[Shauly]

Calculations for the Devout
Shauly's guide to 99 prayer

By: Shauly

Table of Contents

• 1.0 - Introduction
• 2.0 – What you need
• 3.0 – What it will cost
• 4.0 – Experience rates
• 5.0 – The method
• 6.0 - Frequently Asked Questions
• 7.0 - Credits

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1.0 - Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give people a way to easily find out the best methods to achieve 99 prayer, as well as the exact amount of materials needed, the cost, and rates of experience. All calculations were done using the Zybez Skill Calculators.

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2.0 – What you need

There are several key items needed for 99 prayer. The two most important things are Dragon bones and a Gilded alter. Dragon bones are a 100% drop from all dragons, excluding baby dragons. Click here for the current Grand Exchange chart for Dragon bones. The Gilded alter can be built in the chapel of your POH at level 75 construction. It requires 4 Gold leaf, 2 Marble blocks, and 2 bolts of cloth. If you do not have 75 construction, it can be built by combining the +2 bonus of the tea made in your house, plus the invisible +3 bonus of the crystal saw. You will also need burners for burning Marentil. At 252 experience per Dragon bone when done correctly, you will need quite a few bones, as well as other items which are to be explained later. What follows are calculations of the exact amount of items needed from several levels.

» Level 60: You will need 50,638 Dragon bones in order to achieve the 12,760,689xp needed for 99. With a Pack Yak, you will have to make 938 trips, needing 1,876 marrentill, 938 Teleport to house tablets, and 118 Rings of Duelling. With a War Tortoise, you will have to make 1,206 trips, needing 2,412 marrentill, 1,206 Teleport to house tablets, and 151 Rings of Duelling. With a Spirit Terrorbird,, you will have to make 1,407 trips, needing 2,814 marrentill, 1,407 Teleport to house tablets, and 176 Rings of Duelling.

» Level 70: You will need 48,797 Dragon bones in order to achieve the 12,296,804xp needed for 99. With a Pack Yak, you will have to make 904 trips, needing 1,808 marrentill, 904 Teleport to house tablets, and 113 Rings of Duelling. With a War tortoise, you will have to make 1,162 trips, needing 2,324 marrentill, 1,162 Teleport to house tablets, and 146 Rings of Duelling. With a Spirit Terrorbird,, you will have to make 1,356 trips, needing 2,712 marrentill, 1,356 Teleport to house tablets, and 170 Rings of Duelling.

» Level 80: You will need 43,915 Dragon bones in order to achieve the 11,066,363xp needed for 99. With a Pack Yak, you will have to make 814 trips, needing 1,628 marrentill, 814 Teleport to house tablets, and 102 Rings of Duelling. With a War tortoise, you will have to make 1,046 trips, needing 2,092 marrentill, 1,046 Teleport to house tablets, and 131 Rings of Duelling. With a Spirit Terrorbird,, you will have to make 1,220 trips, needing 2,440 marrentill, 1,220 Teleport to house tablets, and 153 Rings of Duelling.

» Level 90: You will need 30,509 Dragon bones in order to achieve the 7,688,099xp needed for 99. With a Pack Yak, you will have to make 565 trips, needing 1,130 marrentill, 565 Teleport to house tablets, and 71 Rings of Duelling. With a War tortoise, you will have to make 727 trips, needing 1,454 marrentill, 727 Teleport to house tablets, and 91 Rings of Duelling. With a Spirit Terrorbird,, you will have to make 848 trips, needing 1,696 marrentill, 848 Teleport to house tablets, and 106 Rings of Duelling.

» Level 92: You will need 25,862 Dragon bones in order to achieve the 6,517,178xp needed for 99. With a Pack Yak, you will have to make 479 trips, needing 958 marrentill, 479 Teleport to house tablets, and 60 Rings of Duelling. With a War tortoise, you will have to make 616 trips, needing 1,232 marrentill, 616 Teleport to house tablets, and 77 Rings of Duelling. With a Spirit Terrorbird,, you will have to make 719 trips, needing 1,438 marrentill, 719 Teleport to house tablets, and 90 Rings of Duelling.

» Level 95: You will need 16,917 Dragon bones in order to achieve the 4,262,873xp needed for 99. With a Pack Yak, you will have to make 314 trips, needing 628 marrentill, 314 Teleport to house tablets, and 40 Rings of Duelling. With a War tortoise, you will have to make 403 trips, needing 806 marrentill, 403 Teleport to house tablets, and 51 Rings of Duelling. With a Spirit Terrorbird,, you will have to make 470 trips, needing 940 marrentill, 470 Teleport to house tablets, and 59 Rings of Duelling.

