# Constitution

This article is about the skill that controls life points. For the old skill before the 3 March 2010 update, see Hitpoints (historical).
"HP" redirects here. For the statistic, see Life points. For the Barbarian Assault reward system, see Honour Points.
Life points bars appear above the heads of those in combat.
The sound played when a player levels up the Constitution skill.

Constitution (also known as health, and formerly as Hitpoints or HP) is a combat skill that affects how many life points (LP) a player or monster has. Life points represent the amount of damage a player or monster can withstand before it dies. Death occurs when a player or monster's life points reach zero.

The current minimum requirement to be ranked (at approximately rank 1,448,303) on the hiscores for Constitution is level 15. As of 24 January 2020, there are 254,331 current members that have achieved level 99 in Constitution. There are 27,007 current members that have achieved level 120 in Constitution.

## Maximum life points amount

The maximum number of life points a player may have without any armour or boosts is 100 times their Constitution level. Players begin with a Constitution level of 10 and thus 1000 life points, and their life points are increased by 100 for every Constitution level gained. As such, a player with level 99 Constitution has 9900 life points.

The absolute maximum amount of life points players can have, while temporary, is 17,329. This is derived from:

• Player health and equipment
• Boosts
• Bonfires boost the maximum life points cap by up to 5% of the total life points originating from the Constitution level and worn equipment. This amounts to up to +495 at 99 Constitution, and an additional +202 (for a total of +697) while wearing the best life point boosting equipment available in Daemonheim - i.e. tier 99 head, body, legs, and shield slot items, in addition to owning the Warped gorajan trailblazer outfit which gives a +3 level boost to Constitution (+300LP) - and then bonfiring inside the dungeon. The boost is re-calculated each time upon bonfiring or logging in, but lasts as long as the current longest initiated timer. This means that you can pre-bonfire to set a long timer, and then enter a dungeon and buy the cheapest logs from the Smuggler to re-calculate the life point boost by bonfiring again. Without using Daemonheim equipment, the highest possible life point boost derived from worn equipment while bonfiring would be +158.
• The thermal bath, or an Ogre flask (thermal), boosts the maximum life points cap by +3 per Constitution level, for a maximum of +297 at 99 Constitution.
• Fortitude increases the maximum life points cap by +10 plus +10 per Constitution level, for a total of +1,000 at 99 Constitution.
• Final boost
• Rocktail soup and Sailfish soup can heal 15% above the maximum life points cap, which is an additional +2,260 assuming the use of Daemonheim equipment while bonfiring, or +2,253 if using only surface equipment.
A player wearing a trimmed constitution cape

## Fighting

Any player or creature who is hit in a fight will have a life bar shown above them, which represents their life points. There are two colours on the bar: green and red. The green part of the bar is on the left and represents how many life points the player has remaining. The red part of the bar appears on the right and represents how much damage has been taken away from their maximum life points. This allows an easy estimation of the percentage of health a player has left.

Players may look to their Action bar to see their current maximum life points as well as how many they have remaining.

## Hitsplats

Main article: Hitsplat

### Poison (Members only)

Main article: Poison

A player may become poisoned during a fight. This effect will continue to reduce life points periodically, even after the fight is over. The body's natural defences will gradually neutralise the poison, however.

For instance, if a player is hit by another player that poisons them, they would be hit for an initial amount of damage depending on the type of poison they were using. As time goes on the amount of damage is slowly reduced until it is gone. Players may cure the poison at any time with an antipoison or Super antipoison potion made using the Herblore skill. Super antipoisons will give a player temporary immunity to any poison-based attack. This is especially useful in the Pyramid Plunder Thieving minigame.

Please also note that if you are poisoned in a Members' server but then switch to a Free server, you will remain poisoned with no way to cure it (aside from eating food to offset the damage) until you switch back to a Members' server.

## Death

A player dying and his Gravestone appearing
Main article: Death (mechanic)

Death occurs when a player's life points reach zero. A message in the chat box informs them of this: Oh dear, you are dead!. Once the player has died, they will either be placed at Death's office if there was wealth risked upon death or the nearest respawn hub if no wealth was risked.

Death will keep players' items from when they died for 24 hours of gameplay time. This heavily aids players who have died due to disconnection so that they can recover their items. These items include those that are not always kept on death or always kept on death unless in the Wilderness. You can choose to pay Death to reclaim your items using gold coins, otherwise you can leave his office and make your own way to your grave. However, keep in mind that grave timers are very short (averaging 2-3 minutes depending on your gravestone) before they collapse.

During Missing, Presumed Death, due to Death's kidnapping, Frank can instead be found in the office, and will act as a substitute for Death to reclaim items.

All minigames are either safe (for example, Fishing Trawler) or dangerous (for example, Pyramid Plunder). If a player dies whilst participating in a safe minigame, the player will retain all items and respawn at a location specific to the minigame. If a player dies whilst participating in a dangerous minigame, the player will respawn at the chosen hub, and a gravestone will be placed either at the place of death or at the entrance to the minigame.

