Death

	Dying
A player dying after reaching 0 Hitpoints.

Death occurs when a player's Hitpoints reach zero; a message in the Chat Interface will inform them: Oh dear, you are dead!. There are other alternatives of death which occur when specific criteria are met, such as being completely frozen at the Wintertodt, which causes the player's death despite not losing any Hitpoints. After death, the player will respawn at another location and potentially lose some items depending on the circumstances.

Unsafe and safe deaths

Deaths are often classified as either unsafe/dangerous or safe. However, these terms depend on the context; deaths can have various consequences depending on the circumstances. Generally:

A death is considered unsafe for Hardcore Ironmen if it will result in the loss of their status (or a pooled life in the case of Hardcore Group Ironmen), and safe if it doesn't. Some activities that are safe for Hardcore Ironmen are unsafe for Hardcore Group Ironmen.
A death is considered unsafe for your items if it will result in your items being broken, sent to a deathbank, left on your grave, or dropped to another player; and the death is considered safe for your items if it doesn't affect them.

Deaths in most parts of the game are considered unsafe, while some minigames or activities allow deaths without extra penalty. For more information on items kept or lost upon death, see Items Kept on Death.

Death animation

Death overrides

Animation overrides are available for dying, which can be toggled by speaking to Death in his office and asking him to change how you die.

The interface allows players to select one or more animations that play out upon death. If multiple are selected, one of the selected animations will be chosen at random.

Name	Unlocked by	Animation
Leagues IV - Trailblazer Reloaded	Unlocked upon consuming the Trailblazer reloaded death scroll, which can be bought as a Trailblazer Reloaded League reward.
Leagues V - Raging Echoes	Unlocked upon consuming the Raging echoes death scroll, which can be bought as a Raging Echoes League reward.

Unique deaths

Name	Caused By	Animation
Doom	Occurs when death is caused by reaching maximum stacks from the Doom modifier, only available within the Fortis Colosseum. Will take priority over other custom death animations.

Trivia

	Dying (unused)

If the player dies during Halloween events, Death will appear to claim the player's soul.
Ironmen can pick up and bury bones dropped upon the death of another player.
There was going to be another sound that was going to play during death, likely as an alternate one. It is unknown why it went unused.
- However, it is used in Hazeel Cult, where it plays during the Ceril side after the player returns the Carnillean armour to Ceril Carnillean and a fake "quest complete" interface appears.