Spirit shields

Spirit shields are a range of shields available to members after they have completed the quest Summer's End. The shields are all derived from the "basic" Spirit shield, obtained upon completion of Summer's End, as an occasional drop from the Corporeal beast, and a rare drop from Tormented Wraiths. The basic Spirit shield requires level 45 Defence and level 35 Prayer, and its bonuses are comparible to a Rune kiteshield.

A Blessed spirit shield can be created from a 'normal' spirit shield by adding Holy elixir at an Altar of Saradomin, providing the player has at least level 85 Prayer. If the player lacks the prayer level, Brother Jered can bless it for them, for a cost. A Blessed spirit shield requires &0 defence and 60 prayer, and has bonuses similar to a Dragon square shield.

Sigils and Shields
Once the player has a Blessed spirit sheild, they can then attach a Spirit sigil to it. There are four different sigils available for use on a Blessed spirit shield, each giving the sheild different bonuses and abilities. They are:
 * Arcane sigil - creates an Arcane spirit shield.
 * An Arcane spirit shield gives defensive bonuses comparible to that of a Dragon square shield, but, with a sizable magic attack bonus (in fact, the best available for the shield spot).
 * Divine sigil - creates a Divine spirit shield.
 * The Divine spirit shield is one of two items that actively reduce all damage taken. The Divine spirit shield's bonuses are comparible to a dragon square shield, but, it has a special effect: "30% - or as much as if possible if 30% is more than your current amount of Prayer points - of any damage you take is removed. Half of this 30% is deducted from your Prayer instead, while the other half is ignored completely."
 * Elysian sigil - creates an Elysian spirit shield.
 * The Elysian spirit shield is the other damage-reducing item. Again, it's bonuses are comparible to a dragon square shield, and it's special effect is: "70% chance of reducing the damage you receive by 25%"
 * Spectral sigil - creates a Spectral spirit shield.
 * Spectral spirit sheilds, again, give defence bonuses coparible to a dragon square shield, but, with the best magic defence bonus available for the shield spot.

To attach any sigil to a Blessed spirit shield, both level 90 prayer and level 85 Smithing are required, so unless the player making the spirit shield has the required prayer level, they cannot be made via the assist system. There are no NPCs that will attach a sigil for a player. Once a sigil is attached, it cannot be removed or exchanged with another.

The Arcane and Spectral spirit shields both require 75 defence, 70 prayer and 65 Magic. The Divine and Elysian spirit shields require 75 defence and 75 prayer.

Bonuses
The bonuses each spirit shield gives is sumarised below.


 * Spirit shield||0||0||0||0||0||+39||+41||+50||+1||+45||+40||0||+1
 * Blessed spirit shield||0||0||0||0||0||+53||+55||+73||+2||+52||+65||0||+3
 * Arcane spirit shield||0||0||0||+20||0||+53||+55||+73||+2||+52||+65||0||+3
 * Divine spirit shield||0||0||0||0||0||+63||+65||+75||+2||+57||+65||0||+3
 * Elysian spirit shield||0||0||0||0||0||+63||+65||+75||+2||+57||+65||0||+3
 * Spectral spirit shield||0||0||0||0||0||+53||+55||+73||+30||+52||+65||0||+3
 * }
 * Elysian spirit shield||0||0||0||0||0||+63||+65||+75||+2||+57||+65||0||+3
 * Spectral spirit shield||0||0||0||0||0||+53||+55||+73||+30||+52||+65||0||+3
 * }
 * Spectral spirit shield||0||0||0||0||0||+53||+55||+73||+30||+52||+65||0||+3
 * }

As can be seen above, most of the 'improved' spirit shields have similar bonuses, with slight differences, or a different special ability. However, the differences make the shields very different in use to each other.

Obtaining Spirit shields

 * A basic Spirit shield is part of the Summer's End quest reward. It is also dropped by the Corporeal Beast occasionally, and by Tormented Wraiths rarely.
 * Holy Elixir is dropped rarely by the Corporeal Beast and even more rarely by Tormented Wraiths.
 * All four Spirit sigils are rare drops from the Corporeal Beast.

All spirit shields and their components are tradeable.

The following flowchart simplifies the process: