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When the Hunter skill was added to RuneScape, among the new creatures that came with it were swamp lizards, orange salamanders, red salamanders and black salamanders. When caught, these are actually used as weapons, consuming “fuel” that is made from a combination of swamp tar and various herbs. The ability to make these herb tars was added to the Herblore skill, providing a nice alternative to players looking to make something other than potions.

Herb tars are made by combining swamp tar (not swamp paste, mind you) with one of four herbs: guam, marrentill, tarromin or harralander. Each results in a particular “flavor” of tar that is used as fuel by one of the four lizards/salamanders, as shown in Table 24. It can also be used as bait to trap them.

Table 24: Herb Tars

Herblore Level	Tar Name	Base Item	Herb	Final Product	Creature Weapon	Experience Points
19	Guam tar	15 Swamp tar	Clean guam leaf	15 Guam tar	Swamp lizard	30
31	Marrentill tar	15 Swamp tar	Clean marrentill	15 Marrentill tar	Orange salamander	42.5
39	Tarromin tar	15 Swamp tar	Clean tarromin	15 Tarromin tar	Red salamander	55
44	Harralander tar	15 Swamp tar	Clean harralander	15 Harralander tar	Black salamander	72.5

Making herb tars provides a good amount of Herblore XP, and doing it takes less effort than making potions, so some like it as a form of training. Once the herb tar is made, you can either sell it or use it yourself. Note that selling can be a problem for some of the tars, because they generally are in low demand and you can end up losing a lot of money if you try to sell them.

Using the salamanders and tars yourself can be a good option. Salamanders have the distinction of being the most versatile weapons in the game: you can use them to do melee, ranged or magic damage just by changing attack style. This makes them well suited for certain applications, such as The Barrows. At higher levels, the red and black salamanders can hit over 20, which makes them a cheap alternative to Magic combat using spells and runes.

For more information on herb tars, see the topics on gathering swamp tar, making herb tars efficiently, and the viability of herb tars as a training option.

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