Loar Shade

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Loar Shade
Release			18 October 2004 (Update)
Members			Yes
Examine
The shadowy remains of a long departed soul.
Combat info
Level			LP			XP			XP
58			4,200			172			56.7
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
10 / 6 / 3
Aggressive						Poisonous
Slayer
Level			XP			Category
1			59.5			Shades
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
403			0			0			0
Style						Rate
						4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
42				1				1
Accuracy
668				0				0
Abilities used
None
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
668		42
Affinities
90			55			45			65
Immunities
Not immune			Not immune			Not immune			Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID				1241
Links				bestiary • MRND
FAQ • doc

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4 ticks (2.4s)

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Loar Shades lurk around Mort'ton and the nearby swamp regions surrounding the Shade Catacombs. They initially appear as dark greenish moving shadows (known as Loar Shadows) on the ground and then rise from the depths to attack or retaliate. Their remains can be cremated with any pyre logs.

The Salve amulet and Salve amulet (e) work well on this shade and are very useful if shades are assigned for a Slayer task. They are easy to defeat for players with a combat level of 70 or higher, but they have no standard drops besides their remains. Very low level players may use the Gadderhammer for its increased damage against shades, but quickly become irrelevant at higher levels when better weapons can be used. Because they are weak to water, ice spells from the Ancient spell book can prove effective.

Loar Shades' attacks are quite accurate and may temporarily reduce your Strength level by one. When fighting large groups of shades, such as during the Shades of Mort'ton minigame, the stat drain can quickly stack up, leaving the player with an enormous drain on their Strength level in minutes. It is a good idea to attack shades from a distance, or use fast hitting melee attacks to defeat this enemy as quick as possible to minimise food consumption. The combat boost from a god banner will also give a Strength boost which constantly refreshes for 30 minutes, completely negating the stat drain from the shades during that time, though the boost can only be used once per day. In Mort'ton they can be safespotted using the tree and rocks outside the general store.

Locations

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
Mort'ton	58		25	Maplink

Drops

100% drop

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Loar remains (m)		1	Always	160	0

Main drop

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Congealed blood (m)		6–7	Uncommon	630-735	Not alchemisable

Tertiary drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Ghost hunter goggles		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Ghost hunter body		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Ghost hunter legs		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Ghost hunter backpack		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Ectoplasmator (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Ghostly essence (m)		1–2	Very rare	4,015-8,030	60-120
	Deployable herb burner (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Cremation		1	1/1000	Not sold	Not alchemisable

Universal drops

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster outside of Daemonheim.

These items are dropped alongside main drops.

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Key token		1	Rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Mimic kill token (m)		1	Very rare	22,325	Not alchemisable

Update history

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• patch 13 May 2013 (Update):
  • Two lines of text concerning burning shades have been added to the game filter.

• update 18 October 2004 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Loar Shades have an extremely large wander radius and can go over terrain such as water. They can follow players to as far as the Barrows entrance and the Burgh de Rott entrance. They are also capable of moving from water onto bridges in sections where the fence is broken.
• If attacked by one of these, after about a minute of not retaliating, Loar Shades will again become Loar Shadows and remain unaggressive for a few seconds.
• Loar Shades used to be aggressive. This was changed in a hidden update.
• On 18 April 2016, Loar Shades and all other shades had their stats rebalanced. Their weakness also changed to water spells; before the update they were weak to arrows.