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. It has similar stats to the steel dagger except it has one more point in stab than the dagger.

When using the Barb-tail harpoon while fishing, the animation suggest's an 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. (For example, the sacred clay harpoon, with an extremely short animation, catches at the same speed as a normal harpoon).

With the 6 December update introducing the toolbelt, it is not advised to use a wieldable harpoon. This is because it is wasting the weapon slot. A regular harpoon can be put into one's toolbelt, not using up an inventory space.

You cannot use this type of harpoon to create Ibis pouches, normal harpoons have to be used for that.

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Trivia
Hakenschwanz-Harpune Barb-tail harpoon
 * 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 June 2010 the Inventory Icon of this item was updated in a Hidden update along with the Court Cases update
 * As of 6 October 2010 the Inventory Icon of this item was updated in a hidden update along with the Void Stares Back update.
 * The harpoon is slightly translucent.