How to Restore Health in OSRS

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In Old School RuneScape (OSRS), restoring health (Hitpoints)/healing is how you stay alive in combat, skilling, or other activities. Here’s a detailed and strictly accurate guide to all the real ways you can heal in OSRS.

1. Eat Food

Eating food is the most common way to heal.

• Common Foods:

  • Shark: Heals 20 Hitpoints.

  • Monkfish: Heals 16 Hitpoints.

  • Karambwan: Heals 18 Hitpoints and can be eaten instantly after other food.

  • Lobster: Heals 12 Hitpoints, popular for mid-level players.

• How to Get Food:

  • Buy from the Grand Exchange or fish and cook it yourself with the Cooking skill.

2. Drink Saradomin Brews

• What They Do: Saradomin Brews restore a portion of your Hitpoints above your maximum temporarily but lower your other combat stats.

• How Much They Heal: Restores 15% of your maximum Hitpoints plus an additional 2 points per dose.

• When to Use: Useful in boss fights like Zulrah or Vorkath where high healing is needed.

3. Use Healing Spells

Healing spells provide another way to restore health, especially for Magic users.

• Blood Spells (Ancient Magicks spellbook):

  • Blood Blitz: Heals 25% of the damage dealt.

  • Blood Barrage: Heals 25% of the damage dealt and can heal from multiple targets in a multi-combat area.

• When to Use: Effective in situations with multiple enemies or during combat where inventory space is limited.

4. Activate the Redemption Prayer

• What It Does: Heals 25% of your maximum Hitpoints when your Prayer points are fully drained, but only works if your Hitpoints are below 10%.

• How to Use:

  • Activate the Redemption prayer (requires Level 49 Prayer).

  • Ensure you have enough Prayer points and activate it before your health drops too low.

• When to Use: Emergency healing in dangerous situations, such as during a boss fight or PvP.

5. Use Regeneration Methods

Natural health regeneration occurs slowly over time.

• Speed It Up:

  • Equip a Regeneration Bracelet: Doubles your natural health regeneration rate.

  • Use the Rapid Heal prayer: Doubles your regeneration rate while active.

• When to Use: Ideal for downtime or during low-risk activities.

6. Rejuvenation Pool in Player-Owned House

• What It Does: Fully restores Hitpoints, run energy, Prayer points, and special attack energy.

• How to Build It:

  • Requires Level 65 Construction and materials like teak planks and limestone bricks for the basic pool.

• When to Use It: Use before or after tough fights to save on food and supplies.

7. Special Healing Methods

• Healing with Guthix Rest:

  • Restores a small amount of health (5–6 Hitpoints) and can cure poison or venom.

• Minigame Healing:

  • Certain minigames, like Castle Wars, heal you automatically when you respawn or use specific items within the game.

• Healer NPCs:

  • Some areas, like Clan Wars or Soul Wars, offer free healing by interacting with a healer NPC or using the lobby.

With these methods, you’ll always have a way to restore your health in OSRS. Enjoy!

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