Prayer is quite an easy skill to train with no real requirement. However, the only downside it has is the training cost. Many players tend to quit the grind at level 70 or 74 for Piety and Rigour, respectively. In the following guide, we will be showing the best ways to train your Prayer without having to go bankrupt.
Quests
Here are a few quests that you can consider completing to jumpstart the journey. The Restless Ghost, Priest in Peril, Ghosts Ahoy, Mountain Daughter, Recruitment Drive, Rag & Bone Man, Making History, Another Slice of H.A.M., Rag & Bone Man 2, The Great Brain Robbery, Rum Deal, Spirits of the Elid, and Swan Song.
P2P Players
Prayer was released at the initial point of the game’s release. The only way to train it was by burying bones for XP. However, the members’ version now has several updated ways to train Prayer faster. There are also a few quests to you can choose to complete and skip the early levels, but they aren’t significant in the long run.
Gilded Altar
You can build a Gilded Altar in your POH (Player-Owned House), which requires 75 Construction. Alternatively, you can use one in any player’s open house on W330. Gilded Altar grants a 350% bonus XP per bone used.
For the best cost-to-efficiency ratio, you can use Dragon or Wyvern Bones. The XP per house varies between 270k to 600k, depending on whether you’re doing it AFK or manually clicking each bone. The quickest way would be to use Superior Dragon Bones, but at a cost of your bank because it costs four times more than the regular ones.
Chaos Temple
There’s a similar Gilded Altar located at the Chaos Temple (Wilderness Level 38), but it has a 50% chance that your bone won’t be consumed. A plus point is that the Elder Chaos Druid can un-note the bones for you at a modest fee. Make sure you watch out for Clans and solo Player Killers when training here.
Ectofuntus
Long before the Gilded Altar release, Ectofuntus was the way to go. You get a 4x XP boost per bone using the Ecotofuntus, which is actually the highest rate in the game. You may only access this place after completing the Priest in Peril quest.
Ensouled Heads
When on a journey to train Slayer, or an adventure to kill dragons for bones and other loot, you’ll occasionally come across Ensouled Heads. You’ll need 60% Arceuus House favor to access the Dark Altar, as well as the spell book. The most common route to getting 180k Prayer XP per hour is using the Ensouled Bloodveld Heads.
F2P Players
Training Prayer as a F2P player is significantly slower. Compared to the members’ world, you’ll have minimal access to training activities. You’ll only be stuck with burying bones until the very end, which is quite boring.
Regular Bones
Instead of obtaining bones from monster drops, you can purchase them from the Grand Exchange as they don’t really cost much. You need to click with full concentration to get about 13k Prayer XP per hour. To save a few seconds, you can note your bones and un-note them using the banker or a bank chest.
Big Bones
Burying Big Bones is similar to the above method. You’ll simply have to stand next to a bank or bank chest and start clicking your heart out. The XP rates however differ as you’ll see yourself getting about 43k Prayer XP per hour through Big Bones. Continuing to do the same will cost you around 177M OSRSGP to reach level 99.
Conclusion
Prayer is an end-game skill because of how expensive it is. We recommend that you train your prayer to a required level and then stop. You can max out once you have enough RS Gold to spend. Either way, whichever path you choose, we wish you the best of luck!