Multicombat area

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Multicombat areas are shown in red.

A multicombat area, also known as a Multiway Combat area is an area of the RuneScape world where a player or monster can be attacked by more than one player or monster at a time.

Multicombat areas are identified upon entering by two crossed swords () which appear in the bottom right-hand corner of the interface or under the mini world map. Anywhere else is a Single-way combat area, also known as a single-combat area, with an exception for the Revenant Caves, Wilderness Agility Course and lesser Wilderness bosses, which are Singles-plus combat ().

Multicombat areas are especially dangerous in the Wilderness, as a player can be attacked by more than one monster or player at a time. It is very useful, though, to be in a multicombat area while monster slaying with friends, as lone players can be killed easily.

While players can enter multi-combat in single combat zones, this only happens if the player isn't under attack by another monster. For example, if the player sets a cannon at ice warriors and hides in a spot where none of them can reach the player, then the cannon will fire on all nearby ice warriors.

Some multicombat areas include:

• The Abyss
• Al Kharid Palace in Al Kharid
• Ape Atoll
• Bandit Camp in the Kharidian Desert
• Barbarian Assault
• Barbarian Village
• Battlefield south of West Ardougne
• Castle Wars
• Jail area in Draynor Village
• Emir's Arena
• Most sections of Falador, including the White Knights' Castle
• Falador Mole Lair
• Fight Pits in Mor Ul Rek
• God Wars Dungeon
• Hosidius cow pen
• Jatizso ice troll area
• Jormungand's Prison
• Kalphite Lair
• Western Kharazi Jungle
• Lighthouse Dungeon
• Neitiznot ice troll area
• Pest Control
• Piscatoris Fishing Colony
• Player-owned house dungeons and fight arenas
• Ranging Guild
• The northern coast of the Fremennik Province
• The first level of the Stronghold of Security
• Mor Ul Rek
• Varrock Sewers
• Waterbirth Island Dungeon
• White Wolf Mountain
• Inner Kraken Cove
• Several places in the Wilderness including the areas at or around:
  • The Abandoned Farm
  • The Wilderness Bandit Camp
  • The Chaos Temple hut in the western Wilderness (not the Chaos Temple in the eastern Wilderness)
  • The Dark Warriors' Fortress
  • The Deadly red spiders
  • The Deep Wilderness Castle Ruins
  • The Demonic Ruins
  • The Graveyard of Shadows
  • The Lava Maze
  • Lava Dragon Isle
  • Rogues' Castle
  • The Scorpion Pit
  • The southern part of the Wilderness Agility Course
• Wizards' Tower
• Woodcutting Guild

Multi-hitting attacks

Some weapons, spells or equipment are capable of hitting multiple opponents in a single hit. Most of them can still be used in single-combat areas, but they can only hit multiple opponents while in a multi-combat area. They include:

• Some Ancient Magicks:
  • Burst spells
  • Barrage spells
• Chinchompas, Red chinchompas and Black chinchompas
• Venator bow
• Scythe of Vitur
• The special attacks of some weapons:
  • Dinh's bulwark
  • Dragon halberd
  • Crystal halberd
  • Dragon 2h sword
  • Dragon crossbow
  • Rune throwing axe
• The Retribution prayer deals damage to surrounding opponents on the player's death.
• The Void seal deals damage to all nearby pests when operated.

Technically, the Dwarf multicannon is not a multi-hitting weapon; it simply shoots at many opponents very rapidly given that the player is not under attack or is in a multi-combat area.

Trivia

• Usually, when fighting a single monster with other players, the player that applied the most total damage at the end of the battle gets the monster's item/coin drop.
• Players can aggravate multiple enemies by simply attacking all of them without killing them then running to a farther location. The aggressive monsters will follow the player causing the monsters to pile the player.
• What determines if you are in able to attack someone else is based on the zone they are currently in, which means one could attack multiple targets simultaneously from a single-combat zone, as long as their opponents are in a multicombat area. This will also mean that only one person can attack you if you are in a single-combat area, with the exception of recoil-oriented damage (i.e. specific rings, vengeance spells, and Dharok's Amulet-enhanced set effect) reverted back on you when performing multi-hitting attacks against multiple targets (that are in a multicombat area) simultaneously.