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3.0 – What it will cost

I hope to update this section at least once a week with the current prices. The following is a list of links to the Grand Exchange charts of each item needed.

Marrentill Dragon bones Teleport to house tablet Ring of duelling

In order to find out how much prayer will cost you, simply multiply all of the values given above by the values given in section 2. Be prepared to spend a significant amount of money if you want to achieve 99.

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4.0 – Experience rates

Familiar used: Pack Yak Experience per trip: 13,608xp Experience per hour: 367,416xp

Familiar used: War Tortoise Experience per trip: 10,584xp Experience per hour: 317,520xp

Familiar used: Spirit Terrorbird Experience per trip: 9,072 Experience per hour: 272,160

Familiar used: Pack Yak Approximate time for 99 from 60: 35 Hours Approximate time for 99 from 70: 34 Hours Approximate time for 99 from 80: 31 Hours Approximate time for 99 from 90: 21 Hours Approximate time for 99 from 92: 18 Hours Approximate time for 99 from 95: 12 Hours

Familiar used: War Tortoise Approximate time for 99 from 60: 41 Hours Approximate time for 99 from 70: 39 Hours Approximate time for 99 from 80: 35 Hours Approximate time for 99 from 90: 25 Hours Approximate time for 99 from 92: 21 Hours Approximate time for 99 from 95: 14 Hours

Familiar used: Spirit Terrorbird Approximate time for 99 from 60: 47 Hours Approximate time for 99 from 70: 46 Hours Approximate time for 99 from 80: 41 Hours Approximate time for 99 from 90: 29 Hours Approximate time for 99 from 92: 24 Hours Approximate time for 99 from 95: 16 Hours

Remember that these times are an estimation. If you spend a lot of time talking to friends, or just not training, expect it to take longer. All times are rounded up.

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5.0 – The method

Before you start there are several things to do. First, you must make sure that you have the proper alter in your house, and that your entrance portal is next to your chapel. You can see in the image below that it is but a few steps from my portal to my chapel. This will ensure maximum efficiency and speed.

You also should be sure to have a glory on the wall of your quest hall. This will act as your back-up for when you forget to take a new ring of duelling.
Also note that no weight reducing gear will be needed, as you will only be running a few steps at a time.

The first step is to get your inventory ready at the bank. The bank that we will be using is castle wars, as it is the fastest method. You will be using a ring of duelling to teleport back here after every trip. This is what your inventory should look like. You should also have your familiar filled with bones.

Break your home teleport tablet, and proceed to your chapel. Do not forget to light both burners. Failing to do so will result in you receiving a lowered amount of experience.

Now you must use your Dragon bones on the alter. Select "Offer all", and wait until your inventory is used up. Remove your extra bones from your beast of burden, and use those up as well. Something cool was pointed out to me by Natmonster. If you click offer-x and enter a number like 99, you wont have to re-offer when you dump the bones from your beast of burden! This is not a bug; it was an update along with Runetek5

The last thing for you to do is to teleport back to castle wars, and do it all again!

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6.0 - Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How will I know if my burners are out? I can barely see that smoke anyway!

» A: Firstly, unless you take a 3 minute break in between bones, you should never experience this. However, if you do, you will notice a change in the dialogue box. Instead of seeing "The gods are very pleased with your offering", you will see "The gods are pleased with your offering" if one burner is lit, and "The gods accept your offering" if none are lit.

Q: What do I do if I don't have the construction level required to build a gilded alter?

» A: All you need to do is go on the RSOF events board. Just look for a post advertising an open gilded alter, hop to that world, and start training. Note that you will not be able to use house tabs to get to that persons house. You also will not need dueling rings or marrentils for this method, but it is nice to give some money to the house owner to pay for marentils. The best way to train like this is to use weight reducing gear and run back and forth between the bank and the house portal in Yanille.

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7.0 - Credits
Chaosoffar: Answering questions whenever I needed.
Dragune: Giving me his expert prayer advice, and convincing me to go for 99 prayer.
Gum: Helping me to make this guide somewhat presentable.
Aragon: Convincing me to finish the guide.
Pickitalot: Doing the final calculations for me!

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This post has been edited by Shauly: 15 November 2009 - 08:36 AM

[Gum]

Hi bro.
Section 2. you missing "Click here for the current Grand Exchange chart for Dragon bones"
And 'HERE' isnt a link.

Also in section 3. the first method is not in the right white form like the rest.

[Shauly]

Thanks Gum, I am fixing it now.

Shauly

[Gum]

Np, in section 3. The 60prayer is stiil not in right form.

Also, add more ways[Like Ecto-Tokens which is great xp]

Thx.

`GuM.

