Studded leather shield

Studded leather shield is a tier 20 free-to-play shield or off-hand item for Ranged, with a high alchemy value of 510 coins. The simplest way for an Ironman to get Studded leather shield is to buy it: Lowe's Archery Emporium in Varrock sells it for 850 coins, and one other shop stocks it too.

“Made from the finest cow piercings in the land.”

Free-to-playTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 510 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 45 Crafting and gives 43 Crafting XP, using Leather shield and Steel studs. Where the materials come from: Leather shield (sold by Lowe's Archery Emporium for 68 coins); Steel studs (made with 20 Smithing). Making ten takes 10 × Leather shield and 10 × Steel studs and gives 430 Crafting XP. Reaching level 45 Crafting takes 61,512 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 ranged gear; compare it with every other piece on the Shields and off-hands list. Studded 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 510 coins, which is 340 less than the shop price, so buying it to alch does not pay.