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{{otheruses|the skill|information on training|Prayer training}} ''[[Free-to-play Prayer training|(F2P)]] [[Pay-to-play Prayer training|(P2P)]]''
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|release = [[4 January]] [[2001]]
|update = Runescape beta is now online!
|members = No
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[[File:Prayer.png|left|A detailed image of the Prayer icon]]
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'''Prayer''' is a [[skill]] that allows players  to use prayer(s) to generate advantages in [[combat]]. The ability to do so is achieved through evoking the power of certain gods of ''RuneScape''. All players start with limited access to the Prayer skill. As one's Prayer level increases, they gain access to new prayers. As players traverse the land and complete many adventures, they find themselves presented with the opportunity to gain the prayers and blessings of various gods such as [[Zaros]], who is related to RuneScape's deep past, and [[Saradomin]], the god of order. Some of the strongest prayers are only available after doing certain member quests or by buying it using Dungeoneering tokens and requiring Dungeoneering levels.

{{Skill minimum rank|Prayer}} {{Skill 99s|Prayer}}
[[File:Prayer active.gif|right|A player activating a Prayer for use in combat.]]
The main Free-to-play ways to train prayer are to bury [[Bones]] and scatter [[Demon Ashes]].  While for players that are members, using bones or ashes on a gilded altar in a [[Player-owned house|POH]].  For rich members, frost bones are a quick way to 99, while semi-prosperous players resort to dragon bones (though it's not much slower). Bones can be obtained by killing various creatures, by taking bone drops that other players leave behind, or by collecting the bones that spawn in various places, such as in parts of the [[Edgeville Dungeon]] or at the [[Chaos Temple (Wilderness)|Chaos Temple]] in the southern [[Wilderness]]. Demon ashes can be obtained by killing [[Demon]]s or by taking demon ashes drops that other players leave behind. Prayer is difficult to train in Free-to-play, because the most amount of experience granted in Free-to-Play that is a renewable sources comes from [[big bones]], which give only 15 experience.

According to [[Zamorak]],<ref>[http://services.runescape.com/m=rswiki/en/God_Letters_Issue_15 Saradomin 15th edition of God Letters]</ref> the God of Order deals with prayers, "so that when you give the dead an honourable burial in his name it strengthens the bond between you, allowing him to help you out in little ways that others such as [[Guthix]] won't notice." [[Yauchomi]], the Lumbridge Prayer tutor (removed from the game) stated that burying bones raise your Prayer level by increasing your 'holy energies'.

Prayer, unlike most skills that are directly related to their name, cannot be trained just through the act of "praying." In fact, Prayer almost completely relies on the act of burying [[bone]]s to gain experience (there are certain ways to gain Prayer [[experience]] without burying bones, but those are covered later in this article).

Prayer is currently the slowest skill (according to player polls) to raise as a [[free play]]er. However, its benefits in combat can be exceedingly useful, especially amongst [[members]]. Through various members' benefits, Prayer can become much faster and easier to raise on member servers.

The prayer icon used to be yellow ([[File:Yellow Prayer.png]]) but this was changed to the current colors after the release of [[Hunter]].
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==Quick Prayers==
On [[25 March]] [[2009]], the [[Minimap#User interface icons|Prayer icon]] next to the minimap ([[File:Prayer icon.png]]) had a function added which expanded on its function as a simple meter. This new function was recognised as "quick prayers". It can now be left-clicked to activate, or deactivate, a group of Prayers preselected by the player simultaneously. You can select which prayers are activated by right-clicking the button and choosing the "Select quick prayers" option. (You can do the same with curses; the option changes to "Select quick curses". Quick curses and quick prayers are saved separately.) Before the addition of this function, players had to, sometimes frantically, locate the Prayer icon and activate them one by one. This new function allows players to place many of the most useful Prayers on immediate standby. However, many players use the button simply to turn off Prayers when accessing Prayers through its tab, by double left-clicking it to turn off all prayers. This was the official release of the "quick prayers" function, as provided by Jagex:

''"The fourth upgrade for this week will save you valuable seconds in times of need. The Prayer button near the minimap has undergone an overhaul so you can now set a Prayer, or group of Prayers, before you go into action, and activate or de-activate it with one click. The button will also indicate the loss of Prayer points by gradually fading out – similar to the behaviour of the life points button. This should help prevent you accidentally running out of Prayer points, and finding yourself suddenly vulnerable to your opponent's attacks." - Jagex''.

==History and origins==
Prayer is one of the older skills in the game, dating back to early [[RuneScape Classic]]. 
As with (good and evil) [[Magic]] it was then made up of two skills in RuneScape Classic: PrayGood and PrayEvil. Earlier than this, Prayer was known as Necromancy - the reason this was changed is probably because the term Necromancy was the moniker given to the Magic Class (back when the game had classes).

Prayer was the last of the original skills in which players were able to reach the maximum skill level of 99. Before any of the "Prayers" were made available (the only reason why people choose to train this skill in the first place), players could still gain Prayer levels through burying bones and completing [[The Restless Ghost]]. While Prayer did not have any uses, the Prayers used to exist in the Good Magic and Evil Magic skills simply as a "moral compass" of sorts.
Although burying bones may not seem to have much to do with prayer, it has been said in ''Postbag from the Hedge ''that although Saradomin condemns violence, he does like the player to bury the body honourably. A quote from issue 13 of the 'Postbag From the Hedge':

"Saradomin has a great pride upon himself, and his time is mostly spent with listening to the songs of his glories from the religious and the offerings of bones made to him by those seeking to gain his favour through prayers".

[[File:Prayers.png|frame|The standard Prayer book]]
These, and Zamorak's statement above, would indicate that prayer is more closely related to Saradomin than to any other Gods.

On [[6 September]] [[2011]] Prayer points were updated to work in the same way as [[Constitution|life points]], i.e. the maximum number of prayer points a player normally has is 10x their Prayer level. The drain rate of prayer points has been updated to match the change.

==Overview of how Prayer works==
Increasing a player's Prayer level is generally done through various uses of [[bones]] or demonic ashes, with non-members limited to burying them (except in Daemonheim, where they can be used on altars). Members have other options that are faster; such as offering bones to the gods at a [[Gilded altar]]; worshipping at the [[Ectofuntus]]; or taking part in activities that award prayer experience such as Soul Wars, Conquest and Pest Control.

To use a Prayer, players must click on any Prayer available. Prayers that are highlighted with colour can be used by the player, while Prayers unavailable are darkened. When a player clicks on a spell, a lighted circle will appear around it, indicating that they are using it.

Using a Prayer spell drains the player's Prayer energy at varying speeds, and once this energy is depleted, Prayers can no longer be used; therefore, use of any and all Prayers are temporary. To slow the rate of drain, players may equip items that add Prayer bonuses, such as a blessed [[holy symbol]] or [[priest robe]]s, which reduces the drain rate by increasing Prayer bonuses. Increasing Prayer level does not reduce the drain rate of prayers.

Once the player's Prayer points reaches zero, all prayers will deactivate and no prayers will be able to be in use until the player recharges their Prayer points.

Prayer level determines the player's maximum prayer points: if it's drained due to factors such as a trap in a [[Battlefield (Clan Citadels)|Clan Battlefield]], the maximum amount of prayer points is reduced accordingly. This can be remedied with the use of a [[Restore potion]] or [[Super restore]].

==Recharging==
[[File:Praying at altar.gif|frame|right|A player recharging prayer points.]]
To recharge Prayer points, a player must pray at an [[altar]] or drink a potion that restores Prayer points - if a [[Holy wrench]] is in the player's inventory while drinking a Prayer-restoring potion, additional Prayer points will be restored. Other options include dying or entering one of the many minigames that are [[PvP]] related.

There are some altar locations that will charge the player's Prayer points and offer a small boost to Prayer. These locations are: The Monk Altar-top floor of the [[Monastery]], the Nature Altar-Grotto tree in Filliman Tarlock's Camp ([[Morytania]]), the Elidinis Altar-[[Nardah]], the Seers' village altar (after doing the hard seers' village tasks) and the Zaros Altar-[[Temple of Senntisten]]. Note: Praying at these altars will not raise the player's base level, it will only provide a small boost - similar to other stat-boosting potions.

The [[Falador shield]], obtainable from the [[Falador Tasks]], can also restore your Prayer points, but the shield may only be activated once per day. The [[Ancient Mace]] and the [[Saradomin godsword]] also have Prayer-restoration properties associated with their special attacks.

Jangerberries restore 10 prayer points.

While wearing full [[Citharede Robes]], a player can listen to a musician, restoring 30 prayer points every game tick, or 150 points every 3 seconds.

==Other uses==
Players with level 70 or greater Prayer may also bless the [[gravestone]]s of others to increase a gravestone's lifespan, up to an hour.

Players under level 70 in prayer can repair the gravestones of others to return the gravestone's timer back to its original time. For example, a gravestone that lasts for four minutes, when repaired, will return to its time of four minutes.

== Prayer bonus==

[[File:Prayer level use.png|frame|This Prayer level is drained by 247 points.]]
Prayer bonuses can be viewed in the '''Equipment and Stats''' window. Here, players can see all their bonuses, including Prayer. Prayer points will drain slower or quicker, depending upon the amount of Prayer bonuses a player has. Players who have a positive Prayer bonus will drain slower Prayer points than usual. The higher the Prayer bonus is, the slower the player's Prayer points will drain when using Prayer.

Each point of Prayer bonus slows the drain rate by '''3⅓% of the regular drain rate of the Prayer(s)'''. A general formula for the time (interval) between dropping Prayer points with a given Prayer bonus is: <code>modified drain interval = Prayer drain interval × (1 + (Prayer bonus / 30))</code>

Where the '''drain interval is the number of seconds per point''' (i.e. 1 point per ''x'' seconds).

For example, if a player uses the "Protect From Melee" Prayer with a Prayer bonus of 0, their Prayer points would drain at a rate of 1 point every 0.3 seconds. If that player then equips armour giving a Prayer bonus of +15, the drain rate of this Prayer is slowed by 15 / 30 = 0.5, so the '''drain interval becomes 0.3 × (1 + 0.5) = 0.45''', or 1 point per 0.45 seconds instead of 1 point every 0.3 seconds.

