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Introduction

Prayer interface

Prayer is a skill which works best alongside your primary combat style (be it Magic, Melee or Ranged). Through the use of prayers you can temporarily increase stats, reduce damage, and protect against various attacks.

To view what prayers are available to you in game, simply click on the Prayer icon. This can be found either at the top-right corner of the in-game menu (windowed mode) or at the bottom-right of the screen (resizable or full-screen mode). You should now have a list of all the prayers, with those currently available to you being lit up.

For a list of all standard prayers see Prayers.

Curses

Curse interface

Main article: Curses

Upon completing The Temple at Senntisten quest, you will gain access to the ancient hymnal, which, once read, will allow you to use Curses . Unlike normal prayers, which you gain access to as your Prayer level increases, the curses require you to change your entire prayer list by travelling to Senntisten Temple (under the Digsite) and praying at the altar there. To change back to the normal prayer list, pray at any other altar.

To view what curses are available to you in game, simply click on the Prayer icon. This can be found either at the top-right corner of the in-game menu (windowed mode) or at the bottom-right of the screen (resizable or full-screen mode). You should now have a list of all the curses, with those currently available to you being lit up.

Finally, not only does the altar at Senntisten Temple allow you to switch to curses, it also provides a handy 15% boost over your maximum Prayer level.

For a list of all curses (available after completing The Temple at Senntisten) see Curses.

Prayer Points

Prayer points determine how long you can have your prayers active for. As you gain levels in the Prayer skill, the number of prayer points you have access to increases. The number of prayer points is equal to skill level * 10. If your skill level is reduced for any reason, your prayer points will also be reduced.

If you run out of prayer points, any curse or prayer that you have activated will deactivate and must be turned back on again once your prayer points have been renewed.

Draining Prayer Points

Each prayer and curse has a drain rate which determines how fast it can deplete your prayer points. This is calculated as (drain rate * 10)/60 points drained per second.

For example, if you activated Augury, this would drain your prayer points at roughly 3.3 per second whereas Steel Skin would drain 1.7 per second.

Having multiple prayers/curses active will drain your points at a much faster rate.

Reducing Prayer Point Drain

Some items of armour have prayer bonuses which can reduce your prayer point drain by reducing the amount of prayer points a curse or prayer costs per second. This is calculated as (drain rate / 100) * (100 - prayer bonus).

For example, if you have a Amulet of glory, with a prayer bonus of 3, equipped and you cast Thick Skin your new prayer drain rate will be 0.97 instead of 1.

You can find a list of the drain rates of each prayer on the Prayers page, and for each curse on the Curses page.

Restoring Prayer Points

The main way to restore prayer points is to pray at an altar but there are various items that can restore your prayer points if you are far away from one.

	It is possible for Members to drink prayer restore mix, prayer restore, prayer renew or super prayer potions to restore any lost Prayer points. Please see the Herblore section of the Manual for more details.
	Biscuits can be gained from any level of treasure trail, and will restore 10 prayer points (and 10-30 life points) with each bite. These are stackable (200 can be held at one time) and are untradeable.
	When eaten, jangerberries restore 10 prayer points
	When a full set of Citharede robes (available after completing One Piercing Note) is worn your prayer points will restore while listening to a musician.
	The auras Penance, Salvation, Corruption, and Harmony restore prayer points. These are available through the Members Loyalty Programme.

Quick Prayers

Main article: Quick Prayers

Selecting quick prayers

You may find it handy to know that you can set up the Prayer icon next to your minimap to automatically switch a set of prayers on and off with a single click.

To use this feature, right-click on the prayer status globe next to your minimap and choose 'Select quick prayers', this will change your side interface to something like that shown to the right. Here, you can choose which prayers will be turned on or off when you click the status globe. All of the usual rules about which prayers can be used simultaneously still apply.

Note that using this feature will turn off any other prayers you are using.

