Altar

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This article is about the altars used to recharge Prayer. For other uses, see Altar (disambiguation).

For altars in a player-owned house, see Chapel. For altars in Daemonheim, see Dungeoneering/Prayer.

Altar
Release	4 January 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Quest	Depends
Location	See below
Actions	• Pray-at • Examine
Examine	A shrine to the glory of Saradomin.
Advanced data
Object ID	? (edit)
Links	MROD
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A player prays to the gods.

An altar is interactive scenery that allows a player to recharge their Prayer points. By clicking on it, the player will kneel by the altar and it will recharge their prayer points. To locate an altar, look for the altar icon () on the world map or minimap.

Altar locations

Asgarnia

• White Knights' Castle in Falador, east side of the 1^st floor^[UK]2^nd floor^[US]; can be upgraded to grant 20 additional prayer points and switch to Ancient Curses after elite Falador Tasks
• Tribute Stone, east of Falador lodestone
• Chapel in Port Sarim, south of lodestone
• Captured Temple south of Goblin Village
• Bandos's remains, east of Goblin Village
• Edgeville Monastery, 1^st floor^[UK]2^nd floor^[US] 31 Prayer required; grants 20 additional prayer points
• Heroes' Guild in Burthorpe, 1^st floor^[UK]2^nd floor^[US]
• Chapel in Burthorpe, north-east of the Heroes' Guild
• Druids' Circle in Taverley
• God Statue in Taverley

Feldip Hills

• Sulphur spring in Oo'glog after As a First Resort; grants 10% additional prayer points
• God Statue in Gu'Tanoth

Kandarin

• Church in Seers' Village; grants 20 additional prayer points after hard Seers' Village Tasks
• East Ardougne church, north of the general store
• Church in centre of West Ardougne
• Monastery, south of East Ardougne
• Chaos altar west of Battlefield, next to Ourania Cave
• Saradominist church in Witchaven
• Guthixian altar in the Phoenix Lair
• Chaos altar in Yanille Dungeon among several Chaos druid warriors; drops players into a spider pit, inflicting 150 damage
• Goblin Temple within the Goblin Cave after Land of the Goblins
• Saradominist and Zamorakian altars in the spawn rooms of Castle Wars

Kharidian Desert

• Duel Arena lobby near Al Kharid
• Citharede Abbey, east of Al Kharid
• Orcus altar in the Kharid-et Dig Site
• Six desert god statues in Uzer Mastaba after Missing My Mummy
• Elidinis Statuette in Nardah after Spirits of the Elid; also restores life points
• Temple in the south-eastern corner of Sophanem
• Western side of the Worker district in Menaphos

Misthalin

• Lumbridge church, east of Lumbridge Castle
• Saradomin church in Varrock, north-eastern corner of the city
• Zamorak church in Varrock, south-eastern corner of the city
• Varrock Castle, north side of the 1^st floor^[UK]2^nd floor^[US]
• Paterdomus temple on the River Salve
• Altar of Zaros underneath the Digsite after The Temple at Senntisten; can be used to switch to Ancient Curses and grants 15% additional prayer points
• God Statue in Lumbridge

Morytania

• Altar of nature in Mort Myre Swamp after Nature Spirit; grants 20 additional prayer points
• Vampyric altar in northern Darkmeyer
• In Memory of the Myreque north of Canifis, after The Lord of Vampyrium; grants 5 additional prayer points per statue built for a maximum of 50 additional prayer points.
• God Statue in Canifis

Tirannwn

• Inside western entrance of the Underground Pass, next to Well of Voyage
• Altar of Seren in upper floor of Lletya
• Two Seren altars in the Hefin Clan and Iorwerth Clan districts of Prifddinas
• The Elven grimoire in the Cadarn Clan district of Prifddinas; can be used to change spellbooks and prayers
• God Statue in Prifddinas
• The Throne of Fame in the Max Guild in Prifddinas, which also acts as a small obelisk

