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Update: Sailing launch

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Update: Sailing launch

Update: Sailing launch
Type Update
Videos 2 (first 2025-11-04, latest 2025-11-19)
Main source SAILING PREP BLOG (OSRS)

Update: Sailing launch is an update topic that Gnomonkey covers in 2 videos between 2025-11-04 and 2025-11-19. This article is a stub: his statements are grouped by type, repeated ones merged.

Contents

Methods

  • For the Sailing launch, Jagex pulls the worlds down and puts them back up without Sailing, as was done for the Group Ironman (Gridmaster) release, then adds the update in a buffer window and Sailing goes live.1

Tips

  • Gnomonkey advises paying attention to the Sailing introduction quest, which explains the skill and its methods; in the beta he remembers it taking about 10 to 15 minutes.2
  • Gnomonkey describes this as a Day 1 guide in which some things may change and a better meta may appear in a few weeks.3

Gnomonkey's opinion

  • Gnomonkey considers the pull-down-and-buffer launch approach much better than the usual one-to-two hour delay on major releases; it worked well for the Gridmaster update, which was ready exactly when Jagex said.4

Events

  • Jagex released a blog and a video starring Gnomonkey two weeks before the Sailing skill launched, explaining how to prepare for Sailing.5
  • Sailing is set to launch at 7:15 AM UTC on November 19th.1
  • Gnomonkey planned to go live on stream at 3 AM on November 19th the instant Sailing appeared and train it immediately.6
  • Sailing launched with a new mid-level Slayer boss, the Shellbane Gryphon, and this guide was made on release day.3

Revision history

Date Video Change
2025-11-19 Shellbane Gryphon Guide (OSRS) Added: 2 statements (event, tip)
2025-11-04 SAILING PREP BLOG (OSRS) Page created: 6 statements (event, method, opinion, tip)
## References

  1. SAILING PREP BLOG (OSRS), 2025-11-04. ▶ 0:32 ↩↩

  2. SAILING PREP BLOG (OSRS), 2025-11-04. ▶ 1:32 ↩

  3. Shellbane Gryphon Guide (OSRS), 2025-11-19. ▶ 0:00 ↩↩

  4. SAILING PREP BLOG (OSRS), 2025-11-04. ▶ 1:01 ↩

  5. SAILING PREP BLOG (OSRS), 2025-11-04. ▶ 0:00 ↩

  6. SAILING PREP BLOG (OSRS), 2025-11-04. ▶ 16:00 ↩

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