1-99 Prayer Training Guide OSRS

By Expos.GG Team · 2026-01-29

Level Prayer efficiently with our complete guide. Compare ensouled heads, gilded altar, and chaos altar methods.

Overview

Prayer provides powerful combat bonuses and protection prayers. It's expensive but essential for high-level PvM content.

Why Train Prayer?

- Protection prayers (43+) - Piety, Rigour, Augury (70+) - Required for Raids/bossing - Improves combat efficiency

Training Methods

Gilded Altar (Most Common)

Use a player-owned house altar: - XP/Bone: 350% of base XP - Uses 2 burners lit - Bank at Rimmington portal

Chaos Altar (Wilderness)

50% chance to save bones: - Effective XP: 700% average - Risk of PKers - Best GP/XP ratio

Ensouled Heads (Arceuus)

Reanimate heads for XP: - Cheaper than bones - Gives Magic XP too - Good for ironmen

Ectofuntus (Ironman)

4x base XP: - Free but slow - Good for early ironman - Tedious gameplay

Bone Comparison

| Bone | GE Price | Gilded XP | Chaos XP | |------|----------|-----------|----------| | Dragon | 2.5k | 252 | 504 | | Superior Dragon | 10k | 525 | 1,050 | | Dagannoth | 5k | 437.5 | 875 | | Hydra | 7k | 385 | 770 |

Cost Analysis

Dragon Bones (Gilded) - Cost to 99: ~100M - Time to 99: 15-20 hours - Most common method

Superior Dragon (Gilded) - Cost to 99: ~200M - Time to 99: 8-10 hours - Faster but expensive

Dragon Bones (Chaos) - Cost to 99: ~50M effective - Time to 99: 20-30 hours - PKer risk

Method Details

Gilded Altar Setup 1. Find a host (World 330) 2. Bank at Rimmington portal 3. Use bones on altar 4. Repeat

Chaos Altar Strategy 1. Bring 27 bones + burning amulet 2. Teleport to Lava Maze 3. Run to altar 4. Use bones manually (not on altar) 5. Escape with seed pod

Ensouled Heads 1. Buy heads from GE 2. Cast Arceuus spell 3. Kill reanimated creature 4. Repeat

Efficient Setup

Gilded Altar Inventory - 26 bones - 1 teleport (ring of dueling) - Graceful outfit

Chaos Altar Inventory - 27 bones - Burning amulet - Royal seed pod - 3-item rule gear

Prayer Level Milestones

| Level | Unlock | |-------|--------| | 43 | Protection prayers | | 44 | Eagle Eye | | 45 | Mystic Might | | 60 | Chivalry | | 70 | Piety | | 74 | Rigour | | 77 | Augury |

Time to 99

| Method | Hours | Cost | |--------|-------|------| | Dragon (Gilded) | 15-20 | 100M | | Superior (Gilded) | 8-10 | 200M | | Dragon (Chaos) | 20-30 | 50M | | Ensouled Heads | 30-40 | 50M |

Tips

1. Do quests first - Save early levels 2. Use Runelite plugins - Menu entry swapper 3. Chaos altar with friends - Safety in numbers 4. Consider achievement diaries - Morytania gives bonuses

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