Main page/Skill guides/Regular mode/Prayer

What is prayer?

Prayer is trained by either burying bones, or using them on altars, or training with the bonecrusher. Different bones give different amounts of experience. Prayers are unlocked as the level in the skill goes up, these prayers are used to aid the player in combat. The prayers can help boost attack, defence, strength, ranged, and magic. When prayers are activated, your prayer points will start to drain until the prayer is turned off or all prayer points are used. To restore these, either drink a potion that restores prayer, or pray at an altar.

All of the prayers are listed here.

The only prayers that you can't unlock with leveling up, are Rigour, Preserve and Augury. You can buy the scrolls at the blood money shop (Leagues Tutor) at Edgeville (home).

Getting bones

There are three ways to get bones:

• Get them from NPC's;
• Buy them at the high priest store;
• Buy them from players.

NPC	Bone drop
Bones	A lot of NPC's, like skeletons, bandits and dust devils
Big bones	Dark beast, hill giants, ice giants
Dragon bones	All kind of dragons, like green dragons and rune dragons
Ourg bones	Slash bash
Fayrg bones	Black knight titan
Zogre bones	Mutant tarn
Superior dragon bones	Greater skeleton hellounds, Vorkath

Even though prayer can be very useful, and very rewarding, it is also one of the most expensive skills to train, especially when you buy the bones from the shop or players. The fastest method is to buy them from the high priest store, but it's also the most expensive way. Prayer is relatively simple to train. However, it is very expensive unless you are getting the bones yourself.

You can find the high priest store at north west of bank at Edgeville or use ::shops and walk to the west.

How to train prayer?

Once you have the bones, training is pretty simple. There are three ways to train this skill:

• Take the bones you have and bury them in the ground;
• Use them on an altar;
• Bury them with the bonecrusher.

Bury

Burying bones is the fastest way, but it give less xp than when you offer the bones on an altar.

Altar

Home altar

You can find an altar north of Edgeville bank (just beside the Home teleport location) to use all types of bones on for around 3.5x more experience than when you bury them.

Ruby Members Zone altar

You can find an altar east of the Ruby Members Zone (::dz) to use all types of bones on for more than 4x experience than when you bury them.

Ectofuntus

Using your bones on Ectofuntus gives the best prayer xp. To get there, either buy an ectophial from the slayer shop for 50 slayer points, or use the teleport via the Ancient wizard.

To get there via the Ancient wizard, teleport to the Experiments, climb the ladder and run east beyond the farming patch until you reach the Ectofuntus.

Bonecrusher

If you kill a NPC that drops bones, the bonecrusher will drop that bones automatically. It gives around 3 times more xp than when you bury bones, but less than when you offer the bones on an altar.

You can buy the bonecrusher at Borat for 250 participation points. He stays in the bank at Edgeville (home).

You have to charge the bonecrusher with ecto-tokens. You can buy them at the general store. The bonecrusher is untradeable.

Experience table for regular mode

Bone type	Image	XP for burying	XP with altar (Home)	XP with gilded altar (Ruby Members Zone)	Ectofuntus
Bones		174	464	696	812
Big Bones		464	1334	2030	2262
Babydragon Bones		580	1566	2436	2726
Dragon Bones		1392	3828	5800	6612
Shaikahan Bones		1508	4234	6496	7366
Fayrg Bones		1624	4466	6786	7714
Raurg Bones		1856	5104	7772	8816
Ourg Bones		2088	5858	8932	10150
Hydra Bones		2320	6380	9744	11020
Wyvern Bones		2320	6380	9744	11020
Dagannoth Bones		2610	7192	10962	12412
Lava Dragon Bones		2900	8004	12,180	13804
Zogre Bones		7192	19894	30276	34394
Superior Dragon Bones		8236	22794	34626	39382

Experience table for classic mode

Bone type	Image	XP for burying	XP with altar (Home)	XP with gilded altar (Ruby Members Zone)	Ectofuntus
Bones		58	116	174	232
Big Bones		116	406	638	696
Babydragon Bones		174	464	754	870
Dragon Bones		406	1218	1914	2146
Shaikahan Bones		464	1392	2088	2378
Fayrg Bones		522	1450	2204	2494
Raurg Bones		580	1682	2552	2900
Ourg Bones		638	1914	2900	3306
Hydra Bones		754	2088	3190	3596
Wyvern Bones		754	2088	3190	3596
Dagannoth Bones		812	2320	3596	4060
Lava Dragon Bones		928	2610	4002	4524
Zogre Bones		2320	6554	9976	11310
Superior Dragon Bones		2668	7482	11426	12992

Useful items and boosts

Item/Boost	Effect	How to obtain?
Voting	Gives you 25% more prayer xp for 1 hour	When you redeem your vote, you will get a boost xp for 1 hour. See here how to vote

The skilling cape

If you reach level 99, you will get the skillcape and hood automatically. When you lost it, you can get it from the skillcape store for 27m or the (t) for 45m. Run to north west of Edgeville bank or use ::shops and run west to get there. The skillcape doesn't give more prayer xp. The prayer skill doesn't have a skilling master and also not skilling tasks.

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