Monastery of Saradomin

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The Monastery (also known as the Monastery of Saradomin and the Prayer Guild) is a two-story building north-east of Falador and west of Edgeville. A combat bracelet can be used to teleport inside the monastery, and is the fastest method to get there. Monks wander inside, both in the courtyard and inside the building.

The monastery and its monks were graphically updated on 7 May 2008.

History
The Monastery's exact age is unknown, although its history suggests that it pre-dates many human settlements in Asgarnia and Misthalin. According to the novel Betrayal at Falador, the Monastery was originally a military camp created by an ancient king who sought to lead a crusade into the Wilderness. The king, however, passed away before he could begin his cleansing of the Wilderness, and the camp he left behind gradually developed into a permanent monastic settlement.

In 164, the Monastery was attacked by the Kinshra Lord Sulla, who had recently slain his predecessor and gained control of the organisation. The Battle of the Monastery was the first battle of the War of 164, and it saw the first use of Chaos Dwarf Mortars developed by the Zamorakian extremist Thorbarkin. The Monastery's residents suffered heavy casualties in the battle, but the intervention of more well-equipped fighters such as Kara-Meir, Doric, Squire Theodore, Ebenezer, Castimir, and Gar'rth gave much of the order time to escape with Abbot Langely to the then-unincorporated city of Edgeville in Misthalin. The battle left the Monastery heavily damaged, but following the war it was rebuilt.

According to the novel, the Monastery contains a library that includes extensive records concerning local history and guests. These records were partially damaged in Sulla's invasion, but most survived. The library itself does not appear in-game.

Ground floor
The ground floor of the monastery contains various decorations, benches, fountains and a garden to the north with cabbage and rose bushes. It is also home to several monks, including Abbot Langley, a non-player character who makes sure that only players with a Prayer level of 31 can climb up to the first floor. He can also heal players upon request, as can any of the monks.

This is a very popular place for players for training on, as monks give good combat experience and heal players when they are hurt. Monks heal up to 166 life points each time the player asks, while Abbot Langley heals up to 133.

The monks at the monastery used to heal themselves during combat after they had taken a significant amount of damage. This made the monks on the ground floor a popular training spot for Defence pures, as the latter only has a maximum hit of 1. The monks would then continually heal themselves, making it incredibly hard for a Defence pure to kill a monk. However, this was changed in 2008 so that the monks can no longer heal themselves during combat. This modification does not appear to have ever been publicly mentioned by Jagex. Also, this update appears to have not affected the Monks on the island of Entrana, as they still heal themselves during combat.

There is a Musician just outside the Monastery, useful for recharging run energy and as another method for healing life points.

First floor
Players need level 31 Prayer to go up to the first floor. The first floor contains various decorations, monks, Brother Jered, an altar, a Kharid scorpion, and the top and bottom pieces of the monk's robes set. Brother Jered does not heal players. The monks also apparently do not abide by the combat system of Jagex, because to get up to the first floor, 31 prayer is needed. The monks have 5 combat, so even if they had 1 in all combat skills, 15 in life points, and 31 in prayer, their combat level should be 8.

Players should not try to pick up the Kharid scorpion, as doing so will deal them 30 life points for each time, damage incapable of being blocked by either Prayer or Magic. The only way to get the scorpion is by using a scorpion cage on it during Scorpion Catcher.

Brother Jered can bless unblessed symbols into holy symbols. He can sell members with 99 Prayer the Prayer cape for 99,000 coins. In addition, he can make Blessed spirit shields if the player brings him a normal Spirit shield and a holy elixir.

Praying at the altar fully recharges a player's prayer points, in addition to giving a +2 bonus over the player's max prayer points. This +2 boost makes it the best altar available to free players, and will work even if you possess full normal Prayer points. However, one should note that this does not, for example, enable a player with Level 50 Prayer to activate Level 52 Prayers, even with membership.

There are barrels filled with wine, multiple beds, stained glass windows, and tables for the monks to place items upon, though these are only for decoration.

For members, the poison-purging Prayer book is also found here in the The Great Brain Robbery, and can only be reobtained by going to the Monastery if lost.

Early on in RuneScape 2, the first floor of the Monastery was among the locations to which a player could be teleported if they did not respond to particular random events. This led to some non-members who had below 31 Prayer with two higher Prayer points than their maximum due to the effect of the altar located there. This meant, for example, that a level 3 non-member could have "3/1" Prayer (in other words, they would possess 3 prayer points out of a maximum 1 of point). However, teleportation to the first floor is now impossible, rendering non-members below 31 prayer with two extra prayer points highly unusual.

Quests
There are some quests that involve the Monastery:
 * The Great Brain Robbery - The Prayer book is found in the bookcase to the east.
 * Garden of Tranquillity - Player must take seeds from rosebushes in the garden of the Monastery.
 * Perils of Ice Mountain - Player must bring letter to Brother Bordiss.
 * Scorpion Catcher - The Kharidian scorpion is on the 1st floor of the Monastery.
 * Ghostly Robes (miniquest)

Trivia

 * When you are at full prayer points and you try to recharge prayer a message will appear: "you boost your prayer points" instead of "you already have full prayer points."
 * Taking the monk robes from the table on the first floor is an effective way of making money. Although, competition for the monk robes are sometimes extremely strong, the respawn time is relatively short, depending on the number of players in that world.
 * Brother Jered is sometimes described as the 'leader' of the Monastery.
 * This place is popular in Bounty Worlds because of the altar which boost your prayer points, however, the altar at Lumbridge is the most popular in PvP Worlds.