Protect Item

While the Protect Items prayer is active, the user will keep one extra item if they die. This means that if the player is [skulled|Skull]], they will still keep one item and if they don't have a skull, they will keep four items.

Player Killing
A popular use for the Protect Items prayer is to use it while Player killing. It is common to see players in the wilderness with only one item, often an Abyssal whip or poisoned Dragon dagger. Their logic is that even if they die, they can use the Protect Items prayer to keep their weapon. Members who depend on this are advised to bring a Prayer potion as player killers often use spells and prayers to drain their victims prayer points before they kill them.

Players who bring more than one item into the Wilderness will still use the Protect Items prayer at dangerous situations to protect their most valuable item.

Kalphite Queen Hunting
The most popular way to kill the Kalphite Queen is to use a full set of Verac's Armor. Since the set has four pieces, and the Kalphite Queen is a very dangerous monster, it is common practice to keep the Protect Items prayer active at all times while fighting her.