Prayer Skill Guide

Contents:

Introduction
Prayer List
Bone Burying Experience
Prayer Raising Items
- - Robes
- - Necklaces
- - Maces
- - Books
Leveling Recommendations
Where to Get Bones
Zogre Bones
Ghasts
Cremating Shades
Ectofuntus Worship
Random Events

Introduction

Prayer is a secondary combat skill in which you can call on the gods of Runescape to give
yourself powers you normally would not have. As your Prayer skill grows higher, you will be
able to perform much stronger prayers. The higher Prayer you have the longer your prayers
will last. Prayer can be leveled up by burying various types of bones or completing certain
quests.

Prayer List

There are many different types of prayers. Below is a table of each prayer and the effect it has
when you use it. When using prayers, your Prayer points will be consumed. When you run out
of Prayer points you will have to visit an altar to recharge them. Members can also drink
Prayer potions to restore prayer.

Level Picture Prayer Name Prayer Effect

1 Thick Skin Increases your defense by 5%.

4 Burst of Strength Increases your strength by 5%.

7 Clarity of Thought Increases your attack by 5%.

10 Rock Skin Increases your defense by 10%.

Superhuman
13 Increases your strength by 10%.
Strength

16 Improved Reflexes Increases your attack by 10%.

 19 Rapid Restore 2x restore rate for stats except prayer/hp.

22 Rapid Heal 2x restore rate for Hitpoints.

Keep 1 extra item if you die. [Note this WILL NOT

25 Protect Item
protect clue scrolls or essence pouches!]

28 Steel Skin Increases your defense by 15%.

31 Ultimate Strength Increases your strength by 15%.

Incredible
34 Increases your attack by 15%.
Reflexes
Protection From
37 Protects you from magical attacks.
Magic
Protection From
40 Protects you from ranged attacks.
Missiles
Protection From
43 Protects you from melee attacks.
Melee

46 Retribution Inflicts damage to nearby targets if you die.

49 Redemption Heals you if your health falls below 10%.

1/4 of damage dealt is also removed from
52 Smite
opponent's Prayer.

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The Experience Table

There are many different types of bones you can bury in the RuneScape world. Below is a
table of different bones that you can bury. Different types of bones give different amounts of
experience. Some bones are harder to get than others.

Picture Bone Name Experience

Bones 4.5

Wolf bones 4.5

Burnt bones 4.5

Monkey bones 5

Bat bones 5.25

Big bones 15

Jogre bones 15
 Zogre bones 22.5

Shaikahan bones 25

Babydragon bones 30

Wyvern bones 50

Dragon bones 72

Fayrg bones 87

Raurg bones 96

Dagannoth bones 125

Ourg bones 140

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Prayer-Raising Items

There are many different items that you can wield/wear that will make your prayers last
longer. Although there are tons of prayer-boosting items, the best combination is:

• Initiate or Verac's helm

• Holy or Unholy symbol
• Monk's Robes top and bottom or Initiate platemail and platelegs
• Any prayer book
• The best mace you can wield
• White boots (White knight armory)
• White gloves (White knight armory)

Robes
Prayer
Picture Item Name
Bonus

Initiate Helm* +3

Initiate Plate* +6

Initiate Platelegs* +5

Monk's robe (top) +6

Monk's robe (bottom) +5

Shade robe (top) +5

 Shade robe (bottom) +5

Druid robe (top)* +4

Druid robe (bottom)* +4

Priest robe (top) +3

Priest robe (bottom) +3

Robe of zamorak (top)* +3

Robe of zamorak (bottom)* +3

* Members-only item

Necklaces
Prayer
Picture Item Name
Bonus

Blessed Holy Symbol +8

Unholy Symbol of Zamorak* +8

Amulet of Glory* +3

* Members-only item
Note: Those players who have a completed holy or unholy prayer book are able to bless their
holy and unholy symbols with the respective prayer books. This action costs one prayer point
per symbol.

Maces
Prayer
Picture Item Name
Bonus

Dragon Mace* +5

Rune Mace +4

Adamant Mace +3

Mithril Mace +3

Black Mace +2
 Steel Mace +2

Iron Mace +1

Bronze Mace +1

* Members-only item

Prayer books (wield as shield)

Prayer
Picture Item Name
Bonus
Damaged book (Guthix) -
Completed Book of balance
[Torn pages 1, 2, 3, and 4(g) +5
added] also gives +4 to all
Attack and Defense stats
Damaged book (Saradomin) -
Completed Holy book [Torn
pages 1, 2, 3, and 4(s) added] +5
also gives +8 to all Defense
stats
Damaged book (Zamorak) -
Completed Unholy book [Torn
+5
pages 1, 2, 3, and 4(z) added]
also gives +8 to all Attack stats

Prayer books are members-only.

