Ore Respawn Times
Each ore in the game takes a certain amount of time to respawn, or reappear so that you can mine it. Generally, the higher-level ores take a longer time to respawn than lower level ones, and the number of players on a server also effect ore respawn times: the more people on a server, the quicker an ore will respawn. The following is a chart of approximate respawn times for ores:
Average Ore Respawn Times
Ore Server Population
2,000 1,600 1,200 800 400 0
Clay 1 sec 1.2 sec 1.4 sec 1.6 sec 1.8 sec 2 sec
Tin & Copper 2 sec 2.4 sec 2.8 sec 3.2 sec 3.6 sec 4 sec
Iron 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 8 sec 9 sec 10 sec
Silver 1 min 1m 12 s 1m 24s 1m 36s 1m 48s 2 min
Coal 30 sec 36 sec 42 sec 48 sec 54 sec 1 min
Gold 1 min 1m 12s 1m 24s 1m 36s 1m 48s 2 min
Mithril 2 min 2m 24s 2m 48s 3m 12s 3m 36s 4 min
Adamant 4 min 4m 48s 5m 36s 6m 24s 7m 12s 8 min
Rune 12m 30s 15 min 17m 30s 20 min 22m 30s 25 min
Mining Notes
Timing spawns on perfectly empty servers without the aid of a private server is technically impossible, and as such these are approximated times.
In the case of rune ores, accurately timing the spawns becomes extremely difficult, if not impossible, on lesser populated servers as the times differ by up to a minute between spawns due to rapidly changing sever sizes. As such, these times are based on the underlying pattern, and were loosely checked for accuracy.
Prayer
Written By Salmoneus
Special Thanks to TitanTyrant, 1800151100, Bboyjyoung, Lerenzie, x2ryan2x, Flummoxer, Samurai5911, Kellicross, Neo Avatars, Thomas154321, Idontno4750, iLink, Princess Sjd, Golden Arm42, Damaged500
Prayer can give you a huge advantage when facing even the meanest of enemies during combat. It can come in handy if you need an extra burst of strength, a moment of being invincible to magic, or even a faster healing time! Since there are so many things it can help with, Prayer is a skill worth getting better at, even though it can be quite tedious at times.
Quick Links
The Basics
Bones
Ectofuntus
The Prayers
Helpful Objects
Having Symbols Blessed
Player-Owned House Chapels
Prayer Guild
Prayer Help Guide
Prayer Calculator
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Basics
When you pray to the Gods of RuneScape, they will help you by making you instantly stronger, or un-affected by a foes' attack, depending on the prayer that you use. To use more prayers and to make them last longer, you should bury bones which are dropped by many monsters throughout RuneScape.
You can find a graphical prayer list by clicking on the silver-colored symbol located to the right of the game screen. It will tell you which prayers you are using, the ones that you can use, and any ones that you can't use yet. To activate a prayer just click on the one you wish to use, and to de-activate it just click on it again.
Colored-in Icon: This means that you have enough experience and are a high enough level in order to use the prayer.
Lit-up Icon: The prayer is in use and will continue to drain your prayer points until you stop praying.
Blacked-out Icon: You're unable to use the prayer until you reach the required prayer level.
You can use more than one prayer at a time, but your prayer points will drain faster if you do. When your points drain down to 0, you will be unable to use any prayers until you recharge at an altar. Altars can be found in many churches around RuneScape. They can also be built in the Chapels of Player Owned Houses.
Stat-Boosting Altars
Some Altars will provide you with extra Prayer Points if you pray at it while you have full prayer points (ie: 30/30). There are currently two known Altars that posess this property:
The Altar upstairs in the Prayer Guild adds 2 Prayer Points.
The Nature Shrine in Mort Myre Swamp, which you gain access to after completing the Nature Spirit Quest, adds 2 Prayer points.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bones
By taking a short walk through the town of Lumbridge, you could most likely find a backpack full of bones, but you may have more luck by killing monsters for them. Many monsters and NPC's that you can fight will drop bones, but others will not drop any. There are also different kinds of bones you can find, depending on the enemy.
