Talk:Vampyres/@comment-174.21.121.77-20130113213649/@comment-4536066-20140807222930

Wolf is right; a jagex mod stated in one of the earliest podcasts that the Salve barrier is a magical wall that extends so far in every direction that a vampyre would go into bodily failure before it could fly over or around it.

As for why vampyres can't go to the Eastern Lands even though they aren't protected by the barrier, assume that the Eastern Lands are too far away for a vampyre to fly. As for why they can't take a boat there, the only proper port in Morytania is protected by the Ectofuntus, which repels vampyres. (In RP, the ectofuntus was destroyed by the Foryx and Draculea, but all of the ships and docks that remained fell into dismal disrepair and are no good for sailing.) As for why vampyres don't just build a ship, even if there existed a vampyre who had enough expertise to actually build a ship nice enough to traverse oceans and sea monsters, the wood resources in Morytania are very poor and can be assumed too poor for shipbuilding.