Hitsplat

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A hitsplat denoting a missed attack.

Hitsplat (also called hit splat or hitmark) is a term used to refer to the damage icon appearing on a player, an NPC, or a monster, while in combat. A hitsplat usually results in a change of life points. Most hitsplats have a number in the centre, which displays the number of life points that the recipient has either lost or gained. Depending on how large the number is, the width of a splat is variable. A hitsplat without a number denotes a missed or blocked hit, or temporary immunity to damage.

Types of hitsplats

A golden hitsplat, which is used to represent a critical hit in Legacy Mode, or when "Legacy" is chosen as the hitsplat colour in EoC mode.

The colour of a hitsplat and the symbol beside it usually give an indication of the type of damage inflicted, while the number inside indicates the amount of damage dealt. Hitsplat depicts the magnitude effect of an attack; however, a block or miss will always induce a 0, but the randomisation result is never shown.

With most hitsplats, a lighter background indicates that the player is taking/inflicting damage, while a darker background indicates that other players are taking/inflicting damage.

The colour of hitsplats may be customised through the combat settings menu. Different colours can be chosen for melee, ranged, magic, and miscellaneous damage. These can be changed separately for personal hitplats and other players' hitsplats. Available colours are red (default), blue, green, yellow, dark blue, brown, dark purple, and legacy appearance.

Image	Default appearance	Description	Members only?
	White	Damage caused by regular autoattacks of all classes.	No
	Combat classes' icons Red background (default option)	Damage caused by performing abilities. The default red background can be changed to either blue, green, yellow, dark blue, brown, or Legacy appearance (with EoC numbers) for each of the combat styles for self in the Combat Targeting section of Gameplay settings. Additionally, other players' hitsplats can be selected similarly. They can also be hidden.	No
	Orange/Green/Blue (Bold)	Damage caused by critical hits of both abilities and autoattacks. The colour depends on the class the player is using (by default, these are orange for melee, green for ranged, and blue for magic). These can be overridden by hitsplat packs purchased from Solomon's General Store, such as Heroic Crit or Splat Pack.	No
	Deflect icon Red background	Damage deflected by: Deflect curses Vengeance Ring of Recoil Reflect ability Deathtouch bracelet In specific boss encounters: Araxxor and Araxxi's cobweb shield, Mirrorback spider damage, Reflecting Jellyfish damage	No
	Red background (no symbol)	Damage caused by other means, known as typeless damage: Desert heat in the Kharidian Desert Freezing cold around God Wars Dungeon entrance Failing Agility obstacles, and other damage caused by environment Damage taken while solving puzzles encountered while Dungeoneering Monster attacks that do not fit into the three combat classes, most often boss special attacks There are two kinds of typeless damage, although it is impossible to distinguish between them at a glance: "soft" typeless damage that is affected by damage modifiers (defensive abilities, Berserk, berserker auras, etc.), and "hard" typeless damage that is unaffected by nearly all damage modifiers.	No
	Cannonball icon Red background	Damage caused by all Dwarf multicannon variants, Siege engines, Pulsars, and Cooper's special attack Damage dealt by Cow1337killr, the goblin, and the memory of the player to NPCs during Flashback	Yes
	Green background (no symbol)	Damage caused by all types of poison, fungal infestation, or nettle stings (the latter two do not inflict a lingering poison effect).	Yes
	Shield icon with blue sparks	Indication of either a missed or blocked attack.	No
Immune	Immune text (no symbol)	Indicates that the monster is currently immune to incoming damage. Not all monsters that are immune to damage produce this hitsplat.	No
	Shield icon Cyan background	Damage soaked by player's active Crystal Shield perk or fungal shield effect. Damage soaked by various monsters in the TzekHaar Front.	Yes
	Shield icon Red background	Damage dealt to Bulwark beast's armour, Fairy Godfather's shield, or Raksha, the Shadow Colossus's shield.	No
	Heart icon Purple background	Recovery of life points (healing), which include but are not limited to: Consuming food and some potions, such as Saradomin brews and barbarian mixes Using abilities that heal the player, such as Resonance, Sacrifice, and Immortality Activating the effect of the Enhanced Excalibur Various combat mechanics that heal the player and non-player characters Damage dealt to zombies during 2018 Halloween event	No
	Blight icon Dark purple background	Blight damage received during the fight with Solak. Also used when enemies take damage from the cannons exploding during Birthright of the Dwarves.	Yes
	Soul Split icon Light purple background	Damage dealt by the special attack of the Eldritch crossbow, Split Soul.	Yes
		Soft instant kill; any hit that deals at least 32,767 damage. Ring of death, sign of life, and portent of life will activate if the attack was used against a player. This hitsplat appears with the following attacks: Killing a monster with a deathtouched dart. Killing a monster with the passive effect of the Book of Death. Killing fully healed dragons and metal dragons with the effects of dragon trinkets or metallic dragon trinkets. Instant kill attacks that apply through most protective mechanics. Bosses that launch these attacks include Yakamaru, Telos, the Warden, Nex: Angel of Death, Solak, and Raksha, the Shadow Colossus. Sinking fully into the ground from Yakamaru's Quicksand attack. Telos's Draw Power bomb in phase 4 and The End bomb in phase 5. Nex: Angel of Death's Mark of the Elements attack if it strikes players who stand outside the protective dome in the centre of the arena. Solak's Binding Crush attack if a player fails to move away from it in time. Raksha's Shadow Detonation attack when fully charged. Activating the extra action button to instantly kill any remaining TzekHaar in one of TzKal-Zuk's challenge waves. Thok killing dinosaurs in the tale he tells during Desperate Measures.	Yes
		Full instant kill. Ring of death, sign of life, and portent of life will not activate if the attack was used against a player. This hitsplat appears with the following attacks: Instant kill attacks/mechanics used by Vorago, Yakamaru, Solak, and TzKal-Zuk. Allowing Vorago to advance all the way to the west side of the arena during phase 5. Drowning after being regurgitated by Yakamaru and not being resuscitated in time. Allowing Solak's conscience to be destroyed by Manifestations of Erethdor during phase 4. Getting hit by TzKal-Zuk's charged explosion attack following the Igneous Rain mechanic. Sabotaging a siege engine in the Nodon Front.	Yes
		Recovery (healing) of at least 32,768 life points, possible on bosses with at least 655,360 maximum life points when Calorie bombs are used. This hitsplat appears with the following mechanics: Kalphite King healing the damage dealt from his 32,768 damage special attack. In Temple of Aminishi: Elite Sotapannas healing nearby minibosses; Shadow enigmas healing black crystals during the fight with Seiryu the Azure Serpent. In The Shadow Reef: Taraket the Necromancer healing himself from crystallised black stones or from destroying at least 9 summoned skeletons. Raksha, the Shadow Colossus healing himself at the start of phase four of his encounter. Rathis reabsorbing a minimum of one pool of venom.	Yes
Executed	Executed text (no symbol)	Player's life points falling below the execution threshold, resulting in death. Features during the fight with Zamorak, Lord of Chaos.	Yes
	Pierced shield icon Red background	Damage pushed through the player's defensive abilities during the fight with Zamorak, Lord of Chaos.	Yes

