Volatile nightmare staff
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| Volatile nightmare staff | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Released | 6 February 2020 (Update) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Members | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Quest item | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| League region | |||||||||||||||||||
| Properties | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tradeable | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Equipable | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stackable | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Noteable | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Options | Wield, Dismantle, Drop | ||||||||||||||||||
| Examine | An ancient staff corrupted by darkness. A volatile orb has been added to it. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Values | |||||||||||||||||||
| Value | 4,600,000 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| High alch | 2,760,000 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Low alch | 1,840,000 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 1.6 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Advanced data | |||||||||||||||||||
| Item ID | 24424 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Link | MOID | ||||||||||||||||||
The volatile nightmare staff is a one-handed staff that is created by attaching a volatile orb to the nightmare staff granting it a high damaging special attack. Requiring level 82 Magic and 50 Hitpoints to equip, it can autocast either offensive standard spells or Ancient Magicks. Like the Nightmare staff it gives a 15% bonus in magic damage. The upgraded staff is untradeable, but it can be reverted to its tradeable components at any time. If lost on death in the Wilderness, the killer will receive the staff and the orb.
Combat stats
| +0 | +0 | +0 | +16 | +0 | ||
| +0 | +0 | +0 | +14 | +0 | ||
| Slot | ||||||
| +0 | +0 | +15% | +0 | List | ||
| Combat style | Attack type | Weapon style | Attack speed | Range | Experience | Level boost | |
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| Bash | Crush | Accurate | 5 ticks (3.0s) | 1 tile | +3 Attack | ||
| Pound | Crush | Aggressive | +3 Strength | ||||
| Focus | Crush | Defensive | +3 Defence | ||||
| Spell | Magic | Defensive Autocast | 5 ticks (3.0s) | 10 tiles | None | ||
| Spell | Magic | Autocast | None | ||||
| Autocasting options | |
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Special attack
The volatile nightmare staff has a special attack, Immolate, that consumes 55% of the player's special attack energy to hit the target with 50% increased accuracy and deals a high amount of damage. The special attack does not consume runes.
When calculating the max hit, Immolate acts like any other spell. The spell's max hit is calculated first and then rounded down. All magic damage gear, including the +15% from the staff is calculated separately. Because the staff has a magic damage bonus, the max hit seen in-game will always be higher than the spell's max hit. The max hit varies with visible Magic level according to the formula below.[1] The spell's max hit is limited to, at most, 58. This means that even though the max hit is based on the player's magic level, boosting above magic level 98 will not increase the max hit. It can be increased though by using additional magic damage gear including the Slayer helmet (i) when on a slayer task.
| Maximum hit | ||
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| Base Spell | With Staff Magic Damage | |
| 82-83 | 49 | 56 |
| 84-85 | 50 | 57 |
| 86-87 | 51 | 58 |
| 88 | 52 | 59 |
| 89-90 | 53 | 60 |
| 91-92 | 54 | 62 |
| 93 | 55 | 63 |
| 94-95 | 56 | 64 |
| 96-97 | 57 | 65 |
| 98-99+ | 58 | 66 |
| Maximum hit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Situation | Gear | Max hit | |
| 98-99+ | Staff only | 66 | |
| Best in slot | 87 | ||
| Undead | 96 | ||
| Slayer task | 97 | ||
| Castle Wars | Unknown | ||
Creation
| Item | Quantity | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nightmare staff | 1 | 31,987,597 | |
| Volatile orb | 1 | 36,516,754 | |
| Total cost | 68,504,351 | ||
| Volatile nightmare staff | 1 | N/A | |
Products
| Item | Members | Skills | XP | Materials | |
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| Volatile nightmare staff (deadman) |
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Used in recommended equipment
| Rank | Method |
|---|---|
| 2 | Maniacal monkey/Strategies (Magic - Ice Burst) |
| 2 | Maniacal monkey/Strategies (Magic - Ice Barrage) |
| 4 | Maggot King/Strategies (Mage) |
Comparison between other magic weapons
| Name | Level(s) required | Magic attack | Magic damage | Price | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tumeken's shadow | +35 | N/A | 785,164,946 |
