Prayer is a

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Prayer
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Combat

skill. It provides passive combat bonuses at the expense of prayer points. Prayer is one of three skills (along with

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Defence

and

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Hitpoints

) that is used when determining a player or monster's Combat Level.

Mechanics

Using Prayers

Up to two prayers can be activated from the Prayer panel on the Combat UI. Active prayers will be highlighted, and can be deactivated by interacting with them again. Active prayers provide a variety of passive benefits in combat. New prayers are unlocked as the Prayer skill levels up. Normal and   Unholy Prayers can only be used while using Normal Damage and consume Prayer Points while

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Abyssal Prayers can only be used while using

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Abyssal Damage and consume

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Soul Points.

Each equipment set tracks active prayers separately, but a given prayer can be used in any number of equipment sets. Upon death, all prayers are deactivated for the current equipment set and must be manually reapplied.

Prayer Points

Each active Standard Prayer and   Unholy Prayer costs prayer points (PP) to maintain. This cost is usually incurred when the player or enemy attacks; the specific trigger is detailed in each prayer's description. If the player doesn't have enough PP to trigger an active prayer, it will be deactivated.

Prayer points can be gained by burying bones, enchanted urns, and similar items from the Bank. Current PP is shown in the Stats panel in the Combat UI and next to the Prayer skill in the sidebar. The maximum PP the player can have is 4,294,967,295 (~4.3b). If the amount of PP exceeds ~4.3b, ~4.3b prayer points will be deleted until the remaining prayer points is below ~4.3b.

Damage dealt by failed

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Thieving

attempts is not currently considered an "enemy attack", allowing

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Protect Item

and all prayers that provide Damage Reduction to be used indefinitely at no cost while Thieving.

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Soul Points

Soul Points (SP) are identical to Prayer Points however they are used to maintain Abyssal Prayers. Soul Points can be gained by releasing Souls. The current SP is shown in the Stats panel in the Combat UI. The current SP can be shown in the sidebar if the 'Show Soul Points in the sidebar instead of Prayer Points' setting is enabled. Soul Points are also limited to ~4.3b and will also be deleted if the amount of SP exceeds this number.

Earning Prayer XP

Prayer experience is earned when dealing damage to an enemy while at least one prayer is active. Certain prayers provide no XP, usually because they don't trigger on a player attack; each prayer's description explains whether or not it rewards XP.

The amount of Prayer experience earned is [math]\displaystyle{ \frac{1}{30} }[/math] or [math]\displaystyle{ 3.33 \% }[/math] per point of damage dealt by a player attack, multiplied by the total base PP cost of all active prayers. Base PP cost refers to the cost of a prayer before any cost modifiers are applied, meaning that increasing or decreasing prayer costs will not affect how much XP is earned. Using prayers with the highest base costs will result in the most Prayer XP gained per attack.

Prayer can be used to great effect with any combat style. With a healthy supply of PP, Prayer is one of the first Combat skills to reach max level for many players.

Earning
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Abyssal Prayer XP

Abyssal Prayer XP is earned the same way as regular prayer xp however Abyssal Prayers must be used to gain Abyssal XP. Abyssal Prayers can only be active while Abyssal Damage is being used. The amount of Abyssal XP earned is the same as regular prayers.

  Unholy Prayers

Gaining Prayer Points

The most common way to gain prayer points (PP) is to use the "Bury Item" action on certain items from the Bank. Most non-Dungeon monsters drop some kind of   Bones when killed. Burying these bones is one of the only sources of PP in the early game, but provide very small amounts and are required en masse for certain

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Township

tasks.   Enchanted Urns are by far the most efficient source of PP, despite requiring moderate investments in

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Woodcutting

,

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Crafting

, and

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Magic

. It may be useful to delay leveling Prayer until the player can create and bury these urns.   Raw Skeleton Fish are a feasible, though less efficient, alternative for players without the prerequisite skills.

The    Amulet of Prayers and    Holy Bulwark Potion provide PP upon taking damage from a monster.

Prayer Point (PP) Sources

The table below lists all items that can be buried to gain prayer points.

If any of these items are received as monster loot while wearing the   Bone Necklace, they will automatically be buried for twice the normal amount of PP.

Gaining
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Soul Points

The most common way to gain soul points (SP) is to use the "Release Soul" action on certain items from the Bank. Most non-Dungeon monsters drop some kind of

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Souls

when killed. Releasing these souls is one of the only sources of SP in the early game.

Items such as the    Amulet of Prayers,    Holy Bulwark Potion and   Bone Necklace do not work on soul points.

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Soul Points (SP) Sources

The table below lists all items that can be released to gain soul points.

Prayers

All prayers that provide percentage bonuses to Accuracy, Evasion, or Max Hit apply multiplicatively. For example,

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Mystic Might

's +15% Magic Evasion bonus will multiply the player's Magic Evasion Rating by 1.15 rather than directly providing a 15% chance to evade any Magic attack. Likewise, the +15% Magic Accuracy bonus it provides will multiply the player's Magic Accuracy Rating by 1.15 rather than simply adding 15% to their hit chance. Players can view the

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Combat

page for more detail on how hit chance is calculated. The three Protection prayers are worded differently and behave differently from prayers that affect Evasion Rating. For example,

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Protect from Magic

provides a flat 80% chance for the player to dodge any Magic attack, completely ignoring the player's Evasion Rating. (Using these prayers when a monster's chance to hit is 20% or lower is not advised, as that increases the chance of being hit.) Likewise, prayers that provide Damage Reduction award a flat percentage bonus, and do not multiply any DR that is already in effect.

