Sailing

For a list of all requirements and unlockables within the Sailing skill, see Sailing/Level up table.

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Sailing
Released		19 November 2025 (Update)
Members		Yes
Type		Utility
Statistics
Players with 99		73,464 as of 1 April 2026 - update
Players with 200M XP		99 as of 2 April 2026 - update

	Sailing level up - normal
The jingle that plays when levelling up.

	Sailing level up (Level 99)
Grander variation of the level up jingle, used for reaching 99.

Sailing is a members-only skill that allows players to captain a boat and sail the seas of Gielinor. Released on 19 November 2025, it is the only skill exclusive to Old School RuneScape.

To start training Sailing, players must complete the quest Pandemonium. Players can buy boats and build facilities on them, such as cannons to fight monsters at sea and trawling nets to trawl for fish. Players train Sailing through various activities such as port tasks, sea charting, shipwreck salvaging, and Barracuda Trials. Players may have ocean encounters and can hire and assign crewmates to operate facilities.

Players can dock their boats at new islands unlockable through Sailing. These islands feature new rocks, trees, chests and Slayer monsters, and new activities such as coral farming, crab trapping, and lantern harpooning. Gathered items can be used to upgrade boats and make new food, potions, and blowpipes.

Getting started

Main article: Sailing training

The first step in training the Sailing skill is completing the Pandemonium quest. The quest can be started by talking to Will and Anne on the docks of Port Sarim. The quest will teach the player how to sail a boat, dock at a port, and perform other basic gameplay tasks. Upon completing this quest, players are rewarded with their first boat, a raft, and a Captain's log. After the quest, players can board their raft through the gangplank found on the east dock of The Pandemonium.

Starting out, Sailing can be trained with sea charting and low level courier tasks, which can be accepted from the notice boards at most ports. Level 15 Sailing unlocks the next rank of boat, the skiff, as well as shipwreck salvaging.

Navigation

The Navigation interface whilst aboard a boat.

Sailing changes player navigation significantly from the typical point-and-click gameplay throughout the rest of the game. After obtaining and boarding your first boat at a gangplank at any port, the player's combat options tab is replaced with the Sailing Options interface, detailing useful information about the currently boarded vessel such as its name, facilities, stats, and crewmates.

Players can move around the deck of their boat normally as they would, but to begin sea navigation, players must click the helm at the back of their boat. Whilst navigating a boat, a white arrow will appear around the player's boat in the direction of their cursor which can be clicked to set the boat's intended direction. Once a direction has been decided and the boat has rotated to point in that direction, movement can be commenced by adjusting the boat's speed using the up and down arrows in the boat's navigation interface--even allowing players to move in reverse--with a set and unset toggle button to immediately stop and start boat movement.

Whilst sailing, gusts of wind will appear around the sails of a boat allowing players to trim them and receive a boost of speed for 12 seconds. If a wind catcher has been built on a player's vessel, the Sailing experience is halved upon trimming the sails, and a wind mote is generated; releasing a wind mote from a wind catcher grants 150 Sailing experience, increasing the overall experience provided by trimming sails.

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  Sailing without the sails set
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  Sailing with sails set
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  You feel a gust of wind while sailing
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  You trim the sails, catching the wind for a burst of speed!
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  Interface showing remaining time until sails can be trimmed on the Official Client.
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  Interface when boost for trimming sail is active on the Official Client.
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  Interface when time to trim the sails on the Official Client.

Players can navigate anywhere they want on the ocean, though they must be careful of sailing hazards, which will damage the player's boat if they do not have the proper protection against it. The game will prevent players from sailing past the game boundaries, with a message informing the players they cannot progress if they attempt to do so.

Other players may board a player's boat in a manner similar to how player owned houses can be entered by people on their friends list.

Shipbuilding

Main article: Shipbuilding

Boats are the core method of travel in Sailing, and each player must own a boat to train and use the skill. Different types of boats have different Sailing level requirements to obtain and use. All boats have a base number of hitpoints, which can be improved through upgrading the hull. The required levels are not boostable.

