RuneScape/Skills/Prayer

Prayer is a skill which allows players to bury bones dropped by monsters. It is a very slow skill to raise, as bones do not give high exp.

Prayer Bonus

If you click on the menu to the right of the inventory menu, you'll see what you have equipped. If you look at the bottom of this menu, there will a small black box with the words "Attack Bonus" and "Defence Bonus" in yellow, and more words in gray underneath with plus signs and negatives. These are known as "bonuses" and help you fight.

In prayer, there is only one bonus, a "prayer bonus". A prayer bonus affects the rate your prayer level drops, because when you use a prayer spell, your prayer level will drop. Having a high prayer bonus makes your prayer level drop slower, which is very good if you want to use prayer for a long time.

Intro

If you want to use a prayer spell, click on the prayer menu, which is to the right of the equipment menu. This menu show you what prayers you can use. Prayers avialable for use are highlighted, while prayers you cannot use are dark. When you click on a prayer, it will turn yellow, showing you that you are using it. However, using prayer lowers your prayer level. So say your prayer level is 5. You select "Thick Skin" in the prayer menu. If you watch your prayer level in the skill menu, you will see it slowly drop down.

You need certain levels to use different prayer spells. Prayer can be used to help you. It can give you a great advantage over monsters and players in the wilderness, however using prayer on other players many consider "noobish", or stupid. Many players insult players using prayer because they see it as cheating or giving you an advantage over them.

Types of Bones

To raise prayer, you need to bury bones. However, there are different types of bones which give different exp. You can be any level to bury any bone. Listed below are the types of bones that can be buried.

=Free Players' Bones

These bones are available for free players.

• Bones
• Burnt Bones (located in the wilderness, around the Greater Demons)
• Monkey Bones
• Big Bones

=Members' Bones

• Bat Bones (members only)
• Jogre Bones (members only)
• Baby Dragon Bones (members only)
• Skeletal Wyvern Bones (members only)
• Dragon Bones (members only)
• Dagannoth Bones (members only)

Exp Table

Below is a table with information about burying bones.

Name	Exp Gained from Burying	Dropped By	Notes
Bones	4.5	Almost every NPC.	These bones look very small and about 80% of all monsters drop them. Random events also drop them.
Burnt Bones	4.5	Not dropped.	These bones are located in the wilderness in the northeast near the Greater Demons. They are not rare and give the same exp as regular bones.
Monkey Bones	5	Monkeys.	These bones are dropped by monkeys on Karmaja around the volcano.
Bat Bones	5.33	Giant Bats.	Members only.
Big Bones	15	All giants.	Highest bone that free players can bury.
Jogre Bones	15	Jogres.	Members only. Give same exp as big bones.
Baby Dragon Bones	30	Red and Blue Baby Dragons.	Members only.
Skeletal Wyvern Bones	50	Skeletal Wyverns.	Members only.
Dragon Bones	72	All dragons.	Members only.
Dagganoth Bones	125	Dagannoth Kings.	Members only.

Armour

Some things that you can wear give a prayer bonus, thus they can be called "armour".

Free Players' Armour

Below is a table which contains information about the armour free players can wear.

Name	Prayer Bonus	Notes
Priest Gown (top)	+3	Can be purchased in Varrock's Clothing Store.
Priest Gown (bottom)	+3	Can be purchased in Varrock's Clothing Store.
Shade Robe (top)	+5	Dropped by Shade, a random event.
Shade Robe (bottom)	+4	Dropped by Shade, a random event.
Monk's (top)	+6	Can be obtained in the Monastery's second floor (31 prayer needed).
Monk's Robe (bottom)	+5	Can be obtained in the Monastery's second floor (31 prayer needed).

Members' Armour

Below is a table which contains information about the armour members can wear.

Name	Prayer Bonus	Notes
Zamorak Robe (top)	+3	Dropped by Iban Disciples.
Zamorak Robe (bottom)	+3	Dropped by Necromancer and Iban Disciples.
Druid Robe (top)	+4	Dropped by Druids.
Druid Robe (bottom)	+4	Dropped by Druids.
Initiate Full Helmet	+3	Recruitment Drive quest reward or bought from Sir Tiffy Cashien (in Falador park sitting on a bench) after finished Recruitment Drive.
Initiate Plate Body	+6	Can be bought from Sir Tiffy Cashien (in Falador park sitting on a bench) after finishing the quest Recruitment Drive.
Initiate Plate Legs	+5	Can be bought from Sir Tiffy Cashien (in Falador park sitting on a bench) after finishing the quest Recruitment Drive.

Weapons

Maces give a prayer bonus. So if you want to attack or use prayer longer, why not use a mace? Below is a table with info about maces.

Name	Prayer Bonus	Notes
Bronze Mace	+1	Can be bought in the Mace Shop in Falador.
Iron Mace	+1	Can be bought in the Mace Shop in Falador.
Steel Mace	+2	Can be bought in the Mace Shop in Falador.
Black Mace	+2	Dropped by Dark Warriors in level 13 wilderness.
Mithril Mace	+3	Can be bought in the Mace Shop in Falador.
Adamant Mace	+3	Can be bought in the Mace Shop in Falador.
Rune Mace	+4	Can be bought from the Champion's Guild.
Dragon Mace	+5	Can be bought from the Hero's Guild. The Kalphite Queen also drops it.