Toktz-ket-xil

A Toktz-ket-xil, roughly translated to "sharp obsidian defender," is an Obsidian shield that requires at least 60 Defence to wield. It cannot be made using any skills. Its defensive stats are equal to a granite shield's stats plus 5 strength bonus and 10 summoning defence. It has lower melee defence bonuses (but higher ranged defence + summoning bonus) and costs more than a rune kiteshield. It has +20 defence compared to a rune defender but lacks the +20 attack the rune defender gives. Both give +5 strength bonus. The obsidian shield is one of only 5 shields in the game with a strength bonus that also offers damage soaking abilities. The others are the Spikeshields and Berserker shields from Fist of Guthix.

To obtain an obsidian shield, one can buy it from the weapon shop in the TzHaar city or from the Grand Exchange, trade with another player, or obtain one as a monster drop from a TzHaar-Ket.

Trivia

 * The fact that both the Toktz-ket-xil and the Granite shield have the same defence bonus(besides the +5 Strength and +10 Summoning) can be explained by the fact that in real-life Granite and Obsidian have a similar molecular structure(Obsidian Fe3O4, Granite Fe2O3 ).undefined


 * The banner released along with the quest The Temple at Senntisten on 3 December 2009 displayed a player wielding an Obsidian shield, which was confirmed by Mod Emilee when many people thought it was a Dragon kiteshield.
 * Many people choose a Dragon defender over this shield as it has more attack bonuses and 1 more strength bonus than the Obsidian shield.
 * However, the shield is a good substitute for the Defender if they are otherwise incapable of doing so.