Charter ship

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 crewmembers 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 helms, which are unavailable anywhere else.

Fares

 * After completing the Cabin Fever quest, the price between two locations, as displayed below, will be halved.
 * The Ring of Charos(a) also lowers the charter costs to 50%.
 * These cost reductions can be combined to reduce the costs to 25%.

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 Phasmaty - Priest in peril
 * 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 almost right next to the Catherby ship.
 * 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 to go to the farm north of Port Sarim and run south to the Port Sarim docks. While this method may be slightly longer than the other ones listed here, the ring is moderately easy to obtain and allows for unlimited, free teleports.

Trivia

 * Interestingly, the Crewmembers at the Trading Post used to sell 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 a little higher.