Guthix staff

Guthix staff
Released							22 September 2003 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							No
Equipable							Yes
Stackable							No
Noteable							No
Options							Wield, Drop
Examine							A magical staff imbued with the power of Guthix.
Values
Value							80,000 coins
High alch							48,000 coins
Low alch							32,000 coins
Weight							2.267 kg
Advanced data
Item ID							2416

The Guthix staff is a god staff that can only be obtained by finishing Mage Arena I miniquest. Like the other God staves, this staff requires level 60 Magic to acquire and therefore wield. To get it, the player must defeat Kolodion the mage in all of his forms. Afterwards, they will have to pick a god to worship to receive a cape and the staff corresponding to that god. If the player has already chosen another god, the staff can be purchased from the Chamber Guardian for 80,000 coins.

The staff allows wielders to cast the Claws of Guthix spell, which must be cast 100 times inside the Mage Arena minigame to gain the ability to use it outside of the arena. The spell has a chance to lower the opponent's defence by 5% on a successful hit, which does not stack with subsequent hits and will not re-occur until the opponents defence has returned to their original level. The spell can also be temporarily powered up by casting the Charge spell first.

If not a protected item, the Guthix staff will convert into 9,600 coins upon death above level 20 Wilderness.

Attack bonuses
-1		-1		+6		+6		+0
Defence bonuses
+2		+3		+1		+6		+0
Other bonuses								Slot
+2		+0		+0%		+0		List
Base attack speed							Range
							1 square

Combat styles

Category: Staff	Combat Style	Style type	Weapon Style	Experience	Invisible Boost
	Bash	Crush	Accurate	Attack and Hitpoints	+3 Attack
	Pound	Crush	Aggressive	Strength and Hitpoints	+3 Strength
	Focus	Crush	Defensive	Defence and Hitpoints	+3 Defence
	Spell	Magic	Defensive Autocast	Magic, Defence, and Hitpoints	None
	Spell	Magic	Autocast	Magic and Hitpoints	None

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Seller	Location	Number in stock	Restock time	Price sold at	Price bought at	Change Per	Members
Mage Arena Staffs.	Mage Arena	5	1m	80,000	N/A	2.0%

