1-99 F2P Prayer Guide - OSRS F2P Skill Guide

This video is a 1-99 OSRS F2P Prayer Guide. It is part of my OSRS F2P skill guides video series and is a quick and easy to follow guide to get you skilling and levelling Prayer effectively in OSRS F2P.
The guide is Ironman friendly, with specific Ironman hints, tips and advice. Those who can utilise the GE, will definitely have an easier and cheaper experience. This guide starts with a run through of any useful Quests, which in F2P, is limited to The Restless Ghost and, (optionally), X Marks the Spot.
My OSRS F2P Prayer Guide continues with the various training methods available. Unlike most skills, where the method used depends on the level of the skill Prayer in F2P is more of a grind and it's more a case of preference, time and budget. This guide, therefore, covers 4 potential methods: 1) The Camdozaal method; 2) The Combat method; 3) the High Cost High Efficiency method; 4) A Bonus 4th Method that uses a Bond.
1-99 F2P Prayer Guide - OSRS F2P Skill Guide concludes with a bonus method, that utilises a P2P bond to save time and money!
This is one of my OSRS F2P Skill Guides, I’m currently working on an entire series to cover levelling/skilling all of the F2P skills. For any hardcore F2P skillers out there, I would love to get your feedback and any F2P skilling tips you have so that I can include the best possible content in my videos!
REQUIRMENTS 🔒:
Method Dependant. 33 Cooking & Fishing recommended for the 'Camdozaal Method'. Base 30 recommended for 'The Combat Method'. +150mil coins for the final two methods.
ITEMS 🧳:
Various, coins to purchase the items required.
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00:00 Video Intro
00:16 Prayer Basics
02:36 The Camdozaal Method
06:17 The Combat Method
08:52 The Bone Yard
12:34 High Cost, High Efficiency Method
15:18 The Bonus Method
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[@galettesanstomate]

bruh I don't even play runescape why am I here at 2 am 💀💀

[@GiacomoPainoVa]

You should start then

[@galettesanstomate]

@@GiacomoPainoVa I tried a while back but I think I wasn't ready yet lmao but I might get back to it at some point, who knows

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

It gets in your soul man! Lol trust me been at this since 2002 😅😂

[@b.toxic_bf2120]

The curse of YT

[@galettesanstomate]

@@b.toxic_bf2120 I guess so, but hey, it's still good content so at least there's that.

[@Menace_oce]

really appreciate these high quality f2p guides there arent many out there!

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Thank you for the awesome feedback Chris! Your support and comment is appreciated 👍👍👍 Glad you have found the videos useful 😁👌

[@MrCartoonlife]

I’m too stoned for this I got 4 mins in with my phone on mute thinking “this is diff this guy just does silent tutorials”

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Hahaha! I mean all the vids have subtitles… but not sure that would help much when you’re stoned 😅

[@kirkb0t]

i dont even play f2p but I just had to watch the whole thing because it was so mega detailed for something so simple

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

I'm looking to do both F2P & P2P, but I just figured F2P guides might be a bit easier to develop to start out with for my channel. 😅 Turns out there is quite a few F2P methods... 😅

[@lourenco3216]

I can't belive it. Its a F2p Prayer guide! XD

[@marquancez]

right thought it was just bury bones xd

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

And vile ashes... Don't forget the ashes...

[@dannydavis2552]

Right?!

[@OCHOCINCO98]

​@@marquancezAnd big bones lol

[@bobjove6511]

Here at four am. ❤ Saved the day. Thank you.

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Happy to help bobjove6511! Thanks for the comment man!

[@Shenskinvarg81125]

Something I've noticed while training on the giant frogs in the swamp is that most of the other people training there leave the big bones on the ground instead of picking them up. So if you want you can just go look for a world with a really crowded swamp and just run around picking up the big bones people leave lying around, it's much faster than killing the frogs yourself and much less work as well. Though it only works for non Ironmen.

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Yo Shenskinvarg81125! That's a great tip! Thank you for pointing that out! Awesome comment! 👍

[@AlwaysNeedBait]

Amazing vid, again! I ended up killing a few thousand hill giants for keys at the same time as big bones since i was raising prayer for obor anyway. Lol. Cheers

[@Raii_Chu]

Helpful and good quality videos!

