Hard leather shield

Hard leather shield is a tier 10 free-to-play shield or off-hand item for Ranged, with a high alchemy value of 142 coins. The simplest way for an Ironman to get Hard leather shield is to buy it: Lowe's Archery Emporium in Varrock sells it for 238 coins, and 2 other shops stock it too.

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Free-to-playTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 142 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 29 Crafting and gives 36 Crafting XP, using Hard leather. Where the materials come from: Hard leather (sold by New Varrock Leather Emporium for 1 zemomark). Making ten takes 10 × Hard leather and gives 360 Crafting XP. Reaching level 29 Crafting takes 12,031 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 10 as ranged gear; compare it with every other piece on the Shields and off-hands list. Hard leather 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 142 coins, which is 96 less than the shop price, so buying it to alch does not pay.