To generate a Prayer bonus, players must equip certain types of [[armour]], clothing, [[weapons]], and [[jewellery]]. See [[#Equipment|the Equipment section]] for more information.

Prayer bonuses, however, do not help to stave off the side-effects of locations and NPC's which drain Prayer.

==Prayers==
[[File:Prayers Above Head.gif|right|frame|A player demonstrating overhead Prayers.]]

This is the list of all Prayers that players begin the game with access to. As a player's Prayer level increases, more of these Prayers will become available for usage.

While Members have the ability to be granted access to all 30 Prayer spells (depending upon their preferences), free players can access 21 out of 30 Prayer spells but cannot use the last eight (including [[Augury]], Rigour and [[Rapid Renewal]]) or Protect From Summoning, due to members [[quests]] being required. Prayers can be activated in the Prayer List [[interface]] ([[File:Prayericonnewer.png]])
Players can also use some Prayers at the same time with others, though doing so will compound the drain rate of these Prayers. Some Prayers cannot be used simultaneously and are marked in the table with the same background colour. For example, activating the "Smite" Prayer while the "Protect From Melee" Prayer is active will automatically deactivate "Protect from Melee" as they are incompatible Prayers.

{|class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|Prayer
!Level
!Effect
!Drain rate
!Notes
|-bgcolor="#bee0ff"
|align=center|[[File:Thick skin.png|Thick Skin]]
|[[Thick Skin]]
|1
|align=center| +5% {{skill clickpic|Defence}} Defence
|1 point per 1.2 seconds
| +
|-bgcolor="#98fb98"
|align=center|[[File:Burst of strength.gif|Burst of Strength]]
|[[Burst of Strength]]
|4
|align=center| +5% {{skill clickpic|Strength}} Strength
|1 point per 1.2 seconds
| +
|-bgcolor="#faaaaa"
|align=center|[[File:Clarity of thought.gif|Clarity of Thought]]
|[[Clarity of Thought]]
|7
|align=center| +5% {{skill clickpic|Attack}} Attack
|1 point per 1.2 seconds
| +
|-bgcolor="#bfff3e"
|align=center|[[File:Sharp eye.gif|Sharp Eye]]
|[[Sharp Eye]]
|8
|align=center| +5% {{skill clickpic|Ranged}} Ranged
|1 point per 1.2 seconds
| +
|-bgcolor="#bfff3e"
|align=center|[[File:Mystic will.gif|Mystic Will]]
|[[Mystic Will]]
|9
|align=center| +5% {{skill clickpic|Magic}} Magic
|1 point per 1.2 seconds
| +
|-bgcolor="#bee0ff"
|align=center|[[File:Rock skin.gif|Rock Skin]]
|[[Rock Skin]]
|10
|align=center| +10% {{skill clickpic|Defence}} Defence
|1 point per 0.6 seconds
| +
|-bgcolor="#98fb98"
|align=center|[[File:Superhuman strength.gif|Superhuman Strength]]
|[[Superhuman Strength]]
|13
|align=center| +10% {{skill clickpic|Strength}} Strength
|1 point per 0.6 seconds
| +
|-bgcolor="#faaaaa"
|align=center|[[File:Improved reflexes.gif|Improved Reflexes]]
|[[Improved Reflexes]]
|16
|align=center| +10% {{skill clickpic|Attack}} Attack
|1 point per 0.6 seconds
| +
|-bgcolor="#ffd700"
|align=center|[[File:Rapid restore.gif|Rapid Restore]]
|[[Rapid Restore]]
|19
|align=center|2x restore rate for all skills except {{skill clickpic|Constitution}} Constitution, {{skill clickpic|Prayer}} Prayer and {{skill clickpic|Summoning}} Summoning
|1 point per 3.6 seconds
|&
|-bgcolor="#c6aaff"
|align=center|[[File:Rapid heal.gif|Rapid heal]]
|[[Rapid Heal]]
|22
|align=center|2x restore rate for {{skill clickpic|Constitution}} Constitution
|1 point per 1.8 seconds
|&
|-bgcolor="#9acd32"
|align=center|[[File:Protect Items Prayer.png|Protect Items]]
|[[Protect Item]]
|25
|align=center|Players keep 1 extra item when they die. Also on [[Ancient Curses]].
|1 point per 1.8 seconds
|&
|-bgcolor="#bfff3e"
|align=center|[[File:Hawk eye.gif|Hawk Eye]]
|[[Hawk Eye]]
|26
|align=center| +10% {{skill clickpic|Ranged}} Ranged
|1 point per 0.6 seconds
| +
|-bgcolor="#bfff3e"
|align=center|[[File:Mystic lore.gif|Mystic Lore]]
|[[Mystic Lore]]
|27
|align=center| +10% {{skill clickpic|Magic}} Magic
|1 point per 0.6 seconds
| +
|-bgcolor="#bee0ff"
|align=center|[[File:Steel skin.gif|Steel Skin]]
|[[Steel Skin]]
|28
|align=center| +15% {{skill clickpic|Defence}} Defence
|1 point per 0.3 seconds
| +
|-bgcolor="#98fb98"
|align=center|[[File:Ultimate strength.gif|Ultimate Strength]]
|[[Ultimate Strength]]
|31
|align=center| +15% {{skill clickpic|Strength}} Strength
|1 point per 0.3 seconds
| +
|-bgcolor="#faaaaa"
|align=center|[[File:Incredible reflexes.gif|Incredible Reflexes]]
|[[Incredible Reflexes]]
|34
|align=center| +15% {{skill clickpic|Attack}} Attack
|1 point per 0.3 seconds
| +
|-bgcolor="#d2b44c"
|align=center|[[File:Protect from summoning.gif|Protect from Summoning]]
|[[Protect from Summoning]]
|35
|align=center|[[Member]]'s only.<br />Protect against damage from {{skill clickpic|Summoning}} Summoning attacks and scrolls
|1 point per 0.3 seconds
|=
|-bgcolor="#d2b48c"
|align=center|[[File:Protection from magic.png]]
|[[Protect from Magic]]
|37
|align=center|Protection from {{skill clickpic|Magic}} Magic attacks - 100% monsters, 40% other players.<br />Halves the duration of holding spells ([[Bind]], [[Snare]], and [[Entangle]]) and [[Teleport Block]]. ('''Note:'''[[Ancient Magicks]] ice spells will not be reduced.) Some monsters can hit through the prayer.
|1 point per 0.3 seconds
|%
|-bgcolor="#d2b48c"
|align=center|[[File:Protection from ranged.png|Protection from Missiles]]
|[[Protect from Missiles]]
|40
|align=center|Protection from {{skill clickpic|Ranged}} Ranged attacks - 100% monsters, 40% other players. Halves the duration of immobility as a result of [[Bolas]]. Some monsters can hit through prayer.
|1 point per 0.3 seconds
|%
|-bgcolor="#d2b48c"
|align=center|[[File:Protection from melee.png|Protection from Melee]]
|[[Protect from Melee]]
|43
|align=center|Protection from {{skill clickpic|Attack}} Attack attacks - 100% monsters, 40% other players. Some monsters can hit through prayer.
|1 point per 0.3 seconds.
|%
|-bgcolor="#bfff3e"
|align=center|[[File:Eagle eye.png|Eagle Eye]]
|[[Eagle Eye]]
|44
|align=center| +15% {{skill clickpic|Ranged}} Ranged
|1 point per 0.3 seconds
| +
|-bgcolor="#bfff3e"
|align=center|[[File:Mystic might.gif|Mystic Might]]
|[[Mystic Might]]
|45
|align=center| +15% {{skill clickpic|Magic}} Magic
|1 point per 0.3 seconds
| +
|-bgcolor="#d2b48c"
|align=center|[[File:Retribution.png|Retribution]]
|[[Retribution]]
|46
|align=center|Members only.<br />Deals damage of up to 250% of your Prayer level to all nearby enemies in a 3x3 radius upon death. Note that this prayer will not hurt other players outside of PvP areas, and it won't hit multiple targets in non-multicombat zones.
|1 point per 1.2 seconds
|%
|-bgcolor="#d2b48c"
|align=center|[[File:Redemption.gif|Redemption]]
|[[Redemption]]
|49
|align=center|Members only.<br />Heals a player by 250% of their prayer level if their {{skill clickpic|Constitution}} Constitution fall below 10%. When this Prayer takes effect, all remaining Prayer points are drained.
|1 point per 0.6 seconds
|%
|-bgcolor="#d2b48c"
|align=center|[[File:Smite.png|Smite]]
|[[Smite]]
|52
|align=center|Members only.<br />1/4 of damage dealt is removed from an enemy's Prayer.
|1 point per 0.18 seconds
|%
|-bgcolor="#ff5353"
|align=center|[[File:Chivalry.png|Chivalry]]
|[[Chivalry]]
|60
|align=center|Members only.<br />+15% {{skill clickpic|Attack}} Attack<br />+18% {{skill clickpic|Strength}} Strength<br />+20% {{skill clickpic|Defence}} Defence<br />Requires completion of [[King's Ransom]] and the [[Knight Waves Training Grounds]] activity.
|1 point per 0.18 seconds
| +
|-bgcolor="#c6aaff"
|align=center|[[File:Rapid Renewal.png|Rapid Renewal]]
|[[Rapid Renewal]]
|65
|align=center|Members only.<br />5x restore rate for {{skill clickpic|Constitution}} Constitution<br />Requires level 65 dungeoneering and needs to be purchased with 107,000 tokens
|1 point per 0.24 seconds
|&
|-bgcolor="#ff5353"
|align=center|[[File:Piety.png|Piety]]
|[[Piety]]
|70
|align=center|Members only.<br />+20% {{skill clickpic|Attack}} Attack<br />+23% {{skill clickpic|Strength}} Strength<br />+25% {{skill clickpic|Defence}} Defence<br />Requires completion of [[King's Ransom]] and the [[Knight Waves Training Grounds]] activity.
|1 point per 0.15 seconds (0.225 seconds with castle wars halo equipped)
| +
|-bgcolor="#bfff3e"
|align=center|[[File:Rigour.png|Rigour]]
|[[Rigour]]
|74
|align=center|Members only.<br />+20% {{skill clickpic|Ranged}} Ranged<br />+25% {{skill clickpic|Defence}} Defence<br />Requires level 74 {{skill clickpic|Dungeoneering}} Dungeoneering and purchased with 140,000 tokens.
|1 point per 0.2 seconds
| +
|-bgcolor="#bfff3e"
|align=center|[[File:Augury.png|Augury]]
|[[Augury]]
|77
|align=center|Members only.<br />+20% {{skill clickpic|Magic}} Magic<br />+25% {{skill clickpic|Defence}} Defence<br />Requires level 77 {{skill clickpic|Dungeoneering}} Dungeoneering and purchased with 153,000 tokens.
|1 point per 0.18 seconds
| +
|}

Notes:
* + These Prayers will not stack with other versions of themselves (e.g. Rock Skin can't be used at the same time as Steel Skin)
*% These Prayers cannot be used at the same time
* & These Prayers have no restrictions, can be used with any others.
* = Protect from Summoning can't be used at same time as Smite, Redemption or Retribution, but stacks with any other Protect Prayer.

