Welcome, adventurer! Prayer is one of the most vital skills in RuneScape 3, offering powerful combat boosts, utility spells, and crucial quest requirements. Whether you're aiming for the esteemed level 99 or the ultimate level 120, planning your training efficiently can save you countless hours and millions of coins. Our Prayer Calculator is here to help you chart your course.
Prayer XP Calculator
How to Use the RuneScape 3 Prayer Calculator
Our calculator is designed to be straightforward and accurate. Follow these simple steps:
- Current Prayer Level: Enter your current Prayer level. This can be found in your in-game skills tab.
- Target Prayer Level: Input the Prayer level you wish to achieve (e.g., 99 for max cape, 120 for true trim).
- Current Prayer XP: Provide your exact current Prayer experience. This is crucial for precise calculations.
- Bones/Ashes Type: Select the type of bones or ashes you plan to use. The base XP for each item is shown in parentheses.
- Altar/Method Multiplier: Choose your preferred training method. Different altars and methods offer varying XP multipliers, significantly impacting the number of items needed.
- Additional Bonus XP %: Account for any extra experience boosts you might have, such as Double XP Live, skill outfits, the Voice of Seren in Prifddinas, or clan avatars. Enter the total percentage here (e.g., for DXP Live, enter 100 for 100% bonus, making it 2x total XP).
- Calculate! Click the "Calculate Prayer XP" button to see your results.
Understanding Prayer Training in RuneScape 3
Prayer training in RS3 primarily revolves around offering bones or ashes at altars, or consuming them in various ways. The experience gained per item can be drastically increased by using specific altars and applying various bonuses.
Common Training Methods & Bonuses
- Bones & Altars:
- Gilded Altar (Player-Owned House): The most popular and often cost-effective method. With two lit burners, a Gilded Altar provides 2.5x the base XP of bones (150% bonus).
- Portable Altar: A deployable item that provides 3.5x base XP for bones and ashes, plus a 10% chance to save items and 10% bonus XP to others nearby. Highly recommended.
- Wilderness Chaos Altar: Offers 3.5x base XP for bones, with a 50% chance to save bones. Extremely fast but carries the risk of PvP in the Wilderness.
- Ectofuntus: Provides 4x base XP per bone, but requires grinding bones into bonemeal and filling a bucket with slime, making it very slow.
- Ashes: Obtained from killing demons. They can be scattered for Prayer XP, with Portable Altars providing a significant boost.
- Cremation: Burning bones at a bonfire (requires high Firemaking) provides Prayer XP alongside Firemaking XP. Not efficient for pure Prayer.
- Quests: Many quests offer substantial Prayer XP rewards, especially early on. Always check quest guides for potential Prayer boosts.
- God Statues: Monthly D&D that offers significant XP in a chosen skill, including Prayer.
- Menaphos Scarabs: Daily activity in Menaphos that can grant Prayer XP.
- Vyrewatch Cremation: After 'River of Blood', you can cremate Vyrewatch corpses for Prayer and Firemaking XP, which is efficient for both skills.
Maximizing Your Prayer Experience
To reach your Prayer goals faster and more efficiently, consider stacking various XP boosts:
- Double XP Live: A recurring event that doubles most XP gains. Plan your Prayer training around these weekends.
- Bonus XP: Acquired from various sources like refer-a-friend, lamps, skill training dummy rewards, or Treasure Hunter.
- Prayer Urns: Fill these while training, then teleport them away for additional Prayer XP. They are stackable.
- Voice of Seren (Prifddinas): When the Voice of Seren is active in the Trahaearn district, you receive a 20% Prayer XP boost.
- Scrimshaws: The Scrimshaw of Sacrifice or Scrimshaw of Corruption can offer significant XP boosts at the cost of item drops or Prayer drain.
- Skill Outfits: The First Age outfit or Master Prayer outfit provide up to 7% bonus Prayer XP.
- Clan Avatar: Being near a clan avatar can grant a 3-6% XP boost.
- Pulse Cores & Cinder Cores: These items can provide temporary XP boosts to nearby players.
Efficient Training Strategy
The most common and highly recommended method for fast Prayer XP is using either a Gilded Altar with two lit burners in a Player-Owned House (POH) or a Portable Altar. Portable Altars are often preferred due to their item-saving potential and ease of use in public areas.
For extreme speed (and risk), the Chaos Altar in the Wilderness is unmatched due to its 50% bone-saving chance combined with the 3.5x XP multiplier. However, be prepared for player killers (PKers).
Always check the Grand Exchange prices for bones/ashes to find the most cost-effective option for your budget. Sometimes, a slightly lower XP-per-item bone might be significantly cheaper per XP.
Conclusion
Achieving your desired Prayer level in RuneScape 3 is a journey, but with the right tools and knowledge, it can be a smooth and rewarding one. Our Prayer Calculator empowers you to plan your training effectively, understand the resources you'll need, and make informed decisions about your training methods. Good luck on your path to mastering Prayer!