Gorgonite kiteshield

**Gorgonite kiteshield**
Release date	12 April 2010 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Quest item?	No
Tradeable?	Yes
Lendable?	No
Equipable?	Yes
Stacks?	No
High Alch	10,350 coins
Low Alch	6,900 coins
Smuggler price	5,175 coins
Value	17,250 coins
Destroy	Unbound: Drop Bound: The only way to unbind an item is to destroy it.
Store price	Not sold
Examine	A large metal shield. (Tier 9)
Weight	5.4 kg

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A Gorgonite kiteshield (Tier 9) is an item that can only be obtained and used while Dungeoneering. It requires level 80 Defence to wear. It may be picked up from the table at the beginning of a dungeon, obtained as a monster drop, or produced using the Smithing skill.

It can be produced by using 3 Gorgonite bars with a hammer on an anvil, requiring level 86 Smithing and granting 255 Smithing experience.

Compared to a Chaotic kiteshield, a Gorgonite kiteshield's slash, crush and ranged defence bonuses are 8 higher, 5 lower and 5 lower respectively, with the slash defence higher than any surface shield. However, its stab defence is noticeably poor, only 6 higher than a Dragon sq shield. Like all other equipment in Daemonheim, it has 0 summoning defence but this is not important as no creature in Daemonheim uses Summoning.

This item is less commonly produced by smithing than other pieces of equipment are, as many melee fighters will prefer to use two-handed weapons such as the Gorgonite spear and Gorgonite maul, and these weapons can not be wielded with a shield. Also, players with exactly 3 Gorgonite bars to use for gaining Smithing experience will generally prefer to produce Gorgonite platelegs instead, as they give more experience per bar than the kiteshield.