Sailing Changes and Gem Bag Expansion

Known Issues	Status
The costume needle doesn't work for creating the new gem containers.	Hotfixed
You can't use a needle on the new gem containers.	Hotfixed.
You can't use a needle on silk.	To be coldfixed.

The first batch of Sailing improvements announced earlier this week has arrived! Plus, four new gem container options and more Leagues VI changes...

Changelog - May 13th

Sailing Improvements

• Mapped various solo spawns of high-level seaborne creatures, such as Vampyre Krakens, Armoured Krakens and Great White Sharks.
• The drop rates of Clue Scrolls from Sailing creatures are now buffed by ~5% for those who completed the Combat Achievements.
• Horn of Plenty tweaks:
• Toggling double catches off now correctly applies the invisible Hunter boost.
• Hunter animals that always trigger the Horn of Plenty's double catch - such as Tecu salamanders - will no longer trigger it if the double catch toggle is off.
• Toggling double catches off will no longer consume charges as if it is on and not giving double loot.
• Horn of Plenty now consumes a charge every 25 catches rather than having a 1/25 chance to consume it. Also, double catches will consume only one charge as mentioned above.
• The Horn of Plentys double catch effect now works with crab traps, including Red, Blue, and Rainbow crabs.
• In the Shipyard, you can now use the side panel to move the facilities up or down the menu. This lets you customise the menu layout for you (and your player passengers) when you're on board.
• Created a distinction between boostable facility types as 'Active' and 'Support' facilities (details down the blog). Active facilities will always ask you to meet the required Sailing level to use, while Support facilities can be permanently used once built via boost, without needing to reboost your Sailing level. Sails are a special case - Captains can keep using boosted-built sails, but other players must still meet the level requirement.
• Added extra functionality to the 'Special Attack' button whilst you're on a boat (and attached to the Helm), allowing you to release Wind Motes.
• Sorting any salvage now has a small chance of dropping the Sailing pet, Soup.
• Fish gained from Deep Sea Trawling (Krill, Haddock, Yellowfin, Halibut, Marlin, Bluefin) will now appear more vibrant when cooked. Credit to the RuneLite 'Food Colouring' plug-in creator and the community for the inspiration and feedback!
• Likewise, lighting of coral patches were slightly adjusted to be brighter.
• Sailing items are now unblocked from Death's Coffer as their prices have now stabilised.
• The Boat Bottle indicator no longer gets hidden in the Shipyard interface.
• The Facility Bottle will now correctly ask if you want to discard the contents of your Cargo Hold if you choose to modify it on a raft.
• Fixed a bug where lighting a fire with a Shortbow using Rosewood, Ironwood and Camphor logs was giving more XP than with a Tinderbox.
• Fixed a bug that caused boat customisation to fail when a player had only one boat with a Greater Teleport Focus and summoned it to a port.

Gem Bag Expansion

• Released a series of new gem container options for semi-precious gems (Opal, Jade and Red Topaz) that you can level up as you progress: Gem Pouch, Gem Satchel, Gem Tote and Gem Sack.
• Gem Pouch - Requires Level 12 Crafting. Combine Bolt of Linen, Thread and Silk to make a pouch which stores 5x Opal, Jade and Red Topaz.
• Gem Satchel - Requires Level 39 Crafting. Combine a Bolt of Canvas, Thread, Silk and Gem Pouch to make a satchel which stores 10x Opal, Jade and Red Topaz.
• Gem Tote - Requires Level 81 Crafting. Combine Bolt of Cotton, Thread, Silk and Gem Satchel to make a tote which stores 20x Opal, Jade and Red Topaz.
• Gem Sack - Requires Level 81 Crafting. Combine Gem Tote, Gem Bag and Immaculate Moleskin to make a sack 60x of all uncut gems up to Dragonstone.
• Added a new resource, Immaculate Moleskin, dropping at a rate of 1 in 50 from the Giant Mole and can be used to create the Gem Sack.
• Introduced an optional instance encounter at the Giant Mole for a price of 25,000 GP.
• Players who have completed the Hard tier Combat Achievements will receive a reduced price of 12,500 GP.
• Also, the price is halved for Ironman accounts, reducing the cost to either 12,500 GP or 6,250 GP for those who have completed the Hard Combat Achievements.