Boats can be customised by talking with a shipwright at a large port. Upgrading your boat's core parts requires upgrade materials such as planks, nails, and cloth of various tiers, and will award players with Construction experience. Boats can be customised to players' specific needs depending on the activities they wish to do, with different facilities benefiting and enabling different sailing activities.

Level	Boat		Image	Size	Core boat parts	Facility hotspots	Player capacity	Crew slots	Cost
1		Raft		Tiny (1x3)	Hull Helm Mast and sails	1	2	0	1,000
15		Skiff		Small (2x5)	Hull Helm Mast and sails Keel	7	5	2	15,000
50		Sloop		Medium (3x10)	Hull Helm Mast and sails Keel	11	10	5	200,000

Broadly speaking:

• A raft is tiny, simple to upgrade and very cheap to teleport around for quick access to sailing in any port. But it is quite fragile and has only a single hotspot for either the cargo hold, or other facilities.
• A skiff is fast and mobile, with enough space and several facilities more than sufficient for exploring.
• A sloop is large and sturdy, with numerous hotspots for multiple seafaring activities and well-equipped for combat. It is, however, hugely expensive to upgrade or retrieve, and cannot fit in certain small spaces.

It's a good idea to own all three boat types when available, since the skiff is required for Barracuda Trials, only the raft can access certain locations for sea charting, and the sloop is a noticeable upgrade in terms of storage space and efficiency of combat, salvaging and sea trawling.

Oceans

The seas of Gielinor are divided into nine oceans. For a large image click here.

For an interactive map of Sailing-related points of interest, see Sailing/Map.

Gielinor has nine oceans: the Ardent, Unquiet, Shrouded, Western, Northern, Sunset, Forgotten, Untamed, and Eastern Oceans. Players typically start by sailing the Ardent Ocean. Oceans are divided into seas. For example, the Ardent Ocean is divided into the Bay of Sarim, Mudskipper Sound, the Kharidian Sea, and more. Some seas are hazardous, limiting players' access, but some hazards can be prevented with shipbuilding, granting players' access. The Ardent, Unquiet, Shrouded, Western and Northern Oceans, and parts of the Sunset Ocean, are accessible. The Forgotten, Untamed, and Eastern Oceans, and parts of the Sunset Ocean, are currently inaccessible because they are hazardous and those hazards' effects cannot currently be prevented.

Docking points are placed on various islands and landmasses to embark and dock your boat. There are 56 docking points accessible with associated level requirements to dock at them. Most docking points generally have several facilities. Developed cities and settlements such as Port Sarim and Deepfin Point are more likely to have more facilities, such as notice boards, ledger tables, and Salvaging stations. Remote locations, such as small settlements, are likely to have some facilities missing, while obscure locations, such as unsettled islands, will only have a docking and mooring point.

While most docking points only have a level requirement, a few also have quest requirements in order to utilise facilities in the area. For example, a player can dock at Port Tyras after completing Regicide, but will be unable to utilise its notice board until Song of the Elves is completed.

There are 27 new islands unlockable through Sailing where players can dock their boats. After docking at an island for the first time, some islands have alternative transportation options available such as spirit trees and fairy rings. These islands feature new rocks, trees, chests, and Slayer monsters, and new activities such as coral farming, crab trapping, and lantern harpooning. Gathered items can be used to upgrade boats and make new food, potions, and blowpipes.

Ship combat

A player and their crewmates fighting sea krakens.

Main article: Ship combat

After building cannons on their boats, players fight sea monsters such as a sharks, monodons, krakens, and more. To engage in combat with a sea monster, the monster must be positioned within 180-degrees of the cannon. Players can engage in combat up to 15 tiles; players who are too far away will receive the message, I can't reach that!. Upon engaging in combat, the player's hitpoints are replaced with the health of the boat. If the player successfully lands a hit on the sea monster, the player will receive a scaled amount of Sailing experience, depending on the amount of damage dealt to the monster. Players can repair their rafts/boats with repair kits, restoring some or all of the raft or boat's health during combat. However, if the raft or boat loses its entire health, the player(s) and crewmate(s) will be teleported to their set respawn dock point. This is set by clicking the "dock" option on the nearest buoy on their selected pier.

A player may also fight sea monsters with conventional combat, but a unique modifier is used if combat is performed in such a manner, with players dealing about 23.75% of their normal damage on average.

