Fishing Trawler/Strategies Guide – OSRS

General considerations

• This minigame is most popular for obtaining the Angler’s Outfit, as it is faster and much less click-intensive than obtaining it through Aerial Fishing.
• Only 50 contribution points are needed for rewards, including fish and the angler’s outfit.
  • It could be useful to bring something to do for the remaining time, such as Fletching. Note that High Alch is not allowed during the minigame.
• 50% of players will acquire the full angler’s outfit within 44 trips; 95% of players will acquire a full angler’s outfit within 100 trips.
• At 6.5 minutes each, 100 trips would take 11 hours on mass worlds.
• At 7 minutes each, 100 trips would take 12 hours solo.
• The chances of obtaining the Heron increase proportionally with contribution points, scaling from 1/5000 to 1/2500 with a full meter.
• Wielding an axe and/or Imcando hammer saves up to 2 inventory spaces, which allows holding more rope if repairing nets for multiple trips in a row without banking.
• Difficulty fixing leaks due to lag or reaction time can be helped by spam clicking between two adjacent tiles—going left to right—which increases the chance of patching either leak. Even if the leak is fixed before it is reached, as long as the animation happens, it is successful.

Recommended equipment

Weight-reducing equipment such as the graceful outfit could be useful for those with lower agility levels, but it is not required for chopping the kraken or for patching leaks.

Slot	Item (most effective → least effective)
	Graceful hood	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Graceful cape	Spottier cape	Spotted cape	N/A	N/A
	Graceful top	Desert camo top	Jungle camo top	Wood camo top	Polar camo top
	Graceful legs	Desert camo legs	Jungle camo legs	Wood camo legs	Polar camo legs
	Dragon axe	Rune axe	Bronze axe	N/A	N/A
	Imcando hammer (off-hand)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Graceful gloves	Penance gloves	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Graceful boots	Boots of lightness	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Dragon axe	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Inventory

• An axe and hammer if chopping the Kraken and broken railings (can be obtained from a box on the top deck)
• A bailing bucket if bailing water (can be obtained from a box on the top deck), or multiple for bailing slightly faster
• Many swamp paste if patching leaks (available in the Khazard General Store for 42 coins each, Razmire Builders Merchants for 31 coins each, or the Grand Exchange for 3 coins each)
• Multiple rope if repairing torn nets, which are consumed on use (available in the Khazard General Store)

Specific methods

Kraken (for less clicking)

This method involves chopping the Enormous Tentacle (Fishing Trawler) and fixing the broken rail. Each successful chop or fix awards 10 points.

On busy worlds only 1 chop will be possible before the tentacle retreats, so this method takes 2-3 tentacle attacks (around 2 minutes) before 50 contribution points are achieved. The remaining 3 minutes can be spent however you please. Max contribution is unlikely unless playing with a small coordinated group.

Game strategy

1. When the round starts, climb the west ladder up.
   1. If needed, pick up an axe and hammer from the box on the top deck.
2. Wait in the aft of the boat (west side).
3. Chop the tentacle when it appears.
4. Watch the slap animation and note if it slapped the boat once or twice.
5. Chop the tentacle again when it stops slapping.
6. As soon as your character stops chopping, click under the tentacle to fix the Broken Rail.
7. If it slapped the boat twice, the Broken Rail will break again, allowing you to fix it again.
8. Run to the other side (north or south). The Tentacle appears on the opposite side each time, approximately 45 seconds from when the previous one appeared.
9. Repeat until the contribution meter is yellow (50 contribution points) or filled (255 contribution points).

Patching (for faster contribution)

This method involves filling leaks in the hull of the ship. Each patch awards 5 points, up to a maximum of 255. It takes 51 swamp paste to reach 255 points.

On busy worlds each leak will be filled immediately, so this method takes 30-40 seconds before 50 contribution points are achieved. The remaining 4 minutes can be spent however you please. Max contribution will take 2-3 minutes, becoming easier later in the trawl due to fewer players paying attention. 100 trips would require a minimum of 1000 swamp paste, or 5100 if gaining max points. 5100 fixes would also provide 25,500 construction experience, equivalent to level 36.

Game strategy

1. When the round starts, find a spot along the hull to stand.
2. Immediately click any leak within 1 tile of you as it appears (you can immediately repair any leak adjacent to you, including diagonally). New leaks spring up every 5 ticks (3 seconds).
3. If another hole within 1 tile of you is still leaking, fix that one also for faster points.
   1. The fore (far east end) of the ship tends to have less players and can be a good spot to patch a second leak, especially if players agree not to patch the far east leak until after patching a different leak first.
4. Repeat until the contribution meter is yellow (50 contribution points) or filled (255 contribution points).

Solo (for fun)

This method requires participating in all activities. It is generally not worthwhile as it takes slightly longer to earn an angler outfit (at 7 minutes per trip instead of 6.5 minutes) and is much more effort, but it does provide slightly higher profit and xp per hour.

Unlike on mass worlds, only 1 leak will spring at a time, and the kraken will only attack twice. With efficient play, the risk of sinking is very low. Around 8 rope and 40 swamp paste will be used per trip. Max contribution will always be achieved.

Game strategy

The top priorities should be:

1. Fixing nets to ensure fish are caught
2. Chopping kraken
3. Patching holes
4. Bailing water