Shade

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This article is about the monster in the Stronghold of Security. For other uses, see Shade (disambiguation).

Shade
Release			2 February 2004 (Update)
Members			No
Examine
Dead, but not gone.
Combat info
Level			LP			XP			XP
61			2,200			125.7			41.4
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
7 / 5 / 2
Aggressive						Poisonous
Slayer
Level			XP			Category
1			32.5			Shades
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
176			0			0			0
Style						Rate
						4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
44				1				1
Accuracy
710				0				0
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
710		44
Affinities
90			55			45			65
Immunities
Not immune			Not immune			Not immune			Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID				8645
Links				bestiary • MRND
FAQ • doc

The Shade is a monster located at the entrance to the last level of the Stronghold of Security.

Shades may be assigned as a Slayer task by Vannaka. In addition to 'Shades' themselves, Loar Shades, Phrin Shades, Riyl Shade, Asyn shades, and Fiyr Shades, which can be found in Mort'ton or the nearby Shade Catacombs can also be slain to fulfil the task. To access the shade catacombs, players must have completed the Shades of Mort'ton quest.

Additional damage can be done to shades through the use of Salve amulets or the Gadderhammer weapon.

Locations

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
Stronghold of Security (4th level)	61		6	Maplink

Drops

Main drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Shade robe (top)		1	8/128	24	24
	Shade robe (bottom)		1	8/128	18	18

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	19,627	Not alchemisable

Random event (discontinued)

When a player buried bones, they had a possibility of angering an aggressive Shade appearing and attacking them. Shades were transparent in appearance and looked somewhat like a ghost. As with similar guardian random events, the combat level of a shade varied according to the combat level of the player unfortunate enough to run into one. When slain, the shade usually dropped nothing, but sometimes it would drop an assortment of bones, and on rare occasions, shade robes. Originally, shades were able to close or open a door without standing beside it, which was unique among all free monsters, but this feature was removed.

Achievement

• Guardian of the Realm ( 0) – Obtained a collection of unique drops from Slayer monsters located within Asgarnia & Misthalin.
  • Shade robe top and bottom drops

Update history

The update history project is a work-in-progress – not all updates to this topic may be covered below. See here for how to help out!

• patch 19 June 2017 (Update):
  • Shades will now spawn correctly in the Player-Owned Slayer Dungeon.

• patch 22 November 2012 (Update):
  • Attacking Shades now gives the correct amount of XP and hit harder.

• patch 9 June 2009 (Update):
  • Clarified the location of the Shades when talked about by the Slayer Masters.

• patch 6 May 2009 (Update):
  • Shades in the Stronghold of Security have had their robes adjusted to better match the dropped version.

• hidden 25 February 2009 (Update):
  • Shades have been added to the 4th level of the Stronghold of Security.

• update 2 February 2004 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Before Evolution of Combat, it was not very wise to train on shades, because no matter how much damage you inflicted on them, you only received a quarter of the normal experience per hit and only 5% normal slayer experience.
• These were the fourth highest level free-to-play monsters, being tied with Cockroach soldiers. Many higher level monsters have since been made f2p, and now there are at least 30 different f2p monsters with a higher level.
• Although Shades are transparent, Shade robes are not.
• Shades have the old idle and walking animations that were used on players before RuneScape HD.
• Shades' attack animation is that of slashing a sword, as is their blocking animation. However, they hold no sword.