Soul Wars/Rewards

Players receive Zeal points based on the outcome of the game: 1 for losing, 2 for a tie, or 3 for winning. The only exception is if you join the waiting lobby (box) and the game was already half over; for example, you join the waiting lobby at 14 minutes until the next game starts (therefore, the current game will last 11 more minutes), then if you get into the game, you will get your zeal. On the other hand, if you join at 6 minutes until the next game, and get in, you will receive 0 zeal. 70 Zeal points are awarded for completion of the Grandmaster Quest Nomad's Requiem.

Players may trade these in with Nomad, or Zimberfizz after completion of Nomad's Requiem, for a variety of rewards such as experience, charms, and other items. Players can store a maximum of 50,000 Zeal points. This is equivalent to playing and winning over 16,665 games at 23 minutes per game cycle, which is equal to just over 266 days of continuous gameplay.

Experience

The Soul Wars experience rewards interface.

Players can claim experience in combat-related skills:

• Attack
• Strength
• Defence
• Constitution
• Ranged
• Magic
• Prayer
• Slayer

XP Calculation

One zeal point is worth a set amount of experience depending on the level in that skill.

• To calculate Constitution, Attack, Strength, and Defence experience, the formula is: $floor(lvl^{2}/600)*525*zeal$.
  • Take your level and square it (multiply by itself), divide by 600, and take the floor (the largest integer that's smaller than the number). Then multiply by 525 and then the number of zeal you have.
• To calculate Ranged and Magic experience, the formula is: $floor(lvl^{2}/600)*480*zeal$.
  • Take your level and square it (multiply by itself), divide by 600, and take the floor (the largest integer that's smaller than the number). Then multiply by 480 and then the number of zeal you have.
• To calculate Prayer experience, the formula is: $floor(lvl^{2}/600)*270*zeal$.
  • Take your level and square it (multiply by itself), divide by 600, and take the floor (the largest integer that's smaller than the number). Then multiply by 270 and the number of zeal you have.
• To calculate Slayer experience from level 1 to 30, the formula is: $floor(6.788*1.1048^{lvl})*zeal$.
  • Take 1.1049 to the power of your level, multiply by 6.785, and take the floor (the largest integer that's smaller than the number). Then multiply by the number of zeal you have.
• To calculate Slayer experience from level 30 to 99, the formula is: $(floor(lvl^{2}/349)+1)*45*zeal$.
  • Take your level and square it (multiply by itself), divide by 349, and take the floor (the largest integer that's smaller than the number). Then add 1, multiply by 45, and then multiply by the number of zeal you have.
• Any skill-boosting items, such as Skill capes, drinks, stews, etc. will not increase the experience gained per zeal spent.
• The most experience that can be earned from one zeal is 8400 (with level 98+ in attack, strength, defence, or constitution).
• Redeeming 100 zeal points at a time grants you 10% bonus experience.
• As of the update made on 11 January 2010, the way zeal XP is calculated has been changed. The Runescape official website states, "We have improved how Zeal earned from playing Soul Wars is cashed in. If when spending 10 or 100 Zeal you gain a level in your chosen skill, then your new level will be taken into account as soon as it is earned, and the remainder of the 10 or 100 Zeal will be applied based on your new level. Remember that if you spend 100 Zeal at a time, you receive a 10% bonus to any XP gained, so now it is better than ever to save up your Zeal."[1] It is also worth noting that redeeming 10 points at a time does not result in a 10% bonus, so 10 points are worth 10 points, not 11.

Derivation of formulas

Note: Useful XP charts are available below, and it will help to have them open when reading this section.

