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.

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 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.

Image	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 (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 (orange for melee, green for ranged, and blue for magic). These can be overriden by hitsplat packs purchased from Solomon's General Store, such as Heroic Crit or Splat Pack.	No
	Deflect icon + Red background	Damage dealt by the deflection effect of: 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 and freezing cold around God Wars Dungeon entrance Failing Agility obstacles, and other environment damage Puzzles encountered while 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
	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	Damage caused by all types of poison, fungal infestation, or nettle stings (the latter two do not inflict a lingering poison effect).	Yes
	Blue shield	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. 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 Using certain abilities such as Resonance, Sacrifice, and Immortality Activating the effect of the Enhanced Excalibur Various mechanics that can heal the player, as well as bosses and other monsters Damage dealt to zombies during 2018 Hallowe'en event	No
	Dark purple background	Blight damage received during the fight with Solak.	Yes
	Light purple background	Damage dealt by the special attack of the Eldritch crossbow, Split Soul.	Yes
		Any hit that deals at least 32,767 damage: Killing a monster with a deathtouched dart Passive effect of the Book of Death 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, Solak, Raksha, the Shadow Colossus, and TzKal-Zuk Activating the extra action button to instantly kill all other TzekHaar in the wave Thok killing dinosaurs in the tale he tells during Desperate Measures 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. Also includes: Kalphite King healing the damage dealt from its 32,768 damage special attack In the Temple of Aminishi: Elite Sotapanna healing nearby minibosses; Shadow enigma 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 4	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 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 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.