Historical hitsplats

Images	Style	Description	Members only?
	Yellow background	Damage caused by disease, which randomly lowered the skill levels of the player. Removed with the Evolution of Combat update.	Yes
	Off-yellow background	Fungal infestation caused by being in melee distance to monsters in the polypore dungeon without spraying neem oil. Removed with the Legacy mode update and replaced with poison hitsplats.	Yes
	Pale purple background	Fear damage induced by ghosts during the 2014 Halloween event.	No

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included—see here for how to help out!

• patch 30 January 2023 (Update):
  • The Ring of Death's effect now correctly applies to all Instakill mechanics namely,
    • Full instakill: No signs or Ring of Death allowed - will display the skull with 'Instant Kill' text.
    • Soft instakill: Signs and Ring of Death allowed - will display the skull without text.
    • The starting damage value of the Ring of Death status will now be 20% of the killing blow, within the range of 150 to 2000. A soft instakill will automatically start at 2,000, so you can survive the mechanic, but it will still be tough to survive long enough for the kill.

• patch 14 May 2018 (Update):
  • Hitsplats which you can toggle for other players ability damage will now slightly be faded to help yours stand out a bit more
  • A Purple hitsplat has been added

• patch 24 July 2017 (Update):
  • Six new hitsplats have been added for players in EoC. each choice can be selected via the Miscellaneous options window in 'Game Settings':
    • Blue
    • Dark Blue
    • Brown
    • Yellow
    • Green
    • Legacy (This displays EoC numbers when hitting an enemy with an ability)
  • There is also the option to hide other players' ability damage hitsplats.
  • Players can now toggle which hitsplat to see for ability damage dealt in the three combat skills by both themselves or other players.

• patch 28 July 2014 (Update):
  • In Legacy mode, the healing hit mark has been recoloured from pink to purple to better represent how it looked before.

• patch 13 August 2013 (Update):
  • The combat overlay on deadly red spiders no longer obscures the hitsplats.

• patch 11 January 2010 (Update):
  • Ensured that a hit sound isn't played if no damage is done.

• patch 9 November 2009 (Update):
  • Ensure hit splats always show on players when attacked by wizards near the Wizards' Tower, even if it's a 0.

• patch 6 May 2009 (Update):
  • Poison and disease hit splats will no longer be stretched when near a wall in the Myreque caves.

Trivia

• Most hits use the Arial font, while a player's critical hits use a special font to put emphasis on it.