Ancient staff

Ancient staff

Release date	18 April 2005 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Quest item?	No
Tradeable?	Yes
Lendable?	Yes
Equipable?	Yes
Stacks?	No
High Alch	60,000 coins
Low Alch	40,000 coins
Destroy	Drop
Store price	80,000 coins (Eblis)
Examine	A magical staff of ancient origin... A magical staff of ancient origin. Painted red/green/blue/yellow.
Weight	2.25 kg

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The Ancient staff is a one-handed staff that, when wielded, increases damage done by magic spells by 10%. It requires 50 Attack and Magic to wield. This weapon requires the completion of Desert Treasure to be wielded.

Before the 2 September 2009 update, the Ancient staff was the only way to autocast spells from the Ancient spellbook. The staff may be bought once from Eblis for the price of 80,000 coins. It is also dropped by Mummies in the Jaldraocht Pyramid and the Chaos tunnels.

This staff has the symbol of Zaros at its head, but despite this it does not give protection in the God Wars Dungeon. Due to its attack speed and good melee bonuses players may wish to use this as a crush weapon, particularly against foes that are weak to crush attacks, such as tortoises. However, if a monster has high crush defence then it may be wiser to use a slashing or stabbing weapon.

On 13 March 2012, the Loyalty shop was updated with the option to recolour the Ancient staff for a cost of 6000 Loyalty points. The colours are green, blue, red, and yellow.

Bonuses

Hover over image for type												A player wielding the Ancient staff. A player wielding the Ancient staff.
Attack bonus
+10	-1	+40	+15	0
Defence bonus
+2	+3	+1	+15	0
Other bonuses				Slot
+50	0	0%	-1
AverageInterval: 3.6 seconds

Dropping monsters

Monster	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Mummy	84,96,103,125	1	4Rare

Gallery

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  A player wielding a red ancient staff

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  A player wielding a green ancient staff

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  A player wielding a blue ancient staff

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  A player wielding a yellow ancient staff

Trivia

• The Ancient staff is one of the only items with a negative prayer bonus, along with Zanik's crossbow and the Amulet of zealots.
• Critical hitsplats do not appear with the ancient staff as they normally would with most other attacking equipment. Whereas most other equipment (such as a Slayer Helmet) used to give a critical hitsplat every time the attack goes over the damage it would normally do, when using an Ancient staff, the critical hitsplat will not appear unless the maximum damage with the bonus is achieved, such as a hit of 220 with Fire Wave.
• During the quest Dream Mentor it is referred to as 'a staff of Zaros' when looking into Cyrisus' chest.
• It looks extremely similar to the Ancient crozier.