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Yo ChuRa! Thanks for leaving the comment and your feedback 😁👍 Glad the video helped you out 👌

[@JezterApoc]

So I started a group iron man with friends, and fell into the wilderness boneyard, no world hopping cause they respawn pretty quick. Got to 20 prayer and wondered if there was a better way. Pretty awesome to see the same method in this video. That was worth a sub.

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Yo JezterApoc! Thanks for the sub and for the comment! Good question 🤔 unfortunately for ironmen there isn’t a lot of choice… I use the fishing in the ruins of Camdozaal a lot because it’s kinda afk (only needs a few clicks at a time). Giant frogs are pretty good too if you are training combat skills as they drop big bones 🦴

[@cburns458]

with you double client hopping method, you can begin to log into you account a few seconds before you log out. you have until that next screen login screen loads to log out basically

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Hi Conor, yeah fair cop... I was not the best at demonstrating it in the video. 😬😬😬 I think that day I was getting stressed out as when I was trying to do the recording OSRS crashed for 24 hours... 😅

[@PandoMatic]

I really liked the Camdozal method. Its afk reliant. I spent nearly 3 hours farming Wine of Zamorak after getting broke from buying rune armour and weapons. Its a nice relaxation now. Thanks you Lumbridge Knight.

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Yeah its definitely as close to AFK as possible in F2P! Thanks for the comment PandoMatic! 😃👍

[@jiaan100]

HCIM can actually make great use of burying the bones in the wilderness, but only if theyre fresh off tutorial island (so you just start over if you die), or if theyre hundreds of hours in and have 80+ preferably 90+ defense and magic with bis gear and bis food. Not wanting to bother with farming the wildy for prayer and gold is why my f2p hcim is also no wilderness.

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Yeah agreed if your fresh into the game it’s probably the first thing to do, that and a tone of steel leg runs too! If you’re not unlucky and don’t get killed you’ve then got some good starter cash and prayer xp 👌

[@ClippyRS]

Just started my f2p ironman, so a very useful guide for me thanks!

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Yoo ClippyRS Firstly, nice to see you survived being removed from Microsoft Word! Hahaha sorry, stupid joke! Glad the guides are useful for you! Thank you for the comment! 😀😀😀👍👍👍

[@ClippyRS]

@@TheLumbridgeKnight haha now that i got fired from my job at microsoft I finally have tim to play rs! Watch out osrs wiki, i'm coming for you!!

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Hahaha oh no! Fired! I'm sorry Clippy! Petition to restore you with immediate effect! 😂

[@TI7ARN]

Very helpfull thank you!

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Hello Zammy King! Thanks 🙏 for comments and the feedback man 👍 much appreciated and glad you found the videos helpful 👍

[@SybieSybs]

Another thing to add onto The Combat Method: At sufficient combat level and gear, I recommend going to Hill Giants. Not only do they drop Big Bones, but they also drop other useful items such as Limpwurt Roots, Runes, Arrows, and more. If you need food, have a Flying Fishing Rod and Feathers in your Backpack and exit to go fish for Raw Salmon and Trout across the river for Fishing and Cooking XP. The only downside to this method is Hill Giants are a very crowded spot in Free-to-Play worlds for people in Melee, Ranged, and Magic gear.

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

That’s a great idea Syberian! Especially useful if you are an Ironman those extra drops might help a lot later on! Also worth remembering that there’s some Hill Giants in Al’kharid too! One of the guys in the chat reminded me about it recently 😅 I’d totally forgotten about the ones over there! I’ll add his name to the post when I find it.

[@Mal_uim]

I’ve been playing rs since 2004. Highly recommend ice giants near port sarim where you get bluerite they deagrro so you can stay there forever. Other options. Ice giants at wilderness and use prayer run down to chaos altar to replenish prayer slower xp wouldn’t recommend but it’s an option.

[@Thoregon5]

I used to slay Hill Giants in F2P in Lvl 19 Wilderness way east of Ferox enclave (just south of Black Salamanders hunting spot). There's nothing else to do in that spot, so you're pretty alone there and if a PKer shows up, you can either teleport out quickly or just run to the ditch. You have a better chance at getting Giant's key there too, if you're planning on taking on Obor.