Skill Level Unlocks

Increasing the Prayer skill provides access to new prayers.

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Level
Unlocks
1 Use
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Thick Skin
4 Use
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Burst of Strength
7 Use
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Clarity of Thought
10 Use
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Sharp Eye
12 Use
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Mystic Will
16 Use
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Rock Skin
18 Use
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Superhuman Strength
20 Use
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Improved Reflexes
24 Use
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Rapid Heal
26 Use
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Protect Item
28 Use
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Safeguard
30 Use
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Hawk Eye
33 Use
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Mystic Lore
37 Use
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Steel Skin
40 Use
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Maim

Use
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Ultimate Strength

Wear   Unholy Amulet (m)
Wear   Unholy Ring (m)
Wear   Unholy Platebody (m) (requires
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40)
Wear   Unholy Wizard Robes (m) (requires
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40)
Wield   Unholy Staff (m) (requires
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40)
Wear   Unholy Body (m) (requires
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40)
Wield   Unholy Longbow (m) (requires
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40)
Wield   Unholy 2H Sword (m) (requires
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40)
Purchase   Blessed Bone Offering
42 Use
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Grudge

Wear   Grudge Amulet (m)
43 Use
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Incredible Reflexes
44 Use
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Profane
45 Wear   Unholy Battle Boots (m)
Wear   Unholy Magic Gloves (m) (requires
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45)
Wear   Unholy Melee Gloves (m) (requires
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45)
Wear   Unholy Ranged Gloves (m) (requires
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45)
46 Use
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Protect from Magic
48 Use
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Consumption

Use
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Protect from Ranged

  Consuming Shield (m) (requires
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60)
50 Use
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Protect from Melee

Build
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Lake Swim
in Obstacle 6 (requires
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50)
53 Use
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Eagle Eye
54 Use
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Malice

Wear   Ring of Malice (m)
56 Use
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Mystic Might
57 Use
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Martyr

  Shield of Martyr (m)
60 Use
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Redemption
62 Use
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Rejuvenation

Use
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Shatter
65 Use
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Spite

Wear   Cursed Amulet (m)
Wear   Cursed Platebody (m) (requires
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65)
  Helmet of Spite (m)
Wear   Cursed Wizard Robes (m) (requires
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65)
Wield   Cursed Staff (m) (requires
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65)
Wear   Cursed Body (m) (requires
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65)
Wield   Cursed Longbow (m) (requires
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65)
Wear   Cursed Ring (m)
Wield   Cursed 2H Sword (m) (requires
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65)
66 Use
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Chivalry
70 Use
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Destruction

Build
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Spike Jump
in Obstacle 8 (requires
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70)
Build
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Cave Maze
in Obstacle 9 (requires
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70,
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70)
71 Use
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Sharp Vision
73 Use
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Punishment
76 Use
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Corruption

Use
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Mystic Mastery
80 Use
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Defile

Use
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Stone Skin

Build
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Lava Waterfall Dodge
in Obstacle 10 (requires
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95,
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95,
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95,
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90)
Build
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Lava Jump
in Obstacle 9
83 Use
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Piety
85 Use
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Retribution
87 Use
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Rigour
88 Use
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Malevolence
91 Use
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Augury

Use
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Reckoning
93 Use
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Sacrilege
95 Use
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Battleheart

Use
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Eradicate

Build
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Dragon Fight
in Obstacle 10 (requires
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95,
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95,
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95)
99 Wear   Maximum Skillcape (requires level 99 in all skills)
Wear   Prayer Skillcape
100 Use
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Valor

Build
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Frozen Maze
in Obstacle 11
Build
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Pipe Maze
in Obstacle 11 (requires
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100,
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100)
102 Use
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Avidity
105 Use
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Divination
108 Use
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Grace
110 Use
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Holy Aegis
112 Use
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Divine Precision
115 Use
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Elusivity
118 Use
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Battleborn
120 Wear   Superior Max Skillcape (requires level 120 in all skills)
Wear   Superior Prayer Skillcape

Skillcapes

Regular Skillcape

The   Prayer Skillcape is the skillcape for the Prayer skill. It can be purchased for 1,000,000  from the Shop once the player reaches

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Level 99

in the Prayer skill. The Prayer Skillcape offers the following benefits when worn:

-50% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers (Cost cannot go below 1)

Superior Skillcape

The   Superior Prayer Skillcape is the superior skillcape for the Prayer skill. It can be purchased for 10,000,000  from the Shop once the player reaches

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Level 120

in the Prayer skill.

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Level 120

can only be reached if the player owns the   Throne of the Herald expansion. Likewise, the superior skillcape can only be purchased if the player owns this expansion. The superior skillcape offers the following benefits when worn:

-75% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers (Cost cannot go below 1) and +5% Chance To Preserve Prayer Points

Pet

This skill's pet can be unlocked by performing any action that provides Prayer XP.

PetNameDLCEffect
 Monk-ey  +5% Chance To Preserve Prayer Points

Skill Bonuses

Prayer Cost Reduction

These bonuses reduce the cost of each active prayer by either a percentage of its base cost or a flat number of PP, down to a minimum of 1 PP per prayer. Flat reductions are applied before percentage reductions, and the resulting cost is rounded. This rounding can cause some combinations of cost reduction to be ineffective, especially on prayers with lower costs.

The

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Protect Item

prayer costs no PP when the   Gold Diamond Ring is equipped.

Chance to Preserve Prayer Points

With this bonus, any usage of a prayer has a chance to cost no PP, bypassing other cost reduction modifiers. The chance is rolled each time the prayer is triggered.