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Leveling Recommendations

Now that you know a little bit about the bones, here are some guidelines that may help you
decide how to level your prayer.

Recommended
Prayer Level What To Kill
Combat Level
1-30 Any low level creature that drops bones. Any
50+ for Giants
30-40 Anything that drops Big bones
75+ Ogres
65+ for Baby Dragons
40+ Dragons
80+ for Dragons

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 Where to get Bones

Now you know the basics or prayer, but you may be asking yourself, "where can I get some of
these bones to bury?" Well, you could always buy the bones, but that could really put a hole in
your bank. Dragon bones sell for about 3000gp each. Big bones go for about 500gp each. The
cheapest way to raise prayer is to just kill monsters for the bones. If the text is red, it means
the monster is in a members only area.

Boneyard

Directly north of Varrock and the wilderness chaos temple is a bone yard streaching nearly the
whole width of Varrock, and going from level 25 to 27 wilderness. Since you are in the
wilderness, the level 22 skeletons here will be aggressive, no matter your level. The boneyard
contains 5 big bone respawns and over 35 regular bone respawns. Recommended items to
bring are food 8 lobsters/cakes and a weapon if you must, but you could just pick up the iron
scimitar that respawns there also. Don't worry, PKers are rarely found here anyway. Non-
members can just bury the bones right where the stand, and members can bank them for
worshipping Ectofuntus.

Regular Bones

Most of the smaller monsters in the RuneScape world drop regular bones. A great spot for raising
prayer with regular bones is the Khazard battlefield (members only). There are some monsters
that do not drop any bones, however. Some examples include: Spiders, Scorpions, Animated
Axes, Earth Warriors, Demons, Ghosts, Otherworldly Beings, Imps, Ice Warriors and some quest
monsters.

Wolf Bones

Wolf Bones are pretty much the same as normal bones. You can bury them for the same amount
of experience as a normal bone, or you can use a chisel on them to make some arrow heads.
Wolf bones are obtained from killing different types of wolves spread through the runescape
world. Wolves can be found at the following places:

• White Wolf (lv25) - Around White Mountain

• Desert Wolf (lv27) - Al Kharid Desert Area
• White Wolf Sentry (lv31) - Around White Mountain
• Grey Wolf (lv64) - Wilderness level 50-54
 • Wolf (lv64) - Khazard battlefield, Rellekka, Tree Gnome Village Maze

• Big Wolf (lv71) - Around White Wolf Mountain

Burnt Bones

Burnt bones can be found at the Greater Demon hut in the wilderness. They give the same
experience as normal bones, but are "burnt". Be careful of Player Killers when gathering these
bones.

Bat Bones

Bat bones are dropped by those pesky flying bats. They give a tiny bit more experience than
normal bones. They are recommended for members that have low level prayer. Bats can be
found at the following places:

• Giant Bat (lv27) - Giant room in Taverley Dungeon

• Giant Bat (lv27) - Outside Keep LeFaye
• Giant Bat (lv27) - Inside Legend's Guild Dungeon
• Giant Bat (lv27) - Coal truck mining area

• Giant Bat (lv27) - Various other underground caverns

Big Bones

Big Bones are the best bone on F2P. They give 15xp each and are dropped by bigger creatures.
There are many monsters that drop big bones. Monsters that drop big bones can be found at the
following places:

•
Hill Giant (lv28) - Edgeville dungeon
•
Hill Giant (lv28) - Tree Gnome Village Maze
• Moss Giant (lv40) - Varrock Sewers
• Moss Giant (lv40) - Wilderness
• Moss Giant (lv40) - Near Baxtorian Falls, Crandor and Brimhaven
• Ogre (lv53) - Ardougne Sewers
• Ogre (lv53) - Blood Rune Chest
• Jogre (lv53) - Karamja Jungle
• Ice Giant (lv54) - Blurite Cave
• Ice Giant (lv54) - Wilderness
• Ice Giant (lv54) - White Wolf Mountain
• Fire Giant (lv86) - Wilderness

• Fire Giant (lv86) - Inside Waterfall

Babydragon Bones

Babydragon Bones are dropped by Baby Blue Dragons in the Taverley dungeon. They were one
of the most popular and fastest methods for raising prayer. Baby Blue Dragons do not have
dragons breath so you do not need an Anti-Fire shield to train on them. Babydragon bones can
be obtained at the following places:

• Baby blue dragon (lvl 48) - Taverley Dungeon next to Blue Dragons.
 • Baby red dragon (lvl 65) - Karamja Dragon Dungeon.

