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Combat features

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''For listings of monsters, see [[Bestiary]].''

'''Monster''' is the official term for an [[combat|attackable]] character or being that is not [[player]]-controlled. A monster can range from a [[rat]] to the [[Queen Black Dragon]]. Monsters are often fought by players for [[training]], entertainment, and [[loot]]. Killing monsters is one of the most popular activities in ''RuneScape''. Nearly all monsters drop [[remains]].

While some monsters will never begin a fight with a player, many high level creatures are [[aggressive]], potentially causing unwanted death. If a player has over double the [[combat level]] of the monster, the monster will be docile, and will only attack when provoked. However, in areas such as the [[Wilderness]], most monsters are indefinitely aggressive. As a rule of thumb, "humanoids" are not aggressive towards players except in some cases when the humanoid's nature or occupation has malign or criminal connotations (i.e. [[Black Knight]], [[Zombie]], [[Mugger]]). Most cities are also safe from aggressive monsters, though the perimeter or surroundings may not be as secure. On [[April 19]] [[2011]], most of the monsters' sounds are updated.

==Combat features==
*Most monsters are NPCs with a combat level and attack option (Not including random event characters)
*The combat level of monsters is calculated in a similar way to a player's combat level
*Melee monsters will follow you if you try to get away during fighting
*Ranged and magic monsters will follow you only if you try to get away from missile range, or behind a wall.
*Some monsters will retreat if their health gets too low
*Melee monsters will chase you if attacked far away
*Monsters will retreat if the attacker moves out of patrol range
*Monsters will not even react at all if the attacker is too far to be seen (mostly happens if attacking the monster with [[Ranged|ranged]] or [[magic]].)
*All monsters can get stuck at walls and obstacles ([[Revenants]] are an exception to this, who don't get stuck behind walls unless targeting a player)
*For larger monsters, the monster's active spot is on the south-western corner of the monster, meaning that this spot will be following you in combat; it is also where the monster's drop will appear after it dies. However, the rest of their body can become stuck behind objects.
*All monsters will recover life points fairly slowly, though some monsters (such as [[Revenants]]) restore health very quickly. It is found they recover lifepoint 10 per minute, in intervals of 60 seconds rather than the 1 lifepoint per 6 seconds interval of players.

==See also==
*[[Aggressiveness]]
*[[Bestiary]]
*[[Monster vs. Monster combat]]
*[[Monster attack speed]]
*[[PvM]]

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