Ruinous Powers

Ruinous Powers was removed after an update.

As the contents of this page no longer exist in Old School RuneScape, this article is preserved for historical purposes.

This article is about the set of prayers. For the Trailblazer Reloaded League relic, see Ruinous Powers (relic). For the item that swaps between prayer books, see Ruinous powers (item). For the proposed god alignment set, see God Alignments#Ruinous Powers.

The Ruinous Powers prayer book.

The Ruinous Powers are a set of ancient Zarosian prayers unlocked by selecting the Ruinous Powers relic in Trailblazer Reloaded League that can be accessed separately from the normal prayer book. Originally intended to be obtained as a reward from completing Desert Treasure II - The Fallen Empire, with some being unlocked via boss drops, these prayers had powerful effects aimed at superseding the existing prayers in the game.

Prayers

Level	Prayer		Effect	Drain rate	Drain effect
60		Rejuvenation	3x Restore rate for Hitpoints	1 point per 9 seconds	4
61		Ancient Strength	+20% Attack and Strength	1 point per 2 seconds	18
62		Ancient Sight	+20% Ranged Attack & Strength	1 point per 2 seconds	18
63		Ancient Will	+20% Magic Attack	1 point per 2 seconds	18
65		Protect Item	Keep one extra item upon death	1 point per 2 seconds	18
66		Ruinous Grace	Prayer points are drained in place of run energy whilst running	1 point per 36 seconds	1
67		Dampen Magic	100% protection from magic attacks (40% in PvP), but increases damage taken by 10%	1 point per 2.5 seconds	14
69		Dampen Ranged	100% protection from ranged attacks (40% in PvP), but increases damage taken by 10%	1 point per 2.5 seconds	14
71		Dampen Melee	100% protection from melee attacks (40% in PvP), but increases damage taken by 10%	1 point per 2.5 seconds	14
72		Trinitas	+15% Melee Attack and Strength, +15% Ranged Attack and Strength, and +15% Magic Attack	1 point per 1.63 seconds	22
74		Berserker	Boosted combat stats last 50% longer	1 point per 18 seconds	2
75		Purge	Reduces the player's and opponent's prayer points by 33% of damage dealt	1 point per 2 seconds	18
77		Metabolise	25 ticks (15 seconds) after activation, allows players to attack 1 tick earlier after eating a piece of food	1 point per 3 seconds	12
78		Rebuke	Increases recoil damage by 50%	1 point per 3 seconds	12
80		Vindication	Heals the player by 25% of their base Prayer level if they fall below 10% health, draining their prayer points fully	1 point per 4 seconds	9
82		Decimate	+25% Attack, +27% Strength	1 point per 1.3 seconds	28
84		Annihilate	+25% Ranged Attack, +27% Ranged Strength	1 point per 1.3 seconds	28
86		Vaporise	+25% Magic Attack, +4% Magic Damage	1 point per 1.3 seconds	28
87		Fumus' Vow	Attacks that inflict poison will deal poison damage instantly	1 point per 2.5 seconds	14
88		Umbra's Vow	Attacks drain 5% of the opponent's Defence, up to 15% of their base level	1 point per 2.5 seconds	14
89		Cruor's Vow	Heals 3 Hitpoints and drains 3 Prayer points upon killing a target	1 point per 2.5 seconds	14
90		Glacies' Vow	Attacks drain 5% of the opponent's Magic, up to 15% of their base level	1 point per 2.5 seconds	14
91		Wrath	Upon death, deals damage up to 25% of the player's base Prayer level to targets in a 5x5 radius	1 point per 12 seconds	3
92		Intensify	+40% accuracy in all attack styles	1 point per 1.3 seconds	28

Development history

A proposal for a new prayer book, obtained as a Desert Treasure II reward, was first put to a poll by Jagex on 20 December 2022. Players voted in favour of the original poll by 86.3%.

On 14 February 2023, a blog post was released detailing the proposed rewards for the Desert Treasure II quest. As part of this blog post, Jagex created a poll which included a question on whether the new prayers should focus mostly on combat, on skilling, or a balance of both. A majority of players voted that the prayers should focus on a balance of both combat and skilling.

On 3 March, Jagex released a new blog post detailing their vision for the new prayer book. This initial proposal outlined 22 new prayers, which included utility, combat, protection, overhead, and skilling prayers.

“	Our task is simple. Make a new Prayer book that doesn't outright overpower the Prayers we all know and love, bake in the common themes from hundreds of community suggestions, make something that feels rewarding for skilling-focused and combat-focused content, and deliver on some elements of high-risk vs. high-reward without making the new set of Prayers inapproachable. Simple, really.	”
	— Jagex

After player feedback, Jagex adjusted the proposal in an updated blog post, removing the Conservation, Ancient Abundance, Ancient Offering, and Overprotection prayers, and reworking several others. A poll subsequently followed, giving approval to run a beta where players could try out the proposed new prayers.

On 12 April, beta worlds became available to test out the Desert Treasure II rewards, which included the Ruinous Powers. The worlds could be accessed for just one week, after which a blog post was released noting that Jagex were considering changes to the prayers to ensure that they do not impact the long-term health of the game.

A second beta begun on 14 June, which included several changes to address player feedback. This beta was intended to run until 21 June, however Jagex announced on 19 June that they would instead be shelving the Ruinous Powers. In a lengthy post, they explained that their original vision for the content had "fallen to the wayside", that the Ruinous Powers felt like "power creep for the sake of it", and that shelving the content is the best decision for the game. However, they also made it clear that despite Ruinous Powers not being added to the game, the door is still open on new prayers and prayer books to be added in the future.

Scrapped prayers

Name	Effect	Type
Ancient Precision	+20% Attack	Offensive
Overprotection	Protect two extra items upon death, but drains prayer points by 25% of damage taken	Utility
Deflect Melee/Magic/Ranged	Reduces damage from an attack style by 90%, with a 50% chance to reflect 10% of the original damage back (rounded down)	Overhead
Absorb Melee/Magic/Ranged	Full protection from an attack style (40% in PvP), but drains prayer points by 10% of the damage an attack would have dealt (rounded down)	Overhead
Withstand Melee/Magic/Ranged	Full protection from an attack style (40% in PvP), but reduces Defence by 33%	Overhead
Conservation	Grants a chance to prevent a resource from depleting when harvested	Skilling
Ancient Abundance	Increases success chance for gathering skills (e.x. Hunter, Woodcutting, Fishing, and Mining)	Skilling
Ancient Offering	Gives a 75% chance to destroy a gathered item, draining one prayer point if the effect procs	Skilling

Proposed requirements

Total level: 1098
37	----	72
30	70	65
----	62	63
42	70	62
60	51	75
70	50	----
60	10	38
55	56
40	----	----

Completion of the following quests:

• Desert Treasure I
  • The Dig Site
  • Temple of Ikov
  • The Tourist Trap
  • Troll Stronghold
  • Priest in Peril
  • Waterfall Quest
• Secrets of the North
  • Making Friends with My Arm
  • Devious Minds
  • Hazeel Cult
  • The General's Shadow (miniquest)
• Enakhra's Lament
• Temple of the Eye
  • Enter the Abyss (miniquest)
• The Garden of Death
• Below Ice Mountain
• His Faithful Servants (miniquest)