Unique drops include the echo pearl from orcas, swift albatross feathers from albatross, the narwhal horn from narwhal, ray barbs from various rays, the broken dragon hook from great white shark, and the bottled storm from armoured and vampyre krakens. These unique drops are used to build various facilities including the fathom pearl, gale catcher, chum spreader, cotton and hemp trawling nets, dragon salvaging hook, and greater teleport focus.

Death & Capsizing

Should the player's hitpoints reach 0 while on a boat for any reason, the player's gravestone will be located at the last gangplank they set sail from. It is important to note that if the player sets sail from an island that only has a mooring point and not a gangplank, their gravestone will be at the previous gangplank instead. The gangplank the player respawns at persists through sessions. The contents of the boat's cargo hold will be lost.

Should the boat the player is riding on have its hitpoints reach zero, their boat will capsize. The player will be transported to the last gangplank they set sail from and will keep their inventory. The contents of the boat's cargo hold will be lost. Capsizing is safe for hardcore ironman accounts. Please be aware capsizing will not cure poison, venom, or disease.

Activities

Port tasks

Main articles: Courier tasks and Bounty tasks

The player carries cargo to their boat for a courier task, with The Pandemonium as destination.

Port tasks is a low to medium-intensity, medium xp/hr activity where players complete tasks obtained from notice boards located at various ports. These tasks are divided between courier tasks, which involve delivering cargo between two designated ports, and bounty tasks (unlocked at level 30), which involve handing in a certain quantity of an untradeable item from killing sea creatures.

Completing any port task awards the player with Sailing experience, coins, and occasionally resources such as shark paint. These tasks can be cancelled at any time. Players may initially only have one active task, but this number increases at higher levels:

Level	Tasks
1	1
7	2
28	3
56	4
84	5

Sea charting

A location where the spyglass can be used.

Main article: Sea charting

Sea charting involves performing bespoke tasks in various parts of the sea and is intended to have players explore Gielinor's oceans and reward them with once-off experience for doing so. These tasks vary from simple exploration to puzzles and even data collection, many of which require specific tools to complete. Most charting tools can be collected from your boat's cargo hold or from the associated task NPC, other than the crowbar and current duck, which are rewarded upon completion of the quest Prying Times and Current Affairs, respectively.

Rewards include bonus sailing XP and unlocking rapids that allow faster travel for completely charting seas and entire oceans. Additionally, after charting certain numbers of seas, players can speak to Charles in Pandemonium Cave to obtain ales with special effects. These ales can be stored in a keg on a boat for additional effects.

Shipwreck salvaging

The player deploys a salvaging hook to pull resources out of a nearby shipwreck

Main article: Shipwreck salvaging

Salvaging is a low-intensity, low xp/hr gathering activity in Sailing where players will move adjacent to sunken shipwrecks across the ocean, deploy their salvaging hooks, and collect resources for small amounts of Sailing experience. Salvage collected comes in several varieties and can be added to your boat's cargo hold if the facility has been built. Salvaging hooks themselves come in various metal tiers, with associated Sailing level requirements which allow for gathering at higher tier locations and with greater success.

Salvage range is 7 tiles from the edge of the shipwreck and based on the location of the salvage hook. Because some wrecks are less than 14 tiles apart these areas allow salvaging from two wrecks in one spot. This does not increase loot, but reduces having to move your boat around.

Once collected, salvage can be automatically sorted and processed into items at a salvaging station found at most ports or a salvaging station aboard your boat. This process awards some token experience and returns potentially useful or valuable items.

Barracuda Trials

The player picks up lost supplies during The Tempor Tantrum

Main article: Barracuda Trials

Barracuda Trials is a high-intensity, high xp/hr race-against-the-clock activity where players navigate obstacle courses at sea to deliver rum and lost supplies to the Barracudas as quickly as possible. Each completion grants a chunk of Sailing experience, offering the highest xp/hr for Sailing currently.