• Baby black dragon (lvl 83) - Zanaris Evil Chicken Lair.

Note: requires partial completion of the Sir Amik Varze sub-quest in Recipe for Disaster.

Dragon Bones

Dragon Bones used to be the highest bone in Runescape. They give 72xp each and are
expensive if bought from other people. They are hard to obtain if you are a low level due to
Dragons being quite strong. When fighting Dragons, Anti-fire potions or an Anti-fire shield are
pretty much required. Dragons can be found at the following places:

• Green dragons (lv79) - Level 13 and 37 Wilderness

• Blue dragons (lv111) - Taverley dungeon, Hero's Guild basement cage, Ogre cave
(Watchtower Quest)
• Bronze dragons (lv131) - Karamja Dragon Dungeon
• Red dragons (lv152) - Level 39 Wilderness, Karamja Dragon Dungeon
• Iron dragons (lv189) - Karamja Dragon Dungeon
• Black dragons (lv227) - Taverley Dungeon, Wilderness Dungeon at end of Lava Maze
• Steel dragons (lv246) - Karamja Dragon Dungeon

• King black dragon (lv279) - Level 41 wilderness

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Zogre Bones

Now about Zogre bones (members only). There are 4 different varieties of Zogre bones,
accessible during and after the Zogre Flesh Eater Quest.

Zogre bones: 22.5 exp

Fayrg bones: 87 exp
Raurg bones: 96 exp
Ourg bones: 140 exp

These bones are obtained by killing the Zombie and Skeleton Ogres, picklocking coffins, or
using a key on coffins. Fyrag and above are only available through coffins. You need to be
Level 20 Thieving to picklock them, and if you fail, you can lose up to 3 thieving points.

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Ghasts

In order to kill a Ghast, you must have completed the Nature Spirit Quest, be wielding a Silver
sickle(b) (meaning blessed), and carry a filled Druid pouch. Walk next to a Ghast, and if it
attacks you, one of the items in your Druid pouch will be used up, and then the Ghast can be
attacked. Killing a Ghast provides you with 30 prayer experience.

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Cremating shade remains

You can cremate shade remains after the Shades of Mort'ton Quest. Here's a brief summary of
the prayer experience obtained from burning shade remains.

Loar remains: 33 exp

Phrin remains: 46.5 exp
Riyl remains: 59.5 exp
Asyn remains: 82.5 exp
Fiyr remains: 100 exp

For complete details on shade burning, please see the Mort'ton Shade Burning Special Report.

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Ectofuntus Worship

The best way to get the most prayer experience from your bones is to worship the Ectofuntus.
You get four times (4x) the prayer experience per bone than you would if you had normally
buried the bones. To do this, you must have started the Ghosts Ahoy Quest, though having
completed the quest and having the Ectophial is a big plus.

After you have collected and banked a bunch of bones (Preferably Big Bones or higher), go to
Port Phasmatys bank (Wear your ghost speak amulet to make banking faster) and collect 12
pots and 12 bones.

Go to the Ectofuntus tower, just north of Port Phasmatys (Using the Ectophial makes this quick
and easy, if you have completed Ghosts Ahoy) and go upstairs.

Carefully right click on your bones and use it on the bone grinder. If you're not careful, you'll
accidently bury the bones instead, getting normal prayer experience.

After you put the bones into the bone grinder, click on the bone grinder to wind it, then right
click and empty the bone grinder. This will fill up one of your pots with Bonemeal.

Once you have all 12 bones ground and in the pots, go back to the bank and grab 12 buckets.
Go back to the Ectofuntus tower again and this time go through the trap door to the west of
the Ectofuntus. Work your way down to the bottom of the four levels, and fill your 12 buckets
with Ectoplasm from the pool at the bottom. When you're done, go back to the main floor.
(This would be a good time to use the Ectophial.)

Now you should have 12 pots of Bonemeal, and 12 buckets of Ectoplasm in your inventory.
Just left click on the Ectofuntus to worship it. Each time you worship the Ectofuntus, one
Bonemeal and one Ectoplasm will be used up. You won't be able to worship more than 12
times without collecting the ecto tokens from the Ghost Disciple. Once you are done and have
collected your ecto tokens, go back to the bank, deposit the buckets, grab 12 more bones, and
repeat the process.

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Random Events

While burying bones, you may be attacked by a Shade or a Zombie. The level of these
monsters varies, depending upon your level. Be prepared!

Misc. Prayer Related Characters

Wise Man in Draynor - For performing tasks for him he will reward you with random amounts
of prayer experience.