1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,840 Sailing is officially announced for November 19th. 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:07,120 That is less than four weeks away from today. 3 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:10,600 I am pretty excited. I mean, I knew this day was 4 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:13,680 coming. They were very, very stern on 5 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:18,040 releasing sailing before 2026 and they've kept their word so 6 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:19,320 far. It hasn't actually launched yet. 7 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:21,800 Who knows, there might be a delay, but I'm very excited for 8 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:24,320 this. There's a juicy blog that I have 9 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:27,400 not even glanced at yet. So this is all going to be 10 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:30,880 probably reiterated information that we've already heard over 11 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:33,080 previous blogs. But before we jump into this, I 12 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:36,880 know you guys have been wanting these little drink reviews back. 13 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:39,760 So we got a June Berry sugar free Red Bull. 14 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:42,240 Can you guys even see that? And it's so shiny. 15 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:45,880 But let's take a take a little sip, give it a little rating. 16 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:51,880 Why not? Oh yeah, ice cold. 17 00:00:53,160 --> 00:00:55,400 This is a good one. This is a really good one to mix 18 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,280 Chobani extra creamy oat milk. I know there's probably some of 19 00:00:58,280 --> 00:00:59,800 you Like, what the fuck did you just say? 20 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:02,400 Listen, Chobani extra creamy oat milk. 21 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:07,040 Mix a little bit like 1/4 cup in like a can, like an 8 oz can of 22 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:09,240 this. It turns it into like a smoothie 23 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:10,640 vibe. And if you have some little 24 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:12,360 coconut syrup, add a splash of that. 25 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:16,600 It's fucking perfection. So let's jump into this. 26 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:20,560 Beautiful blog. Oh my God. 27 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:23,360 Sailing launches N19. Look at look at this, it's so 28 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:25,000 shiny. Look at the little image right 29 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:29,640 here. Sailing launches November 19th. 30 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:34,120 After three years of design discussion and community 31 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:37,480 collaboration, we're thrilled to announce that Sailing, Old 32 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:40,400 School Runescapes First New Skill, is launching on November 33 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:44,920 19th at 10 UTC. Please note the exact timing of 34 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,360 launch on the day might move, and we'll be explaining further 35 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:52,760 detail in our next Sailing blog. Sailing unlocks new content 36 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:55,040 found at sea. Own and upgrade your very own 37 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:59,440 boat and as you hone your skills you'll reach previously 38 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:01,880 uncharted areas. It's a historic moment for the 39 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:03,840 team and of course, our wonderful community. 40 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:07,520 From early skill concepts throughout refinement, play, 41 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:10,759 testing, and polls, this has been a skill shaped directly 42 00:02:10,759 --> 00:02:12,920 with you. Let's talk about what you can 43 00:02:12,920 --> 00:02:16,320 expect from sailing, what's still on the horizon, and how 44 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:19,520 you can help influence development in 2026 and beyond. 45 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,800 So again, as always, these blog posts will be LinkedIn the 46 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:24,040 description. So if you guys want to check out 47 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,720 the official video, be sure to check it out there. 48 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:30,640 Sailing is a massive update. We call it our project of 49 00:02:30,640 --> 00:02:33,080 projects. It's bigger and more expansive 50 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,240 than any content that's come before it. 51 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:39,080 As a new skill, it touches almost every aspect of the game, 52 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:41,120 giving you brand new ways to choose to play. 53 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:44,600 Old School Runescape has always been about player autonomy and 54 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:46,920 decision making. Build your own adventure your 55 00:02:46,920 --> 00:02:50,840 way. Sounds like Subway Sailing is 56 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,000 going to offer. Oh wait, no, that was BK. 57 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:54,880 But Burger King does that have it your way? 58 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:55,640 Yeah. Burger King. 59 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:59,520 Jesus, Burger King sucks. Come on, can I get an Amen down 60 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:00,800 in the chat? That place sucks. 61 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,320 Used to be good as a kid. I think everything was good as a 62 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:07,760 kid though. Sailing is going to offer you 63 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:12,040 new goals and fresh ways to progress progressed without 64 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:15,160 taking away what already makes our game so special. 65 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,040 We want to reassure you that Sailing won't change what you 66 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:19,680 already love about Old School Runescape. 67 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,600 It's here to enhance your experience, not replace it. 68 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,440 We're confident that it will feel like a natural extension of 69 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,280 Gillenor, something that could have existed right from the very 70 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:30,840 beginning. Although we've shared lots of 71 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,560 details about Sailing throughout its development, there are still 72 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:36,880 so many things to discover when it comes to the game throughout 73 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:40,800 our public and NDA play tests. So we've continued to iterate on 74 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:43,880 what we can do to improve, and we can't wait to see you all 75 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:47,320 jump in for the very first time. It has been one of the greatest 76 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:49,120 privileges to work on a project like this. 77 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,760 From early concepts to alpha and then beta, it's almost time. 78 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:55,880 We'd like to extend a huge thanks to every single person 79 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:58,040 who has been involved in play testing or feedback, both 80 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:01,360 publicly and behind the scenes. Your work has been invaluable. 