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Steel square shield

Steel square shield

Steel square shield is a tier 20 free-to-play shield or off-hand item for melee, with a high alchemy value of 200 coins. The simplest way for an Ironman to get Steel square shield is to buy it: Horvik's Armour Shop in Varrock sells it for 3,340 coins, and 3 other shops stock it too.

“A steel square shield.”

Free-to-playTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 200 gp

Updated . 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 20 Smithing and gives 150 Smithing XP, using 2 × Steel bar. Other sources include Bandit (Wilderness). Where the materials come from: Steel bar (made with 20 Smithing). Making ten takes 20 × Steel bar and gives 1,500 Smithing XP. Reaching level 20 Smithing takes 4,470 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 Steel square shield: Steel square shield + 1. It is worn in the shields and off-hand slot at tier 20 as melee gear; compare it with every other piece on the Shields and off-hands list. Steel square 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 200 coins, which is 3,140 less than the shop price, so buying it to alch does not pay.

At a glance

Members
No (free-to-play)
Tradeable
Yes, but not for Ironmen
High alch
200 coins
Monster drops
None
Shops
4
Recipes
1
Used in
1 recipe
Slot
Shields and off-hands, tier 20

Make it yourself

Needs 20 Smithing · 150 Smithing XP

Getting the materials as an Ironman

Shops

Other sources

Minigames, reward chests, clues, skilling and other non-combat sources.

What you make with Steel square shield

Where it fits for an Ironman

Minigames and places

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