Constitution/Attack/Defence/Strength:
For these skills, one first notices that the experience gained for levels 25 and up occur only as multiples of 525. This suggests that some floor or other integer function is being multiplied by 525. The next thing one has to notice (and this is not so easy) is that the sizes of the level intervals that give the same XP per zeal is decreasing, and is decreasing just like the derivative of the square root, meaning that, to find the intervals, one can take evenly spaced points on the y-axis of the graph of x^2, then find which intervals on the x-axis produce such intervals on the y-axis (by projecting the points to the right onto the function, then down onto the x-axis), and the lengths of the intervals on the x-axis will look exactly like the intervals of levels used in zeal calculation (and will decrease just as quickly). This finding tells us that there is a floor(lvl^2) involved, and some searching proves that floor(lvl^2/600) is the correct answer: floor(35^2/600)=floor(34^2/600), floor(35^2/600)=floor(42^2/600), etc. The function then, for Constitution/Attack/Strength/Defence XP with levels over 25, is $floor(lvl^{2}/600)*525$ per zeal.

Magic/Ranged and Prayer:
A similar process applies to the Magic/Ranged and Prayer categories, the only difference being that the XP step sizes are 480 and 270, respectively, in place of 525, yielding
$floor(lvl^{2}/600)*480$ magic/ranged XP per zeal;
$floor(lvl^{2}/600)*270$ prayer XP per zeal.

Slayer:
The slayer formula is similar, but the level intervals that produce the same XP are different. 349 now needs to replace 600, and 45 replaces 525 (or 480 or 270) as the XP step size:
$(floor(lvl^{2}/349)+1)*45$ slayer XP per zeal.
The 1 is added because all slayer XP rewards are otherwise exactly 45 too low. The level 1-30 slayer formula, just by the looks of it, seems to be exponential. So we use an exponential interpolation as follows:
We know that at level 1, the XP per zeal is 7, and at level 30 it is 135 (keep in mind that the XP per zeal at level 30 should be the same from both the 1-30 and the 30-99 formula), and we know that the XP function is of the form
$A*B^{lvl}$
Hence we look at XP(30)/XP(1), which will eliminate A from the equation:
$A*B^{30}/(A*B^{1})=B^{29}=XP(30)/XP(1)=135/7$
Solving for B gives
$B=(135/7)^{1/29}$
Now, all that is necessary to solve for A is to use a known value. Let's plug in XP(1)=7:
$A*((135/7)^{1/29})^{lvl}=XP(lvl)$
$A*((135/7)^{1/29})^{1}=7$
$A=7/(135/7)^{1/29}$
But the function we then get is a little off: noticeably, the XP values are low for levels 2, 3, 4, and 5, which can be immediately tested. We therefore add a small correction, by assuming that the experience per zeal at level 1 is slightly larger (let's say 7.5), and replacing this value for all the 7's in the equation:
$A=7.5/(135/7.5)^{1/29}$
$B=(135/7.5)^{1/29}$
$XP=A*B^{lvl}=7.5/(135/7.5)^{1/29}*((135/7.5)^{1/29})^{lvl}$
And, of course, we take the floor of this function to give the integer XP values. This equation works for all XP per zeal returns in slayer for levels 1-30.
The equation itself can be simplified using decimal approximations:
$XP=floor(6.788*1.1048^{lvl})$.

Charts

Chart of experience per zeal point per level in any skill:

Attack / Strength / Defence / Constitution
Level	1 zeal	10 zeal	100 zeal
1-24	0	0	0
25-34	525	5250	57750
35-42	1050	10500	115500
43-48	1575	15750	173250
49-54	2100	21000	231000
55-59	2625	26250	288750
60-64	3150	31500	346500
65-69	3675	36750	404250
70-73	4200	42000	462000
74-77	4725	47250	519750
78-81	5250	52500	577500
82-84	5775	57750	635250
85-88	6300	63000	693000
89-91	6825	68250	750750
92-94	7350	73500	808500
95-97	7875	78750	866250
98-99	8400	84000	924000

Magic/Ranged
Level	1 zeal	10 zeal	100 zeal
1-24	0	0	0
25-34	480	4800	52800
35-42	960	9600	105600
43-48	1440	14400	158400
49-54	1920	19200	211200
55-59	2400	24000	264000
60-64	2880	28800	316800
65-69	3360	33600	369600
70-73	3840	38400	422400
74-77	4320	43200	475200
78-81	4800	48000	528000
82-84	5280	52800	580800
85-88	5760	57600	633600
89-91	6240	62400	686400
92-94	6720	67200	739200
95-97	7200	72000	792000
98-99	7680	76800	844800

