PrayerEdit This Entity
- 1.0 - Introduction
- 2.0 - Basics of Praying
- 3.0 - The Prayers and Drain Rates
- 4.0 - Prayer Apparel
- 5.0 - Gaining Prayer Experience
- 6.0 - Training Methods and Locations
- 7.0 - Miscellaneous Information
- 8.0 - Quests for Experience
Prayer is a skill that summons the powers of the RuneScape gods to help you in combat. To train this skill you must pay tribute to the gods by burying bones. The more bones you bury, the higher your prayer level will become; allowing you to access more powerful prayers to use at your disposal. However, as you use these prayers, your level will slowly drop (for example, 30/40) until it is at zero (0/40). You then cannot use any prayers until you recharge your prayer using prayer potions or altars.
A high Prayer level can be very useful in battles, especially in free to play where players cannot access restorative potions. If you want to try to take on a high level monster for better drops, Protect from Melee can save your life. Prayer is invaluable in any quest or areas where there are high level monsters that need to be slain. Also, if you want to test out if you can kill a monster, but you want some kind of back-up, prayer is the answer. If you are having trouble killing it, prayer can act as your insurance by either helping you do more damage or protect you long enough for you to run away or teleport.
The prayer menu is located on the right hand side of your screen right beside the magic menu. The symbol is a small star. When the prayer window is open, you will see many symbols. Here is how you can tell their status.
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This means this prayer is not available for you to use. |
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You have the ability to use this prayer; however it has not been activated. |
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The prayer has been selected and it is in use. |

When a prayer is turned on, the effect will immediately take place. However, if you leave a prayer activated your level will begin to drop. The higher level the prayer being used, the quicker your prayer will be reduced. Multiple prayers will also cause a significant increase in prayer reduction. Once your prayer points reach 0, you will not be able to use prayer any longer. You must then recharge you prayer level. There are a few different methods you can use to do this.
These will recharge all of your prayer points. They are located throughout the churches of RuneScape as well as in many other places and are marked by the
icon on the minimap. To pray at an altar, simply click on it and your prayer points will be restored.
Note: You will also find altars in the player owned homes of some higher leveled players.
Certain altars will even give you a bonus of extra prayer points. They are:
- Monks Altar (2 Extra points) - Top of Monastery
- Nature Altar (2 Extra points) - Grotto Tree in Filliman Tarlock's Camp, Morytania.
- Elidinis Altar (2 Extra points and hp over your hp level temporarily) - Nardah
Along with the completion of the As a First Resort... quest, you'll gain access to a spring called the Sulphur Pool. This pool recharges your prayer points and gives you a couple extra Prayer levels depending on its current level.
Jangerberries are the only piece of food that can heal prayer. They heal 20 life points and 1 prayer point.
Potions can be made by RuneScape members using the Herblore skill.
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Prayer Potion | Restores 1/3 of your prayer points |
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Super Restore Potion | Restores about 40% of your prayer points and other effects such as restoring your stats if they're lowered. |
There are many different prayers that will do many different things. Here is a complete list of the prayers you can perform in RuneScape:
When you turn a prayer on it will start draining your prayer points until you have zero prayer points, and you will have to recharge your prayer. This chart also indicates how fast each will drain your prayer points. Note that prayers from Retribution and on are members only.
