Retreat

Retreat, or retreating, is a tactic that some monsters implement when their life points falls below a certain level where they try to run away. This behaviour makes safe spotting less than ideal for these monsters.

Most monsters will retreat if you walk out of their roaming area and attack them with a long-ranged weapon, they might retreat even though they normally wouldn't.

Monsters that retreat:
 * Animated Adamant Armour
 * Animated Black Armour
 * Animated Bronze Armour
 * Animated Iron Armour
 * Animated Mithril Armour
 * Animated Rune Armour
 * Animated Steel Armour
 * Black unicorn
 * Black unicorn foal
 * Chicken
 * Catablepon
 * Chompy
 * Dagannoth (level 88)
 * Dagannoth Spawn
 * Dessous
 * Drake
 * Drunken Man
 * Duck
 * Entrana Fire Bird
 * Fire giant
 * Georgy
 * Ghoul
 * Giant Mole
 * Giant Rock Crab
 * Giant spider (all levels)
 * Goblin (level 12)
 * Grizzly bear (level 21)
 * HAM Guard
 * Harpie Bug Swarm
 * Highwayman
 * Imp
 * Joseph
 * Jungle savage
 * Jungle spider
 * King Scorpion
 * Lev
 * Liliya
 * Menaphite thug
 * Monkey
 * Mugger
 * Nikita
 * Ogre
 * Pit Scorpion
 * Rat
 * Revenant werewolf
 * Rooster
 * Skeleton warlock
 * Snake
 * Sofiya
 * Soulless
 * Spirit Beast (level 752)
 * Svetlana
 * The Illusive
 * Thief
 * Thrantax the Mighty
 * Ugthanki
 * Undead Chicken
 * Undead Cow
 * Unicorn
 * Unicorn Foal
 * Vampyre Juvenile (level 45, 50, 54, 75)
 * Wallasalki
 * Yadviga
 * Yuri
 * Zoja
 * Zombie