Prayer

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Prayer is a skill that allows players to use prayer(s) to their advantage in combat, achieved through evoking the power of your chosen Gielinor god, for all players Saradomin. According to Zamorak,^[1] the God of Order deals with prayers, "so when you give dead creatures/people an honourable burial in his name it makes him pay closer attention to you, and help you out in little ways that Guthix won't notice." It is currently the slowest skill to raise in free-to-play worlds; however, its benefits in combat can be exceedingly prosperous, especially amongst members. Prayer is much faster to raise on member servers, given the right resources. The current minimum requirement to be ranked (at rank 2,000,000) on the hiscores for Prayer is level 40. 12 combat levels can also be achieved from level 1 to level 99 Prayer.

As of 25 March 2009 the Prayer icon next to the minimap () had a function added. It is called "quick prayers". It can now be right-clicked to select a prayer or group of prayers that can be used and made active with a simple left-click of the button, but only can be activated with the "quick prayers" button and nothing else. It can also be turned off. Many players use the button simply to turn off prayers when accessing prayers through its tab, by double left-clicking it to turn off all prayers.

"The fourth upgrade for this week will save you valuable seconds in times of need. The Prayer button near the minimap has undergone an overhaul so you can now set a prayer, or group of prayers, before you go into action, and activate or de-activate it with one click. The button will also indicate the loss of Prayer points by gradually fading out – similar to the behaviour of the Hitpoints button. This should help prevent you accidentally running out of Prayer points, and finding yourself suddenly vulnerable to your opponent's attacks." - Jagex

[edit] History

A picture of the new prayer book interface.

Prayer, as with Magic, was made up of two skills in RuneScape Classic: PrayGood and PrayEvil. Earlier than this, Prayer was known as Necromancy - the reason this was changed is probably because Necromancy was the term given to the Magic Class (back when the game had classes). Prayer was the last of the original skills in which players were able to reach the maximum skill level of 99. Prayer is also unique in that it was the first skill in which experience could be gained long before any use of the skill was released, similar to Carpentry and Tailoring. Before any of the "Prayers" were made available, players could gain Prayer levels through burying bones and completing The Restless Ghost. Whilst Prayer did not have any uses, the Prayers used to exist in the GoodMagic and EvilMagic skills.

[edit] Overview

A player praying at an altar.

Increasing a player's Prayer level is done through various uses of bones, with non-members limited to burying them, though members have other options that are faster, such as offering bones to the gods at a Gilded altar.

Similar to Magic, Prayer has its own "spells." To use a Prayer spell, players can click on the Prayer menu, to the right of the equipment menu. Prayer spells available for use are highlighted, while prayers unavailable are dark. When a player clicks on a spell, a circle will appear around it, indicating that they are using it. For some prayers, such as Protect from melee, the prayer is indicated by a small icon above the player's head.

Using a Prayer spell drains the player's prayer points quickly; therefore, use of prayers is temporary. To increase the time, players simply have to increase their prayer level (or equip items that add prayer bonuses, which reduces the drain rate of all prayers). Once the player's prayer points reach zero, all prayers will deactivate and they will not be able to use another prayer until they recharge their prayer points. To recharge, players must pray at an altar, though other, less commonly used and known methods for recharging Prayer currently exists. Drinking prayer potions can also restore prayer points. If a Holy wrench is in a player's inventory, an additional 1-2 prayer points is added when drinking a Prayer potion. The Box of Health, the reward on the third level of the Stronghold of Security, can not only fully restore your Hitpoints, but also completely restore your Prayer points when opened, but only once. The Falador shield from the Falador Achievement Diary, accessible to only members, can also restore your Prayer points by increasing amounts per shield daily, even without the praying at an altar, and can be used even in the Abyss, as can the Ancient Mace and the Saradomin godsword.

While activating Prayers are the main and most commonly known way of draining Prayer points, certain NPCs can also do so, such as the Sea Troll Queen, Damis, Glod, and Nezikchened, as can certain locations in RuneScape (mainly P2P), such as the Abyss and the Entrana dungeon. Other NPCs can directly lower your Prayer level, as well as other stats, instead of draining your points, such as certain Mourners and Broodoo victims.

Prayers are excellent in combat because they give players certain advantages. For example, some prayers improve a player's combat skills, while others can protect them from damage, and others can damage opponents.

