Swimming skill

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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.

Swimming also allows Barbarians to use their Dances while in water.

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 80 Don't wander into the thug area
Arthe Dale Pool Zoluren, Arthe Dale 0 80
Goblin Brook Zoluren, Woodland Path, Brook 0 110 Teaches well until 80, but slows down to a crawl past that.
Lost Crossing Sewers Crossing, Damp Passage, Dark Tunnel 0 50?
Moss Mey Stream Leth Deriel, Brynn Rill, Stream Bed 15 50
Drainage Ditch Baerolt's Farmhold 50 150 Open to Premium Subscribers Only. Swimming WITH the current can teach from 0 - 80 ranks
Harbor Ilaya Taipa 75 400+ Still locking at 210 ranks.
Segoltha Crossing 350 500+
Underground River Wicked Burrow Mine outside Dirge 350 500+
Places to Swim in Therengia
Body of Water Location Bottom Cap Top Cap Notes
Theren Keep Moat Therengia, The Keep, Moat 0 unknown
Crocodile Marshes Therengia, The Marsh, In The Water 15? 80 Check for bloodworms as you travel if you're not wearing armor. Maze Area, find the reeds to get out
Lang Lake Langenfirth, Lake Gwenalion 20 80 Still teaching at 82, but slower
Creek West of Haven Riverhaven West Wilds, North Creek Bank and Sylvan Glade, Pond 35 100 Slows down to a crawl past 65 but will train to 100
Stream in Frogs Riverhaven, Pejek Bog, Following A Brook 50 80 Watch out for vipers and serpents
Crocodile Marshes Throne City, Faldesu Inlet, Shallows 70 250? Check for bloodworms as you travel if you're not wearing armor. Strong current at NW of area will teach reasonably high
Faldesu Faldesu River 100 >500
Lang Housing Stream Langenfirth, Falban Seord'telgi 80 unknown Still locks at 406 but slowly
Throne City Bathhouse Throne City, The Gilded Atrium, Salt Baths 90 250
Jantspyre River Therengia, Jantspyre River, In the Water 140 >800
Lake Gwenalion West of Haven Riverhaven, Gwenalion Lake, East 200 unknown
Creek West of Haven Riverhaven West Wilds, South Creek Bank 200 400+
Inlet with River Boas Throne City, Faldesu Inlet 200 400?
Wharf Riverhaven, Under Wharfs 40 100
Gwenalion Fens, Lake Gwenalion Fens, Dried Reed Hummock In the Water <30 unknown Beware of Sinuous Elsralaels
Zaulfang Swamp Basilisk Area 180+? ??
Places to Swim in Ilithi
Body of Water Location Bottom Cap Top Cap Notes
Stream in Dragon Priests Shard, Tanis Belta Gaizen, Stream 0 60?
Stream Ilithi, Julge Dolen Zaldeni 20 no armor 150 By eels and pards in Ilithi. The east-west route only, i.e. not diving down (Syllanthis).
Stream Ilithi, Julge Dolen Zaldeni 150 85 188+ By eels and pards in Ilithi. The east-west route only with diving and surfacing. I was able to swim underwater east and west at 188 with no armor. I could not swim underwater with just torso and leg armor. Without swimming underwater it takes approximately 23 minutes to lock. (Syllanthis).
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 > 600 Undergondola - Be Careful not to drown! (Take a break outside of the river for a minute if you get one of these messages - "You panic suddenly, struggling and swallowing water", "The burning in your chest grows more intense as your life force begins to drain away. You must find air!"
Ash Spring Ilithi, Fallow Fields. Over the stile and keep heading southwest through the maze until you get to the ash tree. 0 55 67 (Syllanthis).
*drops to 1/34 at around 312 ranks from the first north/south rooms.
Places to Swim in Qi'Reshalia
Body of Water Location Bottom Cap Top Cap Notes
Sand Sprites Ratha, Sand Sprite Lair 15 100 (Still learning, although slowly at 100) The entrance to sand sprites, and the area inside sand sprites, NOT in ochre laheke
Satha Cavern Reshalia, Tembat Nai Itan (Near Ratha) 75+ ?? Watch out for the merrows.
Eluned's Pool Ratha, Third Tier, Eluned's Temple 65 >150? Slows down drastically around 135 ranks. Still teaching at 215, but the pace is almost a crawl. If doing only the first room down can start around 65 ranks. Also see Ratha Swim.
Aesry stream By town 50 100? The north-south swim still teaches at 125, and the underwater portion (hole) is much more difficult still.
Aesry lake By the Temple unknown unknown
Aesry cove Down by the docks (sharks) 80? >400? Sharks may ambush you, whether you're bleeding or not. They don't attack if you stay in the shallow areas and don't go into the water beyond the jutting finger of rock.
Aesry Sea Caves Underwater Areas >400? ??
Altanen River M'riss <150 >220
Forlorn Hope Caverns M'Riss unknown unknown
Seord Fal Hara'jaal 80 >400
Places to Swim in Forfedhdar
Body of Water Location Bottom Cap Top Cap Notes
Pool Empath Guild ? <82
Ford Sky Road ? <82
Underground Pool Ain Ghazal ? <100
Pool and Underground River In Ranger Guild ? ?
Stream Forest Gryphons ? ?
Underground Lake Forfedhdar, Abandoned mines 0? 60?
Archer's Ford Hawstkaal Road, Archer's Ford 45 >158, <208
Trench in Vile Plague Wraiths Hrendh Skogar <55 >55
Liirewsag River West of Black Goblins >159 500+ Ranger with good bonus (not CAIS) attempted with 159 swimming, no luck.
Quest/Special swimming holes
Body of Water Location Bottom Cap Top Cap Notes
Estate Holder's Beach through the meeting portals unknown unknown

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