Comparison between other magic weapons

Name		Level(s) required	Magic attack	Magic damage	Price	Notes
	Tumeken's shadow	85	+35	N/A	1,485,919,905	Requires 5 2 per charge of the built-in spell. Built-in spell damage scales with the player's Magic level and can hit up to 34 at 99 without any magic damage bonus. Has a passive effect which triples magic attack bonus and magic damage from the player's worn equipment. The magic damage increase is capped at a total of 100%. Because the spell is built-in, the player does not need to carry its runes in their inventory and can use Arceuus spellbook, Lunar spells, or Ancient Magicks while wielding this staff. Currently offers the highest magic attack bonus, and is tied with the Kodai wand for highest magic defence.
	Harmonised nightmare staff	82 50	+16	+15%	268,131,665	Can autocast standard spells only. Standard spells attack one tick faster, matching the speed of a powered staff. Otherwise possesses identical bonuses and benefits to the Nightmare staff.
	Volatile nightmare staff	82 50	+16	+15%	119,250,913	Can autocast both Ancient Magicks and standard spells. Has a special attack which consumes 55% of the player's special attack energy and deals a high amount of damage with 50% increased accuracy. This attack does not consume runes. Otherwise possesses identical bonuses and benefits to the Nightmare staff.
	Eldritch nightmare staff	82 50	+16	+15%	198,742,458	Can autocast both Ancient Magicks and standard spells. Has a special attack which consumes 55% of the player's special attack energy and deals a high amount of damage, restoring the player's prayer points by 50% of the damage dealt. This attack does not consume runes. Otherwise possesses identical bonuses and benefits to the Nightmare staff.
	Sanguinesti staff	82	+25	N/A	98,771,079	Slightly stronger than the trident of the swamp, with the same stats but able to hit one damage higher. Requires 3 per charge of the built-in spell. Built-in spell damage scales with the player's Magic level and can hit up to 32 at 99 . Has a 1 in 6 chance to heal the wielder by half the damage dealt. Tied with the toxic staff of the dead and trident of the swamp for third-highest magic attack bonus. Because the spell is built-in, the player does not need to carry its runes in their inventory and can use Arceuus spellbook, Lunar spells, or Ancient Magicks while wielding this staff.
	Holy Sanguinesti staff
	Kodai wand	80	+28	+15%	92,784,722	Can autocast Ancient Magicks, Arceuus spells, and standard spells. Provides unlimited water runes while equipped. When a combat spell is cast with the wand, there is a 15% chance that the wand will negate the rune cost for that spell. Currently offers the second-highest magic attack bonus, and is tied with Tumeken's Shadow for highest magic defence.
	Trident of the swamp	78	+25	N/A	2,094,432	Has the same benefits as the Trident of the seas, but with +10 more magic attack bonus. Requires 5 1 1 and 1 Zulrah scale (instead of coins) per charge of the built-in spell, and can hold up to 2,500 charges. The enhanced version can hold up to 20,000 charges, but requires 10 kraken tentacles to create. Built-in spell damage scales with the player's Magic level and can hit up to 31 at 99 . Has 25% chance to inflict venom on the target. Tied with the Sanguinesti staff and Toxic staff of the dead for third-highest magic attack bonus. Because the spell is built-in, the player does not need to carry its runes in their inventory and can use Arceuus spellbook, Lunar spells, or Ancient Magicks while wielding this staff.
	Trident of the swamp (e)				9,014,982
	Toxic staff of the dead	75	+25	+15%	12,455,677	Can autocast Flames of Zamorak, Magic Dart, Crumble Undead, Arceuus spells, and standard spells. Has the same benefits as the Staff of the dead, but with +8 more magic attack bonus. Requires Zulrah's scales to recharge (up to 11,000). Has 25% chance to inflict venom on an opponent. Tied with the Sanguinesti staff and trident of the swamp for third-highest magic attack bonus.
	Staff of light	75	+17	+15%	7,340,540	Can autocast Saradomin Strike, Magic Dart, Crumble Undead, and standard spells. Counts as both a Saradomin AND Zamorak item in God Wars. Otherwise possesses identical bonuses and benefits to the Staff of the dead excluding Flames of Zamorak autocast.
	Staff of balance	75	+17	+15%	20,311,719	Can autocast Claws of Guthix, Magic Dart, Crumble Undead, and standard spells. Otherwise possesses identical bonuses and benefits to the Staff of the dead excluding Flames of Zamorak autocast.
	Staff of the dead	75	+17	+15%	10,183,652	Can autocast Flames of Zamorak, Magic Dart, Crumble Undead, Arceuus spells, and standard spells. Has a special attack that halves all melee damage the player takes for one minute, which stacks with the PvP damage reduction effect of the Protect from Melee prayer. This consumes 100% of the player's special attack. 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. Currently the strongest staff when used as a melee weapon, surpassing the Ancient staff and Iban's staff, and provides +17 magic defence. Counts as a Zamorakian item in God Wars.
	Trident of the seas	75	+15	N/A	42,306	Has its own built-in spell, requiring charges which cost 5 1 1 runes and 10 coins per cast. Can hold up to 2,500 charges. The enhanced version can hold up to 20,000 charges, but requires 10 kraken tentacles to create. Built-in spell damage scales with the player's Magic level and can hit up to 28 at 99 . Has a weapon speed of 4 (same as scimitars/whip), while all other forms of combat magic only have 5 (same as longswords). Because the spell is built-in, the player does not need to carry its runes in their inventory and can use Arceuus spellbook, Lunar spells, or Ancient Magicks while wielding this staff.
