Redemption

Redemption
Released			6 September 2005 (Update)
Members			Yes
Level			49
Drain rate			Uses all prayer points when the effect takes place, otherwise 10 points per minute
Description			Heals you when damaged and health falls below 10%. (Drain: 1pt per 6s)

Redemption is a prayer unlocked at level 49 Prayer. When Redemption is active, upon being hit to less than 10% of Hitpoints remaining (e.g. 9 or below at level 99 Hitpoints), or upon taking any hits (including 0 damage) when at less than 10% health, Redemption will drain the player's prayer points to zero and heal the player for 25% of their Prayer level rounded down, regardless of remaining prayer points. Note that Redemption will not prevent lethal damage.

As Redemption is an overhead prayer depicting a heart, players often use it in community events such as maxing and drop parties to show support.

The amount of Hitpoints healed is based on a player's base prayer level. The formula is .

Redemption is often used when prayer or super restore potions are plentiful and the damage taken can be predicted, as the Hitpoints healed are greater than using food at high levels: at 99 Prayer, Redemption can heal by 24 (up to four times per inventory slot for a total of 96), while food is generally limited to 22^[a] (or up to 64 using Saradomin brews with 94 or higher Hitpoints). However, miscalculating the damage taken or being unlucky can lead to death, and the prayer points being depleted means a potion dose must be drunk to reactivate protection prayers, so utilising Redemption is a situational and potentially risky strategy.

Prayer regeneration potions can be used for further aid, and theoretically they can be used to proc Redemption up to 66 times per dose, but their slow cycle-based restoration makes them more difficult and impractical to rely upon alone; even if a prayer point is restored at a convenient time, it is quickly drained unless prayer flicking is utilised. Bluefin may also be used to heal and give some prayer points to re-enable protection prayers immediately, but prayer potions are still almost essential.

Redemption is particularly useful, although more costly compared to regular food, in situations where the player takes frequent but low damage, such as Pyramid Plunder or fighting the thermonuclear smoke devil. It is also useful in Chambers of Xeric, where prayer enhance potions allow the player to rapidly use Redemption, such as during Vespula encounters. When fighting the Fragment of Seren, it is extremely useful for players with a high Hitpoints level, as being at max health before the final special attack will also activate Redemption's healing.

For more advanced usage, a common technique to use Redemption is against monsters that use ranged or magic attacks, as protection prayers can be used to nullify or minimise damage before Redemption needs to be enabled. Tick eating complements this strategy, as it can be used for safety if the monster launches the opposite style, or using low-healing food (such as purple sweets) at low health to prevent the risk of death while also making sure that Redemption activates. However, this strategy does not work for attacks that calculate and deal damage on the same tick; most melee attacks fall into this category, as well as some exceptions with ranged or magic attacks. Care should also be taken, as depending on the monster's attack speed and projectile speed, there is a high likelihood that another attack is launched before protection prayers can be reactivated.

When Redemption is activated, the prayer points are immediately depleted, although any other prayers that were activated (such as offensive prayers) may take a short while to deactivate. When rapidly using Redemption, such as when fighting Vespula, players should take care to make sure Redemption and other prayers are properly reactivated (by only clicking the prayers once for example).

Successfully activating Redemption completely depletes a player's prayer points. Without quickly restoring prayer points and reactivating the Protect Item prayer before dying, an extra item is not kept on death. Warning: Players not yet competent in Redemption-related techniques should generally avoid using the prayer in high risk PvP scenarios, particularly when Protect Item is a necessity.

v t e Prayers
Defence Prayers	Thick Skin Rock Skin Steel Skin
Strength Prayers	Burst of Strength Superhuman Strength Ultimate Strength
Attack Prayers	Clarity of Thought Improved Reflexes Incredible Reflexes
Ranged Prayers	Sharp Eye Hawk Eye Eagle Eye Deadeye Rigour
Magic Prayers	Mystic Will Mystic Lore Mystic Might Mystic Vigour Augury
Restoration Prayers	Rapid Restore Rapid Heal Redemption
Protection Prayers	Protect Item Protect from Magic Protect from Missiles Protect from Melee
Other Prayers	Retribution Smite Preserve Chivalry Piety