Buckler

Buckler (Normal)Defender (Exceptional)Heater (Elite)

Buckler

Item Level: 1

Defense: 4 to 6
Damage: 1 to 3
Durablity: 12 of 12
Required Strength: 12
Socketed (0 to 1)

A superior Buckler can spawn with +5% to +15% Enhanced Defense and/or Increase Maximum Durability 10% to 15%.

Unique and Set Bucklers

Pelta Lunata

Hsarus' Iron Fist

How to upgrade a Buckler

Transmute a Low Quality Buckler, an El Rune, and any Chipped Gem to create a Normal Quality Buckler.

How to add sockets to a Buckler

You can add sockets to a Buckler by giving the item to Larzuk as a quest reward. Larzuk will always add 1 sockets (if the iLevel is high enough), the maximum. You can also add sockets with the following horadric cube recipe. This recipes will not work for low or superior quality items.

Transmute a Buckler, a Tal Rune, an Amn Rune, and a Perfect Ruby to create a socketed Buckler.

This recipes will add between 1 and 1 sockets to the item. The game will roll a 6 sided dice, if it rolls higher than 1, the maximum amount of sockets is chosen.

Amount of sockets for a Buckler
Roll	Sockets	Odds
1	1 socket (max)	6 in 6 (100%)
2	1 socket (max)	6 in 6 (100%)
3	1 socket (max)	6 in 6 (100%)
4	1 socket (max)	6 in 6 (100%)
5	1 socket (max)	6 in 6 (100%)
6	1 socket (max)	6 in 6 (100%)

The maximum amount of sockets an item can roll with depends on the iLevel of the item. The iLevel is equal to the monster level (mLevel) the item dropped from, the mLevel is equal to the area level (aLevel). Champions will have an mLevel of aLevel+2, Uniques and their minions aLevel+3, and Super Uniques will have a predefined mLevel.

possible sockets for a Buckler
iLvl 0-25	iLvl 26-40	iLvl 41 and up
1	1	1

Vendors that sell Bucklers

Vendor	Min Stock	Max Stock	Max Magic Level
Charsi	1 Normal / 1 Magic	1 Normal / 1 Magic	3
Gheed	/	1 Normal / 1 Magic	1
Elzix	1 Normal /	1 Normal / 1 Magic	1

Runewords you can make in a Buckler


Runeword	Sockets	Bases	Runes	Level	Stats

Compared to other Shields

Table of base stats
Name	Minac	Maxac	Speed	Reqstr	Block	Durability	Level	Mindam	Maxdam	Max Sockets
Buckler	4	6	0	12	0	12	1	1	3	1
Small Shield	8	10	0	22	5	16	5	2	3	2
Large Shield	12	14	5	34	12	24	11	2	4	3
Kite Shield	16	18	0	47	8	30	15	2	5	3
Tower Shield	22	25	10	75	24	60	22	1	5	3
Gothic Shield	30	35	5	60	16	40	30	2	6	3
Bone Shield	10	30	0	25	20	40	19	3	6	2
Spiked Shield	15	25	0	30	10	40	11	5	9	2

Prefixes that can spawn on Shields

All Prefixes
Name	Property	Affix Level	Level Req	Item Types	Rarity	Group
Godly	+101 to 200% Enhanced Defense	45	38	Any Armor	Magic only	101
Godly	+101 to 200% Enhanced Defense	50	43	Any Armor	Magic and Rare	101
Holy	+81 to 100% Enhanced Defense	36	27	Any Armor	Magic and Rare	101

Suffixes that can spawn on Shields

All Suffixes
Name	Property	Affix Level	Level Req	Item Types	Rarity	Group
of Anima	Damage Reduced by 8 to 15	51	43	Armor, Any Shield, Circlet	Magic only	1
of Life	Damage Reduced by 4 to 7	41	33	Armor, Any Shield, Circlet	Magic and Rare	1
of Absorption	Damage Reduced by 3	32	24	Armor, Any Shield, Circlet	Magic and Rare	1