Altar

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

A player using an altar

An altar is a piece of interactive scenery that allows a player to recharge their prayer points. Particular altars have additional functions including:

• Changing spellbooks and prayers
• Granting greatly increased experience for offering bones or ashes on them
• Producing blessed sand (only at Saradominist altars)

To locate an altar, look for the altar icon () on the world map or minimap.

List of altars

The following altars may be used to recharge prayer points:

Name	Members	Location	Maplink	Faction	Notes
Altar		White Knights' Castle in Falador	Show map	Saradominist	Can be upgraded to grant 20 additional prayer points and to switch between regular and Ancient Curses prayers after completion of the elite Falador achievements. May be converted between a regular Saradominist altar and a Zaros altar with completion of the elite achievements and The Temple at Senntisten.
Altar		Ardougne Monastery	Show map	Saradominist
Altar		Seers' Village	Show map	Saradominist	With completion of the Hard Seers' Village achievements the altar in Seers' Village will give an additional 20 prayer points when used.
Altar		Varrock Palace	Show map	Saradominist
Altar		Well of Voyage	Show map	Saradominist
Altar		Camelot	Show map	Saradominist
Altar		Varrock church	Show map	Saradominist
Altar		West Ardougne	Show map	Saradominist
Altar		East Ardougne	Show map	Saradominist
Altar		Lumbridge Church	Show map	Saradominist
Altar		Tutorial Island (Beneath Cursed Tides)	Show map	Saradominist
Altar		Tutorial Island	Show map	Saradominist
Altar		Port Sarim	Show map	Saradominist
Altar		Heroes' Guild	Show map	Saradominist
Altar		Burthorpe chapel	Show map	Saradominist
Altar		Abbey of St. Elspeth Citharede	Show map	Saradominist
Altar		Clan Citadel
Altar		Edgeville Monastery	Show map	Saradominist	Grants an additional 20 prayer points.
Altar		Entrana	Show map	Saradominist
Altar		Fort Forinthry	Show map	Varies	Can also be used to offer bones for 250-350% of the Prayer experience that would be gained from burying them.
Altar		Goblin Cave	Show map	Bandosian
Altar		Hefin Clan district of Prifddinas	Show map	Serenist
Altar		Iorwerth Clan district of Prifddinas	Show map	Serenist
Altar		Jaldraocht Pyramid	Show map	Zarosian	Drains all prayer points when used. Used to switch between regular and Ancient Magicks spellbooks
Altar		Lletya	Show map	Serenist
Altar		Menaphos Worker district	Show map	Menaphite Pantheon
Altar		Paterdomus	Show map	Zamorakian
Altar		Sophanem	Show map	Menaphite Pantheon
Altar		Witchaven	Show map	Saradominist
Altar of nature		Nature Grotto	Show map	Guthixian	Grants an additional 20 prayer points. Can be used to bless silver sickles and silvthril dust.
Altar of Guthix		Taverley	Show map	Guthixian
Altar of War		War's Retreat	Show map		Also restores summoning points and heals damaged Summoning familiars and legendary pets. Can be further upgraded by unlocking the Altar of War ability cooldown reset from War's Wares
Altar of Zaros		Senntisten Temple under Varrock Dig Site	Show map	Zarosian	Used to switch between regular and Ancient Curses prayers. Gives a +15% prayer points boost over the player's current level.
Armadyl Altar		God Wars Dungeon	Show map	Armadylian	Can only be used every 10 minutes while in the dungeon. Grants 10 additional prayer points per armadylean item equipped. Can be used to toggle between being able to use either the special attack or the passive effect of the armadyl godsword and to charge spiritbound hammers.
Bandos altar		God Wars Dungeon	Show map	Bandosian	Can only be used every 10 minutes while in the dungeon. Grants 10 additional prayer points per bandosian item equipped. Can be used to toggle between being able to use either the special attack or the passive effect of the bandos godsword and to charge spiritbound hammers.