Getting Prayer Experience

Unlike other skills, you do not gain Prayer experience through the act of praying (i.e. using Prayer or praying at an altar). Instead, you gain experience by burying the bones of creatures you (or another) have killed or by scattering the ashes of any demons you have banished.

Once you have obtained your bones/ashes, you can bury/scatter them by left-clicking on them in your inventory. This will automatically bury the bones/scatter the ashes on the spot where you are standing. Alternatively, you can right-click on the bones/ashes within your inventory and select the 'Bury'/'Scatter' option.

Different monsters may sometimes drop different types of bones/ashes, which will give you higher experience.

View bones and ashes list

Bone Type	Obtained	Notes	XP
Impious ashes	Dropped by Imps	-	4
Bones	Dropped by most creatures	-	4.5
Grotesque bones	Dropped by banished grotesques from The Nexus	-	Varies
Wolf bones	Dropped by Wolves & Werewolves	-	4.5
Burnt bones	Found in the Wilderness	-	4.5
Monkey bones	Dropped by Monkies	-	5
Bat bones	Dropped by Bats	-	5.3
Troll general's bones	Dropped by the Troll General	-	6.5
Accursed ashes	Dropped by Demons	-	12.5
Big bones	Dropped by most large creatures	-	15
Curved bone	Dropped by most large Creatures	Death to the Dorgeshuun	15
Long bone	Dropped by most large Creatures	-	15
Jogre bones	Dropped by Jogres	-	15
Zogre bones	Dropped by Zogres & Sogres	Zogre Flesh Eaters	22.5
Shaikahan bones	Dropped by The Shaikahan	-	25
Babydragon bones	Dropped by baby Dragons	-	30
Wyvern bones	Dropped by Skeletal wyverns	-	50
Infernal ashes	Dropped by Demons	-	62.5
Dragon bones	Dropped by Dragons	-	72
Fayrg bones	Found in Ogre coffins	20	84
Raurg bones	Found in Ogre coffins	20	96
Dagannoth bones	Dropped by Dagannoths	-	125
Ourg bones	Dropped by General Graador Found in Ogre coffins	20	140
Frost dragon bones	Dropped by Frost dragons	-	180
Ancient bones	Given by Father Aereck	The Restless Ghost	200

Ghasts

If you have completed the Nature Spirit quest you will be able to train on Ghasts as a way of increasing your Prayer level.

Fighting the Ghasts

You will need to ensure that you have a Silver sickle (b) and a Druid pouch full of flowers, gathered using 'cast bloom' from the sickle.

You can simply walk about until a ghast attacks you, or you can use the druid pouch on a ghast to make it attackable. If you defeat it, you will receive 30 Prayer experience as well as any normal experience you would receive for engaging in combat.

More powerful ghasts exist in the deep swamps of Mort Myre, although these routes are usually only taken by experienced guides aiding villagers from Burgh de Rott in Temple Trekking.

Note: If you go to the grotto and pray at the altar, you will temporarily gain 20 extra prayer points.

For more information about surviving Mort Myre, please read the Terrain Survival Guide.

The Ectofuntus

Use Ectofuntus to increase your Prayer level

If you have completed the Priest in Peril quest, then you are able to use the Ectofuntus to increase your Prayer level.

You can use either bones or demon ashes at the Ectofuntus. Bones will first need to be put through the bone grinder up the stairs from the Ectofuntus, then for the resulting bonemeal to be collected in an empty pot and providing 1 Prayer XP per bone ground; ashes require no such preparation. The next step is to fill up a bucket with slime from the very bottom level of the temple and return to the main floor (the one with the Ectofuntus in).

With a Bucket of slime and bonemeal/some demon ashes on you, click on the Ectofuntus and choose the 'Worship' option. One Bucket of slime and one lot of bonemeal/ashes will be destroyed in the process, but you will received four times the normal amount of XP you would have done from burying that bone or scattering those ashes.

