Fist of Guthix

''This article is about the mini-game. For the legendary object sometimes known as the First of Guthix, see Stone of Jas. ''

''Also, for the fog banks seen in Stealing Creation, see Fog (stealing creation). ''

Fist of Guthix is a minigame that was released on 9th of April 2008. The game employs tactics and strategy, and offers a substantial range of rewards to players; for example, the Runecrafting gloves double the experience gained when crafting a specific type of rune. To begin playing Fist of Guthix, players must first speak to Fiara. Please note that this is a "Safe" mini-game. You will not lose any items if you die in Fist of Guthix. Fist of Guthix happens to be one of the few minigames which you can have a highscore rank in. The current number rating needed to be on the mini-game high scores is 500.

Though the gap between Fist of Guthix and the beginning of the Wilderness is small, there have been known Revenant attacks on the way. Be careful as they hit very high.

The Fist of Guthix themed worlds are: 20, 25, 44(m), 92(m), 93, 98(m), 107, 110(m), 119, 128, 140(m), 146 or 149, but Fist of Guthix can be played on all worlds.

Location
The entrance to the Fist of Guthix lobby is a cave located in low level Wilderness (level 7), directly north of Varrock. If players head north from Varrock's East bank, they will reach the cave entrance. There is a very slim chance that the player may encounter Revenants on the way to the minigame, as there is only a short distance between Fist of Guthix and Varrock. If players are worried about this, they may bank all of their items before heading out into the Wilderness, and simply pick them back up at the bank in the Minigames lobby, or, if they are a member, they can use the Ring of duelling to teleport straight into the cave as of 27 January 2009.

Lobby
After players enter the cave, they will be inside the main lobby. Here, the players can talk to Fiara to learn the rules of the game, access their bank, talk to Reggie who runs the shop, talk to some of the druids like Getorix and Pontimer to learn more about the history of this place and finally enter the waiting room for the minigame. New players must talk to Fiara first before they are allowed to play the game.

There can only be 250 players in the minigame at once. If the game is full, players in the lobby will not be able to access the waiting room until the game has cleared out a bit. Players can simply wait a few minutes until the waiting room is open, or they may wish to switch worlds if the current world is exceptionally busy.

Once inside the waiting room, players need only to wait until the game matches them with an opponent and they will then be teleported into the main Fist of Guthix arena.(You also need enough people in the arena to get matched and start playing)



Note that the combination can be of different players of different combat levels.

At the corner of the waiting lobby, there is an entrance where players can see but cannot click on it. The examine text is "I should wait for my opponent first." . Thus, this is probably a decoration but not a sign of future update.

Gameplay
The minigame consists of two rounds and is 1 vs 1: In each round, one player is classified as the "hunted", and the other player is classified as the "hunter". In the first round, the roles are determined randomly. In the second round, the roles are swapped and all stats are restored. Therefore both players will have a chance to play each role; afterwards a winner is determined based upon number of charges you were able to collect during your turn as "hunted".

No food, runes (including essence), skilling supplies that cannot be equipped (such as a tinderbox, food, etc), all afros, can be brought in the game arena.

There will be a warning if you attempt to bring an item that you cannot use.





The following items are supplied to each player when a player goes into the waiting area, and taken away if they leave it:

At the end of the game, all arrows on the ground will be returned to their original owners, so there is no need to pick them up while in the game. (Similar to the Duel Arena) The supplied runes, bandages, and tele-orb are removed from the players' inventories.

Facilities of the fighting area

 * The fighting area is composed of a large circular area with the Fist at the centre, surrounded by four teleport houses and a lot of ruin remains. At the edge of the area, there are stone dispensers for hunted players to grab magic stones. The teleport houses turn the hunted invisible to hunters when entered, and disable any "locking on" but also drain the hunted's hitpoints by four initially, decreasing to three about every five seconds. Any player standing on the Fist will have their running energy rapidly restored. The magic stone can accumulate charges, with a faster rate if it is brought closer to the centre.

Hunted
Being the hunted player is usually considered much more challenging, but it is also the only round in which the player can score points. The basic objective is to gather as many charges from the "Fist of Guthix", a large energy well in the centre of the field, as possible before time runs out or the player dies.

