OSRS Mermaid Puzzle & Riddles Answers (Sailing Guide)
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The seas are filled with curious mermaids who challenge sailors with riddles before allowing them to chart the deep. Each one has her own style and set of tricky lines. Whether you’re hunting XP or just completing your charting logs, here’s every riddle and answer in one simple list for every mermaid while Sailing in Old School RuneScape.
Christina Kebbit-Monkfish Riddles and Answers
| Riddle | Answer |
|---|---|
| It's below the belt! Witch mobs toy lad and is upset. | Sandwich lady bottom |
| Tell me the items that continue this sequence: 3 redberries, 3 redberries and 2 onions, 2 onions… | Woad leaf, 2, Onion, 2 |
| Tell me the item that completes this sequence: Unholy mould, tiara mould, sickle mould... | Ring mould |
| I'd like to try getting into farming like you do on land. | Watermelon, 10 |
| Coiffed or arranged hair held within. | Fedora |
| PT TNDP TTCC TS. | Potato, Potato cactus |
| I'd like to try getting into herblore. | Vial, Coconut milk or coconut, Toadflax or grimy toadflax, Yew roots |
| The cultivators toll is an ingredient plucked from within. | Grimy torstol or torstol |
| Speak a misgiving to hear flora. | Grimy kwuarm or kwuarm |
| BC KTFS PNDR WSL MYL | Bucket of sap, Raw slimy eel |
| Feel endless, disgruntled, then you get a drink. | Dragon bitter |
Gloria Kebbit-Monkfish Riddles and Answers
| Riddle | Answer |
|---|---|
| Give Bess a face bed by mistake and get some kernels. | Cabbage seed, 5 |
| TWML CSS HS. | Malicious ashes, 2 |
| Dust inside miasma she sees. | Ashes or any demonic ashes |
| I'd like to try making some of your enchanted jewellery. | Silver ore, Chisel, Uncut jade, Ring mould, Cosmic rune, Air rune |
| Adding fuel to an auspah only gets you more fuel! | Charcoal |
| Letting incompetents make eggs starts tasting sour. | Lime or lime slices |
| A water mover ahead of the ship's wheel. Add a grand for the cap. | Bucket helm (g) |
| Tell me the items that continue this sequence: Redberries, cooked meat, compost & clay, cooking apple... | Cabbage, Onion, Tomato |
| Can you tell me the raw ingredients and containers I need to make two kegs of axeman's folly? | Calquat keg, Ale yeast, Oak roots, Barley malt |
| For a bulb power up twice and put yourself inside. | Onion |
| I'd like to try getting into herblore. | Vial of blood, Cadantine, Wine of Zamorak |
Marina Kebbit-Monkfish Riddles and Answers
| Riddle | Answer |
|---|---|
| Whittled wood stirred up till cow woks. | Willow stock |
| Tell me what item links these four things: A unicorn horn, a cut ruby, a steel bar and some gold ore. | Earth impling jar |
| NFNS HDHR RLND RPTN. | Harralander potion (unf) |
| Beastly launcher bind together, finishes an outfit. | Dark bow tie |
| Wreck of balls scattered sunbathers in dark. | Black flowers |
| Fry's heater pit is dismantled to lure. | Stripy feather |
| The smallest you can make your fortune teller's deck. | Tarromin or grimy tarromin |
| An idiot holding themselves horizontally? | Any plank |
| A half doctor, part warrior, retraces his steps to find a fish. | Raw cod |
| Stick lost in a fight between straw and stupid. | Thatch spar dense |
| A loyal crow swoops from left to right, ending up north clad in gold and jewels. | Royal crown |
| This timer gets a job it needs to function. | Clockwork |
Selina Kebbit-Monkfish Riddles and Answers
| Riddle | Answer |
|---|---|
| RNMDH LMNDBR N ZCHNB DY. | Iron med helm, Bronze chainbody |
| Agree after daddy offers a fruit. | Papaya fruit |
| Fuel found by mining coral from the inside. | Coal |
| Container follows spreading then comparing two rods and stores what you catch. | Butterfly jar |
| Tell me the item that completes this sequence: Reinforced goggles, earmuffs, facemask... | Nose peg |
| I'd like to try making some of your land food. | Equa leaves, Batta tin, Tomato, Cheese, Dwellberries, Onion, Cabbage, Gianne dough |
| DB LYPT CH. | Double eye patch |
| Transition is part of getting old or elderly. | Gold ore |
| The sun and moon deities overlap on a platform into the sea to give this house a point. | Ghrazi rapier |
| The product of smithing in the sun? | Bronze limbs |
| Abe's final bash ends in the beginning of a bisected protector. | Shield left half |
Victoria Kebbit-Monkfish Riddles and Answers
| Riddle | Answer |
|---|---|
| I'd like to try making some of your land food. | Pie dish, Pot of flour, Cooking apple |
| Produce lives, then gets put in the ground. | Dwellberries |
| Tell me the items that complete this sequence: Sandstone (2kg) and sandstone (1kg); sandstone (5kg); sandstone (5kg), sandstone (2kg) and sandstone (1kg); ... | Sandstone (10kg), Sandstone (2kg), Sandstone (1kg) |
| An odour losing its nose is often seen to be fishy. | Common tench |
| Primarily, boats and rowers like excluding yachts almost narrowly. | Barley |
| I'd like to try getting into herblore. | Vial, Avantoe, Snape grass, Caviar |
| Plant confusion from 'Wed me wasp!' | Swamp weed |
| Burbs are at the bottom of the sea | Seeds |
| You hear a jolly tune that moves you within dried clay. | Kharyrll teleport (tablet) |
| BBSB LSH RTNDB BSP RPLSH RT. | Bob's blue shirt, Bob's purple shirt |
| The book's cooked seal god pie. | Soiled page |
| Run! Escape! Flee! Abscond! Bail! Evade! In the end, there's a point to it! | Needle |
| Split some light twice to make a weapon. | Rain bow |
Final Blurb
That’s every mermaid riddle answer for OSRS Sailing in one spot. Keep this guide open while charting the sea, talk to each mermaid, and answer instantly for smooth XP. You’ll never need to puzzle it out again, even if they try to throw a new rhyme your way.
FAQ
How much Sailing XP do you get from a mermaid?
You get 125 Sailing XP for each correct riddle answered.
Do you need special gear for the mermaids?
Yes, use a fishbowl helmet with diving apparatus or the medallion of the deep.
Do the mermaids share riddles?
Some do, but most have unique lines and word tricks.
Can you fail a riddle?
No, you can retry until you give the correct answer.
Where do the mermaids appear?
They’re scattered around major sea zones, near charting areas and deepwater routes.
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