Elysian spirit shield
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| AKA? | ESS/Ely |
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| Release date | 15 September 2008 (Update) |
| Members? | Yes |
| Quest item? | No |
| Tradeable? | Yes |
| Lendable? | No |
| Equipable? | Yes |
| Stacks? | No |
| High Alch | 1,200,000 coins |
| Low Alch | 800,000 coins |
| Destroy | Drop |
| Store price | Not sold |
| Examine | An ethereal shield with an elysian sigil attached to it. |
| Weight | 2 kg |
- For the Lucky version, see Lucky elysian spirit shield.
The elysian spirit shield was released on 15 September 2008 along with the Summer's End quest. It requires 75 Defence and 75 Prayer to wield. The shield is made by attaching together a blessed spirit shield and an elysian sigil. To do so requires 90 Prayer and 85 Smithing. In addition, you must have completed Summer's End to make or wear the elysian spirit shield. Also, players may instead ask Brother Bordiss to attach the two parts together for 1,500,000 coins after completing the Perils of Ice Mountain quest. On 15 March 2011, (after the ring of wealth update) the sigils erroneously became a 100% drop from the Corporeal Beast. This was patched within the hour.
As of 28 February, the Squeal of Fortune offers a 'lucky' version of this shield as a possible reward.
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Special Bonus
The elysian spirit shield has a 70% chance of reducing the damage you receive by 25%. Without consideration of its magical effect, the shield is nearly as powerful as the Dragonfire Shield in defensive bonuses. On the other hand, it lacks the +7 Strength bonus the Dragonfire shield grants.
The elysian spirit shield's special bonus makes this shield one of the strongest shields in RuneScape. On average, players wielding this shield will take 17.5 percent less damage (25*0.70=17.5%). Wealthy players may find this shield useful for surviving the special attacks of Dragon claws and Dark bows. In theory, taking (on average) 82.5% of the damage would mean that a player with a constitution level of 99 would really have to be hit with 1200 unreduced damage to be killed.
This shield has the exact same defence bonuses as the Divine spirit shield; however, their special effects differ slightly. While the Elysian has a 70% chance of reducing damage by 25%, the Divine shield has a 100% chance of reducing damage by 30%, at the cost of a few prayer points.
Trivia
- In classical Greek mythology, there is a realm in the Underworld called the Elysium Fields, or the Elysian Plains. This is the final resting place for the souls of the heroic and the virtuous. However, this was only present in the Tartarus domain of the underworld.
- On 1 February 2010, the spirit shields appearances were changed to match their inventory pictures. The Elysian spirit shield's colour was changed to a vibrant cyan from a previous greyish blue. Previously the Elysian spirit shield and Spectral spirit shield were close to same shade of blue.
- At one point this item held the second highest value of any item in RuneScape, second only to the Christmas Cracker.
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