Leagues VI Changes

• Both Heavy and Light Ballista weapons now benefit from the node that says "While a crossbow is equipped, you have a +15% chance to trigger Ranged echoes".
• The Fire Spell pact's burn effect now also applies to enemies in single-way combat areas.
• Sage's axe now properly works on Moons of Peril.
• Killing any Wallasalki should now complete the "Defeat a Wallasalki" task.
• The Banker's Briefcase now includes the teleports to the deposit boxes introduced with Sailing.
• Resolved a graphical issue that occurred when Echo boots and King's barrage were equipped.

Other Changes

• Hunter meat from the following animals will now appear more vibrant when cooked, similar to the Trawling Fish mentioned in the Sailing section:
• Wild Kebbit
• Larupia
• Bard-tailed Kebbit
• Graahk
• Kyatt
• Pyre Fox
• Dashing Kebbit
• Sunlight Antelope
• Moonlight Antelope
• The Keris Partisan of the Sun's healing effect now works on all scarabs during the Kephri fight in Tombs of Amascut.
• The Accursed Sceptre's special attack now correctly works on the enemies in Chambers of Xeric.
• The Large Orrery is now using the correct animation.
• Fixed an issue where some bear cubs were occupying 2x2 tile spaces despite fitting in a tile.
• Resolved a graphical issue that occurred when King's barrage was equipped alongside Echo boots or Mixed hide boots.

PvP Rota

The PvP rota has moved to Period B:

• 560 - (UK) - PvP World
• 319 - (US) - Bounty Hunter World
• 579 - (US) - High-Risk PvP World
• 561 - (UK) - Free-to-Play PvP World
• 580 - (US) - LMS Competitive

World 390 (AUS) for LMS Competitive has been de-activated with this rota.

World 569 (AUS) for Bounty Hunter has been de-activated with this rota.

The PvP Arena is using 'Max/Med' loadouts in Ranked Duels and Tournaments this week.

Sailing Update: Buffs, Changes & More

Earlier this week, we shared a blog with you outlining our plans on various Sailing buffs and changes based on your feedback. Some of these changes were intended to go out as soon as they're ready, and today were bringing you a set of them. You can expect more improvements in the coming weeks, including next week - alongside the launch of the new Sailing quest, The Red Reef. Also, Mods Light, Ash, Kieren and Husky answered all your questions on this topic in a livestream this Monday, make sure to check it out below!

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For now, let's dive into what's changed with this particular update...

Boat Combat

• We've mapped various solo spawns of high-level seaborne creatures, such as Vampyre Krakens, Armoured Krakens and Great White Sharks. Youll now find isolated versions of these creatures positioned a fair distance away from the main packs. This doesn't mean we've made combat to be single-way in these areas, however, you'll now have a better time bullying them without several of them attacking you at once.
• The drop rates of Clue Scrolls from Sailing creatures are now buffed by ~5% for those who completed the Combat Achievements.

Horn of Plenty

• Toggling double catches off now correctly applies the invisible Hunter boost.
• Hunter animals that always trigger the Horn of Plenty's double catch - such as Tecu salamanders - will no longer trigger it if the double catch toggle is off.
• Toggling double catches off will no longer consume charges as if it is on and not giving double loot.
• Horn of Plenty now consumes a charge every 25 catches rather than having a 1/25 chance to consume it. Also, double catches will consume only one charge as mentioned above.
• The Horn of Plentys double catch effect now works with crab traps, including Red, Blue, and Rainbow crabs.

Side Panel

While you're in the Shipyard, you can now rearrange the order of the facility buttons in your boat's side panel. This allows you to customise the side panel layout for your preference, preventing important facilities from being buried further down the panel. For example, you can place your most frequently used facilities in an easy to reach spot, put the buttons of your two cannon next to each other, and to move the less frequently used facilities to the bottom. You can see the ability to reorder these facility buttons in action below:

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This means you no longer have to scroll further down the side panel for your most frequently-used facilities, making interactions with them more convenient.

Miscellaneous Boostable Facilities

This one is for Sailors who used a boost for their Sailing level in order to build a boat facility. If you've gone out of your way to build a facility by using a boost, you should be able to continue using that without too much extra hassle.

With this in mind, we've created a distinction between facility types to clarify which ones are safe to use below the intended level.

• "Active" facilities - Provide direct gameplay advantages or are repeatedly used during core Sailing gameplay.
• Cannons
• Salvaging Hook
• Trawling Net
• Chum Station
• "Support" facilities - Less frequently used
• Cargo Hold
• Range
• Keg
• Salvaging station
• Anchor
• Fathom Stone
• Wind / Gale Catcher
• Crystal Extractor

'Active' facilities will always require you to meet the Sailing level required to use. On the other hand, 'Support' facilities do not require you to meet their requirements once built, so you're free to boost your Sailing level to create them and you don't need to maintain the boost to use them.

