Iron kiteshield

Iron kiteshield is a tier 10 free-to-play shield or off-hand item for melee, with a high alchemy value of 150 coins. The simplest way for an Ironman to get Iron kiteshield is to buy it: Horvik's Armour Shop in Varrock sells it for 2,510 coins, and 2 other shops stock it too.

“A large metal shield.”

Free-to-playTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 150 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

Only one monster drops it: Hill giant (level 26), at 3/128 (about one every 43 kills). You can also make it yourself: it takes 10 Smithing and gives 80 Smithing XP, using 2 × Iron bar. Making ten takes 20 × Iron bar and gives 800 Smithing XP. Reaching level 10 Smithing takes 1,154 XP in total; the Smithing calculator counts the actions and materials to any target, and the Smithing guide has the Ironman training route. One recipe uses Iron kiteshield: Iron kiteshield + 1. It is worn in the shields and off-hand slot at tier 10 as melee gear; compare it with every other piece on the Shields and off-hands list. Minigames that reward it: Castle Wars. Iron kiteshield 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 150 coins, which is 2,360 less than the shop price, so buying it to alch does not pay.