If you’re playing Kingdom Come Deliverance, you don’t just need a good sword and armor but also a good shield. These shields provide a certain level of Defense and Durability, all while requiring Strength.
These help you block enemy attacks. The better your shield, the better the chances are to block the incoming attack and further instigate a counterattack. This guide will help you gather the five best shields in Kingdom Come Deliverance.
5. Black Shield
This unique shield is found on many high-level armored bandits (in random encounters) in Kingdom Come Deliverence. Another way to acquire it is by defeating Black Peter. However, it is less durable than Cuman Shield and Lords of Leipa Shield.
This shield has a defense rating of 98, durability of 38, and is heavyweight with 11 charisma points. What makes this shield unique is its dark and uniform appearance. Lastly, there are two variants.
4. Heavy Shield
The Heavy Shield has a defense rating of 133 and durability of 73. Despite the good defense rating, it is comparatively heavier and requires a minimum strength of 4 to equip.
This shield is worthy of being on the list because it can easily be found in different chests and looted from guards. This shield comes in five variants:
- Crest Variant: This variant is found from most Armorsmiths throughout the game. Looting from the guards and bandits will also yield you this variant.
- Blazing Heart Variant: You can get this unique variant only by killing Wolflin of Kamberg during the quest of Robber Baron.
- Boar-faced Variant: This is a very rare variant, and if you are lucky, you might find it on bandits.
- Golden Hand Variant: If you are lucky, you might get your hands on this variant by looting from high-level bandits.
- Blank Variant: It is a very common variant found on bandits.
3. Wooden Cuman Shield
This is another rare shield that can only be obtained from the Cumans. The wooden cuman shield shares similar stats to Shield Decorated, with a defense rating of 115 and a durability rating of 55.
This small rounded shield can be found on corpses of various cumans. The shield has three variants:
- Green variant
- Yellow variant
- Red variant
2. Shield Decorated
The Shield Decorated has a decorated front, making it a lordly accessory. It has a defense rating of 115 and a durability rating of 55.
The shield can be purchased from any store at any point in the game for 222 Groschen. The Shield Decorated has a charisma boost of 14 and is extremely lightweight, making it easier to carry. This shield comes in two variants.
1. Bouche Shield
Finally, we come to the best shield in KCD, the Bouche Shield, owing to its excellent defense rating of 150, durability rating of 90, and lightweight. You can use this shield with short weapons.
This shield can be purchased from the Rattay Armor for 835 Groschen and found in a chest near the end of the game. Once you get the weapon, you will also get a charisma boost 20. It has three variants with similar attributes:
- Crest Variant: It is found on high-level bandits with heavy armor.
- 3-Bull Variant: It is also found on high-level bandits with heavy armor.
- Lords of Leipa Variant: It can be found on fallen soldiers during “An Oath is an Oath” while you are moving through the caste.