| Picture | Level | Name | Effect | Drain Rate |
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1 | Thick Skin | Increases your defence by 5% | One prayer point every 12 seconds |
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4 | Burst of Strength | Increases your strength by 5% | One prayer point every 12 seconds |
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7 | Clarity of Thought | Increases your attack by 5% | One prayer point every 12 seconds |
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8 | Sharp Eye | Increases your range by 5% | One prayer point every 12 seconds |
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9 | Mystic Will | Increases your magic by 5% | One prayer point every 12 seconds |
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10 | Rock Skin | Increases your defence by 10% | One prayer point every 6 seconds |
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13 | Superhuman Strength | Increases your strength by 10% | One prayer point every 6 seconds |
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16 | Improved Reflexes | Increases your attack by 10% | One prayer point every 6 seconds |
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19 | Rapid Restore | 2x restore rate for all stats except life points and prayer | One prayer point every 36.5 seconds |
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22 | Rapid Heal | 2x restore rate for life points | One prayer point every 18 seconds |
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25 | Protect Items | Keep 1 extra item if you die | One prayer point every 18 seconds |
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26 | Hawk Eye | Increases your range by 10% | One prayer point every 6 seconds |
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27 | Mystic Lore | Increases your Magic by 10% | One prayer point every 6 seconds |
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28 | Steel Skin | Increases your defence by 15% | One prayer every 3 seconds |
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31 | Ultimate Strength | Increases your strength by 15% | One prayer every 3 seconds |
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34 | Incredible Reflexes | Increases your attack by 15% | One prayer point every 3 seconds |
| 35 | Protect from Summoning | Reduces the damage dealt through Summoning Scrolls and prevents the use of a Familiar's special attack. This is stackable with protect prayers. | One prayer point every 3 seconds | |
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37 | Protect from Magic | Protection from Magical Attacks | One prayer every 3 seconds |
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40 | Protect from Missiles | Protection from Ranged Attacks | One prayer point every 3 seconds |
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43 | Protect from Melee | Protection from Melee Attacks | One prayer point every 3 seconds |
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44 | Eagle Eye | Increases your range by 15% | One prayer point every 3 seconds |
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45 | Mystic Might | Increases your mage by 15% | One prayer point every 3 seconds |
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46 | Retribution | Inflicts damage to nearby targets if you die | One prayer point every 12 seconds |
| 49 | Redemption | Heals you if your health falls below 10% | One prayer point every 6 seconds (If used below 10% health, prayer completely drains) | |
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52 | Smite | 1/4 of damage dealt is also removed from the prayer of your opponent | One prayer point every 2.025 seconds |
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60 | Chivalry | Increases your Defence by 20%, your Strength by 18% and your Attack by +15%. You must have completed King's Ransom and the training room in Camelot. | One prayer point every 1.62 seconds |
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70 | Piety | Increases your Defence by 25%, your Strength by 23% and your Attack by 20%. You must have completed King's Ransom and the training room in Camelot. | One prayer point every 1.62 seconds |
After completing The Temple at Senntisten, you will gain access to a new prayer book. Similar to the Ancient Magicks, to activate it you must pray at the altar in the Senntisten Temple under the digsite. Doing so will also boost your prayer by 15%.
| Picture | Level | Name | Effect | Drain Rate |
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50 | Protect Item | Keep 1 extra item if you die | One prayer point every 26 seconds |
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50 | Sap Warrior | Drains 10% of your opponent's attack, strength, and defence, increasing to 20% over time | One prayer point every 4 seconds |
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52 | Sap Ranger | Drains 10% of your opponent's ranged, increasing to 20% over time | One prayer point every 4 seconds |
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54 | Sap Mage | Drains 10% of your opponent's mage, increasing to 20% over time | One prayer point every 4 seconds |
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56 | Sap Spirit | Drains your opponent's special attack energy | One prayer point every 4 seconds |
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59 | Berserker | Boosted stats last 15% longer | One prayer point every 24 seconds |
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62 | Deflect Summoning | Blocks damage from familiars and their special attacks, has a chance of deflecting damage back upon the enemy | One prayer point every 6 seconds |
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65 | Deflect Magic | Blocks magic damage, has a chance of deflecting damage back upon the enemy | One prayer point every 6 seconds |
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68 | Deflect Missiles | Blocks ranged damage, has a chance of deflecting damage back upon the enemy | One prayer point every 6 seconds |
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71 | Deflect Melee | Blocks melee damage, has a chance of deflecting damage back upon the enemy | One prayer point every 6 seconds |
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74 | Leech Attack | Boosts your attack by 5%, increasing to 10% over time. Drains enemy attack by 10%, increasing to 25% over time | One prayer point every 5 seconds |
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76 | Leech Ranged | Boosts your ranged by 5%, increasing to 10% over time. Drains enemy ranged by 10%, increasing to 25% over time | One prayer point every 5 seconds |