Players with level 70 or greater Prayer may also bless the gravestones of others, sacrificing prayer points to increase a gravestone's lifespan, up to an hour, though one's Prayer will never be wholly drained.

[edit] Prayer bonus

This prayer level is drained 34 points.

To the right of the inventory menu is the equipment menu. Here, players can see their bonuses. These bonuses give players advantages and disadvantages in combat.

Players have a prayer bonus. The higher the prayer bonus is, the slower the player's prayer points will drain, when using a prayer.

Each point of prayer bonus slows the drain rate by 3⅓% of the rate of the prayer(s). A general formula for a prayer's drain rate with a given prayer bonus is:

modified drain rate = prayer drain rate × (1 + (3⅓% × prayer bonus))

Where the drain rates are the number of seconds per point (i.e. 1 point per x seconds).

For example, if a player uses Protect from melee with a prayer bonus of 0, their prayer points will drain at a rate of 1 point every 3 seconds. If that player then equips armour giving a prayer bonus of +15, the drain rate of protect from melee is slowed by 0.035 × 15 = 0.5, so the drain rate becomes 3 × (1 + 0.5) = 4.5, that is 1 point per 4.5 seconds.

A prayer bonus of +30 halves the drain rate of prayers - i.e.Prayer points will last twice as long.

To have a Prayer bonus, players have to wear certain types of armour, clothing, weapons, and jewellery. See the Equipment section for more information.

[edit] Prayers

A player demonstrating overhead prayers.

Members have access to all 27 prayer spells, while non-members cannot use the last five (along with Protect From Summoning). Prayers can be activated in the Prayer List interface (). Players can also use some prayers at the same time with others, though doing so will drain their prayer faster. Prayers that cannot be used simultaneously are marked in the table with the same background colour. For example, selecting Smite while Protect from Melee is activated will automatically deactivate Protect from Melee.

Name	Level	Effect	Drain rate	Notes
Thick Skin	1	Increases a player's Defence by 5%	1 point per 12 seconds	+
Burst of Strength	4	Increases a player's Strength by 5%	1 point per 12 seconds	+
Clarity of Thought	7	Increases a player's Attack by 5%	1 point per 12 seconds	+
Sharp Eye	8	Increases a player's Ranged by 5%	1 point per 12 seconds	+
Mystic Will	9	Increases a player's Magic by 5%	1 point per 12 seconds	+
Rock Skin	10	Increases a player's Defence by 10%	1 point per 6 seconds	+
Superhuman Strength	13	Increases a player's Strength by 10%	1 point per 6 seconds	+
Improved Reflexes	16	Increases a player's Attack by 10%	1 point per 6 seconds	+
Rapid Restore	19	2x restore rate for all skills except Hitpoints, Prayer and Summoning	1 point per 26 seconds	#
Rapid Heal	22	2x restore rate for Hitpoints	1 point per 18 seconds	#
Protect Items	25	Players keep 1 extra item when they die	1 point per 18 seconds	#
Hawk Eye	26	Increases a player's Ranged by 10%	1 point per 8 seconds	+
Mystic Lore	27	Increases a player's Magic by 10%	1 point per 6 seconds	+
Steel Skin	28	Increases a player's Defence by 15%	1 point per 3 seconds	+
Ultimate Strength	31	Increases a player's Strength by 15%	1 point per 3 seconds	+
Incredible Reflexes	34	Increases a player's Attack by 15%	1 point per 3 seconds	+
Protect from Summoning	35	Members only. Reduces the damage dealt through Summoning scrolls and prevents the use of a Familiar's special attack	1 point per 3 seconds	=
Protect from Magic	37	Protection from Magic attacks - 100% monsters, 40% other players. 50% Time reduction from other players holding spells (such as Bind, Snare, Entangle, etc.)~Note!!Ancient Magicks ice spells will not be reduced.	1 point per 3 seconds	* ~
Protect from Missiles	40	Protection from Ranged attacks - 100% monsters, 40% other players	1 point per 3 seconds	*
Protect from Melee	43	Protection from Melee attacks - 100% monsters, 40% other players	1 point per 3 seconds	*
Eagle Eye	44	Increases a player's Ranged by 15%	1 point per 3 seconds	+
Mystic Might	45	Increases a player's Magic by 15%	1 point per 3 seconds	+
Retribution	46	Players inflict damage to nearby opponents when they die.	1 point per 12 seconds	*
Redemption	49	Heals a player if their hitpoints fall below 10%. When this prayer takes effect, all remaining prayer points are drained.	1 point per 6 seconds	*
Smite	52	1/4 of damage dealt is removed from opponent's prayer	1 point per 2 seconds	*
Chivalry	60	Members only. Increases a player's Defence by 20%, Strength by 18% and Attack by 15%. Requires completion of King's Ransom and the Knight Waves Training Grounds minigame.	2 points per 3 seconds	+
Piety	70	Members only. Increases a player's Defence by 25%, Strength by 23% and Attack by 20%. Requires completion of King's Ransom and the Knight Waves Training Grounds minigame.	2 points per 3 seconds	+

