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Staves



Primary type							Crush
Secondary type							Magic

Attack speed

5 ticks (3.0 seconds)

Staves generally are Magic weapons that have the ability to autocast spells. Elemental staves are unlimited sources of certain runes depending on the element of the staff, and are popular because they save coins otherwise spent on runes.

Staves tend to give Magic attack bonuses as well as mediocre melee attack bonuses. Battlestaves are upgraded versions of normal staves with slightly better Magic and melee bonuses. Mystic staves are enchanted versions of battlestaves with further improved magic and melee bonuses.

Some staves are required to cast certain spells. Examples of this are the slayer staff, which casts the Magic Dart spell, and Iban's staff, which is required to cast the Iban Blast spell.

Staves generally have a melee attack speed of 5 ticks, with the exception of bladed staves, dramen staff, and ancient staff having an attack speed of 4 ticks and Ahrim's staff having 6.

Staves that can autocast generally have a casting speed of 5 ticks, exceptions being the harmonised nightmare staff with 4 ticks, and the twinflame staff with 6. Powered staves generally have a casting speed of 4 ticks, exceptions being Tumeken's shadow with 5 ticks, and the eye of ayak with 3.

Standard staves

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Item
	Staff	0	-1	7	4	0	2	3	1	4	0	3	0%	0	0	1.814
	White magic staff	2	-1	10	10	0	2	3	1	10	0	7	0%	0	1	2.267
	Magic staff	2	-1	10	10	0	2	3	1	10	0	7	0%	0	0	2.267
	Battlestaff	7	-1	25	12	0	2	3	1	12	0	32	0%	0	0	2.267

Elemental staves

Elemental staves act like an infinite source of elemental runes for the magic type they have an affinity with. The battlestaff and mystic variants have upgraded attack and magic bonuses.

Regular

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Item
	Staff of earth	1	-1	9	10	0	2	3	1	10	0	5	0%	0	0	2.267
	Staff of air	0	-1	7	10	0	2	3	1	10	0	3	0%	0	0	2.267
	Staff of fire	3	-1	9	10	0	2	3	1	10	0	6	0%	0	0	2.267
	Staff of water	0	-1	7	10	0	2	3	1	10	0	3	0%	0	0	2.267

Battlestaff

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Item
	Air battlestaff	7	-1	28	12	0	2	3	1	12	0	35	0%	0	0	2.267
	Fire battlestaff	7	-1	28	12	0	2	3	1	12	0	35	0%	0	0	2.267
	Earth battlestaff	7	-1	28	12	0	2	3	1	12	0	35	0%	0	0	2.267
	Water battlestaff	7	-1	28	12	0	2	3	1	12	0	35	0%	0	0	2.267

Mystic

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Item
	Mystic air staff	10	-1	40	14	0	2	3	1	14	0	50	0%	0	0	2.267
	Mystic water staff	10	-1	40	14	0	2	3	1	14	0	50	0%	0	0	2.267
	Mystic fire staff	10	-1	40	14	0	2	3	1	14	0	50	0%	0	0	2.267
	Mystic earth staff	10	-1	40	14	0	2	3	1	14	0	50	0%	0	0	2.267

Combination staves

Combination staves provide a mixture of elemental runes, they only have battlestaff and mystic variants.

Battlestaff

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Item
	Lava battlestaff	7	-1	28	12	0	2	3	1	12	0	35	0%	0	0	2.267
	Smoke battlestaff	7	-1	28	12	0	2	3	1	12	0	35	0%	0	0	2.267
	Dust battlestaff	7	-1	28	12	0	2	3	1	12	0	35	0%	0	0	2.267
	Steam battlestaff	7	-1	28	12	0	2	3	1	12	0	35	0%	0	0	2.267
	Mud battlestaff	7	-1	28	12	0	2	3	1	12	0	35	0%	0	0	2.267
	Mist battlestaff	7	-1	28	12	0	2	3	1	12	0	35	0%	0	0	2.267

Mystic

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Item
	Mystic lava staff	10	-1	40	14	0	2	3	1	14	0	50	0%	0	0	2.267
	Mystic smoke staff	10	-1	40	14	0	2	3	1	14	0	50	0%	0	0	2.267
	Mystic dust staff	10	-1	40	14	0	2	3	1	14	0	50	0%	0	0	2.267
	Mystic mud staff	10	-1	40	14	0	2	3	1	14	0	50	0%	0	0	2.267
	Mystic steam staff	10	-1	40	14	0	2	3	1	14	0	50	0%	0	0	2.267
	Mystic mist staff	10	-1	40	14	0	2	3	1	14	0	50	0%	0	0	2.267

God staves

God staves are required to cast god spells, which are only able to be autocast by the advanced god staves listed below.

