Armour/Prayer armour



Prayer armour is used to slow the rate at which prayer points drain when praying. Unlike the other three general categories of armour, there are few items within it that can be considered uniquely prayer related. Many shields, magic robes, and types of metal armour can also be considered prayer armour.

Prayer Robes
Priest, Monk, Shade, Zamorak(m), Druid(m)

Robe Top, Robe Bottoms

Priest Gowns and Zamorak Robes give the lowest Prayer bonus, while Druid robes give a slightly higher bonus. Monk's Robes give the highest Prayer bonus in Free-to-play. Monk's Robes were very popular when Player killing was allowed prior to the 10 December 2007 updates. They are still often used by free players and those who cannot use Proselyte armour, which gives a higher bonus. However, these robes are not used often in Activities (nor are they recommended to be used in them). The wearer may find themselves often coming under attack from different attack styles in a multicombat area and, being able to use only one protect prayer at a time, this basically ensures a swift death (i.e. a player with monk's robes using Protect from Melee against a warrior coming under fire by a ranger, and being unable to protect from both).

God books(m)
Holy (Saradomin), Balance (Guthix), Unholy (Zamorak), War (Bandos), Law (Armadyl), Ancient (Zaros)

The God books are often used when using prayer. These are obtained by completing the Horror from the Deep quest. They then must be completed by adding God pages obtained from Treasure Trails. The incomplete books give a prayer bonus, while the completed ones give a bonus to all defences (Holy book), to all attacks (Unholy book) and equally to both attacks and defences (Book of balance). The Unholy book is used most often, especially with ranged and magic attacks, due to it having the highest ranged attack bonus and the third highest magic attack bonus (after the Arcane spirit shield and the Mage's book), for any sidearm. This also makes these pages the most expensive. (Zamorak being the most expensive Saradomin being the second most expensive and Guthix being the third most expensive.) These books are sometimes used to taunt other players especially with the Zamorak prayerbook by saying "The weak deserve to die, so that the strong may flourish. This is the creed of Zamorak."

Temple Knight Armour(m)
Initiate, Proselyte

Sallet (Helmet), Hauberk (Platebody), Cuisse (Platelegs), Tasset (Plateskirt) (Proselyte only)

Recruitement drive quest and Proselyte Armour is earned by completing Slug Menace quest. Initiate Armour has the same statistics as its Mithril armour, Proselyte armour has the same statistics as its Adamant armour counterparts, with an even larger Prayer bonus. The Proselyte Hauberk and Cuisse/Tasset give the highest Prayer bonus available for the torso and leg armours respectively.

Vestment Robes(m)
Saradomin, Guthix, Zamorak, Bandos, Armadyl, Zaros

Mitre (Hat), Robe top, Robe bottom, Cloak, Stole (Amulet), (Weapon: Crozier) 

The Vestment robe sets are in many pieces. Mitres give the highest prayer bonus for any headgear and Stoles give the highest prayer bonus of any amulet. Vestment cloaks give the fourth highest prayer bonus for a cape, after the Soul Wars Cape, Ardougne Cloak 3, and a Trimmed Cape of Accomplishment. Vestment robe tops and bottoms give a small prayer bonus, less than Monk's robes, but many players wear them to look good or to show support for a God. The Crozier is not often used, as players prefer to use another weapon or staff. Vestments can be obtained from Treasure Trails, or by trading with another player.

Verac's Armour(m)
''Helmet, Brassard, Plateskirt. (Flail)''

Verac's Armour is a high-level Melee Armour that gives a Prayer bonus. It gives the same bonuses as Initiate armour, except for Verac's plateskirt, which gives slightly less. When all of Verac's set is worn (including Verac's Flail), the player has a chance of hitting through protection prayers. The set effect coupled with the Prayer bonus makes this armour very popular when fighting the Kalphite queen and in the Duel Arena. Verac's Armour is obtained from the Barrows activity or by trading with another player. Like other Barrows Armour, Verac's Armour has to be repaired after 15 hours of combat.

Spirit shields(m)
'Plain', Blessed, Arcane, Divine, Elysian, Spectral

Spirit shields are a range of shields available to members after they have completed the quest Summer's End. The shields are all derived from the "basic" Spirit shield, The basic Spirit shield requires level 40 Defence and level 55 Prayer, and its bonuses are comparable to a Rune kiteshield. The Blessed Spirit Shield, obtained by blessing the basic shield with a Holy elixir, has bonuses similar to that of a Dragon square shield, but with a heavily increased crush bonus.

Attaching a Spirit sigil to the blessed shield gives an additional bonus - the Arcane sigil increases the shield's magic attack bonus, making it the best sidearm available for magic attack; the Spectral sigil increases the shield's magic defence, making it the best sidearm available for magic defence; the Divine sigil gives the shield the special effect of "30% - or as much as if possible if 30% is more than your current amount of Prayer points - of any damage you take is removed. Half of this 30% is deducted from your Prayer instead, while the other half is ignored completely."; the Elysian sigil gives the shield a special effect of "70% chance of reducing the damage you receive by 25%".

All spirit shields give a small prayer bonus with enhanced ones giving a higher bonus.

The enhanced spirit shields are currently some of the most expensive items available; this is due to the fact that the parts are only dropped by the Corporeal Beast.

Negative Prayer bonus
The minumum Prayer bonus does not equal 0 what many may suspect, but -13 (-8 from the Amulet of Zealots and -5 from the Zanik's crossbow). Previously, the Ancient staff also had a negative Prayer bonus (of -1), but that has been changed in a hidden update, on the 12th of November of 2010. Most likely the negative bonus was a mistake, or it was found to be no longer relative. (Parhaps, because a negative prayer bonus on a Zaros object would seem unfit because of the prayer Altar of Zaros that boosts the players' prayer lvl with 15%. Though the swapping of spell books (form or to Ancient Magicks) in the Jaldraocht Pyramid will drop your prayer points to 0.)