Spirit shields

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Members only?	Yes
Highest Melee stat	Crush
Lowest Melee stat	Stab
Strength bonus?	No

Spirit shields are a range of shields available to members after they have completed the quest Summer's End. The shields are all derived from the "basic" Spirit shield, obtained upon completion of Summer's End, as an occasional drop from the Corporeal beast, and a rare drop from Tormented wraiths. The basic Spirit shield requires level 40 Defence and level 55 Prayer, and its bonuses are comparable to a Rune kiteshield.

A Blessed spirit shield can be created from a 'normal' spirit shield by adding Holy elixir at an Altar of Saradomin, providing the player has at least level 85 Prayer. If the player lacks the prayer level, Brother Jered can bless it for them, for a cost. A Blessed spirit shield requires 70 defence and 60 prayer, and has bonuses similar to a Dragon square shield.

Contents 1 Sigils and Shields 2 Bonuses 3 Obtaining Spirit shields 4 Prices 5 Trivia

[edit] Sigils and Shields

Once the player has a Blessed spirit shield, they can then attach a Spirit sigil to it. There are four different sigils available for use on a Blessed spirit shield, each giving the shield different bonuses and abilities. All have defensive bonuses comparable to a Dragon square shield. They are:

• Arcane sigil - creates an Arcane spirit shield.
  • An Arcane spirit shield has a sizable magic attack bonus (in fact, the best available for the shield spot).

• Divine sigil - creates a Divine spirit shield.
  • The Divine spirit shield is one of two items that actively reduce all damage taken. 30% (or as much as possible if 30% is more than your current amount of Prayer points) of any damage you take is removed. Half of this 30% is deducted from your Prayer instead, while the other half is ignored completely.

• Elysian sigil - creates an Elysian spirit shield.
  • The Elysian spirit shield is the other damage-reducing item. It has a 70% chance of reducing the damage you receive by 25%.

• Spectral sigil - creates a Spectral spirit shield.
  • Spectral spirit shields have the best magic defence bonus available for the shield spot.

To attach any sigil to a Blessed spirit shield, both level 90 prayer and level 85 Smithing are required, so unless the player making the spirit shield has the required prayer level, they cannot be made via the assist system. Brother Bordiss can attach sigils to blessed spirit shields for a fee of 1.5 million coins. Once a sigil is attached, it cannot be removed or exchanged with another.

The Arcane and Spectral spirit shields both require 75 defence, 70 prayer and 65 Magic. The Divine and Elysian spirit shields require 75 defence and 75 prayer.

[edit] Bonuses

The bonuses each spirit shield gives is summarised below.

Item	Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses						Other
Spirit shield	0	0	0	0	0	+39	+41	+50	+1	+45	+40	0	0	+1
Blessed spirit shield	0	0	0	0	0	+53	+55	+73	+2	+52	+65	0	0	+3
Arcane spirit shield	0	0	0	+20	0	+53	+55	+73	+2	+52	+65	0	0	+3
Divine spirit shield	0	0	0	0	0	+63	+65	+75	+2	+57	+65	0	0	+3
Elysian spirit shield	0	0	0	0	0	+63	+65	+75	+2	+57	+65	0	0	+3
Spectral spirit shield	0	0	0	0	0	+53	+55	+73	+30	+52	+65	0	0	+3

As can be seen above, most of the 'improved' spirit shields have similar bonuses, with slight differences, or a different special ability. However, the differences make the shields very different in use to each other.

[edit] Obtaining Spirit shields

• A basic Spirit shield is part of the Summer's End quest reward. It is also dropped by the Corporeal Beast occasionally, by Tormented wraiths rarely, and Ghostly warriors very rarely.
• Holy Elixir is dropped rarely by the Corporeal Beast and even more rarely by Tormented Wraiths.
• All four Spirit sigils are rare drops from the Corporeal Beast.

All spirit shields and their components are tradeable.

The following flowchart simplifies the process:

Creating Spirit shields
Spirit shield
Add (with 85 Prayer or by Brother Jered):
Holy elixir
Creates:
Blessed spirit shield
Add (with 90 Prayer and 85 Smithing, or by Brother Bordiss):
Arcane sigil	Divine sigil	Elysian sigil	Spectral sigil
Creates:
Arcane spirit shield	Divine spirit shield	Elysian spirit shield	Spectral spirit shield

[edit] Prices

Icon	Item	Price	Direction	Low Alch	High Alch	Store	Details	Days	Last updated
	Spirit shield	186,400		21,000	42,000	Not sold	view • edit • graph	0	11:05, November 11, 2009 (UTC)
	Blessed spirit shield	5,400,000		560,000	840,000	Not sold	view • edit • graph	4	02:12, November 7, 2009 (UTC)
	Arcane spirit shield	137,100,000				Not sold	view • edit • graph	4	02:06, November 7, 2009 (UTC)
	Elysian spirit shield	424,500,000				Not sold	view • edit • graph	8	15:59, November 3, 2009 (UTC)
	Divine spirit shield	488,300,000				Not sold	view • edit • graph	0	07:51, November 11, 2009 (UTC)
	Spectral spirit shield	118,400,000				Not sold	view • edit • graph	7	06:53, November 4, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia

• Spirit shields and sigils are similar to godswords and hilts - both are made from multiple rare high-level monster drops, and both have four modifiers. the main difference is that once a spirit shield is enhanced, it cannot be changed, unlike a godsword, where hilts can be exchanged.

v • d • e Spirit shields and sigils
Spirit shields	Plain • Blessed • Arcane • Divine • Elysian • Spectral
Spirit sigils	Holy elixir • Arcane • Divine • Elysian • Spectral