Notes:

+ These Prayers will not stack with other versions of themselves (e.g. no Rock Skin + Steel Skin)
* These Prayers cannot be used at the same time as each other.
~ Hold time is not reduced against Ancient Magick ice spells.
# These prayers have no restrictions, can be used with any others.
= Protect from Summoning can't be used at same time as Smite, Redemption or Retribution, but stacks with any other Protect prayer.

[edit] Formula

The formula for protection prayers used against players is:

Melee, Ranged, Magic, and Summoning attacks: Reduced damage = ( 0.60 x normal damage )
For example, if 40 damage were inflicted to you, the damage would be reduced to 24 damage (i.e. for every 5 damage that you normally take, only 3 damage is dealt instead.
If you were to take 3 damage for example, the result would be rounded off as follows: Reduced damage = ( 0.60 x 3 = 1.8 [1.8 --> 1 damage)

Magic bind spells: Reduced time = ( 0.50 * Time )
For example, a spell that would normally hold you for 10 seconds, would be halved to only hold you for 5 seconds. However this shorter holding effect does not work for Ancient Magick ice spells.

[edit] Earning experience

See the bone burial calculator for coins-per-experience-point analysis of bones using live data from the Grand Exchange Market Watch.

Pay-to-play Prayer training for quick information on training Prayer.

[edit] Burying bones

Many types of bones exist that players can bury for Prayer experience. However, most of them are available only to members. To bury bones, simply left-click them, or right-click then left-click the bury bones option. Players used to randomly encounter a zombie when they buried bones; however, that random event has been discontinued.

A player burying bones into the ground.

Name	Xp	Obtained/dropped by	Notes
Bones	4.5	Almost every monster	A very common type of bone to see.
Wolf bones	4.5	Wolves and Werewolves	Members only. F2P wolves drop regular bones.
Burnt bones	4.5	Not dropped	Respawn in the Wilderness in the North-East around greater demons. They are not rare and give no more experience than regular bones.
Monkey bones	5	Monkeys	Monkeys can be found running around on Karamja.
Monkey bones (Zombie)	5	Zombie monkeys	Members only. Can be obtained 'only' by killing level 98 zombie monkeys in Zooknock's Tunnel
Bat bones	5.3	Giant bats and bats	Members only.
Big bones	15	All giants	Big bones are the best bones non-members can bury.
Jogre bones	15	Jogres	Members only. Give same experience as big bones.
Large monkey bones	18	Monkey Guards	Members only.
Zogre bones	22.5	Zogres	Members only.
Shaikahan bones	25	The Shaikahan	Members only.
Baby dragon bones	30	Red, black, and blue baby dragons	Members only.
Wyvern bones	50	Skeletal Wyverns	Members only.
Dragon bones	72	Dragons	Members only. Though it is not the best bones to train your Prayer with it is the most widely used to train Prayer because it is easy to obtain them from the Grand Exchange or by killing dragons.
Fayrg bones	84	Zogre coffins	Members only.
Raurg bones	96	Zogre coffins	Members only.
Dagannoth bones	125	Dagannoth Kings	Members only.
Ourg bones	140	Zogre coffins and General Graardor	Members only. Currently the best re-obtainable bones in RuneScape.

[edit] Worshipping the Ectofuntus

Main article: Ectofuntus

A player praying to the Ectofuntus.

Completing the Ghosts Ahoy quest allows players to learn to worship the Ectofuntus in Port Phasmatys. At the Ectofuntus, players use ground bones and Ectoplasm to receive four times the normal experience they would receive from burying those bones. It is a somewhat slow method, but the experience earned is much better than burying bones.