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| Eye of ayak | +30 | N/A | 42,690,598 |
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| Harmonised nightmare staff | +16 | +15% | 451,162,831 |
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| Volatile nightmare staff | +16 | +15% | 68,504,351 |
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| Eldritch nightmare staff | +16 | +15% | 160,305,802 |
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| Sanguinesti staff | +25 | N/A | 17,963,533 |
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| Holy Sanguinesti staff | ||||||
| Kodai wand | +28 | +15% | 61,848,841 |
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| Trident of the swamp | +25 | N/A | 3,141,524 |
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| Trident of the swamp (e) | 5,254,986 | |||||
| Purging staff | +37 | +10% | 31,432,565[n 1] |
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| Toxic staff of the dead | +25 | +15% | 8,626,465 |
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| Staff of light | +17 | +15% | 5,085,837 |
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| Staff of balance | +17 | +15% | 29,888,309 |
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| Staff of the dead | +17 | +15% | 5,339,567 |
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| Trident of the seas | +15 | N/A | 39,492 |
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| Trident of the seas (e) | 2,823,003 | |||||
| Slayer's staff (e) | +12 | N/A | 25,417[n 2] |
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| Blue moon spear | +30 | +5% | 381,011 |
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| Nightmare staff | +16 | +15% | 31,987,597 |
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| Ahrim's staff | +15 | +5% | 147,545 |
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| Ancient sceptre | +20 | +10% | 60,512 |
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| Accursed sceptre | +22 | N/A | 3,163,745 |
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| Accursed sceptre (a) | ||||||
| Dragon hunter wand | +16 | +10% | 8,742,161 |
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| Warped sceptre | +12 | N/A | 88,926 |
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| Master wand | +20 | +10% | 4,504,313 |
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| Thammaron's sceptre | +15 | N/A | 3,222,350 |
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| Thammaron's sceptre (a) | ||||||
| Twinflame staff | +12 | +10%[n 3] | 6,507,227 |
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| God staves | +6 | N/A | 80,000 |
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| Iban's staff | +10 | N/A | 200,000[n 4] |
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| Iban's staff (u) | 400,000[n 5] | |||||
| Ancient staff | +15 | N/A | 60,512 |
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| Slayer's staff | +12 | N/A | 23,875 |
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| Void knight mace | +8 | N/A | Untradeable[n 6] |
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| Mystic smoke staff | +14 | +10%[n 3] | 1,821,169 |
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| Smoke battlestaff | +12 | 1,723,141 | ||||
| Salamanders | (Green) |
N/A | N/A | 166 |
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(Orange) |
159 | |||||
(Red) |
38 | |||||
(Black) |
274 | |||||
(Tecu) |
245,347 | |||||
| Croziers | +10 | N/A | 2,699 |
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| Skull sceptre | +10 | N/A | Untradeable |
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| Skull sceptre (i) | ||||||
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Elemental staves | (Basic) |
+10 | N/A | 909 | |
(Battlestaff) |
+12 | 8,730 | ||||
(Mystic staff) |
+14 | 25,087 | ||||
Transcript
Changes
| Date | Changes | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2025 (Update) |
The volatile nightmare staff’s special attack can now be used in Deadman Mode without an autocast set. | |
| 11 May 2022 (Update) |
The volatile Nightmare staff now requires level 82 Magic to wield instead of level 75 Magic. | |
| 2 September 2020 (Update) |
The special attack of the Volatile nightmare staff will no longer drag players to their opponents if they do not have a spell selected to autocast. | |
| Pre-release history: Volatile nightmare staff (beta) | ||
| 5 December 2019 (Update) |
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| 29 November 2019 |
Hotfix
The following changes were made:
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| 28 November - 11 December 2019 (beta) |
First present in The Nightmare of Ashihama: Rewards Beta. | |
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