Wilderness

• 1^st floor^[UK]2^nd floor^[US] of Black Knights' Fortress after The Death of Chivalry. Another altar is located beyond the portal in the ritual chamber where Dawn is fought
• Chaos Temple at level 12 Wilderness, south-east of the Graveyard of Shadows; acts as a gilded altar
• Chaos altar at level 38 Wilderness, against the western border

Islands

• Saradominist church on the south-east corner of Entrana
• Tribal Statue north of Tai Bwo Wannai after Tai Bwo Wannai Trio in Karamja
• Two Gorilla Statue altars in the temple in north-east Ape Atoll
• Shrine to V in a cave on V's Island after Hero's Welcome
• Church on Tutorial Island after Beneath Cursed Tides

God Wars Dungeon

Altars in generals' rooms in the God Wars Dungeon can only be used every ten minutes while out of combat. The altars grants 10 additional prayer points per god item equipped by the player that corresponds to the altar's god. Wearing a Bandos chestplate, tassets, boots, and godsword, for example, would yield 40 additional prayer points when praying to the Bandos altar.

Reaching altars

These altars are reasonably accessible by "fast" transportation means, such as teleportations.

Altar location	Transport method
Tribute stone north of Falador	Teleporting to the Falador Lodestone brings the player extremely close to the tribute stone to the east, which also functions as a small obelisk.
Kandarin Monastery south of Ardougne	Kandarin monastery teleport brings the player a short distance to the north. It is also possible to use the fairy ring code DJP to the Tower of Life and then go west to the monastery.
Church at Lumbridge	The church is very close to the Lumbridge lodestone.
Altar in Lletya	A crystal teleport seed can be used to teleport very close to the altar.
Chapel room of player's house	If the player has built an altar in their home, the House Teleport can be used to quickly reach it.
Sulphur spring in Oo'glog	Using the Oo'glog lodestone, the pool is only a short distance away.
The Vampyric altar in Darkmeyer	Drakan's medallion teleport (Darkmeyer option), the Altar is a short distance away.
Cadarn/Iorwerth clan in Prifddinas	(Attuned) Crystal teleport seed (Options 4 or 7), the Altar is a short distance away from both teleports.
The Throne of Fame	The Max cape and Completionist capes' Max Guild teleport

Gallery

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  An altar dedicated to Bandos.

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  An altar dedicated to Zamorak.

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  An altar for the vampyres.

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  The effect when using bones on an altar in a player's house.

Update history

The update history project is a work-in-progress – not all updates to this topic may be covered below. See here for how to help out!

• patch 18 January 2021 (Update):
  • You can now bless extra fine sand at Lumbridge Altar.

• patch 4 March 2013 (Update):
  • An issue with the star on the Entrana altar has been fixed.

• update 4 January 2001 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Not counting altars built by the player, the prayer-recharging altars in the world belong to the following religions:
  • 21 Saradominist
  • 11 Zamorakian
  • 4 Guthixian
  • 4 Serenist
  • 3 Bandosian
  • 2 Zarosian
  • 2 Marimban
  • 1 Armadylean
  • 9 devoted to the Menaphite Pantheon
  • 1 devoted to V
  • 1 devoted to the Karamjan gods
• Previously, the Altar of Chaos did not recharge prayer points fully. It restored 2 less (now equivalent to 20) prayer points than the player's maximum. Having 2 or less maximum Prayer would fully recharge your points, however.
• Altars located in a player's house can be used to train Prayer. Simply use any bones on an altar in a Player-owned house to gain experience. When you use bones on a player's altar it will say, "The gods are very pleased with your offering", "The gods are pleased with your offering" or "The gods accept your offering". Altars inside Daemonheim work similar to that in a Player-owned house, giving four times the experience received from burying.
• If a player uses an item on an altar, a message appears saying "You fear the wrath of the gods!" However, this will not happen at the altar to Seren in Lletya or the Vampyric altar in Darkmeyer.
• There was an altar in the basement of the Wizards' Tower before its graphical update on 28 November 2012. While it still existed, it was used in the Restless Ghost quest. After a patch note update, it had no use until its removal.