Carapace shield

Carapace shield is a tier 30 free-to-play shield or off-hand item for Ranged, with a high alchemy value of 540 coins. The simplest way for an Ironman to get Carapace shield is to buy it: Lowe's Archery Emporium in Varrock sells it for 900 coins.

“Superior protection for entomophiliacs.”

Free-to-playTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 540 gp

Updated 9 October 2026. Sources from the RuneScape Wiki's drop, shop and recipe data (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), checked 2026-10-09. Item sprite © Jagex.

Ironman verdict

You can also make it yourself: it takes 36 Crafting and gives 36 Crafting XP, using 0.2 × Thread and 3 × Carapace. Where the materials come from: Thread (sold by Thessalia's Fine Clothes for 4 coins); Carapace (dropped by Cockroach drone (level 4)). Reaching level 36 Crafting takes 24,815 XP in total; the Crafting calculator counts the actions and materials to any target, and the Crafting guide has the Ironman training route. It is worn in the shields and off-hand slot at tier 30 as ranged gear; compare it with every other piece on the Shields and off-hands list. Carapace shield is available on free-to-play worlds too. It is tradeable on normal accounts, but an Ironman cannot use the Grand Exchange or trade for it, so the sources on this page are the whole list. High Alchemy turns one into 540 coins, which is 360 less than the shop price, so buying it to alch does not pay.