Draconic visage



The Bad Shield (pronounced /ˈvɪzɪdʒ/; VIZ ij) is one of the most sought out drops by a monster. It is a very rare drop from iron, steel, mithril, frost and black dragons, as well as Skeletal Wyverns and the King Black Dragon.

Players with level 90 Smithing may combine an anti-dragon shield with the visage to create a dragonfire shield, granting 2,000 Smithing experience. If players do not have 90 Smithing, they may use the Assist System to forge the shield. This is perhaps inadvisable as the visage is worth more than the shield. The dragonfire shield may also be smithed from a visage and an anti-dragon shield by paying Oziach, the smith of Dragon Slayer, 1,250,000 coins.

The draconic visage is not part of the rare drop table; it is instead a "bonus" drop. It will be included in a dragon's main drop, but it is never the main drop itself, meaning it can be dropped as well as another item such as dragon platelegs. In a Knowledge Base update on 1 February 2010, Jagex stated that the ring of wealth affects only the rare drop table common to many monsters (drops from this table include crystal key halves, shield left half, etc.) and that the draconic visage is not a part of this table.

Trivia

 * The term "draconic visage" stems from draconic, meaning "of or relating to dragons," and visage, meaning "face," thus literally meaning "dragon's face."
 * During 2008, the draconic visage glitched showing half of the dragons face on the shield and was patched relatively quickly a couple of weeks later.