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78 | Leech Magic | Boosts your magic by 5%, increasing to 10% over time. Drains enemy magic by 10%, increasing to 25% over time | One prayer point every 5 seconds |
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80 | Leech Defence | Boosts your defence by 5%, increasing to 10% over time. Drains enemy defence by 10%, increasing to 25% over time | One prayer point every 5 seconds |
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82 | Leech Strength | Boosts your strength by 5%, increasing to 10% over time. Drains enemy strength by 10%, increasing to 25% over time | One prayer point every 5 seconds |
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84 | Leech Energy | Boosts your run energy, and drains your enemy's run energy by up to 10% | One prayer point every 8 seconds |
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86 | Leech Special Attack | Boosts your special attack energy, and drains your enemy's special attack energy by up to 10% | One prayer point every 6 seconds |
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89 | Wrath | If this is active when you die, it deals up to 25% of your prayer level to all nearby enemies. This curse will not hurt other players outside of PvP areas, and it won't hit multiple targets in non-multicombat zones. | One prayer point every 6 seconds |
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92 | Soul Split | If this is active when you are fighting another player, they will lose 1 Prayer (and you will gain 10 Life points) for every 50 damage you do to them. This curse is not affected by your victim's protection prayers. | One prayer point every 3 seconds |
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95 | Turmoil | Increases your attack and defence by 15%, plus 15% of your opponents attack and defence, as well as your strength by 23%, plus 10% of your opponent's strength. Note that the attack and defence boosts are limited to 14 levels, and the strength boost is limited to 9. | One prayer point every 4 seconds |
When you wear clothing that has prayer properties, your prayer equipment stat will rise. Your prayer equipment stat is located in the equipment stat window. The higher your prayer equipment stat is the longer it takes for you to run out of prayer points. This means you will be able to use prayers for longer without having to recharge your prayer points.
There is only one metal-type of armour which is prayer-based: white knight equipment. All pieces of white knight weapons and armour give a +1 boost to prayer, with the mace giving +4. Below is a table that shows the other equipment that gives you a prayer boost:
| Picture | Name | Effect |
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Priest Robe (Top) | +3 Prayer |
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Priest Robe (Bottom) | +3 Prayer |
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Monks Robe (Top) | +6 Prayer |
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Monks Robe (Bottom) | +5 Prayer |
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Zamorak Robe (Top) | +3 Prayer |
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Zamorak Robe (Bottom) | +3 Prayer |
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Druid Robe (Top) | +4 Prayer |
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Druid Robe (Bottom) | +4 Prayer |
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Shade Robe (Top) | +5 Prayer |
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Shade Robe (Bottom) | +4 Prayer |
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Unholy Symbol | +8 Prayer |
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Holy Symbol | +8 Prayer |
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Amulet of Glory | +3 Prayer |
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Amulet of Fury | +5 Prayer |
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Amulet of Power | +1 Prayer |
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Salve Amulet | +3 Prayer |
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Bronze Mace | +1 Prayer |
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Iron Mace | +1 Prayer |
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Steel Mace | +2 Prayer |
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Black Mace | +2 Prayer |
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Mithril Mace | +3 Prayer |
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Adamant Mace | +3 Prayer |
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Rune Mace | +4 Prayer |
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Dragon Mace | +5 Prayer |
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Ancient Mace | +3 Prayer |
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Void knight mace | +6 Prayer |
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Holy Book | +5 Prayer |
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Unholy Book | +5 Prayer |
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Book of Balance | +5 Prayer |
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Wolfbane | +5 Prayer |
| Witchwood icon | +1 Prayer | |
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Initiate Full Helm | +3 Prayer |
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Initiate Platebody | +6 Prayer |
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Initiate Platelegs | +5 Prayer |
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Proselyte Sallet | +4 Prayer |
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Proselyte Hauberk | +8 Prayer |
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Proselyte Cuisse | +5 Prayer |
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Veracs Helm | +3 Prayer |
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Veracs Brassard | +5 Prayer |
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Veracs Plateskirt | +4 Prayer |
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Veracs Flail | +6 Prayer |
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Mitre | +5 Prayer |
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Stole | +10 Prayer |
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Robe Top | +4 Prayer |
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Robe | +4 Prayer |
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Cloak | +3 Prayer |
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Crozier | +6 Prayer |
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Fire Cape | +2 Prayer |
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Skill cape(t) | +4 Prayer |
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Helm of Neitiznot | +3 Prayer |
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Lunar staff | +3 Prayer |
