Port Sarim Invasion

The Port Sarim Invasion is an event that was released on 11 July 2016 and will last for two weeks. The event is open to free-to-play players and has no requirements. The event continues The Eastern Mystery story line from Meg's cases - with the return of The Iron Link and a stolen ship. The event features an introduction to the upcoming Arc region with the Impressing the Locals tale (first part of Tales of the Arc) which will remain in game permanently after the event is removed.

Invasion of Port Sarim
The event is started by talking to Seasinger Jemi in Burthorpe or Guard Captain Roarkwin next to the Port Sarim lodestone. Either gives the player 200 Tokens, which do not contribute towards the daily cap of 2,000. Players can use their tokens to configure what experience they receive from the various activities. There is also a portal leading to Port Sarim next to Seasinger Jemi in Burthorpe. The holiday portal in Prifddinas can also be used to enter the area.

In order to earn tokens, players can defend Port Sarim from volleys of cannonballs from the kidnappers' ship through a variety of activities. The majority of these activities take place on the roof of the Port Sarim Jail.

Players can mix black powder for Herblore experience, operate the cannon for Firemaking or Ranged experience, repair the damaged wall for Crafting or Construction experience, and smith cannonballs at the furnace for Smithing experience. Landing parties of pirates can also be fought in fights which are scaled to the player's combat level. Deaths in those fights are not safe. Combat experience can be toggled on or off through tokens. The pirates that appear are Skulls bosun, press-ganger and scout.

Every 30 minutes (on the hour and half past) two champions spawn to fight: Bennett (guard champion) and Hein (Skulls champion). Hein can be fought for tokens.

The experience gained from the activities varies by skill level. At level 99 in the respective skill, the following experience is obtained for every successful action: These rates can be boosted by 25% for 3 minutes with 'Conch!' buff obtained by blowing a conch shell. Bonus experience is also applied.

There is a daily cap on experience gains in the activities based on obtaining tokens. It is intended to take around one hour to reach the cap of 2,000 tokens each day. Every 200 tokens can be converted into a supply cache which may be opened for a variety of rewards, including cosmetic rewards and experience lamps unique to this event.

Build a ship (community event)
There will be an event (set to be released on 14 July, 2016) involving building a ship to travel to The Arc. It will be similar to the Lost sword of King Raddallin and Heart of Gielinor: Encampment; players will be able to earn experience from participating and gain golden tools from Treasure Hunter to increase the experience gained.

Gather a crew (miniquest)
The player will have to recruit a crew for their ship. This activity can be started by speaking with Trader Stan on the South end of the Port Sarim docks. This will award a new emote.