Create custom in-game alerts triggered by specific events, each firing one or more configurable actions. For full documentation, see the wiki.
| Alert | What it watches |
|---|---|
| Game Message | System/server messages in the chat box |
| Player Chat Message | Messages from other players |
| Overhead Text | Text displayed above NPCs or players |
| Stat Changed | Skill level changes (boosts, drains, thresholds) |
| XP Drop | Receiving XP in a chosen skill |
| Sound Fired | A specific in-game sound effect plays |
| Spawned Object | An object, NPC, item, or player spawns or despawns |
| Inventory | Inventory full/empty, slot count, or item quantity |
| Location | Player is within range of a world coordinate |
| Notification Fired | Any RuneLite plugin fires a system notification |
Many alert types support glob patterns and regex with capture groups for dynamic action messages.
You can set defaults for actions in the plugin config.
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Game Message | Writes a colored message into your chat box |
| Overhead Text | Displays text above your player character |
| Tray Notification | Sends an OS desktop notification |
| Plugin Message | Sends a message event to another RuneLite plugin |
| Notification Event | Fires a RuneLite NotificationFired event |
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| In-Game Sound Effect | Plays a built-in OSRS sound by ID |
| Custom Sound | Plays a local .wav or .mp3 file |
| Text to Speech | Synthesizes speech via Eleven Labs or legacy TTS |
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Screen Flash | Flashes the game screen a custom color |
| Overlay | Displays a text banner on screen |
| Popup | Shows a popup styled like a collection log entry |
| Screen Marker | Draws a rectangle marker on a 2D screen region |
| Object Marker | Highlights a world object or tile in-game |
| Dismiss Overlay | Dismisses a sticky Overlay, Screen Marker, or Object Marker |
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Counter | Increments a persistent counter |
| Alert Toggle | Enables, disables, or toggles another alert |
| Plugin Toggle | Enables, disables, or toggles a RuneLite plugin |
| Request Focus | Brings the RuneLite window to the foreground |
| Dink | Sends a Discord webhook via the Dink plugin |
| Shortest Path | Sets or clears a route in the Shortest Path plugin |
Watchdog is automatically disabled in the following areas (updated 2026/07/01):
| Alchemical Hydra | Vardorvis | Leviathan | Whisperer |
| Sucellus | Vorkath | Inferno | Fight Cave |
| Colosseum | Kalphite Queen | COX | TOB |
| TOA | Yama | Delve Boss (Doom of Mokhaiotl) | Nightmare |
| Muspah | Maggot King |
Set Request Focus to Off to avoid incorrect behavior with background notifications.
Add alerts shared by other users directly from the panel. See the alert hub branch to learn how to upload your own.
This project uses the JACo MP3 Player to play mp3 files. Its source is available on SourceForge and is licensed under LGPL (ThirdPartyLicenses.txt).