==Ancient curses==
[[Ancient Curses]] are the prayers of the god [[Zaros]]. They are high-level prayers that are accessed after [[The Temple at Senntisten]]. They are only available to members. Similar rules from the regular Prayer list apply: sap curses cannot be used with leech curses. Deflect curses cannot be used together, except ''Deflect Summoning'' can be used with another ''deflect'' curse. [[File:Ancient Curses Overhead.gif|right|frame|A player demonstrating overhead Curses.]]

{|class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|Prayer
!Level
!Effect
!Drain rate
!Notes
|-bgcolor="#9acd32"
|<div align="center">[[File:Protect item.gif|Protect item]]</div>
|[[Protect Item]]
|50
|If this curse is active it allows you to keep an additional [[item]] when you die. Also available on Normal Prayers.
|1 point every 1.8 seconds
| &
|-bgcolor="#faaaaa"
|<div align="center">[[File:Sap warrior.gif|Sap warrior]]</div>
|[[Sap Warrior]]
|50
|Drains enemy {{skill clickpic|Attack}} Attack, {{skill clickpic|Strength}} Strength and {{skill clickpic|Defence}} Defence by 10%, increasing to 20% over time.
|1 point every 0.24 seconds
| +
|-bgcolor="#bfff3e"
|<div align="center">[[File:Sap ranger.gif|Sap ranger]]</div>
|[[Sap Ranger]]
|52
|Drains enemy {{skill clickpic|Ranged}} Ranged and {{skill clickpic|Defence}} Defence by 10%, increasing to 20% over time.
|1 point every 0.24 seconds
| +
|-bgcolor="#bee0ff"
|<div align="center">[[File:Sap mage.gif|Sap mage]]</div>
|[[Sap Mage]]
|54
|Drains enemy {{skill clickpic|Magic}} Magic and {{skill clickpic|Defence}} Defence by 10%, increasing to 20% over time.
|1 point every 0.24 seconds
| +
|-bgcolor="#c6aaff"
|<div align="center">[[File:Sap spirit.gif|Sap spirit]]</div>
|[[Sap Spirit]]
|56
|Drain enemy [[special attack]] energy.
|1 point every 0.24 seconds
| +
|-bgcolor="#ffd700"
|<div align="center">[[File:Berserker.gif|Beserker]]</div>
|[[Berserker]]
|59
|Boosted [[combat stats]] last 15% longer.
|1 point every 1.8 seconds
| &
|-bgcolor="#d2b44c"
|<div align="center">[[File:Deflect summoning.gif|Deflect summoning]]</div>
|[[Deflect Summoning]]
|62
|Protect against damage from {{skill clickpic|Summoning}} Summoning attacks and [[Summoning scrolls]] and can deflect some damage back.
|1 point every 0.3 seconds
| =
|-bgcolor="#d2b48c"
|<div align="center">[[File:Deflect magic.gif|Deflect magic]]</div>
|[[Deflect Magic]]
|65
|Protects against damage from {{skill clickpic|Magic}} Magic attacks and can deflect some damage back onto the attacker.
|1 point every 0.3 seconds
| % ~
|-bgcolor="#d2b48c"
|<div align="center">[[File:Deflect missiles.gif|Deflect missiles]]</div>
|[[Deflect Missiles]]
|68
|Protects against damage from {{skill clickpic|Ranged}} Ranged attacks and can deflect some damage back onto the attacker.
|1 point every 0.3 seconds
| % ~
|-bgcolor="#d2b48c"
|<div align="center">[[File:Deflect melee.gif|Deflect melee]]</div>
|[[Deflect Melee]]
|71
|Protects against damage from {{skill clickpic|Attack}} Melee attacks and can deflect some damage back onto the attacker.
|1 point every 0.3 seconds
| % ~
|-bgcolor="#faaaaa"
|<div align="center">[[File:Leech attack.gif|Leech attack]]</div>
|[[Leech Attack]]
|74
|Boosts {{skill clickpic|Attack}} Attack by 5%, increasing to 10% over time, draining enemy's by 10%, increasing to 25% over time.
|1 point every 0.36 seconds
| +
|-bgcolor="#bfff3e"
|<div align="center">[[File:Leech ranged.gif|Leech ranged]]</div>
|[[Leech Ranged]]
|76
|Boosts {{skill clickpic|Ranged}} Ranged by 5%, increasing to 10% over time, draining enemy's by 10%, increasing to 25% over time.
|1 point every 0.36 seconds
| +
|-bgcolor="#bee0ff"
|<div align="center">[[File:Leech magic.gif|Leech magic]]</div>
|[[Leech Magic]]
|78
|Boosts {{skill clickpic|Magic}} Magic by 5%, increasing to 10% over time, draining enemy's by 10%, increasing to 25% over time.
|1 point every 0.36 seconds
| +
|-bgcolor="#faaaaa"
|<div align="center">[[File:Leech defence.gif|Leech defence]]</div>
|[[Leech Defence]]
|80
|Boosts {{skill clickpic|Defence}} Defence by 5%, increasing to 10% over time, draining enemy's by 10%, increasing to 25% over time.
|1 point every 0.36 seconds
| +
|-bgcolor="#faaaaa"
|<div align="center">[[File:Leech strength.gif|Leech strength]]</div>
|[[Leech Strength]]
|82
|Boosts {{skill clickpic|Strength}} Strength by 5%, increasing to 10% over time, draining enemy's by 10%, increasing to 25% over time.
|1 point every 0.36 seconds
| +
|-bgcolor="#c6aaff"
|<div align="center">[[File:Leech energy.gif|Leech energy]]</div>
|[[Leech Energy]]
|84
|Steals an enemy's [[Run Energy]] and restores it to the player. (10% every couple hits)
|1 point every 0.36 seconds
| +
|-bgcolor="#c6aaff"
|<div align="center">[[File:Leech special attack.gif|Leech special attack]]</div>
|[[Leech Special Attack]]
|86
|Steals an enemy's [[Special Attack]] Energy and restores it to the player. (10% every couple hits)
|1 point every 0.36 seconds
| +
|-bgcolor="#d2b48c"
|<div align="center">[[File:Wrath.gif|Wrath]]</div>
|[[Wrath]]
|89
|Deals damage of up to 250% of your Prayer level to all nearby enemies in a 5x5 square upon death. Note that this curse will not hurt other players outside of PvP areas, and it won't hit multiple targets in non-multicombat zones.
|1 point every 1.2 seconds
| %
|-bgcolor="#d2b48c"
|<div align="center">[[File:Soul split.gif|Soul split]]</div>
|[[Soul Split]]
|92
|Heals the player by 20% of the damage dealt, and lowers the enemy's prayer by 20% of the hit. Unaffected by protection prayers. Healing effect of Blood Spells stacks with Soul Split.
|1 point every 0.2 seconds
| %
|-bgcolor="#ff5353"
|<div align="center">[[File:Turmoil.gif|Turmoil]]</div>
|[[Turmoil]]
|95
| +15% {{skill clickpic|Attack}} Attack +15% of enemy's level<br />+15% {{skill clickpic|Defence}} Defence +15% of enemy's level<br />+23% {{skill clickpic|Strength}} Strength +10% of enemy's level
|1 point every 0.2 seconds (0.3 seconds with castle wars halo equipped)
| +
|}

Notes:
* ~ Like the 'Protect from' prayers, Deflect curses stop 100% of damage caused by most NPCs and 40% of damage caused by other players (in PvP).
* + These curses can be used with the Deflect, Wrath, and Soul Split curses, and others of the same type (e.g. Sap Warrior and Sap Mage), but Sap and Leech curses cannot be used at the same time, Turmoil follows the same rules except it cannot be used with Sap or Leech curses.
* = Deflect Summoning can be used with other Deflect Curses, but not with Wrath, or Soul Split.
*% These curses cannot be used at the same time
*& These curses can be used with any others

==Formula==
The formula for protection Prayers used against players is:

*'''Melee, Ranged, Magic, and Summoning attacks:''' '''<code>Reduced damage = ( 0.60 x normal damage )</code>'''
**For example, if 40 damage were inflicted to you, the damage would be reduced to 24 damage (i.e. for every 5 damage that you normally take, only 3 damage is dealt instead.
**If you were to take 3 damage for example, the result would be rounded off as follows: <code>Reduced damage = ( 0.60 x 3 = 1.8 [1.8 --> 1 damage) </code>

*'''Magic bind spells:''' '''<code>Reduced time = ( 0.50 * Time )</code>'''
**For example, a spell that would normally hold you for 10 seconds, would be halved to only hold you for 5 seconds. However this shorter holding effect does not work for [[Ancient Magicks]] [[ice spells]].

Remember, these formulas are just against players. They will negate the full damage of NPCs if possible.

==Burying bones and scattering ashes==
{{clear}}

[[File:Burybones.gif|frame|A player burying bones into the ground.]]
Many types of bones and demon ashes exist that players can bury or scatter for Prayer [[experience]]. However, most of them are available only to members. To bury bones or scatter ashes, simply left-click on the bone or ashes in your inventory.

