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2012-04-17T13:36:09Z

Getting to the charter ships: reword

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[[File:Trade charter map.png|250px|right|The map of destinations (edited to show all ports)]]The '''Charter ships''' (often simply called '''charter''') are a fleet of merchant ships which form a fairly extensive shipping transport infrastructure which includes popular docks as well as ports in remote locations, run by a wealthy merchant named [[Trader Stan]] and his crew. Players must pay a fee ranging from 200-8,000 [[coins]] for transportation on the Charter ships. The fee is dependent on the destination - destinations which are further away or more remote than others have a higher cost. As with all nautical travel in ''[[RuneScape]]'', the transportation time is only a few seconds, during which a map of [[Gielinor]] with the destinations labelled is displayed, and an animation of a ship travelling from the point of embarkment to the destination is played. The short duration of the travel and the variety of destinations - the more remote of which having few alternate methods of transportation - make the Charter ships favourable to other transportation systems, although some Charter ship routes have higher costs than other transportation methods.

An interesting fact is that the map 'reveals' areas of both the [[Kharidian Desert]] and Eastern [[Morytania]], while these as of yet don't appear in-game. However, the map is incomplete, and the southern parts of places like the [[Feldip Hills]] are omitted, possibly because of their lack of a port other than [[Oo'glog]] and hence unneeded in the charter map.

[[Trader crewmember]]s stand at the docks of each destination in the Charter ships network, and [[Trader Stan]] himself is present at the [[Port Sarim]] dock. In addition to allowing players to charter the shipping network, the crewmembers also run [[Trader Stan's Trading Post]], a more versatile and exotic form of a [[general store]] which sells many items of interest as well as a few commodities which aren't stocked in specialty stores, such as [[Tyras helm]]s, which are unavailable anywhere else.

== Fares ==
*After completing the [[Cabin Fever]] quest, the price between two locations, as displayed below, will lower the charter costs to 50%.
*The [[Ring of Charos]](a) also lowers the charter costs to 50%.
**These cost reductions can be combined to reduce the costs to 25%.
*Another way to reduce the fare is by paying two different fares to your destination, which may be cheaper than purchasing a direct fare. For example, a fare from Port Khazard to Oo'glog is normally 5000gp, by travelling via the Ship Yard, the cost is reduced to 1620gp.
*Another way to reduce the fare, when travelling to or from Port Sarim or Musa Point, is to utilise the ship from Port Sarim to Musa Point to reduce the fare. For example, if travelling from Musa Point to Port Phasmatys, the fare is normally 2900gp. By travelling to Port Sarim and taking the charter ship from there, the cost is reduced to 1330gp.
{|class="wikitable"
!style="bold"|Destination
![[Brimhaven]]
![[Catherby]]
![[Karamja]] ([[Musa Point]])
![[Mos Le'Harmless]]
![[Port Khazard]]
![[Port Phasmatys]]
![[Port Sarim]]
![[Ship Yard]]
![[Port Tyras]]
![[Oo'glog]]
|-
|'''[[Brimhaven]]'''
|N/A
|480
|200
|975*
|400
|2900
|1600
|400
|3200
|3800
|-
|'''[[Catherby]]'''
|480
|N/A
|480
|1750*
|1600
|2500
|1000
|1600
|3200
|3400
|-
|'''[[Karamja]] ([[Musa Point]])'''
|200
|480
|N/A
|225*
|400
|2900
|N/A
|200
|3200
|2000
|-
|'''[[Mos Le'Harmless]]'''
|725*
|625*
|1025*
|N/A
|1025*
|N/A
|325*
|275*
|1600*
|500*
|-
|'''[[Port Khazard]]'''
|1600
|1600
|1600
|1025*
|N/A
|4100
|1280
|1600
|3200
|5000
|-
|'''[[Port Phasmatys]]'''
|2900
|3500
|2900
|N/A
|4100
|N/A
|1300
|N/A
|3200
|2800
|-
|'''[[Port Sarim]]'''
|1600
|1000
|N/A
|325*
|1280
|1300
|N/A
|400
|3200
|1400
|-
|'''[[Ship Yard]]'''
|400
|1600
|200
|225*
|720
|N/A
|400
|N/A
|3200
|900
|-
|'''[[Port Tyras]]'''
|3200
|3200
|3200
|1600*
|3200
|3200
|3200
|3200
|N/A
|3200
|-
|'''[[Oo'glog]]'''
|3800
|3400
|2000
|550*
|5000
|2800
|1400
|900
|3200
|N/A
|}
{|class="wikitable"
|<nowiki>*</nowiki> Since travel to and from [[Mos Le'Harmless]] requires [[Cabin Fever]] to be completed anyway, the cost is already halved.
|}

On the charter ship map, the destination labelled 'Karamja' is Musa Point on the island of Karamja. Brimhaven and the Ship Yard, which are also on Karamja, are also charter ship destination on that island.

==Quest Requirements==
*'''Mos Le'Harmless''' - [[Cabin Fever]]
*'''Oo'glog''' - [[As a First Resort...]]
*'''Ship Yard''' - [[The Grand Tree]]
*'''Port Tyras''' - [[Regicide]]

== Getting to the charter ships ==
While travelling by charter ship can be convenient for players who can afford it, it can be a bit time consuming to get to the ship in the first place, as there is no teleport that goes right next to a ship. Some of the quickest ways to get to the ships are:

* The fastest known way is to use the Lunar spell [[Catherby Teleport]], this puts you close to the dock for the Catherby ship. The Catherby Lodestone is also fairly close to the docks.
* Port Sarim Lodestone teleport, then run to the most southern dock.
* Use an [[Ectophial]] to go to the [[Ectofuntus]] and enter Port Phasmatys. The docks are somewhat near the Port Phasmatys entrance.
* Use a [[Camelot Teleport]] and run south-east to Catherby and its docks.
* Use an [[Ardougne Teleport]] to go to the Ardougne marketplace, run south to [[Captain Barnaby]] and take his boat to Brimhaven. The boat trip arrives at the Brimhaven docks.
* Use the 'cabbageport' teleport ability of the [[Explorer's ring 3]]/[[Explorer's ring 4|4]] to go to the farm north of Port Sarim and run south to the Port Sarim docks. However, this method takes longer than home teleporting to the Port Sarim Lodestone (even including the ritual time).
* A spirit tree in Port Sarim (similar to the above, but somewhat closer). Planting the spirit tree requires farming 83; using the spirit tree network requires completing the [[Tree Gnome Village]] quest.
* The Lunar spell [[Khazard Teleport]] takes you to Port Khazard.

== Trivia ==
*Interestingly, the Crewmembers at the Trading Post used to sell [[bucket of slime|buckets of slime]] for use with the [[Ectofuntus]]. These were previously unobtainable via shops, and many players took advantage of them and bought out all they could. The buckets of slime were later removed by [[Jagex]].
*If you have a [[Bedsheet]] covered in slime or are wearing it you can't travel on the boat and the crew will say it is not allowed on the boat when you try to charter the boat.
*There is a glitch when you arrive at your destination on minimum quality graphics, it will be all white around the ship and you will not be able to see the gangplank unless you change your graphics quality to a better setting.

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