Catalytic staff

Catalytic staff

Release date	April 12 2010 (Update)
Members?	No
Quest item?	No
Tradeable?	Yes
Lendable?	No
Equipable?	Yes
Stacks?	No
High Alch	2,928 coins
Low Alch	1,952 coins
Smuggler price	1,464 coins
Value	4,880 coins
Destroy	Unbound: Drop Bound: The only way to unbind an item is to destroy it.
Store price	Not sold
Examine	This staff makes destructive spells more powerful. (Tier 1)
Weight	2 kg

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The Catalytic staff, the Tier 1 staff in dungeoneering (also the highest requirement staff in F2P), can be found in the dungeons under Daemonheim. It requires 40 Magic to wield, and increases the maximum damage of your destructive spells by 15%. Free players can only obtain this by looting the defeated boss, unholy cursebearer located on floors 15-17 and 30-35 of Daemonheim, by receiving it as a starting item when entering a floor, or by imbuing a spinebeam staff or better on a runecrafting altar. To bind the staff players only need to have 40+ magic (same as the requirement of staff) and repeatedly enter and leave dungeons, at complexity 1 or 2 to flush the weapon out of starting kit in smuggler room.

To obtain the damage of the staff, multiply the original damage of the combat spell by 1.15 and round it down. The maximum amount of free-to-play magic damage in Daemonheim is 184, in which this staff is wielded and fire blast is cast.

Unlike what the name might suggest, the Catalytic staff is not like Catalytic Runes and will NOT replace non-elemental runes (Mind, Body, Chaos, Death, Blood, Nature, Cosmic, Law, Soul and Astral) when casting magic. The Catalytic Staff only increases the damage of destructive spells.

Dropping monsters

Monster	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Unholy cursebearer	22, 33, 37, 53, 71, 92, 115, 139, 169, 205, 246, 276, 279, 308, 336, 366, 401	1	6Varies

Bonuses

Hover over image for type												A player wielding the staff. A player wielding the staff.
Attack bonus
0	-1	+10	+10	0
Defence bonus
0	0	0	+10	0
Other bonuses				Slot
+7	0	0%	0
FastInterval: 3.0 seconds

Comparison with other dungeoneering staves

	Name	Damage boost	Magic accuracy	Notes
	Celestial catalytic staff (m)	30%	20	99 Magic to wield Best staff in RuneScape Can only be obtained as a reward from Unholy cursebearer boss (29 Dungeoneering)
	Doomcore staff (m)	25%	-10	83 Magic or 68 Magic and 68 Attack to wield Second highest hitting staff in RuneScape, but also most inaccurate staff Can only be obtained as a drop from Nechryael (Daemonheim) (80 Slayer)
	Empowered catalytic staff (m)	20%	15	90 Magic to wield Best craftable staff in Daemonheim Can be made at level 99 Runecrafting from Grave creeper branches (90 Woodcutting, 98 Fletching)
	Catalytic staff	15%	10	40 Magic to wield Best Free-to-play staff in Daemonheim Can be made in member's worlds or be found at dungeon start
	Empowered Elemental Staff (m) Water Earth Fire Air	10%	13	50 Magic (Water), 60 Magic (Earth), 70 Magic (Fire) or 80 Magic (Air) to wield Provides unlimited runes of the element they represent 60 Runecrafting (Water), 70 Runecrafting (Earth), 80 Runecrafting (Fire) or 90 Runecrafting (Air) to make, can also be found at dungeon start
	Elemental Staff Water Earth Fire Air	0%	7	Only elemental staves in Free-to-play dungeoneering Provides unlimited runes of the element they represent Water staff is the only staff that can be playermade in Free-to-play dungeons, the others can be found.