The ectofuntus gives 400% experience compared to burying bones. See RuneScape Knowledge Base for further information.

Note: Completing the Ghosts Ahoy quest gives players the ability to use the Ectophial, which helps significantly when worshipping the ectofuntus.

[edit] Shades of Mort'ton

After completing the Shades of Mort'ton quest, players will then be able to cremate Shades to earn some prayer experience and other rewards. To learn more, see Shades of Mort'ton (minigame).

[edit] Ghasts

After completing the Nature Spirit quest, players can kill ghasts and earn prayer experience. Players will need a blessed Silver sickle and about 3 or 4 druid pouches. Ghasts are not corporeal until players use the druid pouch on them; thus, an empty druid pouch will not work. Ghasts can be found in Mort'ton and Mort Myre swamp. Killing a ghast earns 30 prayer experience. Larger, more powerful varieties of ghasts that give more prayer experience can be found during Temple Trekking.

[edit] Player-owned Houses

A player using bones on an altar in a POH.

Members can also offer bones to their Altar in the Chapel room of a player's house (built with the Construction skill).

The experience ranges from 100% to 250% depending upon the type of altar with an additional 50% or 100% for lighting 1 or 2 burners for a maximum of 350% for the best altar and burners.

Players need to use a marrentill on each burner to light it, while a tinderbox is in the inventory. The burners will stay lit for two minutes.

All incense burners will give the same bonus. Candles and torches do NOT give any bonus.

As of 25 March players can now right click on the altar and offer "X" amount of bones, making it easier to train prayer. Some players disliked this update because the automatic pray-x function is not as fast as manual clicking was, but others considered it a trade-off since it caused less strain to their fingers.

Prayer experience
Altar	Construction level	Experience
Altar	Construction level	No burner	1 burner lit	2 burners lit
Oak altar	45	100%	150%	200%
Teak altar	50	110%	160%	210%
Cloth altar	56	125%	175%	225%
Mahogany altar	60	150%	200%	250%
Limestone altar	64	175%	225%	275%
Marble altar	70	200%	250%	300%
Gilded altar	75	250%	300%	350%

Burner bonus
Burners lit	Bonus	Text
0	+0%	The gods accept your offering.
1	+50%	The gods are pleased with your offering.
2	+100%	The gods are very pleased with your offering.

Many players with a high Construction level choose to build a gilded altar in their house as this is a much faster way to gain prayer experience than any other. Although less experience is granted per bone than the ectofuntus, more bones may be processed in a shorter time span. Often the official forums are a good place to find other players who are happy to allow 'loan' of their altars for a short amount of time. Alternatively, one can go to a house party world, and at peak times many players advertise gilded altars.

[edit] Equipment

[edit] Clothing

A player with Level 70 Prayer blessing a Gravestone.

Item	Location	Prayer bonus
Priest robe top	Clothing store in Varrock	+3
Priest robe bottom	Clothing store in Varrock	+3
Zamorak robe top (top)	Dropped by Disciples of Iban, Zamorak wizard, and Necromancers	+3
Zamorak robe bottom (bottom)	Dropped by Disciples of Iban, Zamorak wizards, and Necromancers	+3
Druid robe (top)	Dropped by druids	+4
Druid robe (bottom)	Dropped by druids	+4
Vestment robes	Obtained from level one Treasure Trails	+4
Vestment robe legs	Obtained from level one Treasure Trails	+4
Shade robe (top)	Dropped by Shade in Stronghold of Security	+5
Shade robe (bottom)	Dropped by Shade in Stronghold of Security	+4
Monk's robe (top)	Monastery second floor	+6
Monk's robe (bottom)	Monastery second floor	+5
Dagon'hai robe top	Obtained once from the quest While Guthix Sleeps and dropped by Dagon'hai Monks	+2
Dagon'hai robe bottom	Obtained once from the quest While Guthix Sleeps and dropped by Dagon'hai Monks	+2

[edit] Armour and weapons

Initiate armour, Proselyte armour, and white weapons and armour give small prayer bonuses. However, they are only available to members. Initiate armour can be bought from Sir Tiffy Cashien after completing the Recruitment Drive quest, and Proselyte equipment can be bought after finishing Slug Menace, while white armour and weapons can be bought after completing the Wanted! quest. All white weapons and armour give a +1 prayer bonus.

