A player paddles in a "Waka" canoe. This animation has since been removed from RuneScape.
A Canoe is a boat that can be made by members to allow faster transportation on the River Lum. You need to use the woodcutting skill to make them. At every canoe station there is an NPC to teach you how.
Canoes were added by an update on 7 March 2006[1].
How to make canoes
A player creates a canoe.
To make a canoe you need a hatchet. Then, find a canoe tree. These trees can be found at canoe stations, and appear larger and leafless compared to regular trees. These stations are located in the following places.
- Lumbridge: On the west side of the river to the east of the furnace. Barfy Bill is at this canoe station. The coding of the canoes was re-worked (patches) on the 12 October 2010[2]. This resulted in the Lumbridge canoeing station moving from being on the east side of the river a bit south of the house where goblins respawn, to where is currently is.
- Champions' Guild: On the east side of the river west of the wheat field. Tarquin is at this canoe station.
- Gunnarsgrunn: South of the eastern bridge on the east side of the river. Sigurd is at this canoe station.
- Edgeville: On the east side of the river near the guard post and the grand exchange shortcut. Hari is at this canoe station.
- Level 35 Wilderness: At the lake south of the moss giants. To go back, run south until you reach the Bandit Camp, then go west until you go to level 20 wilderness. If you have a teleport of some sort, use it. If you do not, run south-east until you reach the wilderness border and jump over it. (Try to avoid revenants) Players cannot return by canoe from this station, as there is no canoe tree. You cannot teleport from here, due to its depth in the wilderness. Also, when clicking the wilderness pool, no warning is given! It is advised to run south to the wilderness volcano and get to the bank.
When the player has found a canoe tree at one of these stations they must cut the tree down. The player has to click on the fallen tree and select what type of canoe they want to make. When they have made the canoe they want, they can click on the canoe to push it in the river. When in the river, the player can click on the canoe and select where they want to go. You can not take a canoe if you have a familiar.
Canoes can only go to a certain number of stations away, before sinking (Note that this only happens when players exit a canoe, and not while they are sitting in it). When you have travelled to a station, 'A Sinking Canoe' appears and if you examine it, it will say, "Glug, glug, glug."
Higher level canoes can go farther than lower level canoes. It is recommended that players make the highest canoe they can make, as this helps train Woodcutting. An uncommon but efficient way of training woodcutting is by making waka's and travelling back and forth. (For maximum XP profit, use an Inferno Adze or Dragon Hatchet)
Previously, an animation was used, but it has since been removed. When going to most locations, grassy shores with bullrushes would be seen. While going to the Wilderness pond, the cut-scene would show the canoe paddle into a cave.
Paddles were originally needed to use canoes, but this idea was later scrapped. The player did appear to use a paddle in the canoe animation before it was updated, and "Paddle" still appears as an item in Quickchat. Some NPCs near canoe stations are still holding one.
There is a glitch were if having an Inferno Adze in your inventory and then using the canoe station, the Inferno Adze will appear as a Dragon Hatchet.
Canoe types
| Canoe | Level | Experience | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Log | 12 | 30 | Can travel to one station away from where the player made it. Cannot enter the wilderness. |
| Dugout | 27 | 60 | Can travel up to two stations away from where the player made it. Cannot enter the wilderness. |
| Stable dugout | 42 | 90 | Can travel up to three stations away from where the player made it. Cannot enter the wilderness. |
| Waka | 57 | 150 | Can travel to any station (including wilderness station). In the old wilderness, people returning to clan events in the deep wilderness would use canoes from their Lumbridge respawn point. The "Waka" canoe is the only canoe that can travel into the wilderness. This makes it very useful for accessing certain Treasure Trail locations. Making a Waka canoe near Edgeville is a hard task in the Varrock Achievement Diary. Waka means Canoe in Māori. When used by the indigenous New Zealanders it was a long, carved rowboat with a line of oarsmen of each side. The RuneScape version is not dissimilar. |
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