Training shield

The Training shield could be obtained for free from the melee combat tutor east of Lumbridge Castle. The shield has the appearance of a white decorative shield and has the same bonuses as a wooden shield. Players can ask the tutor for another shield if they lose the one they had, though players were only allowed one shield at any time.

On 17 September 2009, Training shields were made no longer obtainable from tutors. This made the Training Shield (along with the training sword) officially a discontinued item and, over time, a rare find among players. This sudden change was seemingly a mistake by Jagex. However, as of 13 October 2009, Training shields are now available again, this time for purchase, from Beefy Bill for 55 coins.

Formerly, the shield could only be destroyed; as opposed to now since it can be dropped.

Trivia

 * It is called a "Blurite Kiteshield" by some players, as it does look like it is made of Blurite, though the examine text state's it's made out of "flimsy painted wood".
 * When the shield first came out, it looked exactly like the white decorative shield, becoming very popular amongst free players immediately. Players that had spent a large amount of time playing Castle Wars to purchase the white decorative shield disliked the fact someone could walk around with the training shield and say they had a white decorative shield. Jagex changed the training shield's look by removing the blue line going across the shield, causing it to appear slightly different than the decorative shield.
 * When the shield was made available again after being made temporarily discontinued, players who attempted to drop the shield found a Destroy message saying that you may claim it back from the Melee tutor, even though he does not give them out any more. The Training bow, Training arrows and Training sword also suffered this bug. This has been fixed and it now drops onto the floor properly.
 * This is the only white coloured shield available for free to play players.
 * It has the same defense bonuses as the wooden shield despite being bigger than the wooden shield.