81 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:04,600 We're confident that we've created something special here, 82 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:07,800 and it is our sincere hope that when the community tries sailing 83 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,840 on launch day, players will feel like sailing has always belonged 84 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:13,080 in Gillner. That's a that's pretty, pretty 85 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:15,800 good to hear. Our community is the reason why 86 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,800 our game is incredible, and it goes without saying that your 87 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,360 feedback will continue to guide how we develop sailing, 88 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,200 especially after launch. We've got some cool ideas in 89 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:26,960 mind for what's to offer in 2026, and we want to help shape 90 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:29,720 next year and beyond. But before we dive into that, 91 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:32,480 let's break down exactly what features you can expect to see 92 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:34,960 when sailing launches on November 19th. 93 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,040 Warning, if you've been reading the blogs and watching our 94 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:39,920 videos on sailing over the course of development, you might 95 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:42,600 have already been well versed might already be well versed in 96 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:44,920 what's coming to the sailing. You can skip to the next section 97 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:46,920 here. So we will obviously cover 98 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:50,200 everything on this because I do want to give the whole recap to 99 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:53,720 all you. So let's take a look what's 100 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,160 included in sailing, shipbuilding and upgrades. 101 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:59,920 With the required sailing level, you can own up to five boats at 102 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:02,840 any time. Upgrade your boat at the 103 00:05:02,840 --> 00:05:05,440 shipyard with stronger components and powerful 104 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:07,960 facilities that can aid you on your sailing journey. 105 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:11,400 There are three sizes of boats available, the raft, small boat 106 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,480 and large boat. You can use construction to 107 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:17,480 build facilities or simply pay a ship right. 108 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:19,760 Who can build most of the basic facilities? 109 00:05:20,280 --> 00:05:23,400 Crew and multiplayer. Choose from 10 NPCS across 110 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:24,960 Gillenor and ask them to join your crew. 111 00:05:25,280 --> 00:05:28,160 Remember, if your friends are online, they can also join you 112 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:30,480 too. Maximum of five crew mates or 113 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:33,040 friends can join you at any time, helping to manage your 114 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:35,400 facilities and help keep things smooth. 115 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:41,320 Smooth sailing ship combat The sea is teeming with new 116 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:44,400 creatures and aquatic wildlife, but unfortunately most of them 117 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:46,600 won't greet new faces very kindly. 118 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:48,400 Better be safe than sorry, we say. 119 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:52,160 Why not build yourself a cannon facility on your boat? 120 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:56,120 Ship combat has been designed to work very similarly to how 121 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:59,560 combat works on land, so don't expect raid level mechanics just 122 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:01,440 yet. Thankfully you'll be able to 123 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:04,600 repair your boat using repair kits at a shipwrights workbench 124 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:06,760 found near all shipwrights. Go nuts. 125 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:09,520 Damn, look at this giga Chad right here. 126 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:15,720 Yeah, sailing gameplay. Just like clicking rocks to mine 127 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:19,320 oars or logs to burn a fire, the core gameplay loop for sailing 128 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:22,120 is nice and simple. Earn sailing XP by successfully 129 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:23,760 interacting with facilities on your boat. 130 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:28,560 Simplest example of Loop of the Loop is trimming your sails. 131 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:30,600 You'll get a burst of XP and a nice little speed boost. 132 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:35,160 Wow or not Wow. Now it would be rather sad if 133 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:37,680 that was how you're expected to train sailing all the way to 99. 134 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:40,440 So we've developed 4 sailing training methods as well as a 135 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:42,760 hybrid sailing fishing training method. 136 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:46,920 Here's what's coming. Port Tasks use your boat as a 137 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:49,360 service to NPCS around Gillanore who need your help. 138 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:53,840 You'll unlock access to the port notice boards and docks once you 139 00:06:53,840 --> 00:06:56,200 hit their respective required sailing levels. 140 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:59,520 You can choose to help NPCS deliver cargo from A to B, 141 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:03,040 Courier tasks, or take down a threat at sea and deliver the 142 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:07,360 proof to an NPC. Bounty tasks Store up to 5 port 143 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:09,920 tasks at any one time with the required sailing level. 144 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,360 We recommend taking and completing them alongside other 145 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:14,280 activities on your sailing journey. 146 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:18,920 Shipwreck Salvaging. Turn others misfortune into your 147 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:22,000 own benefit. There are many sunken ships out 148 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:23,520 there that still contain valuables. 149 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:25,720 It doesn't. It doesn't feel like Old School 150 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:27,560 Runescape without at least one activity you can do with the 151 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:30,400 streaming service on your third monitor, right? 152 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:33,760 To get your AFK gains in, we've developed a relaxing training 153 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:37,400 method called shipwreck salvaging or the sweaty method, 154 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:43,320 the He box jongs or the box yongs methods where you're just 155 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:45,520 sweating salvaging. Actually it's like it's like the 156 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:48,480 1.5 taking of shooting stars, which I'm actually doing right 157 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:49,800 now. You can. 158 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:52,520 You could sweat the literal fuck out of this rock if I wanted to. 159 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:58,960 You can take your salvage back to a port to to the port to sort 160 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:01,360 them into useful materials too. Sea charting. 161 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:04,160 Using your cap and log, you can document, chart, and study areas 162 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:06,040 of the sea that were previously undiscovered. 163 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:08,920 Spot something cool to see? Go and chart it, explore 164 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:11,080 Gillenor like you've never seen it before, and interact with the 165 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,920 world in a completely new way. This type of activity earns you 166 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:16,840 one time chunks of XP. When you complete an area, 167 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:18,960 you'll receive an additional chunk of XP and specific 168 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:21,640 rewards, including some interesting sailing upgrades. 169 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:28,760 Barracuda Trials The Barracudas are a ragtag crew of seafaring 170 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:31,920 adventurers united by their love of the open ocean. 