Redwood shield

A solid redwood shield. Redwood shield is a members-only piece of armour in Old School RuneScape, worn for defensive bonuses during combat and bossing.

Players equip Redwood shield for tanking in PvM and defence-focused PvP builds. Price trends often follow combat balance updates and new boss releases.

Armour demand fluctuates with combat meta shifts, so tracking update announcements can give you an edge on price movements. With a tight spread, instant buy-and-sell is a viable approach for Redwood shield. Undercutting the instant buy by a small amount (1 GP to a few hundred GP) is usually enough to get priority in the queue.

Redwood shield sells for a mere 681 gp on the Grand Exchange, so profit here comes from flipping in bulk rather than large per-item margins.

Redwood shield currently has a positive margin of 21 gp after the GE tax, resulting in an ROI of 3.1%. Redwood shield scores 10/10 on our flip rating scale, reflecting an excellent combination of margin, volume, and fill speed.

Redwood shield maintains moderate GE activity with 1,914 trades — expect fills within 5-15 minutes on average. With a buy limit of 18,000 every 4 hours, you can trade in large quantities per session. At the current margin, flipping the full buy limit yields up to 378,000 gp profit every 4 hours.

Price has been stable over the last hour (0.1% change), which generally makes for more predictable fills.

Redwood shield has a high alchemy value of 768 gp, but at the current buy price it is not profitable to alch.

Armour prices shift with combat meta changes. The Item Sets Calculator compares set box versus individual piece pricing, and the High Alch Calculator shows the alchemy value floor for armour pieces.

Use the flip calculator above to estimate your profit based on quantity. Set a price alert to get notified when the margin changes, or add this item to your watchlist for quick access.