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This article is about battlestaves as a group. For the basic battlestaff, see battlestaff.
Battlestaff Air battlestaff Water battlestaff Earth battlestaff Fire battlestaff Lava battlestaff Mud battlestaff Steam battlestaff Dragon battlestaff Armadyl battlestaff
Slot 2-handed
Style Magical
Speed
Average (3.6s)
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Battlestaves are improved versions of regular staves designed to offer an increased accuracy rating to mages looking for more advanced magical weaponry. In the same way that their regular staff counterparts do, battlestaves provide an unlimited supply of runes according to their name (e.g. a fire battlestaff replaces the need for fire runes when it is equipped). There are no mist, dust or smoke battlestaves, likely because if staves which provided unlimited runes of air and one other element existed, a majority of combat spells would be able to be cast for free.

With the exception of the dragon battlestaff and the Armadyl battlestaff, battlestaves require level 30 Magic to wield. Basic battlestaves have no requirements to wield; the Armadyl battlestaff, being a more advanced and unique weapon, requires 77 Magic to wield. The Armadyl battlestaff can also be used as an unlimited supply of air runes, whilst also speeding up the Storm of Armadyl cast rate, making it the only staff which can affect the speed at which spells are cast. A dragon battlestaff requires 60 Magic and completion of Birthright of the Dwarves, and is the only battlestaff that does not provide unlimited runes for an element.

The basic version used to be sold by Zaff in Varrock. His apprentice, Naff now sells them in his store, Naff's Knockoff Staves. The supply is increased as players achieve higher levels of Varrock armour. Also, after completing Lunar Diplomacy, a player can buy 20 battlestaves per day from Baba Yaga on Lunar Isle. This is a good way to make money daily, as Naff sells them at 7,000 each, and they can be sold on the Grand Exchange for more. Since 11 April 2012 it is possible to get a strange rock by creating battlestaves.

Shade skulls, obtainable from gold chests in the Shades of Mort'ton minigame, may be attached to elemental battlestaves to alter their appearance. The stats of the battlestaff do not change.

Level Staff Price Profit from High Alch[1]
30 Air battlestaff Air battlestaff 8,114 781
30 Earth battlestaff Earth battlestaff 8,028 867
30 Fire battlestaff Fire battlestaff 8,011 884
30 Water battlestaff Water battlestaff 7,974 921
30 Lava battlestaff Lava battlestaff 9,062 733
30 Mud battlestaff Mud battlestaff 15,757 −5,962
30 Steam battlestaff Steam battlestaff 12,443 −2,648
60 Dragon battlestaff Dragon battlestaff 309,497 −189,902
77 Armadyl battlestaff Armadyl battlestaff 17,828,844 −17,709,249
  1. ^ Assumes that battlestaves are purchased from the Grand Exchange and that a fire staff is used.

Trivia[]

  • Prior to the Evolution of Combat update, all varieties of battlestaves provided melee attack bonuses (specialising in crush) along with some defence bonuses. For this reason they required 30 Attack to wield alongside the current Magic level.

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