Spider silk shield

Spider silk shield is a tier 20 free-to-play shield or off-hand item for Magic, with a high alchemy value of 60 coins. The simplest way for an Ironman to get Spider silk shield is to buy it: Zaff's Superior Spellcasting in Varrock sells it for 100 coins, and one other shop stocks it too.

“Superior protection for arachnophiliacs.”

Free-to-playTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 60 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 27 Crafting and gives 37.5 Crafting XP, using 0.2 × Thread and 2 × Spider silk. Where the materials come from: Thread (sold by Thessalia's Fine Clothes for 4 coins); Spider silk (sold by Zaff's Superior Spellcasting (New Varrock) for 50 zemomark). Reaching level 27 Crafting takes 9,730 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 20 as magic gear; compare it with every other piece on the Shields and off-hands list. Spider silk 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 60 coins, which is 40 less than the shop price, so buying it to alch does not pay.