Prayer
Level	1 zeal	10 zeal	100 zeal
1-24	0	0	0
25-34	270	2700	29700
35-42	540	5400	59400
43-48	810	8100	89100
49-54	1080	10800	118800
55-59	1350	13500	148500
60-64	1620	16200	178200
65-69	1890	18900	207900
70-73	2160	21600	237600
74-77	2430	24300	267300
78-81	2700	27000	297000
82-84	2970	29700	326700
85-88	3240	32400	356400
89-91	3510	35100	386100
92-94	3780	37800	415800
95-97	4050	40500	445500
98-99	4320	43200	475200

Slayer
Level	1 zeal	10 zeal	100 zeal
1-24	0	0	0
25	82	820	9020
26	90	900	9900
27	100	1000	11000
28	110	1100	12100
29	122	1220	13420
30-32	135	1350	14850
33-37	180	1800	19800
38-41	225	2250	24750
42-45	270	2700	29700
46-49	315	3150	34650
50-52	360	3600	39600
53-56	405	4050	44550
57-59	450	4500	49500
60-61	495	4950	54450
62-64	540	5400	59400
65-67	585	5850	64350
68-69	630	6300	69300
70-72	675	6750	74250
73-74	720	7200	79200
75-77	765	7650	84150
78-79	810	8100	89100
80-81	855	8550	94050
82-83	900	9000	99000
84-85	945	9450	103950
86-87	990	9900	108900
88-89	1035	10350	113850
90-91	1080	10800	118800
92-93	1125	11250	123750
94-95	1170	11700	128700
96-97	1215	12150	133650
98	1260	12600	138600
99	1305	13050	143550

Calculators

template = Template:Soul wars attack strength defence constitution calc
form = swasdcf
result = swasdcr
param = 1|Skill's level||int|1-99
param = 2|# of Zeal||int

Attack/Strength/Defence/Constitution calculator
Calculator is loading...
Result
0 Experience Points

template = Template:Soul wars magic ranged calc
form = swmrf
result = swmrr
param = 1|Skill's level||int|1-99
param = 2|# of Zeal||int

Magic/Range calculator
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Result
0 Experience Points

template = Template:Soul wars prayer calc
form = swpf
result = swpr
param = 1|Skill's level||int|1-99
param = 2|# of Zeal||int

Prayer calculator
Calculator is loading...
Result
0 Experience Points

template = Soul wars slayer calc
form = swsf
result = swsr
param = 1|Skill's level||int|1-99
param = 2|# of Zeal||int

Slayer calculator*
Calculator is loading...
Result
0 Experience Points

* Due to the current uncertainty, this calculator may be incorrect.

Charms

The Soul Wars charm rewards

Players can choose to use their points to purchase charms. Gold, Green, Crimson, and Blue charms are available; the number of charms a player receives depends on their Combat skill levels. Charms cannot be obtained if the player has a Combat level of 12 or lower.

Charm	Zeal points
Gold Charm	4
Green Charm	5
Crimson Charm	12
Blue Charm	30

A specific amount of zeal points is exchanged for a specific amount of charms. Please note that the amount of charms received at specific combat levels is currently under investigation, please see the talk page for more information or to contribute. This is the current chart based on data collected for the number of charms a player would receive when trading in zeal points for a charm reward

Combat Level	Gold Charms	Green Charms	Crimson Charms	Blue Charms
12-74	6	4	4	5
75-82	14	9	9	9
83-99	24	15	15	19
100-108	34	22	22	22
109-124	41	27	26	36
125-136	47	31	30	41
137+	52	34	34	45

Other

The other rewards that can be obtained from Soul Wars

Most options here are for new Slayer pets, resurrected from remains brought along during the game. If players bring a stuffed or unstuffed trophy, Nomad will then supply the player with a pet of that type.