Armour and weapons
Image	Item	Prayer bonus
	White equipment (excluding mace)	+1 each
	Initiate sallet	+3
	Initiate hauberk	+6
	Initiate cuisse	+5
	Proselyte sallet	+4
	Proselyte hauberk	+8
	Proselyte cuisse	+5
	Proselyte tasset	+5
	Helm of Neitiznot	+3
	Verac's helmet	+3
	Verac's flail	+6
	Verac's brassard	+5
	Verac's plateskirt	+4
	Rolling pin	+4
	TokTz-Mej-Tal	+5
	Godsword	+8
	Rune cane	+4
	Adamant cane	+3
	Black cane	+2
	Falador shield 1	+3
	Falador shield 2	+5
	Falador shield 3	+7
	Wolfbane dagger	+5
	Saradomin sword	+2
	Zamorakian spear	+2

[edit] Maces

All maces also give a small prayer bonus. However, the Granite Mace, White Mace, Dragon Mace, Ancient Mace and Void Knight Mace are only available to members.

Maces
Image	Name	Location	Prayer bonus
	Bronze mace	Flynn's Mace Market in Falador	+1
	Iron mace	Flynn's Mace Market in Falador	+1
	Steel mace	Flynn's Mace Market in Falador	+2
	White mace	Sir Vyvin (after Wanted! quest, with White Knights' Master rank)	+3
	Black mace	Dropped by dark warriors	+2
	Mithril mace	Flynn's Mace Market in Falador	+3
	Adamant mace	Flynn's Mace Market in Falador	+3
	Ancient mace	Another Slice of H.A.M. quest Special attack increases prayer by damage dealt	+3
	Rune mace	Scavvo's Rune Store in the Champions' Guild	+4
	Granite mace	Dropped by statues in Bandos' throne room	+4
	Dragon mace	Happy Heroes' H' Emporium in the Heroes' Guild	+5
	Void Knight mace	Void Knights' Outpost	+6

[edit] Neckwear

Some of the more powerful amulets, as well as religious symbols, give prayer bonuses.

Item	Prayer Bonus	Where/How to obtain
Amulet of Power	+1	Enchanted diamond amulet.
Amulet of Glory	+3	Enchanted dragonstone amulet, members only.
Salve amulet	+3	Haunted Mine required. Members only.
Amulet of Fury	+5	Enchanted onyx amulet, members only.
Holy symbol	+8	Craft in silver, then bless (requires 31 Prayer to bless at Monastery, or 50 Prayer with a God book).
Unholy symbol	+8	50 prayer to get this blessed with a prayer book, or blessed by Spirit of Scorpius after completing the Observatory quest. Members only.
God stole	+10	Level 3 Treasure trails reward, requires 60 prayer to wear. Members only.

[edit] Rings

Currently only one ring gives a prayer bonus and can be used by both Free-to-play and Pay-to-play players.

Image	Item	Prayer Bonus	Where / How to get
	Explorer's ring	+1	Lumbridge and Draynor Diary

[edit] Prayer Books

Prayer books are wielded in the shield slot. Even with all the pages in the prayer book missing, it will still give you 5 prayer bonus.

Item	Prayer Bonus	Where / How to get
Holy book	+5	Horror from the Deep
Book of balance
Unholy book

[edit] Spirit shields

The Spirit shield is made available upon completion of Summer's End. The Spirit Shield can be combined with a Holy elixir to make a Blessed spirit shield. Once a spirit shield is blessed the shield can be further modified by attaching Spirit sigils to create enhanced spirit shields. All spirit shields require completion of Summer's End to wield.

Item	Prayer Bonus	How to make	Requirements to wield
Spirit shield	+1	Dropped by the Corporal Beast, Tormented Wraith and Ghostly warriors. Also a reward from the Summer's End quest.	40 defence, 55 prayer
Blessed spirit shield	+3	Combine Spirit shield with Holy elixir⁽¹⁾	70 defence, 60 prayer
Arcane spirit shield	+3	Attach Arcane sigil to Blessed spirit shield⁽²⁾	75 defence, 70 prayer, 65 magic
Divine spirit shield	+3	Attach Divine sigil to Blessed spirit shield⁽²⁾	75 defence, 75 prayer
Elysian spirit shield	+3	Attach Elysian sigil to Blessed spirit shield⁽²⁾	75 defence, 75 prayer
Spectral spirit shield	+3	Attach Spectral sigil to Blessed spirit shield⁽²⁾	75 defence, 70 prayer, 65 magic

1. Players must use the elixir with the spirit shield at an altar of Saradomin, which requires 85 prayer. If they lack the required skill level, they can alternatively talk to Brother Jered with a Holy elixir and a plain Spirit shield in their inventory. The monk will then bless the shield, while charging the player in a manner akin to Oziach making a dragon fire shield.