To gather charges, the player must first pick up a stone of power from a stone dispenser, and then wield the stone to gather charges. Note that the stone is two-handed, and can only gather charges when it is wielded (not just in the inventory), meaning that the hunted player will be unable to fight back whilst wielding the Stone. Players can gather charges anywhere in the arena, although the closer to the centre (the "Fist of Guthix") they are, the faster they will gather charges. Players wielding the stone will gain charges in packets, with about three seconds delay in the packets. For instance, the exact charge gained per packet is 3 at edge, 6 or 10 between edge and houses, 15 next to the houses, 21 near the centre and 28 at the centre. For attacking the hunter, no spells can be used and hunted can only rely on melee or range, though they should be aware they no longer gather charge if fighting the hunter. It is only recommended to do so against a very low level hunter.

Note that the hunted player will have their defence and accuracy greatly reduced, meaning a level 100+ hunted player can still be extremely vulnerable to a level 40- hunter. However, the max hit of a hunter doesn't decrease. The closer to the centre the player is, the weaker and easier to kill they will become but they will get more points and can confuse the hunter a little. Hunted players will also gather 1 damage occasionally as they are absorbing charges ranging from 0 to 15, and 2 damage for charges above 15, so a watchful eye should be kept on your remaining hitpoints, even if your hunter is nowhere to be found.

Hunted players do have an advantage, however, in that they can use the teleport houses located around the arena. Hunters cannot access, see players inside these houses, and automatic lock-on is canceled, so the hunted player is safe while inside them. There are warps inside to teleport the player to the other houses located around the field, however sometimes the warps will malfunction (NOT a glitch) and the player will appear outside of the teleport houses next to the opponent, or even near the centre of the site. Also, if the player teleports he will lose some charges. Note that the player will take 3 damage when they walk into a house, and often take 3 damage inside a house, and they cannot gather any charges while in the house. If a player has recently exited a teleport house, they will not be able to enter another house again for a short period. A hunted with charge less than 10 cannot enter any teleport houses.

Tactics for the hunted
There exist two kinds of hunted, called defenders and runners. Defenders stay at the centre, attempting to get the quickest charge before they are killed, and runners run to avoid being killed. Generally, runners have a higher losing rate if they aren't very experienced with what they're doing, especially if they are hunted in the second round. However, an experienced runner is very difficult to beat. Defenders have the advantage of ending rounds quickly and in turn, guarantees stable token income. Defenders also have a higher rate of winning, because their tactics rely more on having high Hitpoints, high Defence, and good armor, instead of their skill within the minigame. Runners are often not respected by inexperienced players, because if the runner is good at evading their hunter, the hunter may become quickly irritated. Some do not respect defenders as well, due to the fact that they hide behind other players in the centre. Some players also hide in the houses but they will slowly lose hp and will be forced to leave.

All hunted

 * Use death-dot skill, force the hunter to scroll down a huge list of players in play. It can be used with running around inside the centre of Fist as well.
 * At the top left corner of the north-east portal house, you can get 21 charges instead of 15. This is not a glitch, the north-east portal house is just closer to the centre of the arena.
 * The most important things of a hunted are: use of prayer, prediction, detection/stealth, in order to win the game. It is a distinct disadvantage if the hunted's prayer level is less than 37, since the true way for defence is protection prayer. A prayer level of 37-40-43 is very helpful in competing in the game (but not critical).
 * Turning private chat off or setting it to "friends" is useful as your opponent can only see you when you're within range whether you are viewed green or not; this is effective if you go to the centre where the players are adjacent if not on the same square. The green dot will be more accurate then the arrow in this situation.
 * Always turn Auto-Retaliate (on) when in the centre because the attack message quickly detects whether or not you are being attacked.
 * Notice the max hit of the hunter, use bandages at your health -15. For example, if your hp level is 50, use a bandage at 35 hp or lower to avoid wasting part of a bandage.

