Shade

Stronghold of SecurityCatacombs of Kourend
Shade
Level required	40
Prayer XP	34 xp
Type	Spectral creature
Required tool	Ectoplasmator

Stronghold of SecurityCatacombs of Kourend
Shade
Released	29 March 2004 (Update)
Members	No
Combat level	159
Size	1x1
Examine	The angry dead.
Combat info
Attribute	Undead, Spectral
XP bonus	-97.5%
Max hit	14
Aggressive	No
Poisonous	No
Attack style	Crush
Attack speed
Respawn time	50 ticks (30 seconds)
Slayer info
Slayer level	None
Slayer XP	4.2 xp
Category	Shades
Assigned by
Combat stats
Aggressive stats
Defensive stats
Immunities
Poison	Not immune
Venom	Not immune
Cannons	Not immune
Thralls	Not immune
Advanced data
Monster ID	6740

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Shades are monsters that reside on the fourth level of the Stronghold of Security (the Sepulchre of Death) and in the Catacombs of Kourend. The shades in the Stronghold of Security are found next to the ladder leading to the fourth floor, while the ones in the Catacombs of Kourend are found in the northernmost area of Reeking Cove, south from the steel dragons. Be aware that any experience gained while fighting the shades in the Stronghold of Security is drastically reduced, including Slayer experience (however, this does not affect the Prayer experience granted by the ectoplasmator).

Shades are undead and thus affected by the Salve amulet and Crumble Undead. They are also vulnerable to the Gadderhammer.

Note: For the "Shades" Slayer task, players may instead kill Loar Shades in Mort'ton, which only have Combat level 40.

History[edit | edit source]

Before the random event update in 2014, the shade used to appear randomly when burying bones. On appearance, it would say "Leave this place!". As with similar guardian random events, the shade's combat level and stats scaled with the player's combat level, as well as only being attackable by the targeted player.

The shade was somewhat rare, as members rarely buried bones in high enough quantities to activate this random event. Also, Prayer had two other random events that could occur while training it: zombie and Leo the Gravedigger. Shades would not appear if training Prayer via the Ectofuntus or a POH altar.

Locations[edit | edit source]

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
Sepulchre of Death in Stronghold of Security	159		4	Maplink
Catacombs of Kourend	140		11	Maplink

Prayer info[edit | edit source]

Drops[edit | edit source]

The following drop rates are provided by Jagex, unless otherwise specified.

Shade robes[edit | edit source]

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Shade robe top_(m)	1	32/128^[1]	678	24
	Shade robe_(m)	1	32/128^[1]	543	18

Other[edit | edit source]

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Nothing	N/A	64/128	N/A	N/A

Catacombs tertiary[edit | edit source]

The following drops are only accessible while killing the Catacombs of Kourend variants.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Ancient shard_(m)	1	1/256	Not sold	122
Dark totem base_(m)	1	1/385	Not sold	123
Dark totem middle_(m)	1	1/385	Not sold	123
Dark totem top_(m)	1	1/385	Not sold	123

Changes[edit | edit source]

Date	Changes
6 January 2021 (update \| poll)	Shades were made into spectral creatures.
29 March 2004 (update)	The NPC was permanently added with the launch of RuneScape 2.
2 February 2004 (update)	The NPC was added to the RuneScape 2 Beta.

References[edit | edit source]

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 15 June 2016. (Archived from the original on 28 May 2020.) Mod Ash: "Do the lvl 159 Shades in the Stronghold of Security drop the Shade Robes in F2P? No."

[Shade_robes_members_tweet-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 15 June 2016. (Archived from the original on 28 May 2020.) Mod Ash: "Do the lvl 159 Shades in the Stronghold of Security drop the Shade Robes in F2P? No."

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Shade

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History[edit | edit source]

Locations[edit | edit source]

Prayer info[edit | edit source]