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===== Section 105: Behind the Scenes 1: Ports V1 December 2012 =====
Player-Owned Ports is a massive minigame where you can build and manage the port, your ships and your crewmen - ships, sailors, captains and adventurers - and explore the realm of the Eastern Lands!

Building the port itself is a simple matter of creating and upgrading buildings by using the resources your pirates traders bring back from their exotic adventures. The better your port, the better the shipmates you attract to your fleet. The strategy lies in equipping and preparing your ships for any eventuality, finding the right crew for the job and choosing the right voyages to undertake. There are HUNDREDS of voyages that occur in real-time, meaning you can go back to the surface world and go about your normal business.

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Accessing the port requires at least level 90 in one of the following skills: Herblore, Prayer, Runecrafting, Thieving, Slayer or Fishing. Each skill attracts a different adventurer, who has their own deep, mysterious storyline to investigate, unlocking more and more of the fabled Eastern Lands. If you want to explore ALL of the content that the ports can offer, you’ll need at least level 90 in all of those skills.

There are heaps of new rewards to be accessed as your crew brings back the rare and elusive items of the eastern archipelagos. There are so many rewards, in fact, that we can only give a taster here:

New level 85 equipment for rangers, mages and warriors. These need to be crafted, runecrafted or smithed by players with 90+ in those skills. A brand new, 'highest-healing-ever' food type (90+ Cooking). New scrimshaw items that can be carried in a brand new 'pocket' slot, offering a range of skilling and combat benefits (90+ Fletching to make).







Player-Owned Ports Ahoy! Music by Jagex Staff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvNiwh9aQ2M

~Portmaster Kags

===== Section 106: Behind the Scenes 2: Ports V2 January 2014 =====
Set sail for the new Loop and Shield regions and claim hull-busting hauls of booty. Meet three new adventurers - the Trapper, the Architect and the Chef - and help them succeed in their eastern endeavors. Collect new forgotten scrolls containing recipes for a level 85 cape, ring and thrown weapons and craft them using your hard-won loot.

Experienced Portmasters will find plenty of adventures in the Loop and Shield regions of the Wushanko Isles - over 300 new voyages in total. On these voyages, you'll be able to pick up new resources - Azure and Terracotta - to upgrade your buildings and further augment your ships.

There are also new trade goods - Pearls and Koi Scales - to put together the amazing new high-level gear.

There are 3 new fully-voiced adventurers to attract to the port:
- The Architect: a serene, well-spoken lady who's looking to complement her earthquake-proofing methods with western building techniques. 90 Construction.
- The Chef: an errant gastronome with a penchant for experimental - and potentially toxic - seasoning. 90 Cooking.
- The Trapper: this mightily mustachioed big-game hunter loves tracking wild beasts - almost as much he loves polishing Ol' Bessie: his beloved cannon. 90 Hunter.

They can even team up for an adventure if they're all in port at once.

The Trader who's set up residence in your port will exchange port resources for trade goods - at a rate favorable to himself, of course. He'll have a daily special offer for you.

Finally, a new random event, where you'll help Seasinger Umi to locate some lost items.





~Portmaster Kags

===== Section 107: Behind the Scenes 3: Ports V3 January 2015 =====
Our main update this month is a huge expansion to the Player-Owned Ports, determined by you in the hotly contested polls last year. Agility, Dungeoneering and Divination will be the dedicated skills, so you’ll need level 90 in one or more of those skills to take part.

Perhaps the best part of the update though is the ability to send voyages out without actually needing to return to your port, making it really easy to engage with ports whilst getting on with ‘Scapin'. There’s a bunch of other smaller improvements too that'll really float your boat!

We’re introducing 3 crazy new adventurers – a mask possessing an eyeless man, a girl made entirely of divination energy and an exiled Gorajo weighed down by guilt, each with unique voyages and links to the strange sea monsters that swim the eastern seas.

New equipment available includes level 85 dual-wielding weapons: a Katana and Wakizashi for melee, and a Seasinger Wand and Orb for magic. There are brand new scrimshaws too, focused around fishing.

We are also introducing new “clue voyages”, which give cryptic pointers to hidden islands. Once found, these can be regularly visited for stat boosts, captain’s trait removal and the chance to find Tengu cosmetic gear.

Plus, you’ll also gain access to even more building upgrades for the port itself, which look really awesome AND can change your success chances on voyages.





~Portmaster Kags