Karambwan vessel

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Karambwan vessel
Released							14 September 2004 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							Tai Bwo Wannai Trio
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							No
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Options							Drop
Examine							A wide bodied and thin necked vessel, encrusted with sea salt.
Values
Value							5 coins
High alch							3 coins
Low alch							2 coins
Weight							3 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange							2,797 coins (info)
Buy limit							15
Daily volume							86
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Advanced data
Item ID							3157
Link							MOID

Karambwan vessels are fishing instruments used for catching karambwan in the northern coastal waters of Karamja. The player receives one during the Tai Bwo Wannai Trio quest, and they can later be purchased from Tiadeche's Karambwan Stall in Tai Bwo Wannai Village for 2 coins. It requires level 5 Fishing to use, although karambwan cannot be caught until 65.

To fish using a karambwan vessel, players must first learn from Lubufu, an aged fisherman that lives near Brimhaven. After finishing the quest, the spot beside him becomes inaccessible and the vessel can be used only in eastern Karamja, near a fairy ring (combination DKP).

Raw karambwanji are used as bait and are occasionally consumed without a karambwan being caught.

Karambwan vessels are designed in such a way that a karambwan can go in, but not get out. The neck of the vessel is far thinner than the body, which is shaped much like the body of a Karambwan. By placing dead karambwanji in the vessel's rounded body, the fisherman can attract the Karambwan.

The karambwanji is the karambwan's favourite prey, but they are most commonly found in small inland bodies of freshwater. Because of this, a Karambwan will do almost anything to reach the fish, including climbing right into the body of the vessel. Once inside, the Karambwan cannot exit the vessel, its tentacles trapped with or behind it.

The design is not fool-proof, however, and often the karambwan will manage to pull the bait from the body of the vessel without climbing fully in. Unfortunately, this annoyance is unavoidable.

The following takes place partially during the Tai Bwo Wannai Trio quest.

Karambwan have long been a delicacy of the people of Karamja. However, they are extremely fast, very poisonous, and can escape most traps, making most conventional methods of capture useless. This has long made them a rare delicacy and a dangerous foe.

The origins of the vessel are unknown. Only a handful of fisherman have ever known of its design, and they have passed it on through their family for generations. Only they have ever been able to reliably catch the Karambwan. The current holder of this knowledge, Lubufu, is the last of his family, and has aged to the point where he can do little with the octopus but sell them to The Shrimp and Parrot, a restaurant in Brimhaven.

During the Tai Bwo Wannai Trio quest, players convince Lubufu to teach them the secret of the karambwan vessel, promising to tell no one of its design. After much convincing, Lubufu gives them the design. The player betrays him, however, and gives the information to Tiadeche, a tribal native. Lubufu's monopoly is ruined, and the process of karambwan fishing becomes common knowledge in Karamja.

v t e Fishing equipment
Nets	Small Big Drift
Rods	Fishing (Pearl) Oily (Pearl) Fly fishing (Pearl) Barbarian (Pearl)
Harpoons	Harpoon Barb-tail Dragon (or) Infernal (or) Crystal Trailblazer Echo
Bait	Fishing bait Dark fishing bait Desert bait Cave worms Feather (stripy) Sandworms (diabolic) King worm Fish offcuts Fine fish offcuts Raw karambwanji
Fishing enhancers	Spirit flakes Shark lure Diabolic worms Rada's blessing 1 2 3 4
Other	Fishbowl and net Lobster pot Karambwan vessel Rod with net Fish chunks (removed)

v t e Tai Bwo Wannai Trio
NPCs	Timfraku Tamayu Tiadeche Tinsay Lubufu Enemies The Shaikahan
Items	Karamjan rum Banana Sliced banana Karamjan rum (sliced banana) Karamjan rum (banana) Monkey corpse Monkey skin Stuffed monkey Seaweed sandwich Crafting manual Karambwanji Raw Cooked Raw paste Cooked paste Karambwan Vessel Baited vessel Raw Poison Cooked Burnt Raw paste Poison paste Cooked paste Jogre bones Regular Burnt Burnt pasty Normal pasty Burnt cooked pasty Normal cooked pasty Burnt marinated Normal marinated Karambwan poisoned spears Bronze Iron Steel Black Mithril Adamant Rune Dragon Karambwan poisoned hastae Bronze Iron Steel Mithril Adamant Rune Dragon Unobtainable Left-handed banana
Locations	Tai Bwo Wannai
Related	Burning bones Quick guide Transcript