Steel square shield

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For this item's upgraded variants, see +1.

Steel square shield
Release	4 January 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	Yes
Lendable	Yes
Equipable	Yes
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Noteable	Yes
Destroy	Drop
Actions
Backpack	Wield
Values
Value	334 coins
High alch	200 coins
Low alch	133 coins
On death	Always kept outside Wild
Weight	0.01 kg
Examine
A steel square shield.
Grand Exchange
Exchange	5,046 coins (info)
Buy limit	100
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Advanced data
Item ID	45464
Links	MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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A steel square shield is tier 20 melee shield. It requires level 20 Defence to wear.

It can be made at a forge and anvil using 2 steel bars, requiring 600 progress to complete, granting a total of 150 Smithing experience. It can be upgraded to a steel square shield + 1 with another 2 bars.

Upgrades

Item	Tier	Armour	Bars	Cumulative bars
Steel square shield	20	63.2	2	2
Steel square shield + 1	21	65.8	2	4

A steel square shield is needed by one of the medium treasure trail emote clues.

Combat stats

Requirements
20
Class			Slot
Melee
Tier			Type
20			Shield
Weapons		Main		Off
Damage		-		-
Accuracy		-		-
Style		-
Range		-
Attributes						Damage reduction
Armour				63.2		PvM: 2%			PvP: 0%
Life points				0		Style bonuses
Prayer				0		0.0		0.0		0.0
FAQ • docs

Creation

Required materials:

Steel bar [[Production ticks note::See smithing page for details.]] - - - - - - - - - - Production JSON:

{"exp":150,"product":"Steel square shield","level2":"?","exp2":"?","level3":"?","skill3":"?","facility":"","quantity":1,"ticks":"varies","skill":"smithing","link":"Steel square shield","method":"","improved":0,"level":20,"skill2":"?","image":"[[File:Steel square shield.png|link=Steel square shield]]","mats":[{"quantity":"2","name":"Steel bar","image":"Steel bar.png"}],"exp3":"?"}

Steel square shield

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150 XP	-	Varies		5,046
Requirements
Smithing level				20
You must use a normal Anvil or Forge
Free-to-play
Materials
Item		Quantity	Price	Total
	Steel bar	2	940	1,880
Profit				3,166

Products

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Item	Skills	Materials	GE price
Steel square shield + 1	20	2 × Steel bar 1 × Steel square shield	6,550

Store locations

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Seller	Location	Cost	Currency	Base stock	Members?
Armour Shop (Anachronia)	Anachronia	3,340	Coins	10
Cassie's Shield Shop	Falador	3,340	Coins	10
Horvik's Armour Shop	Varrock	3,340	Coins	10
Quality Armour Shop	Keldagrim	3,340	Coins	10

Disassembly

Steel square shield
Disassembly category	Shields
Disassembly XP	6.0
Item quantity required	1
Material count	8
Base junk chance	?  78.0% 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 78.0% 1 34 77.3 2 49 75.7 3 64 74.1 4 69 72.6 5 78 71.0 6 83 68.7 7 91 67.1 8 95 64.8 9 105 62.4
Common materials
Cover parts	35/100
Base parts	30/100
Deflecting parts	30/100
Rare materials
Strong components	3/100
Protective components	2/100

Graphical updates

• 

  Initial in game appearance of Steel square shield from 4 January 2001 (update)

• 

  Appearance of Steel square shield after 31 January 2012 (update)

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included - see here for how to help out!

• update 3 February 2020 (Update):
  • Adjusted disassembly to give 4 materials per bar used in creating the item from scratch

• update 4 January 2001 (Update):
  • Added to game.