Defender

 * All kinds of armour giving the best defence bonus in melee, ranged and magic respectively, can be brought, as defenders don't need to run. Recommended suit is green dragon hide and rune full, as you want to avoid getting low run energy.
 * 43 prayer - If against magic trainers, turn on Protect from magic. Against mixed opponents, switch prayers quickly.
 * Except against pures with only 1 kind of attack, NO defence prayer should be used. (Unless they are magic pures, in which each cast increases XP, regardless of its success.)
 * If the hunter has high damage rate, turn on Rapid Heal, otherwise turn it off.
 * After the hunted is locked-on, he/she may move to a clear square in the 4x4 grid of centre, making sure he/she is facing the desired attack and take best defence measure.
 * In free playing, usually ranged attack has attack speed of 7 (rapid style bow), magic attack has speed of 5 (autocast), and melee attack has attack speed 6 (scimitar) or 3 (two-handed sword).

Runner

 * Grab a stone and wait until your opponent finds you, then use the tele-orb provided to you in the beginning of the game. This way you will also perform death-dot or you can run away from the hunter, causing him to waste time. If they have locked on you before teleporting, they will automatically walk to the centre and attack you again, but you can enter a teleport house to avoid tracking. This doesn't cost the tele-orb a lot of charges though. Another tactic to use if your opponent has tracked you before you teleported, is to run the opposite way from which you teleported, this requires you to look at your compass in the north-eastern part of the screen, but it makes your opponent lose your track.
 * Wearing light clothing and weight lowering gear works well to keep higher energy because by default, the hunted has a significantly greater load due to Stone of power and running energy is often drained quickly. Dragonhide armour is suggested for its attack and magic bonus.
 * The Rest feature is disabled in the arena, so relying on it would be unwise.
 * For runners, keep track of the hunter's arrow and predict which way would he/she come. Stay as close to centre as possible until the hunter finds you, then run across the centre, hug something or go inside a house. If you are locked on, DON'T use tele-orb and go inside a house as soon as possible, as the spell Bind is very deadly against runners.
 * To drive a hunter away, a hunted can enter and leave the same house in quick occasion, run across the centre and then around the houses, pretending to run away from the hunter at a distance and use tele-orb, then going opposite from hunter and so on.
 * There are several kinds of hugging. The first kind is to repeatedly enter and leave teleport houses without using the portal inside, the second is to hug houses and obstacles, the third is hug the house once and then enter it. The first method is hindered by the entering limit and large amount of damage inside the houses, the second one isn't useful except against players with very low magic level, while the third one is considered the best.
 * Running across the centre causes the hunted to gain temporarily more charges.
 * Keep moving since the hunter is probably moving around as well.
 * Run to a house and keep on the opposite side of the house that your hunter is on, switching sides as your hunter moves. This will cause your hunter to become stuck on the opposite side of a house and deal less damage to the hunted. This tactic can also be used on the low walls and piles of rubble near the edges of the playing area, though less points will be gathered.
 * Once at low health and out of bandages, run to the fist to gain as many last-second charges as possible. If your hunter is using ranged or magic, and you still have your tele-orb, wait till they fire their projectile (under same situation as above). When it gets about halfway between you and your hunter, use your tele-orb. Whether the projectile was meant to hit or not, the game will ignore this fact and teleport you to the centre, avoiding the possible hit, earning you at least two more sets of charges before you die. This tactic with the orb acts as a sort of shield for 1 attack.
 * Some hunters would head straight across centre to the hunted's spawning spot at the start. The hunted can circle around the teleport houses and sneak to the centre, or spawn spot of hunter (the spawn spots are opposite) to earn easy charges.
 * Mix up your strategies since other players will have different strategies.
 * Rapid Heal can save the character at very low HP and no bandages left, since every 18 seconds the character would take damage.
 * A high-levelled hunted can stay in teleport house for longer time and confuse the hunter.
 * You can go on the edge for around 15 seconds then run into the fist, when your hunter comes back to the fist and sees you, run to the back to the edge drawing your hunter, then use your Tele-orb to get back to the fist, works very well if you're a good hunted.
 * Limit house hugging. The more you house hug, the more likely your opponent will house hug.
 * Tactics against mage pures


 * (Members)If the hunter is autocasting the spell, taking a second to attack them with Topaz bolts (e) can be very effective as this can lower their magic level and will make them take some time to switch to a less powerful spell. The Seercull special attack along with Rune arrows can also be used (the seercull is preferred due to the special always working).
 * Tactics against melee pures