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Toktz-Mej-Tal | +5 Prayer |
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White boots | +1 Prayer |
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Saradomin sword | +2 Prayer |
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Zamorakian spear | +2 Prayer |
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Godsword | +8 Prayer |
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Bandos boots | +1 Prayer |
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Bandos chestplate | +1 Prayer |
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Bandos tasset | +1 Prayer |
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Explorer's Ring | +1 Prayer |
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Dagon'hai robe top | +2 Prayer |
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Dagon'hai robe bottom | +2 Prayer |
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Falador shield 1 | +3 Prayer |
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Falador shield 2 | +5 Prayer |
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Falador shield 3 | +7 Prayer |
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Spirit shield | +1 Prayer |
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Blessed spirit shield | +3 Prayer |
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Arcane spirit shield | +3 Prayer |
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Divine spirit shield | +3 Prayer |
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Spectral spirit shield | +3 Prayer |
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Elysian spirit shield | +5 Prayer |
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Black cane | +2 Prayer |
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Adamant cane | +3 Prayer |
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Rune cane | +4 Prayer | Soul Wars Cape (blue) | +12 Prayer | Soul Wars Cape (red) | +12 Prayer |
There are a few ways you can get prayer experience. You can get prayer experience by killing monsters and picking up their bones then burying them. Another way, exclusive to members, is by burning the remains of Shades. Some quests will reward a player with prayer experience. One last way, also for members only, is by killing Ghasts.
When you kill monsters in RuneScape you will usually get a set of bones. To bury bones you must have picked them up so that they are in your inventory. Then you can either right click on the bones and select "Bury" or simply left click them.
Different types of bones give different experience values. Unlike other skills there is no prayer requirement for burying different bones, so no matter what your level is you can bury any types of bones you like. Here is a list of all the bones you can find in RuneScape:
| Picture | Bone Name | Experience |
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Regular Bones | 4.5 |
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Wolf Bones | 4.5 |
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Burnt Bones | 4.5 |
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Small Monkey Bones | 5 |
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Monkey Bones | 5 - Zombie Monkey; Monkey 15 - Monkey Archer |
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Bat Bones (m) | 5.2 |
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Big Bones | 15 |
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Long Bone1 (m) | 15 |
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Curved Bone1 (m) | 15 |
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Jogre bones (m) | 15 |
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Big Monkey Bones (m) | 18 - Monkey Guards without beards 20 - Monkey Guards with beards |
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Zogre bones (m) | 22.5 |
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Shaikahan Bones (m) | 25 |
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Baby Dragon Bones (m) | 30 |
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Wyvern Bones (m) | 50 |
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Dragon Bones (m) | 72 |
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Fayrg bones (m) | 84 |
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Raurg bones (m) | 96 |
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Dagannoth Bones (m) | 125 |
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Ourg bones (m) | 140 |
Long bones and curved bones can be obtained by any monster who drops big bones. If you take Long bones and curved bones to Barlak in Dorgesh-Kaan, he will pay you and give you construction xp for them if your construction level is over 30. (1000gp and 1500xp for long bones, 2000gp and 3000xp for curved bones)
The burning of the shades at Mort'ton is rather slow prayer experience, but you can get cool rewards by using the keys that appear after burning shades. By burning the remains of shades at the dungeon in Mort'ton, you can gain both prayer and firemaking experience. This is for members only. Here is a table of how much each of the shade remains gives you after you burn it:
| Picture | Shade Name | Experience |
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Loar | 33 |
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Phrin | 46.5 |
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Riyl | 59.5 |
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Asyn | 82.5 |
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Fiyr | 100 |
Upon the completion of the Nature Spirit quest, you will have the ability to slay ghasts. Killing one ghast will reward you with 30 Prayer XP. This is a decent method of training Prayer for lower leveled players. The recommended equipment and inventory to take for this method are listed below:

- » Torag platebody
- Alternative: Rune platebody
- » Torag platelegs
- Alternative: Rune platelegs
- » Helmet of Neitiznot
- Alternative: Berserker helmet, Dragon med helmet, Rune full helmet
- » Flail of Ivandis
- Alternative: Blessed sickle
- » Dragon sq shield
- Alternative: Rune kiteshield
- » Recipe for Disaster gloves
- Alternative: Fist of Guthix gauntlets
- » Dragon boots
- Alternative: Rune boots, Climbing boots
- » Cape of achievement
- Alternative: Obsidian cape, Fremmenik cloak
- » Amulet of glory
- Alternative: Amulet of power
- Filled druid pouche
- Fishing rod
- Bait
- Shark, monkfish, or lobster
- Summers End: 10,000 XP
- Dealing with Scabaras: 7,000 XP
- Ghosts Ahoy: 2,400 XP
- Holy Grail: 11,000 XP
- Land of the Goblins: 2,000 XP
- Mountain Daughter: 2,000 XP
- Priest in Peril: 1,406 XP
- Rag and Bone Man: 500-5,000 XP
- The Restless Ghost: 125 XP, 5 Ancient Bones which can be buried for 200 Prayer experience each.
