Medium Shields - Elden Ring Database

Albinauric Shield is a Medium Shield that scales with Strength.

• The Albinauric Shield can be looted from Albinaurics wielding this shield. There are a few on top of the church northwest of the Academy Gate Town Site of Grace.

• Shield Skill: Parry
• Can be infused with Ashes of War or buffed with Magic and Consumables

The Banished Knight’s Shield is a Medium Shield that scales with Strength.

• The Banished Knight’s Shield Shield can be looted from a Banished Knight wielding one of these shields.

• Shield Skill: This armament has no skill.
• Can be infused with Ashes of War.

The Beast Crest Heater Shield is a Medium Shield that scales with Strength.

The Beast Crest Heater Shield Shield is located in a chest at a camp west of the Saintsbridge Site of Grace in eastern Stormhill. It is defended by Foot Soldiers, Godrick Soldiers and a Godrick Knight.

• Shield Skill: Parry.
• Can be infused with Ashes of War and buffed with Magic and Consumables.

Beastman’s Jar-Shield is a Medium Shield that scales with Strength.

• The Beastman’s Jar-Shield has a chance to drop from Azula Beastman that carry this shield.
• One beastman with this shield can be found in the room just next to the Crumbling Beast Grave Depths in Crumbling Farum Azula.

• Shield Skill: No Skill
• Can be infused with Ashes of War and buffed with Magic and Consumables.
• Base drop rate is 2% (at 100 Discovery)

The Black Leather Shield is a Medium Shield that scales with Strength.

• Can be purchased from the Pidia Carian Severnt at Caria Manor in Liurnia of the Lakes for 2,500 Runes.

• Shield Skill: This armament has no skill.
• This shield can be infused with Ashes of War.

The Black Leather Shield is a Medium Shield that scales with Strength.

• The Black Leather Shield Shield can be purchased from Pidia, Carian Servant at Caria Manor. Theyu are located on a balcony above the Manor Lower Level bonfire which is only accessible by dropping down the cliffside from the southwestern side of the Three Sisters region on the map.

• Shield Skill: This armament has no skill.
• This shield can be infused with Ashes of War

Blue-Gold Kite Shield is a Medium Shield that scales with Strength.

• The Blue-Gold Kite Shield Shield can be purchased from the Nomadic Merchant in East Limgrave for 1,000 Runes.

• Shield Skill: Parry
• Can be infused with Ashes of War and buffed with Magic and Consumables.

The Brass Shield is a Medium Shield that scales with Strength. Has the highest Guard Boost stat of all medium shields. When sufficiently upgraded it can surpass 65 Guard Boost, allowing it to reach 100 when combined with Barricade Shield and reducing blocking stamina costs to 0.

The Brass Shield Shield can be looted from:

• Godrick Soldiers
• Raya Lucaria Soldiers

• Shield Skill: No Skill
• Can be infused with Ashes of War and buffed with Magic and Consumables.

The Candletree Wooden Shield is a Medium Shield that scales with Strength.

• The Candletree Wooden Shield can be found in a chest at Sage’s Cave, behind an illusory wall with three other chests, guarded by skeletons. The skeletons will immediately charge at you once you break through the wall by hitting it, so you’ll need to be prepared to take on 3 - 6 of them at once.

• Shield Skill: Parry
• Can be infused with Ashes of War and buffed with Magic and Consumables.

The Carian Knight’s Shield is a Shield that scales with Strength, Intelligence and Dexterity.

• Looted from Moongrum, the Carian Knight at Raya Lucaria Academy after defeating the enemy.
• Moongrum, the Carian Knight at Raya Lucaria Academy can be defeated by luring him into the elevator shaft.

• Shield Skill: No Skill
• Can be infused with Ashes of War and buffed with Magic and Consumables.

Eclipse Crest Heater Shield is a Medium Shield that scales with Strength.

• The Eclipse Crest Heater Shield Shield can be found on a stone plinth attached to the cliffside southwest of the Tombsward Catacombs Site of Grace. It can be accessed by dropping down from the area above the Tombsward Catacombs.

• Shield Skill: None
• Can be infused with Ashes of War.

The Flame Crest Wooden Shield is a Medium Shield that scales with Strength.

• The Flame Crest Wooden Shield Shield can be found in Ailing Village in Weeping Peninsula. It is obtained from a body inside a shack on the north side of the village.

• Shield Skill: Parry
• Can be infused with Ashes of War and buffed with Magic and Consumables.

Great Turtle Shell is a Medium Shield that scales with Strength. It features a passive that boosts stamina recovery speed and features the unique skill: Barricade Shield. The Stamina recovery increases by 8%, even if two-handing a weapon in the other hand. This effect stacks with the effect of the Green Turtle Talisman and the Pickled Turtle Neck.

• The Great Turtle Shell Shield can be obtained in Weeping Peninsula. From the Castle Morne Rampart Site of Grace, head to the east to find a Spiritspring and use Torrent to jump from it to the roof a tower section of the ramparts. The shield can be found on a body at the top of this tower.

• Shield Skill: Barricade Shield
• Skill Description: Skill made famous by Sir Neidhardt. Focus your energy into the shield, temporarily hardening it to deflect greater blows.
• Can be infused with Ashes of War and buffed with Magic and Consumables.

The Hawk Crest Wooden Shield is a Medium Shield that scales with Strength.

• The Hawk Crest Wooden Shield can be found in a cellar near the Rampart Tower Site of Grace. It is most easily accessed from this site, but you might also come across it after defeating the Grafted Scion in the main hall. You’ll need a Stonesword Key to access the cellar.

