Prayer

Prayer is a skill leveled through burying various items. Leveling up Prayer allows players to equip and use stronger Prayers over longer periods of time. Prayer is denoted by the Prayer Icon () or the Prayer Orb () located on the HUD

## Mechanics

### Unlocking Prayers

Prayers are locked until a player has reached Prayer level 5. To level up the Prayer skill, you can bury a number of items in the ground or use them at altars. See **Earning Experience** for a list of items that can be buried.

### Equipping Prayers

To equip Prayers to their loadout, a player must interact with either a Gilded or Chaos altar while holding a Prayer Book. Once done, a UI will open up displaying the players Prayer loadouts. A player can have up to 3 loadouts created at any time, but can only have 1 loadout actively selected.

After clicking one of the loadouts:

* Equip a new loadout
* Edit a loadout
* Clear a loadout

If a player chooses to edit their loadout, they will be met with the option select one of the Prayer slots.

After selecting a slot Players will be shown a list of Prayers they can equip. As Players level up, they will gain access to both new Prayers and more powerful versions of existing Prayers. See unlocks for a list of Prayers and level requirements to unlock them.

Once selected and on the current loadout, the Prayers icon will be added to the slot on the HUD.

### Activating Prayers

To activate Prayers, players must use a Prayer book. This will visually modify the Prayer HUD elements Once activated, Prayers will stay active until either:

1. The player runs out of Prayer Points
2. The player activates the Prayer book a second time

### Prayer Points and Prayer Costs

While Prayers are active, a player will lose Prayer points based on a cost of all currently equipped Prayers. Each time a player levels up their Prayer, they gain 1 (10) additional Prayer Points. Prayers are separated into Tier 1 and Tier 2 Prayers. Tier 1 Prayers add 4 to the total cost. Tier 2 Prayers add 8 to the total cost. Additionally, a player can only have a single Tier 2 Prayer equipped in any loadout. Every second reduces a players Prayer Points by the total cost of the Prayers equipped.

## Blocks

Prayer is accompanied by two new blocks, the Gilded and Chaos Altars.

### Gilded Altars

* Crafting a Gilded Altar requires a Gilded Altar Centerpiece, 2 Gold nuggets, 1 Book, 1 carpet, and 1 polished blackstone/deepslate. A Gilded Altar Centerpiece () crafted with 3 Gold ingots and 2 Gold nuggets.
* Gilded Altars provide a 1.5x experience boost to any bones/remains used at them

### Chaos Altars

* Cannot be crafted
* Cannot be mined
* Only found in Zamorak Temples
* Provide a 2x experience boost to any bones/remains used at them
* Has a small chance of giving the player the Wither effect

## Structures

The Zamorak Temple is a new structure introduced with Prayer that can be found in the Nether.

It contains:

* a Chaos Altar
* Ingots
* Bones
* Gem bags
* Zamorak Zoo Music Disc Fragments

## Earning Experience

Prayer experience is earned by burying bones/remains onto the ground or at gilded/chaos altars.

### Prayer XP chart

*\*Burnt Bones are also obtainable by putting bones into a furnace*

## Changes

* Players are now told the correct amount of XP obtained when using bones/remains on an altar
* Players can now restore their Prayer to max without holding an item in their hand