{|class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|Bones/Ashes
!Exp.
!Obtained/dropped by
!Notes
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Impious ashes.png|Impious ashes]]</div>
|[[Impious ashes]]
|4
|[[Imp]]s, [[Killerwatt]]s, [[Icefiends]], and [[Pyrefiend]]s
|The lowest level of demon ashes.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Bones.png|Bones]]</div>
|[[Bones]]
|4.5
|Many types of monster (but not most demons); see [[Remains]]
|A very common type of bone to see.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Wolf bones.png|Wolf bones]]</div>
|[[Wolf bones]]
|4.5
|[[Wolf|Wolves]] and [[Werewolf|Werewolves]]
|[[Members]] only. [[F2P]] wolves drop regular bones.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Burnt bones.png|Burnt bones]]</div>
|[[Burnt bones]]
|4.5
|Not dropped
|Respawn in the [[Wilderness]] in the North-East around [[greater demon]]s. They are not rare and give no more experience than regular bones.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Monkey bones.png|Monkey bones]]</div>
|[[Monkey bones]]
|5
|[[Monkey]]s
|[[Monkey]]s can be found running around on [[Karamja]].
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Monkey bones (Zombie).png|Zombie monkey bones]]</div>
|[[Monkey bones (Zombie)]]
|5
|[[Zombie monkey]]s
|[[Members]] only. Can be obtained 'only' by killing level 98 zombie monkeys in Zooknock's Tunnel
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Bat bones.png|Bat bones]]</div>
|[[Bat bones]]
|5.3
|[[Giant bat]]s and [[bat]]s
|Used to be [[Members]] only. Now available to F2P in Daemonheim.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Accursed ashes.png|Accursed ashes]]</div>
|[[Accursed ashes]]
|12.5
|[[Lesser demon]]s, [[Greater demon]]s, and [[Death spawn]]
|The mid level demonic ashes.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Big bones.png|Big bones]]</div>
|[[Big bones]]
|15
|All giants & some other large creatures
|[[Big bones]] are the best bones [[non-members]] can buy. Frost Dragon bones took over the best experience when Dungeoneering came out.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Jogre bones.png|Jogre bones]]</div>
|[[Jogre bones]]
|15
|[[Jogre]]s
|[[Members]] only. Give same experience as [[big bones]].
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Big bones.png|Large monkey bones]]</div>
|[[Large monkey bones]]
|18
|[[Monkey Guard]]s
|[[Members]] only.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Zogre bones.png|Zogre bones]]</div>
|[[Zogre bones]]
|22.5
|[[Zogre]]s and [[Skogre]]s
|[[Members]] only.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Shaikahan bones.png|Shaikahan bones]]</div>
|[[Shaikahan bones]]
|25
|[[The Shaikahan]]
|[[Members]] only.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Babydragon bones.png|Babydragon bones]]</div>
|[[Babydragon bones]]
|30
|Red, black, and blue baby [[dragons]]
|[[Members]] only.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Wyvern bones.png|Wyvern bones]]</div>
|[[Wyvern bones]]
|50
|[[Skeletal Wyvern]]s
|[[Members]] only.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Infernal ashes.png|Infernal ashes]]</div>
|[[Infernal ashes]]
|62.5
|[[Black demon]]s, [[Abyssal demon]]s, [[Tormented demon]]s, [[Nechryael]]s, and most demon bosses
|
[[Members]] only.

The highest level of demon ashes.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Dragon bones.png|Dragon bones]]</div>
|[[Dragon bones]]
|72
|[[Dragons]]
|
[[Members]] only (F2P within Daemonheim).

Many players use these to train prayer at higher levels. Bones above dragon are hard to obtain and do not give proportionately higher experience for their cost.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Fayrg bones.png|Fayrg bones]]</div>
|[[Fayrg bones]]
|84
|[[Ogre coffin]]s
|[[Members]] only.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Raurg bones.png|Raurg bones]]</div>
|[[Raurg bones]]
|96
|[[Ogre coffin]]s
|[[Members]] only.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Dagannoth bones.png|Dagannoth bones]]</div>
|[[Dagannoth bones]]
|125
|[[Dagannoth Kings]] and [[Dagannoth Sentinel]]s.
|[[Members]] only.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Ourg bones.PNG|Ourg bones]]</div>
|[[Ourg bones]]
|140
|[[Ogre coffin]]s and [[General Graardor]]
|[[Members]] only. Used to be the best re-obtainable bones until the [[Dungeoneering Update]].
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Frost dragon bones.png|Frost dragon bones]]</div>
|[[Frost dragon bones]]
|180
|[[Frost dragon]]
|

[[Members]] only (F2P in Daemonheim).

Currently the best re-obtainable bones in RuneScape.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Ancient bones.png|Ancient Bones]]</div>
|[[Ancient bones]]
|200
|[[Restless Ghost]] Quest
|After finishing the [[Restless Ghost]] Quest, go to the priest in Lumbridge and talk to him. He will give you 5 [[Ancient bones]]. However, these bones can only be obtained once. It also cannot be used with Ectofuntus or any kind of altar. These are non-members bones.
|}

===Worshipping the Ectofuntus===
{{main|Ectofuntus}}
[[File:Ectofunctus Pray.gif|right|frame|A player praying to the Ectofuntus.]]

Members are able to worship the Ectofuntus north of [[Port Phasmatys]]. At the Ectofuntus, players use ground-up bones and [[Ectoplasm]] to '''receive four times the normal experience''' they would receive from burying those bones regularly. It is a somewhat slow method, but the experience earned is much better than burying bones.

'''NOTE:''' Completing the [[Ghosts Ahoy]] [[quest]] gives players the ability to use the [[Ectophial]], which helps significantly when worshipping the Ectofuntus. Also, achieving level 58 Agility allows a player to use a shortcut within the Ectofuntus which saves a considerable amount of time while gathering ectoplasm.

===Shades of Mort'ton===
{{Main|Shades_of_Mort'ton_(activity)|l1 = Shades of Mort'ton}}
After completing the [[Shades of Mort'ton]] [[quest]], players will then be able to cremate [[Shade]]s to earn Prayer experience and other rewards.

===Ghasts===
After completing the [[Nature Spirit]] quest, players can kill [[ghast]]s and earn Prayer experience. Players will need a blessed [[Silver sickle]] and about 3 or 4 druid pouches. Ghasts are not corporeal until players use the druid pouch on them; thus, an empty druid pouch will not work. Ghasts can be found in [[Mort'ton]] and Mort Myre swamp. Killing a ghast earns 30 Prayer experience. Larger, more powerful varieties of ghasts that give more Prayer experience can be found during [[Temple Trekking]].

===Player-owned houses===
{{clear}}

[[File:Praying to the chaos God Zamorak.png|thumb|An altar dedicated to Zamorak.]]
[[File:Bones on Altar.gif|frame|A player using bones on an altar in a [[POH]].]]
Members can also offer bones to their [[Altar]] in the [[Chapel]] room of a [[player-owned houses|player-owned house]] (built with the [[Construction]] skill).

The experience ranges from 100% to 250% depending upon the type of altar with an additional 50% or 100% for lighting 1 or 2 burners for a maximum of 350% for the best altar and burners.

Players need to use a Clean marrentill on each burner to light it, while a tinderbox is in the inventory (or toolbelt). The burners will stay lit for 2 minutes and 10 seconds before they burn out. They will stay lit when the player leaves the house and will still be burning if the player returns to the house quickly enough. However, it is not recommended to use a second load of bones with the lit burners. The burners will likely go out during the offering. If the player selected the 'all' option when offering the bones, the offering is not halted and no warning is given when the burners go out. The amount of prayer experience thus decreases when the burners go out, which is not what most players want.

All incense burners will give the same bonus. Candles and torches do NOT give any bonus.

As of [[25 March]] players can now right click on the bones icon over the chatbox and offer "X" amount of bones, making it easier to train Prayer. Some players disliked this update because the automatic pray-x function is not as fast as manual clicking was, but others considered it a trade-off since it caused less strain to their fingers.

{|class="wikitable"
|+Prayer experience
!rowspan="2"|[[Altar]]
!rowspan="2"|[[Construction]] level
!colspan="3"|Experience
|-
!No burner
!1 burner lit
!2 burners lit
|-
|[[Oak altar]]
|45
|100%
|150%
|200%
|-
|[[Teak altar]]
|50
|110%
|160%
|210%
|-
|[[Cloth altar]]
|56
|125%
|175%
|225%
|-
|[[Mahogany altar]]
|60
|150%
|200%
|250%
|-
|[[Limestone altar]]
|64
|175%
|225%
|275%
|-
|[[Marble altar]]
|70
|200%
|250%
|300%
|-
|[[Gilded altar]]
|75
|250%
|300%
|350%
|}

{|class="wikitable"
|+Burner bonus
!Burners lit
!Bonus
!Text
|-
|0
| +0%
|The gods accept your offering.
|-
|1
| +50%
|The gods are pleased with your offering.
|-
|2
| +100%
|The gods are very pleased with your offering.
|}

Many players with a high Construction level choose to build a [[gilded altar]] with [[incense burners]] in their [[player owned house|house]] as this is a much faster way to gain Prayer experience than any other. Although less experience is granted per bone than the Ectofuntus, more bones may be processed in a shorter time span. Often the [[official forums]] are a good place to find other players who are happy to allow 'loan' of their altars for a short amount of time. Alternatively, one can go to a [[house party]] world, and at peak times many players advertise gilded altars.

