Hitsplat
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[edit | edit source]

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.
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White | Damage caused by regular autoattacks of all classes. | No |
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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 |
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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 |
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Deflect icon Red background |
Damage deflected by:
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No |
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Red background (no symbol) |
Damage caused by other means, known as typeless damage:
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 |
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Cannonball icon Red background |
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Yes |
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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 |
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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 |
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Shield icon Cyan background |
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Yes |
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Shield icon Red background |
Damage dealt to Bulwark beast's armour, Fairy Godfather's shield, or Raksha, the Shadow Colossus's shield. | No |
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Heart icon Purple background |
Recovery of life points (healing), which include but are not limited to:
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No |
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Blight icon Dark purple background |
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Yes |
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Soul Split icon Light purple background |
Damage dealt by the special attack of the Eldritch crossbow, Split Soul. | Yes |
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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:
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Yes | |
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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:
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Yes | |
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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:
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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[edit | edit source]
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Yellow background | Damage caused by disease, which randomly lowered the skill levels of the player. Removed with the Evolution of Combat update. |
Yes |
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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 |
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Pale purple background | Fear damage induced by ghosts during the 2014 Halloween event. | No |
Update history[edit | edit source]
- 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.
- The Ring of Death's effect now correctly applies to all Instakill mechanics namely,
- 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.
- Six new hitsplats have been added for players in EoC. each choice can be selected via the Miscellaneous options window in 'Game Settings':
- 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 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.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Most hits use the Arial font, while a player's critical hits use a special font to put emphasis on it.
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