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Mercenary shipwreck

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Mercenary shipwreck
Released19 November 2025 (Update)
MembersYes
QuestNo
LocationSouthern Expanse
OptionsInspect
ExamineA ship for hire which has now sunk lower.
Advanced data
Object ID60474
LinkMOID

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:

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

Bug 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 Members Spawns Map
West of the Isle of SerpentsMembers6Show map
South-western Southern ExpanseMembers6Show map
South-west of Sunbleak IslandMembers6Show map

Sailing info

Mercenary shipwreck
Level requiredSailing 73
Sailing XP138 xp
ToolSalvaging 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:

MethodHourly profitSkills
Salvaging mercenary shipwrecks349,463
  • Sailing 73
  • Construction 59
  • Magic 55

Drops

Item Quantity Rarity Price High Alch
Martial salvage.png: Mercenary shipwreck drops Martial salvage with rarity Always in quantity 1Martial salvage1AlwaysNot sold120
Soup.png: Mercenary shipwreck drops Soup with rarity 1/260,000 in quantity 1Soup11/260,000[1]Not soldN/A
  1. ^ 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.
  • Active idle animation
    Active idle animation
  • Sunken idle animation
    Sunken idle animation
  • Sinking animation
    Sinking animation
  • Surfacing animation
    Surfacing animation

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