 * You CANNOT cast Bind, nor any spells against a melee hunter. The only way to drive hunter away is enter a house or avoid being locked-on BEFORE he can see you in main screen.
 * Lunar Magic can be used to cure poison and recoil damage to the hunter (possibly killing them if they are weaker), although this isn't a common practice as hunters prefer using the attack spells of other books for hunting.
 * When running low on Hitpoints and recovery tools, a player with 99 Prayer can run to the edge of the stage, use Redemption to heal, then use the Prayer Cape's effect to use Redemption repeatedly. Also, the Saradomin godsword and Enhanced excalibur can be used to heal.
 * If you keep running roughly in the same direction and your hunter is still some distance away chasing you, you can prevent the hunter from attacking you until you stop running or change direction, since melee can only be used at close range. This tactic is effective for evading the hunter long enough to find somewhere safe, such as entering a house if you are far away from one.

Hunter
The hunter's objective is quite simple: Kill the hunted player with any means necessary. The player cannot gather any points while they are a hunter, rather their objective is to prevent the hunted player from gathering points. The hunter does not have a stat decrease, does not have the 30 kg load of the stone and does not take damage from the energy charges, however they cannot chase hunted players into the teleport houses.

In general, people who start as the hunter have the advantage. This can be due to being able to get a general idea of how many charges your opponent has and being able to do what you want without fear of your opponent retaliating.

Tactics for the hunter

 * Members only
 * Ancient magicks freeze spells work to hold an opponent and can be devastating to an opponent's health if using a dragon dagger or dark bow special attack.
 * Inflicting the opponent with poison is good if a player is along the outside or house hugging, since anti-poison potion is not allowed.
 * When using range, using a Crossbow with Sapphire bolts (e) in conjunction with Smite is very effective as this will reduce the hunted's Prayer level very quickly. This is most effective if you have a weapon with a very powerful special attack that you don't want to have the hunted reduce the strength of with a protection prayer.
 * The dragon longsword and dragon dagger special attacks are very damaging because of the opponent's reduced stats.
 * The dragon scimitar is useful as its special attack will completely deactivate prayer for 5 seconds. A good combo is to use this special, then wield a weapon with a very high hitting special which only uses part of the special attack bar, such as dragon claws or an Armadyl Godsword.
 * It is advised to have melee gear along with magic or ranged gear, whatever the players level is higher.
 * The special attack of the Ancient mace which is obtained after completing Another Slice of H.A.M. lowers a players prayer by amount of damage done and gives it to you, which will help drain the hunted's prayer
 * The abyssal whip special attack can be used to drain the hunted's run energy, effectively hindering his/her ability to evade you.
 * The abyssal whip special attack can be used to drain the hunted's run energy, effectively hindering his/her ability to evade you.

All hunters

 * When many players are on the same square in the middle, it is much easier to find your target by manually casting a spell, since when you have chosen a spell, it only shows the names of the people.
 * A good idea is when your target is in the middle and you're going to use melee, equip a staff and run into the middle then stand next to him. Equip your melee weapon then as he can't see you if its crowded and he'll use the wrong prayer. More than likely your opponent will run out the middle to find out what attack style you're using and then you can see his/her prayer/equipment. This trick works well if you equip a melee weapon then go into the middle next to him and use magic manually. Once he runs out the middle, he'll switch prayers.Once that's done, cast once or twice more then attack with melee. You'll run our and if done fast enough your opponent wont suspect it. He'll then switch prayers and then you cast without using your staff. If you're using normal spellbook, it's fine to use any combat spell but not the god spells. If using ancients, its advised to use smoke spells only. If using a combat spell, it wont bring up a message at all in the chat box under "game".However, for ancients this can happen. If using smoke though, it may come up with "You have been poisoned!" on your opponents chatbox which can make them believe you're using a dds.
 * It is quite effective to use curse spells (Confuse, Weaken, Curse, Bind, Snare, Vulnerability, Enfeeble, Entangle, Stun) to further reduce the stats of opponents or to stop opponents for running for a short period of time. (Italicized spells are for members)
 * If your opponent is hiding at the centre and there are a lot of spammers, turn your public chat off. It makes it easier to find your opponent.
 * Adding your opponent to your friends list will cause him to show up green on the minimap (providing he has his/her friends setting to "on")
 * Before you enter the arena it is extremely important to turn assist off. Having assist on will add another line per player, possibly causing the player to become invisible!
 * Players will get plenty of runes and should not hesitate to use spells. For F2P players the best missile spell for your level should be used as no magic-reducing attack is available for the hunter. (Overall, the best combat spell for F2P players is Fire Blast.
 * Take more than one weapon! The defender will almost certainly use "protect against ..." prayers if they are able, but by switching weapon rapidly between at least two, this can be negated. (Recommended, melee and ranged, as selecting a bow or melee weapon, then the player is faster than selecting a staff then spell, than the player)

