Blood

Blood is a main feature of Happy Wheels. It gushes and sometimes spews out of characters and NPCs when a body part is ripped off, destroyed or when someone gets stabbed by anything sharp, such as a blade weapon and an arrow. If the "maximum particles" setting in the options menu is set to 0, no blood will be visible.

Occurrence

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The message telling people that the blood setting can be changed and the default type being changed back to 1.

Although most wounds will cause the character to bleed lightly, a "spewing" effect only occurs when large body parts are removed. For example, blood will not spew if a foot comes off. However, if the whole leg comes off, blood will spew. This is also the case if the player is torn in half. Happy Wheels v1.60 added Blood Settings, with four types. Originally, the default blood setting after this point was Type 3. However, considering the demands this type required, it was reverted to Type 1, the original Blood Setting, even though Jim said several times that you can change the blood.

Types

There are four types of blood. Each can be selected from the options menu. All introductory quotes are found in the options menu as well.

Type 1

"This is the original blood setting. It looks the worst but runs the fastest."

Type 1 is the blood used before v1.60. This blood was used since Happy Wheels v1.0. It consists of a droplet-like red liquid which falls from the character's wounds single-file, not initially overlapping. If zoomed in, they appear to be composed of raster images which pixelate upon magnification. This type of blood is the least CPU-intensive, and recommended for those with lower end computers. Sometimes, users say that this blood type looks like cereal.

Type 2

"Each blood particle is drawn as a line. Runs slightly worse than [type] 1 but looks a bit better" (There is no period after this line ingame)

Type 2 blood appears as individual lines. These exit the character in the same fashion as Type 1 and rotate as they fall; this type of blood looks slightly more realistic.

Type 3

"The blood looks like actual liquid. Runs a bit worse than [type] 2. For the sake of performance, all blood is rendered on one layer."

Type 3 blood appears much more realistically than the previous types. It assumes a liquid-like blob shape which dynamically spreads.

Type 4

"This is just like setting [type] 3, but has an additional bevel and blend mode applied. Only use this with a fast computer."

Type 4 blood is the highest quality blood the game currently provides. Although similar to Type 3, this type utilizes different layers with a lighter and darker shade of red, which create a more realistic, dynamic liquid appearance. This type is the most CPU-intensive and is not recommended for older or slower computers.

Gallery

Videos

Happy_Wheels_-_Blood_Update — Happy Wheels - Blood Update

A video made by Jim, showcasing the four types of blood.

Trivia

Since Jim has not recently mentioned that there are different types of blood, most new users do not know there are more than one type of blood.
With blood type 3 and 4, some of the blood that spews out will disappear and/or reappear.