2. To attach a sigil to a Blessed spirit shield requires 90 prayer and 85 smithing. If the player lacks the required levels, Brother Bordiss will attach sigils to a blessed shield for 1,500,000 coins.

[edit] Capes

A player wearing a Prayer cape (t) and performing the Skillcape emote.

Item	Prayer Bonus	Where / How to get
Fire cape	+2	Defeating TzTok-Jad in the TzHaar Fight Cave minigame.
Ardougne Cloak 1	+2	Reward from completing all easy tasks in the Ardougne Diary.
Vestment cloak	+3	Possible reward from Level 2 Treasure Trails.
Cape of Achievement (Trimmed)	+4	Bought from skill masters after achieving 99 in that particular skill and one other.
Ardougne Cloak 2	+4	Reward from completing all medium tasks in the Ardougne Diary.
Ardougne Cloak 3	+6	Reward from completing all hard tasks in the Ardougne Diary.

[edit] Gravestones

Prayer points may be used to repair decaying gravestones. At Level 70 Prayer, a player may bless a gravestone.

[edit] Training

The most common method of training is to bury bones, or play minigames and miniquests.

Free-to-play:

Main article: Free-to-play Prayer training

There are a number of bone respawn locations:

Wilderness Graveyard of Shadows/Forgotten Cemetery (level 16-21): ~10 normal bones respawn
Edgeville dungeon: 7 normal bones respawn
Wilderness Chaos Temple (Level 13) 10-13 normal bones respawn
Once you reach about Level 37, levelling up by using normal bones would become difficult. Consider Big bones.

Since the update on 10 December 2007, the bone yard is now defunct due to it being replaced by the Clan Wars arena, resulting in a loss of that source.

Players may also frequent popular training areas and gather the unwanted bones left behind by players that kill the monsters, or buy bones on the Grand Exchange (though this is quite expensive).

Since the introduction of PvP worlds, another viable training method is to wander around Lumbridge, gather bones, and bury them, though it is strongly suggested to carry very few, if not none, items and only items you are willing to risk.

A highly recommended way for free players to train Prayer is to bury Big Bones, as they give 15 xp, while normal bones give about 4.5 xp. If players have enough coins, they could buy Big Bones at the Grand Exchange. When burying large numbers of bones, you can cut the time spent in half with some timing. To do this, click any bone. About halfway through the animation, click another. You will have buried two bones while viewing the animation a single time. When simply burying bones after monster killing, Big bones are useful only if you can kill the monster faster than the time it takes to kill four Chickens.

[edit] Lamps

Methods to obtain experience lamps, even as a non-member, include speaking with Sir Vant in the basement of a Lumbridge house and offering to kill the dragon for him, which will prompt him to give you two lamps for your kindness; completing the entire Lumbridge Achievement Diary, where for each of the three parts you have completed you will be rewarded with lamps granting you increasingly higher amounts of experience for any chosen skill(s); and venturing north to the Barbarian Village, reaching the Stronghold of Player Safety and the Stronghold of Security, where the former will contain two antique lamps and the latter will give you in total of 10,000 coins and other handsome prizes.

Pay-to-play:

Main article: Pay-to-play Prayer training

Bones Cost Analysis

Item	XP	Cost	Cost per XP
Bones	4.5	111 coins update	24.67
Wolf bones	4.5	576 coins update	128
Burnt bones	4.5	298 coins update	66.22
Monkey bones	5	299 coins update	59.8
Bat bones	5.3	182 coins update	34.34
Big bones	15	493 coins update	32.87
Jogre bones	15	699 coins update	46.6
Zogre bones	22.5	1,014 coins update	45.07
Shaikahan bones	25	821 coins update	32.84
Baby dragon bones	30	1,428 coins update	47.6
Wyvern bones	50	5,033 coins update	100.66
Dragon bones	72	3,844 coins update	53.39
Fayrg bones	84	5,330 coins update	63.45
Raurg bones	96	7,461 coins update	77.72
Dagannoth bones	125	10,800 coins update	86.4
Ourg bones	140	18,200 coins update	130

If all the bones used to raise Prayer are bought, a player will likely spend 100 million coins to buy them all.

