OSRS Sailing

Sailing is coming to OSRS

Sailing is Old School RuneScape’s first-ever new skill, chosen by players in the 2023 community poll and now nearing launch after public playtests in 2025. Below is a quick, no-nonsense roundup of the current status, confirmed features, test windows, and release timeline from official sources.

TL;DR

Sailing won the new-skill pitch poll in April 2023.

• Alpha: Announced on the official roadmap for March 2025.

• Beta: Ran June 26 → July 3, 2025 on desktop & mobile

• Release: Autumn 2025

What Jagex Has Shown

• Open-ocean navigation: Your boat moves across a new, explorable sea using click-to-move pathing; the team’s first milestone focused on making navigation feel natural and performant.

• Weather & waters: Weather affects travel and gets harsher in deeper seas, adding risk/reward and route planning to voyages.

• Activities previewed in tests: The public Beta included Ship Combat, Bounty Tasks, and Crew Management (alongside the earlier Alpha’s core sailing/training loop).

• Skilling content & rewards: Jagex’s latest poll blog outlines new resources, training methods, and reward space tied to Sailing’s islands and ports - positioning Sailing as a major expansion of Gielinor rather than a single minigame.

Timeline

• April 11, 2023: Players vote Sailing as the skill to refine and develop

• May 15, 2024: Dev blog shares progress on Milestone 1: Navigation (boat movement across the ocean)

• March 2025: Public Alpha listed on the official roadma

• June 26–July 3, 2025: Public Beta with ship combat, bounties, crew—desktop & mobile

• Now (Aug 2025): Design polling continues (resources & skilling); release window remains Autumn 2025 per the roadmap.