Staves

Staves
Primary type							Crush
Secondary type							Magic
Attack speed
5 ticks (3.0 seconds)

Staves are Magic weapons that have the ability to autocast spells. Elemental staves are unlimited sources of certain runes depending on the element of the staff, and are popular because they save coins otherwise 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 Magic and melee bonuses. Mystic staves are enchanted versions of battlestaves with further improved magic and melee bonuses.

Some staves are required to cast certain spells. Examples of this are the slayer staff, which casts the Magic Dart spell, and Iban's staff, which is required to cast the Iban Blast spell.

All staves have a melee attack speed of 5, with the exception of bladed staves, dramen staff, and ancient staff having 4 and Ahrim's staff having 6.

All staves have a spell autocast speed of 5, with the exception of powered staves (but not Tumeken's shadow) and the harmonised nightmare staff having an autocast speed of 4.

Combat styles

Combat style		Attack type	Weapon style	Experience	Level boost
	Bash	Crush	Accurate		+3 Attack
	Pound	Crush	Aggressive		+3 Strength
	Focus	Crush	Defensive		+3 Defence
	Spell	Magic	Defensive Autocast		None
	Spell	Magic	Autocast		None

Elemental staves

Elemental staves act like an infinite source of elemental runes for the magic type they have an affinity with. The battlestaff and mystic variants have upgraded attack and magic bonuses.

Combination staves

Combination staves provide a mixture of elemental runes, they only have battlestaff and mystic variants.

God staves

God staves are required to cast god spells. Completion of the Mage Arena I miniquest is required to acquire the basic god staves and cast god spells outside of the wilderness.

Advanced god staves

These weapons allow the autocasting of god spells. With the exception of the void knight mace these staves are considered bladed staves, a staff subtype with high strength bonuses and fast 4-tick attack speeds (same as scimitar) that makes them more desirable for melee damage.

Combat style		Attack type	Weapon style	Experience	Level boost
	Jab	Stab	Accurate		+3 Attack
	Swipe	Slash	Aggressive		+3 Strength
	Fend	Crush	Defensive		+3 Defence
	Spell	Magic	Defensive Autocast		None
	Spell	Magic	Autocast		None

Powered staves

Powered staves use charges to cast unique built-in spells instead of utilizing runes in your inventory. Powered staves are spellbook agnostic, they do not require a specific spellbook active to use. The built in spells also have an autocast speed of 4, which is 25% faster than normal spellcasting.

Combat style		Attack type	Weapon style	Experience	Level boost
	Accurate	Magic	Accurate		+3 Magic
	Accurate	Magic	Accurate		+3 Magic
	Longrange	Magic	Longrange		+1 Magic, +3 Defence

Charged staves

Charged staves unlock otherwise unavailable spells on the standard spellbook. They require both charges and runes to cast.

Ancient Magicks

Special staves that allow the autocasting of Ancient Magicks. Note that Ahrim's staff can only autocast Ancient Magicks while wearing the full set of Ahrim the Blighted's equipment and an Amulet of the damned.

Fairy rings

The following staves offer access to the fairy ring transportation network.

Croziers

Croziers are god-aligned staves with the ability to autocast spells from the standard spellbook. They cannot cast god spells.

Other staves

Some non-equipable staves include:

• Staff of armadyl