OSRS Salvaging Guide (AFK Sailing XP)

At level 15 sailing, you unlock the AFK sailing training method, salvaging. This is where you salvage finds from shipwrecks throughout the seas, and you sort through the salvage to find items and experience…

Salvaging is the only source of the sailor’s amulet, dropped rarely at all salvage spots.. And this is an extremely useful amulet, providing teleports to the pandemonium, port roberts and deepfin, and also being a close teleport to a bank and a port. Even if salvaging isnt your main training method, i would really recommend at least going for this amulet. The droprate heavily increases with the higher level salvaging spots, from 1 in 2k for the low level and 1 in 300 for high level.

In terms of xp rates, they scale from 2k per hour at level 15, all the way to over 100k per hour at high levels.

Although, you can increase your xp rates further by installing the crystal extractor. This is rewarded from the gwenith glides barracuda trial and reuires 73 sailing to install, and it gives 250 sailing xp every 60 seconds, but you have to click on it. Thats an additional 10 to 15k sailing xp per hour, on top of your training, although is less afk.

The first salvaging location is Small shipwrecks found south east of the Pandemonium.

Youll need to install a bronze salvaging hook to start..

To do that, you need these materials:

• 4 Regular Planks

• 16 Bronze Nails

• 6 Bronze Bar

• 1 Rope

You go to a shipwright and customize your boat. You can grab a saw and a hammer from the crates in the central area, then you can board your boat, and add a salvaging hook to the front white spot.

Then, at level 15 sailing, salvaging the small shipwrecks, you can take the salvage back to the pandemonium docks, and there, you can sort through the salvage for more xp. But, you are better off just dropping the salvage to save you from moving around, and this is faster xp per hour… but at level 42 you can install a salvage sorting station on your boat, but more on that soon…

When training at a salvaging spot, there are some locations that have double spots. This is where 2 shipwrecks are right next to eachother, which means you dont have to move between spots, and can just hop worlds whenever theres no spots available, but jagex recently updated it so that there are more active locations, so you wont have to hop very much at all.

Every tier of salvaging spot also now has a double spot.

Once you unlock the iron hook at level 21 sailing, you should definitely install it, and each hook upgrade gives a noticeable increase in your salvaging speed, except the dragon hook which is only a small jump from rune.

Each salvaging spot lasts 1 to 4 minutes depending on the level of salvage, and you can see which one is active if it has a right click option there.

Then at level 26 you can do fishermans shipwrecks, and you can also get the steel salvaging hook at level 27.

Fishermans shipwrecks can be found to the south of Catherby.

Then at level 35, you can do barracuda shipwrecks, and eventually upgrade to a mithril salvaging hook for faster xp rates.

But you do need oak and linen sails and mast or better for your boat to be able to withstand the stormy waters around the spot near pandemonium.

Once you hit level 40, you can get a crewmate on your ship, and the first crewmate is jobless jim. Hes decent at salvaging, with 3 deckhandiness, and you can use him to afk longer or increase your xp rates when you get the larger boat.

At level 42, you can install a salvaging station on your boat, which allows you to sort your salvage by barely moving. This is done by finding the schematic, found in a lockbox on chinchompa island. Its almost mandatory to install one of these when you get the level, since its going to considerably boost your AFK times and xp rates.

Eventually, at level 53, you unlock the next spot, and at level 50, you can build a sloop boat, which has 2 salvaging spots.

With that, you can have one crewmate salvaging, one crewmate on the helm, and you can salvage on one of the other hooks.

Then at 64, you can salvage pirate shipwrecks...

And at level 60 you should get cabin boy jenkins as a crewmate, who has plus 4 deckhandiness, the highest possible.

Then at 73 sailing, mercenary shipwrecks are next, and also with 73 sailing you can get the crystal extractor, which as i mentioned can increase your overall xp rates for sailing.

Interestingly, the mercenary shipwrecks are the only salvaging spot that drops the salvors paint at a 1 in 24k droprate, and you can use that pain to customize your boat.

Then at level 80 you can do fremennik shipwrecks, where you should bring alchs to profit off the fremennik helmet drops.

Then at 87, merchant shipwrecks are the highest level ones, and for those, you should stack up on the snapdragon seeds, dragon cannonballs, dragon nails, coins and platinum tokens.

You can also get the dragon salvaging hook at level 86 sailing, and this currently costs over 50 mil to put on your boat. And largely, the boost that it gives is barely worthwhile at those prices, giving around a 5% increase in your xp rates.

Overall, going from 15 to 99 sailing, alching and stacking up the drops, you can expect to make close to 20 mil in profit. But, it is possible to make more than that, if you get lucky and get some dragon cannon barrel drops, then your profit will sit closer to 30 mil or more...