Staff of light

Disassembly XP	22.5
Item quantity required	1
Material count	12
Possible materials
Often
Stave parts	35%
Magic parts	30%
Padded parts	30%
Rarely
Powerful components	3%
Imbued components	2%

OS

"Sol" redirects here. For other uses, see scroll of life and sign of life.

For this item's augmented variant, see augmented staff of light.

For this item's (un)dyed variants, see green, yellow, red, blue.

Staff of light

Detailed
Equipped

Typical

Release

8 February 2010 (Update)

Reclaim

Sacrifice

Reclaimable

7750

31000

The staff of light, also known as SoL, is a two-handed staff that requires 75 Magic to wield. It is obtained as a unique drop from ice strykewyrms, requiring 93 Slayer to kill. The golden parts of the staff can be recoloured into blue, green, red, and yellow at a one time cost of 2,000 Loyalty points by using it on Xuan in Burthorpe/Varrock or Dilwyn in Prifddinas.

The staff of light features a few special properties. When a combat spell (including curse spells like Confuse or Entangle) is cast with the staff, there is a 12.5% (1/8) chance that the staff will negate the rune cost for that spell. This chance increases to 20% when wearing combat robes, and 50% when wearing battle robes. When the effect activates, the following message appears in the chat box: "Your spell draws its power completely from your weapon." Additionally, the staff of light can be used as a more accurate alternative to the slayer's staff for casting Slayer Dart.

Recoloured staves must be returned to the original colour before adding an augmentor to create an augmented staff of light.

A wyrm heart can be added to a staff of light to turn it into a more powerful, but degradeable staff of darkness. The staff of darkness recharges by 50% after consuming a staff of light.

**Combat Stats**
Class
Requirements
75
Magic
Tier
75
Weapons	Main	Off
Damage	-	-
Accuracy	1694	-
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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Special attack[]

The staff of light's special attack, Power of Light

The staff of light has a special attack called Power of Light, which uses 100% adrenaline. When used, all damage from melee attacks against the player is reduced by 50% for 1 minute. The effect resets the timer if you use the special attack twice before 1 minute, and the effect ends if you switch out your weapon. When the effect ends, the following message appears in the chat box: "The power of the light fades. Your resistance to melee attacks returns to normal."

Comparison with other magical weapons[]

Two-handed[]