### Respawning

When a player dies, they will respawn, meaning they will live again. If wealth was risked, they will spawn in Death's office. If no wealth was risked, they will respawn normally at their chosen respawn point or the nearest major hub. See above for information on how the Death rework affects death and respawning.

## Earning experience

To earn experience in Constitution, a player has to fight or do a quest that rewards Constitution experience. Alternatively, one could use an item that gives a specific amount of experience (for example, experience lamps or quest rewards).

When fighting, a player receives Constitution experience upon the kill. The amount of experience earned is found using the known combat experience for the offensive skills: ${\displaystyle experience\times .333}$. Constitution experience is earned at one third the rate of Attack, Ranged, Strength and Defence, or Magic if training via combat, making this one of the slowest skills to train, although it may be gained fast if you are focusing on Attack, Strength, Defence, Ranged or Magic too.

Prayer cannot help train Constitution, however using the Rapid Heal or Rapid Renewal prayers, or the Soul Split Ancient Curse can help to restore health if you've lost some.

## Recovering life points

A player casting the Heal Group spell

A player can heal to restore their life points back to or even over its maximum. There are a number of ways to do this:

• Let it recharge on its own. A player naturally heals at the rate of 0.1% of maximum life points (rounded down) every six seconds when not in combat.
• Resting restores 1% of life points (rounded up) every 6 seconds (in addition to the 0.1% normally).
• Listening to a Musician restores 1% of life points every 3 seconds.
• The prayer Rapid Heal doubles the rate at which life points naturally restore.
• The prayer Rapid Renewal reduces the interval between natural healing to the users Life points from 6 seconds to 1.2 seconds.
• The prayer Fortitude doubles life point regeneration rate and allows increased regeneration during combat.
• The Regeneration aura doubles the rate at which life points naturally restore.
• The Regen bracelet triples the rate at which life points naturally restore.
• The lunar spell Dream restores life points at the rate of 10 times more than normal.
• Entering a bank or using a bank chest heals about 500 life points a second
The recovery rate for life points, in life points per minute, is given by adding natural regeneration (max life points divided by 1000. rounded down) to any regeneration increases (Rest has its own separate timer).
Method

Healing

Interval Boost
Rest[1] 1% LP 6 seconds 1
Listening to a musician[1] 1% LP 3 seconds 1
Rapid Heal prayer[2] N/A N/A 2
Rapid Renewal prayer[2] N/A N/A 5
Regen bracelet 3x natural Natural N/A
Dream spell[1] N/A N/A 10
Regeneration aura N/A N/A 2
1. ^ a b c Resting, listening to a musician, and the Dream spell cannot be combined.
2. ^ a b The Rapid Renewal and Rapid Heal prayers cannot be used together.
All restorations run on separate clocks. Resting/Listening to music/moving status on player is updated by one clock while the players natural regeneration is on a second clock. This second clock can be sped up using Rapid Heal and Rapid Renewal.
• Eating food recovers life points. The full life points for a food can only be obtained if the player's Constitution level is at least as high as the level of the food, which is generally the Cooking level required to prepare the food (there are exceptions where the levels differ, such as the Tuna potato and Cavefish). Otherwise, most food heals 25 fewer life points per missing Constitution level. For example, a Rocktail heals 2300 life points if the player has a Constitution level of 92 or higher. If the player's Constitution level is 91, it only heals 2275 life points.
Food Life healed GE price Consumption bites Level
Tuna 750 47 One 30
Lobster 1200 144 One 40
Swordfish 1400 144 One 50
Chocolate cake 1248 571 Three 50
Anchovy pizza 1374 590 Two 55
Curry 1500 183 One 60
Monkfish 1600 185 One 62
Pineapple pizza 1624 401 Two 65
Admiral pie 1750 3,446 Two 70
Shark 2000 802 One 80
Sea turtle 2050 662 One 82
Wild pie 2125 2,357 Two 85
Tuna potato 2125 1,086 One 85
Cavefish 2200 (gives a +2 combat boost) 1,107 One 88
Manta ray 2275 1,429 One 91
Rocktail 2300 (up to 10% above full health) 3,110 One 92
Tiger shark 2375 (up to +100 life points boost) Untradeable One 95
Summer pie 2400 869 Two 95
Rocktail soup 2500 7,157 One 95
Basket of strawberries 30% of max life points 1,228 Five 99
• Drinking potions. Members have access to Saradomin brews, which heal up to 1000 of a player's total life points and adds it to their life points. This can exceed their limit.
• Passive effects. Some weapons have passive effects that recover life points, such as the Enhanced excalibur and Saradomin godsword. Additionally, the Guthan's set effect occasionally heals a player by the amount they hit.
• The monks at the Monastery of Saradomin and Entrana heal players if they ask them. They heal 20% of the player's life points level.
• The nurses Sabreen and A'abla and Surgeon Tafani at the infirmary north of Al Kharid Duel Arena heal players if asked.
• Two lunar spells can be cast to heal other players: Heal Other, level 92 Magic needed, and Heal Group, level 95 Magic needed.
• Die. When a player dies, they respawn at full health and full energy. This is not recommended unless the player has banked all items and wants to go to an area near their respawn point.
• A player can use a bracelet of regeneration which doubles life points recovery rate. When used in conjunction with the prayer Rapid Heal, it triples to 30 life points per minute.
• Using Soul Split (one of the Ancient Curses, level 92 Prayer required) adds 10% of damage dealt back to life points. Since this method needs high hits to heal fast, it can be used together with Turmoil. It is risky to use versus NPC capable of dealing high and/or frequent damage though. Used right, it is a great and potion-saving alternative against monsters usually fought with activated protection prayers or deflection curses.
• Returning to a safe town. Life points are automatically recovered to maximum upon return to a safe town (like Edgeville) and using the bank.
• The two Summoning familiars, the Void spinner (10 life points every 15 seconds) and the Bunyip (2% of maximum life points, rounded down, every 15 seconds), heal a player over time. The Unicorn stallion heals 10% of the player's life points by using its special move, Healing Aura.
Familiar Summoning level required Heal rate
Void Spinner 34 10 life points every 15 seconds
Bunyip 68 2% of maximum life points every 15 seconds
Fire, Moss, Ice titans 79 80 life points per scroll (special moves)
Unicorn Stallion 88 10% of maximum life points (special moves)
• Previously a Clan avatar with the healing over time buff would heal a player and any clanmates within range for 2% of their maximum life points every 5 seconds, this was removed with the updates to clan avatars.