==Prayer restoring potions==
{{Prayer_restore}}

==Equipment==
{{Main|Prayer items}}

===Clothing===
{|class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|Item
!Location
!Prayer bonus
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Priest gown (top).png|Priest gown (top)]]</div>
|[[Priest robes|Priest robe top]]
|Clothing store in [[Varrock]]
| +3
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Priest gown (bottom).png|Priest gown (bottom)]]</div>
|[[Priest robes|Priest robe bottom]]
|Clothing store in [[Varrock]]
| +3
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Zamorak robe top.png|Zamorak robe (top)]]</div>
|[[Zamorak robes#top|Zamorak robe top]]
|Dropped by [[Disciple of Iban|Disciples of Iban]], [[Zamorak wizard]], and [[Necromancer]]s
| +3
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Zamorak robe (bottom).png|Zamorak robe (bottom)]]</div>
|[[Zamorak robes#bottom|Zamorak robe bottom]]
|Dropped by [[Disciple of Iban|Disciples of Iban]], [[Zamorak wizard]]s, and [[Necromancer]]s
| +3
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Druid's robe (top).png|Druid robe (top)]]</div>
|[[Druid robe]] (top)
|Dropped by [[druid]]s
| +4
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Druid's robe (bottom).png|Druid robe (bottom)]]</div>
|[[Druid robe]] (bottom)
|Dropped by [[druid]]s
| +4
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Saradomin robe top.png|Saradomin vestment robe]]<br />[[File:Guthix robe top.png|Saradomin vestment robe]]<br />[[File:Zamorak vrobe top.png|Saradomin vestment robe]]</div>
|[[Vestment robe]]
|Obtained from level one [[Treasure Trails]]
| +4
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Saradomin robe legs.png|Saradomin vestment robe legs]]<br />[[File:Guthix robe legs.png|Guthix vestment robe legs]]<br />[[File:Zamorak robe legs.png|Zamorak vestment robe legs]]</div>
|[[Vestment robe#Vestment robe legs|Vestment robe legs]]
|Obtained from level one [[Treasure Trails]]
| +4
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Shade robe (top).png|Shade robe (top)]]</div>
|[[Shade robes|Shade robe (top)]]
|Dropped by [[Shade (monster)|Shade]] in [[Stronghold of Security]]
| +5
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Shade robe (bottom).png|Shade robe (bottom)]]</div>
|[[Shade robes|Shade robe (bottom)]]
|Dropped by [[Shade (monster)|Shade]] in [[Stronghold of Security]]
| +4
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Monk's robe (top).png|Monk's robe (top)]]</div>
|[[Monk's robe (top)]]
|[[Monastery]] second floor
| +6
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Monk's robe bottom.png|Monk's robe (bottom)]]</div>
|[[Monk's robe (bottom)]]
|[[Monastery]] second floor
| +5
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Dagon'hai robe top.png|Dagon'hai robe top]]</div>
|[[Dagon'hai robe top]]
|Obtained once from the quest [[While Guthix Sleeps]] and dropped by [[Dagon'hai Monk]]s
| +2
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Dagon'hai robe bottom.png|Dagon'hai robe bottom]]</div>
|[[Dagon'hai robe bottom]]
|Obtained once from the quest [[While Guthix Sleeps]] and dropped by [[Dagon'hai Monk]]s
| +2
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Blue soul wars cape.png|Soul Wars Cape]] [[File:Red soul wars cape.png|Soul Wars Cape]]</div>
|[[Soul Wars Cape]]
|Obtained from [[Zimberfizz]] as a reward for completing the quest [[Nomad's Requiem]]
| +12
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Citharede hood.png]]</div>
|[[Citharede Hood]]
|Obtained upon completion of the [[One Piercing Note]] Quest
| +2
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Citharede robe top.png]]</div>
|[[Citharede robe top|Citharede Robe Top]]
|Obtained upon completion of the [[One Piercing Note]] Quest
| +5
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Citharede robe bottom.png]]</div>
|[[Citharede robe bottom|Citharede Robe Bottom]]
|Obtained upon completion of the [[One Piercing Note]] Quest
| +4
|}

===Armour and weapons===
[[Initiate armour]], [[Proselyte armour]], and [[white weapons]] and [[white armour|armour]] give small Prayer bonuses. However, they are only available to [[members]]. Initiate armour can be bought from [[Sir Tiffy Cashien]] after completing the [[Recruitment Drive]] [[quest]], and Proselyte equipment can be bought after finishing [[Slug Menace]], while white armour and weapons can be bought after completing the [[Wanted!]] quest. All white weapons and armour give a +1 Prayer bonus.

{|class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|Item
!Prayer bonus
|-
|align=center|[[File:White full helm.png|White equipment]]
|[[White equipment]]
(excluding mace)
| +1 each
|-
|align=center|[[File:Initiate sallet.png|Initiate sallet]]
|[[Initiate sallet]]
| +3
|-
|align=center|[[File:Initiate hauberk.png|Initiate hauberk]]
|[[Initiate hauberk]]
| +6
|-
|align=center|[[File:Initiate cuisse.png|Initiate cuisse]]
|[[Initiate cuisse]]
| +5
|-
|align=center|[[File:Proselyte sallet.png|Proselyte sallet]]
|[[Proselyte sallet]]
| +4
|-
|align=center|[[File:Proselyte hauberk.png|Proselyte hauberk]]
|[[Proselyte hauberk]]
| +8
|-
|align=center|[[File:Proselyte cuisse.png|Proselyte cuisse]]
|[[Proselyte cuisse]]
| +5
|-
|align=center|[[File:Proselyte tasset.png|Proselyte tasset]]
|[[Proselyte tasset]]
| +5
|-
|align=center|[[File:Helm of neitiznot (e).png|Helm of Neitiznot]]
|[[Helm of Neitiznot]]
| +3
|-
|align=center|[[File:Verac's helm.png|Verac's helmet]]
|[[Verac's helmet]]
| +3
|-
|align=center|[[File:Verac's flail.png|Verac's flail]]
|[[Verac's flail]]
| +6
|-
|align=center|[[File:Verac's brassard.png|Verac's brassard]]
|[[Verac's brassard]]
| +5
|-
|align=center|[[File:Verac's plateskirt.png|Verac's plateskirt]]
|[[Verac's plateskirt]]
| +4
|-
|align=center|[[File:Elite void knight top (Guardian).png|Elite void knight torso]][[File:Void justiciar top inventory.png]][[File:Void executioner top inventory.png]]
|[[Elite void knight torso|Elite void top]]
| +4
|-
|align=center|[[File:Void guardian legs inventory.png]][[File:Void justiciar legs.png]][[File:Void executioner legs.png]]
|[[Elite void knight legs|Elite void legs]]
| +4
|-
|align=center|[[File:Rolling pin.png|Rolling pin]]
|[[Rolling pin]]
| +4
|-
|align=center|[[File:TokTz-Mej-Tal.png|TokTz-Mej-Tal]]
|[[TokTz-Mej-Tal]]
| +5
|-
|align=center|[[File:Bandos godsword.png|Godsword]]
|[[Godsword]]
| +8
|-
|align=center|[[File:Black cane.png|Black cane]]
|[[Black cane]]
| +2
|-
|align=center|[[File:Adamant cane.png|Adamant cane]]
|[[Adamant cane]]
| +3
|-
|align=center|[[File:Rune cane.png|Rune cane]]
|[[Rune cane]]
| +4
|-
|align=center|[[File:Cat staff.png|Cat staff]][[File:Bat staff.png|Bat staff]][[File:Penguin staff.png|Penguin staff]][[File:Wolf staff.png|Wolf staff]][[File:Dragon staff.png|Dragon staff]]
|[[Cat staff]], [[Bat staff]], [[Penguin staff]], [[Wolf staff]], [[Dragon staff]]
| +6
|-
|align=center|[[File:Falador shield 1.png|Falador shield 1]]
|[[Falador shield 1]]
| +3
|-
|align=center|[[File:Falador shield 2.png|Falador shield 2]]
|[[Falador shield 2]]
| +5
|-
|align=center|[[File:Falador Shield 3.png|Falador shield 3]][[File:Falador shield 4.png|Falador shield 4]]
|[[Falador shield 3]], [[Falador shield 4]]
| +7
|-
|align=center|[[File:Broodoo shield (blue).png]][[File:Broodoo shield (green).png]][[File:Broodoo shield (orange).png]]
|[[Broodoo shield]]s
| +5
|-
|align=center|[[File:Holy book.png|Holy book]]
|[[God book]]s (any)
| +5
|-
|align=center|[[File:Illuminated book of law.png]]
|
[[Illuminated god books|Illuminated God Books]] (any)
| +8
|-
|align=center|[[File:Faithful shield.png|Faithful shield]]
|[[Faithful shield]]
| +6
|-
|align=center|[[File:Wolfbane.png|Wolfbane dagger]]
|[[Wolfbane|Wolfbane dagger]]
| +5
|-
|align=center|[[File:Saradomin sword.png|Saradomin sword]]
|[[Saradomin sword]]
| +2
|-
|align=center|[[File:Zamorakian spear.png|Zamorakian spear]]
|[[Zamorakian spear]]
| +2
|-
|align=center|[[File:Ivandis flail.png|Ivandis Flail]]
|[[Ivandis Flail]]
| +5
|-
|align=center|[[File:Keris.png|Keris]]
|[[Keris]]
| +2
|-
|align=center|[[File:Barrows - akrisae's set.png|Akrisae's Equipment]]
|[[Akrisae's Equipment]]
| +24
|-
|align=center|[[File:Polypore staff.png|Polypore staff]]
|[[Polypore Staff]]
| +5
|}

===Maces===
All [[mace]]s also give small Prayer bonuses. However, the [[granite mace]], [[white mace]], [[dragon mace]], [[ancient mace]] and [[void knight mace]] are only available to members.
[[File:Void knight mace detail.png|150px|right|link=Void knight mace]]
{|class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|Item
!Location
!Prayer bonus
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Bronze mace.png|Bronze mace]]</div>
|[[Bronze mace]]
|Flynn's Mace Market in Falador
| +1
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Iron mace.png|Iron mace]]</div>
|[[Iron mace]]
|Flynn's Mace Market in Falador
| +1
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Steel mace.png|Steel mace]]</div>
|[[Steel mace]]
|Flynn's Mace Market in Falador
| +2
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:White mace.png|A white mace.]]</div>
|[[White mace]]
|[[Sir Vyvin]] (after [[Wanted!]] quest, with White Knights' Master rank)
| +3
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Black mace.png|Black mace]]</div>
|[[Black mace]]
|Dropped by [[dark warrior]]s
| +2
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Mithril mace.png|Mithril mace]]</div>
|[[Mithril mace]]
|Flynn's Mace Market in Falador
| +3
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Adamant mace.png|Adamant mace]]</div>
|[[Adamant mace]]
|Flynn's Mace Market in Falador
| +3
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Ancient mace.png|Ancient mace]]</div>
|[[Ancient mace]]
|[[Another Slice of H.A.M.]] quest<br />[[Special attack]] increases Prayer by damage dealt
| +3.5
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Rune mace.png|Rune mace]]</div>
|[[Rune mace]]
|Scavvo's Rune Store in the [[Champions' Guild]]
| +4
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Granite mace.png|Granite mace]]</div>
|[[Granite mace]]
|Dropped by statues in [[Bandos' throne room]]
| +4
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Dragon mace.png|Dragon mace]]</div>
|[[Dragon mace]]
|Happy Heroes' H' Emporium in the [[Heroes' Guild]]
| +5
|-
|[[File:Corrupt dragon mace.png]]
|[[Corrupt dragon mace]]
|Rare Revanant drop in [[Forinthry Dungeon]] in the wilderness
| +5
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Void Knight mace.png|Void Knight mace]]</div>
|[[Void Knight mace]]
|[[Void Knights' Outpost]]
| +6
|-
|<div align-"center">[[File:Akrisae's war mace.png|Akrisae's war mace]]</div>
|[[Akrisae's war mace]]
|[[Barrows]]
| +7
|}

===Neckwear===
Some of the more powerful [[amulets]], as well as religious symbols, give Prayer bonuses.

