Gleason's Gielinor Guide

Port Phasmatys

Released		15 February 2005 (Update)
Also called		Ghost Town
Members		Yes
Location		Morytania
Inhabitants		Ghosts, Humans
Teleports		Ectophial
Music		The Other Side
Map
Advanced data
Type		settlement

Location on World Map
Fossil Island
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Haunted Woods	←	Port Phasmatys	→	Dragontooth Island
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Slepe

Port Phasmatys (Jagex: /fæzˈmætɪs/ faz-MAT-iss) is a small town located on the north-eastern coast of Morytania. Once a coastal hub, the town was decimated by vampyres and is now populated by ghosts, making a ghostspeak amulet or Morytania legs 2 necessary to talk to the majority of the inhabitants.

Entry to the town through the energy barriers requires two ecto-tokens, or none after completion of Ghosts Ahoy. Alternatively, a charter ship can be used to bypass the ecto-token requirement.

Transportation

Several transport options bring players into or close to Port Phasmatys, listed here with their arrival destination. From closest to farthest:

Ectophial — Ectofuntus, just north of town.
Charter ships — eastern docks.
Fairy ring ALQ — Haunted Woods, west of the town.
Drakan's medallion — Ver Sinhaza, a short run south of Andras' boat.
Fenkenstrain teleport — Fenkenstrain's Castle entrance, far west of the town.
Salve Graveyard teleport — Salve Graveyard, very far west of the town.

History

Port Phasmatys dates back to the late Fourth Age and was founded by human settlers who had travelled to Morytania, which at that time was not considered more dangerous than other places around Gielinor.^[1]^[2] It was once a thriving port that frequently traded with those who came from the Eastern Lands until Lord Lowerniel Drakan, the ruler of Morytania, took notice of the humans settling in his kingdom and demanded that they paid blood tithes to the vampyres; the people of Port Phasmatys had no choice but to give in to his demands.^[3]

Over time, their numbers dwindled, and many spoke of abandoning the town for safer lands when Necrovarus, a powerful mage from the Eastern Lands, arrived.^[4] Claiming he had a vision of a great power beneath the town, a pool of ectoplasm was discovered deep below Phasmatys, and Necrovarus showed the citizens how to build the Ectofuntus. The Ectofuntus indeed repelled the vampyres, but it brought other issues. The people of the town began to lose any desire for food and water until their bodies shrivelled and died, and when a citizen died, they were unable to move on to the afterlife due to the psychic barrier created by Necrovarus, causing their ghosts to remain stuck in Port Phasmatys. This fate was Necrovarus' intention all along; eventually, there were no living inhabitants left, and the town fell into disrepair.^[5]

The vampyres gave up trying to collect blood tithes as there was no longer any blood to harvest, and the Ectofuntus continued to repel vampyres regardless.^[6] By this time, the town was mostly abandoned, but sailors, traders and pirates did occasionally visit. Any visitors to the town are required to worship the Ectofuntus as so to maintain the Ectopower that lets its residents stick around as ghosts. Eventually, an adventurer came along and freed the inhabitants from Necrovarus' control, allowing them to freely choose to pass on if they wished.

Locations

Ectofuntus

After starting the Ghosts Ahoy quest, you can worship the Ectofuntus to receive 4 times Prayer experience for every bone. Completing the quest will help immensely, as you can use the Ectophial to teleport back and forth, as well as bank at the town for free if needed. Players who have completed various levels of the Morytania Diary will be able to claim slime and bonemeal daily from Robin Hood in exchange for bones, as well as receive the ability to teleport to the slime pit several times a day.

Many players use amulets of glory or rings of dueling to teleport to a bank, as it is faster than running to the bank in Port Phasmatys. A ghostspeak amulet will still be needed to talk to the disciples.

Docks

The town docks connect to multiple ports across Gielinor. Ak-Haranu, a merchant from the Eastern Lands who runs Ak-Haranu's Exotic Shop, can also be found on the docks. He can sell players bolt racks to be used as ammunition for Karil's crossbow.

The northern docks, found just north of the town, contain Andras and Pirate Pete.