There is one exception: Sails. If you've boosted your level requirement to create new Sails, you as the Captain can use them without needing to boost again. However, other players on your boat cannot do so and need to meet the level requirement.

Other Miscellaneous Changes

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• By popular demand from the Sailing opinion poll, we've added extra functionality to the 'Special Attack' button whilst you're on a boat (and attached to the Helm), allowing you to release Wind Motes. Have fun zooming across Gielinor!
• Sorting any salvage now has a small chance of dropping the Sailing pet, Soup.
• Fish gained from Deep Sea Trawling (Krill, Haddock, Yellowfin, Halibut, Marlin, Bluefin) will now appear more vibrant when cooked. Credit to the RuneLite 'Food Colouring' plug-in creator and the community for the inspiration and feedback!
• Likewise, lighting of coral patches were slightly adjusted to be brighter.
• Sailing items are now unblocked from Death's Coffer as their prices have now stabilised.

Miscellaneous Fixes

• The Boat Bottle indicator no longer gets hidden in the Shipyard interface.
• The Facility Bottle will now correctly ask if you want to discard the contents of your Cargo Hold if you choose to modify it on a raft.
• Fixed a bug where lighting a fire with a Shortbow using Rosewood, Ironwood and Camphor logs was giving more XP than with a Tinderbox.
• Fixed a bug that caused boat customisation to fail when a player had only one boat with a Greater Teleport Focus and summoned it to a port.

Gem Bag Expansion

Early April this year, we shared our proposals on Gathering quality of life improvements in this poll blog. Gem bag expansion was an eagerly-awaited one among them, and it has now arrived! We've added a series of new gem container options for semi-precious gems (Opal, Jade and Red Topaz) that you can level up as you progress towards the brand new Gem Sack: Gem Pouch, Gem Satchel, Gem Tote and Gem Sack.

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Gem Container Type	Capacity to store Opal, Jade, Red Topaz (Each)	Capacity to store Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby, Diamond, Dragonstone (Each)	Requirements	Materials/Items to Combine
Gem Bag	0	60	Motherlode Mine	100 nuggets
Gem Pouch (new)	5	0	Level 12 Crafting	Bolt of Linen, Thread, Silk
Gem Satchel (new)	10	0	Level 39 Crafting	Gem Pouch, Bolt of Canvas, Thread, Silk
Gem Tote (new)	20	0	Level 81 Crafting	Gem Satchel, Bolt of Cotton, Thread, Silk
Gem Sack (new)	60	60	Level 81 Crafting	Gem Tote, Gem Bag, Immaculate Moleskin

P.S. For creating the new gem containers, you can use the needle, thread, silk, bolts of canvas or cotton on the previous gem containers.

And as you can see from the table, those resources you've been gaining from Sailing - such as linen and cotton seeds - are sure to come in handy here.

Some notes:

• If you have a Gem Bag or a Gem Sack, you can't buy another Gem Bag from shops.
• You can't get a lower version of the gem container you own, but you can create a higher tier one using the gem container you have.
• Since Gem Sack is the highest tier, if you have a Gem Sack, you can't craft any other gem containers.
• Gems stored in the previous container are retained in the upgraded one upon crafting.

You'll also notice that the final upgrade, the Gem Sack, requires some Immaculate Moleskin, dropping at a rate of 1 in 50 from the Giant Mole.

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You can hand the excess Immaculate Moleskins in to Wyson the Gardener for 5 Bird Nest rolls.

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Additionally, since the Giant Mole may get a little busier with this update, we've added an optional instance encounter at the Giant Mole for a price of 25,000 GP. Players who have completed the Hard tier Combat Achievements will receive a reduced price of 12,500 GP. Also, the price is halved for Ironman accounts, reducing the cost to either 12,500 GP or 6,250 GP for those who have completed the Hard Combat Achievements.

Leagues VI Changes

• Both Heavy and Light Ballista weapons now benefit from the node that says "While a crossbow is equipped, you have a +15% chance to trigger Ranged echoes".
• The Fire Spell pact's burn effect now also applies to enemies in single-way combat areas.
• Sage's axe now properly works on Moons of Peril.
• Killing any Wallasalki should now complete the "Defeat a Wallasalki" task.
• The Banker's Briefcase now includes the teleports to the deposit boxes introduced with Sailing.