[edit] Prayer flashing

(The RuneTek 5 prayer problem has been fixed, this article is valid again.)

Occasionally, some players may prayer flash, which utilises one of the three protection prayers. They will activate the prayer just before they are about to be hit, and turn it off immediately. This uses almost no prayer points. Although it requires timing and skill (the game allows for some leeway on the timing), doing it successfully can effectively save prayer points and allow you to continue fighting monsters for much longer. This can also be used with the Chivalry and Piety prayers to hit higher and more frequently as well as defend from blows. One technique for effectively prayer flashing is using a weapon/attack type that is as fast as the monster's attack. Players can use the sound of their own attack to time their next attack. A good example is cockroach soldiers with a scimitar. This was altered on 1 April 2009. Jagex made it so that the protection prayer only activates when the icon appears above which had made it harder for players to kill TzTok-Jad, tormented demons and other strong monsters. This was fixed on 3 April 2009 due to complaints of players on the forums.

How to prayer flash:

Using prayer flash requires that the protection prayer to be activated right before the monster begins their animation to attack you. An example would be an aberrant spectre casting an attack on you, however if the aberrant spectre has already cast the spell and the projectile is in the midst of being shot and the player activates the protection prayer, the protection prayer will not protect the damage. The prayer must be activated slightly before the monsters animation for attacking happens, it may then be deactivated as soon as the animation for attacking is complete, which means that the projectile doesn't even have to hit the player yet and the protection will be activated when off so as long as it was on for the entire attacking animation. This can also work for offensive prayers like, Chivalry and Piety however they must be activated before the player swings the weapon.

[edit] Maximum Prayer Bonus

[edit] Best Prayer Bonus

The following armour gives the highest possible Prayer bonus for members.

Item	Prayer bonus	Requirements to wear/use
Mitre	+5	40 prayer, 40 magic
White boots⁽¹⁾	+1	10 defence, completion of Wanted
Proselyte hauberk	+8	30 defence, completion of Slug Menace
Proselyte tasset⁽²⁾	+5	30 defence, completion of Slug Menace
Crozier⁽³⁾	+6	60 prayer
Falador shield 3⁽⁴⁾	+7	Completion of Falador Achievement Diary
White gloves	+1	10 Defence, completion of Wanted
Ardougne Cloak 3⁽⁵⁾	+6	Completion of Ardougne Achievement Diary (excluding Elite tasks)
Stole	+10	60 prayer
Explorer's Ring⁽⁶⁾	+1	Completed all Beginner tasks in the Lumbridge and Draynor Diary
Total	+50	40 Magic, 60 Prayer, 30 Defence, Ardougne Achievement Diary,completion of Wanted completion of Slug Menace, Falador Achievement Diary, and all Beginner tasks in the Lumbridge and Draynor Diary

1. Bandos boots are harder to obtain and give the same prayer bonus, but a higher Defence bonus.

2. Proselyte cuisse and Monk's robe (bottom) give the same prayer bonus.

3. Void Knight mace and Verac's flail gives the same prayer bonuses, and a godsword gives a +8 bonus, but Verac's flail and godswords are two-handed, meaning a shield cannot be equipped.

4. Second best shields all give +5 and may be easier to obtain. These include any of the three god books, complete or incomplete, a Falador Shield 2 and broodoo shields. Broodoo shields require 25 defence and 25 magic to wield. God books require the completion of Horror from the Deep quest.

5. Vestment cloaks are easier to obtain, but only give a +3 bonus and require 40 prayer to wield. The Prayer cape gives no extra prayer bonus, despite popular belief. But any Skill cape(t) offers a +4 prayer bonus for second best cape slot stat item.

6. Explorer's ring 1, 2, and 3 give the same bonus.

[edit] Free-to-Play

[edit] Best Free-to-Play Prayer Bonus

The following armour gives the highest possible Prayer bonus for non-members.