## Temporary boosts

Main article: Temporary skill boost

### Boosts to life points

A player wearing a Constitution cape and performing the Skillcape emote
• Elidinis Statuette - this altar in Nardah will heal you and raise your total LP by 500, and will also fully refill your prayer. To use it, players will need to have completed Spirits of the Elid.
• Bonfires - boosts the maximum life points cap by 1-5% of the total life points originating from your Constitution level and worn equipment, for 6-82 minutes. The percentage depends on your Firemaking level, and the duration of the boost depends on the type of logs or bones used on the bonfire, and whether the Bonfire booster has been unlocked from the Death's Store.
• The thermal bath at the spa in Oo'glog boosts life points by +3 per Constitution level, for a maximum of +297 at level 99. This stacks additively with the life point boosts from bonfires, Fortitude, and life point boosting equipment. To use the bath, players will need to have completed the quest As a First Resort.
• Saradomin brews, Super Saradomin brews, Rocktails, Tiger sharks, Sailfish, Rocktail soups and Sailfish soups can heal above the maximum life points cap, in the case of soups by 15%.
• Using the Fortitude curse, unlocked after completing the quest The Light Within, grants a LP boost of up to 1,000 as long as the prayer is activated.
• Abidor Crank will boost a player's LP by 20%.
• Powerburst of vitality is a potion that doubles current and maximum life points for six seconds. Drinking this triggers the global powerburst cooldown, which prevents drinking another powerburst or adrenaline potion for two minutes. At the end of the powerburst's effect, current and maximum life points are halved, which effectively halves the damage taken (and healed) during the active time.

## Skilling pet (Morty)

Main article: Morty

Like all skills, there is a skilling pet obtainable from training this skill. The pet for the Constitution skill is called Morty.

## Update history

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• patch 3 March 2010 (Update):
• Completely removing Hit Points and replacing it with Constitutional skill, where everyone has a very large amount of Health, depending on what they hold and what their Constitutional level is, Constitutional level is not affected when damage is dealt to the user, but instead, it affects their health. This infact benefits new users, this way they don't hit 0's constantly, and can actually hit all the time.
• patch 22 June 2009 (Update):
• Corrected the level-up message for Hitpoints regarding the cape of accomplishment and the name of the character to speak to.

## Trivia

Constitution's level-up jingle
• If you levelled Constitution before the 3 March 2010 update, it would show Hitpoints in your Adventurer's Log. It was changed to Constitution the following day.
• In RuneScape Classic, all players started with level 10 Hits and 1000 XP - slightly less XP than would be required for level 10 in all other skills. When RuneScape 2 was released, accounts that had not gained the Hits XP needed to reach level 10 or higher had their Hitpoints stat "corrected" to level 9. The only way to have level 9 Constitution is to have created an account prior to RuneScape 2 and not to have trained the Constitution skill since.
• If a player gained 200 million experience in Attack, Strength, Defence, Ranged and Magic (assuming that no experience lamps or bonus experience were used), he/she would have gained 333,333,333.3 Constitution experience. In other words, training all combat style skills by killing monsters a player would end up with 5/3 times the experience than one of the other skills trained individually.