Captain	Destination	Fee
Andras	Slepe	10,000 (or 1,000,000 one-off)
Bill Teach	Mos Le'Harmless	None
Ghostship captain	Nowhere; the mini-Ectofuntus powering the ship is in need of repair.
Ghost captain	Dragontooth Island	25 (or 500 one-off)
Pirate Pete	Braindeath Island	None
Trader Crewmember	Charter ship locations	See table below

Charter ship

Fare table		Destination
Fare table		Aldarin	Brimhaven	Catherby	Civitas illa Fortis	Corsair Cove	Deepfin Point	Karamja Shipyard	Land's End	Mos Le'Harmless	Musa Point	Port Khazard	Port Phasmatys	Port Piscarilius	Port Roberts	Port Sarim	Port Tyras	Prifddinas	Red Rock	Sunset Coast	The Pandemonium	The Summer Shore
Origin	Aldarin	N/A	2,500	2,500	600	2,100	1,200	3,100	900	2,350*	3,000	2,300	4,500	1,100	1,400	3,100	3,200	1,800	2,200	N/A	3,000	2,400
	Brimhaven	2,500	N/A	480	2,400	680	2,000	400	2,200	1,950*	480	400	2,900	2,000	3,200	1,600	3,200	3,450	1,900	2,500	400	1,900
	Catherby	2,500	480	N/A	2,400	1,000	2,200	1,600	2,200	1,250*	480	1,600	3,500	2,000	3,400	1,000	3,200	3,560	2,000	2,500	1,200	2,000
	Civitas illa Fortis	600	2,400	2,400	N/A	2,000	1,200	3,000	800	2,300*	2,900	2,200	4,400	1,000	600	3,000	3,200	1,700	2,000	500	2,800	2,200
	Corsair Cove	2,100	680	1,000	2,000	N/A	1,600	800	1,800	2,040*	800	600	4,040	1,500	2,200	1,200	3,200	1,420	1,500	2,100	800	1,600
	Deepfin Point	1,200	2,000	2,200	1,200	1,600	N/A	2,800	1,400	1,600*	2,400	1,800	3,400	1,600	1,000	2,600	3,200	1,200	1,400	1,200	2,800	1,800
	Karamja Shipyard	3,100	400	1,600	3,000	800	2,800	N/A	2,800	550*	200	1,600	3,200	2,600	3,600	400	3,200	4,000	1,600	3,100	200	1,600
	Land's End	900	2,200	2,200	800	1,800	1,400	2,800	N/A	2,200*	2,700	2,000	4,200	N/A	800	N/A	3,200	1,500	2,200	900	2,600	2,400
	Mos Le'Harmless	2,350*	1,950*	1,250*	2,300*	2,040*	1,600*	550*	2,200*	N/A	2,050*	550*	N/A	2,100*	2,200*	650*	1,600*	2,475*	1,000*	2,350*	500*	900*
	Musa Point	3,000	480	480	2,900	800	2,400	200	2,700	2,050*	N/A	400	1,100	2,500	3,500	N/A	3,200	4,400	1,700	3,000	N/A	1,700
	Port Khazard	2,300	400	1,600	2,200	600	1,800	1,600	2,000	550*	400	N/A	4,100	1,800	3,000	1,280	3,200	2,800	1,800	2,300	700	1,800
	Port Phasmatys	4,500	2,900	3,500	4,400	4,040	3,400	3,200	4,200	N/A	1,100	4,100	N/A	4,000	4,600	1,300	3,200	5,200	2,200	4,500	1,000	2,000
	Port Piscarilius	1,100	2,000	2,000	1,000	1,500	1,600	2,600	N/A	2,100*	2,500	1,800	4,000	N/A	1,000	N/A	3,200	1,200	2,400	1,100	2,400	2,600
	Port Roberts	1,400	3,200	3,400	600	2,200	1,000	3,600	800	2,200*	3,500	3,000	4,600	1,000	N/A	3,500	3,200	600	2,000	1,400	3,600	2,500
	Port Sarim	3,100	1,600	1,000	3,000	1,200	2,600	400	N/A	650*	N/A	1,280	1,300	N/A	3,500	N/A	3,200	4,800	1,700	3,100	N/A	1,700
	Port Tyras	3,200	3,200	3,200	3,200	3,200	3,200	3,200	3,200	1,600*	3,200	3,200	3,200	3,200	3,200	3,200	N/A	3,200	3,200	3,200	3,200	3,200
	Prifddinas	1,800	3,450	3,560	1,700	1,420	1,200	4,000	1,500	2,475*	4,400	2,800	5,200	1,200	600	4,800	3,200	N/A	2,000	1,800	3,800	2,200
	Red Rock	2,200	1,900	2,000	2,000	1500	1400	1600	2,200	2,000	1,700	1,800	2,200	2,400	2,000	1,700	3,200	2,000	N/A	2,200	1600	1000
	Sunset Coast	N/A	2,500	2,500	500	2,100	1,200	3,100	900	2,350*	3,000	2,300	4,500	1,100	1,400	3,100	3,200	1,800	2,200	N/A	3,000	2,400
	The Pandemonium	3,000	400	1,200	2,800	800	2,800	200	2,600	500*	N/A	700	1,000	2,400	3,600	N/A	3,200	3,800	1,600	3,000	N/A	1,600
	The Summer Shore	2,400	1,900	2,000	2,200	1,600	1,800	1,600	2,400	900*	1,700	1,800	2,000	2,600	2,500	1,700	3,200	2,200	1,000	2,400	1,600	N/A
* Since travel to and from Mos Le'Harmless requires Cabin Fever to be completed anyway, the cost is already halved.