{|class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|Item
!Prayer Bonus
!Where/How to obtain
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Diamond amulet.png|Amulet of power]]</div>
|[[Amulet of Power]]
| +1
|Enchanted diamond amulet.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Dragonstone ammy.png|Amulet of glory]]</div>
|[[Amulet of Glory]]
| +3
|Enchanted dragonstone amulet, members only.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Salve amulet.png|Salve amulet]]</div>
|[[Salve amulet]]
| +3
|[[Haunted Mine]] required. Members only.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Amulet of fury.png|Amulet of fury]]</div>
|[[Amulet of Fury]]
| +5
|Enchanted onyx amulet, members only.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Citharede symbol.png]]</div>
|[[Citharede symbol|Citharede Symbol]]
| +8
|Obtained upon completion of the [[One Piercing Note]] Quest
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Holy symbol.png|Holy symbol]]</div>
|[[Holy symbol]]
| +8
|[[crafting|Craft]] in silver, then bless (requires 31 Prayer to bless at [[Monastery]], or 50 Prayer with a [[God book]]). Dropped in Lumbridge catacombs.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Unholy symbol.png|Unholy symbol]]</div>
|[[Unholy symbol]]
| +8
|50 Prayer to get this blessed with a Prayer book, or blessed by Spirit of [[Scorpius]] after completing the [[Observatory]] quest. Members only.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Twisted bird skull necklace.png|Twisted bird skull necklace]]</div>
|[[Twisted bird skull necklace]]
| +9
|8,500 Dungeoneering tokens; requires 30 Prayer to obtain.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Guthix stole.png]] [[File:Saradomin stole.png]]<br />[[File:Zamorak stole.png]] [[File:Armadyl stole.png]]<br />[[File:Bandos stole.png]] [[File:Ancient stole.png]]</div>
|[[God stole]]
| +10
|Level 3 and Elite [[Treasure trails]] reward; requires 60 Prayer to wear. Members only.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Split dragontooth necklace.png|Split Dragontooth Necklace]]</div>
|[[Split Dragontooth Necklace]]
| +11
|17,000 Dungeoneering tokens; requires 60 Prayer to obtain. Members only.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Demon horn necklace.png|Demon horn necklace]]</div>
|[[Demon horn necklace]]
| +13
|35,000 Dungeoneering tokens; requires 90 Prayer to obtain. Members only.
|}

===Rings===
Currently only one ring gives a Prayer bonus and can be used by both [[Free-to-play]] and [[Pay-to-play]] players.
{|class="wikitable"
!Image
!Item
!Prayer Bonus
!Where / How to get
|-
|[[File:Explorer's ring 1.png|Explorer's ring 1]] [[File:Explorer's ring 2.png|Explorer's ring 2]] [[File:Explorer's ring 3.png|Explorer's ring 3]] [[File:Explorer's Ring 4.png|Explorer's ring 4]]
|[[Explorer's ring]]
| +1
|[[Lumbridge and Draynor Tasks]]
|}

===Prayer books===
<p style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial;">Prayer books are wielded in the [[shield]] slot. They may be obtained after completing the [[Horror from the Deep]] quest. Even with all the pages in the Prayer book missing, it will still give you 5 Prayer bonus.</p>

{|class="wikitable"
!Image
!Item
!Prayer Bonus
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;"|[[File:Holy book.png|Holy book]]
| style="vertical-align: top;"|[[Holy book]]
| +5
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;"|[[File:Book of balance.png|Book of Balance]]
| style="vertical-align: top;"|[[Book of balance]]
| +5
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;"|[[File:Unholy book.png|Unholy book]]
| style="vertical-align: top;"|[[Unholy book]]
| +5
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;"|[[File:Book of war.png]]
| style="vertical-align: top;"|[[Book of war]]
| +5
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;"|[[File:Book of law.png]]
| style="vertical-align: top;"|[[Book of law]]
| +5
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;"|[[File:Incomplete ancient book.png]]
| style="vertical-align: top;"|[[Ancient book]]
| +5
|}
===Illuminated Prayer books===
Prayer books can be illuminated upon completion of the [[One Piercing Note]] quest.[[File:Illuminated unholy book detail.png|150px|right|link=Illuminated Unholy Book]]
{|class="wikitable"
!Image
!Item
!Prayer Bonus
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;"|[[File:Illuminated holy book.png]]
| style="vertical-align: top;"|[[Holy book]]
| +8
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;"|[[File:Illuminated book of balance.png]]
| style="vertical-align: top;"|[[Book of balance]]
| +8
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;"|[[File:Illuminated unholy book.png]]
| style="vertical-align: top;"|[[Unholy book]]
| +8
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;"|[[File:Illuminated book of war.png]]
| style="vertical-align: top;"|[[Book of war]]
| +8
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;"|[[File:Illuminated book of law.png]]
| style="vertical-align: top;"|[[Book of law]]
| +8
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;"|[[File:Illuminated ancient book.png]]
| style="vertical-align: top;"|[[Ancient book]]
| +8
|}

===Spirit shields===
The [[Spirit shield]] is made available upon completion of [[Summer's End]]. The Spirit Shield can be combined with a [[Holy elixir]] to make a [[Blessed spirit shield]]. Once a spirit shield is blessed the shield can be further modified by attaching [[Spirit sigils]] to create enhanced spirit shields. All spirit shields require completion of Summer's End to wield.

{|class="wikitable"
!Image
!Item
!Prayer Bonus
!How to make
!Requirements to wield
|-
|[[File:Spirit shield.png|Spirit shield]]
|[[Spirit shield]]
| +1
|Dropped by the [[Corporeal Beast]], [[Tormented Wraith]] and [[Ghostly warrior]]s. Also a reward from the [[Summer's End]] quest.
|40 defence, 55 Prayer
|-
|[[File:Blessed spirit shield.png|Blessed spirit shield]]
|[[Blessed spirit shield]]
| +3
|Combine Spirit shield with [[Holy elixir]]<sup>(1)</sup>
|70 defence, 60 Prayer
|-
|[[File:Arcane spirit shield.png|Arcane spirit shield]]
|[[Arcane spirit shield]]
| +3
|Attach [[Arcane sigil]] to Blessed spirit shield<sup>(2)</sup>
|75 defence, 70 Prayer, 65 magic
|-
|[[File:Divine spirit shield.png|Divine spirit shield]]
|[[Divine spirit shield]]
| +3
|Attach [[Divine sigil]] to Blessed spirit shield<sup>(2)</sup>
|75 defence, 75 Prayer
|-
|[[File:Elysian spirit shield.png|Elysian spirit shield]]
|[[Elysian spirit shield]]
| +3
|Attach [[Elysian sigil]] to Blessed spirit shield<sup>(2)</sup>
|75 defence, 75 Prayer
|-
|[[File:Spectral spirit shield.png|Spectral spirit shield]]
|[[Spectral spirit shield]]
| +3
|Attach [[Spectral sigil]] to Blessed spirit shield<sup>(2)</sup>
|75 defence, 70 Prayer, 65 magic
|}

''1. Players must use the elixir with the spirit shield at an altar of Saradomin, which requires 85 Prayer. If they lack the required skill level, they can alternatively talk to [[Brother Jered]] with a [[Holy elixir]] and a plain [[Spirit shield]] in their inventory. The monk will then bless the shield, while charging the player in a manner akin to Oziach making a dragon fire shield.''

''2. To attach a sigil to a Blessed spirit shield requires 90 Prayer and 85 [[smithing]]. If the player lacks the required levels, [[Brother Bordiss]] will attach sigils to a blessed shield for 1,500,000 coins. If only the [[Smithing]] level is insufficient, the player can still attach the sigil using the [[Assist System]].''