There are three Barracuda Trials: The Tempor Tantrum unlocked at level 30, The Jubbly Jive unlocked at level 55, and The Gwenith Glide unlocked at level 72. Each trial has three ranks of difficulty (Swordfish, Shark, and Marlin), with increasingly strict time limits and collection requirements. The first completion of each tier awards additional bonus Sailing experience and unlocks the ability to attempt the subsequent tier. Your fastest completion time and achieved ranks are tracked by the scoreboard.

Rewards include the stormy, fetid and serrated keys, Ralph's, Gurtob's and Gwyna's fabric rolls, a barrel stand, captured wind mote, and heart of ithell. A barrel stand is required to build a keg, a captured wind mote is required to build a wind catcher and gale catcher, and a heart of ithell is used to build a crystal extractor.

Deep sea trawling

The player deploys their trawling net at a nearby trawling shoal to catch fish

Main article: Deep sea trawling

Deep sea trawling is high-intensity, high gp/hr hybrid Fishing and Sailing activity, where players fish at trawling shoals using their boat's trawling nets. Deep sea trawling for marlin is currently one of the highest earning skilling activities in OSRS.

The first step to deep sea trawling is to track down a shoal of fish. Trawling shoals are found in places indicated by an icon on the world map. Optionally, players can also use a fathom stone or fathom pearl facility. The stone gives a general direction, whereas the pearl gives a hint arrow directly over the shoal.

Optionally, after tracking down a shoal, players can spread fish offcuts or fine fish offcuts from a chum station, advanced chum station, or chum spreader facility. This increases catch effectiveness and the rate at which shoals disperse.

The next step is to sail the boat over a shoal and deploy a trawling net while keeping the boat aligned with the shoal as it moves. Trawling nets can be operated by the captain, another player, or a crewmate.

Fish collect in the net and can be sent to the cargo hold or the player's inventory. These fish can be cooked into foods (some with additional effects), and some can also be used as Herblore secondaries.

Once a shoal has dispersed, the player can repeat these steps to track down a new shoal.

Ocean encounters

The player encounters a castaway while sailing.

Main article: Ocean encounters

Ocean encounters are a variety of NPCs that appear at random to interact with players while they are sailing. Rewards include eleven pearls ranging in size from tiny to radiant, which are listed in the collection log.

Crewmates

The player captains their boat while Jittery Jim fires the cannon and Sailor Jakob navigates the helm.

Main article: Crew Management

Players may hire crewmates to their boats, then assign them a role on boat. Players must first talk to the crewmate on land then players must talk to the Crew Registrar to assign the unlocked crewmate to an open slot in their boat. Crewmates have varying levels of helmsmanship, privateering, and deckhandiness. For example, Jobless Jim is unlocked at level 40 Sailing and has +2 helmsmanship, +1 privateering, and +3 deckhandiness, while Adventurer Ada is unlocked at level 55 and has +3 helmsmanship, +2 privateering, and +1 deckhandiness. Different types of boats and rafts have their own facility slots, so players will need to prioritise their crew to best fit the player's needs.

Sailing pet

Main article: Soup

Soup is a skilling pet that can be obtained while training Sailing. In addition, the Fishing skilling pet, the Heron, can be obtained through the hybrid Fishing/Sailing method, deep sea trawling.

Notable milestones

Main article: Sailing/Level up table

Shipbuilding

Item				Uses
	Bronze salvaging hook	15	1	First salvaging hook for shipwreck salvaging
	Iron helm	17	14	Provides resistance to gentle rapids Required for The Tempor Tantrum
	Oak mast and linen sails	24	11	Provides partial resistance to storms Required for The Tempor Tantrum
	Bronze cannon	28	21	First cannon for ship combat
	Keg	33	25	Can be filled with certain ales to provide passive effects
	Innoculation station	40	37	Prevents the hazardous effects of fetid waters Required for The Jubbly Jive
	Salvaging station	42	34	Sort salvage from shipwreck salvaging at sea
	Wind catcher	53	47	Store and release wind motes for boosting speeds at sea
	Teleport focus	55	49	Allows player to teleport their boat to the nearest dock
	Rope trawling net	56	45	First trawling net for deep sea trawling
	Chum station	56	45	First chum station for deep sea trawling
	Adamant keel	66	62	Prevents the hazardous effects of crystal-flecked waters Required for The Gwenith Glide
	Adamant helm	72	59	Prevents the hazardous effects of tangled kelp
	Crystal extractor	73	67	Periodically generates wind motes for a wind catcher
	Greater teleport focus	75	69	Allows player to teleport their boat to the nearest dock Allows player to teleport to their docked ship
	Eternal brazier	78	72	Prevents the hazardous effects of icy seas

