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, but can be very beneficial against monsters and other players.

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, a circle will appear around it, 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.

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.

Prayer Spells

Below is a table with info about prayer spells. "Lvl Needed" means what prayer you need to use that spell.

Name	Lvl Needed	Advantage	Notes
Thick Skin	1	Increases your defence by 5%.	Makes your opponent hit less often on you.
Burst of Strength	4	Increases your strength by 5%.	Makes you hit harder by 5%.
Clarity of Thought	7	Increases your attack by 5%.	Makes you hit more often by 5%.
Rock Skin	10	Increases your defence by 10%.	Makes your opponent hit less often on you.
Superhuman Strength	13	Increases your strength by 10%.	Makes you hit harder by 10%.
Improved Reflexes	16	Increases your attack by 10%.	Makes you hit more often by 10%.
Rapid Restore	19	2x restore rate for all stats except hitpoints and prayer.	If one or more of your stats are lowered (for example, if your attack level is 59/60), then using this prayer spell will make that/those stat(s) recharge twice as fast than the normal restore rate.
Rapid Heal	22	2x restore rate for hitpoints stat.	If your hitpoints is lowered (for example, if your hitpoints is 59/60), then using this prayer spell will make it recharge twice as fast than the normal restore rate.
Protect Items	25	Keep 1 extra item if you die.	When you die, you only keep 3 of the most valuable items in your inventory. However, using this prayer spell will allow you to keep 1 more item, allowing you to keep 4 of the most valuable items in your inventory. However, if you have a skull on you from attacking another player in the wilderness, you will lose all your items except the most valuable.
Steel Skin	28	Increases your defence by 15%.	Makes your opponent hit less often on you.
Ultimate Strength	31	Increases your strength by 15%.	Makes you hit harder by 15%.
Incredible Reflexes	34	Increases your attack by 15%.	Makes you hit more often by 15%.
Protect from Magic	37	Protection from magical attacks.	Using this prayer will make you invincible against magic. Against other players, they will only do about 40% less damage than normal.
Protect from Missles	40	Protection from ranged attacks.	Using this prayer will make you invincible against range. Against other players, they will only do about 40% less damage than normal.
Protect from Melee	43	Protection from close attacks.	Using this prayer will make you invincible against melee. Against other players, they will only do about 40% less damage than normal.
Retribution	46	Inflicts damage to nearby targets if you die.	Members only.
Redemption	49	Heals you if your health falls below 10%.	Members only.
Smite	52	1/4 of damage dealt is also removed from opponent's prayer.	Members only.

It is important to note that if you are using Protect Items, you will only keep the items that can be sold for the most amount of gp at general stores, not street prices. So say you have a Blue Party Hat and a Rune Plate Body, you have a skull, and you die. Even though the party hat is worth over 200 million gp and the plate only worth about 85k, you will only keep the Rune Plate Body, as if you try to sell it to a General Store, you will get around 20k for it, but if you try to sell a Blue Party Hat to a General Store, you will only get around 1 gp.

Also, the Protect spells will only reduce damage by other players by half. But if you are fighting monsters, they will not even hurt you. However, some high levelled monsters and quest monsters are resistan to prayer and will still hurt you with it on.

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.