Bubbles

Bubbles (sometimes referred to as overhead items) are sprites shown above players' heads when performing many different actions in RuneScape Classic. Creating complex animations requires memory and time, especially for 2-dimensional sprites such as those used for players, which need to be painstakingly redrawn for each frame. Thus, role-playing aids such as text in the chat box and bubbles are used instead.

Bubbles appear for the following actions:


 * Cooking - the food appears after it is used on a range or fire
 * Mining - a pickaxe, after clicking on a rock
 * Smithing - ore, when it is used with a furnace
 * Woodcutting - an axe, after clicking on a tree
 * Firemaking - a tinderbox, when it is used with logs lying on the ground
 * Using water sources - an empty vial or bucket appears after it is used on the water source