View source for Staff (weapon type)

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'''Staves''' are [[magic]]al [[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 staff|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.

{| class="wikitable"
! Staff
! Cost
! Rune cost
! Break-even point
|-
| [[Staff of air]]
| {{Exchange:Staff of air|View=price}}
| {{Exchange:Air rune|View=price}}
| {{#expr:{{Exchange:Staff of air|View=price}} / {{Exchange:Air rune|View=price}} round 0}}
|-
| [[Staff of water]]
| {{Exchange:Staff of water|View=price}}
| {{Exchange:Water rune|View=price}}
| {{#expr:{{Exchange:Staff of water|View=price}} / {{Exchange:Water rune|View=price}} round 0}}
|-
| [[Staff of earth]]
| {{Exchange:Staff of earth|View=price}}
| {{Exchange:Earth rune|View=price}}
| {{#expr:{{Exchange:Staff of earth|View=price}} / {{Exchange:Earth rune|View=price}} round 0}}
|-
| [[Staff of fire]]
| {{Exchange:Staff of fire|View=price}}
| {{Exchange:Fire rune|View=price}}
| {{#expr:{{Exchange:Staff of fire|View=price}} / {{Exchange:Fire rune|View=price}} round 0}}
|-
| [[Air battlestaff]]
| {{Exchange:Air battlestaff|View=price}}
| {{Exchange:Air rune|View=price}}
| {{#expr:{{Exchange:Air battlestaff|View=price}} / {{Exchange:Air rune|View=price}} round 0}}
|-
| [[Water battlestaff]]
| {{Exchange:Water battlestaff|View=price}}
| {{Exchange:Water rune|View=price}}
| {{#expr:{{Exchange:Water battlestaff|View=price}} / {{Exchange:Water rune|View=price}} round 0}}
|-
| [[Earth battlestaff]]
| {{Exchange:Earth battlestaff|View=price}}
| {{Exchange:Earth rune|View=price}}
| {{#expr:{{Exchange:Earth battlestaff|View=price}} / {{Exchange:Earth rune|View=price}} round 0}}
|-
| [[Fire battlestaff]]
| {{Exchange:Fire battlestaff|View=price}}
| {{Exchange:Fire rune|View=price}}
| {{#expr:{{Exchange:Fire battlestaff|View=price}} / {{Exchange:Fire rune|View=price}} round 0}}
|-
| [[Mystic air staff]]
| {{Exchange:Mystic air staff|View=price}}
| {{Exchange:Air rune|View=price}}
| {{#expr:{{Exchange:Mystic air staff|View=price}} / {{Exchange:Air rune|View=price}} round 0}}
|-
| [[Mystic water staff]]
| {{Exchange:Mystic water staff|View=price}}
| {{Exchange:Water rune|View=price}}
| {{#expr:{{Exchange:Mystic water staff|View=price}} / {{Exchange:Water rune|View=price}} round 0}}
|-
| [[Mystic earth staff]]
| {{Exchange:Mystic earth staff|View=price}}
| {{Exchange:Earth rune|View=price}}
| {{#expr:{{Exchange:Mystic earth staff|View=price}} / {{Exchange:Earth rune|View=price}} round 0}}
|-
| [[Mystic fire staff]]
| {{Exchange:Mystic fire staff|View=price}}
| {{Exchange:Fire rune|View=price}}
| {{#expr:{{Exchange:Mystic fire staff|View=price}} / {{Exchange:Fire rune|View=price}} round 0}}
|}

==Combat Styles==
{{CombatStyles Magical Staff}}

==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]]

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