Prayer guide

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 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 diminish. When you run out of prayer points you will have to visit an alter to recharge them. If you have members, you can also drink prayer pots.

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%.

13 Superhuman Strength Increases your strength by 10%.

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.

25 Protect Item Keep 1 extra item if you die.

28 Steel Skin Increases your defense by 15%.

31 Ultimate Strength Increases your strength by 15%.

34 Incredible Reflexes Increases your attack by 15%.

37 Protection From Magic Some protection from magic.

40 Protection From Ranged Some protection from ranged.

43 Protection From Melee Some protection from melee.

The Experience Table
There are many different types of bones you can bury in the runescape world. Below is table of every different bone that you can bury. Each bone gives a different amount of experience. Some bones are harder to get than others.

Picture Bone Name Exp

Bones 4.5

Wolf Bones 4.5

Burnt Bones 4.5

Bat Bones 5.25

Big Bones 15

Babydragon Bones 30

Dragon Bones 72

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 items, the monk's robe combined with the strongest mace you can wield is the best combination for prayer.

Robes

Picture Item Name Prayer Bonus

Monk's Robe Top +6

Monk's Robe Bottom +5

Druid Robe Top +4

Druid Robe Bottom +4

Priest Robe Top +3

Priest Robe Bottom +3

Zamorak's Robe Top +3

Zamorak's Robe Bottom +3

Necklaces

Picture Item Name Prayer Bonus

Blessed Holy Symbol +8

Unholy Symbol of Zamorak +8

Amulet of Glory +3

Maces

Picture Item Name Prayer Bonus

Dragon Mace +5

Rune Mace +4

Adamantite Mace +3

Mithril Mace +3

Black Mace +2

Steel Mace +2

Iron Mace +1

Bronze Mace +1

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

Prayer Level What To Kill Recommended Combat Level

1-30 Any low level creature that drops bones. Any

30-40 Anything that drops Big Bones. 50+ for Giant's
75+ Ogre's

40+ Dragons 65+ for Baby Dragon's
80+ for Dragon's

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 and bury them. If the text is red, it means the monster is in a members only area.

Boneyard

North from Varrock in level 26 and level 27 wilderness is a boneyard. If your combat level is high enough to survive between the agressive level 22 skeletons, and you don't fear the wilderness (there are rarely people over there), this is a great place to gain fast prayer experience. Bring 3, or if you have over 25 prayer 4, valuable armor items (helmet, platebody, plated legs and kite), some food (10-15 lobbies should be more then enough if you have over 40 defence) to be able to stay there almost forever. Just burry the big bones, which respawn real fast. src="images/maps/bone yard.jpg" /> ../images/maps/bone yard.jpg

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. There are only few monsters that do not drop any bones howerver. Some examples include: Spiders, Scorpians, Animated Axes, Earth Warriors, Demons, Ghosts, Otherworldy Beings, 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
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 reccomended for people with members that have low level prayer. Bat's can be found at the following places:

Giant Bat (lv27) - Giant room in Taverly Dungoen
Giant Bat (lv27) - Outside Morgan Le Faye's Castle
Giant Bat (lv27) - Inside Legend's Guild Dungeon
Giant Bat (lv27) - Various other underground caverns

Big Bones

Big Bones are the third best bone in the game. They are highly reccomended for leveling prayer 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:

Giant (lv20) - Edgeville dungeon
Giant (lv20) - Tree Gnome Village Maze
Moss Giant (lv40) - Varrock Sewers
Moss Giant (lv40) - Wilderness
Moss Giant (lv40) - Near Baxtorian Falls, Crandor and Brimhaven
Ogre(lv48) - Ardougne Sewers
Ogre (lv48) - Blood Rune Chest
Jogre (lv48) - Karamja Jungle
Ice Giant (lv54) - Bluerite Cave
Ice Giant (lv54) - Wilderness
Ice Giant (lv54) - White Wolf Mountain
Fire Giant (lv93) - Wilderness
Fire Giant (lv93) - Inside Waterfall

Babydragon Bones

Babydragon Bones are dropped by Baby Blue Dragons inside the taverly dungeon. They are 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 (lv43) - Taverly Dungeon next to Blue Dragons.

Dragon Bones

Dragon Bones are the highest bone in runescape. They give a whopping 72xp each and are highly 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 anit-fire shield are pretty much required. Dragons can be found at the following places:

Green Dragons (lv88) - Level 37 wilderness
Blue Dragons (lv99) - Tavelry dungeon
Red Dragons (lv140) - Level 39 Wilderness
Black Dragons (lv199) - Tavelry Dungeon
King Black Dragons (lv239) - Level 41 wilderness