Adamant kiteshield

For the item found in the Alchemist's Playground, see Adamant kiteshield (Mage Training Arena).

For this item's upgraded variants, see +1, +2.

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Adamant kiteshield
Release																				4 January 2001 (Update)
Members																				No
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				Yes
Lendable																				Yes
Equipable																				Yes
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				Yes
Noteable																				Yes
Destroy																				Drop
Examine																				An adamant kiteshield.
Options
Backpack																				Wear
Values
Value																				668 coins
High alch																				400 coins
Low alch																				267 coins
On death																				Reclaimable Value: 27,071 Reclaim: 100
Weight																				0.01 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange																				27,071 coins (info)
Buy limit																				100
Volume																				661
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Advanced data
Item ID																				45519
Links																				MRID • recipe

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An adamant kiteshield is tier 40 melee shield. It requires level 40 Defence to wear.

It can be made at a forge and anvil using 2 adamant bars, requiring 1,000 progress to complete, granting a total of 340 Smithing experience. It can be upgraded to an adamant kiteshield + 1 with another 2 bars.

Combat stats

Requirements
40
Class			Slot
Melee
Tier			Type
40			Shield
		Auto		Ability
Damage		-		-
Accuracy		-
Style		-
Range		-
Attributes						Damage reduction
Armour				125.6		PvM: 4%				PvP: 0%
Life points				0		Style bonuses
Prayer				0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0

Creation

Requirements
Members			No
Ticks			Varies
Tool			Hammer (tb)
Facility			Anvil
Skill			Level	Experience
Smithing			40 (b)	340
Material			Quantity	Cost
	Adamant bar		2	10,660
Total cost				10,660
Output			Quantity	Cost
	Adamant kiteshield		1	27,071
Profit				16,411

Upgrades

Item	Tier	Armour	Bars	Cumulative bars	Cumulative Xp
Adamant kiteshield	40	125.6	2	2	340
Adamant kiteshield + 1	41	129.6	2	4	680
Adamant kiteshield + 2	42	133.6	4	8	1360

Products

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Product		Members	Using	Skills	Experience	Materials	GE price
	1 × Adamant armour set (lg)		Grand Exchange clerk	None	None	1 × Adamant full helm 1 × Adamant platebody 1 × Adamant platelegs 1 × Adamant kiteshield	95,244
	1 × Adamant kiteshield + 1		Hammer(tb), Anvil	40	340	2 × Adamant bar 1 × Adamant kiteshield	24,332

Item sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Security casket (CS Week)	N/A	1	Unknown

Shop locations

Seller	Location	Number in stock	Price sold at	Price bought at	Members
Armour Shop (Anachronia)	Anachronia	2	6,680	200
Armour Store	Keldagrim	0	6,680	200
Cassie's Shield Shop	Falador	2	6,680	200
Horvik's Armour Shop	Varrock	2	6,680	200

Heraldic kiteshields

Adamant heraldic kites (or simply Adamant shields) are a series of 5 adamant kiteshields depicting heraldic patterns and designs. These kiteshields can be obtained from level 2 Treasure Trails.

Last updated: 15 Apr at 19:46 UTC (refresh)

Item		Price	Direction	Low Alch	High Alch	Limit	Volume	Members	Details
	Adamant shield (h1)	1,323,318		2,176	3,264	50	5		view
	Adamant shield (h2)	1,299,116		2,176	3,264	50	6		view
	Adamant shield (h3)	1,289,801		2,176	3,264	50	8		view
	Adamant shield (h4)	1,283,587		2,176	3,264	50	5		view
	Adamant shield (h5)	1,285,517		2,176	3,264	50	8		view

Trimmed kiteshields

Trimmed adamant kiteshields can be obtained from level 2 Treasure Trails. Players cannot trim kiteshields.

Last updated: 15 Apr at 19:46 UTC (refresh)

Item		Price	Direction	Low Alch	High Alch	Limit	Volume	Members	Details
	Adamant kiteshield (t)	16,486		2,176	3,264	2	7		view
	Adamant kiteshield (g)	20,085		2,176	3,264	2	16		view

Disassembly

Adamant kiteshield
Disassembly category	Shields
Disassembly XP	12.0
Item quantity required	1
Material count	8
Base junk chance	?  56.0% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 56.0% 1 34 55.5 2 49 54.4 3 64 53.2 4 69 52.1 5 78 51.0 6 83 49.3 7 91 48.2 8 95 46.5 9 105 44.9
Common materials
Cover parts	35/100
Base parts	30/100
Deflecting parts	30/100
Rare materials
Strong components	3/100
Protective components	2/100

Transcript

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Graphical updates

Inventory

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  Adamantite Kite shield after 4 January 2001 (update)

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  Adamant kiteshield after 29 March 2004 (update)

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  Adamant kiteshield after 5 May 2004 (update)

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  Adamant kiteshield after 6 March 2012 (update)

Detailed

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  Adamant kiteshield after 29 March 2004 (update)

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  Adamant kiteshield after 5 May 2004 (update)

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  Adamant kiteshield after 1 July 2008 (update)

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  Adamant kiteshield after 6 March 2012 (update)

Equipped

• 

  Adamantite Kite shield after 4 January 2001 (update)

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  Adamant kiteshield after 5 May 2004 (update)

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  Adamant kiteshield after 5 May 2004 (update)

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  Adamant kiteshield after 1 July 2008 (update)

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  Adamant kiteshield after 6 March 2012 (update)

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included – see here for how to help out!

• update 3 February 2020 (Update):
  • Adjusted disassembly to give 4 materials per bar used in creating the item from scratch.

• patch 4 March 2013 (Update):
  • The adamant kiteshield and boots from the Mage Training Arena have been graphically updated.

• update 4 January 2001 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Before the Evolution of Combat, adamant kiteshields had a Defence requirement of 30.
• In the alchemist's playground in the Mage Training Arena, the adamant kiteshield has the old graphics.