Ectofuntus

The Ectofuntus is located to the north of Port Phasmatys. It is in a temple where players can worship the Ectofuntus to receive quadruple Prayer experience for every bone used during worship. It's a bit of effort, walking up and down with buckets and pots, but well worth it for this skill as it can be very tedious to train. Completing the Ghosts Ahoy quest will help immensely as players can use the Ectophial to teleport back and forth, and bank at the town if needed.

Background
The Vampyres of Morytania came to the port town long ago, demanding blood tithes. Of course, the inhabitants would do anything to stop them and therefore turned to the evil wizard Necrovarus, begging for help. Necrovarus told them to start digging to the north of the town, and not to stop until they found a large pool of green slime. So they did, and discovered Ectoplasm. Then he ordered a temple to be built on that same site, and in that temple a large fountain: the ectofuntus. Once everything was finished, the fountain started to emit unholy power, pulling up a large force field around the settlement. The defence worked; the Vampyres couldn't breach the barrier, but a horrible side-effect followed: All the people of Port Phasmatys died and their souls, instead of passing into the next world, were trapped by the field. From that day onward, Port Phasmatys has been a town inhabited solely by ghosts.

How to Worship the Ectofuntus

 * Collect slime - take empty buckets and enter the trapdoor near the Ectofuntus, and travel down the stairs. There is an Agility shortcut here that will shorten the journey considerably, but requires level 58 Agility.  At the bottom of the stairs is a pool of slime, just use empty buckets with it. It is best gather 24 (have at least 2 ectotokens to get back to the bank) of these at a time for maximum efficiency.


 * Crush bones - take bones and some empty pots and go up the stairs near the Ectofuntus. Use the bone grinder to grind the bones and collect the contents in the pots. It is best gather 12 of these at a time for maximum efficiency (12 bones, 12 pots, and some ectotokens to get back to the bank.)

On the update of 29/9/08 the bone grinder could now grind a couple of bone meals instead of clicking on a bone and on the grinder a couple of times.

"The bone grinder on the top floor of the Ectofuntus temple now works in a similar fashion to the ‘Grind-x’ mechanic. Making bonemeal should now be a little easier and stop you grinding your fingers to the bone!"


 * Worship the Ectofuntus - you should now have buckets of slime and pots of bonemeal in your inventory. Just click on the Ectofuntus to worship it, and receive prayer experience.  Players will need to talk to the disciples when the Ectofuntus is full to receive some Ectotokens.  Players can then worship again. It is best to worship 13 of these at a time for maximum efficiency.

Despite the several tips which can quicken worshiping the Ectofuntus, it has lost its popularity as the fastest way to gain Prayer experience due to the introduction and ever-increasing availability of the famed gilded altar, which yields 3.5x experience per bone (vs. the 4x xp for this method), but allows for much faster XP. One trip to the Ecto with 9 pots, 9 buckets, and 9 dragon bones will give 2592 exp. If you use ourg bones instead you will get 5040 exp, which is almost twice as much. But considering ourg bones are almost 5 times as expensive as dragon bones, dragon bones are recommended.

Equipment

 * Ectophial;
 * Ring of dueling;
 * Ghostspeak amulet;
 * Boots of Lightness;
 * Spotted cape or Spottier cape;
 * Penance gloves;
 * 9 empty Pots (smaller amounts); as many Pots as bones you have (larger amounts);
 * 9 Buckets (smaller amounts); as many Buckets as bones you have (larger amounts);
 * Your bones of choice.

Process for smaller amounts of bones

 * 1) Wear the Ghostspeak Amulet (and possibly a Ring of duelling).
 * 2) Load up with 9 Buckets, 9 Pots, 9 bones of your preferred type, and the Ectophial.
 * 3) Jump to the Ectofunctus using the Ectophial. Refill the Ectophial now.
 * 4) Run upstairs and grind your bones.
 * 5) Run downstairs and fill your buckets with Ectoplasm slime (don't forget the Agility shortcut!)
 * 6) Run back upstairs and worship the Ectofunctus. If you have an Ectophial, empty it to get upstairs quickly. Remember, you do not need to wait for the worship animation to complete. You can begin your next worship as soon as the bonemeal and slime are gone from your inventory.
 * 7) Speak to one of the Ghost disciples to collect your Ecto-tokens.
 * 8) Enter Port Phasmatys (costs 2 Ecto-tokens if you have not completed Ghosts Ahoy), go to bank, and restock your bones. Or, use the Ring of duelling to teleport to Castlewars and bank there, returning to the Ectofuntus with the Ectophial. Using a Ring of duelling will speed up the time taken to bank significantly, but you will only be able to do eight trips per ring, so it can work out a little more expensive.

This method is recommended if you have around 100 bones or less, as it is more efficient to use the following method for larger amount. This method can also be used to gather ecto-tokens, for use in Ghosts Ahoy, Rocking Out, to visit Dragontooth Island or buy Ale yeast.

Process for larger amounts of bones

 * 1) Make all your bonemeal - only 13 at a time can be done, due to the usage of the Ectophial.
 * 2) Grind all bones at the grinder;
 * 3) Run to Port Phasmatys bank, or teleport to Castlewars and bank;
 * 4) Deposit all completed bonemeals and withdraw empty pots and your preferred bones.
 * 5) Teleport back using Ectophial, refill and repeat.
 * 6) Collect all Buckets of slime.
 * 7) Travel to the Ectoplasm pool (use agility shortcut if possible), and fill your buckets;
 * 8) Empty your Ectophial and run to Port Phasmatys bank, or teleport straight to Castlewars;
 * 9) Deposit 27 buckets of slime and withdraw 27 empty buckets;
 * 10) Teleport back to the Ectofuntus with Ectophial, refill and repeat.
 * 11) Worship the Ectofuntus.
 * 12) Withdraw 12 bonemeals and 12 buckets of slime (13 can be done, but after 12 worships you must collect your Ecto-tokens);
 * 13) Worship the Ectofuntus until all your bonemeals and buckets of slime are used up;
 * 14) Run to Port Phasmatys bank or teleport to Castlewars;
 * 15) Deposit all empty pots and buckets and withdraw 12 bonemeals and 12 buckets of slime;
 * 16) Return to the Ectofuntus via the Ectophial, refill and repeat.

Players may wish to do the slime-collecting first, which they may do so.

This method is most efficient for processing larger amounts of bones. Players with very large amounts of bones (for example, 10,000) may wish to do smaller batches (of, for example, 1000) to help relieve the tediousness. This will also remove the need to buy masses of pots and buckets.

Trivia

 * The word Ectofuntus is a conflation of Ectoplasm, a physical manifestation of spiritual energy, and Funtus, which is the latin for fountain.
 * The top of the Ectofuntus is bowl shape, with the hollow end directed towards the East. This could indicate that the unholy energy of the fountain is somehow 'received' out of the East, possibly from the Eastern Lands.
 * Unlike water, Ectoplasm/slime will fill the bucket you use on the pool first, then fill up from begining to end.
 * Rings of dueling may be substituted by amulets of glory for free teleports, although multiple amulets are required for maximum efficiency (also remember that a ghostspeak amulet is required to receive ecto-tokens).