Chart of Bones
Picture Bones Prayer Experience Obtained From...
Shaking Bones 3 Zombies & Skeleton Monkies on Ape Atoll.
Wolf Bones 4.4 Any kind of Wolf
Bones 4.5 Cows, Chickens, Men; most other fightable NPC's.
Small Monkey Bones 5 Zombie Monkies
Monkey Bones 5 Monkies
Burnt Bones 5 Greater Demons
Bat Bones 5.25 Giant Bats
Big Bones 15 All kinds of Giants and Ogres.
Jogre Bones 15 Jogres
Medium Monkey Bones 16 Ninja Monkies, Zombie Monkies.
Marinated J' Bones 18 Tai Bwo Wannai Trio Quest.
Large Monkey Bones 18 Monkey Temple Guard
Zogre Bones 22.5 Zogres
Shaikahan Bones 25 The Shaikahan, east of Tai Bwo Wannai.
Baby Dragon Bones 30 Baby Red & Blue Dragons.
Wyvern Bones 50 Skeletal Wyverns
Dragon Bones 72 All kinds of Dragons.
Fayrg Bones 84 Zombie & Skeleton Ogres in Gu'Tanoth
Raurg Bones 96 Zombie & Skeleton Ogres in Gu'Tanoth
Dagannoth Bones 125 All kindsf of Dagannoths
Ourg Bones 140 Zombie & Skeleton Ogres in Gu'Tanoth
Ghasts
Another good way for Members to gain Prayer experience is by killing Ghasts in the Mort Myre Swamp. After starting the Nature Spirit Quest, you are able to enter the swamp, but you should first complete the quest and receive a Druid Pouch to fill with 'Natures Harvests.' This will cause any Ghasts that attack to become visible so that you can kill it. Defeating a Ghast will give 30 experience to Prayer.
Shades
By burning the remains of the Mort'ton Shades, you'll receive Prayer experience. First you need to complete the Shades of Mort'ton Quest. Then you can cut some logs and pour some Sacred Oil on them. Kill a Shade and use the logs on 1 of the Pyres around the village. Place the remains on the Pyre as well, and light it with a Tinderbox. More info can be found in the Firemaking guide.
Chart of Shades
Picture Shade Prayer Experience
Loar 25
Phrinn 37.5
Riyl 61
Asyn 79.5
Fiyr 100
One of the main reasons for burning shades is for the purpose of obtaining keys for the Mort'ton Dungeon. Inside, you'll find various doors which require a different key, and inside of those rooms will be a chest; some of which contain Fine Cloth, used in making Splitbark Armor.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ectofuntus
After compleing the Ghosts Ahoy Quest, Ectofuntus can be used to gain more Ecto-tokens and Prayer experience. Ecto-Tokens can be used for many things inside Port Phasmatys, and you'll receive experience for worshipping the Ectofuntus. The Prayer experience earned for worshipping the Ectofuntus is four times the normal experience received when just burying them.
But before you head off to worship this slimy structure, make sure you have Pots, Buckets (enough for the number of Bones you are bringing), Bones, and an Amulet of Ghostspeak. The Ectophial is also handy for teleporting from the Pool of Slime to the Ectofuntus.
Speak to the Ghost Disciple and ask about Ectofuntus. Climb down the trapdoor to the west and continue downwards until you find a Pool of Slime. Fill your buckets and head back up to the temple. Grind several sets of bones in the bone Grinder upstairs. To do this, use them with the machine, wind it up, and then empty each 1 into a Pot. Now climb downstairs and use the Slime with the Ectofuntus.
Ectofuntus
Bones Prayer Experience
Bones 18
Wolf Bones 18
Burnt Bones 18
Monkey Bones 20
Small Monkey Bones 20
Bat Bones 21
Big Bones 60
Jogre Bones 60
Medium Monkey Bones 64
Large Monkey Bones 72
Zogre Bones 90
Babydragon Bones 120
Dragon Bones 288
Fayrg Bones 336
Raurg Bones 384
Ourg Bones 560
For a detailed guide on worshipping the Ectofuntus, check out the guide on Worshipping the Ectofuntus Quickly & Efficiently.