Standard god staves

These staves are obtained as a reward from the Mage Arena I miniquest.

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Item
	Zamorak staff	-1	-1	6	6	0	2	3	1	6	0	2	0%	0	0	2.267
	Guthix staff	-1	-1	6	6	0	2	3	1	6	0	2	0%	0	0	2.267
	Saradomin staff	-1	-1	6	6	0	2	3	1	6	0	2	0%	0	0	2.267

Advanced god staves

These weapons allow the autocasting of a god spell.

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Item
	Void knight mace	22	0	41	8	0	2	2	2	2	2	38	0%	0	6	1.814
	Thammaron's sceptre (a)	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0%	0	0	0.198
	Accursed sceptre (a)	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0%	0	0	0.198
	Staff of light	55	70	0	17	0	0	3	3	17	0	72	15%	0	0	1.500
	Staff of the dead	55	70	0	17	0	0	3	3	17	0	72	15%	0	0	1.500
	Staff of balance	55	70	0	17	0	0	3	3	17	0	72	15%	0	0	1.500
	Toxic staff of the dead	55	70	0	25	0	0	3	3	17	0	72	15%	0	0	1.500

Powered staves

Powered staves are a category of weapons that that use charges to cast unique built-in spells instead of utilizing runes in your inventory. Powered staves are spellbook agnostic, they do not require a specific spellbook active to use. The built-in spells generally have a casting speed of 4 (with exceptions), which is 25% faster than most autocasting.

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Item
	Starter staff	0	0	0	10	0	2	3	1	10	0	0	0%	0	0	1.814
	Warped sceptre	0	0	0	12	0	2	3	1	12	0	0	0%	0	0	1.814
	Bone staff	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	2.267
	Trident of the seas	0	0	0	15	0	2	3	1	15	0	0	0%	0	0	1.814
	Thammaron's sceptre	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0%	0	0	0.198
	Trident of the seas (e)	0	0	0	15	0	2	3	1	15	0	0	0%	0	0	1.814
	Accursed sceptre	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0%	0	0	0.198
	Trident of the swamp	0	0	0	25	0	2	3	1	15	0	0	0%	0	0	1.814
	Trident of the swamp (e)	0	0	0	25	0	2	3	1	15	0	0	0%	0	0	1.814
	Dawnbringer	0	0	0	25	0	2	3	1	15	0	0	0%	0	0	1.500
	Sanguinesti staff	0	0	0	25	-4	2	3	1	15	0	0	0%	0	0	1.500
	Eye of ayak	0	0	0	30	0	1	5	5	10	0	0	0%	0	2	2.000
	Tumeken's shadow	0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0%	0	1	5.000
	Crystal staff (basic)	0	0	0	84	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	1	1.360
	Crystal staff (attuned)	0	0	0	128	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	2	1.360
	Crystal staff (perfected)	0	0	0	184	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	3	1.360

	Attack type	Weapon style	Level boost
Accurate	Magic	Accurate	+3 Magic
Accurate	Magic	Accurate	+3 Magic
Longrange	Magic	Longrange	+1 Magic, +3 Defence

Charged staves

Charged staves unlock otherwise unavailable spells on the standard spellbook. They require both charges and runes to cast.

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Item
	Iban's staff	10	-1	40	10	0	2	3	1	10	0	50	0%	0	0	2.267
	Iban's staff (u)	10	-1	40	10	0	2	3	1	10	0	50	0%	0	0	2.267
	Slayer's staff	7	-1	25	12	0	2	3	1	10	0	35	0%	0	0	1.814
	Slayer's staff (e)	7	-1	25	12	0	2	3	1	10	0	35	0%	0	0	1.950

Ancient Magicks

Special staves that allow the autocasting of Ancient Magicks. Note that Ahrim's staff can only autocast Ancient Magicks while wearing the full set of Ahrim the Blighted's equipment and an Amulet of the damned.