	Trident of the seas (e)				5,253,321
	Slayer's staff (e)	75 55	+12	N/A	23,929	Can autocast Magic Dart, Crumble Undead, Arceuus spells, and the Wave and Surge spells. Has 2,500 charges and is recharged with a Slayer's enchantment. If used to cast Magic Dart on the player's Slayer task, max hit is 13 + (player's magic level / 6), rounded down, and uses 1 charge from the staff on a hit. Otherwise provides the same benefits as the Slayer's staff.
	Nightmare staff	72 50	+16	+15%	26,497,326	Can autocast both Ancient Magicks and standard spells.
	Ahrim's staff	70	+15	+5%	125,162	Can autocast Arceuus spells and standard spells. Can autocast Ancient Magicks if equipped with Ahrim the Blighted's equipment and the Amulet of the damned.
	Ancient sceptre	70 60 50	+20	+5%	60,635	Can autocast Ancient Magicks, and enhances the effects of said spellbook by 10%. Also can autocast standard spells. Requires Secrets of the North completion in order to create by speaking to Eblis to combine an ancient staff with an ancient icon.
	Accursed sceptre	70	+22	N/A	2,647,082	While charged, an additional 50% magic accuracy and damage boost is applied when attacking any NPC in the Wilderness. This effect will stack with a Slayer helmet or a Salve amulet and their variants, but not both simultaneously. Has a special attack which consumes 50% of the player's special attack energy and deals an attack with 50% increased damage and accuracy. Upon a successful hit, drains the target's Defence and Magic by 15%. Standard version: Built-in spell damage scales with the player's Magic level. Because the spell is built-in, the player does not need to carry its runes in their inventory and can use Arceuus spellbook, Lunar spells, or Ancient Magicks while wielding this staff. Autocast version: Can autocast Flames of Zamorak, standard spells and Ancient Magicks.
	Accursed sceptre (a)
	Master wand	60	+20	N/A	3,912,951	Can autocast Ancient Magicks, Arceuus spells, and standard spells. Requires 240 Telekinetic, 240 Alchemist, 2400 Enchantment and 240 Graveyard points, and a teacher wand equipped or in the player's inventory, to purchase from the Mage Training Arena. Thus it does not cost much besides the time and runes spent in the Mage Training Arena.
	Thammaron's sceptre	60	+15	N/A	2,247,352	While charged, an additional 50% magic accuracy and damage boost is applied when attacking any NPC in the Wilderness. This effect will stack with a Slayer helmet or a Salve amulet and their variants, but not both simultaneously. Standard version: Built-in spell damage scales with the player's Magic level. Because the spell is built-in, the player does not need to carry its runes in their inventory and can use Arceuus spellbook, Lunar spells, or Ancient Magicks while wielding this staff. Autocast version: Can autocast Flames of Zamorak, standard spells and Ancient Magicks.
	Thammaron's sceptre (a)
	God staves	60	+6	N/A	80,000	Required to cast god spells, but cannot be used to autocast them. Those who have 80 and the respective God cape can use the Charge spell, which increases the God spell's damage by 50%.
	Iban's staff	50	+10	N/A	200,000	Only staff able to cast Iban Blast. Can autocast Iban Blast and standard spells. Has 120 charges (2,500 if upgraded). One charge is used when casting Iban Blast on an NPC and two are used when casting it on another player. Iban Blast has a max hit of 25.
	Iban's staff (u)				400,000
	Ancient staff	50	+15	N/A	60,635	Can autocast both Ancient Magicks and standard spells. Currently the third strongest staff when used as a melee weapon, behind the (Toxic) Staff of the dead and Ahrim's Staff.
	Slayer's staff	50 55	+12	N/A	22,684	Can autocast Magic Dart, Crumble Undead, Arceuus spells, and the Wave and Surge spells. Runes required to cast Magic Dart are very cheap compared to spells of a similar level. Maximum hit of Magic Dart is 10 + (player's magic level / 10), rounded down.
	Void knight mace	42 22	+8	N/A	Untradeable	Can autocast Claws of Guthix, Crumble Undead, and the Wave and Surge spells.
	Mystic smoke staff	40	+14	+10%	1,223,771	Can autocast standard spells. Provides unlimited fire and air runes. Grants a 10% accuracy and damage boost for combat spells on the standard spellbook.
	Smoke battlestaff	30	+12		1,180,228
	Salamanders	30 (Green)	N/A	N/A	41	Unique and versatile two-handed weapons that facilitate the use of all three combat styles. Cannot autocast spells, but instead have their own unique magic attack, similar to how powered staves have built-in spells. Damage done by salamanders is calculated by a unique formula using a hidden "magic damage bonus" unique to each lizard type.
		50 (Orange)			119
		60 (Red)			71
		70 (Black)			267
	Croziers	60	+10	N/A	8,171	Can autocast standard spells. Have a notable Prayer boost of +6.
	Skull sceptre	1	+10	N/A	Untradeable	Can autocast Arceuus spells and standard spells. Additionally, the imbued version can autocast Crumble Undead.
	Skull sceptre (i)
	Elemental staves	1 (Basic)	+10	N/A	1,589	Can autocast standard spells. Provide unlimited runes of their respective elements. Elemental staves (air, water, earth and fire) provide one type of rune. Combination staves (lava, mud, mist, dust, steam and smoke) provide two types of runes. However, they have a slower attack speed than better staves (3 seconds per cast instead of 2.4) and lack any Magic damage boost.
		30 (Battlestaff)	+12		8,985
		40 (Mystic staff)	+14		25,127

Changes

Date	Changes
7 March – 18 April 2005	The item was renamed from "Staff of guthix" to "Guthix staff". The item's examine was changed from "It's a stick of the gods." to "A magical staff imbued with the power of Guthix."

Gallery (historical)

RuneScape 2 Beta	29 March 2004 – present