After completing Cabin Fever, the charter ship fare is reduced by 50%. Wearing the Ring of Charos(a) also reduces the fare by 50%. These two bonuses can be stacked to reduce the cost to 25%.

Buildings

The crumbling general store of Port Phasmatys.

Many of the ghosts require payment in ecto-tokens, which is the currency of the town, though the shop still uses coins. See the Ectofuntus guide above or the Ghosts Ahoy quest for a guide to obtaining ecto-tokens.

Name	Description
Alice's farm	A small farm with allotment, flower and herb patches, as well as a farming shop.
Bank	A bank serviced by ghost bankers. Trying to use the bank without a ghostspeak amulet will always yield a message that, despite of the bankers' inability to talk to the player, they understand that the player wishes to use the bank after a "series of hand gestures." After the player dismisses the message, they can use the bank.
Melina's house	An empty home in the middle of town. After Melina leaves during Making History, it's left with no inhabitants.
Furnace building	One of the closest furnaces to a bank in the game, making it popular for players training Smithing and crafting molten glass.
The Green Ghost Inn and Brewery	There is a brewery in the basement of the inn that is used in the Cooking. You may buy ale yeast from the brewer there using ecto-tokens.
Port Phasmatys General Store	A general store that's notable because it stocks far more buckets and pots than any other shop. This is especially useful to players that need to buy the supplies necessary for Ectofuntus.
Sarah's house	The home of Sarah Corvo, who plays a role in the Dragon Slayer II quest. Her home also contains a range, but it's rarely used.
Velorina's house	A tiny home containing Velorina, who starts players on the Ghosts Ahoy quest.

Other

South of the town is the Morytania spider cave, a creepy cave containing the spider boss Araxxor. North of the town is the shipwreck, an old, derelict ship containing the old crone's lost son. There are also several yew trees in the area. There are no item spawns in this area.

Inhabitants

Personalities

Alice, a farmer who runs her farm with her dearly departed husband, Malcolm.
Ak-Haranu, a traveller from the Wushanko Isles.
Andras, an emaciated resident of Slepe who ferries players there for a high fee.
Bill Teach, an adventurous pirate with many, many enemies.
Cow31337Killer, a high-level player who kills ~~cows~~ chickens.
Droalak, a man who left for a far-off outpost against the wishes of his wife — and died!
Three ghost bankers, who ghostily help you access the Bank of Gielinor.
Ghost captain (ship), a ghost captain who will take players nowhere since his ship won't work.
Ghost captain (rowboat), a ghost captain who will take players to Dragontooth Island.
Three ghost disciples, followers of the evil Necrovarus.
Two ghost guards, who charge ecto-tokens for town entrance.
Ghost innkeeper, an innkeeper that no longer sells beverages.
Eightghost sailors, sailors who are now bound to the port by its horrible curse.
Ghost shopkeeper, the owner of the general store.
Ghost villagers, villagers who live (or perhaps, unlive) throughout the town.
Goopy snake, a harmless and adorable snake, which swims underneath the Ectofuntus.
Gravingas, an anti-Necrovarus activist.
Lyra, a non-ghostly gardener and the daughter of Alice and Malcolm.
Malcolm, the dearly departed husband of Alice.
Melina, the dearly departed wife of Droalak.
Metarialus, a brewer found in the inn's basement.
Necrovarus, the leader of an ancient cult who has trapped the town's residents as ghosts.
Old man, the son of the old crone, who was lost for a great deal of time.
Robin, a famous archer and one of the few humans in the town.
Sarah, the descendant of a great warrior.
Sneaky undead fowl, a cunning chicken-like creature that evades all attempts at capture.
Tool leprechaun, a green-clad fellow who can store gardening supplies and note produce.
Trader crewmembers, ostentatiously-clad crewmembers who ferry players for exorbitant prices.
Velorina, a ghost who starts the Ghosts Ahoy quest and gives spare ectophials.

