Staff of light


 * Sol redirects here, for the Dungeoneering reward, see Scroll of life

The Staff of light is a unique drop from Ice strykewyrms. It is a one-handed magic staff requiring 75 Attack and 75 Magic to wield. The Staff of light can be used as a Slayer staff to cast the Magic Dart spell. It has stats comparable to Dragon equipment. The staff has a +15% ]magic damae bonus, 5% more than all other magic damage-boosting staves, but the Chaotic staff. The staff has a Special attack called Power of Light. When activated, this special attack reduces any melee damage(including magical melee) that is received by 50% for one minute. If the staff is unequipped during this time, the effect is lost (In order to prevent Melee/Ranged users from abusing the staffs special attack). The staff also has a special rune-saving ability; while wielded, there is a 1/8 (12.5%) chance that any combat spell cast with this staff will not use up any runes.

The rune-saving effect can be combined with a full set of Combat robes, improving the chance to 1/5 (20%). Battle robes can also be used, for a 1/2 (50%) chance of saving runes. Both robe sets can be earned as rewards from the Fist of Guthix minigame. Any time the staff does not save the player runes, the robes themselves will still have their usual chance of saving the player any mind, chaos, death or blood runes used by the combat spell the player is casting. The Staff of Light does NOT save 65% of a player's runes.

Warning: The staff of light has a low alchemy value and will be lost to many other items that have a significantly lower GE price, so use caution when bringing the staff to dangerous areas such as PVP.

Combat and magic styles
The Staff of light gives the third best magic attack bonus for any one handed weapon, after the Master wand (+20) and Zuriel's staff or Corrupt Zuriel's staff (+18). The Penance trident has a magic attack bonus equal to that of the Staff of light. The Staff of light gives the best magic damage bonus, 5% more than all other staves with a magic damage bonus(it now shares this title with the Chaotic Staff). Together with Zuriel's staff (or the corrupt version) it has the best strength bonus for any magic staff. While most magic staves offer a good crush attack bonus, the Staff of light has very good stab and slash attack bonuses. This is particularly useful against melee players who switch to Black d'hide armour to protect against mages, since slash attacks are very effective against d'hide.

Trivia

 * The blade tip of the staff looks bigger in your inventory than it is when you have it wielded.
 * The Staff of Light's rune saving ability also works in free to play though the staff's other abilities are useless.
 * The bladed part of the staff looks like a smaller version of a Saradomin Sword
 * The Staff of light and the Godsword hilt have a similar examine information.
 * This item could not be lent out for the first 8 days after its release. However, an update on February 16 2010 changed that.
 * The Forge regent's special ability, Inferno, can be used to deactivate the special attack by unequipping the staff.
 * The drop rate is the same as that of an Abyssal whip from an Abyssal demon.
 * The Staff of light acts more like a glaive or halberd in function due to the bladed tip, as opposed to a staff.
 * The Staff of light special attack appears similar to the power Vanstrom Klause uses to defend himself.
 * The special attack animation of this weapon may be a reference to the novel Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, where Gandalf breaks the bridge of Khazad-dûm with a similar motion, and it is described that a 'blinding sheet of white flame sprang up'.
 * A Full Verac's set cannot hit through the special attack of the Staff of light as it doesn't count as a prayer.