Prayer/Training
In order to level up
you will need to earn Prayer Points (PP). You will get a small number of PP by buring 
bones from monster drops, but you can get more through by Slayer re-supplies from the
, and 
Blessed Offering in the
, however, for the most efficient source of PP you should be aim to bury 
Small Urn and 
Medium Urn.
There is a full list of prayer point sources at the end of this guide.
In order to start earning prayer XP, you must activate prayers. Initially, you will be restricted to lower cost prayers such as
. You should pick the prayers that work with your Combat style, and choose the higher cost prayers to get the most XP. When you fight monsters your Prayer XP will start to increase.
The Prayers will show the amount of XP you will receive. Note that certain prayers will not give XP, and these should be avoided if you are trying to level this skill. Additionally, if you die, or if you change Combat then check that will want to check on your prayers as these may not be set correctly.
Improving XP rates
Your XP rate will depend on your damage done as well as the base prayer point expenditure and is calculated as:
[math]\displaystyle{ Prayer\ XP\ gained = \dfrac {Damage\ dealt \times Base\ Prayer\ Point\ cost}{30} }[/math]
You will be able to improve your XP rate by killing higher HP monsters, monsters with low-evasion, and enemies with a slower attack speed, or by using higher cost prayers such as
. You'll likely want to reduce prayer point usage as detailed on the Prayer/Boosts page. Reducing the cost of prayers does not reduce the amount of XP that is gained as the calculation uses the Base Prayer Point cost.
Prayer point sources
| Bone | DLC |  Points
|
|---|---|---|
| Bones
|
|
1 |
 Unholy Dust
|
|
2 |
 Ash
|
|
2 |
 Big Bones
|
|
3 |
| Holy Dust
|
|
3 |
 Raw Skeleton Fish
|
|
3 |
 Cursed Dust
|
|
3 |
 Crystal Bones
|
|
4 |
 Dragon Bones
|
|
5 |
 Large Crystal Bones
|
|
8 |
 Magic Bones
|
|
10 |
 Infernal Bones
|
|
14 |
 Small Urn (Enchanted)
|
|
150 |
 Medium Urn (Enchanted)
|
|
500 |
 Prayer Idol
|
|
1,000 |
 Large Urn (Enchanted)
|
|
1,500 |
 Prayer Statue
|
|
5,000 |
