Mystic staff

Mystic staff
Primary type							Crush
Secondary type							Magic
Attack speed

Mystic staves are combined melee and magical weapons which can be used in combat, requiring level 40 Attack and Magic to wield. They are primarily used for casting combat spells, having +2 more Magic Attack bonuses compared to battlestaves, although they also have Melee Attack bonuses.

To create a mystic staff, a player must take a battlestaff to Thormac and pay him 40,000 coins to upgrade it (less with the completion of certain Kandarin Diaries).

On top of their melee capabilities, Mystic staves, like their non-upgraded Battlestaff variants, allow the wielder to autocast spells and also provide an unlimited supply of runes according to their element.

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

Standard mystic staves

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
	Mystic air staff	10	-1	40	14	0	2	3	1	14	0	50	0%	0	0	2.267
	Mystic water staff	10	-1	40	14	0	2	3	1	14	0	50	0%	0	0	2.267
	Mystic earth staff	10	-1	40	14	0	2	3	1	14	0	50	0%	0	0	2.267
	Mystic fire staff	10	-1	40	14	0	2	3	1	14	0	50	0%	0	0	2.267

Combination mystic staves

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
	Mystic dust staff	10	-1	40	14	0	2	3	1	14	0	50	0%	0	0	2.267
	Mystic lava staff	10	-1	40	14	0	2	3	1	14	0	50	0%	0	0	2.267
	Mystic lava staff (or)	10	-1	40	14	0	2	3	1	14	0	50	0%	0	0	2.267
	Mystic mist staff	10	-1	40	14	0	2	3	1	14	0	50	0%	0	0	2.267
	Mystic mud staff	10	-1	40	14	0	2	3	1	14	0	50	0%	0	0	2.267
	Mystic smoke staff	10	-1	40	14	0	2	3	1	14	0	50	0%	0	0	2.267
	Mystic steam staff	7	-1	40	14	0	2	3	1	14	0	50	0%	0	0	2.267
	Mystic steam staff (or)	7	-1	40	14	0	2	3	1	14	0	50	0%	0	0	2.267

Price

Item		Rune supply	Exchange price
	Mystic air staff		25,212
	Mystic water staff		25,248
	Mystic earth staff		25,205
	Mystic fire staff		25,425
	Mystic dust staff	+	42,817
	Mystic lava staff	+	26,146
	Mystic lava staff (or)	+	551,318
	Mystic mist staff	+	90,966
	Mystic mud staff	+	55,697
	Mystic smoke staff	+	1,619,463
	Mystic steam staff	+	88,218
	Mystic steam staff (or)	+	704,136

All elemental staves

Runes provided	Basic		Battlestaves		Mystic staves
Standard
		Staff of air		Air battlestaff		Mystic air staff
		Staff of water		Water battlestaff		Mystic water staff
		Staff of earth		Earth battlestaff		Mystic earth staff
		Staff of fire		Fire battlestaff		Mystic fire staff
Combination
	N/A			Lava battlestaff		Mystic lava staff
	N/A			Mud battlestaff		Mystic mud staff
	N/A			Steam battlestaff		Mystic steam staff
	N/A			Smoke battlestaff		Mystic smoke staff
	N/A			Mist battlestaff		Mystic mist staff
	N/A			Dust battlestaff		Mystic dust staff

Comparison between other magic weapons

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Name		Level(s) required	Magic attack	Magic damage	Price	Notes
	Tumeken's shadow	85	+35	N/A	1,411,083,800	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%	391,598,658	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%	216,462,990	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%	372,654,902	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	90,862,121	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%	69,701,749	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	3,653,349	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 2500 charges. 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)				7,242,258
	Toxic staff of the dead	75	+25	+15%	7,714,680	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 11000). 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%	3,775,080	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%	25,361,616	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%	4,152,435	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	42,468	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. 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)				3,942,836
	Slayer's staff (e)	75 55	+12	N/A	23,625	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%	30,155,929	Can autocast both Ancient Magicks and standard spells.
	Ahrim's staff	70	+15	+5%	125,877	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%	62,679	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.
	Master wand	60	+20	N/A	1,382,767	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	+20	N/A	3,007,725	Can autocast standard spells.
	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	62,679	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	22,312	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%	1,619,463	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		1,573,785
	Salamanders	30 (Green)	N/A	N/A	142	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)			108
		60 (Red)			29
		70 (Black)			294
	Croziers	60	+10	N/A	10,137	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	1,448	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		9,060
		40 (Mystic staff)	+14		25,425