Gleason's Gielinor Guide

Raft

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Released	20 March 2025 (Update)
Sailing level	1
Size	Tiny (1x3)
Core boat parts	Hull Helm Mast and sails
Facility hotspots	1
Player capacity	2
Crew slots	0
Cost	1,000

A raft is a tiny boat that can be purchased from a shipwright for 1,000 coins. One is provided to the player as part of the Pandemonium quest.

Rafts consist of a wood base, helm, and mast and sails, which provide hitpoints, speed, defence, and resistance stats, which can be upgraded with better materials. Flags and an eternal brazier can also be built on a raft. Additionally, rafts have one facility hotspot which can be used to build certain facilities; however, the selection of buildable facilities is limited, and as such is generally reserved for a cargo hold.

Aside from very early Sailing training for courier tasks and sea charting, rafts do not garner much use once players reach level 15 Sailing, at which point a skiff can be purchased. Additionally, because keels and crewmates are not available on rafts, alongside the limit of a single facility slot, rafts are a poor choice for activity at sea other than basic fishing at sea.

However, a raft's base is built with unprocessed logs rather than hull parts made from planks, and does not require the use of nails. This makes rafts easier to upgrade, although this is mostly done to speed up travel time for certain sea charting tasks, as some are found in narrower bodies of water that are difficult or impossible to reach with larger boats.

Core boat parts

Core boat parts are built by using the boat schematics board, which affect the boat's stats and speed. Players with the required materials, but without the required levels, may pay a fee to have them built instead; however, this can only be done for parts using mithril and mahogany.

Hulls

Hulls (referred to as bases for the raft) provide hitpoints, and defence stats for boat combat. They also provide the base speed that determines how fast the boat will travel per tick without trimmed sails.

	Level	Level	Base speed	Materials	XP	Cost	Shipwright fee
Wooden base	1	1	1.5	Logs x10 Rope x6 Swamp tar x10	19	664	N/A
Oak base	20	8	1.5	Oak logs x10 Rope x6 Swamp tar x10	27	824	560
Teak base	31	23	2	Teak logs x10 Rope x6 Swamp tar x10 Lead bar x5	41	9,534	4,200
Mahogany base	48	41	2	Mahogany logs x10 Rope x6 Swamp tar x10 Lead bar x5	46	9,024	27,000
Camphor base	67	59	2.5	Camphor logs x10 Rope x6 Swamp tar x10 Lead bar x5	70	11,134	N/A
Ironwood base	81	75	2.5	Ironwood logs x10 Rope x6 Swamp tar x10 Cupronickel bar x5	84	14,039	N/A
Rosewood base	93	84	3	Rosewood logs x10 Rope x6 Swamp tar x10 Cupronickel bar x5	84	16,669	N/A

Helms

Helms provide resistance to rapids and allows players to use them as speed boosts rather than take boat damage.

	Level	Level	Rapids resisted	Materials	XP	Cost	Shipwright fee
Bronze	1	1	None	Plank x2 Bronze bar x4	76	524	N/A
Iron	17	14	Gentle	Oak plank x2 Iron bar x4	160	1,852	1,400
Steel	38	30	Gentle	Teak plank x2 Steel bar x4	260	4,128	8,900
Mithril	55	47	Strong	Mahogany plank x2 Mithril bar x4	400	8,114	50,000
Adamant	72	59	Strong	Camphor plank x2 Adamantite bar x4	480	13,890	N/A
Rune	87	81	Powerful	Ironwood plank x2 Runite bar x4	650	56,626	N/A
Dragon	96	86	Deadly	Rosewood plank x2 Dragon metal sheet x4	780	738,848	N/A

Masts and sails

Masts and sails will increase the duration of a speed boost when trimming sails.

	Level	Level	Boost duration (ticks)	Materials	XP	Cost	Shipwright fee
Wooden mast and linen sails	1	1	20	Logs x5 Bronze nails x20 Bolt of linen x5	20	2,635	N/A
Oak mast and linen sails	24	11	22	Oak logs x5 Iron nails x20 Bolt of linen x5	28	2,795	920
Teak mast and canvas sails	36	26	24	Teak logs x5 Steel nails x20 Bolt of canvas x5	41	9,485	5,800
Mahogany mast and canvas sails	52	45	26	Mahogany logs x5 Mithril nails x20 Bolt of canvas x5	55	9,990	41,000
Camphor mast and canvas sails	68	60	30	Camphor logs x5 Adamantite nails x20 Bolt of canvas x5	85	12,205	N/A
Ironwood mast and cotton sails	83	77	33	Ironwood logs x5 Rune nails x20 Bolt of cotton x5	152	28,380	N/A
Rosewood mast and cotton sails	94	85	36	Rosewood logs x5 Dragon nails x20 Bolt of cotton x5	175	255,915	N/A

Flags

Flags are cosmetics that shows the player has cleared the Marlin rank of a Barracuda Trial. They can be added with the required materials, and Sailing and Construction levels, at the boat schematics board in the Shipyard.

	Level	Level	Materials	Experience	Cost
Storm chaser's flag	25	20	Oak logs x4 Rope Ralph's fabric roll	34	224
Swamp cruiser's flag	25	20	Oak logs x4 Rope Gurtob's fabric roll	34	224
Crystal glider's flag	25	20	Oak logs x4 Rope Gwyna's fabric roll	34	224

Brazier

An eternal brazier enables a boat to safely traverse the icy seas in the Northern Ocean. It can be added with the required materials, and Sailing and Construction levels, at the boat schematics board in the Shipyard.

Brazier		Level	Level	Materials	Experience	Cost
	Eternal brazier	78	72	Ironwood plank x4 Rune nails x16 Runite bar x6 Cupronickel bar x6 Te salt x250 Efh salt x250 Urt salt x250	1,373	193,950

Facilities

Rafts have one facility hotspot available to build any of the following facilities:

Cargo hold
Cannon
Salvaging hook
Wind catcher or gale catcher
Range
Keg
Teleport focus or greater teleport focus

Sea charting

A raft is required for certain sea charting tasks as only they can fit into narrow bodies of water that are otherwise difficult or impossible to reach with larger boats.

Level	Type	Task	Sea	Ocean	Location	Comp%
12	Crate	Find a Sealed crate in the Lum Lagoon and sample the contents.	Lumbridge Basin	Bonus charts	Map	32.5%
22	Current	Test the currents at the mouth of the River Varla.	Sunset Bay	Sunset Ocean	Map	19.5%
12	Crate	Find a Sealed crate near the Lunar Isle docks and sample the contents.	Lunar Bay	Northern Ocean	Map	16.6%
22	Current	Test the currents in the River Crannmor.	Grandroot Bay	Northern Ocean	Map	15.2%
12	Crate	Find a Sealed crate in the waters of the Fremennik Isles and sample the contents.	Kannski Tides	Northern Ocean	Map	14.5%

Boat fishing

A raft is required for basic harpoon, net and lobster pot fishing at sea but can be used for all basic fishing at sea including bait fishing.

Trivia

During the March 2025 Sailing Alpha, rafts were called 'Kandarin rafts'.