Gleason's Gielinor Guide

ShipwreckSunken
Mercenary shipwreck

Released								19 November 2025 (Update)
Members								Yes
Quest								No
Location								Southern Expanse
Options								Inspect
Examine								A ship for hire which has now sunk lower.
Advanced data
Object ID								60474
Link								MOID

Mercenary shipwrecks are a type of salvageable shipwreck found at sea, requiring level 73 Sailing to salvage from with a salvaging hook. Mercenary shipwrecks will yield martial salvage, granting 138 Sailing experience; these can then be sorted at a salvaging station (or the boat facility), granting loot and an additional 63.5 Sailing experience.

Since all mercenary shipwrecks are found in seas with tangled kelp, players will need an adamant helm on their boat in order to access them.

It is recommended to have at least two crewmates to optimally salvage, one at the helm for navigating to an active shipwreck and another manning one of the hooks. This nets around 40,000 Sailing experience per hour with two adamant hooks.

Salvaging alongside Cabin Boy Jenkins utilising two rune salvaging hooks and using another crewmember with high Deckhandiness to man the player's salvaging hook when you need to sort salvage, one can expect 60,000+ Sailing experience per hour for only salvaging. Including the Crystal extractor increases the expected experience rate to 74,000+ Sailing experience per hour.

Because of the high amount of equipment provided from mercenary shipwrecks, players can make passive money by bringing runes for High Level Alchemy.

Otherwise, improving experience rates can be done with a skiff, equipped with an adamant helm and a greater tele-focus, docked at Sunbleak Island and a sloop equipped with the best facilities possible based on level plus a regular (or better) focus. The optimal salvaging spot is located south-west of Sunbleak where players may do the following steps:

Sail your sloop northward to Deepfin Point after full inventories and have Jenkins or Jolly Jim bank all salvage there.
Afterwards, to go back salvaging, cast Teleport to Boat to arrive at your skiff in Sunbleak.
Cast Summon Boat to summon your sloop to Sunbleak.
Sail your sloop south-west to the salvaging spot and repeat this whole process, keeping the required teleport runes.

Bug:

Currently it is impossible to receive hard clue boxes from sorting martial salvage whilst having an opened hard clue in your bank or inventory.

Locations

Location	Spawns	Map
West of the Isle of Serpents	6	Show map
South-western Southern Expanse	6	Show map
South-west of Sunbleak Island	6	Show map

Sailing info

Mercenary shipwreck
Level required					73
Sailing XP					138 xp
Tool					Salvaging hook

The chance to successfully salvage is affected by the salvaging hook used and Sailing level: better salvaging hooks and a higher Sailing level increases the likelihood of successfully receiving salvage.

The following success rates are provided by Jagex.

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Money making

The following money making guide is available for Mercenary shipwreck:

Method	Hourly profit	Skills
Salvaging mercenary shipwrecks	349,463	73 59 55

Drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Martial salvage	1	Always	Not sold	120
	Soup	1	1/260,000^[1]	Not sold	N/A

^ Only rolled for the player, not crewmates.

Changes

Date	Changes
5 December 2025 (Update)	Hotfix The amount of experience given when sorting was increased back to 63.5.
3 December 2025 (Update)	Double salvaging spots have been added to all shipwreck hotspots. The amount of experience given when pulling up salvage from a mercenary shipwreck was increased from 127 to 138. The amount of experience given when sorting martial salvage was decreased from 63.5 to 30.

Gallery

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