171 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:35,080 Fiercely competitive and always up for a challenge, they've 172 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:38,320 turned their passion into sport, testing their skills against one 173 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:42,600 another in thrilling sea based time trials to see who truly 174 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:46,240 rules the waves. At launch, Sailing will feature 175 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:51,520 3 Barracuda Trials, the Temper Tantrum, Jubilee Jive and 176 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:55,320 Gwyneth Glide. Each trial offers you the chance 177 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:58,880 to prove your metal rise through the ranks and earn the respect 178 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:01,480 of Barracudas themselves. Conquer their challenges and you 179 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:04,320 could bag yourself a nice chunk of Sailing XP and some very 180 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:07,640 snazzy rewards indeed. Please note that the Barracuda 181 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:10,280 Trials are intended to award high amounts of Sailing XP, 182 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:12,120 provided you can play them mechanically well. 183 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:16,880 Deep sea trawling When you sail far out at sea, you'll find fish 184 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:18,840 that you cannot find near the shores. 185 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:21,320 Building a trawling net facility on your boat allows you to 186 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:24,600 access these fish, so you can earn a mix of sailing and 187 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:27,560 fishing XP. You can look forward to plenty 188 00:09:27,560 --> 00:09:29,720 of new and exotic fish on launch, which can then be 189 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:32,920 transformed into powerful foods or herbler ingredients. 190 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:37,120 Quests Sailing launches with brand new quests If you took 191 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:40,000 part in the Sailing Alpha or Beta, you may already be 192 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:43,120 familiar with Pandemonium, the introductory quest for sailing. 193 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:45,520 This is designed to teach you the ropes, no pun intended. 194 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:49,680 Our most anticipated sailing quest, Troubled Tortugans 195 00:09:49,680 --> 00:09:53,880 Introduced introduced a new race called The Tortugans. 196 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:57,640 The Tortugans are under threat by the Griffins and they need 197 00:09:57,640 --> 00:09:59,800 your help. You'll meet them when you sail 198 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:02,760 over to the Great Conch. A follow up quest, The Red Reef, 199 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:06,080 is planned to launch sometime later next year. 200 00:10:06,560 --> 00:10:08,240 More information on this will be shared below. 201 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:11,560 New areas. We're not going to reveal much 202 00:10:11,560 --> 00:10:14,240 about our new islands you'll discover with sailing since we 203 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:15,920 want to preserve some of the magic on launch. 204 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:19,280 But to give you an idea of scale, there are over 30 new 205 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:22,600 islands being added with the launch of Sailing, some of which 206 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:25,120 come with new dungeons. And it's all coming at once, 207 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:29,280 with room to expand later. It's pretty exciting. 208 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:32,880 The team has put a huge amount of work into environmental 209 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:35,640 storytelling, and we can't wait to see you all jump in. 210 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:38,560 Who will be the first to discover these mysterious 211 00:10:38,560 --> 00:10:41,400 places. We're gonna get a new Helmet of 212 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:43,160 the Moon. It's gonna be Helmet of the Sea, 213 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:47,200 right? Helmet of the CDs, right? 214 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:52,000 Anybody. No new resources Perhaps the 215 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,840 most exciting of all, many, many new resources are being added to 216 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:58,040 Sailing. Bank space will be increased and 217 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:01,360 you'll be able to gather new items like logs, ores, rocks, 218 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:04,600 fish, fish, seeds, fabrics, and more. 219 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:08,040 Check out the Skilling and Resources blog for more details, 220 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:10,800 as all of them will be available with the launch of Sailing, 221 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:14,520 except the Incendiary and Chain Shot cannonballs, both planned 222 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:18,440 for later. Look at these little pirates. 223 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:21,160 These ants with the literal fuck. 224 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:25,600 Interesting. I like how they have the old 225 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:28,840 school model of rocks and then like these new school like RS4 226 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:30,640 looking rocks. You know with the little veins. 227 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:33,640 No it's fine. New training methods. 228 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:36,440 When you unlock access to new islands, you might stumble upon 229 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:38,600 an awesome new way of training another skill. 230 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:41,800 We've carefully designed these new training methods to fill 231 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:44,800 current gaps in progression. All new training methods listed 232 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:47,680 in the Skilling and Resources Blog and the Slayer Blog will be 233 00:11:47,680 --> 00:11:50,760 included at launch. Some notable new training 234 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:54,280 methods include crab hunting, Lantern fishing, blowpipe 235 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:57,680 fletching, and pirate thieving. Unique items. 236 00:11:57,680 --> 00:12:00,400 Your boat opens the door to countless quality of life 237 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:03,120 improvements both on and off the water. 238 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:06,640 If you've built the right facilities, you can upgrade and 239 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:09,600 customize up to five boats, each tailored to your play style, and 240 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:12,680 add unique cosmetics to show off your achievements to other 241 00:12:12,680 --> 00:12:15,160 players. Out at sea, unlock new dock 242 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:18,600 teleport locations using the Teleport Me to Boat spell, or 243 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:20,960 simply set sail directly to your destination. 244 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:25,320 We completely acknowledge that many players will come continue 245 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:27,880 to prefer using traditional teleports for fast travel, and 246 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:32,200 that's OK Sailing either directly or via teleports unlock 247 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,440 to via the skill can offer an ideal option for certain 248 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:37,600 situations. If not, it will still offer 249 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:39,640 plenty of rewards outside of traversal. 250 00:12:40,680 --> 00:12:43,760 The gleaming rapier now called Belle's folly. 251 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:48,000 What actually that's a that was probably a good call. 252 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,960 I think the rapier people had concerns of it being like a slow 253 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:53,960 5 tick weapon and rapiers are supposed to be pointy and fast 254 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:56,200 and then somebody like debunked that they're like, well, they 255 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:59,440 are quick but you know, takes a little bit to wind up or 256 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:01,640 something like that. Five tick powerful set. 257 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:04,000 Belle's folly. Belle's folly. 258 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:07,920 I like that belly folly. Now Belle's Folly is a brand new 259 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:11,320 5 tick powerful stab weapon provided, providing an 260 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:14,440 alternative to the Zamarac in Hosta without completely 261 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:17,120 eclipsing it. The Horn of Plenty is another 262 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:19,600 powerful account upgrade, allowing you to gather resources 263 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:22,720 at an improved rate and providing a boost to your Hunter 264 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:25,600 level. More rewards were mentioned as a 265 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:28,480 part of our latest blog, so go check that out as they will be 266 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:33,000 all available on launch. What could 2026 sailing updates 267 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,720 look like? 2026 is set to be a very 268 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:38,040 exciting year. We're not going to reveal 269 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:41,080 details in this blog since we typically do so via the Winter 270 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:43,080 or Summer Summit live stream reveals. 