===Capes===
[[File:Prayer Emote.gif|frame|A player wearing a [[Prayer cape]] (t) and performing the Skillcape emote.]]
{|class="wikitable"
!
Image
!Item
!Prayer Bonus
!Where / How to get
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Fire cape.png|Fire cape]]</div>
|[[Fire cape]]
| +2
|Defeating [[TzTok-Jad]] in the [[TzHaar Fight Cave]] activity.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:TokHaar-Kal.png]]</div>
|[[TokHaar-Kal]]
| +2
|Defeating [[Har-Aken]] in the [[Fight Kiln]] activity.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Ardougne Cloak 1.png|Ardougne cloak 1]]</div>
|[[Ardougne Cloak 1]]
| +2
|Reward from completing all easy [[Ardougne Tasks]].
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Saradomin cloak.png|Saradomin cloaks]]<br />[[File:Zamorak cloak.png|Zamorak cloaks]]<br />[[File:Guthix cloak.png|Guthix cloaks]]<br />[[File:Ancient cloak.png]]<br />[[File:Bandos cloak.png]]<br />[[File:Armadyl cloak.png]]</div>
|[[Vestment cloak]]
| +3
|Possible reward from Level 2 and 3 [[Treasure Trails]].
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Prayer cape (t).png|Prayer cape (t)]]</div>
|Any [[Cape of Achievement|Cape of Achievement (Trimmed)]]
| +4
|Bought from skill masters after achieving 99 in that particular skill and one other.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Ardougne cloak 2.png|Ardougne cloak 2]]</div>
|[[Ardougne Cloak 2]]
| +4
|Reward from completing all medium [[Ardougne Tasks]].
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Ardougne cloak 3.png|Ardougne cloak 3]] [[File:Ardougne cloak 4.png|Ardougne cloak 4]]</div>
|[[Ardougne Cloak 3]]/ [[Ardougne cloak 4]]
| +6
|Reward from completing all hard/elite [[Ardougne Tasks]].
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Dungeoneering master cape.png]]</div>
|[[Dungeoneering master cape]]
| +4
|Bought from Dungeoneering skill master after achieving 120 in Dungeoneering.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:red soul wars cape.png|Soul Wars cape]] [[File:Blue soul wars cape.png|Soul Wars cape]]</div>
|[[Soul Wars cape]]
| +12
|Reward from the Grandmaster quest [[Nomad's Requiem]].
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Max cape.png]]</div>
|[[Max Cape]]
| +10
|Purchased from Max in Varrock for 2,475,000 coins once all skills are 99.
|-
|<div align="center">[[File:Completionist cape inv.png]] [[File:Completionist cape (t).png]]</div>
|[[Completionist Cape]]
| +13
|Purchased from Varrock Museum for 5,000,000 once stats are maxed with other conditions.
|}

==Aura==
The [[Reverence]] [[aura]] is helpful when praying. It has an activation time of one hour and a cooldown period of three hours. When activated, it does the following:
* It gives 10% extra prayer points when a player drinks a [[Prayer potion]] (10-30 extra points depending upon level) or [[Super prayer]] potion (10-40 extra points depending upon level).
* Prayer drains 10% slower than usual.
Note: The above is taken from the [[Supreme reverence]] aura.

==Gravestones==
Players may use their Prayer level to repair or bless decaying [[gravestone]]s. Players with 70+ Prayer may bless a gravestone. When blessing a gravestone it's timer goes up to a maximum of one hour. A grave can only be blessed once but repaired multiple times. As of an update, gravestones no longer require the player to have prayer points to repair/bless.

==Training==
The most common method of training is to bury bones, or play activities and miniquests.

===Free-to-play===

{{main|Free-to-play Prayer training}}

====Power Training====

If all the bones used to raise Prayer to level 99 are bought, and the player only buried regular bones, a player will likely spend 408 million coins to buy them all.

But for many players, the most viable solution to power train prayer is to use dragon bones at POH's altar or ectofuntus (faster xp/hour and uses fewer bones)

====Gathering Bones====
There are a number of bone respawn locations:
* Wilderness Graveyard of Shadows/Forgotten Cemetery (level 16-21): ~10 normal bones respawn
* [[Edgeville dungeon]]: 7 normal bones respawn
* Lower level [[Lumbridge catacombs]] in the room full of [[corpse mage]]s. There is almost always a swarm of botters killing them, with lots of bones lying on the ground.
* Wilderness [[Chaos Temple (Wilderness)|Chaos Temple]] (Level 13) 11-15 normal bones respawn
* Taverley Dungeon Blue Dragons lair, 5 normal bones respawn
* Bone Yard (previous Clan Wars location) has big bones and normal bones. Extremely good for f2p players.

Since the Free Trade/Wildy update, the Bone Yard was brought back This place is extremely good for free to play players as it has normal and big bones spawning. But make sure you watch out for Pkers as this is part of the wilderness.

Players may also frequent popular training areas and gather the unwanted bones left behind by players that kill the monsters.

A highly recommended way for free players to train Prayer is to bury Big bones, as they give 15 xp, while normal bones give about 4.5 xp. If players have enough [[coins]], they could buy Big bones at the [[Grand Exchange]]. When burying large numbers of bones, you can cut the time spent in half with some timing. To do this, click any bone. About halfway through the animation, click another. You will have buried two bones while viewing the animation a single time. Players have also reported that it is possible to bury three sets of bones during a single animation using a similar technique. When simply burying bones after monster killing, Big bones are useful only if you can kill the monster faster than the time it takes to kill four [[Chicken]]s.

====Lamps====
Methods to obtain experience lamps, even as a non-member,include completing all of the [[Lumbridge Tasks]], where for each of the four parts you have completed you will be rewarded with lamps granting you increasingly higher amounts of experience for any chosen skill(s); and venturing north to the Barbarian Village, reaching the [[Stronghold of Player Safety]], which will contain two antique lamps.

===Members===
{{main|Pay-to-play Prayer training}}

===Bones Cost Analysis===

*See the [[Calculators/Bones|bone burial calculator]] for coins-per-experience-point analysis of bones using live data from the [[Grand Exchange Market Watch]].

==Prayer flashing==
Occasionally, a player may "Prayer flash" by turning prayers on right before their effects are required, and turning them off immediately after. For prayer flashing involving Protection prayers, for example, the player will activate the prayer just before they are about to be hit, and turn it off immediately after the hit lands. This uses very few Prayer points. Although it requires timing and skill (the game allows for some leeway on the timing), doing it successfully can effectively save Prayer points and allow a player to continue fighting monsters for much longer or increase damage rates with offensive prayers. Flashing is considerably easier when fighting a monster that matches your weapon's speed, and/or when playing with sounds on. Many of monsters attack at the standard [[weapon speed]], which is the same as that of many popular weapons such as the [[Abyssal whip]].

Prayer flashing was altered on [[1 April]] [[2009]]. [[Jagex]] made it so that the protection Prayer only activates when the icon appears above which had made it harder for players to kill [[TzTok-Jad]], [[tormented demon]]s and other strong monsters. Only TzTok-Jad has been fixed on [[3 April]] [[2009]], due to complaints of players on the [[RuneScape Forums|Official forums]]. However, the update also allowed players to not lose prayer points if their prayers are on for no more than 1 game tick. This forms the basis of today's flash praying.

====How to Prayer flash====
First of all, recognise that all relevant calculations concerning damage are done at the very beginning of most attacks (see below for a few important exceptions). By the time an attack animation has started, the decision about whether it is going to hit, and how hard, has already been made. This includes the effect of any prayers, which means that you need to have your prayer on during the tick when the attack begins. This initial tick is the only tick that matters, even if the monster has a long attack animation, or shoots a projectile that may take several seconds to reach you. It can be difficult to identify which tick this is. Two methods exist for determining this information:

*Play around with the timing and see whether the monster attacks connect (could be dangerous)
*Use Deflect curses, which have an animation when an attack is blocked (could require up to 71 prayer and a long quest line)

Of course, you may also wish to flash prayers for your attacks, such as Piety or Soul Split, to increase your hits or heal yourself while avoiding these prayers' significant prayer drain. Soul Split is trivial to test since there is an animation when the curse is successfully used to heal a player. Piety can be tested within a reasonably short time since noticeably higher hits will occur. Because prayer flashing requires constant attention and frequent clicking, prayers are not generally flashed for a significant duration. Instead, most players only flash prayers when it is particularly useful (prayer nearly out near the end of a slayer task, soul splitting when injured, etc). For those who master it, it can effectively allow many prayers to be used for their full effect without consuming any prayer points.

Since the addition of the activate quick-prayers option, players can now simultaneously activate and deactivate several prayers at once. If multiple prayers are to be flashed, set them as your quick-prayers first.

In general, when praying offensive prayers, turn on your prayer(s) before (<0.6s) the tick when your attacking animation starts and turn it off as soon as your animation starts; when praying defensive (protect/deflect) prayers, turn on your prayer(s) before the tick prior to the start of the monster's attacking animation begins and turn it off before the start of the monster's animation.

Some tips for timing:

*If using a standard speed weapon (4 ticks, most commonly abyssal whip/chaotic rapier/scimitars) and praying offensive prayers, turn your prayer(s) on just as your hitsplat disappears and turn it off as soon as you see the prayer(s) light up. Alternatively if you are fighting a monster with an attack speed of 6 (4 ticks) with a normal retaliation time (2 ticks, therefore does not include any range/mage monster, strykewyrms, kilowatts etc.), turn your prayer(s) on just as their attack animation starts and turn it off when you see their hitsplat land on you.
*If using a slow speed weapon (5 ticks - chaotic longsword/all magic spells except Storm of Armadyl/crossbow on rapid) and praying offensive prayers, turn your prayer(s) on after your hitsplat disappears and turn it off as soon as you see it light up.
*If using a very slow weapon (6 ticks - godswords/gravite 2h) timing becomes a little difficult for offensive prayers. Your prayer(s) must be on 2 ticks (1.2s) after your hitsplat disappears. An alternative visual cue is useful if fighting speed 6 normal retaliation monsters - after your initial attack, turn on your prayer(s) as soon as the monster's hitsplat on you disappears, then again as soon as the monster's third attack hitsplat lands on you.
*Praying defensively against standard speed normal retaliation monsters, turn your prayer(s) on just as their hitsplat on you disappears. Alternatively, if you are using a standard speed weapon, turn your prayer(s) on after you see your hitsplat on the monster appear. This is most likely the most useful visual cue as it works for ranging/maging monsters too, such as aberrant spectres; however it requires that your attacks be synced correctly.
*If you have your settings configured so that experience shows up on your screen, the time to activate stat boosting prayers is when the experience for the hit shows.

The aforementioned exceptions to the rule of initial-tick-counts are Tormented demons, Glacors, TzTok-Jad, and the Warped Gulega in Daemonheim.
*Tormented demons, when using ranged or magic attacks, have a distinctive animation for each (e.g. ranged is the demon reaching across its ribcage and throwing something at the player). The attack is not decided during this animation, rather, when the projectile appears.
*Glacors mage or range attack is decided the tick that the projectile actually hits the player.
*TzTok-Jad obeys similar mechanics. He has distinctive attack animations which telegraph the nature of the next attack, but are not part of the attack itself.
*The Warped Gulega's mage and ranged attacks, like Glacors, are decided the tick that the projectiles actually hit the player.

