Staff of light

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Staff of light

AKA?	SOL
Release date	8 February 2010 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Quest item?	No
Tradeable?	Yes
Lendable?	Yes
Equipable?	Yes
Stacks?	No
High Alch	45,000 coins
Low Alch	30,000 coins
Destroy	Drop
Store price	Not sold
Examine	Humming with power. / Humming with power. It's also red/blue/yellow/green (Recoloured)
Weight	2.2 kg

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The staff of light is a one-handed staff that requires 75 Magic and 75 Attack to wield. It is obtained as a unique drop from ice strykewyrms, which require 93 Slayer to kill. The golden parts of the staff can be recoloured by Xuan for a price of 2,000 Loyalty Points.

The staff of light features a number of properties that are very useful to mages:

• It boosts Magic damage by 15%, (shared only with the Armadyl battlestaff and dominion staff), the second largest boost in the game after the chaotic staff's 20% boost. (outside of Daemonheim, whereas inside Daemonheim the Empowered catalytic staff is 20%, and the doomcore staff (25%), and celestial catalytic staff (30%) which are all greater damage wise.)
• When a combat spell is cast with the staff, there is a 1/8 (12.5%) chance that the staff will negate the rune cost for that spell. This chance increases to 20% when wearing combat robes, and 50% when wearing battle robes.
• The staff of light can be used instead of a slayer staff to cast Magic Dart.
• It has the fifth highest Magic accuracy bonus among staves at +17, behind Zuriel's staff and Chaotic staff (+18) and the master wand and polypore staff (+20).
• The staff has a special attack, called Power of Light, that envelopes the user in a shield of light which will reduce all melee damage by 50% for one minute. This special also stacks with the Protect/Deflect Melee prayers. (But note Verac the Defiled has a chance to hit full damage through the special, this only happens when his set effect is activated.) The special attack uses 100% of the bar, and the effect will run out if the staff of light is unequipped before the minute is up.

The staff of light is also notable for its offensive melee stats, which are unusually high for a Magic weapon. Its stats are comparable to the dragon longsword, the Longsword has 3+ better stab bonuses, but the staff has +1 better slash and strength bonus in addition to the magic damage boost and accuracy. It is the fourth strongest in strength bonus one-handed non-degrading weapon in the game (behind the abyssal whip, the Abyssal vine whip and dragon battleaxe), and third most slash-accurate (behind Abyssal vine whip, Abyssal Whip, tying with Korasi's sword and Dragon battleaxe) one-handed non-degrading weapon in the game.

The woman appears to be wielding an updated staff of light.

Weapon Bonuses

Bonuses

Hover over image for type												A player wielding the Staff of light.	A player using Power of Light, the staff's special attack. A player using Power of Light, the staff's special attack.
Attack bonus
+55	+70	0	+17	0
Defence bonus
0	+3	+2	+17	0
Other bonuses				Slot
+72	0	0%	0
FastInterval: 3.0 seconds

Melee Combat styles

File:Staffoflight Combat Styles.png
	Name	Combat style	Type	Melee experience
	Jab	Accurate	Stab	Attack
	Swipe	Aggressive	Slash	Strength
	Fend	Defensive	Crush	Defence

Dropping monsters

Monster	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Ice strykewyrm	210	1	4Rare

Comparison with other magical weapons

	Name	Levels to equip	Cost	Damage boost	Magic accuracy	Notes
	Dominion staff	90	Free reward	15%	20	It does not require elemental runes to cast spells; only catalytic Degrades, based upon hits that you deal with it Shared highest magic accuracy (+20) Has no non-magic stats Cannot be used outside the Dominion Tower
	Chaotic staff	80 80	200,000 tokens	20%	18	Degrades after 10 hours of combat Decent crush and strength bonus Highest damage increasing staff outside Daemonheim
	Polypore staff	80	358,601	13%	20	No runes needed to cast its unique spell Shared highest magic accuracy (+20) Limited to 3000 charges of its unique spell (can be recharged) Has Prayer bonus (+5)
	Armadyl battlestaff	77 40	13,794,058	15%	10	Acts as Mystic air staff Casts Storm of Armadyl 20% faster
	Greater runic staff	75 90	25,000 points	10%	15	It can absorb up to 1000 casts of 1 spell, saving inventory space Provides +22 Magic Defence, highest of any in the weapon slot
	Staff of light	75 75	453,296	15%	17	Special attack: -50% Melee damage taken for one minute 1/8 chance to save all runes used to cast offensive spells. This chance increases to 1/5 when wearing Combat robes, and 1/2 when wearing Battle robes Acts as a Slayer Staff for the slayer dart spell Decent stab, slash and strength bonus
	Master wand	60	3,009,576	10%	20	Shared highest magic accuracy (+20) Has no non-magic stats

Change colour

In addition, it is now also possible to have your Staff of Light in a different colour, by spending 2,000 Loyalty points, as of 21 September 2011. The parts that are recoloured are the gold areas of the Staff. Available colours for the Staff of light are green, baby blue, light red and a brighter yellow. According to Mod Rathe, the light yellow will be changed to be an inverted version of the original, where the blade and the middle part of the handle will be gold, while the two other parts of the handle will become silver.

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  Green staff of light

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  Blue staff of light

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  Red staff of light

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  Yellow staff of light

Trivia

• The rune-saving ability does not work while casting the Storm of Armadyl with this staff.

  File:Staff of light in f2p.png

  A player doing a flying kick with a staff of light.

• The drop rate is the same as that of an Abyssal whip from an Abyssal demon<ref>Mod Emilee. "Game Update FAQ - 08/02/10". 11-Feb-2010 10:05:02. Recent Updates Forums. *</ref>.
• When the special effect wears off, the player gets the message "The power of the light fades. Your resistance to melee attacks return to normal."
• When attacking monsters in free-to-play with a staff of light equipped, the player does some sort of jump kicking rather than the unarmed punches or kicks used when players have most members only weapons equipped on F2P. This also affects a few popular weapons, such as the Bandos godsword and abyssal whip.

References

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