- Recruitment Drive: 1,000 XP
- Rum Deal: 7,000 XP
- Spirits of the Elid: 8,000 XP
- Swan Song: 10,000 XP
- Great Brain Robbery, The: 6,000 XP
- Another Slice of H.A.M.: 3,000 XP
- Making History: 1,000 XP
- Spirit of Summer: 5,000 XP (+10,000 from miniquest after quest)
- The Temple At Senntisten: 10,000 XP
- Meeting History: 2,500 XP in any skill of your choice over level 25.
- A Fairy Tale Part II: 2,500 XP in any skill of your choice over level 30.
- Great Brain Robbery, The: 5,000 XP for any skill of your choice over level 30.
- Legends' Quest: 7,650-30,600 XP (4 x 7,650 is given to 4 skills from a list of skills).
- One Small Favour: 10,000-20,000 XP (2 x 10,000 lamps for any skill of your choice over level 30).
- Recipe for Disaster: 20,000 XP for any skill of your choice over level 50.
- Darkness Of Hallowvale: 6,000 XP (3 x 2,000 lamps for any skill of your choice).
- Legacy of Seergaze: 7,500 XP (3 x 2,500 tomes for any skill of your choice).
- Troll Stronghold: 10,000-20,000 XP (2 x 10,000 lamps for any skill of your choice over level 30).
- A Tail Of Two Cats: 2,500-5,000 XP (2 x 2,500 lamps for any skill of your choice over level 30).
- While Guthix Sleeps: 100,000-400,000 XP (4 x 100,000 lamps for any skill of your choice over level 65).
- Blood Runs Deep: 150,000 - 450,000 XP (3 x 150,000 lamps for any combat skill over level 75, excluding Summoning).
- Contact!: 7,000-14,000 XP (2 x 7,000 lamps in any combat skill of your choice over level 30).
Note: You can't equip a shield when using the flail of Ivandis.
You will notice that you can't harm ghasts but they can harm you. To change this, use the 'Bloom' option on your sickle while standing nearby some hollow logs. When you cast the spell, mushrooms will appear on the logs and you will need to pick them up. Place them inside your druid pouch and when a ghast attacks you it will revert to it's attackable form. Now you can attack it with your flail of Ivandis or your blessed sickle. Keep in mind though that everytime you cast 'Bloom' it will drain three prayer points away. If you're running low on those then you can use the altar inside of the Grotto to the south (Picture).
Another thing to to watch out for is your food supply. Ghasts like to turn your food rotten so to prevent this you can fish in the swamps nearby (Picture). This will give you an unlimited source of food for fighting them. Ghasts also drop bait so you shouldn't ever have to bank for more.
If you want to save time at the cost of more money, you can buy Morytania mushrooms from the Grand Exchange to fill your pouches more quickly instead of gathering the supplies yourself.
The Ectofuntus is an extremely worthwhile method of training your prayer, but only if you can afford to buy and grind a lot of Dragon bones. This is because it multiplies the number of experience you normally get by four; so for a dragon bone, you get 288 XP instead of 72 XP. This method involves collecting buckets of slime, grinding your bones, and worshipping them at the Ectofuntus in Port Phasmatys. There are many methods that you can use to worship your bones efficiently, but the one revealed below is known to be the most efficient.
