Questing is one of the fastest ways to RuneScape gold skip early levels and unlock Sailing tools.

1. The Pandemonium (Level 1–5)

This is your starting quest and Sailing tutorial. It teaches basic navigation, facility building, and leaves you with your first raft.

2. Prying Times (Level 12)

Requires: redberry pie, steel bar, hammer
Teaches you how to pry open floating crates with a crowbar and rewards enough XP to reach Level 15, unlocking the skiff.

3. Current Affairs (Level 22)

A lore-rich quest that unlocks ocean current charting. Finishing it brings you to Level 24 and is required for certain sea charting activities.

4. Trouble Tortugans (Level 45)

Takes you to the Great Kunch, introduces the Tortugan people, griffin creatures, and coral nurseries-a new Farming training option. Completing this expands your exploration options significantly.

Training Methods: What Unlocks When

Sailing offers multiple training routes, each serving different play styles.

1. Sea Charting (Exploration Method)

Not a primary XP method, but every action grants small bursts of experience. This includes:

Using a spyglass on glowing ocean spots

Opening abandoned crates with a crowbar

Following currents with a dock

Documenting weather for trolls

Solving mermaid riddles

Great for exploration and occasional XP while discovering the map.

2. Port Tasks (Level 1+) – The First Main XP Method

Port tasks are your bread-and-butter early on: transport cargo from one port to another. XP depends on:

The task level

The distance between ports

WARNING: Avoid early tasks that go to Zea or other dangerous long-distance routes. Early-game travel can take 10+ minutes and passes through areas with aggressive sea monsters like krakens and sharks. Stick to nearby ports for safer, faster XP.

3. Bounty Tasks (Level 30+)

You hunt aquatic creatures for special drops that must be returned to the port master. The catch:

Drops are not guaranteed

Combat is slow unless using a cannon

Cannon kills Grant Sailing XP

These tasks can be profitable, but they aren't the fastest XP source.

4. Shipwreck Salvaging (Level 1+, Early AFK Method)

If you prefer minimal effort, salvaging is the ultimate AFK method.

How it works:

Sail to a cluster of shipwrecks.

Identify the "active" wreck-usually the one with more debris or a taller mast.

Park your boat and use your salvaging hook.

Collect items until your cargo and inventory fill.

Return to a port to identify materials for loot and XP.

You also gain experience when identifying salvage.

At Level 42, you can unlock a salvaging station on your ship, allowing you to sort items without returning to a port.

5. Barracuda Trials (Level 30+) – High XP, Low Profit

These are the Sailing equivalent of agility courses: fast XP but little to no profit. Each trial offers three timed challenges-Shark, Swordfish, and Marlin.

Current Trials:

Level 30: Temper Tantrum

Level 52: Jubbly Jive

Level 72: Gwenneth Glide

Beating each time for the first time grants huge XP rewards. Having enough OSRS gold can greatly help you pass the levels easily. Many mid-level players spend most of OSRS gold for sale their time here due to the excellent experience rates.