Weve also removed some of the Leagues VI worlds, as follows:

Click here to see the removed US East League Worlds

• 589
• 598
• 616, 617
• 629-639

Click here to see the removed US West League Worlds

• 588
• 436, 437
• 544-547
• 599-605
• 691
• 698-701

Click here to see the removed UK League Worlds

• 587
• 660 to 669 (excluding 666)

Click here to see the removed EU League Worlds

• 586
• 628
• 553-557
• 582
• 624-626
• 730-733

Click here to see the removed AUS League Worlds

• 585
• 425, 536, 485, 592, 724, 725

Click here to see the removed BR League World

• 696

Other Changes

• Hunter meat from the following animals will now appear more vibrant when cooked, similar to the Trawling Fish mentioned in the Sailing section:
• Wild Kebbit
• Larupia
• Bard-tailed Kebbit
• Graahk
• Kyatt
• Pyre Fox
• Dashing Kebbit
• Sunlight Antelope
• Moonlight Antelope
• The Keris Partisan of the Sun's healing effect now works on all scarabs during the Kephri fight in Tombs of Amascut.
• The Accursed Sceptre's special attack now correctly works on the enemies in Chambers of Xeric.
• The Large Orrery is now using the correct animation.
• Fixed an issue where some bear cubs were occupying 2x2 tile spaces despite fitting in a tile.
• Resolved a graphical issue that occurred when King's barrage was equipped alongside Echo boots or Mixed hide boots.

Player Support and Anti-Cheating Stats

Welcome back to our monthly snapshot of Player Support and Anti-Cheating activity - your behind-the-scenes look at all the hard work going into keeping Gielinor fair and fun for everyone.

Each month, we share key stats from our Player Support and Anti-Cheating teams so you can see exactly whats been happening behind the curtain. From how quickly were responding to your queries, to the number of bots and rule breakers taken down, heres the latest data for April 2026:

Metric	April 2026	Year to Date**
Average Response Time	19 hours	-
Support Queries Resolved	79,463	321K
Live Chat Queries Resolved	3,298	20,048
Report Action Messages	132K	692K
Macro Bans (OSRS)	Total - 1.19M F2P - 1.16M P2P* - 23,427	Total - 6.2M F2P - 5.9M P2P* - 321K
Wealth Removed (OSRS)	8.79 Trillion	12.6 Trillion
RWT Bans (OSRS)	Total - 44,069 F2P - 7,161 P2P* - 36,908	61,809
Chat Spam Mutes	5,102	14,422

*P2P refers to an account with access to members worlds and features, either through a Bond or direct payment.

**Year to Date refers to the period from January 1st, 2026 through to the end of the month covered by the stats - in this case, the end of April 2026.

You can check these out in the Player Support & Anti-Cheating Statistics page. Our teams remain as dedicated as ever to tackling cheaters, scammers, and spammers to ensure a fair playing field for all. As a result of these ongoing efforts, we're seeing an overall decline in rule-breaking activity. We're also seeing that the average account age and average account level of bots are decreasing, indicating that longer-standing and higher-level bots are being detected and removed from the game. Thanks for all the reports and support you send our way - it really does make a difference!

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RuneScape: Untold Tales of the God Wars is out now! Filled with vibrant characters, daring adventure, and mysterious magicks, this debut graphic novel is one you wont want to miss!

Delve into the Temple of Lost Ancients during the catastrophic and iconic God Wars, as four warring armies fight for control of the Godsword: the only weapon capable of killing a deity. Trapped in the center of the conflict is the undead Maro, who dreams of breaking free of his master's clutches. But escaping from the necromancer leads to a twisting, thrilling journey for Maro when he finds allies and enemies across the front lines.

RuneScape: Untold Tales of the God Wars collects issues 1-4 of the comic series, plus the Free Comic Book Day 2023 Special, which explores the lore behind the Temple of Lost Ancients, the 4 Generals, and the Godsword! You can get yours here!

PvP World Rota

The PvP rota has moved to Period B:

• 560 - (UK) - PvP World
• 319 - (US) - Bounty Hunter World
• 579 - (US) - High-Risk PvP World
• 561 - (UK) - Free-to-Play PvP World
• 580 - (US) - LMS Competitive

World 390 (AUS) for LMS Competitive has been de-activated with this rota.

World 569 (AUS) for Bounty Hunter has been de-activated with this rota.

The PvP Arena is using 'Max/Med' loadouts in Ranked Duels and Tournaments this week.

You can also discuss this update on the 2007Scape subreddit, the Steam forums, or the community-led OSRS Discord in the #gameupdate channel. For more info on the above content, check out the official Old School Wiki.

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