This method involves buying 65 pots, and 150 buckets (or less depending on how many bones you're going to grind). These can be bought easily from the Port Phasmatys general store, although you need an Amulet of Ghostspeak to speak to the general store owner. You will also need an ectophial and a number of rings of duelling - at least 10 - so you can teleport to and from the castle wars arena.
Start off at the castle wars bank chest and withdraw your ectophial, a ring of duelling, and 26 empty buckets. Empty your ectophial, refill it at the Ectofuntus, then open the trapdoor. Climb down, and head to the bottom floor (use the agility shortcut if you can). Fill all your buckets with slime (fill one and it will automatically fill the rest), then use your ring of duelling to get back to the castle wars arena. Repeat this process until all your buckets are filled with slime.
Once you've done this, clear your inventory and withdraw your filled ectophial, ring of duelling, 13 empty pots and 13 of your bones. Teleport to the Ectofuntus, refill your ectophial, and then head up the stairs. Right click your bones, and use them with the bone grinder. Then wind the wheel to grind the bones. Now empty the ground bones into one of your pots. Due to an update with the Ectofuntus, you may now choose to automatically grind up all of the bones in your inventory, without having to click each time. Continue this process until your pots are full of bonemeal, then teleport to the castle wars arena. Bank and repeat, and withdraw a new ring of duelling as your old ones disintegrate.
When you have filled all 65 pots, clear your inventory again at the castle wars bank chest. This time withdraw 13 buckets of slime, 13 pots of bonemeal, your ectophial, and ring of duelling. Teleport to the Ectofuntus, with your Amulet of Ghostspeak on. Worship at the altar ten times, then drop an empty bucket and collect your tokens from a ghost disciple. Then worship the remaining three pots, and teleport back to the castle wars arena. Bank and repeat, keeping your pots and buckets for future use.
With the release of Construction came the ability for players to make special altars that you are able to worship bones at. This practice has been dominating the ectofuntus technique, as it is much less of a hassle if you have a higher level altar to worship at. The best location to travel to and from a bank at, would be Yanille. The bank is just east of the POH portal, making it far easier than having to teleport around as when using the Ectofuntus.
There are three types of burners: Regular, Mahogany and Marble. See the Construction guide for information on how to construct them. Dependant on your altar type and the amount of incense burners you have lit, you will be awarded more prayer experience for the bones you worship. The values shown in the table below are based on using Marble burners, although each of the incense burners give the same bonus. Where it shows "##%" below, simply divide the percentage by 100, then multiply the regular bone experience given by the resulting number. Example: Divide 225% by 100 (or just put a decimal point after the first number) to get 2.25, then multiply that by the regular bone XP to get the XP given when worshipping.
| Picture | Name | No burners lit | One burner lit | Two burners lit |
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Oak Altar | - | 150% of XP | 200% of XP |
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Teak Altar | 110% of XP | 160% of XP | 210% of XP |
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Cloth Altar | 125% of XP | 175% of XP | 225% of XP |
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Mahogany Altar | 150% of XP | 200% of XP | 250% of XP |
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Limestone Altar | 175% of XP | 225% of XP | 275% of XP |
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Marble Altar | 200% of XP | 250% of XP | 300% of XP |
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Gilded Altar | 250% of XP | 300% of XP | 350% of XP |
This part of the guide tells you where to train prayer at what combat Level. Remember that since these methods are generally the easiest ways to train there will be many other there to accompany you. This may slow down the prayer leveling process.
Note: Leveling your prayer in this manner is not as effective as buying large amounts of dragon bones and using them on someone's gilded altar with two burners lit. This section is to show people where to gather bones and bury them.
Free Players: The best places for you are "Chicken Coops". Both these places give good prayer XP/hour. The monsters are easy to kill and provide relatively good combat XP up to, and even beyond level 39. Again, do not rely on just training sessions here to gain prayer XP, pick up every bone you see and bury it.
Members: Due to your low combat level, "Chicken Coops" are still the best place to train. However, since you are on a members server you should have less people crowding you so you should gain XP quite a bit faster
Free Players: Although you could still train at Chicken Coops and get relatively good XP, I would recommend going to the Giant's Cavern which is in the Edgeville Dungeon.