[@simcas_]

Loving all the guides, has definitely motivated me a ton to play more (I've never been member and aim to "complete" f2p before making a separate member account). keep going with the content it's much appreciated. are you in a clan? I'm looking for more f2p (ironman) to socialize with :)

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Hello simcas! Thanks for the comment and feedback 😁😁 it’s really appreciated and glad that they are helping you play more! I’m a bit of an antisocial 😂 but my HCIM is in the PVM clan. They are a really good bunch if you message them on discord one of them will probably help you join if they are still recruiting 👍 Yeah I always like to do F2P first before getting in to P2P. Hopefully 🤞 I can make some decent P2P guides in the new year 🤔

[@AntiSora2]

I have a hardcore f2p just to grind beginner clues to be top rank lol

[@leFox2469]

For the frogs or even giants, go to popular worlds where people are not picking up the big bones. Collect fast, kill slow. Great prayer only method xp.

[@claytonwhitacre1752]

Really liked the guide. However, you did forget the safespotting Greater Demons in the Northwest wilderness. It's dangerous, but rewarding since it's all Vile Ashes and Burnt Bones with other loot sprinkled in.

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Yo clayton! Thanks for the feedback man! 👍😁 Yeah the greater demons are a great shout for non HCIM, plus someone else commented that you can also do it with almost unlimited prayer with the right gear! So even if you want to fight them you can have your prayers on indefinitely! Plus like you say vile ashes are pretty good prayer XP in F2P, plus Rune Full Helms a gd drop too! 👌

[@Theworldisdoom3d]

What a dumb thing to mention. Not only do you have to use about 4 running potions to get to the nearest bank to drop off the burnt bones you collect (assuming you mean to sell them, if you mean to bury them they are only 4-5xp prayer) next lets tackle collecting vile ash. Well you could use magic to kill the greater demon (so that will cost a good bit of money) you could fight them melee (free but also need to be able to fight at lvl 92 demon) So, lets go back to {making money} if you collect the burnt bones and take them back to the bank, an energy pot is 388gp and a burnt bone sells for 344gp. Unless you don't plan on running to the closet bank you're losing money vs making.

[@sixbero7244]

@@Theworldisdoom3d are you supposed to use an energy pot to transport 1 bone at a time to the bank?

[@ttuurrttlle]

Coming from members, burying bones like this hurts my soul. It's the OG way to train prayer, but members prayer training is like 30x faster and far cheaper. I know that's not the point, but yeah. Great video nevertheless. I have never once seen that world hopping technique with two instances of runelite open and I'm glad I watched the whole video to find it. It would be great for buying from shops faster, I'm shocked I've never seen an osrs video of that before (and I've watched hundreds).

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Yo ttuurrttlle! Thanks for the comment! I totally agree burying bone in F2P is a painful process… I remember when you used to be able to get dragon bones in free… Those were the days… Multiple instances is very click intensive which I think is why people avoid it, plus it wasn’t possible to open multiple RS windows back in the day, you could only have 1 😅 in all honesty I think I said it at the end of the video but the fastest way for a none-iron F2P player would be to save some coins buy a bond go to members and buy dragon bones 😂 Thanks again for the comment! 👍👍👍

[@Jamesssssssssssssss]

I ended up farming the unique Lesser demon can be found in the basement of Melzar's Maze, and is fought during the Dragon Slayer I quest. It drops Vile ashes each time and is really easy to safe spot with magic or range. Melee too if you know how to use the safe spot on the west side of the pink door.

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Hello ItsSubmercible! Ahh yeah that’s probably quite a quiet spot and it’s an easy safe spot 🤔 guess the only downside is you have to go through the full maze each time to get there?

[@Jamesssssssssssssss]

@@TheLumbridgeKnight Yeah, its like maybe 5 minutes. But makes for a really chill prayer/range or magic training.

[@Sam-lj9vj]

Ngl I did this quest, checked the mini-map of the maze, but couldn't be asked to take a step further. Definitely going back after I saw this vid!!!

[@dominiqueeslabra]

I use the camdoozal method to 43 because I work-from-home and play OSRS from mobile. Also, love watching your videos as well when I'm working!

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Yo dominiqueeslabra! Thanks for the awesome comment 😁😁👍 Glad you like the videos! And totally understandable! It’s almost afk prayer training I think I do the same when I just need a few levels but want to watch KZbin or do something else at the same time!

