it does not occupy an inventory slot, allowing an extra fish to be caught. It also requires no Attack level to wield. However, it requires 35 fishing to use.

If you are hunting barbed tailed kebbits and do not wish to bank, you should just drop the harpoons as they don't cost much, but if you wish to bank, the closest bank is in Oo'glog but if you cant bank there, bank at mobilising armies. You should also watch out for the ogresses.

When using the Barb-tail harpoon while fishing, you will catch, or attempt to catch fish 12.5% faster than if you were to use a regular harpoon. For example, the time it takes to complete 8 "stabs" (or animation cycles) into the water with a regular harpoon is the same amount of time it takes to complete 9 "stabs" (or animation cycles) with a barb-tail harpoon. But, this does not effect catching speed at all, the animation is faster but the speed has been proven to be the same.(example: sacred clay harpoon with an extremely short animation, catches at the same speed as a normal harpoon).

You cannot use this type of harpoon to create Ibis pouches.

Trivia

 * When the "deposit-all" option was added to the banks of RuneScape, people were more inclined to use the Barb-tail harpoon for harpoon fishing spots. This would allow you to bank all your items quickly, without depositing your normal harpoon.
 * As of 9/06/10 (9th of June 2010) the Inventory Icon of this item was updated in a Hidden update along with the Court Cases update