Shield

Shield is the off-hand equipment piece, worn opposite a 1-handed weapon in a slot of its own. Weapon defense is the stat every shield outside the Cash Shop carries, running from 20 on the weakest to 192 on the strongest, and those same shields all have 7 upgrade slots. The two magician shields are the only ones that add magic defense, and the level 40, 60 and 70 warrior sets each pair a Max HP variant against a Max MP variant. No shield adds weapon attack or magic attack, so a shield is a defensive choice rather than a damage one.

A shield and a 2-handed weapon compete for the same slot, so the two can never be worn together. The wider choice between a 1-handed weapon with a shield and a 2-handed weapon without one is covered on Weapon.

What a shield does

Adds weapon defense. Within the warrior line the value rises with the shield's required level, from 70 on the level 10 Wooden Buckler to 192 on the level 70 Silver Ancient Shield and Gold Ancient Shield.
Blocks some attacks outright. The in-game description on every shield outside the Cash Shop reads "Gives a chance to block enemy attacks entirely."
Occupies the shield slot. Only a 1-handed weapon leaves that slot free. Every bow and crossbow fills it with the weapon itself, so those two weapon types rule a shield out completely.
Takes 7 upgrade slots. Every shield outside the Cash Shop has the same 7 slots, whatever its level, and the scrolls made for the shield slot raise weapon defense, magic defense or accuracy.

Used by

Warrior has by far the widest choice, with 16 of the game's shields restricted to the branch, running from the level 10 Wooden Buckler up to the level 70 Ancient shields. Magician has two, Mystic Shield at level 22 and Esther Shield at level 35, and they are the only shields in the game with magic defense; since every wand and staff is 1-handed, a magician can always keep the slot free for one. Thief has three wristguards, all at level 22 and all giving the same 54 weapon defense: Seclusion Wristguard, Nimble Wristguard and Jurgen Wristguard, worn alongside a dagger.

No shield is made for Bowman, and every bow and crossbow occupies the shield slot on its own, so a bowman holding a bow or crossbow has no off-hand slot to fill. Three shields carry no class restriction at all: Stolen Fence at level 5, Pan Lid at level 10, and the Cash Shop Transparent Shield, whose description says it makes the shield underneath it invisible while keeping all of its stats. The Transparent Shield is the only shield with no level requirement, no defense and no upgrade slots.

Beginner characters can equip Stolen Fence and Pan Lid without restriction.

Shield families

The warrior line runs unbroken from level 10 to level 70. Its lower half is made up of individual shields: the bucklers, Wooden Buckler at level 10 and Mithril Buckler at level 20, then Steel Shield at 15, Red Triangular Shield at 25, Red Cross Shield at 30, Battle Shield at 35 and Skull Shield at 50. Three levels instead have a named set of three: the Tower shields at 40, the Legend shields at 60 and the Ancient shields at 70.

Each of those sets is built the same way. One member has the lowest weapon defense of the three, while the other two share a weapon defense two points higher, one adding Max MP and the other adding Max HP:

Tower shields, level 40. Steel Tower Shield gives 130 weapon defense, Mithril Tower Shield gives 132 and 20 Max MP, and Adamantium Tower Shield gives 132 and 20 Max HP.
Legend shields, level 60. Wooden Legend Shield gives 170 weapon defense, Silver Legend Shield gives 172 and 30 Max MP, and Adamantium Legend Shield gives 172 and 30 Max HP.
Ancient shields, level 70. Steel Ancient Shield gives 190 weapon defense, Silver Ancient Shield gives 192 and 35 Max MP, and Gold Ancient Shield gives 192 and 35 Max HP.

Within a set the three members share the same required level, the same STR and DEX requirements and the same sell price, so the second stat and those two points of defense are all that separates them. Across the warrior line the requirements follow a fixed curve: required STR is twice the required level minus 10, from 10 STR at level 10 up to 130 STR at level 70, and from level 20 upward required DEX is half that STR figure minus 5. The two warrior shields below level 20 ask for no DEX at all.

List of shields

Every shield tracked on the wiki, sorted by required level ascending, then by name. Click any column header to re-sort. The Cash Shop Transparent Shield carries no level requirement and is not in this table.

Lv	Item	Job	WDEF	MDEF	DEX	HP	MP	Slots
5	Stolen Fence		40					7
10	Pan Lid		44					7
10	Wooden Buckler	Warrior	70					7
15	Steel Shield	Warrior	80					7
20	Mithril Buckler	Warrior	90					7
22	Jurgen Wristguard	Thief	54		1			7
22	Mystic Shield	Magician	20	42				7
22	Nimble Wristguard	Thief	54					7
22	Seclusion Wristguard	Thief	54					7
25	Red Triangular Shield	Warrior	100					7
30	Red Cross Shield	Warrior	110					7
35	Battle Shield	Warrior	120					7
35	Esther Shield	Magician	28	55				7
40	Adamantium Tower Shield	Warrior	132			20		7
40	Mithril Tower Shield	Warrior	132				20	7
40	Steel Tower Shield	Warrior	130					7
50	Skull Shield	Warrior	150					7
60	Adamantium Legend Shield	Warrior	172			30		7
60	Silver Legend Shield	Warrior	172				30	7
60	Wooden Legend Shield	Warrior	170					7
70	Gold Ancient Shield	Warrior	192			35		7
70	Silver Ancient Shield	Warrior	192				35	7
70	Steel Ancient Shield	Warrior	190					7

Shield

Contents

What a shield does

Used by

Shield families

List of shields

See also