 This is the ironman / hardcore ironman Hitpoints guide, the guide for regular players can be found here.

Hitpoints represents a player's health. If it reaches 0, the player will die. Therefore Hitpoints is a very important skill. The higher you get your Hitpoints level up, the more damage you will be able to take whilst fighting monsters. Gaining experience in Hitpoints is very easy as it will automatically happen while you train your other combat skills.

Death

Ironman

If your Hitpoints reach 0 you will die and find yourself in edgeville. All but 3 of the items you carried will be dropped to the floor where you died, so if you had anything important on you, hurry back before it disappears. However, if you are skulled then you will drop all items you carry.

Harcore Ironman

The punishment for dying on hardcore ironman is much less forgiving. If you die on this mode, not only will you lose the items that you carry, but all account progress will be reset, this includes:
- Items in your inventory
- Items in your bank
- Items you are wearing
- Items from your collection box
- Tasks/Task points
- All Experience gained
- Chief Thief Robins training progress will be reset

Going Above Your Hitpoints

There are a few items that allow a player to have more Hitpoints than normal. These will be shown below.

Nexus Sets

Each piece of Nexus armour that you wear will boost your max Hitpoints. Pieces Boost:

Hat: 6 HP
Chest: 20 HP
Legs: 14 HP

Pieces	Set
	Torva set
	Pernix set
	Virtus set

Food/Potions

Pieces	Set	Effect
	Rocktail	Can heal up to 10 Hitpoints higher than your level.
	Saradomin Brew	Temporarily raises your hitpoints by 15% + 2, rounded down

The effects of the Nexus Sets can be stacked with either the Rocktail and Saradomin Brew. Using a Rocktail will allow you to go up to 149 Hitpoints, while using Saradomin Brews allows you to go all the way up to 162.

Useful Items and Boosts

Picture	Item/Boost	Effect	How to Obtain
	Knowledge Effect	All experience gained will be increased by: 75% for 10 minutes for normal donators 100% for 20 minutes for super donators 110% for 40 minutes for extreme donators	Go to the Donator Zone, in the building to the west of the bank and click on the Defence Totem (Knowledge effect).
	Bonus Experience	All experience gained will be multiplied by 3 until the bonus experience runs out.	Logging in every day grants 200k Bonus Exp. Every 10th vote streak rewards you with 500k Bonus Exp.
N/A	Monthly Bonus	All experience gained is multiplied by 1.1 Voting during this time adds an additional 1.25 multiplier.	Play during the 1st to the 5th of every month.
N/A	Double Exp Weekend	All combat experience is doubled.	Play during the weekend (Saturday/Sunday).
	Combat ring	Doubles the experience received from killing a creature.	Bought from the agility ticket shop.

The Skill Cape

If you reach level 99 in Hitpoints, you can talk to the Wise Old Man at home to obtain the Skill cape. He is located at home, in the building north of the bank.

The 99 cape costs 90K Gp and comes with a matching hood. Both the Hitpoints cape and hood give +9 bonus to all defense stats.

For HCIM, this cape will cost only 300 gp.

If you reach 200m experience in the Hitpoints skill you will also unlock the ability to buy the Master Hitpoints Cape. It is exactly the same as the normal Skill cape. However, you can adjust the trim colour to whatever you like. This cape costs 15m Gp.