Retribution

Retribution
Released			6 September 2005 (Update)
Members			Yes
Level			46
Drain rate			5 points per minute
Description			Inflicts damage to nearby targets if you die. (Drain: 1pt per 12s)
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Retribution is an overhead Prayer unlocked at level 46 Prayer. In some cases of death, Retribution can inflict damage up to 25% of the user's Prayer level, rounded down, to nearby enemies. Retribution can still hit 0s, despite the change to successful hits.

If a player dies from another player that dealt the final blow with either the spell Vengeance or from a Ring of recoil, Retribution will not activate. This probably occurs with other forms of damage reflection (and probably in PVM as well), but beyond the special attack of Chaos Fanatic this has not been confirmed exhaustively.

If a player dies by Retribution damage while also having Retribution active, it will not trigger, eliminating the possibility of a chain reaction.

Retribution does not activate upon death from a failed pickpocket.

Damage

The maximum amount of damage dealt is based on a player's base prayer level. The formula is $\lfloor PrayerLevel\times \frac{1}{4}\rfloor$.

Level	Max Hit	Level	Max Hit
46–48	11	72–75	18
49–51	12	76–79	19
52–55	13	80–83	20
56–59	14	84–87	21
60–63	15	88–91	22
64–67	16	92–95	23
68–71	17	96–99	24

Changes

Date	Changes
26 March 2025 (Update)	The prayer's tooltip now includes the base drain rate of the prayer.
18 April 2023 (Update)	The prayer's overhead icon was reverted.
12 April 2023 (Update)	The prayer's overhead icon was unintentionally updated.

Gallery (historical)

6 September 2005– 12 April 2023	12 April 2023– 18 April 2023	18 April 2023 ⁠– present