[Shauly]

Gum, on Sep 13 2009, 01:40 PM, said:

Np, in section 3. The 60prayer is stiil not in right form.

Also, add more ways[Like Ecto-Tokens which is great xp]

Thx.

`GuM.

Ok lemme see what I can do.

As for the ecto tokens, this guide is meant only to explain the gilded alter method. I will include that in the introduction.

Shauly

[Gum]

Also a very important thing is to know when to light your lantern, on what mode do I see the light of the lanterns the best way?[So I know when they are burned]

[Shauly]

You know that they are out when instead of seeing "The gods are very pleased with your offering" you see "The gods are pleased with your offering" I have never had a trip so far where the burner ran out on me, and unless you take a big break between bones it should not happen to you. I will include that in the guide.

Shauly

This post has been edited by Shauly: 13 September 2009 - 12:55 PM

[thehelloman0]

Omg... not sure about getting 99 prayer now, so expensive

Anyway, your guide will be out of date by tomorrow. Instead of saying the exact price, it would probably be better to just put a link to the dragon bones, marrentil, ect. in your guide and tell them what to multiply it by. Great guide.

[Shauly]

thehelloman0, on Sep 13 2009, 02:59 PM, said:

Omg... not sure about getting 99 prayer now, so expensive

Anyway, your guide will be out of date by tomorrow. Instead of saying the exact price, it would probably be better to just put a link to the dragon bones, marrentil, ect. in your guide and tell them what to multiply it by. Great guide.

I think I will do that. That will save me a massive amount of work.

Shauly

[Aura]

This guide should help people out as calculations of the price/items required is the main ingredient in obtaining a 99 skill. Nice guide, hope to see more from ya'. :)

[Jaimie M]

Great guide, shame that d bones are so high atm though Maybe you could include the prices of the three familiars in there and an estimate of how many you'll use from each level calculated by average running speeds?

[Shauly]

Maloney365, on Sep 14 2009, 01:11 PM, said:

Great guide, shame that d bones are so high atm though Maybe you could include the prices of the three familiars in there and an estimate of how many you'll use from each level calculated by average running speeds?

I'll add in the familiar prices later today. I plan on adding in the time to 99 from each level from each familiar, and I will be sure to include an estimate on how many you will need. Thanks for reading the guide!

Shauly

[srsly]

Nice guide, it explains prayer training quite nicely.

Question: Is is possible to do this with a low construction level?

[Shauly]

Skillz, on Sep 14 2009, 02:34 PM, said:

Awesome guide , Only problem is , im a Poor , POOR Noob , lol.
Aswell As That Im a Level 3 Skiller , Although i have been Thinking About getting 99 prayer after cooking and hunter.
73 Cooking , Shall Be A Member in about 8 days. So hunter is 1. Ouch.

-Skillz

Hunter should be able to put a small dent in prayer, but it wont pay for it all.

cwg90, on Sep 14 2009, 02:42 PM, said:

Nice guide, it explains prayer training quite nicely.

Question: Is is possible to do this with a low construction level?

The lowest level you can be to get the maximum experience is 66. You would need to use evil daves stews to get you up to 72 construction, and then use a crystal saw to raise you up to 75. Training prayer using any other alter is a massive waste, and should not even be considered. The money you will save by getting a gilded alter will be far more than the cost of 70 or so construction.

Shauly

[Gum]

Or use somebody else's house.

[Shauly]

Gum, on Sep 14 2009, 03:03 PM, said:

Or use somebody else's house.

I can't believe I forgot that! I will edit that in right now.

Shauly

[postgod]

~Awesome guide! I probably won't go for 99 prayer anytime soon, seeing how expensive it is.
Also, the format of your guide is the most original I've seen in a while. Hope to see more from you!

[Shauly]

postgod, on Sep 14 2009, 09:28 PM, said:

~Awesome guide! I probably won't go for 99 prayer anytime soon, seeing how expensive it is.
Also, the format of your guide is the most original I've seen in a while. Hope to see more from you!

Thanks for the compliments! I can't say I know what you mean when you say original though, as I used the pre-formatted layout.

Shauly

[postgod]

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Thanks for the compliments! I can't say I know what you mean when you say original though, as I used the pre-formatted layout.

~I'm talking about the white, skinny boxes of text next to the pictures... Haven't seen that before.

[Shauly]

postgod, on Sep 14 2009, 10:08 PM, said:

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Thanks for the compliments! I can't say I know what you mean when you say original though, as I used the pre-formatted layout.

~I'm talking about the white, skinny boxes of text next to the pictures... Haven't seen that before.

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This is how you do it!

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 This is how you do it!
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Shauly