Mooring points

Mooring point			Notable features	Other requirements	Location
	The Pandemonium	1	Lead rocks Red crabs		Show map
	The Great Conch	45	Gryphons Coral farming Camphor trees Blue crabs	Also requires completion of Troubled Tortugans	Show map
	The Onyx Crest	47	Lantern harpooning		Show map
	Charred Island	60	Lava strykewyrms		Show map
	The Crown Jewel	64	Rainbow crabs		Show map
	Deepfin Point	67	Nickel rocks		Show map
	Sunbleak Island	72	Ironwood trees	Also requires adamant helm (or better) to prevent the hazardous effects of the surrounding tangled kelp	Show map
	Ynysdail	73	Aquanites	Also requires adamant keel (or better) to prevent the hazardous effects of the surrounding crystal-flecked waters	Show map
	Drumstick Isle	79	Rosewood trees		Show map
	Grimstone	87	Frost dragons Ancient Furnace	Also requires eternal brazier to prevent the hazardous effects of the surrounding icy seas	Show map

Temporary boosts

Main article: Temporary skill boost

Players can not boost sailing to access islands beyond their non-boosted skill level.

Players can boost the Sailing skill in order to be able to recruit higher-level crewmates (providing other requirements are met, if any exist), as well as build higher-tier facilities and core boat parts.

If boosting to build a higher rank facility, such as a higher level cannon or salvaging hook, the boost must be maintained in order for the player or crewmates to keep using it. Core boat parts and cargo holds can still be used below the required level, however.

Boost		Level increase	Visibility	Other info
	Sailing cape	1	Visible	Activating the cape's effect will increase the corresponding skill by 1.
	Kraken ink stout	1	Visible	Magic 2 Attack -2 When onboard in a keg, it increases the likelihood of ocean encounters by 4%.
	Perildance bitter	1	Visible	Ranged 2 Strength 2 Magic -2 When onboard in a keg, it increases the max hit of cannons by one.
	Trawler's trust	2	Visible	Fishing 2 Attack -2 When onboard in a keg, it grants a 5% chance to catch an extra fish while deep sea trawling.
	Whirlpool surprise	3	Visible	Cooking 2 Agility -2 When onboard in a keg, it grants a +2 invisible Sailing boost and gives the crew a minimum of 2 Deckhandiness and 2 Helmsmanship.
	Horizon's lure	4	Visible	Thieving -2 When onboard in a keg, it boosts Sailing experience gained by 2.5%.
	Spicy stew (yellow spice)	±0-5	Visible	Hitpoints 11 Depending on type of stew, any skill except Hitpoints can be boosted or reduced by 0 to 5 levels randomly.

Quests

Quests requiring Sailing

Quest	Sailing requirement	Other requirements
Prying Times	12	30
Current Affairs	22	10
Troubled Tortugans	45	48 , 34 , 45 , 51 , 40

Quests rewarding Sailing experience

Main article: Quest experience rewards

Quest	Experience reward	Sailing requirement	Other requirements
Pandemonium	300	1	-
Prying Times	800	12	30
Current Affairs	1,400	22	10
Troubled Tortugans	10,000	45	48 , 34 , 45 , 51 , 40
Total	12,500

Skill choice

Upon completing any of the following quests, players may choose to allocate experience to Sailing. These rewards usually come in the form of items, such as lamps or books, and are independent of any experience rewards directly received for completing the quest.

