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{{PAGENAME}} experience is earned when dealing damage to [[monsters]] while any prayers costing per player attack are active. The amount of {{PAGENAME}} experience earned is <math>\frac{1}{30}</math> or <math>0.0\bar{3}</math> per point of damage dealt multiplied by the prayer point cost per player attack. Note that the 'prayer point cost' is the base cost before any [[#Reducing Prayer Point Usage|cost modifiers]] are applied, meaning that methods used by the player to either reduce or increase prayer costs do not affect the experience earned. This experience can be increased by 4% by equipping the {{ItemIcon|Gold Emerald Ring}}, which along with the 1% increase from {{PetIcon|Pyro}} and 5% from {{ItemIcon|Firemaking Skillcape}} provides a skill XP increase of 10%.

The general formula used for {{Skill|Fishing}} is <math>P \times A_F \times \tfrac{2^M \times \left ( 1 + C_D \right ) + C_A}{S}</math>, where:

* <math>C_D</math> is the chance to double, provided from a wide range of sources such as the {{ItemIcon|Fishing Hook}}

Assuming a somewhat optimal setup as per [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oDeCK-ObKd8xBlCcJtA_pBmXzkgg9wm5NwL8GI8tqhk this sheet], the time between catches reduces to <math>S = 2.8</math> seconds, chance to double becomes <math>C_D = 0.66 = 66\%</math>, and the additional resource chance becomes <math>C_A = 0.03 = 3\%</math>. This assumes 10% chance to double and 10% interval reduction from {{Skill|Astrology}}, as rolls higher than this require too much dust.

For {{Skill|Slayer}} calculation in [[Combat Simulator]], the following setup was used:<br>

Full {{ItemIcon|Glacia God Helmet|Glacia set}}, {{ItemIcon|Skull Cape}}, {{ItemIcon|Elite Amulet of Magic}}, {{ItemIcon|Cloudburst Staff}},<br>

Level 95 in all skills, Hardcore mode, and either {{Icon|Water Wave|type=spell}} or {{Icon|Water Surge|type=spell}}. With self-sustaining food from the Slayer supplies, the time of {{Icon|Water Wave|type=spell}} adjusted by crafting runes is 5.8 prayer points per second. The calculations can be found [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K2C37QQDp1-ublNSj6kgltsApHSs5DCq9OtcCeBGrrs/edit#gid=0 here].

* {{ItemIcon|Fishing Skillcape}}, {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Fishing}}, {{ItemIcon|Sailor's Top}}, {{ItemIcon|Aorpheat's Signet Ring}}, {{ItemIcon|Fishing Hook}}, and {{ItemIcon|Octopus}} equipped

| <math>3 \times 0.95 \times \tfrac{2^2 \times \left ( 1 + 0.66 \right ) + 0.03}{2.8}</math>

| 6.79

| End-game {{Skill|Slayer}} tasks

* {{Icon|type=spell|Bone Offering}} and {{Icon|type=spell|Blessed Offering}} spells from {{Skill|Alt Magic}}

The prayer point cost reduction modifiers can reduce the cost of prayers to a minimum of 1 point per prayer, the only exception to this being that protection prayers are free when the {{ItemIcon|Gold Diamond Ring}} is equipped. Any flat prayer point reductions are applied before any percentage reductions, therefore in some specific cases some flat cost reductions provide no benefit. For example, consider a scenario where prayers with an odd prayer point cost are active while both the {{ItemIcon|Prayer Skillcape}} and {{ItemIcon|Priest Hat}} are equipped - in such a case, the Prayer Skillcape reduces the cost to 2 points regardless of whether the Priest Hat is equipped or not.