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Bone staff



Released							24 January 2024 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
League region							Misthalin✓

Properties

Tradeable							No
Equipable							Yes
Stackable							No
Noteable							No
Options							Wield, Check, Uncharge, Drop
Worn options							Check
Examine							It's a slightly magical stick intertwined with Scurrius' spine.

Values

Value							1 coin
Alchemy							Not alchemisable
Weight							2.267 kg

Advanced data

Item ID							28796
Link							MOID

The bone staff is a powered staff requiring level 50 Magic to wield. It is made by combining a battlestaff with Scurrius' spine alongside 1,000 chaos runes, requiring a chisel and level 35 Crafting to do so; players without the required level can alternatively pay Historian Aldo 50,000 coins to create it on their behalf. The chaos runes are not consumed but are used to give the bone staff an initial 1,000 charges.

In order to use the staff's magic spell, it must be charged with chaos runes, holding up to 20,000 charges when fully charged. Each cast requires one chaos rune, costing 106 coins. Uncharging the staff returns all remaining runes back. Additionally, unlike other powered staves, the bone staff's built-in spell gives 35 base Magic experience on a successful hit.

As a rat bone weapon, it is effective against all types of rats by adding 10 damage to the player's maximum hit.^[1] The staff cannot be used against any other type of monster (including manual cast spells); doing so will yield the game message You can only use this weapon against rats. Additionally, this weapon has no attack cooldown when attacking the giant rats that Scurrius summons.

A player using the bone staff's built in spell.

Combat stats


Attack bonuses

+0	+0	+0	+14	+0

Defence bonuses


+0	+0	+0	+0	+0

Other bonuses				Slot


+0	+0	+0%	+0	List

	Attack type	Weapon style	Attack speed	Range	Level boost
Accurate	Magic	Accurate	4 ticks (2.4s)	8 tiles	+3 Magic
Accurate	Magic	Accurate		8 tiles	+3 Magic
Longrange	Magic	Longrange		10 tiles	+1 Magic, +3 Defence

Creation

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Crafting	35 ^(b)	300
Members	Ticks	0 (0s)
Tools	Facilities	None

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Battlestaff	1	7,180
	Chaos rune	1,000	106,000
	Scurrius' spine	1	N/A
Total cost			113,180
	Bone staff	1	N/A

Requirements
Members		Ticks	0 (0s)
Tools	None	Facilities	Historian Aldo

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Battlestaff	1	7,180
	Chaos rune	1,000	106,000
	Scurrius' spine	1	N/A
	Coins	50,000	50,000
Total cost			163,180
	Bone staff	1	N/A

Maximum hit

The maximum hit dealt by the staff is dependent on the player's current visible Magic level; the formula is as follows:

Calculator

module = Magic damage calculator form=MagicDamageCalc result=MagicDamageResults name = param = spell|Spell|Bone staff|hidden|Bone staff param = magicStrength|Visible % Magic strength|0|number|-80-100 param = specialModifier|Special modifiers|None|select|None,Slayer helmet (i),Salve amulet (i),Salve amulet (ei),Amulet of avarice (Revenants)|Amulet of avarice (Revenants)=haveForinthrySurge param = haveForinthrySurge|Have Forinthry Surge|false|check|||Forinthry Surge is a buff acquired by defeating the Revenant maledictus while wearing an Amulet of avarice autosubmit = disabled

Please input the data and submit the form.

Maximum hit
Level	Base max hit	Prayer used
Level	Base max hit	None
50	21	21	21	21	21	21
51-53	22	22	22	22	22	22
54-56	23	23	23	23	23	23
57-59	24	24	24	24	24	24
60-62	25	25	25	25	25	26
63-65	26	26	26	26	26	27
66-68	27	27	27	27	27	28
69-71	28	28	28	28	28	29
72-74	29	29	29	29	29	30
75-77	30	30	30	30	30	31
78-80	31	31	31	31	31	32
81-83	32	32	32	32	32	33
84-86	33	33	33	33	33	34
87-89	34	34	34	34	35	35
90-92	35	35	35	35	36	36
93-95	36	36	36	36	37	37
96-98	37	37	37	37	38	38
99-101	38	38	38	38	39	39
102-104	39	39	39	39	40	40
105-107	40	40	40	40	41	41
108-110	41	41	41	41	42	42
111-112	42	42	42	42	43	43

Used in recommended equipment

Rank	Method
1	Scurrius/Strategies (Magic (mid level))
1	Scurrius/Strategies (Magic (high level))

Gallery

Concept art for the bone weapons, by Mod Jerv.
The inspiration behind the rat bone weapons, originating from a player suggestion.

Changes

Date	Changes
31 January 2024 (Update)	An "Uncharge" option was added to the item. The weapon can now be used against dummies within a player-owned house.
24 January 2024	Hotfix The bone staff no longer gives experience when splashing, as players were able to splash on the giant rats summoned by Scurrius for incredibly fast experience rates due to the lack of attack cooldown.

