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 the Dragon longsword along with magic bonus. The staff has a +15% magic damage bonus, 5% more than most other magic damage-boosting staves, with the exception of 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 staff's 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. When worn with a full complement of Combat Robes, the Staff of Light will activate its rune saving ability approximately 1/5 casts or 20%. When worn with a full complement of Battle Robes, the Staff of Light will activate its rune-saving ability on 50% of your casts, in addition to the catalyst-saving effects of the Battle Robes.

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 fourth best magic attack bonus for any one handed weapon after the Chaotic Staff or 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 second best magic damage bonus of 15% (the chaotic staff provides a +20% damage bonus, and the Master wand provides a +10% bonus). 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 the inventory than when it is wielded.
 * The Staff of Light experienced a bug as of June 24, 2010 as the new update was brought in; the bug caused the special attack of the staff to be defective, showing the message "you need Staff of light equipped to do that."
 * The Staff of Light's rune saving ability also works in free to play though the staff's other abilities are useless; this has since been changed and the ability no longer works in f2p.
 * 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. However it is most comparable to a spetum due to the blade being double edged.
 * The Staff of Light's special attack appears to be 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'.
 * Verac the Defiled's special has no effect on the staff's special attack.
 * Due to the rather potent melee statistics, some players use the Staff of Light as a melee weapon.
 * This is one of the few staves that offer decent melee bonuses as well as having very good magic bonuses.
 * The abbreviations of the Staff of Light, Sol, spells the Latin, Swedish, Portuguese, Danish and Norwegian word for the Sun, although this is probably just a coincidence.
 * On the day of release, the Grand Exchange price for the staff of light was 10m but players were buying it in junk trades for over 100m.
 * Despite the Staff of Light's lack of a crush attack bonus, its defensive attack style is crush; it is unknown whether this is a glitch or not.
 * When casting a combat spell with the Staff of Light, the user thrusts it in the opposite direction, with its bottom section facing the front. this may be a glitch.