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{{Infobox Item
|name = Sextant
|AKA =
|image = [[File:Sextant.png]]
|update = Bigger Banks & Treasure Trails
|release = [[5 May]] [[2004]]
|members = Yes
|quest = No
|tradeable = No
|equipable = No
|stackable = No
|high = 0
|low = 0
|store = No
|value = 50
|destroy = Drop
|examine = Used by navigators to find their position in ''[[RuneScape]]''.
|weight = 0.2
}}

[[File:Sextant detail.png|left|100px]]

A '''sextant''' is an essential item for solving co-ordinate clues whilst on [[treasure trails]]. A sextant can be obtained by first talking to the [[Observatory professor]] (who may be at the [[Observatory]] or the nearby [[Observatory#Observatory reception|Observatory reception building]] to the north-east, depending upon whether the player has completed the [[Observatory Quest]]), then, with a co-ordinate clue (note: it ''has'' to be a co-ordinate clue) in inventory, speaking to [[Murphy]] in [[Port Khazard]], who will give you a sextant. Murphy is found on the dock near the trawler for the [[Fishing Trawler]].

[[Brother Kojo]] in the [[Clock Tower (building)|Clock Tower]] can then give the player a [[watch]]. With a sextant, watch, [[chart]] and the [[Treasure Trails/Guide/Co-ordinates|co-ordinate clue scroll]] in their inventory, the player may dig up a [[casket]] or [[scroll box]]. If any of the items are missing, the player will not be able to dig up the casket/box at the proper spot.

After first obtaining a sextant from Murphy, the player may thereafter make sextants. A sextant can be made by having one [[steel bar]] in inventory and clicking on a clock makers table in the [[Workshop]] of a player's [[player-owned house|house]].

Operating the sextant is a fairly simple task. The idea is to put the horizon and the sun in the middle of the screen.

[[File:Sextant controls.png]]

[[File:Sextant sun and horizon.png|right]]

First use the vertical 'arrow buttons' on the right to put the horizon in the centre of the viewer on the right hand side. Then use the horizontal arrow buttons to move the sun onto the horizon in the middle of the screen. Clicking 'get location' will give the co-ordinates of the player's position. This consists of two numbers; the first indicates how far the player is North or South of the [[Observatory]], in degrees and minutes, and the second how far East or West. Note that one degree is 60 minutes, and each game square is approximately 1.875 minutes.

Sextants will often need to be used quickly in [[wilderness]] locations, as monster attacks can interrupt plotting.

It is not necessary to use the sextant to be able to dig up the scroll box or casket, as long as the player is in exactly the right location and has the items necessary in their inventory or [[toolbelt]].

Because it has to be used, unlike the watch and chart, the sextant is the only co-ordinates item that cannot be put onto the toolbelt.

==Trivia==
* Interestingly enough, even though the item appears to be made of wood and brass, a steel bar is the only item used in its construction.
* You can obtain multiple sextants by dropping your sextant and speaking to Murphy. He will give you another sextant and you can then pick up the one that you dropped. This makes it much more convenient if you die while you have the sextant because you won't have to go back to Murphy to obtain another.
{{WP also}}[[File:Sextant dungeon message.png|thumb|The message that a player gets when trying to find the coordinates of a dungeon.]]
* If you dig at the spot with [[Meerkats]] familiars, you do not require the chart, sextant, or watch, just the clue scroll in your inventory.
* If you used the sextant in your player-owned-house, you would get a coordinate that is far to the south-east of the mainland. This no longer works.
[[File:POH-coordanant.png|thumb|Coordinate shown in a player-owned-house]]

{{Clue}}
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