Safespot

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A player taking advantage of a safespot against a blue dragon underneath the Heroes' Guild.

A safespot is a position from which a monster may be attacked using Ranged or Magic combat or using a halberd over an obstacle without retaliation. Sometimes, it is possible to safespot by attacking a monster one square out of its wander radius. Making attacks in this manner is often termed "safespotting".

This works because NPCs, and some automatic player movements, always move directly toward their target and do not detour around obstacles if that would mean moving away. Larger monsters, such as dragons, may also end up snagged on a corner, even if it looks like they do have an almost direct path.

How "safe" a spot really is often depends on circumstances:

  • It is not possible to reliably use safespot tactics against other players, though a temporary advantage can be gained.
  • It is typically not possible against opponents who use a ranged or magic attack. Standing outside their patrol area will force them to retreat, luring the player from the safespot. Some opponents can be safespotted when the player's weapon has longer range than the opponent's attack.
  • It can be difficult to reach a safe position against aggressive monsters. Some safespots are only effective once the monsters have become tolerant, such as skeletal wyverns.
  • Monsters that retreat cannot be reliably safespotted; however, longbows and spells sometimes have a range long enough to hit the enemy at the farthest retreating location.
  • Common examples of safespots include fences, rocks, elevated areas and even rivers.

Notable safespots

These are widely known safespots that can significantly impact the longevity of killing monsters in a trip or activity. These safespots are almost always used in their scenario to maximise conservation of supplies.

Dagannoth Kings

Magic users who target Dagannoth Rex will lure him to the southern side of the lair and then move west or east so he is stuck on either edge, where the mager can kill him without worrying about Rex attacking back. If done correctly, Prime and Supreme will not wander near the mager; the mager will usually only be attacked by Spinolyps.

Fight Caves

There are numerous obstacles that can be used to block a monster's attacking range (Ket-Zek/Tok-Xil) or make them stuck (Yt-MejKot/Tz-Kek). This is imperative in waves where the player is facing multiple attack styles at once, since they cannot pray from all of them.

Safespotting in a PKing scenario

Because the concept of safespotting is a physical action and not a quirk of the game's programming, it is possible to safespot against other players. However, because there is a human, not a computer, behind the screen of another player, safespotting is nearly always a temporary tactic against humans. A computer lacks the awareness to react to safespotting whereas humans will be able to recognise that they are being safespotted and run away or move around the obstacle.

Safespotting against other players is also limited by the practicality of it. Most monsters, again, due to their computer control, lack the ability to stop a player from doing it. A human would see what the other player is doing and stop them, all the while forcing the safespotter to waste time and food. Also, safespotting, in some cases, could be dangerous as counter-safespotting is possible (once again the adaptability of humans comes to the forefront). This reverse engineering, along with adequate protection against the original safespotter's form of damage (Protect from Magic versus a Magic-using safespotter) can be extremely effective. Some players may also bring mithril seeds to force-walk out (including when frozen in place).

But in some cases, safespotting has serious advantages. The hits a player can obtain without the risk of being attacked is often known as "far casting". Skilled player killers can use obstacles to create many temporary safespots in any place possible. In the event that no obstacles or walls are nearby, they can simply walk under the opponent after freezing them in place. This can give them time to log out or if fighting, swap gear to another style as the player's model takes priority over every other player on the same tile outside of third-party entity hiders.

Edge of range

Main article: Wander radius

Another form of safespotting is the edge of a monster's patrol range, as most monsters will not pursue beyond a certain area. This is generally unreliable though, because they will often wander off, causing the player to move closer in order to continue attacking the monster, after which it will simply come back to attack them.

Obstruction by another monster or player

Most monsters will not be able to pass through another monster or player. This can be exploited in order to prevent melee-using monsters from attacking a player. A common example of this is getting the attention of (but not kill) a bat or giant rat found near Damis during Desert Treasure I. Unlike the other monsters in the dungeon, the bat and giant rat do not allow other monsters to pass through them, allowing the player to stand behind the bat or giant rat with the aggressive monsters stuck behind them, being able to attack Damis with Ranged or Magic safely. However, most high level bosses that only use Melee can walk through players and other monsters, such as in God Wars Dungeon, making this method effective generally only for lower levelled monsters.

Training combat from safespots

Players can easily train Ranged, Magic, or even melee with halberds, in safespots in the following places:

Other meaning

Safespot can also mean an area or spot in an otherwise dangerous area where other monsters cannot attack you (not meaning you can attack them safely). This meaning of safespots is often used to complete certain quests. For example, in the Temple of Light, safespots are considered areas where there are no shadows nearby.

Changes

Date Changes
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A game engine bug affecting the retaliation of ranging/maging NPCs has been fixed. In particular, this affects Venenatis and Vet'ion and their behaviour when they have moved far from their spawn points, so it will make certain safespots considerably less effective, and will have similar effects on other NPCs with long-range attacks.

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