Devotion

For other uses, see Devotion (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Devoted.

Devotion
Release date	11 December 2013 (Update)
Members	No
Skill	Defence
Level	1
Type	Threshold
Target	Self-target
Adrenaline	−15%
Equipment	None
Average damage	None edit
Cooldown	60 seconds (100 ticks)
Description
Empower yourself with the protection of the gods. Increase the effectiveness of your protection prayers to 100%(75% in PvP). 9.6s duration. Killing an enemy extends the duration by 4.8s up to a maximum of 19.2s.
Advanced data
Struct ID	25028
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Devotion is a threshold Defence ability, that may be unlocked from the Anima Islands minigame, or by killing certain bosses and monsters in the God Wars Dungeon. It requires level 1 Defence to use.

Unlocking

This ability can be obtained by any of the following methods:

• Paying 3,500 Reward Currency from the Anima Islands Distraction & Diversion
• Killing General Graardor (requires 70 )
• Killing Kree'arra (requires 70 )
• Killing aviansie and Bandos' followers within the main area of the God Wars dungeon (no level requirements)

These abilities are individual drops; however, it is possible to receive multiple abilities in a single kill. When received, it is automatically learned; it does not drop as an item. When learned, the message You have unlocked the Devotion ability! appears in the chatbox.

Historically, it was first obtainable by participating in the second world event, at a cost of 32,000 renown, additionally requiring a runite event token.

Drop sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Aviansie	89; 92; 95	1	Rare
Cyclops God Wars Dungeon		1	Rare
General Graardor Normal,Hard mode		1	Rare
Goblin God Wars Dungeon	84	1	Rare
Hobgoblin (elite)	41	1	Rare
Hobgoblin		1	Rare
Jogre	57; 86	1	Rare
Kree'arra Normal,Hard Mode		1	Rare
Ogre	56; 67; 86	1	Rare
Ork	96	1	Rare

Store locations

This is an auto-generated list (update now). For a full list, see here. For help, see the FAQ.

† Denotes discontinued stores that stocked Devotion. For help, see the FAQ.

Seller	Location	Cost	Currency	Base stock	Members?
Anima Islands Rewards	Tuska's corpse	3,500	Reward Currency	1
Tuska Event Rewards †	Tuska	3,500	Reward Currency	1

Mechanics

When activated, protection prayers and deflect curses reduce the damage of the styles they defend against to 1 for 9.6 seconds. In PvP, damage is instead reduced by 75%. The effect can be extended by 4.8 seconds per opponent killed, capped at a maximum total duration of 19.2 seconds by killing two opponents. If the player kills multiple enemies on the same tick, it is still considered to be one kill.

Araxxor, while not killable during the first two phases, is still capable of extending Devotion when he runs out of health.

Some monsters, such as nihil and muspah ignore the effects of Devotion even when their attacks are correctly prayed against. Devotion does not work against dragonfire despite being considered magic damage. Other monsters are capable of removing its effects.

Achievements

• Unlocking Expertise ( 75) – Unlock the listed abilities.

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included—see here for how to help out!

• patch 12 February 2018 (Update):
  • Zilyana and K'ril no longer incorrectly state that they can unlock Sacrifice, Devotion, and Transfigure on the Beasts interface.

• patch 10 April 2017 (Update):
  • The skill guide tooltips for Sacrifice, Transfigure, and Devotion have been updated.

• patch 23 March 2015 (Update):
  • Devotion will now correctly add time if the player kills enemies which aren't their main target.

• patch 24 February 2014 (Update):
  • The cooldown on the devotion ability is now 90 seconds.
  • The protection boost offered by the devotion ability during PvP situations is now 75%.
  • The devotion ability now lasts for a minimum of 5 seconds and a maximum of 20 seconds.
  • Devotion will now be turned off during the Kalphite King, Vorago and Barrows: Rise of the Six encounters, where appropriate, as with other defensive abilities.

• update 11 December 2013 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• For a while after release, the ability gave 100% protection for the combat style prayed against. As of the patch notes of 24 February 2014, the ability now blocks 75% of damage in player-versus-player combat.
• When released, Devotion lasted 20 seconds and extended up to 40 seconds. After a hidden update, it was reduced to 5 seconds with a limit of 20 seconds, but due to many player complaints, this was changed once again to a middle ground of 10 seconds.
• Originally when this ability was released the cooldown time was 60 seconds. On 24 February 2014 this was changed to 90 seconds. On 10 March 2014 the cooldown was reverted back to 60 seconds with an overall buff to the ability's duration.