Swimming skill

Swimming is the survival skill that measures your ability to move through bodies of water under your own power. Large, rushing rivers like the Jantspyre or the Faldesu require a fair or large amount of skill to cross safely, while more placid waters such as the Arthe Dale swimming hole are much less challenging. Still others are little more than large puddles that only get your feet wet (e.g. the little brook you wade through on your way to and from Wolf Clan). Generally, the strength of the water's current and its depth determine how difficult it is to swim in a certain area. Before taking the plunge, these can be estimated by using the command APPRAISE <direction> to study the waters in the direction you wish to travel.

Your success in swimming in a particular body of water depends on several factors. Besides swimming skill, your strength, stamina, encumbrance, armor hindrance, and injuries play a role. Note that in earlier years swimming while encumbered would increase your learning while swimming, but this is no longer the case.

Places to Swim

Thanks to Simu and DRWiki accountholder Nikpack for the list (Oh The Places You Will Go)

Places to Swim in Zoluren

Body of Water	Location	Bottom Cap	Top Cap	Notes
Crossing Sewers	Crossing	0	Don't wander into the thug area
Arthe Dale Pool	Zoluren, Arthe Dale	0	unknown
Goblin Brook	Zoluren, Woodland Path, Brook	0	unknown
Lost Crossing Sewers	Crossing, Damp Passage, Dark Tunnel	0	unknown
Moss Mey Stream	Leth Deriel, Brynn Rill, Stream Bed	15	unknown
Drainage Ditch	Baerolt's Farmhold	50	Open to Premium Subscribers Only
Harbor	Ilaya Taipa	75	unknown

Places to Swim in Therengia

Body of Water	Location	Bottom Cap	Top Cap	Notes
Crocodile Marshes	Therengia, The Marsh, In The Water	15?	Check for bloodworms as you travel. Maze Area, find the reeds to get out
Lang Lake	Langenfirth, Lake Gwenalion	20	unknown
Creek West of Haven	Riverhaven West Wilds, North Creek Bank and Sylvan Glade, Pond	35?	unknown
Stream in Frogs	Riverhaven, Pejek Bog, Following A Brook	50	Watch out for vipers and serpents
Crocodile Marshes	Throne City, Faldesu Inlet, Shallows	70	unknown
Faldesu	Faldesu River	80	unknown
Lang Housing Stream	Langenfirth, Falban Seord'telgi	80	unknown
Throne City Bathhouse	Throne City, The Gilded Atrium, Salt Baths	90	unknown
Jantspyre River	Therengia, Jantspyre River, In the Water	140	unknown
Lake Gwenalion West of Haven	Riverhaven, Gwenalion Lake, East	200	unknown
Creek West of Haven	Riverhaven West Wilds, South Creek Bank	200	unknown
Inlet with River Boas	Throne City, Faldesu Inlet	200	unknown
Wharf	Riverhaven, Under Wharfs	40	unknown
Gwenalion Fens, Lake	Gwenalion Fens, Dried Reed Hummock In the Water	unknown	Beware of elsralaels
Zaulfang Swamp	Basilisk Area	180+?	unknown

Places to Swim in Ilithi

Body of Water	Location	Bottom Cap	Top Cap	Notes
Stream in Dragon Priests	Shard, Tanis Belta Gaizen, Stream	0	unknown
Stream	Ilithi, Julge Dolen Zaldeni	20?	By eels and pards in Ilithi
Flooded Tunnel	Shard, Whistling Wood, Ice Caves	50	unknown
Sewage Entrance to Undershard	Shard, Deep Currants	120	Watch out for crocs and elsraels
Frozen River	Ilithi, Frozen River, Beneath the Ice	> 200	Undergondola
Ash Spring	Ilithi, Fallow Fields	0	unknown

Places to Swim in Qi'Reshalia

Body of Water	Location	Bottom Cap	Top Cap	Notes
Sand Sprites	Ratha, Sand Sprite Lair	15	The entrance to sand sprites, and the area inside sand sprites, NOT in ochre laheke
Satha Cavern	Reshalia, Tembat Nai Itan (Near Ratha)	unknown	unknown	Watch out for the merrows.
Eluned's Pool	Ratha, Third Tier, Eluned's Temple	80	unknown
Aesry stream	By town	150	unknown
Aesry lake	By the Temple	unknown	unknown
Aesry cove	Down by the docks	200?	unknown
Altanen River	M'riss	<150	unknown
Forlorn Hope Caverns	M'Riss	unknown	unknown

Places to Swim in Forfedhdar

Body of Water	Location	Bottom Cap	Top Cap	Notes
Underground Lake	Forfedhar, Abandoned mines	0?	unknown
Archer's Ford	Hawstkaal Road, Archer's Ford	50?	unknown
Trench in Vile Plague Wraiths	Hrendh Skogar	<55	unknown

Quest/Special swimming holes

Body of Water	Location	Bottom Cap	Top Cap	Notes
Estate Holder's Beach	through the meeting portals	unknown	unknown