Shield of arrav (item)

Shield of arrav
Released							21 February 2024 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							Defender of Varrock
Properties
Tradeable							No
Equipable							No
Stackable							No
Noteable							No
Options							Destroy
Destroy							Captain Rovin in Varrock Palace should be able to give you another.
Examine							The legendary Shield of Arrav.
Values
Value							30 coins
Alchemy							Not alchemisable
Weight							3.628 kg
Advanced data
Item ID							28807
Link							MOID

The Shield of Arrav is an artefact that once belonged to Arrav, a legendary hero from the Fourth Age who defended Avarrocka from the necromancer Zemouregal, a Zamorakian Mahjarrat.

According to the The Legend of Arrav, the shield is remarkably strong and has the power to crumble undead to dust, which would be proven true when Zemouregal attempted a second invasion in the Fifth Age.

During the Fourth Age, Arrav had visited the Land of Dreams wherein he encountered Zemouregal, who threatened Arrav and his town of Avarrocka. In fright he consulted with the Elders of Avarrocka, who came to the conclusion that the encounter was a bad omen and Arrav could not remain in Avarrocka. It was at this time that the eldest of the elders who recounted a tale from his youth of a fabulous shield, a shield that did not belong to this world and whose whereabouts was unknown. Thus the elders concocted an impossible quest to find the shield and sent Arrav away.^[1]

Arrav had travelled far, eventually coming across the Imcando dwarves. The Imcando refused to give Arrav the shield at first,^[2] it wasn't until Avarrocka was seiged by the Mahjarrat when Arrav was forced to return to the Imcando to seek the shield that they agreed to give the shield to Arrav.^[3]

During his final battle with the undead minions of Zemouregal, Arrav realised that he would not be able to defeat Zemouregal. He threw the shield towards a burning building, in hope that someone else might use its powers, before succumbing to Zemouregal's attacks. The shield was picked up by the 16-year-old grandson of the eldest elder of Avarrocka, who then used it to defeat Zemouregal's zombies.^[4]

For 150 years, the Shield was the prized piece in the royal museum or Varrock, however in the year 143 of the Fifth Age the Phoenix Gang broke into the museum and stole the shield. The ruler at the time, King Roald II, placed a 1200 gold bounty for the return of the shield to no avail.^[5]

Sometime later, the members of the Phoenix Gang mutinied and branched off into a separate gang, the Black Arm Gang. During this process the shield was broken into two pieces, one piece remaining with the Phoenix Gang and the other with the Black Arm Gang.^[6]

During the Shield of Arrav quest, players must retrieve both halfs of the shield and return them to Varrock Museum.

The Legend of Arrav would be slightly twisted over the years, with most believing that it was Arrav who used the shield to defeat Zemouregal. However, this was not the case, as the player discovers through the Sacred Forge of the Imcando that it was the son of Avarrocka's founder who actually defeated the zombie army.

With Zemouregal's second invasion underway, the shield was taken away from the Varrock Museum and safekept by Captain Rovin, the head of the Varrock Palace guard. The player would then search for a person with the founder's bloodline, who turns out to be Dimintheis Fitzharmon, and swiftly ends the invasion with the shield's powers.

• When players acquire the shield and inspect the display case for it in the Varrock Museum, the display states "The Shield of Arrav has been temporarily removed for security reasons. So, if you are a hopeful marauding zombie, the museum exit is on the ground floor."
• This item replaced the restored shield, which was an identical, unobtainable version of the item that existed since the release of Old School RuneScape.

v t e Defender of Varrock
NPCs	Elias White Captain Rovin Ramarno Reldo King Roald Descendant candidates Aeonisig Raispher Sir Prysin Curator Haig Halen Romeo Horvik Dimintheis Antagonists Sharathteerk Zemouregal Arrav Armoured zombie (Zemouregal's Base) Armoured zombie (Defender of Varrock)
Items	Grubby key Bottle Bottle of mist Imbued barronite Shield of Arrav List of elders
Scenery	Zombie tracking Plant Tree stump Bush Rocks Wilderness Sign Trapdoor Zemouregal's base Ladder Balcony Red mist Gate Door Book Varrock castle Suit of armour Shield Statue of a king Sword cabinet Chair Broken chair Church pew Stool Desk
Music	Undead Army The Dream Theatre Zombie Invasion
Related	Quick guide Transcript Elias white Zemouregal's Base Varrock Census Sacred Forge

v t e Shield of Arrav
NPCs	Reldo Baraek Straven Jonny the Beard Charlie the Tramp Katrine Weaponsmaster King Roald
Items	Book Phoenix crossbow Broken shield Weapon store key Intel report Half certificate Certificate Unobtainable Phoenix Crossbow Phoenix hq key
Locations	Black Arm Gang Headquarters Phoenix Gang Hideout Varrock Museum
Organizations	Black Arm Gang Phoenix Gang
Related	Quick guide Transcript(historical) Arrav Shield of Arrav

v t e The Legend of Arrav
Characters	Reldo Arrav Zemouregal Elders of Avarrocka Imcando chief
Related	Avarrocka Varrock Imcando Shield of Arrav Lores and Histories