271 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:46,120 However, we got lots of. We get lots of questions and 272 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:48,840 suggestions about how sailing will expand after launch, so 273 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:51,480 we'd like to share a quick preview of our current thoughts. 274 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:54,920 All of this may change. You may all have different 275 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:57,960 wishes once you've got into grips with sailing after all, so 276 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:01,120 please don't see any of it as being set in stone. 277 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:06,960 Early 2026 The Red Reef Second Tortugan Quest A new type of 278 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:09,920 port task The Red Reef is a second quest in the Tortugan 279 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:13,480 storyline which is planned to be added to sailing in early 2026. 280 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:16,560 We've also got ideas in mind for 1/3 and final quest as part of 281 00:14:16,560 --> 00:14:18,640 this series. However, plans around this are 282 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:22,680 much more vague due to the quest being very being further away 283 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:26,160 from release. Summer summer 2026. 284 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:31,600 Small scale boss at sea, player designed island, player designed 285 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:32,880 shit. OK OK. 286 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:37,120 As Sailing is such a community driven project, we initially 287 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:39,800 planned for a player designed island to be a part of the 288 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:43,080 launch package. However, as we got further into 289 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:46,240 the project we realized that players need to have a good idea 290 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:49,200 of what sailing is and several existing island reference points 291 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:52,200 to be able to design something within our specifications. 292 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:55,200 The player designed Island competition should kick off 293 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:58,080 shortly after launch when you've all had a chance to get your 294 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:01,080 hands on the content. This will allow you to explore 295 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:04,320 the area and see what already exists before adding your own 296 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:06,280 ideas. We cannot wait to see what 297 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:08,400 amazing ideas you all come up with. 298 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:15,800 Autumn 2026 new Barracuda Trial, sequel quest, existing storyline 299 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:21,200 and late 2026C expansion. The updates we suggested for 300 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:24,280 early 2026 would be relatively quick for us to implement, which 301 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:26,600 is why we could offer them so soon after the skills launch. 302 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:29,360 Anything else like the player design island or a new C boss 303 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:32,320 will need more time for its unique code and graphics, so 304 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:34,960 we'll offer those later on. Also, we think a new type of 305 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:38,600 poor task would be welcomed as variety after Christmas. 306 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:42,120 What could further sailing updates include? 307 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:46,120 Now that we've covered generally what's included in sailing, we 308 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:48,440 wanted to take a moment to acknowledge any content or 309 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:51,080 feature that was discussed by the team during development or 310 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:52,840 refinement that might be missing. 311 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:56,280 Some features might have been cut, moved, or simply not 312 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:59,120 selected for the initial sailing launch for specific reasons. 313 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:02,320 Some might be too large in scope, or others may require 314 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:04,880 further design discussions or community input. 315 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:07,720 We won't go into too many details here, but here's a quick 316 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:10,880 note on where we're at. Ship PvP. 317 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:14,360 We absolutely love the idea of PvP battles with ships at sea. 318 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:16,720 Thematically it hits the spot and it's something that could 319 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:19,560 really bring the sea to life. This is the feature mentioned 320 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:22,480 during pre production of the skill and isn't something that 321 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:25,960 was ever planned for launch however or considering it would 322 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:29,520 be such a huge undertaking. However, the technical work to 323 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:32,600 make it viable someday has been done, and we're confident that 324 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:35,560 it could happen. From a technical perspective, we 325 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:39,160 intend to investigate ship PvP at some point in the future, 326 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:42,440 depending on player interest, desirability, and other things 327 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:44,360 the game needs. There's a section later in this 328 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:47,760 blog detailing how we'll analyze player feedback, so keep reading 329 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:52,400 to find out more. Colossal Boats Colossal Boats 330 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:54,880 were a massive party size boat initially planned for the launch 331 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:57,080 of Sailing. Unfortunately, their sheer size 332 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:59,600 were too large for fluid navigation and we didn't see a 333 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:03,000 clear gameplay use for it other than it being social friendly. 334 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:05,680 While we love this aspect, we wanted to focus on the core of 335 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:08,839 the skill before expanding into extra content territory. 336 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:11,839 That's not to say we can't introduce them in the future, 337 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:15,200 perhaps even without changing the movement system, It just 338 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:18,720 means they would take a smaller role in gameplay, being more of 339 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:21,480 a nice to have feature. We're happy with the current 340 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:25,000 sizes of boats and we like to allow players to get used to 341 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:28,400 their navigation until we looked at anything larger. 342 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:30,680 So this feature is currently not development. 343 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:33,080 I think I was talking to one of the J mods on the casts several 344 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:35,560 months ago, talking about like a fucking party yacht. 345 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:38,920 Like just your yacht out in the fucking middle of the ocean and 346 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,160 just gilded. It's like pimped out. 347 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:43,400 It's got some demon Thrones and shit on it. 348 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:47,080 And man, that that shit would that would be a clan party. 