Against defenders

 * For a non-pure with all three kinds of combat style, attack the hunted by shooting a few arrows, Cast magic ONCE and run next to him. Attack the hunted by melee, ranged or magic. Manually casting spells is also needed to surprise the defender.

Against runners

 * When many players are on the same square in the middle, it is much easier to find your target by manually casting a spell, since when you have chosen a spell, it only shows the names of the people.
 * Use the spell bind against runners. You may obtain the Druidic mage robes set for increasing the success rate of the spell. You can even cast the spell in-between every two spells or so to keep your opponent bound for a very long time. However, this tactic won't work forever, although its more effective to use higher level bind spells to bind the hunted for longer.
 * It is suggested to bring a staff with autocast option (battlestaves, staves, void knight mace etc.), as spells can still be cast if the opponent has run into the crowd in the centre, or to the outside of the arena.
 * It is easier for the hunter to locate the hunted on the minimap by adding the hunted to the friends list, turning the dot green, instead of simply relying on the arrow, this is only effective if the hunted is within the Fist's area and has private chat not set to "Off or Friends".
 * If an opponent is wall-hugging, return to the middle and the hunted will come to the centre. If he/she doesn't come, wait till the running energy has recovered a bit, prepare ranged or magic autocast and search near the centre.
 * Try to cover at least two sections of the combat triangle for a non-pure. For example, some players use Robes or Dragonhide to protect from the plentiful mage players, so having a melee weapon may prove useful.
 * Against an obviously weaker hunted (at least 45 Level lower), you can slowly patrol the centre and scare away the hunted, be warned this would frustrate the opponent very much.
 * During the beginning of each round, you will always be placed at the opposite edge of the arena. You can use the tele-orb and then run to the opposite edge quickly. This can be used to terrify the hunted, though in return you lack the orb for life-saving as a hunted.
 * If your target is in the middle and you're going to autocast a spell, you can manually cast a spell by using the spell list then right click on his position as it'll shorten the list to help you find him.
 * For a non-pure with all three kinds of combat style, use magic to chase the hunted, then switch to ranged and shoot for a few hits. If the hunted runs to the centre, run next to him and autocast magic again, Prepare bind to lock him/her once he/she starts running and then attack. If he/she stays away from the centre, use bind and then manually cast spells in between melee or ranged attack. Cast bind between every 3 hits.
 * If you start off as the hunted and you know your opponent is a runner, gather as much charges as you can. If you can pull off the piling tactic, chances are your opponent will not get enough charges to win by running.

Armour for gameplay
When you are the hunted, you want to have the best protection and not too much weight from attacks that you can. That's where what armour you are wearing comes in. This section explains the best armour to put on based on the attack style your opponent is using. This is meant for F2P players, and it would not be useful to members. There is nothing for the shield or weapon slots because you cannot carry those if you are holding the stone.
 * Hunted


 * NOTE
 * This section shows the BEST free-to-play armour to wear and it is based on protection, regardless of weight, rarity or requirements.

The components of full rune armour, used against melee and ranged pures, range-2h hybrid hunters:


 * Rune full helm
 * Rune platebody
 * Rune platelegs or Rune plateskirt
 * Rune gauntlets
 * Fighting boots or Fancy boots
 * Cape or Team variation
 * Amulet of defence
 * Any Explorer's ring

The component of full Green Dragonhide armour, used against mage pures:


 * Green d'hide coif (100)
 * Green d'hide body
 * Green d'hide chaps
 * Green d'hide vamb
 * Cape or Team variation
 * Amulet of defence
 * Any Explorer's ring

A mix of Green Dragonhide armour and rune armour, used against balanced players:

A component of full combat magic armour, used against ranged or magic
 * Rune full helmet
 * Green d'hide body
 * Green d'hide chaps
 * Green d'hide vamb
 * Fighting boots or Fancy boots
 * Cape or Team variation
 * Amulet of defence
 * Any Explorer's ring


 * combat hood
 * Combat robe top
 * combat robe bottom
 * cape or Team cape
 * Amulet of magic


 * Bear in mind the maximized bonus only partially protects against hunter's attack, as you will still be hit very often unless the hunter has a very low combat level or very low attack bonus.
 * It is NOT recommended to make the load too heavy though, as the stone of power already weighs 30kg and a 80kg+ load can drain running energy very rapidly.

