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Sailing skill

Sailing training

Old School's first exclusive skill (released 19 Nov 2025): crew a ship to explore five oceans, run port courier tasks, race the Barracuda Trials and salvage shipwrecks. Start it with the Pandemonium quest. Rates are still settling as the community optimises methods, so ScapePath marks them as estimates rather than exact.

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Methods

10

Ranked by xp/hr

Top xp/hr

145,000

Fastest listed

Best gp/hr

—

Most profitable

Milestones

15

Key unlocks

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Why train Sailing?

Sailing is Old School's first exclusive skill and its own way to get around the world: your boat unlocks oceans, remote islands and ports you can't reach on foot, plus courier income and sea-only content. It's a members skill you begin with the Pandemonium quest rather than at level 1 on tutorial island.

ScapePath treats Sailing as both a progression track and a travel network — its milestones open quests, docking points and ocean access that feed the rest of your account. Because the community is still optimising rates, the numbers are shown as estimates rather than the exact figures we assert for the older 23 skills.

The breakpoints that matter are 15 for the Skiff and shipwreck salvaging, 30 for the Barracuda Trials (your fastest repeatable XP), 45 for the Summer Shore courier route after Troubled Tortugans, 50 for the Sloop, 62 for the Rellekka route, and 72 for the Gwenith Glide — the fastest run to 99. Alternate a race for speed with a courier route when you want loot sacks alongside levels.

Milestones

The levels that actually change what you can do — link your account above to see how close you are.

  1. Level 1Start Sailing (Pandemonium)
    • Pandemonium — unlocks the skill and your first raft
    • Sea charting & courier tasks
  2. Level 12Prying Times quest
    • Prying Times (Sailing 12)
  3. Level 15Skiff & shipwreck salvaging
    • Skiff — a larger boat with 7 hotspots
    • Shipwreck salvaging (low-attention XP)
  4. Level 22Current Affairs quest
    • Current Affairs (Sailing 22)
  5. Level 30Barracuda Trials & bounty tasks
    • Barracuda Trials: The Tempor Tantrum
    • Bounty tasks (hunt sea creatures for drops)
  6. Level 40Crab Quest & fetid-water protection
    • Crab Quest (Sailing 40)
    • Inoculation station — sail through fetid waters
  7. Level 45Troubled Tortugans & Summer Shore route
    • Troubled Tortugans (Sailing 45)
    • Summer Shore courier route
  8. Level 50Sloop (medium ship)
    • Sloop — a medium 3×10 ship with 11 hotspots
  9. Level 52The Red Reef quest
    • The Red Reef (Sailing 52)
  10. Level 55Barracuda Trials: The Jubbly Jive
    • The Jubbly Jive — a large XP jump
  11. Level 62Fallen From Grace & Rellekka route
    • Fallen From Grace (Sailing 62)
    • Rellekka courier route
  12. Level 66Adamant keel & Port Tyras docking
    • Adamant keel — crystal-flecked waters protection
    • Dock a boat at Port Tyras
  13. Level 72Barracuda Trials: The Gwenith Glide
    • The Gwenith Glide — fastest XP to 99
  14. Level 76Lunar Isle courier route
    • Lunar Isle courier route (top courier XP + gp)
  15. Level 78Eternal brazier (icy seas)
    • Eternal brazier — sail the icy northern seas

Important unlocks

What levelling Sailing opens up across the game.

Quests

Training methods

  • Sea charting & courier tasksLv 1
  • Shipwreck salvaging (low-attention XP)Lv 15
  • Barracuda Trials: The Tempor TantrumLv 30
  • Summer Shore courier routeLv 45
  • The Jubbly Jive — a large XP jumpLv 55
  • Rellekka courier routeLv 62
  • The Gwenith Glide — fastest XP to 99Lv 72
  • Lunar Isle courier route (top courier XP + gp)Lv 76

Teleports

  • Dock a boat at Port TyrasLv 66

Utility

  • Skiff — a larger boat with 7 hotspotsLv 15
  • Bounty tasks (hunt sea creatures for drops)Lv 30
  • Inoculation station — sail through fetid watersLv 40
  • Sloop — a medium 3×10 ship with 11 hotspotsLv 50
  • Adamant keel — crystal-flecked waters protectionLv 66
  • Eternal brazier — sail the icy northern seasLv 78

Training methods

Ranked by xp/hr. gp/hr is signed — green earns, red is the cost to train. Figures are conservative experienced-player estimates.

Lunar Isle courier route

Lv 76+

The highest-XP courier loop, and the profitable rival to the Gwenith Glide — it pays loot sacks the whole way. From level 84 you can hold 4–5 tasks at once for peak rates.

• Sailing 76

145,000

xp/hr

Barracuda Trials: The Gwenith Glide

Lv 72+

The top Barracuda Trials race and the fastest Sailing XP to 99. Boat upgrades (rosewood hull) and the crystal extractor push rates past 200k/hr for a practised run.

• Sailing 72

140,000

xp/hr

Rellekka courier route

Lv 62–72

A high-throughput courier loop that rivals the Jubbly Jive for XP while paying loot sacks. Unlocking Etceteria (65) opens the faster variant.

• Sailing 62

80,000

xp/hr

Barracuda Trials: The Jubbly Jive

Lv 55–72

The second race, and a big step up in XP. Reaching Marlin rank is a large rate increase, so the race rewards a practised run.

• Sailing 55

70,000

xp/hr

Shipwreck salvaging

Lv 15+

The low-intensity route: crewmates work the salvage while you steer. Rates swing widely with your setup and how actively you tick-manipulate — the figure shown is a relaxed baseline.

50,000

xp/hr

Deep Sea Trawling

Lv 56+

A hybrid Fishing/Sailing activity: you earn Fishing XP and deep-sea fish on top of the Sailing XP shown. Higher shoals need 56–87 Sailing; the rate shown is the Sailing component only.

• Sailing 56

35,000

xp/hr

Barracuda Trials: The Tempor Tantrum

Lv 30–55

The first Barracuda Trials race. Generally the fastest repeatable Sailing XP from level 30, and it teaches the wind-trimming and helm mechanics the later races reward.

• Sailing 30

20,000

xp/hr

Summer Shore courier route

Lv 45–62

A dedicated courier loop unlocked after Troubled Tortugans. Comparable XP to the Tempor Tantrum but pays loot sacks, so it suits players who want gp alongside levels.

• Sailing 45• Troubled Tortugans

20,000

xp/hr

Sea charting

Lv 1–15

Explore and chart the seas for XP plus one-off boat-speed and exploration rewards. Slightly better XP than early courier tasks and the natural first thing to do after Pandemonium.

9,000

xp/hr

Courier tasks (port deliveries)

Lv 1–30

Accept cargo runs from port noticeboards. Deliveries pay loot sacks (coins or supply bundles) alongside XP; higher-level routes below scale far faster.

8,000

xp/hr

Related quests

Quests that unlock Sailing training or gate on your level.

Requirements, milestones and unlocks are verified against the OSRS Wiki. xp/hr and gp/hr are conservative experienced-player estimates that vary with gear, efficiency and live Grand Exchange prices — use them to compare methods, not as exact quotes. Personalized recommendations are derived from your public RuneScape Hiscores. ScapePath is a fan-made companion and is not affiliated with Jagex.