349 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:49,400 Like fucking clan boat where it like your whole clan has to 350 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:54,760 collab to like pimp it out. Some like 50 fucking billion GP 351 00:17:55,360 --> 00:17:56,800 expense. That'd be crazy. 352 00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:59,480 That'd be so cool. And then PvP it like fucking 353 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:04,520 cannon it down and explode it. Hybrid training methods C 354 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:08,080 Monster hunting, sailing Slayer and mineral dredging Sailing, 355 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:11,080 mining were hybrid training methods discussed during the pre 356 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:12,960 production phase of sailing in this blog. 357 00:18:13,360 --> 00:18:15,840 When it came to creating the core sailing feature set we 358 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:18,600 decided to pick one hybrid training method, deep sea 359 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:21,960 trawling, sailing, fishing and flush it out completely to 360 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:24,480 ensure it met our standards. There are. 361 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:27,840 There was another hybrid training method, Coral farming, 362 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:30,520 mentioned during pre production which was a sailing farming 363 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:32,920 hybrid method. Since then we've changed it to 364 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:37,600 farming only activity which will be a part of the Launch further 365 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:40,240 quest. Throughout development we've had 366 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,920 many requests from players to continue the popular and iconic 367 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:46,680 pirate and Penguin storylines. They could have very close ties 368 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:48,160 in the sailing and we love the idea. 369 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:51,720 In fact, Mod Ed has already started plans on where these 370 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:54,200 stories could be taken. However, we didn't want to go 371 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:57,560 overboard on quests at the stage as it's important to focus on 372 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:00,160 the skill itself. Additionally, we want feedback 373 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:03,520 from players on what you want us to prioritize next year. 374 00:19:04,360 --> 00:19:07,000 Sailing Guild. We mentioned the Sailing Guild 375 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:10,320 concept in our early pre production phase for sailing. 376 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:12,880 However, we have since determined that a Guild is not 377 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:15,600 needed for launch. Once players get their hands on 378 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:18,800 the skill, we will likely have more of an idea of what such a 379 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:22,080 place should unlock. There are no set plans for a 380 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:25,200 Sailing Guild, but our early conversations have the team 381 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:29,160 leaning towards making it Barracuda HQ, where you'll meet 382 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:32,560 the leader of the Barracudas, an NPC called MACO. 383 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:39,080 Interactive NPC ships. NPC ships have been added to 384 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:41,640 sailing, however in the future we would like to make them have 385 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:45,080 interactions with your ship, for example to be plunderable or 386 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:47,600 vice versa. No set plans have been made for 387 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:50,240 this yet as it will depend on feedback after launch. 388 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:54,800 How will gather feedback? We've been looking at how player 389 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:57,880 feedback will help to shape sailing even after its launch. 390 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:01,080 Recently, we published a list of polling improvements, including 391 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:04,680 ranked choice voting, the ability to use free text, and 392 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:06,600 more. Around a week before Sailing 393 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:09,960 launches into the game, we will be sunsetting our dedicated 394 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:14,360 sailing server and asking players to send feedback via our 395 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:18,080 official OSRS Discord. We'd like to thank everyone 396 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:20,400 within the Sailing Discord server for their continued 397 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:22,280 support and feedback throughout development. 398 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:24,840 However, as the content will be officially live by then, it 399 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:28,640 makes sense to consolidate feedback in one single Discord 400 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:30,520 server so we can monitor it better. 401 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:34,360 When sailing launches were firstly going to focus on bugs, 402 00:20:34,360 --> 00:20:36,560 issues and quality of life changes that we can add to the 403 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:38,720 road map. Afterwards, we'll start looking 404 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:42,040 at larger features and how your feedback will shape our 405 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:45,400 overarching road map. We'll let you know about any 406 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:47,560 changes to our road map during our regular Summit. 407 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:52,360 Revealed live streams. Developer testimonials Oh shit. 408 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:57,200 Modelina Senior Game Designer, Most excited for players to try. 409 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:01,400 I can't wait to see players in the Troubled Tortugans quest and 410 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:03,720 the surrounding content. The quest is the first one in 411 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:06,840 the new Tortugans storyline and it does a great job of showing 412 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:08,320 how Sailing can further the game. 413 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:12,680 Firstly narratively by providing you access to a new storyline 414 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:15,880 that you previously couldn't reach without sailing, but also 415 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:18,560 in its reward space. You get to meet a brand new 416 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:22,440 people, fight new creatures, farm corals, trap crabs. 417 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:25,880 To me, it's the perfect example of how I like to see Sailing 418 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:28,640 expand. Gillenor favorite piece of work? 419 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:31,440 I'm incredibly proud of the team's hard work across the 420 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:33,360 whole project. The highlights would probably be 421 00:21:33,360 --> 00:21:35,760 the customization system and Barracuda trials. 422 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:38,960 The customization system is a solid system built to handle 423 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:42,720 lots of customization options. It's easy to add to and I can 424 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:45,280 see us wanting to use it for plenty of reward space. 425 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:49,080 The Barracuda trials have incredibly fun gameplay and they 426 00:21:49,120 --> 00:21:52,080 all feel unique. Each trial is in a new place 427 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:54,720 where the objective is strongly linked to the thematic of the 428 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:56,840 area. It's really satisfying to push 429 00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:59,240 your limits and increase your own sailing skill. 430 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:02,880 Not just in not just the in game number, but how accurate you 431 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:04,600 click and how good you are at judging. 432 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:07,200 Turning circles, speed and distance. 433 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:11,320 Launch Tips As tempting as it is to get into the sailing as fast 434 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:13,680 as possible, don't space bar the introductory quest. 