Locked Uncharted Isles (Long).

**Iron Tyrone** · October 26, 2022

This suggestion is for the Uncharted Isles.

For those who don't know, Uncharted Isles are a part of the Player Owned Ports 'minigame' in RS3.
I am not going to suggest "full" Player Owned Ports, since that is overly complicated in my opinion with little to no return - as we have it, is perfectly fine.

Uncharted Isles are procedurally generated Islands with different content on them each time you decide to explore one.
If procedurally generated Islands are too far of a reach (due to mapping), then perhaps a base set of Islands - with the resources & inhabitants themselves being randomized.
Think something like Dungeoneering, but instead of rooms - an island, should be simple enough to understand it that way.

For this suggestion, I'd like to suggest that the Travelling Merchant stock Uncharted Island Maps in every shop restocking, with no limit on daily purchases (for the Map specifically, exactly how there is currently the 25 Vis Wax stocked in every shop right now).
This can be shown to The Partner in the Player-Owned-Ports hub to embark to an Uncharted Island.

Depending on the players' total level - the voyage they go on will be of different "lengths".

Less than 1000: Short Junket: Leads to islands with 1-2 special resource.
1000 to 1850: Median Expedition: Leads to islands with 3–4 special resources.
1851 and above: Long Voyage: Leads to islands with 5 special resources.

"Voyages" are not a one-way trip, once you have started a Voyage, you are free to leave and do other things - you can then rejoin that Voyage at any time.
Island resources, though, are depletable. On an Island, if there are Bamboo for example - and you do cut that Bamboo, once it depletes then they will not respawn on that Island/Voyage, regardless of how long you wait.
A player can only embark on one Voyage at any given time, if you are already on one - you must cancel that Voyage to start a new one.

Islands will also have specific inhabitants (monsters) such as:

Armoured zombies
Crassian scouts
Crassian warriors
Death Lotus rogues
Eastern soldiers
Flying jellyfish
Gu ronins
Scorpions
Seasinger priestess
Skeletons
Skulls mercenaries
Tormented souls
Zombies (can be found with armoured zombies)

As a custom feature, players should be allowed to pay The Partner to hire mercenaries to get rid of combat-based inhabitants on their islands at a cost (for the Skillers out there).

The regular resources that Islands can spawn are also extremely nice, considering they provide some of the best EXP rates in the game.

Bamboo resources, which can be cut for Bamboo at 90 Woodcutting, and can be fletched into Bundles of Bamboo at 96 Fletching.
Salty Crablets which can be mined at 90 Mining for Sea Salt, and Idol Crablets which can be mined at 98 Mining for a Golden Idol.
Exuberry Bushes which can be harvested with 86 Farming to obtain Exuberries.
Kami & Orakami which can be captured barehanded or with Impling Jars at 90 and 95 Hunter respectively.
Tortles which can be humanely trapped to remove their Shell Clippings, which can be crafted into Tortle Shell Bowls at 90 Hunter, and 91 Crafting respectively.
Fishing Spots containing Raw tarpon, Raw seerfish, and Raw sillago which can be fished at a minimum of 90 Fishing for Tarpon, then requiring 91 Fishing to obtain Seerfish, and 92 Fishing to obtain Sillago.
Raw tarpon, Raw seerfish, and Raw sillago can be turned into Fish oil at 91 Cooking.

Occasionally, Islands may also hold Special Resources - they are EXTREMELY rewarding, but much rarer.

Golden Bamboo resources which can be cut for Golden Bamboo at 96 Woodcutting, which can be fletched into triple the amount of Bundles of Bamboo than regular Bamboo can, at 96 Fletching.
Alaea Crablets which can be mined at 97 Mining for Alaea Sea Salt, used in the creation of the Blessed Flask, and also used in the recipe for Uncooked Shark Soup at 96 Crafting, and 96 Cooking respectively.
Dead Moai are statues that will spawn either Positive, Negative, or Ancestral divination springs which can be harvested for Positive, Negative, or Ancestral energies requiring 90, 90, and 95 Divination respectively.
Positive Energies are used in the creation of the Blessed Flask, Harvesting Positive Energies with the Negative Energies in the inventory will convert both into Ancestral Energies, and Ancestral Energies can be used for creation and transmutation of a number of items with the Invention skill.
Mushroom Clusters which can be harvested at 94 Farming, which can yield numerous mushrooms which can be cut into Sliced Mushrooms at 86 Cooking or they can turned into Mushy Mush with no requirement.
Ornate Tortles which can be humanely trapped to remove their Shiny Shell Clippings, which can be crafted into Shiny Tortle Shell Bowls at 96 Hunter, and 92 Crafting respectively.
Raw Wobbegongs which can be found in fishing spots (which exclusively give ONLY Wobbegongs) on Uncharted Isles, which can be turned into Wobbegong Oil at 96 in both Fishing and Cooking respectively.
Treasure Chests may occasionally be found washed ashore which can contain a number of resources.

ALL of the resources obtained from the above can be sold on Waiko for Chimes, with the Special Resources being worth more.
It is also worth noting that activities on Uncharted Isles should yield the BEST experience methods of the skills featured (whether by a barely noticeable, or very noticeable difference).

For this iteration of Uncharted Isles, I will specifically leave out Contracting, Claiming Islands, and Customising Islands.
Specifically because I want this to initially be some extra PVMing and Skilling content - with the possibility of claiming & customising an Island being implemented in the future, always up to Sand to decide.

Thanks for checking out my suggestion, I love compiling information together like this so I'm always happy to throw suggestions out there for content that I think can be enjoyable for all players.