Staff

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This article is about the item called "staff". For staves in general, see Staff (weapon type).

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Staff
Release																				4 January 2001 (Update)
Members																				No
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				Yes
Equipable																				Yes
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				Yes
Noteable																				Yes
Destroy																				Drop
Actions
Backpack																				Wield
Values
Value																				15 coins
High alch																				9 coins
Low alch																				6 coins
On death																				Always kept outside dangerous area
Weight																				1.814 kg
Examine
It's a slightly magical stick.
Grand Exchange
Exchange																				1,866 coins (info)
Buy limit																				1,000
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Advanced data
Item ID																				1379
Links																				MRID • recipe

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The staff is the weakest, most basic magic weapon in RuneScape. Visually, the staff is identical to the battlestaff and the dramen staff in appearance. It is recommended to upgrade from this weapon as quickly as possible, as there are more cost effective weapons which can be used at the same level. The recommended upgrade is to an elemental staff, such as a staff of air which will assist greatly in Magic training.

Combat stats

Requirements
None
Class			Slot
Magic
Tier
5
		Auto		Ability
Damage		0.0		72
Accuracy		150
Style		Spell-casting
Range		8
Speed		Average (3.6s)
Attributes						Damage reduction
Armour				0.0		PvM: 0%			PvP: 0%
Life points				0		Style bonuses
Prayer				0		0.0		0.0		0.0
FAQ • docs

History

• Previously, one advantage of a mage wielding a staff was that it would unlock the autocasting feature, allowing the player to set the default attack to one of the 16 elemental spells (as opposed to manually selecting the spell and target with every single cast). On 2 September 2009, due to widespread popular demand, the autocasting feature was updated so that it no longer requires a staff to use.
• Before the Evolution of Combat, staves were one-handed weapons, allowing the use of a Mages' Book while wielding a staff. This allowed for shields or defenders in the off-hand slot, and helped people using hybrid tactics.

Store locations

This is an auto-generated list (update now). For a full list, see here. For help, see the FAQ.

† Denotes discontinued stores that stocked Staff. For help, see the FAQ.

Seller	Location	Cost	Currency	Base stock	Members?
Zaff's Superior Spellcasting	Varrock	15	Coins	10
Corporal Boothe's Armoury †	Burthorpe	15	Coins	10
Gnome Shopkeeper's Armoury †	Burthorpe	? (edit)	Coins	0
Gnome Shopkeeper's Armoury †	Burthorpe	Free sample	-	1

Drop sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Barbarian Regular	28; 30	1	Uncommon
Corpse archer	18	1	4/128
Corpse mage	21	1	2/384
Corpse spider	4	1	4/195
Crawling corpse torso	9	1	Uncommon
Dagon'hai Monk	77	1	Uncommon
Dark wizard Low level	22; 30; 33	1	Common
Dark wizard High level	30; 35; 37	1	Uncommon
Dragith Nurn	26	1	1/128
Infernal Mage (elite)	82	1	Common
Infernal Mage	72	1	1/16
Necromancer (monster)	39	1	Common
Skeleton (Lumbridge Catacombs)	15	1	2/128
Skoblin	19	1	Uncommon
Spellwisp	18	1	Common
Warped bat	16	1	Uncommon
Warped fly	7	1	Uncommon
Warped rat	12	1	Uncommon
Wizard	18	1	Common

Disassembly

Staff
Disassembly category	Staves
Disassembly XP	0.3
Item quantity required	1
Material count	12
Base junk chance	?  98.9% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 98.9% 1 34 98.0 2 49 96.0 3 64 94.0 4 69 92.0 5 78 90.0 6 83 87.1 7 91 85.1 8 95 82.1 9 105 79.2
Common materials
Stave parts	35/100
Magic parts	30/100
Padded parts	30/100
Rare materials
Powerful components	3/100
Imbued components	2/100

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included—see here for how to help out!

• patch 17 May 2021 (Update):
  • A Staff will now spawn on the ground during the fight with Chronozon in the Dominion Tower.

• ninja 12 October 2015 (Update):
  • Buy limit increased to 1000 every four hours.

• patch 19 December 2012 (Update):
  • Plain staves no longer display an orb on the staff.

• patch 17 November 2009 (Update):
  • Improved the held position for an NPC with a staff.

• update 4 January 2001 (Update):
  • Added to game.