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{{otheruses|the tool used in the Fishing skill|the tool used in the Stealing Creation minigame|Harpoon (Stealing Creation)}}

{{Infobox Item
|name = Harpoon
|image = [[File:Harpoon.png|A Harpoon]]
|update = New fishing skill and more cooking
|release = [[11 June]] [[2001]]
|members = No
|quest = No
|tradeable = Yes
|equipable = No
|stackable = No
|high = 27
|low = 18
|store = 45
|destroy = Drop
|exchange = gemw
|examine = Useful for catching big fish.
|weight = 1.3
}}

[[File:Harpoon detail.png|left|150px|A harpoon in detail]]

[[File:Player fishing harpoon.png|right|thumb|Players use a harpoon as part of the [[Fishing]] skill.]]

A '''Harpoon''' is a tool used in the [[Fishing]] skill to fish in fishing spots with the ''Harpoon Fishing spot'' option. Harpoons can be used at Cage/Harpoon fishing spots and Net/Harpoon fishing spots. At Cage/Harpoon fishing spots, players with level 35 or higher Fishing can catch [[tuna]] for 80 experience each while harpooning. When players reach level 50 Fishing, they can also catch [[swordfish]] for 100 experience each when harpooning at Cage/Harpoon fishing spots. [[Member]]s who have reached level 76 Fishing can harpoon [[shark]]s for 110 experience each at Net/Harpoon fishing spots.

When a player is able to catch two types of fish with a harpoon (for example able to catch both [[tuna]] and [[swordfish]]), players will catch more of the fish which requires a lower fishing level (in this case tuna) than the fish that requires a higher fishing level to catch (the swordfish).

Harpoons can be obtained from all [[Fishing#Fishing_Supplies|fishing shops]], excluding [[Hank's Fishing Shop]] in Lumbridge and the [[Shilo_Village#Fishing_Shop|Shilo Village Fishing Shop]], for 45 coins. Harpoons can also be obtained from a spawn inside the [[Fishing Guild]] by the exit door, or as a drop from [[Dagannoth]]s. A harpoon can be stored in the [[Toolbelt]].

Cage/Harpoon fishing spots can be found next to the docks of [[Karamja]], eastern [[Wilderness]], on the shores of [[Catherby]], and on the docks of [[Rellekka]], [[Jatizso]], [[Miscellania]], and the [[Fishing Guild]]. Net/Harpoon fishing spots can also be found in Catherby, Miscellania, the Fishing Guild, [[Burgh de Rott]], west of the [[Elf camp]], Jatizso, [[Ape Atoll]], and at Rellekka.

Players cannot wield a harpoon, and therefore it takes up one [[inventory]] slot unless it is on the [[toolbelt]] . The harpoon is NOT a one time use object, therefore players can use a harpoon to catch as many fish as they like. Many people prefer to use the [[Barb-tail harpoon]] over the regular harpoon because it can be wielded, allowing for one more inventory space and therefore slightly more efficient fishing. However, the harpoon can be placed in toolbelt giving same amount of fish carried in inventory as Barb-tail harpoon offers.

The harpoon is also the tertiary ingredient in infusing [[Ibis]] pouches.

Players may receive harpoons from opening a [[box of summoning ingredients]], a possible reward from the [[Familiarisation]] [[Distraction and Diversion]].

== Dropping monsters ==

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|}

==Stock==
*[[Harry's Fishing Shop]] in [[Catherby]] stocks 1,000 harpoons. There is a bank moderately close to the fishing shop. For fast banking, when running to the bank from the shop, click a harpoon to 'use' it. Then click the bank deposit box upon arriving in the bank and choose to deposit all the harpoons.
*[[Gerrant's Fishy Business]] in [[Port Sarim]] stocks 1,000 harpoons for 45 coins each. The nearest bank is in [[Draynor village]], but there is a [[deposit box]] on the docks near the monks who run the boat to [[Entrana]].
*The fishing shop in Witchaven also stocks 1,000 harpoons, also at the rate of 45 coins.
*Arnold Lydspor in the Piscatoris Fishing Colony stocks 10 harpoons.

==Trivia==
*A real harpoon is attached to a rope, but in RuneScape, your character simply stabs with it. This, technically, is spear-fishing.
*Strangely enough, if you've done the barbarian fishing training for catching without a harpoon, and you have a harpoon in your toolbelt and you're under 70 fishing you will not use the harpoon. Instead, you will fish with your hands and only catch tuna. So if you want to be more efficient you're forced to use a barbed tail harpoon.

==See also==
*[[Barb-tail harpoon]]
*[[Sacred clay harpoon]]
*[[Volatile clay harpoon]]
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[[Category:Tools]]
[[Category:Fishing]]
[[Category:Summoning tertiaries]]

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imported>Atheist723 at 12:32, 29 July 2012