Battlestaff

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Battlestaff
Released							18 March 2002 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							Yes
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Destroy							Drop
Examine							It's a slightly magical stick.
Values
Value							7,000 coins
High alch							4,200 coins
Low alch							2,800 coins
Weight							2.267 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange							7,887 coins (info)
Buy limit							11,000
Daily volume							1,392,930
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Advanced data
Item ID							1391
Twisted League							Yes

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A battlestaff is a members-only staff which boosts Magic. It requires 30 Attack and Magic to wield. Mostly, though, it is used in making elemental staves. By using the appropriate (earth, water, fire, air) charge orb spell on an Obelisk with an unpowered orb in your inventory, players can make an elemental orb, which can then be attached to the top of the battlestaff. Should a player wish to do so, they can take the completed battlestaff to Thormac (if Scorpion Catcher is completed) to make a mystic staff for 40,000 coins (30,000 if the player has completed the hard Kandarin Diary, or 20,000 if the player has completed the elite Kandarin Diary).

Visually the battlestaff is identical to the staff, however the battlestaff holds better stats.

Battlestaves can be fletched from Celastrus bark with level 40 Fletching. They can also be bought from Zaff in Varrock (after partial completion of What Lies Below), The magic store owner in the Wizards' Guild or Baba Yaga on the Lunar Isle. Zaff stocks 15 to 120 extra staves daily for players who have completed the Varrock Diary. These can be obtained by interacting with the barrel in the northwest corner of the shop.

A player attaching an orb to a battlestaff.

Attack bonuses					A player wielding a battlestaff.
+7	-1	+25	+10	+0
Defence bonuses
+2	+3	+1	+10	+0
Other bonuses				Slot
+32	+0	+0%	+0	List
Attack speed

Combat styles

Combat Options	Combat Style	Type	Experience
	Bash	Crush	Attack and Hitpoints
	Pound	Crush	Strength and Hitpoints
	Focus	Crush	Defence and Hitpoints
	Spell	Defensive Autocast	Magic, Hitpoints and Defence
	Spell	Autocast	Magic and Hitpoints

Products

Item	Skills	Materials
Air battlestaff	66	1 × Air orb 1 × Battlestaff
Bryophyta's staff (uncharged)	62	1 × Battlestaff 1 × Bryophyta's essence
Earth battlestaff	58	1 × Earth orb 1 × Battlestaff
Fire battlestaff	62	1 × Fire orb 1 × Battlestaff
Water battlestaff	54	1 × Water orb 1 × Battlestaff

Drop sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here (include RDT).

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Abyssal Sire	350	10 (noted)	6/139
Alchemical Hydra	426	8–12 (noted)	5/101
Ancient Wyvern	210	6 (noted)	Rare
Angry barbarian spirit	166	1	1/128
Berserk barbarian spirit	166	1	1/128
Bryophyta (m)	128	3	Uncommon
Cave kraken	127	1	Uncommon
Cerberus	318	6 (noted)	3/128
Chaos Fanatic	202	5 (noted)	5/128
Dagannoth Prime	303	1–10 (noted)	1/128
Deviant spectre	169	1	5/128
Eclectic impling jar	N/A	1	1/100
Eclectic impling	50	1	1/100
Enraged barbarian spirit	166	1	1/128
Hydra	194	2–3 (noted)	2/128
Kalphite Queen	333	10 (noted)	5/128
Kraken	127; 291	10 (noted)	4/128
Locust rider	68; 98; 106	3 (noted)	2/128
Long-tailed Wyvern	152	3–5 (noted)	3/123
Moss giant Level 84	84	1	2/128
Repugnant spectre	335	1	5/128
Revenant cyclops	82	3 (noted)	1/45.38
Revenant dark beast	120	3 (noted)	1/26.5
Revenant demon	98	3 (noted)	1/37.48
Revenant dragon	135	3 (noted)	1/21.31
Revenant goblin	15	3 (noted)	1/369.99
Revenant hellhound	90	3 (noted)	1/41.05
Revenant hobgoblin	60	3 (noted)	1/77.4
Revenant imp	7	3 (noted)	1/647.78
Revenant knight	126	3 (noted)	1/22.8
Revenant ork	105	3 (noted)	1/31.09
Revenant pyrefiend	52	3 (noted)	1/87.59
Reward Chest (The Gauntlet) (Corrupted)	N/A	8–12 (noted)	1/24
Reward Chest (The Gauntlet)	N/A	4–8 (noted)	1/24
Reward casket (elite)	N/A	100 (noted)	1/28,750
Sarachnis	318	8–10 (noted)	2/100
Scarab mage	66; 93	3 (noted)	2/128
Screaming twisted banshee	144	1	5/128
Silver key black	N/A	1	9/153
Silver key brown	N/A	1	9/153
Silver key crimson	N/A	1	9/153
Silver key purple	N/A	1	9/153
Silver key red	N/A	1	9/153
Skeletal Wyvern	140	10 (noted)	3/128
Skeleton Mage Level 83	83	1	Rare
Skeleton brute	132	1	1/128
Skeleton heavy	132	1	1/128
Skeleton hero	149	1	1/128
Skeleton thug	132	1	1/128
Skeleton warlord	132	1	1/128
Skotizo	321	25 (noted)	7/100
Spitting Wyvern	139	3–5 (noted)	3/123
Taloned Wyvern	147	3–5 (noted)	3/123
Theatre of Blood	N/A	11–17	Uncommon
Twisted Banshee	89	1	5/128
Vorkath	392; 732	5–15 (noted)	4/150
Zulrah	725	10 (noted)	2 x 10/248

Store locations

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Seller	Location	Number in stock	Price sold at	Price bought at	Members?
Baba Yaga's Magic Shop.	Lunar Isle	5	7,000	3,850
Magic Guild Store (Runes and Staves)	Wizards' Guild	5	7,000	4,200
Zaff's Superior Staffs!	Varrock	5	7,000	3,850
Elgan's Exceptional Staffs!	Prifddinas	5	7,000	3,850

Changes

Date	Changes
3 December 2015 (update)	When purchasing battlestaves as part of the Varrock diary reward from Zaff's barrel, you will no longer be told your inventory is full when it already contains a stack of noted battlestaves.
5 March 2015 (update | poll)	You can now acquire discounted (7000gp) battlestaves from Zaff once per day for the completion of Varrock Diaries: 15 battlestaves for the easy diary. 30 battlestaves for the medium diary. 60 battlestaves for the hard diary. 120 battlestaves for the elite diary.

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