Shields | Salt and Sanctuary Wiki

Shields in Salt and Sanctuary are typically carried by trained swordsmen skilled in agile fighting . All players can use Class 0 Shields but you must put points into the Shields Skill in order to be able to use their higher Classed counterparts. The values listed in the tables below represent the percentage of damage blocked when blocking an attack with said shield. Please keep in mind that some Bosses can damage through shields that are 100 percent mitigation of a certain type, so 100 percent does not guarantee zero damage received.

With a Shield, you may block damage by pressing and holding the blocking button, reducing incoming damage by a percentage as shown in the shield stats, and it costs some stamina and be pushed back a little. You can hold the blocking button even when jumping and rolling, providing extra safe time, even though the blocking may not successful.

Stamina is depleted according to type of shield, its Stagger Reduction value and enemy damage and poise damage, for each attack. If Stamina is depleted, the character will still block the last attack and will be staggered for a 2 seconds animation, defenseless and open to enemy attacks.

You may not use a shield in primary hand, just in the second hand/shield slot, so it cannot be used with wands, guns and torches.

Pressing the Light Attack button while blocking performs a Parry. Time it correctly to negate many enemy attacks completely and often open the enemy up to a finisher move (you will be able to press the Use Object button to do it). Tower shields do a Bash instead of a Parry, damaging enemies and staggering those that have a shield raised. You can use your weapon Heavy attack while blocking with any weapon, like with a spear, resulting in a slow but effective fight style.

Shields gain a multiplier of the player's poise as stamina cost reduction. A player with 40 poise will grant a shield an addition 50% stamina cost reduction, applying only to the remaining stamina damage taken. A shield with 50% stamina reduction would grant 75% when wearing 40 poise. This also applies when blocking with a weapon.

There are four types of shield in game:

• Buckler, few shields are in this category. They tend to be light weight. They have highest stamina costs to use of any shield types. Intended for parrying as it has the highest parry window of 0.3 seconds.
• Heater, this is the second largest category of shields with balanced stats. Parry window is 0.2 seconds.
• Kite, a small amount of shields falls in this category with balanced stats. Parry window is 0.2 seconds.
• Tower, these shields are usually quite heavy and offer great protection. Cannot parry, but does a shield slam attack, damaging enemies based on your Strength and staggering enemies that are blocking.
• No shield, grants 50% stamina reduction and 50% damage reduction to when blocking with any weapon. Parry window is 0.2 seconds.

Shields in Salt and Sanctuary

Name & Icon	Stagger Reduction	Shield Type	Strk	Slsh	Fir	Lit	Psn	Holy	Arc	Wgt	Special	Class
Wooden Targe	49	Buckler	100	85	25	74	33	30	41	4		0
Buckler	51	Buckler	92	85	52	45	50	43	42	5		0
Heater Shield	52	Heater	90	95	53	57	65	53	60	9		0
Escutcheon	65	Heater	86	100	50	53	40	45	53	10		0
Palatine Kite Shield	50	Kite	100	85	53	40	45	50	90	8		0
Cleric's Kite Shield	54	Kite	82	92	20	48	51	82	83	8		0
Teuthis Shield	72	Heater	100	100	39	45	25	41	30	10		1
Raider's Targe	69	Heater	99	64	76	75	57	80	73	14		1
Vinemesh Peltarion	56	Heater	89	71	21	31	95	30	35	4.5	HP Regen	1
Sunset Kite Shield	58	Kite	90	90	41	100	39	42	41	10		1
Gangplank Mantlet	93	Tower	98	81	52	79	75	59	63	22		1
Askarian Scutum	71	Tower	100	71	44	75	74	52	48	12		1
Silver Shield	52	Buckler	90	95	46	-38	47	100	100	10		2
Phoenix Rondache	63	Heater	70	71	100	71	58	64	43	10		2
Bloodbrow Scutum	60	Heater	84	81	38	95	38	36	43	8	Reflect	2
Mirror Shield	55	Heater	60	85	59	95	44	49	56	7	Reflect	2
Kraekan Greatshield	73	Tower	100	99	76	76	62	45	85	18		2
Boeotian Greatshield	94	Tower	68	100	82	75	50	64	77	22		2
Flayer's Rack	92	Tower	87	87	100	80	81	60	83	26		2
Pendragon Targe	65	Kite	98	78	88	62	100	50	51	15		3
Type 46 Tower Shield	95	Tower	99	94	93	70	73	78	82	28		3
Carapace Pavise	87	Tower	86	85	31	79	80	50	59	16		3
Umbral Aegis	74	Heater	90	94	46	42	36	95	95	16		4
Oppressor's Greatshield	91	Tower	98	100	78	69	64	77	79	24		4
Ashen Effigy	87	Tower	96	95	87	80	79	100	100	32	Thorns	4
Iron Rampart	90	Tower	100	100	97	97	99	98	97	36		4
Pruina Scutum	79	Tower	97	94	46	68	40	95	97	20		4
Tainted Greatshield	93	Tower	100	100	84	80	50	95	75	30	Tainted	5