Skill: Parry

Use this skill in time with a foe’s melee attack to deflect it and break that foe’s stance. This provides an opening to perform a critical hit.

The below gif shows where you can find the Hawk Crest Wooden Shield in the cellar. You’ll need to fight two mobs in here before you can access it in peace.

The Heater Shield is a Medium Shield that scales with Strength.

• The Heater Shield Shield is the Starting Equipment for the Vagabond Class
• It can also be bought from Twin Maiden Husks at the Roundtable Hold for 1,500 Runes.

• Shield Skill: Parry.
• Can be infused with Ashes of War and buffed with Magic and Consumables.

The Horse Crest Wooden Shield is a Medium Shield that scales with Strength.

• The Horse Crest Wooden Shield Shield is sold by Patches at Murkwater Cave.
• It can also be bought from Twin Maiden Husks at the Roundtable Hold after giving them Patches Bell Bearing.

• Shield Skill: No Skill
• Can be infused with Ashes of War and buffed with Magic and Consumables.

The Inverted Hawk Heater Shield is a Medium Shield that scales with Strength.

• The Inverted Hawk Heater Shield can be found in Siofra River. Southeast of Siofra River Bank Site of Grace, up a hill and past a number of enemies surrounding a body.

• Shield Skill: Parry
• Can be infused with Ashes of War

The Kite Shield is a Medium Shield that scales with Strength.

• The Kite Shield Shield can be bought from the Nomadic Merchant in Liurnia of the Lakes for 1,000 Runes.

• Shield Skill: No Skill
• Can be infused with Ashes of War and buffed with Magic and Consumables

Large Leather Shield is a Medium Shield that scales with Strength. The Large Leather Shield is one of most inexpensive Shields that let’s you Parry Enemies, making it well suited for new players.

• The Large Leather Shield Shield is Starting Equipment piece for the Hero Class.
• It can be bought from Merchant Kale for 600 Runes at the Church of Elleh in Limgrave.
• It can be bought from Twin Maiden Husks at the Roundtable Hold after giving them Kale’s Bell Bearing.

• Shield Skill: Parry
• Can be infused with Ashes of War and buffed with Magic and Consumables
• Large Leather Shield can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones.

The Marred Leather Shield is a Medium Shield that scales with Strength. It features a passive that causes bloodloss buildup (50).

• The Marred Leather Shield is likely to be one of the first items that you come across in Stormveil Castle, since it’s so close to the entrance. You can loot it from a corpse on the wooden steps leading up to the castle from the Stormveil Cliffside Site of Grace.

• The below gif shows where you can find the Marred Leather Shield, near the starting area of Stormveil Castle.

• Shield Skill: No Skill
• Can be infused with Ashes of War and buffed with Magic and Consumables.

Marred Wooden Shield is a Medium Shield that scales with Strength.

• The Marred Wooden Shield Shield can be found in Stormveil Castle.
• To find it from the Rampart Tower site of grace, head onto the walkway with explosive barrels and War Hawks. Drop down the edge onto a ledge below. Follow the ledge north and then hop down to the broken pillar to find the shield.

• Shield Skill: No skill.
• Can be infused with Ashes of War and buffed with Magic and Consumables.

The Red Crest Heater Shield is a Medium Shield that scales with Strength.

• The Red Crest Heater Shield can be found in Altus Plateau where it can be purchased from the Nomadic Merchant that sits near the Forest-Spanning Greatbridge Site of Grace for 2,500 runes.

• Shield Skill: Parry
• Can be infused with Ashes of War or buffed with Magic and Consumables

The Round Shield is a Medium Shield that scales with Strength.

• It can be purchased from the Nomadic Merchant at Castle Morne Rampart site of grace in Weeping Peninsula for 1,000 Runes.

• Shield Skill: Parry
• Can be infused with Ashes of War or buffed with Magic and Consumables

The Scorpion Kite Shield is a Medium Shield that scales with Strength.

• The Scorpion Kite Shield Shield is sold by Merchant by Forest-Spanning Great Bridge Site of Grace in Altus Plateau.

• Shield Skill: Parry
• Can be infused with Ashes of War or buffed with Magic and Consumables

Silver Mirrorshield is a Medium Shield that scales with Strength and Intelligence.

• The Silver Mirrorshield can be found in the northern area of Consecrated Grounds, inside the Apostate Derelict destroyed church.

• Shield Skill: No Skill
• Cannot be infused with Ashes of War.

Sun Realm Shield is a Medium Shield that scales with Strength.

• The Sun Realm Shield Shield is dropped by Sword & Shield wielding Skeletons. They can be found at the Hermit Merchant’s Shack in Altus Plateau, where a Sword & Shield skeleton will crawl out of the ground.
• Two Skeletons will also spawn on the road between Saintsbridge and Summonwater Village Outskirts Graces.

• Shield Skill: Parry
• Can be infused with Ashes of War or buffed with Magic and Consumables

The Twinbird Kite Shield is a Medium Shield that scales with Strength. When the wearer is at 20% of their max HP or less, they will gain a +5% attack and +10% defense boost. This effect stacks with Red-Feathered Branchsword and Blue-Feathered Branchsword. Attack and defense boost have the same behavior in PvE and PvP.

• The Twinbird Kite Shield is dropped by the Deathbird which spawns at night in Leyndell. it is located to the east of the Hermit Merchant’s Shack Site of Grace overlooking the Minor Erdtree near some skeletal snail enemies.

• Shield Skill: No Skill
• Can be infused with Ashes of War or buffed with Magic and Consumables