435 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:16,640 The Pandemonium quest teaches you the basics of sailing and 436 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:19,160 contains a lot of useful information that you don't want 437 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:21,280 to miss. Other than that, keep an eye out 438 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:24,920 on the skill guide and level up messages to see when you unlock 439 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:27,480 new upgrades to your boat. These are super important. 440 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:30,880 Similar to upgrading your gear, they change anything from 441 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:34,360 resistances allowing you to go to new seas, defenses to let you 442 00:22:34,360 --> 00:22:36,600 tank more damage and even boat speed. 443 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:38,880 Additionally, be up to date with quests. 444 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:41,480 The Corsair Curse, Sung of the Elves, and Children of the Sun 445 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:43,640 can provide access to specific ports. 446 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:46,600 Dragon Slayer can help you get a new crew mate. 447 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,280 There's bound to be more of These are just a few that will 448 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:53,160 help mains decide whether you want to make money or spend 449 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:54,880 money on release. There's going to be a lot of new 450 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:56,520 resources coming into the game with sailing. 451 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:59,400 If you want to rush to 99, you should expect it to be costly 452 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:01,680 until the new resource prices settle. 453 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:04,320 If you want to make money, consider getting your sailing 454 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:06,400 level up to a point where you can farm these resources that 455 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:08,160 the people rushing are going to use. 456 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:11,480 They will never be as valuable as they are on launch day. 457 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:14,160 Iron. Expect to do a lot more than 458 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:16,120 just sailing. Upgrading your boat is key, but 459 00:23:16,120 --> 00:23:18,040 to do that, you'll need new resources. 460 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:22,320 Grab your axe and get ready to chop some trees hardcore. 461 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:25,000 Let's go, let's let others go first. 462 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,880 The sea is dangerous. If you want to explore places no 463 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:30,280 one's been yet, don't do it in this game mode. 464 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:32,840 UIM. Enjoy the cargo hold. 465 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:37,520 Small but helpful detail. Crewmates unlock at level 40. 466 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:42,520 Don't forget to recruit them. OK Mod Husky, senior game 467 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:44,920 designer, most excited for players to try. 468 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:47,960 Selfishly, I think I'm gonna say Barracuda Trials since that's 469 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:50,400 where most of my energy has put in has been put into. 470 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:54,000 That said, I really do hope that most players take time to enjoy 471 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,640 charting to its fullest. I've had the hardiest chuckles 472 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:00,400 reading through Mod Abe's code reviews and all the good old 473 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:04,040 OSRS wit and humor he's included with that side of the skill. 474 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:06,800 I'm sure absolutely none of our players are going to deprive 475 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:09,120 themselves of that experience. Clicking blue and holding 476 00:24:09,120 --> 00:24:12,520 spacebar stare. This is the yeah nobody's going 477 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:14,960 to do that, right? It's so funny because, like, I'm 478 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:17,560 exactly a player that clicks blue and holds spacebar, but 479 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:20,080 with these blog posts I am like, reading every fucking word of 480 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,080 it. I should translate this over to 481 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:24,040 the actual game, at least for sailing. 482 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:27,800 Favorite piece of work? Barracuda Trials being non 483 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,880 instanced is high up there. It's really cool seeing others 484 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:33,120 sail around the place making it feel alive. 485 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:36,800 This also made tutorialization a pain since most cutscenes 486 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:39,320 teleport the player around and we can't do that outside of 487 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:41,800 instances nicely. But thanks to some cool new 488 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:44,960 engine tech, we've managed to include a nice fly over all 489 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:47,760 Barracuda areas, which should make learning the ropes much 490 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:50,320 easier. I'd also like to shout out the 491 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:52,360 cool idea I had with deep sea trawling. 492 00:24:52,360 --> 00:24:55,840 The Shoals themselves are actually using boat tech, with 493 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:59,560 lots of smaller fish NPCS all moving around independently, but 494 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:03,000 all moving together cohesively. It was such a cool moment to 495 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,600 share that implementation with the team, and it's our first 496 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:08,520 example of that tech being used for something other than boats. 497 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:11,560 I'm excited to hear what the players think. 498 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:14,920 Finally, thanks to some awesome work from Maude Lenny, the 499 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:19,000 shipyard is now a real place in the world and not an instance 500 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:22,480 like in the alpha and beta. It's going to be so cool seeing 501 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:25,800 other players going around all at once, fixing up their boats 502 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:28,280 side by side. You won't see the other players 503 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:30,560 boats of course, but I always like when the game feels more 504 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:34,640 like an MMO launch Tips It's really important to read. 505 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:36,920 The Pandemonium quest is telling you about boat movement. 506 00:25:37,120 --> 00:25:39,720 Good foundation makes for smooth sailing later on. 507 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:44,360 A tip I'd like to a a tip I'd give to anyone is take your 508 00:25:44,360 --> 00:25:46,000 time. I know that launch day as many 509 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,520 people rushing to train as high as they can as fast as they can 510 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:52,320 and they can't and to finish the skill. 511 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:55,120 But as a maxed iron myself, I really do miss skilling grinds 512 00:25:55,360 --> 00:25:58,880 and the feeling of leveling up. OSRS is the game that truly 513 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,760 embodies the message of. It's about the journey, not the 514 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:06,000 destination. I'm sure those who want 2 will 515 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,080 get to 99 eventually, so take your time, explore the new 516 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:11,360 content, try out different kinds of training methods. 