Hitsplat

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A hitsplat denoting a missed attack.

Hitsplat 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

A golden hitsplat, which is used to represent a critical hit in Legacy Mode.

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	Style	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 (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
	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
	Deflect icon + Red background	Damage caused by the deflection effect of: Deflect curses Vengeance Ring of Recoil Reflect Deathtouch bracelet Araxxor and Araxxi's cobweb shield Mirrorback spider damage Reflecting Jellyfish damage	No
	Cannon icon + Red background	Damage caused by the Dwarf multicannon, Pulsars, and Cooper's special attack	Yes
	Red background (typeless damage)	Damage caused by other means, known as typeless damage: Desert heat in the Kharidian Desert and freezing cold around God Wars Dungeon entrance Failing Agility obstacles and other environment damage Puzzles from Dungeoneering Other 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, berserk auras, etc.), and hard typeless damage that is unaffected by nearly all damage modifiers	No
	Blue shield	Indication of either a missed or blocked attack	No
	Shield icon + Red background	Damage caused to Bulwark beast or Fairy Godfather	No
	Green background	Damage caused by poison, fungal infestation or nettle stings (the latter two do not inflict poison effect): Light background indicates that you are taking/inflicting damage Dark background indicates that someone else is taking/inflicting damage	Yes
	Purple background	Recovery of life points (healing), which include but are not limited to: Eating food Resonance Being resurrected by Immortality Certain mechanics that heal bosses	No
	Dark purple background	Blight damage received during the fight with Solak Damage dealt by the special attack of the Eldritch crossbow	Yes
		Any hit that deals at least 32,768 damage Killing a monster with a deathtouched dart Book of Death passive effect Killing fully healed dragons and metal dragons with dragon trinkets' or metallic dragon trinkets' respective special effects Instant kill attacks used by bosses that apply through most protective mechanics, including Telos, the Warden, Vorago, Nex: Angel of Death, Yakamaru, and Solak.	Yes
		Recovery of at least 32,768 life points (healing), possible on bosses with at least 655,360 maximum life points due to Calorie bombs. Kalphite King healing the damage dealt from its 32,768 damage special attack. In the Temple of Aminishi: Elite Sotapanna healing minibosses; Shadow enigma healing black crystals. Taraket the Necromancer healing himself.	Yes

Historical hitsplats

Images	Style	Description	Members only?
	Yellow background	Damage caused by disease, which lowers the skill levels of the player. Removed with the Evolution of Combat update.	Yes
	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
	Pale purple background	Fear damage induced by ghosts during the 2014 Hallowe'en event	No

Update history

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• 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 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.