Try to bring full rune with D'hide or mage armour just in case they will use magic. If you are low on run and the hunter hasn't found you yet, go to the edge of this mini-game and turn off run. Your running power should charge pretty fast. The equipment of a hunter should be based on the hunted's equipment, that is, ignoring defence and focusing on attacking power is okay unless you are low-levelled. For melee weapon, a rune weapon, probably a rune scimitar or a quick weapon fits the most. There is no need to bring any spikeshield or berserker shield as the strength bonus is relatively low and it is heavy. For magic weapon, any elemental staff is necessary for autocasting. A bow, short one for quick damage or long one for surprise attack can both be used, though one depending on ranged should use rapid attack style with short bow. An amulet of strength, magic or power can be wielded in order to increase the max hit and accuracy.
 * Hunter

Round End
A round will end under any of the following circumstances:
 * Time runs out
 * The hunted player gets killed
 * The hunted player gets the maximum number of charges (5,000)
 * Either player logs out or leaves the arena (If your opponent logs out and you have not had a turn to be the hunted yet, you will have 40 points and your opponent will have 0, resulting in a win for you)

When the first round ends, both players will swap roles, stat effects will be reset, and the second round will begin. After the second round, the player with the most energy charges (or the only player left in the event of a log out or forfeit) wins.

Rewards
Winning a match of the game will earn you:

'''Note: If two players tie, which is possible, both players will lose a small amount of rating and receive one token, unless they forfeited recently. In that case, they will not receive a token.'''

Players sometimes receive one or two tokens for good effort, even if they lose. Players who forfeit will receive less tokens from their next game.

Shop
Inside the main lobby, Reggie owns a shop where you can spend the Fist of Guthix tokens you have earned. The items here consist of various types of gloves that can increase your experience while training certain skills, magical robes which may supply certain runes for you or increase the potency of certain spells, and special types of armour that can give you strength or ranging bonuses.

Note that all items listed here will degrade over time (with the exception of gloves and gauntlets - see below). The items will also be untradeable until the item has completely degraded.

To repair/recharge any degraded item, use the item with the shop-keeper Reggie, and he will recharge the item for you a specific cost of tokens.

To completely degrade an item, allowing you to trade it, simply use the item with Reggie and he will deplete the item for free.

Rather than degrading, gloves will simply crumble into dust after 1,000 uses.

There is no way to repair these gloves - A new pair must be bought from Reggie after you have lost the old pair. NOTE: Do not confuse with gauntlets (see below.)

Gauntlets bought at the Fist of Guthix do not degrade over time, but simply degrade completely when the player dies. This does not apply when the player dies while participating in a safe minigame. NOTE: Do not confuse with gloves (see above.)You can restore the gauntlets power if you pay a small price. You can also sell your degraded gauntlets on the Grand Exchange.

Lag
Many players have complained about the massive amounts of lag in this minigame, and being logged out of the game due to lag is quite common. Therefore, players are advised to not play this minigame in RuneScape HD - This will help reduce lag and lower chances of being logged out. Sometimes, big amounts of lag will cause the arrow to stay in the position where the hunted player was before, but the hunted player wouldn't be there.

'Screen spamming'
On crowded worlds, if two players are paired together and the hunter is a lower level than the hunted, the hunted can abuse this by hiding amongst the crowds of players in the middle of the arena, the arrow will point to them but right clicking on them results in their name being "lost" under floods of "Trade", "Follow", "Req assist" and "Walk here". (known to some as a screen spam) This is because of the coding involved in the game where all higher levels need to be right clicked to be attacked.