517 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:14,320 There's so much here to enjoy beyond just sitting at one 518 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:15,600 training method until you're done. 519 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:19,760 Mains, the boat building aspects of sailing are not intended to 520 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:21,440 be cheap. We have new planks coming out 521 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:24,840 and more expensive than mahogany, so make sure you've 522 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:27,960 got some cash lying around, although you may want to wait 523 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:30,440 for prices to settle and go for the second or third best option 524 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:33,440 until they do irons. Don't think you're off the hook 525 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:36,880 with not needing GP either. You may not be buying from other 526 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,360 players, but if you haven't trained your construction I'd 527 00:26:39,360 --> 00:26:41,840 get moving with that and make sure you've got money to convert 528 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:45,600 new logs to planks. I'd also perhaps look at some of 529 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,920 the forestry awards like the sawmill voucher or a ritual 530 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:51,960 mulch to make nature's offerings. 531 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:55,360 Both of these can help you get more mileage out of your time 532 00:26:55,360 --> 00:26:58,560 spent wood cutting, Farming to plant new hardwood trees, and 533 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:01,960 crafting to make new fabrics are also beneficial skills to keep 534 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,560 in mind. UIM be careful dying on islands 535 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:06,480 which you don't have an easy way back to. 536 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:11,240 You may have an hour or you may have an hour, but having to get 537 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:14,120 a boat together from scratch might not be the quickest thing, 538 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:15,920 especially if it's surrounded by dangerous waters. 539 00:27:16,120 --> 00:27:18,680 Make sure you have good money maker to pay the retrieval cost 540 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:20,920 for your boats and have a second boat prepared. 541 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:26,600 Damn shit's dangerous. Small but helpful detail. 542 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:28,720 You can trim your sails to go faster. 543 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:30,920 You get the opportunity every 30 seconds or so. 544 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,560 This sounds really really obvious, but the amount of 545 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,000 streamers or content creators I watched who were just staring at 546 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,320 their screen not doing it was really surprising to me. 547 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:43,440 Mod Abe, game designer. Most excited for players to try. 548 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:46,000 Very selfish as I made it, but sea charting. 549 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:49,680 Particularly some of the weirder drinks and harder mermaid 550 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:52,320 puzzles just to see the reaction from players. 551 00:27:54,120 --> 00:27:56,560 Favorite piece of work? The core boat movement just 552 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:59,120 feeling as good as and polished as it does. 553 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,640 Honestly, it is a feat of dark sorcery that the boat techs 554 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,240 worked at all. I'd hate to think how many 555 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:07,520 innocent souls were sacrificed to get it to work this well. 556 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:10,520 Launch tips. Get yourself out on the sea and 557 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:12,960 familiarize yourself with with how the boat moves. 558 00:28:13,120 --> 00:28:16,440 If you can pair this with a bit of charting, a port task, or 559 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:19,160 both, this will help ease you into the new mechanics. 560 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:22,240 Also a tip for any player, construction will be your 561 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:25,120 biggest friend for sailing, so anything you can do to improve 562 00:28:25,120 --> 00:28:27,720 that before launch will help you one. 563 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:31,000 Also for hardcore's, let others let other people taste the 564 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,000 drinks first. Some of them are quite potent. 565 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:36,840 Oh no hidden gems. A lot of the islands with 566 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,640 mooring points on them have plenty of small details and 567 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:41,800 hidden features, so I'd encourage players to spend a 568 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:44,200 little time on all of them to see what they offer. 569 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:49,400 Maude Nin, Senior Game Systems Engineer, most excited for 570 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,200 players to try. I'm very proud of the movement 571 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:53,360 system that we've created for the boats, and the best place to 572 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:55,920 master it is at a Barracuda trial. 573 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,640 Favorite piece of work? What an impossible question. 574 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:03,280 For me, it's seeing the design team piece together all the 575 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:05,920 different bits of engine tech that we made for sailing. 576 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:08,720 You could build a boat from scratch, sail it around, park it 577 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:11,320 out of port, and then it stays there even when you walk away. 578 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:14,080 That persistence is a small detail, but really makes your 579 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:17,160 boat feel real. Launch tips? 580 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,480 Bring your cargo. It won't deliver itself. 581 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:22,600 As the resident, Uimi must have warned my bankless brothers that 582 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:25,680 building a better boat is a bit hard on the old inventory. 583 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:28,320 Perfectly doable, but might warrant a death bank or death 584 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:30,000 pile whenever you want to upgrade. 585 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:33,120 If you have a problem with that, you can always downgrade. 586 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:37,840 All right, God damn, I swear, like he box said, just recent 587 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:41,200 save a cast was trying to convince me of some of the like 588 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:44,680 the fond of UIM or whatever. I swear he was very clear that 589 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:48,520 UIM, if you're feeling UIM to any degree, then you'll like it. 590 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:51,080 But if it already feels like you're not going to enjoy 591 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:52,360 something like that, you probably won't. 592 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:54,640 But he's just talking about death piles. 593 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:57,440 And now it's not really that big of a deal, but just the word 594 00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:58,960 death piles, just like triggering. 595 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:03,280 It's like I don't want to do that hidden gem. 596 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:06,640 You can reverse your boat to get yourself out of almost any 597 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:09,080 situation via the side panel. As long as you know this, you 598 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:10,960 shouldn't be able to get stuck anywhere. 599 00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:18,520 Mod curse principal QA analyst. Most excited for players to try. 600 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:21,560 Usually with something as grand as a new skill I'd be pointing 601 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:24,280 people in the direction of a specific training method. 602 00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:26,960 However, when it comes to sailing, I am more excited for 603 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:29,360 people to just begin their journey exploring the ocean. 