Hitsplat
Hitsplat 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 determines the number of life points that you have 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.
Most hits use the Arial font, while a player's critical hits use a special font to put emphasis on it.
Types of hitsplats[edit | edit source]

The colour of the hitsplat and the symbol beside it usually give an indication of the type of damage and the number inside 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 randomization result is never shown.
Image | Appearance | Description | Members only? |
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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 (with EoC numbers) for each of the attack styles for self in the Combat Targeting section of Gameplay settings. Additionally, other players' hitsplats can be selected similarly and in addition they can be hidden. | No |
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Orange/Green/Blue (Bold) | Damage caused by critical hits for both abilities and autoattacks. The colour depends on the class the player is using (orange for melee, green for ranged, and blue for magic). | No |
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Deflect icon + Red background |
Damage caused by the deflection effect of:
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No |
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Cannon icon + Red background |
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Yes |
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Red background (typeless damage) | 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, berserk auras, etc.), and hard typeless damage that is unaffected by nearly all damage modifiers |
No |
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Blue shield | Indication of either a missed or blocked attack | No |
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Shield icon + Red background |
Damage caused to Bulwark beast's armour, Fairy Godfather's shield or Raksha, the Shadow Colossus's shield | No |
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Green background | Damage caused by poison, fungal infestation or nettle stings (the latter two do not inflict a lingering poison effect):
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Yes |
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Purple background | Recovery of life points (healing), which include but are not limited to:
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No |
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Dark purple background |
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Yes |
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Light purple background |
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Yes |
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Any hit that deals at least 32,768 damage:
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Yes | |
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Recovery of at least 32,768 life points (healing), possible on bosses with at least 655,360 maximum life points due to Calorie bombs. Also includes:
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Yes |
Historical hitsplats[edit | edit source]
Images | Style | Description | Members only? |
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Yellow background | Damage caused by disease, which lowers the skill levels of the player. Removed with the Evolution of Combat update. | Yes |
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Off-yellow background | Being in melee distance to a monster 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 Hallowe'en event | No |
Update history[edit | edit source]
- 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.