---
title: "Packet 5: SetHP"
description: "Sets local health for spawn, healing, or damage feedback and supplies a source direction for presentation."
canonical: "https://aosplay.net/protocol-168/packets/5"
markdown: "https://aosplay.net/docs/protocol-168/packets/5.md"
last_updated: "2026-07-16"
protocol: "Ace of Spades Battle Builder 168"
packet_id_decimal: "5"
packet_id_hex: "0x05"
direction: "S→C"
family: "Combat"
implementation_status: "Sent"
evidence: "Implementation-backed"
wire_size: "9 bytes"
---

# Packet 5: SetHP

> Sets local health for spawn, healing, or damage feedback and supplies a source direction for presentation.

- **Decimal ID:** 5
- **Hex ID:** 0x05
- **Direction:** S→C
- **Family:** Combat
- **Status:** Sent
- **Evidence:** Implementation-backed
- **Wire size:** 9 bytes

## Exact wire layout

The application packet ID is the first byte. The remaining rows are in decode order. Byte sizes exclude ENet headers, wrapper prefixes, LZF chunk framing, and compression effects.

| # | Field | Encoding | Bytes | Purpose | Condition |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | --- | --- |
| 0 | `packet_id` | u8 | 1 | Always 5 (0x05). | — |
| 1 | `hp` | u8 | 1 | hp value. | — |
| 2 | `damage_type` | u8 | 1 | damage type value. | — |
| 3 | `source_position` | 3 × fixed16 LE | 6 | X, Y, and Z components at 1/64-unit precision. | — |

## Encoding conventions

- `LE` means least-significant byte first.
- `fixed16` is two-byte sign-magnitude at 1/64 precision.
- `orientation16` uses the measured 1/8192 orientation mapping.
- NUL strings consume their encoded byte length plus one `00` terminator.
- Counted arrays repeat immediately in the documented order.

## Related resources

- [HTML packet page](https://aosplay.net/protocol-168/packets/5)
- [Complete packet catalog](https://aosplay.net/protocol-168/packets)
- [Packet catalog in Markdown](https://aosplay.net/docs/protocol-168/packets.md)
- [Protocol 168 guide](https://aosplay.net/protocol-168)