604 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:32,360 This is a huge area of the game that's existed from the very 605 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:35,480 beginning, but we've never had access to it, so enjoy the 606 00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:37,480 exploration. It isn't too often that we get 607 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:40,480 to feel a breath of fresh air in something we've seen for such a 608 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:42,640 long time. Favorite piece of work? 609 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:45,400 The highlight of the skill has been having the boat movement 610 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:49,440 itself feel very old school. An initial concern when playing 611 00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:51,280 around with the movement system was that we didn't want it to 612 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:53,720 feel like you were jumping into a different game every time you 613 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:55,320 boarded and disembarked from your boat. 614 00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:57,600 So when the current iteration of the boat movement and the 615 00:30:57,600 --> 00:30:59,840 direction system was implemented, it felt like it 616 00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:03,120 belonged in the game because we still have that Click to move 617 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:05,800 tile based system. The engine team did an 618 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:08,800 absolutely fantastic job with this and I hope people can enjoy 619 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:10,480 how smooth it feels on launch day. 620 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:14,480 Launch Tips If you're a main account, Enjoy the ride. 621 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:17,440 Iron Man Get working on those boat construction supplies when 622 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:18,640 you can. Hardcore. 623 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:21,120 Be careful in drinking random fines at sea. 624 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:23,960 They can be lethal and ultimate. Get a bank. 625 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:30,000 Maude Libre QA Analyst Most excited for players to try 626 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:33,800 salvaging partly because I suspect nobody will say 627 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:37,080 salvaging, partly because I'm a simple man who enjoys simple 628 00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:38,600 things. Smack tree, get wood. 629 00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:41,440 Smack shipwreck, get salvage. Rejoice. 630 00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:44,120 Favorite piece of work. Honestly, the core movement. 631 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:46,720 We went through so many iterations of this long ago, and 632 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:49,680 given how important that core movement feel is to many pieces 633 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:52,920 of sailing, I'm glad we settled with this launch. 634 00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:54,960 Tips, mains and irons. Prepare some general 635 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:56,920 construction supplies. Hardcore. 636 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:00,360 Watch out for the sea Drinks. Fucking hell. 637 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:03,280 And expired ones, especially UIM. 638 00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:06,120 Sorry, no tips for you. You've chosen suffering. 639 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:07,760 You already know what's coming. Fuck. 640 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:12,720 All right, this is this is nice. This is really refreshing and it 641 00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:16,760 felt very structured. Well done, whoever designed this 642 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:18,360 blog. I didn't even see any typos 643 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:19,560 either. Fucking phenomenal. 644 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,800 Wow. So we're under 4 weeks away from 645 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:26,000 old school's first ever new skill. 646 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:31,800 It has been literally 12 1/2 years since this game has been 647 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:33,400 out, which is just wild to think. 648 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:40,200 If we're talking February 2013, now it's November 2025 and or 649 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:42,120 it's October 2025, but it will be November. 650 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:47,120 I'm excited about this. I know in many rambles and in 651 00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:51,400 many casts I've been sort of that content creator that's kind 652 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:54,200 of shitting on things and just sounding like a pessimist. 653 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:57,560 But ultimately I am very excited about sailing dropping. 654 00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:01,720 I think it's very easy to nitpick little things. 655 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:05,320 I can nitpick things not involving sailing. 656 00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:08,400 I mean, there's a lot of things I nitpick in this game, but I am 657 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:11,120 also a player that feels like we're on the golden age of this 658 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:15,760 game and sailing is most likely going to enhance that feeling I 659 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:18,000 believe. And they've been so careful. 660 00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:21,760 Knowing that Modolena and Husky and others have been leading 661 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:24,440 this project gives me so much fucking hope for the overall 662 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:28,000 success of launch. And honestly I'm excited to see 663 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:31,520 some new series pop up like Sailing only series, some 664 00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:37,680 Tortuga Island fucking, or the Great Conch only island area 665 00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:42,600 locked Ultimate Iron Man. I'm very excited and it honestly 666 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:47,600 gives me a little bit of desire to like start a new account just 667 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:53,360 for fun and kind of see what that's like to fully just like 668 00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:56,360 mesh sailing in with everything early game. 669 00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:59,120 But at the same time, I think this blog has also convinced me 670 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:01,960 maybe to wait a little bit longer just because of what 671 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:04,000 they're saying with like, you know, make sure you have a shit 672 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,280 ton of money, make sure you have really high construction, make 673 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:08,360 sure you have access to sung of the elves and everything else. 674 00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:14,040 So, and also maybe it will be better to have metas sort of 675 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:19,960 explored and fully discovered before jumping in and feeling 676 00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:22,239 like you're actually taking advantage of everything that 677 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:24,679 sailing has to offer. And to be fair, we're going to 678 00:34:24,679 --> 00:34:26,600 just continually get more and more sailing stuff. 679 00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:31,080 So all that said, let me know what your guys's thoughts are 680 00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:33,239 down in the comments. I want to hear from you guys. 681 00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:36,280 Are you excited? Did you all expect it to be so 682 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:38,040 close? I mean, I think this is what I 683 00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:40,159 was imagining sometime late November. 684 00:34:40,159 --> 00:34:42,440 I wasn't expecting December. December is usually when they're 685 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:46,040 like no updates, just kind of chill out for Christmas, but 686 00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:52,320 man, it's exciting stuff. It is exciting and there's it 687 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:54,639 sounds like they're going to have one more blog coming up 688 00:34:54,639 --> 00:34:56,400 right beforehand, which I will definitely cover. 689 00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:58,480 So stay tuned be sure to subscribe like the video. 690 00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:01,120 If you enjoyed this ramble, check them all out on Spotify as 691 00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:03,080 well. Link in the description give it 692 00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:05,400 a rating if you guys want to help support and thank you all 693 00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:07,160 and thanks all to the channel members as well. 694 00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:09,280 You guys are fucking legends. Thank you guys so much for 695 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:12,360 supporting me and I will catch you boys in the next one. 696 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:13,040 Peace.