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🛡️ How To Level Shield Skills Guide

A beginner-friendly guide on leveling your shield skills: Block, Evasion, and Warding. by Alice

🛡️ Introduction

Shield skills let you block, evade, and ward attacks effectively.

Skill	What it Blocks
Block	Heavy damage (2-handed swords or Heavy Bows)
Evasion (Parry)	Quick attacks (1-handed swords or Quick Bows)
Warding	Spells (bosses, mages, elf scholars, staffs, wands)

🔰 How to Level Shields

Step 1: Activate Shield Leveling
Press the sword icon in your HUD (left side) → Set STANCE to Defence.

Step 2: Equip the Right Shield or Weapon
• Defence Skill → Block Shield or Heavy Damage Melee weapon
• Evasion Skill → Parry Shield or Bow
• Warding Skill → Warding Shield or Magic Weapon

💡 Do not forget to set stance to Defence Stance even with a weapon equipped.

Step 3: Attack Enemies
While your stance is Defence, attacking enemies levels your shield skill automatically.

🛡️ Shield Acquisition

First Block Shield — dropped by skeleton at the Wheat Fields Graveyard.
Next Block Shields — purchase directly at the Shield Stall.
Warding Shields — purchase directly at the Armour Stall & Shield Stall.
First Parry (Evasion) Shield — dropped by Highwayman at the Path at West mine.
Next Parry Shield — purchase directly at the Shield Stall..

⚔️ Shield Training Tips

Always keep Defence stance active while leveling shields.
The game remembers the last used stance after a relog or weapon switch.
Equip the correct shield for the type of damage you want to block — choose your enemy carefully.
Equip the correct weapon for the type of skill you want to train.
Evasion requires patience since the first shield is drop-only.