[@Mr.Autodelete]

I had a super chill remote customer service job and for like 6 months all day every day especially during work I’d just do the camdozaal method and it was hilarious to troll people on cw with combat level 6 and overhead prayers

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Haha 😅 I’ve never even thought about doing that! Level 6 with protection spells is crazy 😂 thanks for the comment dubya4915!

[@CODE_Abyss]

I would say another good tip for the ashes/big bones method is to use mobile. Similar to making darts in fletching, it's easier and faster because you don't need as much travel time, and fatigue isn't as big of a worry.

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Yo CODE_Abyss! That’s a fair point! Definitely something you can set up on the go and do on your mobile! 😅 I trained my HCIM’s Agility pretty much exclusively on mobile… did 5 minutes each morning while I was doing planks 😂👍

[@CODE_Abyss]

@@TheLumbridgeKnight nice! Agility is one of the first things I do on any membership. Graceful is very useful and even if I go back to f2p the Agility perk still carries over. Right now my new HCIM is still f2p and I'm not well versed in f2p only things, so I've been watching your content quite a bit! Cheers and thanks for all of it! ❤️

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

No problem at all 😁👍 it’s comments like this that make it all worth while 😁👍 yeah agility is definitely a worthwhile grind. I need to head to the thieves den and get my full rogues gear 😁😅 I had no idea you keep the benefit in F2P! 👌

[@sk818factory5]

Best way is to fish with a small net prepare and offer at the altar under the ice mountain after the below ice mountain quest

[@SargeWolf010]

Finally caught up on all the videos 😅

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

👍 Thank you for watching all the videos Wilford! All your comments and feedback is awesome too! 👍 🍻😁 Cheers brother! Hope you’re having a good holiday season (if you’re not having to work)!

[@jonathanmercado714]

Another method which I found is killing hill giants using a ranged weapon to maximize space and pick up bones, coins, and limpwurt roots. I would sell the roots on the ge, then use that money to buy vile ashes for f2p.

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Ahh nice! Yeah using ranged on the hill giants is definitely an option as there’s plenty of safe spots! You might get a few Obor keys too! Thanks for the tip jonathanmercado714! 👍👍👍

[@travisalden7236]

Drop the extra mace parts? Turn Tyngsboro to the dwarf and get shards

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

I would high alc the mace parts or convert them to B’nite shards at the dwarf 👍

[@icarusquack]

i'm not seeing the highlight plugin anywhere. is there another name it could have or am i just missing it??

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

I’ll double check the name if you still haven’t found it, do you mean the one for highlighting game squares?

[@icarusquack]

@@TheLumbridgeKnight yeah if you wouldn't mind i appreciate it!! the one that highlights the square (and respawn timer but idk if that is a different plugin alltogether)

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Sorry for the delay got massively side tracked. The actual plug-in is called 'Ground Markers' and you shift click to use it. 👍

[@Grog]

What lv wildy was the boneyard at?

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

I think the Boneyard is at level 20, let me check.... Oh actually level 32!

[@greenplasticmoose8843]

If you’re actually considering paying 260m for 99 Prayer just spend a bond and train your prayer in membs…

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Yeah agreed 👍 that’s what I would do and I think 🤔 I say that at the end of the video, just spend the coins on a bond and buy dragon bones or something, but some F2P players are hardcore and want to do it only F2P methods 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@NecrovoidTV]

so does using the alter not give more exp anymore?

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Apparently it’s members only now 😓 which I’m sure it didn’t used to be back in the day… I’m also sure dragon bones used to be F2P too…

[@NecrovoidTV]

@@TheLumbridgeKnight i remember green dragons were free to play in the wildy. also remember using bones on the alter in the church in lumby

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Yeah I’m sure you’re right! Bring back green drags for F2P!!

[@rickywebb2761]

So I been playing since 04 for I just recently made a f2p pure mage I remember dragon bones and praying at alter with bones was f2p guess not anymore 😢 just mods are making it hard on us now days

[@Don_Vergas09]

Can you make a video explaining all the maps we can use as f2p

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Yo Don_Vergas09! Do you just mean each area and the features on the map? Like a summary of the areas with hints and tips? Or something different?

[@0p41]

99 prayer in f2p is tough, now the brave souls with 200m exp, thats a lot of clicking lol

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Oh yeah... Not a challenge for the fair of heart. Honestly if you have the money/effort to do prayer f2p, you may as well put the effort into making money buying a bond and doing it in P2P with dragon bones... 😅

[@StonedMedic]

I’m going for a prayer only build f2p crazy or based?