The [[XP Counter]] can help with offensive prayer flashing. When attacking, prayer should be activated before and while xp is gained, then deactivated after that. Single-tick prayer flashing often requires that you click to deactivate your prayer before it is even displayed as activated.

{{:Armour/Best Prayer Bonus}}

{{:Armour/FTP Prayer}}

==Where Prayer is a near necessity==
[[File:TzTok Jad.png|thumb|150px|TzTok-Jad, the ultimate test for your Prayer!]]

*Fighting in the higher levels of the [[TzHaar Fight Cave]] and [[TzTok-Jad]], and the [[Fight Kiln]].
*The following quests: [[Desert Treasure]], [[While Guthix Sleeps]], [[Nomad's Requiem]], [[Contact!]], [[Mourning's Ends Part II]], [[Ritual of the Mahjarrat]]
*The following monsters/bosses: [[Corporeal Beast]], [[Dagannoth Kings]], [[Kalphite Queen]], [[Tormented Demon]]
**Finding a good [[Corporeal Beast]] team is near impossible without 70+ prayer. Additionally, finding a skilled Corporeal beast team or soloing the Corporeal beast is very difficult without the ability of the Turmoil curse.
*ALL [[God Wars Dungeon]] bosses
*The [[Barrows|Barrows activity]]
*PvP [[minigames]] ([[Castle Wars]], [[Soul Wars]], [[Stealing Creation]], etc.)
*[[Chaos Dwarf Battlefield]]
*Most dungeoneering boss monsters (E.g. [[Sagittare]] will constantly bind you to the spot with his magical attacks.)

==NPCs that use Prayer==
[[File:Sagittare.png|200px|right|link=Sagittare]]
* [[Nex]]
* [[Kalphite Queen]]
* [[Sigmund]]
* [[Zaromark Sliver]]
* [[Fistandantilus]]
* [[Tormented demon]]
* [[Elite black knight]]
* [[Elite dark ranger]]
* [[Elite dark mage]]
* [[Elite dark warrior]]
* [[Zanik]]
* [[Astea Frostweb]]
* [[Sagittare]]
* [[Zenevivia]]
* [[Runebound behemoth]]
* [[Skeletal trio]]
* [[Akrisae the Doomed]]

== Level-up table ==
{{main|Prayer/Level-up table}}

==Temporary boosts==
===Level===
[[File:Prayer boost.png|thumb|A player's Prayer level is boosted above its maximum using a Clan Citadel battlefield.]]

A player's Prayer level can be boosted by stepping on a properly configured powerup tile in a [[Clan Citadel]] battlefield. This boost simply boosts a player's temporary level. It does not boost the player's Prayer points above normal while in the battlefield. Like most other temporary boosts, this boost will wear off at the standard rate. This Prayer boost does not allow a player to use prayers that are above his base level.

===Points===
Prayer points can be boosted above the normal maximum (Prayer level x 10). Boosting Prayer points does '''Not''' enable a player to use Prayers above his or her original Prayer level.

The following allow a boost to maximum prayer points:
*The altars at [[God Wars Dungeon]] (providing you are wearing a relevant god item).
*Praying at the statue of the devourer in the [[Uzer Mastaba]] (this will drain several [[Constitution|life points]]).
*The altar in Seers' Village boosts prayer points by 20, if the player has completed the hard [[Seers' Village Tasks]].
*The altar in the nature grotto (requires completion of [[Nature Spirit]]), boosts 20 prayer points above maximum.
*A [[spicy stew]] with [[yellow spice]] can increase it by 10-60 points (however it can also decrease it by 10-60 points).
*A Prayer [[Cape of Accomplishment]]'s special ability will raise it from 990 to 1000.
*An [[ancient mace]]'s favour of the War god special attack will raise a characters ''current'' Prayer points by amount they hit.
*The Sulphur spring in [[Oo'glog]] will raise Prayer points above maximum depending on prayer level (at 50 Prayer it would be 570/500, at 70 it would be 780/700).
*The [[Monastery]]'s altar recharges twenty prayer points above normal maximum, making it the best [[free to play]] altar.
*Praying at the [[Altar of Zaros]] in the [[Senntisten Temple]] will boost Prayer points by 15%.
*Falador Shield 1, 2, 3 and 4 restores 25%, 50%, 100% and 100% (2 charges) of maximum Prayer points, respectively. It does not boost above maximum, however.
*Jangerberries restore 10 prayer points each as well as restore 20 lifepoints, and raise your attack + strength by 2, however it lowers your defence by 1 point.

==Trivia==
[[File:Retribution Glitch.png|right|frame|A player with 43 Prayer with the [[Retribution]] Prayer available.]]
* Approximately 12 combat levels can also be achieved from level 1 to level 99 Prayer.<!-- the combat level formula is level=floor(0.25*(def+cons+floor(prayer/2)+floor(summon/2))+0.325*max(att+str,floor(1.5*magic),floor(1.5*ranged))). using default account stats (all 1 and 10 cons) gives a level of 3 (precisely 3.4), using all 1, 10 cons and 99 prayer gives 15 (precisely 15.65), an increase of 12 levels. -->
* A Prayer bonus of +30 is required to halve the drain rate of Prayers, which would allow all Prayers to last twice as long.
* For Free to Play, the minimum Prayer bonus is -8, due to [[Amulet of Zealots]] and for Members the minimum Prayer bonus is -13 with Amulet of Zealots and Zaniks Crossbow.
* In the Prayer menu, Prayers that have a level requirement less than 10 appear as 01, 03, 07, and so on.
* It is possible to obtain 139/99 Prayer with the effect of the [[Ancient Mace]] special attack (Absolute maximum of 400 at the moment).
* It is possible to boost one's Prayer 8 points above their current level when praying at the altar found in General [[Kree'arra]]'s chamber, while wearing the 8 pieces of [[Armadyl armour]] ([[Armadyl chestplate]], [[Armadyl plateskirt]], [[Armadyl helmet]], [[Book of law]], [[Armadyl crozier]], [[Armadyl cloak]], [[Armadyl vambraces]] and the [[Armadyl pendant]]).
* Previously there was a glitch causing players who have just reached 43 Prayer and 45 Prayer to "gain" the [[Retribution]] Prayer, although it cannot be used. This was fixed on [[2 April]] [[2009]].
* The Prayer icon colour was originally yellow, but Jagex changed the colour on [[21 November]] [[2006]] when [[Hunter]] was released.
* When the QuickPrayer option was released, it enabled players to use Member only Prayers such as Smite and Piety in Free worlds, just by setting them and pressing the QuickPrayer button. It was soon fixed.
* Prior to the removal of random events, a player could have a [[Shade]] or [[Zombie]] attack them whenever they bury a bone. [[Shade Robes]] can still be obtained by killing shades in the [[Stronghold of Security]].
* Before the random event update on [[25 February]] [[2009]], [[Leo the Gravedigger]] only targeted players who buried a bone. Succeeding this date, he now goes after anyone randomly, not just when they bury a bone. For instance, he has been known to target players while they are training completely unrelated skills, such as [[Woodcutting]] and [[Cooking]].
* On [[9 November]] [[2009]] an update made it so Prayer icons should now be correctly removed if you run out of Prayer points in a random event.
* When you level up in prayer, you recover 10 prayer points unless your prayer points are already boosted above their normal capacity. For example, if you had 470/450 prayer points after praying at the altar in the monastery and you subsequently gained a level your prayer points would stay at 470.
* There is currently a glitch where if you run out of prayer points while having your quick prayer activated, and then either drink a prayer potion or pray at an altar, your quick prayer button will indicate that your quick prayer is active, even though you have no prayers on and your prayer points aren't draining. This seems to happen randomly.
* Some NPCs will explain to you that most attackable monsters (like the Kalphite queen) do not pray to gods, but are merely immune to certain types of attacks.
* On Monday 20 December 2010, the Prayer tab icon on the interface bar was changed, but the Prayer icon on the minimap was left unaltered.
* Prior to the return of Wilderness PKing and Free Trade in February 2011, blessing gravestones cost prayer points; one point per minute added to its timer, though your prayer points could not be reduced below 10 in this way.
* Theoretically, it is possible to drop a players prayer to zero if using the [[Ancient Mace]] special attack, the prayer [[Smite]], enchanted Sapphire Bolts, along with a [[Spirit Tz-Kih]].
* There are currently 21 prayers available to Free Players.
* The amount of normal bones needed from level 1-99 Prayer (if buried) is 2,896,541 ({{Coins|{{#expr:{{GEP|Bones}}*2896541}}}}).
* There is a total of 50 prayers/curses (30 in the Normal Prayers, 20 in the Ancient Curses)
* On [[6 September]] [[2011]], an update was made that multiplied the total number of Prayer points by 10, matching the format used by [[Lifepoints]]. While this has minimal impact on gameplay, it allows Jagex to release more Prayer updates in the future.
* Due to a glitch, a drained prayer level will not be restored upon death or leaving a Clan Battlefield. This has yet to be fixed.
* When you gain multiple levels at once, a glitch may sometimes show the level up chatbox to display "You have advanced 0 levels!"
[[File:Prayer Level Glitch.png|center|frame]]


==Related links==
*[[Monastery]] Guide
*[[Random Events]]
*[[Crafting]]
*[[Construction]]
*[[Death to the Dorgeshuun]]
*[[Ghosts Ahoy]]
*[[Horror from the Deep]]
*[[Legacy of Seergaze]]
*[[Nature Spirit]]
*[[Priest in Peril]]
*[[Recruitment Drive]]
*[[Rum Deal]]
*[[The Great Brain Robbery]]
*[[Zogre Flesh Eaters]]
*[[Barbarian Training]]
*[[Summer's End]]

==See also==
*[[Altar]] for locations of altars across ''RuneScape''
*[[Prayer items]]
*[[Quest experience rewards#Prayer|Quest experience rewards - Prayer]]
*[[Free-to-play Prayer training]], a guide to training Prayer for free-to-play players
*[[Pay-to-play Prayer training]], a guide to training Prayer for pay-to-play players
*[[Grand Exchange Market Watch/Prayer]]
*[[Calculator#Prayer|Prayer Calculators]]

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