Iron Legguards

Iron Legguards
Category	Armor
Effect	+5 shield, 1,000 durability
Cost / Recipe
How to get	Forged at Frostmere or Dunes West

Iron Legguards is a mid-tier armor piece that protects your legs and adds to your shield pool. It is the third piece in the Iron armor set and requires Combat 15 to equip.

All armor is crafted at the smithy through Smithing and uses ingots plus desert materials from Emberstone.

How to get

Forge at Grimjaw's anvil in Frostmere or Harun the Forgewright's forge in Dunes West.

Requirement	Details
Smithing level	18
Combat to wear	15
Ingredients	3 Iron Ingot + 14 Molten Rock + 2 Brute Horn
Crafting time	~25 seconds (roughly 60-second cooldown between smiths)
Durability	1,000 uses

Stats

Stat	Value
Shield bonus	+5
Durability per hit	1 point per hit taken
Repair cost	~60% of forge ingot cost, scaled by durability loss (minimum 1 ingot)

Shield System

Iron Legguards adds +5 to your shield pool. Shield is now a points pool (not discrete charges):

• **Base shield:** 100 points (with no armor)
• **Full iron set:** 120 points (+20 from 4 pieces)
• **Full silver set:** 140 points (+40 from 4 pieces)

Shield absorbs damage before your HP is touched and does not regenerate on its own. Restore it with Shield Potions.

Armor Set

Iron Legguards is one of four armor slots in the iron tier:

Piece	Smithing req	Shield bonus	Cost
Iron Helmet	14	+5	2 iron ingot + 12 molten rock + 2 brute horn
Iron Body Armor	20	+5	4 iron ingot + 16 molten rock + 2 brute horn
Iron Legguards	18	+5	3 iron ingot + 14 molten rock + 2 brute horn
Iron Boots	16	+5	1 iron ingot + 10 molten rock + 2 brute horn

Wearing multiple pieces adds their shield bonuses. A full iron set (all 4 pieces) gives +20 shield total.

Durability & Repair

Iron Legguards has 1,000 durability. Every hit you take (while wearing it) costs 1 durability point. A full iron set (4 pieces) wears 4 times as fast in wall-clock terms since all pieces lose durability simultaneously.

Repair at any smithy:

• **Repair cost:** ~60% of forge ingot cost, scaled to durability lost (minimum 1 ingot per repair)
• **Example:** At 50% durability loss, repair costs ~2 iron ingots

Trading & Marketplace

Iron Legguards can only be sold or traded when **undamaged** (100% durability):

• Damaged pieces cannot be listed on the marketplace
• Damaged pieces cannot be player-traded
• Repair first at any blacksmith (Grimjaw or Harun), then it lists as new
• Undamaged pieces are valuable and fully tradeable

Armor Tiers

Iron is the first armor tier. Silver is higher:

Tier	Pieces	Shield per piece	Combat req	Smithing req (legs)
Iron	Head, body, legs, feet	+5	15	18
Silver	Head, body, legs, feet	+10	25	26

Silver armor gives double the shield bonus but requires higher progression.

Crafting Materials

Material	Amount	Source
Iron Ingot	3	Smelt 60 Iron Ore + 60 Coal at any furnace
Molten Rock	14	Fish at Emberstone lava pits (common drop)
Brute Horn	2	Kill Magma Brute at Emberstone (1 in 5 drop rate)

Iron Legguards is the second-most expensive piece to craft in the Iron set, requiring 3 ingots and significant Molten Rock.

Combat Considerations

Scenario	Details
Shield absorption	Takes hits before your HP is touched
Heat immunity	Does NOT protect from The Dunes heat (bypasses shield)
Stun resistance	Armor alone does not reduce stun duration
Durability drain	Full set (4 pieces) drains durability 4× faster than individual pieces

Related pages

Page	Why it matters
Armor	Armor system overview.
Kaziir the Armoursmith	NPC who explains armor (lore only — all forging at smithy).
Iron Helmet, Iron Body Armor, Iron Boots	Other iron armor pieces.
Silver Legguards	Higher-tier leg armor.
Smithing	Skill used to craft armor.
Shield Potion	Restores shield points.
Iron Ingot	Primary crafting material.
Molten Rock	Secondary material from Emberstone fishing.
Brute Horn	Tertiary material from Magma Brutes.
Combat	Skill that gates armor wearing.
Frostmere	Smithing location.
Dunes West	Second smithing location.