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Combat stats—viewable from the combat page—are affected by the player's combat skills and any [[Equipment]] worn. The combat skills are [[Attack]], [[Strength]], [[Defence]], [[Hitpoints]], [[Ranged]], [[Magic]], [[Prayer]], and [[Slayer]]. These skills are factored in when calculating the player's combat level, which is an approximation of the player's power. Players start at combat level 3 and can reach a maximum of combat level 126, while [[monsters]] range from combat level [[Chicken|1]] to [[Ragnar|815]]. The player's combat level affects the difficulty of [[monsters]] given in [[Slayer]] Tasks.

[[Monsters]] fought in [[dungeons]] will not drop loot when killed (except for God Dungeons, where shards are rewarded after each killed monster) and do not count towards [[Slayer]] Tasks. When the last [[Monsters|monster]] in a [[dungeon]] is killed the player will be awarded with a [[Dungeons#Dungeon List|reward]], which is sent to the [[Bank]] automatically.  

Special attacks can be used in combat to gain a slight advantage over the [[monster]] being fought. Equipping a weapon with a special attack will give your attacks a chance to perform a special attack. Only a select few high level weapons have special attacks. Several monsters can use special attacks against the player, including [[Malcs, the Guardian of Melvor]] and [[Prat, the Protector of Secrets]] from the [[Volcanic Cave]], and all of the monsters from the four god dungeons. The attack bar will change to yellow when a special attack is being used.

Receiving damage that would bring the player's total {{Skill|Hitpoints}} to 0 or below will cause the player to die. Upon death a random piece of [[Equipment]] worn will be lost forever (unless the {{PrayerIcon|Protect Item}} prayer is active). If nothing is equipped at the time of death, or luck is on the player's side, no items will be lost. If ammo is lost, the entire stack - regardless of size - will be forfeited. Only non-[[food]] items that have been equipped in an active slot can be lost upon death.

<math> \small{ \begin{aligned} \text{Effective Melee Strength Level} = \text{Strength Skill Level} + 8 + 1 \end{aligned}} </math>

Damage Reduction is a stat that does exactly what it suggests: It reduces the amount of damage taken by a player or monster. Unlike other combat numbers that are complex calculations, a player's Damage Reduction is determined by simply adding together all Damage Reduction bonuses the player has, whether from equipment or something else like a [[Damage Reduction Potion]] or {{PetIcon|Defense}}.

If a player or monster successfully connects with an attack, the damage dealt will be a random value between their minimum and maximum hit. If no relevant equipment or Auroras are active, the player's minimum hit is 1. The minimum hit is applied after all strength and damage bonuses are calculated, which means that only bonuses that directly impact minimum hit will affect minimum hit. (in other words, if a player's minimum hit is 40 and they have +10% damage, they still have a minimum hit of 40 rather than 44)