Staff (weapon type)

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Staves are magical weapons. Elemental staves are unlimited sources of certain runes when casting magic spells, depending on the element of the staff, and are popular because they save money spent on runes.

All staves give Magic attack bonuses as well as mediocre melee attack bonuses. Battlestaves are upgraded versions of normal staves with slightly better melee bonuses. Mystic staves are enchanted battlestaves that have better melee attack bonuses. Some battlestaves and mystic staves, specifically steam, lava and mud supply two kinds of runes instead of one. Water and fire for steam, earth and fire for lava and water and earth for mud.

Some staves are required to cast certain spells. Examples of this are the slayer staff or the Staff of light, both of which cast the Magic Dart spell, and the Iban's staff, which is required to cast the Iban blast spell. There are also three staves called the God staves obtained from the Mage Arena minigame. The God staves allow the casting of the three God spells. There are also several miscellaneous staves in RuneScape. All existing staves are listed and linked in the table below.

With the exception of White staves, basic staves have no requirements to wield. White staves require the completion of the Wanted! quest as well as level 10 magic in order to wield them.

Rune-saving value

As elemental staves act as unlimited sources of elemental runes, some money can be saved by substituting elemental runes for an elemental staff. The following table displays the number of runes that must be saved by an elemental staff in order to break even.

Staff	Cost	Rune cost	Break-even point
Staff of air	Template:Exchange:Staff of air	Template:Exchange:Air rune
Staff of water	Template:Exchange:Staff of water	Template:Exchange:Water rune
Staff of earth	Template:Exchange:Staff of earth	Template:Exchange:Earth rune
Staff of fire	Template:Exchange:Staff of fire	Template:Exchange:Fire rune
Air battlestaff	Template:Exchange:Air battlestaff	Template:Exchange:Air rune
Water battlestaff	Template:Exchange:Water battlestaff	Template:Exchange:Water rune
Earth battlestaff	Template:Exchange:Earth battlestaff	Template:Exchange:Earth rune
Fire battlestaff	Template:Exchange:Fire battlestaff	Template:Exchange:Fire rune
Mystic air staff	Template:Exchange:Mystic air staff	Template:Exchange:Air rune
Mystic water staff	Template:Exchange:Mystic water staff	Template:Exchange:Water rune
Mystic earth staff	Template:Exchange:Mystic earth staff	Template:Exchange:Earth rune
Mystic fire staff	Template:Exchange:Mystic fire staff	Template:Exchange:Fire rune

Trivia

• Many of staves suffered from a glitch in 2012, of which the orbs on top of them disappeared. This is fixed as of patch note on 17 October 2012.

See also

• Wands