Staff is the heavier of two Magician weapons, alongside the wand. Staves are always 2-handed and carry a higher base magic attack than a same-level wand at the cost of the off-hand slot. Staff-equipped magicians cannot carry a shield for the additional magic attack, INT, and defense that one would provide. Damage scales with INT in the magic damage formula, with the staff's magic-attack value as the equipment multiplier.
Like wands, staves have no associated mastery skill. The classic-era magic damage formula is deterministic given INT, spell, and magic attack; there is no damage range for a mastery skill to tighten, so the per-weapon-type mastery system that physical classes rely on does not apply to magicians.
What a staff does
- Powers magic spells. Higher base magic attack than a wand of the same level: the principal reason to choose a staff.
- Scales damage on INT. Same magic damage formula as wands; the difference is in the weapon's magic-attack contribution.
- No off-hand slot. Staff-equipped magicians forego the shield's magic attack, INT, and defense bonuses.
- Slower attack speed. Staves sit near the slow end of the attack-speed scale, alongside 2-handed swords and polearms, though magic spells themselves often have fixed casting times that mask the weapon-speed difference.
Used by
All three magician sub-jobs (Cleric, Fire/Poison Wizard, Ice/Lightning Wizard) can equip staves, and the choice between staff and wand is independent of sub-job.
Beginner characters can equip basic-tier staves without restriction.
Staff vs wand
See the wand page for the full trade-off, but the short version: a staff alone has higher raw magic attack, while a wand-plus-shield combination has comparable total magic attack and INT plus the shield's defense. Most magicians pick whichever weapon has the better specific item available; endgame magicians often own both, scrolled differently for different content.
List of staves
Every staff tracked on the wiki, sorted by required level ascending then weapon attack descending. Click any column header to re-sort.
| Lv | Item | Job | Atk speed | WA | MA | CRIT DMG | Slots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 |  Wooden Staff
|
Magician | Slow | 20 | 24 | 1% | 7 |
| 15 |  Emerald Staff
|
Magician | Slow | 25 | 31 | 1% | 7 |
| 15 |  Sapphire Staff
|
Magician | Slow | 25 | 31 | 1% | 7 |
| 20 |  Old Wooden Staff
|
Magician | Slow | 30 | 38 | 2% | 7 |
| 25 |  Wizard Staff
|
Magician | Slow | 35 | 45 | 2% | 7 |
| 45 |  Arc Staff
|
Magician | Slow | 55 | 73 | 4% | 7 |
| 55 |  Thorns
|
Magician | Slow | 65 | 87 | 5% | 7 |
| 65 |  Evil Wings
|
Magician | Slow | 75 | 101 | 6% | 7 |