It is possible to use this function up to fifty-three times before having to speak with a disciple to receive your Ecto-tokens (a form of currency used in Port Phasmatys). It is also possible to get more than one batch of ectoplasm and bonemeal with each trip, so make sure you use your time wisely.

The amount of experience you gain depends on the type of bones or ashes you use.

The Skeletal Horror

If you have completed Rag and Bone Man , Fur 'n' Seek , and both of the Odd Old Man's wish lists, you will be able to face a creature known as the Skeletal Horror. The first time you defeat it, you will receive 10,000 Slayer XP and 7,000 Prayer XP.

Once you've laid the Skeletal Horror to rest, the Odd Old Man will lay out all of its bones and set about rebuilding it (for 'research purposes', apparently), and would be thankful for your help in defeating it again, one week later, so it doesn't get out and destroy the world or something. (Bad Skeletal Horror, bad!)

Every time you defeat it after the first will award you with 1,250 Slayer XP and 1,000 Prayer XP. To make it easier on your legs, after completing Fur 'n' Seek, he'll even enchant your Bonesack (e) or Ram skull helm (e), giving it slightly better stats and the ability to teleport you to his shack, once per rebuild.

The Nexus

For lower leveled players, The Nexus is a great training area. You will find the nexus corrupting the Lumbridge Swamp, south of Lumbridge castle and west of Al Kharid palace.

You must fill your charmed sacks with corruption and cleanse it using the nearby relics to send the evil creature back to whence it came. Speak to Ysondria for more details.

Boosting Experience Gain

	The Pendant of prayer and the Prized pendant of prayer can boost your XP gain by 1.5 and 2 times, respectively, while worn. These amulets only have so many charges but can be recharged using small or large recharge gems.
	Each individual item in first age set (tiara, amulet, bracelet, cape, and ring) grant 1% extra XP each. A complete set will grant 5% extra XP.

Training Hints and Tips

Using the Summoning skill, you'll find that there are a few familiars that might be useful for training your Prayer. Of particular note is the Abyssal parasite, who slows the Prayer drain you get while in The Abyss.
Chapels built in your house can be used to train Prayer.
If you have completed Legacy of Seergaze, you will also be able to burn Vyrewatch remains in the Paterdomus Columbarium using pyre logs. Vyre corpses can only be burnt using teak pyre logs or better.
If you have a tendency to leave bones on the ground and not bury them, then the Bonecrusher might be to your taste. This item can be bought with Dungeoneering tokens from the reward trader of Daemonheim, and will automatically bury any bones that you would have received from a monster drop. The item needs only to be kept in your inventory for it to take effect.
It is possible to train all of your skills while Dungeoneering, and Prayer is no exception. Plenty of creatures drop bones in Daemonheim, and you can receive four times the amount of Prayer XP if you take your monster bones to an altar within Daemonheim.

Prayer Boosts

	You can use the Reverence aura, available through the Members Loyalty Programme, to reduce prayer drain by 3%. This aura also increases the amount of prayer restored by any potions you use. Auras are untradable.
	A reward from Rum Deal , the Holy wrench offers bonus prayer points when a Prayer potion, Prayer renewal or Super Prayer is drunk.

The Monastery

Location of the Monastery

Once you have a Prayer level of 31, Abbot Langley will allow you to enter the Monastery, located west of Edgeville.

Inside there is an altar, which gives a temporary boost to your Prayer level, and monks who will heal you for free. You will also be able to ask Brother Jered to enchant any Holy symbols you make, as well as some Monk's robes laying around that you can take.

Senntisten Temple

Location of Senntisten Temple

Once you have completed The Temple at Senntisten, you will be able to use the altar at Senntisten, which provides a 15% boost above your maximum prayer points.

Useful Items

If you have a bonecrusher in your inventory, dropped bones from monster kills will automatically be converted into Prayer experience. The bonecrusher requires a Prayer level of 21 and a Dungeoneering level of 21. It can be bought for 34000 Dungeoneering tokens.