Training shield
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| Also known as? | Beginner shield, starter shield, blurite kiteshield, weak shield, practice shield. |
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| Members only? | No |
| Quest item? | No |
| Tradeable? | No |
| Equipable? | Yes |
| Stacks? | No |
| High Alchemy | 0 coins |
| Low Alchemy | 0 coins |
| Destroy | Drop |
| Store price | 55 coins |
| Examine | Made of flimsy painted wood. |
| Weight | 5 kg |
The Training shield could be obtained for free from the melee combat tutor east of Lumbridge Castle. The shield has the appearance of a white decorative shield and has the same bonuses as a wooden shield. Players can ask the tutor for another shield if they lose the one they had, though players were only allowed one shield at any time.
On September 17th, 2009, Training shields were made no longer obtainable from tutors. This made the Training Shield (along with the training sword) officially an discontinued item and, over time, a rare find among players. This sudden change was seemingly a mistake by Jagex. However, as of 13 October 2009, Training shields are now available again, this time for purchase, from Beefy Bill for 55 coins.
Although it has a drop option, it's old destroy message appears and does not perform "Drop" at all.
| Bonuses Hover over image for type |  A player wields a Training shield. | |||||
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| +4 | +5 | +3 | +1 | +4 | 0 | |
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[edit] Trivia
- It is called a "Blurite Kiteshield" by some players, as it does look like it is made of Blurite.
- When the shield first came out, it looked exactly like the white decorative shield, becoming very popular amongst free players immediately. Players that had spent a large amount of time playing Castle Wars to purchase the white decorative shield disliked the fact someone could walk around with the training shield and say they had a white decorative shield. Jagex changed the training shield's look by removing the blue line going across the shield, causing it to appear slightly different than the decorative shield.
- When the shield was made available again after being made temporarily discontinued, players who attempted to drop the shield found a Destroy message saying that you may claim it back from the Melee tutor, even though he does not give them out any more. The Training bow, Training arrows and Training sword also suffered this bug. This has been fixed and it now drops onto the floor properly.