Item	Prayer bonus	Requirements to wear/use
Corrupt dragon mace⁽¹⁾	+5	60 attack
Monk's robe (top)	+6	None
Monk's robe (bottom)	+5	None
Holy symbol	+8	None
Explorer's ring⁽²⁾	+1	Completed all Beginner tasks in the Lumbridge and Draynor Diary
Total	+25	60 attack, completed Beginner tasks in the Lumbridge and Draynor Diary

1.Corrupt dragon mace only lasts 30 minutes of wielding. An alternative is the Rune mace which does not crumble to dust after 30 minutes, but only gives a bonus of +4.

2. Explorer's ring 1, 2, and 3 give the same bonus.

3. An alternative to the Holy symbol is the Amulet of power which provides a +1 bonus, for those who do not have sufficient prayer level to have a Holy symbol blessed.

[edit] Places/Situations Where Prayer is a Near Necessity:

The fearsome TzTok-Jad who can deal 97 damage in Ranged, Magic or Melee almost instantaneously, the ultimate test for your prayer levels!

Fighting in the higher levels of the TzHaar Fight Cave and TzTok-Jad.
The Quest Desert Treasure.
The Quest While Guthix Sleeps.
Fighting the Corporeal Beast is impossible without high prayer and hitpoints.
ALL God wars dungeon bosses (excluding Zamorak's General which doesn't have a multi target attack though his followers can still do some damage)
Dagannoth Kings (in most cases)
Kalphite Queen
Tormented Demon
The Barrows Minigame
PvP Minigames

[edit] Related Links

[edit] NPCs that use Prayer

[edit] Temporary boosts

The altars at God Wars Dungeon (providing you are wearing a relevant god item).
Praying at the statue of the devourer in the Uzer Mastaba (this will drain several hitpoints).
The altar in seers village (if the player has a seers headband 3).
The altar in the nature grotto (requires completion of nature spirit).
A yellow spicy stew can increase it by 2-6 levels (however it can also decrease it by 2-6 levels).
A prayer skillcapes special ability will raise it from 99-100
An ancient mace's favour of the War god special attack will raise a characters prayer level by whatever they hit.
The Sulphur Spring in Oo'glog will raise the prayer level depending on what it currently is (at 50 prayer it would be 57/50, at 70 it would be 78/70).
The Monastery's altar adds two onto a prayer level, making it the best free to play altar.

Note: None of the these altars can enable a player to perform any prayers their original Prayer level was unable to let them perform.

[edit] Trivia

A player with 43 Prayer with the Retribution Prayer available.

For members, the minimum prayer bonus is -5, due to Zanik's crossbow.
In the Prayer menu, prayers that have a level requirement less than 10 appear as 01, 03, 07, and so on.
In the Fist of Guthix minigame, the most used prayer is Protect from Magic, followed by Protect from Missiles and then Protect from Melee.
It is possible to obtain 137/99 prayer with the effect of the Ancient Mace special attack (Absolute maximum of 38 at the moment).
- It is possible to boost one's prayer 5 points above their current level without using the Ancient Mace when praying at the altar found in General Kree'arra's chamber, while wearing the 5 pieces of Armadyl armour (Armadyl chestplate, Armadyl plateskirt, Armadyl helmet, Armadyl godsword, and the Armadyl pendant).
Previously there was a glitch causing players who have just reached 43 prayer and 45 prayer to "gain" the Retribution prayer, although it cannot be used. This was fixed on 2 April 2009.
The prayer icon colour was originally yellow but Jagex changed the colour on 9 June 2009.
When the QuickPrayer option was released, it enabled players to use Member only prayers such as Smite and Piety in Free worlds, just by setting them and pressing the QuickPrayer button. It was soon fixed.
Prior to the removal of random events, a player could have a Shade or Zombie attack them whenever they bury a bone. Shade Robes can still be obtained by killing shades in the Stronghold of Security.
Before the random event update on 25 February 2009, Leo the Gravedigger only targeted players who buried a bone. Succeeding this date, he now goes after anyone randomly, not just when they bury a bone. For instance, he has been known to target players while they are training completely unrelated skills, such as Woodcutting and Cooking.
On 20 October 2009, the animation of burying bones received a hidden update, making the animation smoother.

[edit] See also

Altar for locations of altars across RuneScape
Prayer items
Quest experience rewards - Prayer
Free-to-play Prayer training
Pay-to-play Prayer training
Grand Exchange Market Watch/Prayer

[edit] References

RuneScape Game Guide
- Prayer

^ 15th edition of God Letters

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