"Death Dotting" (DDing)
A common technique among the "hunted" is to group together on a single spot in the centre of the stage. These players can often be seen shouting "Dd here!" or "dd!". The purpose of this is to prevent "hunters" from killing players so easily, as all the hunted players are grouped together on a single tile, the hunters will have to scroll through a huge list to find the player they need to attack, and sometimes are unable to find the player entirely. This has caused much strife throughout the official Jagex forums and from players in-game.

Logging Out
Players experienced a problem that logged them out instantly while playing the game. This happened usually when the Player went into a house. Many players had come to the conclusion that when there are too many players, a few of them will be logged out. This was confirmed to be a glitch, and has been fixed.

House Hugging
A method that causes a lot of complaints from hunters, is the practice of hiding in the houses until the hunter is out of sight, and then going outside until the hunter is near, and then repeating this until the round is over, or the hunter forfeits in frustration. A recent update to the houses prevents immediate re-entry after exiting a house, although it is still possible to house hug.

Combat Level Difference
This has caused criticism among players with lower combat levels because players are paired randomly, regardless of combat skills, and can often put those players at a large disadvantage. For example, even if a level 80 player is waiting to play and there are many other players around their level, they could likely be paired with someone at a much higher level; even as high as level 138. Yet, unlike most other PvP activities, this gives higher-levelled players a large advantage of being able to more easily kill lower levelled players.

This has sparked many suggestion threads in the "Suggestions" part of the Official Forums, saying that there should be a level difference cap, or that pairs should just be more equal in combat level.

Opponents Running
This common method has made many players frustrated and angry. The "hunted" runs around the game arena, hoping to not get attacked. They sometimes go to the Fist of Guthix to collect charges and recharge their run energy. Hunters in the first round may threaten to do the same in the next round, as a way to fight fire with fire, so to speak. However, seeing as this is the entire point of the game, many players consider it unnecessary to become angry at this.

Pures
Fist of Guthix is a popular F2P and P2P minigame for Magic pures, since the minigame offers free Magic runes that you can use only during Fist of Guthix and decent rewards for the tokens. This is especially effective for Magic training, as there is no cost to casting combat spells because of the free runes.

Glitches

 * There used to be a glitch, in which when you enter the cave to access the Fist of Guthix minigame, the Wilderness level will switch rapidly to 260 for a split second, despite the fact that the Fist of Guthix lobby isn't in the Wilderness. It is unexplained why this happens but appears right after you enter the cave.
 * There used to be a glitch where if you brought a law rune into the arena, the screen that said not to bring any runes, wasn't there, and you could bring the law rune in. It is unknown if this glitch was fixed.
 * Another glitch may occur when the arrow indicating your opponent is on the miniscreen, giving you the idea that they are there, and frantically searching for them, but they are actually somewhere completely different. The best way to combat this is to run away so the arrow is off the minimap, and run back. Contrary to the popular theory, this has nothing to do with using a slow computer.
 * There is a glitch when you level up, but the message that you get when you level up won't show. This seems to happen only during the times when the game is lagging.
 * There is also a glitch that occurs if there is lag at the precise moment the game ends. It may have other causes, though. This glitch also makes the win (or loss) text not appear, you just appear in the lobby.
 * There is another glitch that happens, probably because of lagging at the moment the game begins, which makes your opponent's name not appear, it just says the word Name.
 * If you die at the right moment of attacking someone after you die when the game is over you may still have the attack option outside of the Fist of Guthix area. This has also happened in Castle Wars.
 * Another glitch that occurs is that you get attacked by your opponent even though their arrow is not on the minimap or on the screen. This is usually because the Hunter is on the very edge of the map and is in a "blindspot" of sorts attacking you with magic or range, however sometimes, particularly if there is lag, the arrow has not shown up yet. Also this may be caused by overcrowding at centre of fist, which prevents hunter or hunted to be spotted because the game engine cannot produce so many player spots.
 * If the emotes menu is open prior to entering a game, no tab will appear selected in the menu when the button is disabled. Note that whether or not this is actually a glitch is debatable, as Jagex did intend for this to happen.
 * There is a glitch that when you are attacked by your hunter, a message in the chat box says, "You cannot attack with the stone!" even if you have auto-retaliate off.
 * There is a glitch where you can have 5000 charges and have the role as the hunter.