Saradomin Altar		God Wars Dungeon	Show map	Saradominist	Can only be used every 10 minutes while in the dungeon. Grants 10 additional prayer points per saradominist item equipped. Can be used to toggle between being able to use either the special attack or the passive effect of the saradomin godsword and to charge spiritbound hammers.
Zamorak Altar		God Wars Dungeon	Show map	Zamorakian	Can only be used every 10 minutes while in the dungeon. Grants 10 additional prayer points per zamorakian item equipped. Can be used to toggle between being able to use either the special attack or the passive effect of the zamorak godsword and to charge spiritbound hammers.
Orcus altar		Kharid-et Dig Site	Show map
Saradominist altar		Tomb of the Fallen	Show map	Saradominist
Vampyric Altar		Darkmeyer	Show map
Zamorak Altar		Black Knights' Fortress	Show map	Zamorakian
Chaos altar		Captured Temple	Show map	Zamorakian
Chaos altar		South-east Varrock	Show map	Zamorakian	Has a check option which is used in Merlin's Crystal
Chaos altar		Chaos Temple (Wilderness)	Show map	Zamorakian	Can also be used to offer bones for 350% of the Prayer experience that would be gained from burying them.
Chaos altar		Yanille Agility dungeon	Show map	Zamorakian	Contains a trap which causes the player to fall into a pit full of poison spiders when they attempt to pray at it.
Chaos altar		Ourania Hunter area	Show map	Zamorakian
Chaos altar		Underground Pass	Show map	Zamorakian
Chaos altar		Chaos Temple (hut)	Show map	Zamorakian
Chaos altar		Spirit Realm	Show map	Zamorakian
Chaos altar		New Varrock	Show map	Zamorakian
Elven grimoire		Cadarn Clan district of Prifddinas	Show map	Serenist	Allows the player to switch between standard spells and Ancient Magicks, and between standard prayers and Ancient Curses. If the hard Fremennik achievements have been completed the player also gains the ability to swap to the Lunar spellbook.
Tribal Statue		Tai Bwo Wannai	Show map		Can be prayed at after completion of Tai Bwo Wannai Trio quest.
Gorilla Statue		Ape Atoll, ground floor[UK]1st floor[US] of the Temple of Marimbo	Show map	Marimban
Gorilla Statue		Ape Atoll, 1st floor[UK]2nd floor[US] of the Temple of Marimbo	Show map	Marimban
Elidinis Statuette		Nardah	Show map	Menaphite Pantheon	Can be prayed at after completing Spirits of the Elid. Also restores life points and gives a 500 temporary life points boost.
Astral altar		Lunar Isle	Show map		Can also be used to change to Lunar spells and is a Runecrafting altar.
Amascut statue		Uzer Mastaba	Show map	Menaphite Pantheon	Boosts prayer points by up to 40 points over the maximum, at the cost of 3 life points per prayer point.
Apmeken statue		Uzer Mastaba	Show map	Menaphite Pantheon
Crondis statue		Uzer Mastaba	Show map	Menaphite Pantheon
Het statue		Uzer Mastaba	Show map	Menaphite Pantheon
Icthlarin statue		Uzer Mastaba	Show map	Menaphite Pantheon
Scabaras statue		Uzer Mastaba	Show map	Menaphite Pantheon
Tribute stone		North of Falador	Show map	Guthixian	Is also a small obelisk for Summoning and can heal legendary pets with the Beast of Burden ability active.
Bandos's remains		Goblin Village	Show map	Bandosian
Shrine to V		V's island	Show map
Throne of Fame		Max Guild	Show map		Using the "admire" option restores prayer and Summoning points. Sitting on the throne boosts prayer points by 20 above the player's maximum.
Sulphur spring		Oo'glog	Show map		Temporarily boosts Prayer by about 10% of a player's level.

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!

• update 24 June 2001 (Update):
  • Tannery shops, altars and quest starting points are now shown on the world map.

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

Trivia

• Previously, chaos altars 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.
• 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 at the Vampyric Altar.
• 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.