- For information on training this skill, see the Prayer training article.
Prayer is a skill in RuneScape Classic where the player turns on "prayers" to be aided in combat. In the very early days of RSC, Prayer was divided into 2 parts: PrayGood and PrayEvil, both lacking prayers. The two skills were merged into "prayer" in 10 May 2001 and the experience from the type of prayer with the highest experience was kept. The skill with the lower amount of experience was discarded. Former spells on the GoodMagic and EvilMagic spellbooks which had constant use on the player or the target, such as Burst of strength, were placed under "prayer" and new ones incorporated on 24 May 2001.
Prayer is a part of combat, by increasing Attack, Defense, and Strength temporarily. It is also factored into your combat level.
To train Prayer, you must bury bones. Simply pick up the bones dropped by a monster and click on the bones in your inventory to bury them. They will disappear from your inventory and you will gain prayer experience depending on the type of bone that you buried. Prayer is one of the slowest skills to train because of the small experience that bones give.
Bones[]
| Image | Bone | Experience | Fatigue SU (%) | Bones / 100% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Bones | 3.75 | 60 (0.08%) | 1,250 |
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Bat bones | 4.5 | 72 (0.096%) | 1,042 |
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Big bones | 12.5 | 200 (0.266%) | 376 |
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Dragon bones | 60 | 960 (1.28%) | 79 |
Prayers[]
| Prayer | Level | Effect | Drain Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thick skin | 1 | Increases Defense by 5% | 15 |
| Burst of strength | 4 | Increases Strength by 5% | 15 |
| Clarity of thought | 7 | Increases Attack by 5% | 15 |
| Rock skin | 10 | Increases Defense by 10% | 30 |
| Superhuman strength | 13 | Increases Strength by 10% | 30 |
| Improved reflexes | 16 | Increases Attack by 10% | 30 |
| Rapid restore | 19 | Restore all stats 2x as fast as normal, except Hitpoints & Prayer | 5 |
| Rapid heal | 22 | Hits restore 2x as fast as normal | 10 |
| Protect item | 25 | Allows one more item to be kept on death (3➝4 by default; 0➝1 if skulled) | 10 |
| Steel skin | 28 | Increases Defense by 15% | 60 |
| Ultimate strength | 31 | Increases Strength by 15% | 60 |
| Incredible Reflexes | 34 | Increases Attack by 15% | 60 |
| Paralyze Monster* | 37 | Stops the monster you are fighting from attacking you; doesn't work on players | 60 |
| Protect from missiles** | 40 | Protects from all ranged attacks; works on players | 60 |
* Monsters will not deal damage to the player, although you can still get poisoned if the monster is poisonous.
** No monsters use Ranged-based attacks in RSC, so this prayer is only useful in PvP combat, particularly in the Wilderness.
Unreleased[]
| Prayer | Level | Effect | Drain Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invisibility | 40 | Allows the player to hide from monsters and other players | 10 |
Recharging Prayer Points[]
A chaos altar.
There are three main ways to recharge prayer points: by praying at an altar, drinking a Restore prayer potion, or by dying. Players will also receive one prayer point upon leveling up the skill.
Praying at an altar or dying will recharge all prayer points and praying at the Monastery altar will even give +2 bonus.
Restore prayer potions recharge prayer by () points. To get the maximum Restore prayer potion effect of 31, the player would need level 96 Prayer.
Prayer equipment[]
- Main article: Maximum Prayer Bonus
Some equipment helps in conserving the player's prayer points by reducing the prayer drain rate. These items increase the player's Prayer bonus:
Amulets[]
| Image | Name | Prayer bonus | Where to obtain |
|---|---|---|---|
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Holy Symbol of saradomin | 8 | Crafted from Silver bar |
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Unholy Symbol of Zamorak | 6 | Crafted from Silver bar |
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(Charged) Dragonstone Amulet | 3 | Crafting (see Jewellery) |
Tops[]
| Image | Name | Prayer bonus | Where to obtain |
|---|---|---|---|
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Monks robe | 6 | Monastery |
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Druids robe | 4 | Druids |
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Priest robe | 3 | Thessalia's Fine Clothes |
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Robe of Zamorak | 3 | Iban Disciples, Necromancers |
Bottoms[]
| Image | Name | Prayer bonus | Where to obtain |
|---|---|---|---|
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Monks robe | 5 | Monastery |
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Druids robe | 4 | Druids |
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Priest gown | 3 | Thessalia's Fine Clothes |
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Robe of Zamorak | 3 | Iban Disciples, Necromancers |
Quest equipment[]
| Image | Name | Prayer bonus | Where to obtain |
|---|---|---|---|
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Doctors gown | 4 | Nurse sarah's house |
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Amulet of Doomion | 3 | Killing Doomion |
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Amulet of Holthion | 3 | Killing Holthion |
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Amulet of Othainian | 3 | Killing Othainian |
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Beads of the dead | 1 | Player made, see article |
Training[]
Killing[]
A good way to train prayer is to kill monsters, pick up their bones and bury them.
Good monsters for regular bones
It is advised that you kill monsters you can easily one-hit for fast bones.
- Chickens (lvl 3)
- Gnome troops (lvl 3)
- Cows (lvl 8)
- Rats (lvls 2, 7, 8, 13)
Good monsters for big bones
- Giants (lvl 37)
- Baby Blue Dragons (lvl 50)
- Jogres (lvl 58; will sometimes drop additional bones, too)
Good monsters for dragon bones
- Blue dragons (lvl 105)
- Red dragons (lvl 140)
- King black dragon (lvl 245)
Bat bones are not recommended for training Prayer. They only give 4.5 experience per bone instead of 3.75 from regular bones, but are lvl 32 with 32 Hitpoints, compared to the weak monsters which can be one-hit. If the player wanted to fight a monster that strong, they would be better off fighting giants for 12.5 experience per big bone.
Sidney Smith
Buying[]
Another popular alternative is to buy dragon bone certificates from other people, uncert them and then bury them. Sidney Smith, the Herblaw and miscellaneous items certer, is located in Yanille, northwest of the bank.
Quests[]
The following quests give Prayer experience rewards:
Trivia[]
- Paralyze Monster was not added from the move to RuneScape 2. Instead, it was renamed "Protect from Melee" which still prevents some damage, but the monster can still attack. Exceptions are if the attack is "Magical melee" and if the player is fighting another player, then the Prayer merely increases Defense.
- Before the magic update that gave the prayer book, the prayer stat had no use.
- No player was able to achieve level 99 Prayer before the introduction of RS2, which then officially became the main version of the game. Therefore, it is not known who was the first player to achieve 99 Prayer on RSC is.
- However, getting past 10M experience in the skill, "Lilyuffie88" was the highest ranked player whilst RSC was the main game.
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