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
Weapons		Main		Off
Damage		-		-
Accuracy		150		-
Style		Spell-casting
Range		8
Speed		Average (3.6s)
Attributes						Damage reduction
Armour				0		PvM: 0%			PvP: 0%
Life points				0		Style bonuses
Prayer				0		0		0		0
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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

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• Note that an update removed Corporal Boothe from the game, there are now only the Gnome Shopkeeper's Armoury and Zaff's Superior Staves.

Drop sources

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Disassembly

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%
Possible materials
Often
Stave parts	35%
Magic parts	30%
Padded parts	30%
Rarely
Powerful components	3%
Imbued components	2%

Defined properties:

All Junk chance: 98.9 Junk chance: 98.9

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Dungeoneering	Law  Nature  Gravite  Chaotic (Augmented • Lucky • Golden)
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