Quest	Experience reward	Skills available	Skill requirements
X Marks the Spot	300	Any	None
Client of Kourend	500 twice	Any	None
Fairytale II - Cure a Queen	2,500	Any skill above 30	49 , 57
A Tail of Two Cats	2,500 twice	Any skill above 30	None
The Great Brain Robbery	5,000	Any skill above 30	16 , 30 , 50
King's Ransom	5,000	Any skill above 50	65
Darkness of Hallowvale	2,000 three times	Any skill above 30	5 , 20 , 22 , 32 , 33 , 40
A Taste of Hope	2,500 three times	Any skill above 35	48 , 40 , 40 , 45 , 38
A Kingdom Divided	10,000 twice	Any skill above 40	54 , 52 , 52 , 50 , 42 , 38 , 35
In Search of Knowledge (miniquest)	10,000	Any skill above 40	None
Curse of the Empty Lord (miniquest)	10,000	Any skill above 50	Some players will need 31
One Small Favour	10,000 twice	Any skill above 30	36 , 25 , 18 , 30
Recipe for Disaster (The final battle)	20,000	Any skill above 50	175 , 70 , 48 , 50 , 53 , 53 , 25 , 59 , 40 , 50 , 40 , 40 , 10 , 10 , 36
Sins of the Father	15,000 six times	Any skill above 60	62 , 60 , 56 , 52 , 50 , 50 , 49
Total	202,300

Development history

Main article: Sailing/Development

The login screen when Sailing was released

	Scape Sail
The login screen music when Sailing was released

Sailing was originally proposed as a skill to players in August of 2015 in a Dev Blog. The skill was to consist of three main activities: ship building, navigation, and exploration, and was said to be available to free-to-play.

A fresh proposal was later made on 27 March 2023 alongside two other potential skills, Taming and Shamanism. Sailing earned the plurality of votes compared to the other two proposed skills, and then passed a poll to be added to the game, with 71.9% of players voting in favour of it.

After having been initially shown off at RuneFest 2025, Sailing's first Open Tech Alpha was made available to all members in the March 2025 Sailing Alpha. Another preview, the June 2025 Sailing Beta, ran from 26 June to 3 July 2025. The final limited preview of the skill was the August 2025 Sailing Stress Test.

On 24 October 2025, Sailing's release date was officially announced. The new skill was released on 19 November 2025. On 25 January 2026, at the Winter Summit 2026, Jagex revealed the Sailing roadmap for 2026.