Tricks for the hunted

 * The Fist's Edge- A good trick for the hunted player, this can be done by waiting on the edge of the arena, then teleporting when your enemy appears on-screen. Immediately teleport to the centre and run to a house. This works best when you have a high Hitpoints Level, as you need to wait until your enemy is off-screen. Get out when your opponent is off the screen, and run for a stone dispenser a distance away from the exit, as your opponent will most likely leave out of frustration. If you want to get lots of charges, stay on the south-most edge of your house. Your enemy will be looking elsewhere for you, and will eventuallyleave. This trick works best when you are a hunted on the first round.


 * Teleporter- When your opponent is on-screen, teleport from the edge to the centre, and go directly to a house and wait for your opponent to fly in and out of your minimap, then use the teleporter, and hope that you end up in a new house away from your enemy. Wait outside your house, and you can gain thousands of Charges.
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhbQb2wzst0 This video shows an example of a normal game along with a few tricks in it.

Trivia

 * Untitled.jpg25.jpg you ask Reggie to recharge your items, he would've said "In that case hand me the item over what you want recharged." This has been fixed by Jagex to "Just hand me the item you want recharged and I'll see what I can do."


 * In some rare cases the hunted will decide to wield a weapon and kill the hunter. This rarely profits the hunted and results in the hunter respawning a few seconds later.


 * It is impossible to trade while in-game, drop items or cast alchemy spells, Bones to Bananas, Superheat Item, or any Teleportation spells. A screen saying "You are not here to do this" will appear if a player tries to perform such actions.


 * The music was originally named "Guthixs' Hunter". This has since been changed "Guthix's Hunter".


 * On the second day after the release of the game, a group of people found out that if the hunted left the battle he would only lose 8 ratings while the hunter would receive 21 rating and 12 tokens. They decided to tell a lot of the high level players online about it (Mostly those in a few Australian clans) and formed a group of 50 or so players on an empty p2p world. With this they created a system where losing only resulted in a loss of 8 ratings and winning resulted in a gain of 21 ratings and 12 tokens. Within 4 hours there were more than 300 players participating. At one point (around 2 hours in) Jagex had an update to fix a bug in a quest, they however took no action to stop the operation (It scared everyone online because they assumed it would be stopped). After 4 hours had passed, there was a sudden game change where if the hunted left they lost over 40 rating and the hunter only gained 12 rating and 3 tokens. With this a few hundred people sky rocketed up in the ratings and tokens (Some people going over 5k rating and having more than 3k in tokens. This resulted in allowing them to enjoy the many rewards offered in Reggie's shop.


 * In the instance that the hunted logs out or forfeits a few seconds into the game without even picking up the stone, the hunter will be credited with 40 charges, as well as 10 rating points and two tokens.


 * If a player forfeits after being the hunted, any charges accumulated go to the other player. However, the charges still cannot go over 5000 (which is the maximum amount of charges that can be stored).


 * Contrary to in-game rumors, two players both scoring 5000 Charges does not award you each 40 Tokens. The exact response is "You have lost 2 rating and been awarded 3 Fist of Guthix Tokens for good effort".


 * Many people play this minigame as an easy way to raise their Magic levels, as you get free runes upon entering the minigame.


 * Near the Forfeit Caves players can see symbols similar to Saradomin Symbols, the origin of these symbols once being unknown. However, a Postbag from the Hedge has cleared this up and states that the symbols were caused by Saradominists attempting to make the place their temple. Fiara forced them to flee, and they carved the symbols there before leaving.


 * Strangely, while Fist of Guthix provides free runes, it does not provide free arrows. This requires a player to bring his/her own supply of arrows if they wish to fight with Ranging. However, while inside the arena, any arrows that would otherwise be dropped on the floor after firing will return to your inventory after the game.


 * When starting, the hunter and the hunted will appear on opposite sides of the map.


 * It was possible for a player to do an emote while in the waiting room and they would not enter the arena and could continuously skip rounds. Give Thanks, Around the World in Eggty Days and Skillcape emotes were most popular because the emote duration for each is very long.


 * When the house portals fail, the player will sometimes walk through the walls of the house.


 * A lot of people that escape from their hunters decide to teleport to the centre because their run energy recharge more quickly here. The downside is that you are very weakened in the centre.