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Hahaha based if you ask me buddy, but maybe both 😂🙌🤟🏻 But not for the faint hearted… it’s going to be a very slow ride… 😅 Good luck! 🍀 👍

[@ihaveacookie4226]

Greater demons can be safe spotted in the wild for an easy 25xp per kill

[@ihaveacookie4226]

Ps: you can also use your prayer forever

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

This a great suggestion! A couple of people have mentioned this, I’ve added it to the updates/future videos list! 👍 thanks for your comment ihavecookie4226! 😁👍 BTW what is it that makes you prayer last forever? A quirk of that area of the wildy?

[@ihaveacookie4226]

@@TheLumbridgeKnight idk a message saying you prayer is being recharged by a dark power around the ruined building

[@ihaveacookie4226]

and it just recharges for some reason

[@PyryKorh]

@@TheLumbridgeKnight The demon ruins just recharge your prayer when you're near them. Once you unlock protect from melee, you can just march up there in priest robes and silverlight (or a rune weapon if you have the level for it). Protect from melee should keep you safe even while meleeing them. There are also burnt bones you can pick up there in between kills.

[@jimboramba]

Any time I see people killing cows I swing by and bury all the bones nobody picks up

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Never waste anything is my motto! Especially on my HCIM! An Envoy uses what is given! 👍👍👍 (Apologies for the random Altered Carbon reference)...

[@matthewbarr516]

Im getting about 7.5k in the swamp

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

7.5k prayer? Ahh nice! You must be a lot more efficient than me sir! 😁👍

[@trillman1111]

Skilling pures should not do any of these. Prayer will give you combat levels

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Yeah definitely sorry if that’s not clear on the video!

[@ragegamer9993]

Im so happy someone finally gave an in depth prayer training at camdozaal I have been trying to figure out if it was good for my 1def HC. THANKS!

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Cheers for the comment RageGamer999, glad the guide was useful man! 👍👍👍 Good luck with the HC!

[@mrdisklow]

No f2p player can afford that high cost method haha

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Yeah it’s pricey for sure! That’s i’d honestly use some of the money to buy a bond then do dragon bones in members for a week 😅

[@jillianaiden9850]

p̴r̴o̴m̴o̴s̴m̴ 💪

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Sounds like some form of steroids or something? 😅

[@raven3946]

F2P is horrible

[@6000.]

The limitations of F2P hit me like a truck hitting a obsidian wall, I tried getting through those P2W border walls, wasting a 15 minutes, which felt very long 😅

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

It is certainly tough going past level 50 and runecrafting is physically painful… 😅 I generally recommend new players do F2P up to dragon slayer and if they like the game then go members. Members can be a bit overwhelming when you first get going… I do have a soft spot for F2P reminds me of the good old days 😂😂😂 not being able to con my parents out of £3 a month for membership 😂😂😂

[@raven3946]

@@6000. love the videos and it’s definitely true, I’ve made a Ironman a while ago and completed all F2P Quest and had like 3k gold left lmao. It’s harsh but teaches you the basics and reminded me of the old days, scraping some cash together for a scimitar from zeke while the al Kharid music blasts your ears haha

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Haha good old Zeke, I love the sound track. That’s one thing I hate when recording videos I have to cut the music from the clip and add it back in later so it’s better to just record with no game sound 😢 Thanks for the comment and the feedback raven 👍 glad you like the content. Hopefully next year I can really get into more members guides 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Hugh_Mungus_Johnson]

This video is ridiculously padded. Also lol at "just buy membership and bang out 99 prayer in 2 weeks". What a joke.

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

That’s not really what I said though is it? I said if you’re willing to spend the money at the GE on big bones and ashes. It would actually be cheaper and quicker to buy a bond and then buy dragon bones and get 99 in members that way. Even at current prices it’s 50mil cheaper and 20 hours quicker.

[@HowToKillAliens]

how do i drop aggro in boneyard

[@TheLumbridgeKnight]

Yo man the issue with the bondyard is that it’s on 2 game squares so that’s kinda 2 agro zones the best way it to just wait around in the area for 10-15 minutes or if you have the combat level just kill anything that attacks you. I think if you cross from the bottom to the top though you might get the agro again 🤔😅