Monsters

Rat (x2)
Swamp crabs (x5)
Tortured soul (x8)
Undead chicken (x6)
Undead cow (x4)

Bats and aggressive leeches and vampyres can also make their way into the area from the nearby Haunted Woods.

Quests

The southern entrance into Port Phasmatys.

Music

Name	Unlock location	Music track
Brew Hoo Hoo!	Brewery basement
Itsy Bitsy...	Morytania Spider Cave
The Other Side	Port Phasmatys
Phasmatys	Ectofuntus
Shipwrecked	Shipwreck north of Port Phasmatys

Changes

Date	Changes
1 October 2025 (Update)	The "Pass" and "Pay-toll" option have been combined into one option on the Port Phasmatys barrier for players who have completed Ghost Ahoy.
3 December 2015 (Update)	The one tick delay present when you used bank booths rather than bankers in Port Phasmatys has been removed – on top of this, a bank booth in Port Phasmatys was not giving a message for players not using an amulet of ghostspeak; this has been fixed.

Trivia

"Phásma" ("φάσμα") is Ancient Greek for apparition or phantom, referencing the town being inhabited by ghosts.

References

^ "Display case (Varrock Museum, number 15)". Old School RuneScape. "4th Age - yr 1777 Temple records show that human settlers came to the temple on the River Salve looking for new lands in which to settle. While there were legends that the temple on the Salve was blocking great evil, they refused to heed the warnings of the then custodians of the temple, thinking them possibly behind the times or reciting old legends. The lands of Misthalin and Asgarnia weren't the safest places in the world - the human tribes of these times were having constant troubles with goblins, hobgoblins, giants, etc., so how much worse could Morytania have been? So, human settlers passed over the Salve into Morytania. The Museum recently came into possession of this torn map showing the expansion routes of the settlers."
^ Reldo in Dragon Slayer II. Old School RuneScape. "According to this there was a family by the name of Corvo living in Avarrocka for most of the Fourth Age. The last entry is from the year 1770 of the Fourth Age. [Player: What happened to them?] Impossible to say for sure but it was around that time that many people left Misthalin to settle in Morytania. (…) Port Phasmatys is where most of the Morytania settlers wound up."
^ Velorina in Ghosts Ahoy. Old School RuneScape. "It is a long story. Many years ago, this was a thriving port, a trading centre to the eastern lands of Gielinor. We became rich on the profits made from the traders that came across the eastern seas. We were very happy... until Lord Drakan noticed us. He sent unholy creatures to demand that a blood-tithe be paid to the Lord Vampyre, as is required from all in the domain of Morytania. We had no choice but to agree to his demands."
^ Velorina in Ghosts Ahoy. Old School RuneScape. "He came from the eastern lands, but of more than that, little is known. Some say he was once a mage, some say a priest. Either way, he was in possession of knowledge totally unknown to even the most learned among us."
^ Velorina in Ghosts Ahoy. Old School RuneScape. "Necrovarus told us that he had been brought by a vision he'd had of an underground source of power. He inspired us to delve beneath the town, promising us the power to repel the vampyres. (…) Indeed, this Ectopower did repel the vampyres; they would not enter Phasmatys once the Ectofuntus began working. But little did we know that we had exchanged one evil for yet another – Ectopower. Little by little, we began to lose any desire for food or water, and our desire for the Ectopower grew until it dominated our thoughts entirely. Our bodies shrivelled and, one by one, we died."
^ Velorina in Ghosts Ahoy. Old School RuneScape. "Indeed, this Ectopower did repel the vampyres; they would not enter Phasmatys once the Ectofuntus began working."