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Item
	Ahrim's staff	12	-1	65	15	0	3	5	2	15	0	68	5%	0	0	2.267
	Ancient staff	10	-1	40	15	0	2	3	1	15	0	50	0%	0	-1	2.267
	Ancient sceptre	20	-1	50	20	0	2	3	1	15	0	60	10%	0	-1	2.267
	Nightmare staff	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	15%	0	0	1.500
	Eldritch nightmare staff	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	15%	0	0	1.600
	Volatile nightmare staff	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	15%	0	0	1.600
	Kodai wand	0	0	0	28	0	0	3	3	20	0	0	15%	0	0	0.198
	Master wand	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	10%	0	0	0.198
	Thammaron's sceptre (a)	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0%	0	0	0.198
	Accursed sceptre (a)	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0%	0	0	0.198
	Blue moon spear	70	62	62	30	0	2	3	1	15	0	71	5%	0	0	3.000
	Dragon hunter wand	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	10%	0	0	2.000

Fairy rings

The following staves offer access to the fairy ring transportation network. The dramen staff is considered a blunt weapon and cannot autocast.

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Item
	Dramen staff	-1	-1	10	10	0	2	3	1	10	0	10	0%	0	0	1.814
	Lunar staff	3	2	16	13	0	2	3	2	13	1	15	0%	0	3	2.267

Croziers

Croziers are god-aligned staves with the ability to autocast spells from the standard spellbook. Though they cannot cast god spells, they provide a prayer bonus and make monsters of their respective factions unaggressive within the God Wars Dungeons.

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Item
	Saradomin crozier	7	-1	25	10	0	2	3	1	10	0	32	0%	0	6	2.000
	Bandos crozier	7	-1	25	10	0	2	3	1	10	0	32	0%	0	6	2.000
	Ancient crozier	7	-1	25	10	0	2	3	1	10	0	32	0%	0	6	0.005
	Guthix crozier	7	-1	25	10	0	2	3	1	10	0	32	0%	0	6	2.000
	Zamorak crozier	7	-1	25	10	0	2	3	1	10	0	32	0%	0	6	2.000
	Armadyl crozier	7	-1	25	10	0	2	3	1	10	0	32	0%	0	6	2.000

Other staves

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Item
	Cursed goblin staff	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	2.267
	Rod of ivandis	0	-1	7	4	0	2	3	1	4	0	3	0%	0	0	0.001
	Staff of bob the cat	2	-1	10	10	0	2	3	1	10	0	7	0%	0	0	2.000
	Skull sceptre	0	-1	7	10	0	2	3	1	4	0	3	0%	0	0	1.814
	Skull sceptre (i)	0	-1	7	10	0	2	3	1	4	0	3	0%	0	0	1.814
	Twinflame staff	7	-1	28	12	0	2	3	1	12	0	22	0%	0	0	2.267
	Toktz-mej-tal	15	-1	55	15	0	10	15	5	15	0	55	0%	0	5	1.814
	Bryophyta's staff	10	-1	40	15	0	2	3	1	15	0	50	0%	0	0	1.500
	Purging staff	10	-5	83	37	0	1	1	0	25	0	62	10%	0	0	2.721
	Harmonised nightmare staff	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	15%	0	0	1.600

Some non-equipable staves include:

Staff of armadyl

Weapons

Melee

Stab	Pickaxe Harpoon Dagger Sword Hasta Spear Partisan
Slash	Sickle Machete Axe Claws Cutlass Scimitar Scythe Longsword Battleaxe Whip Two-handed sword Halberd
Crush	Banner Blackjack Cane Polestaff Mace Maul Warhammer

Magic

Ranged

	Shortbow Longbow Composite bow Crossbow Ballista
Thrown	Dart Throwing knife Thrownaxe Chinchompa Blowpipe

Other

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⁾

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