Black sq shield

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Black sq shield
Release																				8 December 2001 (Update)
Members																				No
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				Yes
Equipable																				Yes
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				Yes
Noteable																				Yes
Destroy																				Drop
Examine																				A medium square shield.
Options
Backpack																				Wield
Values
Value																				1,152 coins
High alch																				691 coins
Low alch																				460 coins
On death																				Reclaimable Value: 2,873 Reclaim: 100
Weight																				3.628 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange																				2,873 coins (info)
Buy limit																				1,000
Volume																				80
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Advanced data
Item ID																				1179
Links																				MRID • recipe

The black square shield is a free-to-play shield with bonuses similar to that of a white square shield. It requires a Defence level of 25 to wield. Moss giant drop black square shields at a fairly high rate. It can also be found by members after an easy Treasure Trail.

As with all black equipment, this item cannot be made from raw materials using the Smithing skill.

Combat stats

Requirements 25 Class Melee Slot Tier Type 23 Shield Style attributes   Damage 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accuracy 0 -56 -106 -106 Defensive attributes  Armour 70.8 Reduction  LP 0 PvM 2.5%  Prayer 0 PvP 0%

Item sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Moss giant	40	1	5/128
Black key red	N/A	1	Uncommon
Black key brown	N/A	1	Uncommon
Black key crimson	N/A	1	Uncommon
Black key black	N/A	1	Uncommon
Black key purple	N/A	1	Uncommon
Skeletal hand	63	1	96/2,316
Zombie hand	69	1	96/2,316
Former vampyre	N/A	1 (noted)	Uncommon
Zombie (Lair of Tarn Razorlor) Levels 82–85	82; 84; 85	1	1/128

Shop locations

Seller	Location	Number in stock	Price sold at	Price bought at	Members
Cassie Shop: Cassie's Shield Shop	Falador	8	1,152	345
Horvik Shop: Horvik's Armour Shop	Varrock	8	1,152	345

Disassembly

Black sq shield
Disassembly category					Shields
Disassembly XP					7.5
Item quantity required					1
Special chance
Knightly components × 1					Always
Normal chance
Base junk chance					?  72.5% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 72.5% 1 34 71.8% 2 49 70.4% 3 64 68.9% 4 69 67.5% 5 78 66.0% 6 83 63.8% 7 91 62.4% 8 95 60.2% 9 105 58.0%
Material count					8
Cover parts					35/100
Base parts					30/100
Deflecting parts					30/100
Strong components					3/100
Protective components					2/100
Advanced data
Raw category					melee shield
Item level (for junk chance)					25
Estimated cost
Parsed					2873
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Graphical updates

Inventory

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  Black sq shield after 8 December 2001 (update)
• 
  Black sq shield after 29 March 2004 (update)
• 
  Black sq shield after 5 October - 24 November 2004
• 
  Black sq shield after 6 March 2012 (update)

Detailed

• 
  Black sq shield after 29 March 2004 (update)
• 
  Black sq shield after 5 October - 24 November 2004
• 
  Black sq shield after 1 July 2008 (update)
• 
  Black sq shield after 6 March 2012 (update)

Equipped

• 
  Black sq shield after 8 December 2001 (update)
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  Black sq shield after 5 October - 24 November 2004
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  Black sq shield after 5 October - 24 November 2004
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  Black sq shield after 1 July 2008 (update)
• 
  Black sq shield after 6 March 2012 (update)

Update history

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• update 8 December 2001 (Update):
  • Added to game.