RuneScape/Skills/Prayer

Prayer is a skill in RuneScape, which allows players with sufficient prayer levels to use certain prayer abilities. It is trained by burying bones, which are dropped by most creatures. Better bones will give the user more experience when buried, for example a big bone gives 15 experience, while a normal bone gives 4.5 and dragon bones give 72. There are also several quests which assist in this skill, whether they give experience or extra experience for each bone buried.

The experience for each different bone is as follows:

Bones: 4.5 Experience

Burnt Bones: 4.5 Experience

Monkey Bones: 5 Experience

Bat Bones: 5.33 Experience

Big Bones: 15 Experience

Baby Dragon Bones: 30 Experience

Dragon Bones: 72 Experience

Players can grind bones so they give more experience after completing the Ghosts Ahoy Quest, which takes substantially longer than burying bones normally, but gives four times the experience, which is handy for those who have time and wish to conserve money.

Prayer points can be replenished by dying, drinking a Prayer Restore Potion, or by praying at an altar which restores all prayer points, except for the altar in the monestary, which adds 2 bonus prayer points in addition to replenishing prayer (for example, someone with 52 prayer would have 54/52 prayer).

Prayer bonuses are given by many things, and increase the amount of time prayer lasts, or lessens the time it takes for prayer to drain. Such items include:

Monk Robes (whole set): +11 Bonus

Druid Robes (whole set): +8 Bonus

Priest Robes (whole set): +6 Bonus

Zamorak Robes (whole set): +6 Bonus

Shade Robes (whole set): +9 Bonus

Initiate Armor (whole set): +14 Bonus

Amulet of Glory: +3 Bonus

Holy Symbol: +8 Bonus

Unholy Symbol: + 8 Bonus

All filled prayer books: +5 Bonus each

Wolfbane: +5 Bonus

Maces: Vary from +1 (Bronze and Iron) to +5 (Dragon) bonuses.

The different prayers are as follows:

Level 1: Thick Skin -- Increases defence by 5%

Level 4: Burst of Strength -- Increases strength by 5%

Level 7: Clarity of Thought -- Increases attack by 5%

Level 10: Rock Skin -- Increases defence by 10%

Level 13: Superhuman Strength -- Increases strength by 10%

Level 16: Improved Reflexes -- Increases attack by 10%

Level 19: Rapid Restore -- Twice as fast restore for all stats bar hitpoints and prayer

Level 22: Rapid Heal -- Twice as fast restore for hitpoints

Level 25: Protect Item -- Protect one extra item if you die (1 if skulled, 4 if not)

Level 28: Steel Skin -- Increases defence by 15%

Level 31: Ultimate Strength -- Increases strength by 15%

Level 34: Incredible Reflexes -- Increases attack by 15%

Level 37: Protection from Magic -- Total immunity to magic attacks from NPC's (some exceptions), a bit less than 50% immunity from magic attacks from players, bind/snare/entangle time is halved. Counts as an anti-fire shield, or anti-fire potion against dragon fire.

Level 40: Protection from Ranged -- Total immunity to ranged attacks from NPC's (some exceptions), a bit less than 50% immunity from ranged attacks from players.

Level 43: Protection from Melee -- Total immunity to melee attacks from NPC's (some exceptions), a bit less than 50% immunity from melee attacks from players.

Level 46: Retribution -- Deals damage to nearby players when you die

Level 49: Redemption -- Heals you if your health drops below 10%

Level 52: Smite -- A quarter of the damage you hit is removed from your opponent's prayer.