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Changes

Date	Changes
1 April 2026 (Update)	Cannons have been buffed when they are actively manned by a player, ensuring that a player using a cannon is on par to the DPS of traditional combat +2 crew members using cannons. The hitpoints of some sea creatures has been reduced. Bounty task experience has been reduced by 25%. Ranged modifiers such as the void armour effect and Ranged Prayers now apply in cannon combat. Worn Ranged gear will now correctly apply its stats to the overall damage.
18 March 2026 (Update | poll)	Boat combat: Cannons have been rebalanced. They now shoot slower than before, but hit harder. You can now build two cannons on the same side of your Sloop. Players can now build a ballistic attractor, which is a facility that retrieve 60% of the cannonballs used. Two extra facility slots have been added to the Sloop (which can be used for cannons or the ballistic attractor). Traditional combat using player gear now works the same on sea creatures as it does on land; previously, there was a damage reduction mechanic. Sea creatures have had their HP adjusted accordingly. Removed the delay in looting sea creatures. You can now use Telekinetic Grab to instantly loot a sea monster corpse with no net animation. A 'Fire At Will' Mode has been added to the Sailing side panel, allowing your crew to hit sea creatures in range automatically. We've buffed the amount of cannonballs that can be received from Cannonball Thieving, Shipwreck Salvaging and various NPCs. Enemy attacks will no longer interrupt most Captain actions, so you can continue to use interfaces or other menus without them forcibly closing. A new NPC, the veiled kraken, has been added to the Tangled Kelp alongside two new Bounty Tasks to hunt it down. Unique drops include the Dragon Cannon Barrel and Inky Paint. Other: Fixed a bug where the invisible +2 Sailing boost for the Keg of Whirlpool Surprise was not applying in certain situations. Fixed an animation bug with 1.5 tick shipwreck salvaging. Players can now use a filled fish crate on a bank booth, banker, or bank chest to empty the fish into their inventory. Fixed an issue where the message shown when attempting to create Adamant keel parts incorrectly stated the required Smithing level.
11 March 2026 (Update)	Adjusted the placement of ocean rapids to better align with popular routes players have been using for cargo deliveries. Crewmate and salvaging hook animations now play without delay when a crewmate is assigned to the salvaging hook while sailing toward a shipwreck.
14 January 2026 (Update)	Resolved an inconsistency where speed boost durations were shorter when sails were trimmed by a crewmate instead of the player.
7 January 2026	Hotfix The captain of a boat can now trim all sails, regardless of their Sailing level. This is to allow players to use their sails if they had boosted their Sailing level to build them.
7 January 2026 (Update)	Players now require a Sailing level to trim sails, which is the same level required as to build the sail. Crewmates now operate facilities such as the helm, trawler net and salvaging hook only if the player has the required level for them - not based on crewmate stats.
17 December 2025 (Update)	Fixed an issue where boats could be summoned without a teleport focus if one had previously been built on the boat. Fixed an issue where boats could get stuck in certain positions near the Brimhaven port. The correct player's RSN is now shown on all messaging boxes of the Navigation Permissions, including the cargo hold access message. The camera starts now panning without delay when using the telescope at the Piscarilius food hall. Reduced the number of sharks around Mermaid locations, including in multi-combat zones like north of Crash Island. If your helm's covered in crystals when you order your crew to operate it, the game will now recognise immediately that they can't do it, instead of waiting until the crew reaches the helm before giving the feedback. The wandering pirate NPC boat no longer crashes into the rocks and gets stuck.
10 December 2025 (Update)	Group Ironmen can now use facilities on their group members' ships regardless of whether or not they've built that facility themselves, so long as they have the Sailing level required. The bonecrusher and bonecrusher necklace now work for any Sailing creatures who drop bones. When quick-transporting your boat (e.g. recovering via a shipwright or using a boat spell), players will now only lose Port Task cargo, Bounty items, salvage and fish from their Cargo Hold. Cargo crates are now confiscated immediately when you teleport while carrying them. The "Start the boat when setting a heading" option now works more reliably for players whose crewmates were already controlling the helm when they boarded the boat. The following Sailing activities can now be boosted: All sea charting types Both building and using cannons on a boat Updated the requirement met filter in the Sea Charting interface to include quest requirements. Testing the currents south of the pest-filled island near the Void Knight's Outpost is now correctly listed under The Simian Sea. Fixed a spade-related typo on the Port Task board. Added an option to disable teleport warnings while on a boat.
3 December 2025 (Update)	Experience rewards like lamps and Tears of Guthix can now be used on Sailing. Players should no longer find themselves logging in at the last port that they visited if they logged out with their boat docked at an island's mooring point. Removed some invisible walls in the Fremensund near Meaty Aura Logist. Default settings have been adjusted so that using the 'Check Materials' button on boat upgrades will display a message in chat by default. Players can no longer walk onto 'sailable' tiles in Varlamore and Laguna Aurorae and teleport themselves to Port Sarim. Planks from the Plank Sack are now useable when building facilities on a boat.
26 November 2025 (Update)	Fixed a collision logic issue that led to a lot of issues with boats becoming stuck. Added an option to the settings menu to allow players to determine who can use their cargo hold, separate and independent from who is allowed on your boat. It is now no longer possible to trim the sails while wielding cargo. Bounty tasks now correctly match the required Sailing level for their NPC locations. The materials list has been corrected for the teleport focus and the rune salvaging hook in the skill guide. Fixed an issue where the camera would sometimes hide in a corner when joining a friend's boat. Fixed an issue where repair kits weren't updating the ship's HP in the Sailing side-panel.

See also

• Sailing/Experience table, a list of all Sailing experience sources
• Sailing/Level up table, a list of all requirements and unlockables within the Sailing skill

Trivia

• The first player to achieve level 99 in this skill was AsianGrinder on 23 November 2025, within only four days of the skill being released. The first player to achieve 200 million experience in this skill was FasT 07 on 6 January 2026. The first player to achieve level 99 in this skill as an ironman was Alfie.
• The 2014 April Fools day event featured the "release" of the Sailing skill. Near Draynor Village, players could ride in one of three different boats to a single island where they would meet one of several NPCs before returning back. Players could only gain up to 5,000 Sailing experience, as going past that would result in their experience resetting back to 0.