Members: Khazard Battlefield is a very good place to train. There are plenty of bones to bury and the Khazard Warriors are fairly easy to kill.
Free Players: You should train at the Chaos Temple in the wilderness because there are over ten bone spawns there. Beware of the Revenants that lurk in the wilderness. You should try to bring just 3 items and a minimal food so that you do not lose anything important. However, if you have at least 37 Prayer then keep Protect from Magic on at all times to prevent any damage from the Revenants. Don't worry about your prayer points falling though because there is an altar nearby to recover them.
Members: Here you can start to fight level 48 Baby Blue Dragons in the Taverley Dungeon, or you can check out Green Dragons in the wilderness which drop plenty of bones, just be careful of Revenants.
If you are willing to use millions on prayer to get it to a satisfactory level, then using the gilded altar is the best way to go. Gilded altars give 350% more XP and 252 XP per dragon bone (using a higher leveled bone is way too costly). Parties usually have gilded altars and an ideal location to look for them is at the home world of house parties, World 31. Some quick way to teleport back from Rimmington to a bank is by either using a glory or just by plain using teleport runes. The best way to get back is by setting your home to the set location where the gilded altar location is. Thus, using your home teleport would allow you to end up right outside of the party. If you have your own POH (player owned house), then setting your house to Yanille would be the most ideal location as it is closest to the bank of all the POH locations.
The Protect from Prayers and the higher leveled members prayers (Retribution, Smite, Chivalry, Piety and Redemption) can team with any prayers except themselves, e.g, Protect From Melee can team with Rapid Heal, but it can not team with Smite or Protect from Ranged. Note that if you do team prayers the drain rate will increase dramatically.
When you use the Ancient Mace Special attack it increases your prayer points, allowing you to use your prayers longer. It makes the numerator of your prayer (the top part) higher, so lets say you have 52/52 prayer, when you use the mace it will rise to something like 60/52 prayer. This is great to use before an important war, if you have low prayer, or before you go to barrows.
Although there is no specific guild for people with high prayer, there is a special area in the Monastery (north-east of Falador) for people with higher than average prayer. If you have level 31 or higher prayer you can enter the second floor of the monastery, which is often referred to as the Prayer Guild. In this guild you can find a Monks Robe respawn (both top and bottom), a special altar which gives +2 extra prayer points when you recharge there (so if you pray at it with 33/44 prayer, your prayer recharges to 46/44), and Brother Jered, who will enchant your Holy Symbols of Saradomin.
Upon completion of the Rum Deal quest, you will receive a Holy Wrench. The Holy Wrench will restore an additional 1-2 prayer points when drinking a Prayer Potion. It may also slow prayer drain. It is a very useful item when PKing, "Barrowing", finishing Fight Caves or any other action that requires prayer or prayer potions.
Through the use of the Crafting skill, players have the ability to craft unblessed Holy and Unholy Symbols. These symbols can be enchanted by Players, using a Prayer book. The Holy symbol can be blessed using a Holy Book (Saradomin). Likewise, an Unholy symbol can be blessed using an Unholy book (Zamorak). A Book of Balance (Guthix) has the ability to bless both Symbols. Blessing a Symbol requires a Prayer level of 50.
Upon the death of a friend, a Gravestone appears. A player then has the ability to either Repair or Bless the gravestone. Reparing a gravestone requires a Prayer level of 2, while blessing a gravestone requires a Prayer level of 70. When repaired, a gravestone lasts for 5 minutes, at the expense of 5 Prayer points. If the player repairing the gravestone has less than 5 Prayer points, the gravestone will not last as long. More details on Gravestones can be found in the Getting Started Guide.
If you want to have access to free bone spawns but do not want to risk running into Revenants, the Edgeville Dungeon is filled with bone respawns that allow for slow but cheap Prayer experience.
























































































































































