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Prayer penetration is a mechanic where monster or player attacks will partially or fully ignore the effects of protection prayers. Prayer penetration can range from 0% to 100%.

Attacks with prayer penetration generally still perform an accuracy roll comparing the attacker's attack bonus against the defender's defence bonus.

High-level bosses often have prayer penetration, particularly in raids.

Players generally only get access to prayer penetration during limited-time game modes such as Leagues.

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"Typeless" is old terminology that refers to attacks with 100% prayer penetration.

Prior to the release of the Chambers of Xeric in early 2017, protection prayers would reduce either 100% or 0% of a monster's damage. An update to the game engine allowed intermediate values to be selected, which marked the beginning of partial prayer penetration.

Monsters with prayer penetration
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Melee

Ranged

  • Ancient Wyverns
  • Long-tailed Wyverns
  • Taloned Wyverns
  • Tar Monsters
  • TzKal-Zuk
  • Vasa Nistirio - 50%

Magic

Magical ranged

  • Thermonuclear smoke devil
  • Enormous Tentacles

Area of effect

  • Corporeal Beast (stomp attack)
  • Vespula (stomp attack)
  • Jal-MejJaks
  • Lizardman Shamans (purple spawn attack)
  • Supporting Pillar (upon collapsing)
  • Tekton (spark attack and tornadoes)
  • Verzik Vitur (upon damaging a Supporting Pillar, phase 1 of Hard Mode only)
  • Zalcano
  • Sol Heredit

Poisonous

  • Lizardman Shamans (Poison splash attack)
  • Xarpus

Multiple

  • Vanguards - 50%
  • Skeletal Mystics - 50%
  • Muttadile - 50%
  • Great Olm - 25%
  • Akkha
  • Tumeken's Warden and Elidinis' Warden
Sources of player prayer penetration
  • Ancient mace special attack
  • Ancient godsword special attack (sacrifice damage only)
  • Dragon sword special attack
  • Verac's armour set full set effect

in PvP combat, players naturally have 60% prayer penetration.

Temporary gamemodes

  • Combat Masteries in Raging Echoes League and Grid Master
  • Demonic Pacts in Demonic Pacts League
  • Lithic sceptre in Demonic Pacts League

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