Spectral spirit shield



The Spectral spirit shield was released on 15 September 2008 along with Summer's end. It requires 75 Defence, 70 Prayer and 65 Magic to wield. The shield is made by attaching a Spectral sigil to a Blessed spirit shield. To do this, players need 90 Prayer and 85 Smithing. Additionally, Brother Bordiss can be asked to attach it for 1,500,000 coins after completing Perils of Ice Mountain. To receive any sigil, Summer's End must be completed.

This shield is equivalent to an Arcane spirit shield, but instead of an offensive bonus of +20, it has a Magic defence bonus of +30. The only other shield comparable to the Spectral spirit shield would be the Eagle-eye kiteshield, which has a Magic defence of +25, with a 14% damage absorption. This shield is commonly used by wealthy players during Castle Wars and Tzhaar Fight Pits because of its extremely high magic defence. This shield is effective in the Armadyl boss chamber and when fighting Nex as it gives good protection against magic attacks, and is widely used among rangers when fighting the Corporeal Beast.

As of August 23rd it is no longer the only shield with the best magical defence bonus (+30), it is now tied with the Sacred clay shield (magic). Even though that shield has no pray bonus and lowers defensive bonuses against melee & ranged, and it is degradable. The upside for that shield is that it "only" costs 200 stealing creation points and you only need 65 defence unlike the spectral shield's 75 Defence, 70 Prayer & 65 Magic. It is to be expected that Spectral Shield prices will drop, they were around 45 Mill on the day of the release of the Sacred clay shield (magic).

Both the Grand Exchange and "street" prices of the Spectral spirit shield have been known to fluctuate. At the time of its release, the price of the Spectral spirit shield stabilised in around the 40-50M range and was known to be the least expensive of the 'enhanced' spirit shields. Due to the Corporeal Beast's stomp attack update on 15 October 2008, its price steadily rose to more than 150 million coins, after which it started to drop again.

Trivia

 * On 1 February 2010, the spirit shields appearances were changed to match their inventory pictures, which were updated on 11 January. The Spectral spirit shield's colour was changed into a vibrant indigo from a pale bluish purple. Previously the Elysian spirit shield and Spectral spirit shield were close to same shade of blue.