Leather shield

Leather shield is a tier 5 free-to-play shield or off-hand item for Ranged, with a high alchemy value of 40 coins. The simplest way for an Ironman to get Leather shield is to buy it: Lowe's Archery Emporium in Varrock sells it for 68 coins, and 5 other shops stock it too.

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Free-to-playTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 40 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: Zombie (New Varrock), at 1/512 (about one every 512 kills). You can also make it yourself: it takes 19 Crafting and gives 30 Crafting XP, using Leather. Other sources include New Varrock guard captain and Zombie (New Varrock). Making ten takes 10 × Leather and gives 300 Crafting XP. Reaching level 19 Crafting takes 3,973 XP in total; the Crafting calculator counts the actions and materials to any target, and the Crafting guide has the Ironman training route. One recipe uses Leather shield: Studded leather shield. It is worn in the shields and off-hand slot at tier 5 as ranged gear; compare it with every other piece on the Shields and off-hands list. 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 40 coins, which is 28 less than the shop price, so buying it to alch does not pay.