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{{Infobox Item
|name = Swamp tar
|image = [[File:Swamp tar.png]]
|release = [[9 September]] [[2002]]
|update = Sea Slug Quest
|members = Yes
|quest = No
|tradeable = Yes
|stackable = Yes
|high = 0
|low = 0
|store = No
|exchange = gemw
|examine = A foul smelling thick tar like substance.
|weight = 0
|equipable = No
|destroy = Drop
}}
''This is about an item that makes swamp paste. For other uses, go to [[Tar (disambiguation)]].''

[[File:Swamp tar detail.png|left|100px|A detailed image of some swamp tar.]]
'''Swamp tar''' can be found in [[Lumbridge Swamp]] and [[Mort Myre Swamp]] (just north of the swamp boat). It cannot be bought from [[Charter Ship]] employees, however you may purchase swamp paste. After starting the [[Lunar Diplomacy]] quest, you can also take swamp tar from barrels in the [[Lady Zay]]. There are four barrels on the first level down in the ship and three on the second level. A barrel contains one to twenty swamp tars. However, 2 pieces seems most common and anything above five is rare. [[Cave slime]]s, [[warped tortoise]]s, and [[warped terrorbird]]s also drop swamp tar in reasonable amounts. Swamp tar can be a good money-making method for lower level players.

== Dropping monsters ==

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{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Cave slime|Combat=23|Quantity=1-6|Rarity=Always}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Mummy|Combat=84,96,103,125|Quantity=1-17|Rarity=Common}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Warped terrorbird|Combat=81,143|Quantity=10-52|Rarity=Common}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Warped tortoise|Combat=96|Quantity=1-32|Rarity=Uncommon}}
|}

==Uses==
===Making money===
Swamp tar can be an easy way to earn money fairly quickly. Since it stacks, you do not have to bother being close to a bank. Probably the easiest place to collect swamp tar is in the swamps outside of [[Lumbridge]] because there are many available, however you may want to move quickly if there are other players there. If you work in a circular pattern clicking the red dots on the minimap rather than waiting on respawn, you can easily collect 1k swamp tars in an hour and 40 minutes, maybe quicker if you use an [[explorer's ring]] or [[energy potion]]. They respawn every 45 seconds, and while waiting, you can collect more, as there are many more around the swamp.

It is best to kill [[cave slime]]s as they drop 1 - 6 swamp tar as a 100% drop, but they require level 17 [[slayer]] to kill, are [[poison]]ous (the poison hits 30s), and will always poison if you are within melee range (even if you kill the slime on the first attack), unless you use antipoison or equip an [[Anti-poison totem]] (they will '''not''' poison you if you safe-spot them). An alternative for higher levelled players would be to kill [[Warped tortoise]]s and/or [[Warped terrorbird]]s, but this requires a [[crystal chime]] and a slayer level of 56, as well as having reached a certain point in the [[Path of Glouphrie]] quest. In addition, the tortoises have few feasible spawns and are frequently very crowded, while the terrorbirds are aggressive and use '''very''' accurate ranged attacks.

[[File:SwampTarLocation-BoatBottom-final.png|left|thumb|Moonclan boat lower level spawns.]]

===Swamp paste===
When joined with [[flour]] and then heated on a fire or range, it becomes [[swamp paste]], a sticky item used in the [[Shades of Mort'ton (minigame)]] and [[Fishing Trawler]]. It also plays a role in several quests. Note that swamp paste can be purchased far more cheaply from stores or the [[Grand Exchange]].

===Herb paste===
Swamp tar is used in the [[Hunter]] skill as bait ingredient while catching [[salamander]]s. The bait ingredient requires herb paste which is made by using a pestle and mortar on a [[guam leaf|Guam]], [[Clean marrentill|marrentill]], [[Clean tarromin|tarromin]] or [[Clean harralander|harralander]]. Using the herb paste with 15 swamp tars produces [[Guam tar]] (19 herblore, 30exp), [[Marrentill tar]] (31 herblore, 42.5exp), [[Tarromin tar]] (39 herblore, 55exp) or [[Harralander tar]] (44 herblore, 72.5exp). The herb tar making gives [[Herblore]] experience. Some make the tar to gain Herblore experience without spending any money, although there are faster, more expensive methods. These mixes of herbs and swamp tar are used as ammunition when a [[salamander]] is wielded as a weapon.

===Lamp oil===
Swamp tar can also be distilled into [[Lamp oil]] using either the still in the [[Rimmington]] Chemistry shop or the still at [[Miltog]]'s lamp stall in the [[Dorgesh-Kaan]] marketplace. Note that a still will not load the [[Lamp oil]] into any container except an empty [[Oil lamp]], [[Oil lantern]], or [[Bullseye lantern]].

===Quests===
Swamp tar is involved with several quests.

*[[Eagles' Peak (quest)|Eagles' Peak]]
*[[Shades of Mort'ton]]
*[[Cold War]]
*[[Horror from the Deep]]
*[[Troll Romance]]
*[[Sea Slug Quest|Sea Slug]]
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imported>Chilled Socks at 04:14, 11 September 2012