Trivia

The rat bone weapons were based on a suggestion by a user named N1nja_P1g, and was credited by Mod Jerv for the suggestion that inspired the in-game designs.^[2]

References

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 5 February 2024. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024. Mod Ash: "Looks like a static +10 in the code, from what I can see."
^ Jagex. Mod Jerv's Twitter account. 24 January 2024. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Mod Jerv: "I would like to shout out @N1nja_P1g for the awesome player suggestions that helped inspire the final designs. Especially the addition of stinky cheese and the mace!"

v t e Scurrius
Monsters	Scurrius Giant rat
Unique drops	Scurrius' spine Scurry
Equipment	Bone mace Bone shortbow Bone staff
Other	Strategies Big rat Broken bars Food Pile Historian Aldo Antique lamp Oh Rats!

Magic weapons

Staves

	Staff ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Magic ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Bob the Cat ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Iban's ^(u) ^(o) ^(uo) ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ White ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Slayer's ^(e) ⁽⁺¹²⁾ Twinflame ⁽⁺¹²⁾ Ancient ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Bryophyta's ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Toktz-mej-tal ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Thammaron's (a) ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Ahrim's ^(echo) ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Nightmare ⁽⁺¹⁶⁾ Zuriel's ⁽⁺¹⁸⁾ Accursed (a) ⁽⁺²²⁾ Purging ⁽⁺³⁷⁾
Elemental staves	Air ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Water ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Earth ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Fire ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
God staves	Guthix ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Saradomin ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Zamorak ⁽⁺⁶⁾

Battlestaves

Battlestaff ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Air ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Water ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Earth ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Fire ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Lava ^(or) ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Mud ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Steam ^(or) ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Smoke ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Mist ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Dust ⁽⁺¹²⁾

Mystic staves

Air ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Water ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Earth ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Fire ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Lava ^(or) ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Mud ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Steam ^(or) ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Smoke ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Mist ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Dust ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾

Powered staves

	Starter staff ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Warped sceptre ⁽⁺¹²⁾ Bone staff ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾ Thammaron's sceptre ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Trident of the seas ^(e) ^(o) ^(eo) ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Accursed sceptre ⁽⁺²²⁾ Trident of the swamp ^(e) ^(o) ^(eo) ⁽⁺²⁵⁾ Sanguinesti staff ^(holy) ⁽⁺²⁵⁾ Dawnbringer ⁽⁺²⁵⁾ Eye of ayak ⁽⁺³⁰⁾ Tumeken's shadow ⁽⁺³⁵⁾
The Gauntlet	Crystal staff (basic) ⁽⁺⁸⁴⁾ Crystal staff (attuned) ⁽⁺¹²⁸⁾ Crystal staff (perfected) ⁽⁺¹⁸⁴⁾

Bladed staves

Staff of the dead ⁽⁺¹⁷⁾
Staff of light ⁽⁺¹⁷⁾
Staff of balance ⁽⁺¹⁷⁾
Toxic staff of the dead ⁽⁺²⁵⁾
Blue moon ⁽⁺³⁰⁾

Wands

Beginner ⁽⁺⁵⁾
Apprentice ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Teacher ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾
Dragon hunter ⁽⁺¹⁶⁾
Master ⁽⁺²⁰⁾
3rd age ⁽⁺²⁰⁾
Kodai ⁽⁺²⁸⁾

Croziers

Ancient ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Armadyl ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Bandos ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Guthix ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Saradomin ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Zamorak ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾

Other

Cursed goblin staff ⁽⁺⁰⁾
Salamanders ⁽⁺⁰⁾
Rod of ivandis ⁽⁺⁴⁾
Ivandis flail ⁽⁺⁸⁾
Blisterwood flail ⁽⁺⁸⁾
Void knight mace ⁽⁺⁸⁾
Dramen ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Skull sceptre ⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Lunar ⁽⁺¹³⁾
Ancient sceptre _{(smoke) (shadow) (blood) (ice)} ⁽⁺²⁰⁾

Attribute affinities

Demonbane

Weapons	Silverlight Darklight Arclight Emberlight Burning claws Scorching bow Purging staff Holy water
Spells	Inferior Demonbane Superior Demonbane Dark Demonbane

Dragonbane

Ratbane

Golembane

Vampyre (silver equipment)

Weapons	Wolfbane Silverlight Darklight Arclight Emberlight Rod of ivandis Ivandis flail Blisterwood flail Hallowed flail Sunspear Blisterwood stake
Other	Blessed axe Efaritay's aid Silver bolts Silver sickle Emerald sickle (b) ^(e) Ruby sickle (b) ^(e) Diamond sickle (b) ^(e) Blisterwood sickle ^(e)

Leafbane

Kalphite/Scabarites

Undead

Other

Source site	Old School RuneScape Wiki
Canonical source	Bone staff
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