Shade

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This article is about the monster in the Stronghold of Security. For other uses, see Shade (disambiguation).

Shade

Release	2 February 2004 (Update)
Members	No
Examine
Dead, but not gone.
Combat info
Level	LP	XP	XP
61	2,200	125.7	41.4
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
7 / 5 / 2
Aggressive		Poisonous
Slayer
Level	XP	Category
1	32.5	Shades
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
176	0	0	0
Style		Speed
		4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
? (edit) ? (edit) ? (edit) Accuracy 710 0 0
Defensive
Armour		Weakness
710	? (edit)
Affinities
90	55	45	65
Immunities

Defined properties:

All Life points: 2,200 Life points: 2,200 All Slayer experience: 32.5 Slayer experience: 32.5 All Combat experience: 125.7 Combat experience: 125.7 All Release date: 2 February 2004 Release date: 2 February 2004 All Combat level: 61 Combat level: 61 All Is members only: false Is members only: false All NPC ID: 8645 NPC ID: 8645

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The Shade is a monster located at the entrance to the last level of the Stronghold of Security.

Shades may be assigned as a Slayer task by Vannaka. In addition to 'Shades' themselves, Loar Shades, Phrin Shades, Riyl Shade, Asyn shades, and Fiyr Shades, which can be found in Mort'ton or the nearby Shade Catacombs can also be slain to fulfil the task. To access the shade catacombs, players must have completed the Shades of Mort'ton quest.

Additional damage can be done to shades through the use of Salve amulets or the Gadderhammer weapon.

Drops

Main drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Shade robe (top)	1	Common	Not sold
	Shade robe (bottom)	1	Common	Not sold

Universal drops

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster outside of Daemonheim.

These drops are dropped alongside main drops.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Key token	1	Rare	Not sold
	Mimic kill token	1	Very rare	5,575

Random event (discontinued)

When a player buried bones, they had a possibility of angering an aggressive Shade appearing and attacking them. Shades were transparent in appearance and looked somewhat like a ghost. As with similar guardian random events, the combat level of a shade varied according to the combat level of the player unfortunate enough to run into one. When slain, the shade usually dropped nothing, but sometimes it would drop an assortment of bones, and on rare occasions, shade robes. Originally, shades were able to close or open a door without standing beside it, which was unique among all free monsters, but this feature was removed.

Trivia

• Before Evolution of Combat, it was not very wise to train on shades, because no matter how much damage you inflicted on them, you only received a quarter of the normal experience per hit and only 5% normal slayer experience.
• These were the fourth highest level free-to-play monsters, being tied with Cockroach soldiers. However, after the Wilderness Crater was re-opened, Hellhounds were introduced to free worlds and so shades are now the fifth highest level monster.
• Although Shades are transparent, Shade robes are not.
• Shades have the old idle and walking animations that were used on players before RuneScape HD.
• Shades' attack animation is that of slashing a sword, as is their blocking animation. However, they hold no sword.
• The Shade's examination info is likely a reference to "Dead and Gone"