Image	Trophy	Pet	Zeal points
	Crawling hand	Creeping hand	5
	Cockatrice head	Minitrice	25
	Basilisk head	Baby basilisk	40
	Kurask head	Baby kurask	70
	Abyssal demon head	Abyssal minion	85
	Fire cape	TzRek Jad	100

• The amount of points each Summoning pet costs is equal to the Slayer level required to kill the respective Slayer creature.
• Note: If players have a mounted head in their player-owned house, they CANNOT remove the mounted head and salvage it to turn it into a pet. If they remove a mounted head, they will not receive it back in any form.
• Players will not get back the Fire Capes they exchange for TzRek Jad.

Gamble!

Mod Rathe confirming on the RuneScape Forums that rares cannot be obtained from the Gamble! option.

The Gamble! option will reward players with a random item. Below is an unconfirmed list of possible rewards from the "Gamble!" feature. The option costs two zeal points. The rewards are related to either the Prayer, Summoning and to a lesser extent Hunter, Herblore and Crafting skills. Due to the fact that the Gamble rewards were not listed in any official form at the time of release, there were widespread rumours of players receiving valuable items such as Amulets of fury, Dragon platebody, Abyssal whips, Elysian spirit shields and white partyhats, but this has been proven false.

Picture	Item	Number	Total value
	Babydragon bones	23
	Wyvern bones	11-23	52,822 to   110,446
	Wolf bones	18-39	13,968 to   30,264
	Dagannoth hide	5	13,560
	Big bones	60	21,060
	Marigolds	6-8	20,226 to   26,968
	Larupia fur	4-12	20,088 to   60,264
	Bones	209-290	21,945 to   30,450
	Dragon bones	11	23,144
	Coins	20,000 to 250,000	20,000 to   250,000
	Unicorn horn	22	27,280
	Kyatt fur	4-9	26,632 to   59,922
	Vampyre dust	19-28 noted	3,667 to   5,404
	Evil turnip	7	21,966
	Carved evil turnip	7 noted	26,103
	Thin snail	20 raw and noted	21,500
File:Proboscis.png	Proboscis	12	96,264
	Desert goat horn	6 noted	3,456
	Dagannoth bones	3-5 noted	18,585 to   24,780
	Ogre coffin key	42 noted	94,290
	Red flowers	9 noted	4,311
	Green dragonhide	10 noted	17,430
	Potato cactus	18-19 noted	17,982 to   18,981
	Bagged plant 1	20 noted	25,280
	Graahk fur	5-21	46,360 to   194,712
	Snake hide	10 noted	18,340

This is a decent way to make money from zeal, as the least valuable option (desert goat horns) is still worth 3,456. However, it is recommended to spend the zeals on XP rewards or charms, since you can only get 8-9 zeals an hour if you win every single game and obtaining a high-priced reward is rare.

Analysis

Assuming the general way of training prayer is by offering Dragon bones at a Gilded altar, the cost of prayer is 8.35 coins per exp. The zeal experience of Prayer is pegged to the zeal experience of Ranged/Magic and Constitution/Defence/Strength/Attack at 1:1.78 and 1:1.94 respectively. Hence the opportunity cost of Ranged/Magic is 4.7 coins per exp and the opportunity cost of Constitution/Defence/Strength/Attack is 4.29 coins per exp. Spending Zeal on Strength, Ranged or Mage is a very good idea for training. Spending Zeal on the Gamble! option is never a good idea as there are much faster money making methods. As for slayer, you get about a quarter of prayer's exp, hence the cost is about 33 coins per exp.

As for summoning, it is not worth it as you can only gain about 20 crimson charms or 11 blue charms per hour. This only amounts to approximately 6k exp an hour. Harvesting charms can be done with easier and faster methods. However, if you play soul wars for fun and need the charms, it's up to you to weigh the benefits of the charms versus other rewards.