	Levels	Cost	Accuracy (Tier)	Notes
Staff of Sliske	92	816,692,650	2577 (92)	Has a special attack, From the Shadows, that will summon a wight to deal damage to the target several times Degrades: has 60,000 charges of combat, and costs 4,800,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
Noxious staff	90	165,149,827	2458 (90)	Has a special attack, Mirrorback, that summons a mirrorback spider which reduces and reflects damage for ten seconds Degrades: has 60,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 5 hours), and costs 4,500,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
Superior Zuriel's staff	88	23,421,675	2343 (88)	Has a special attack, Miasmic Barrage, consumes 100% adrenaline and 100 charges on the staff (0.1% of maximum charge). A magic attack is launched at the opponent dealing up to 200% weapon damage, reduces their attack speed by a tick for 15 seconds, and halves their adrenaline gain for 15 seconds. Degrades: has 100,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 16.7 hours), and when it runs out of charges degrades to dust.
Obliteration	87	61,297,046	2287 (87)	Has a special attack, Devour, that halves all of your opponent's healing for 10 seconds. Degrades: has 60,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 10 hours), and costs 4,500,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
Camel staff	85	43,174,962	2178 (85)	Reduces an opponent's accuracy by 5%, and has a damage over time effect Provides fire runes when wielded Degrades: has 30,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 5 hours), and costs 4,125,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
Staff of darkness	85	39,751,481	2178 (85)	Has a special attack and passive effects Can cast the Slayer dart spell Degrades: has 60,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 10 hours), and costs 2 staves of light (3,684,290 coins) to repair
Staff of limitless air Staff of limitless water Staff of limitless earth Staff of limitless fire Staff of limitless lava Staff of limitless mud Staff of limitless steam	82	12,071,143 (Air) 12,070,835 (Water) 12,071,310 (Earth) 12,071,199 (Fire) 12,095,087 (Lava) 12,104,674 (Mud) 12,102,037 (Steam)	2023 (82)	Provides unlimited runes of the corresponding element Degrades: has 60,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 10 hours), and costs 1,500,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
Second-Age staff	80	174,481,830	1924 (80)	Most accurate non-degrading staff outside of Daemonheim
Chaotic staff	80 80	200,000	1924 (80)	Degrades: has 30,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 5 hours), and costs 2,000,000 coins, or 200,000 coins and 20,000 Dungeoneering tokens to repair
Attuned crystal staff	80 50	Attuned crystal weapon seed and 2000 harmonic dust	1924 (80)	Has a chance (up to 12%, based on Agility level) to deal +25% damage Degrades: has 50,000 charges of combat (double charges used outside of Prifddinas; a minimum of about 8 hours inside), and can be repaired by Eluned/Islwyn for a minimum of 200,000 coins
Zuriel's staff	78	12,452,747	1829 (78)	Degrades to nothing after 100,000 charges Has a special attack, Miasmic Barrage, which deals up to 200% spell damage to the target whilst also temporarily reducing their attack speed and applying the Confuse effect
Sunspear (magic)	78 River of Blood	Free after River of Blood quest 600,000 to reclaim	1829 (78)	Can switch combat styles to Sunspear (melee) or Sunspear (ranged) Degrades: has 15,000 charges of combat, and costs 600,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
Armadyl battlestaff	77	17,828,844	1783 (77)	Second most accurate non-degrading staff outside of Daemonheim, next to the Second-Age staff Increases the damage of auto-attacks with Storm of Armadyl by 10% Provides air runes when wielded Has a special attack, Tempest of Armadyl, that deals rapid magic damage
Greater runic staff	75 90	25,000 Runespan points	1694 (75)	Can hold up to 1,000 casts of any single spell, including non-combat spells, saving inventory space
Staff of light	75	1,842,145	1694 (75)	1/8 chance to save all runes when autoattacking; this chance increases to 1/5 when wearing combat robes and 1/2 when wearing battle robes Can cast the Slayer dart spell Has a special attack, Power of Light, which reduces all incoming melee damage by 50% for one minute; effect lost if the staff is unequipped
Polypore staff	75	2,363,490	1694 (75)	Can cast Polypore Strike, which is available on any spell book The charges for this spell (up to 3000) are stored in the staff, preserving inventory space Each charge is effectively 799 coins (1 polypore spore and 5 fire runes) Requires 80 Farming to recharge the staff; this is assistable

Dual-wield[]

	Levels	Cost	Accuracy (Tier)	Notes
Wand of the praesul and Imperium core	92	519,656,294 (wand) 403,732,158 (core)	2577 (92)	Degrades: has 60,000 charges of combat (but loses 2 charges per hit, so has a minimum duration of 5 hours of combat), and costs 4,500,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
Seismic wand and singularity	90	67,589,092 (wand) 153,199,328 (singularity)	2458 (90)	Degrades: has 30,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 5 hours), and costs 4,500,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
Elite seasinger kiba and makigai	88 92	1 Seasinger kiba 1 Seasinger makigai 2 Seasinger weapon upgrade kit 15 Chi	2343 (88)	Requires players to play Player-owned ports in order to obtain Complete seasinger weapon scroll Degrades: has 60,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 10 hours), and costs 3,750,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand.
Wand of the Cywir elders and orb	85	18,908,508 (wand) 13,479,231 (orb)	2458 (90)	It has the accuracy of a tier-90 weapon, but the damage of a tier-80 weapon. Degrades: has 60,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 10 hours), and costs 2,750,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
Seasinger kiba and makigai	85 92	150 Chi 75 Koi Scales 2 Gemstone kaseki	2178 (85)	Requires players to play Player-owned ports in order to obtain Complete seasinger weapon scroll Degrades: has 30,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 5 hours), and costs 3,750,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand, or using trade goods or gemstone kaseki
Virtus wand and book	80	7,504,024 (wand) 7,862,184 (book)	1924 (80)	Book can be substituted by a shield for greater defensive stats, but at a cost to damage dealt Degrades: has 30,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 5 hours), and costs 3,000,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
Attuned crystal wand and orb	80 50	Attuned crystal weapon seed and 2000 harmonic dust	1924 (80)	Like other attuned crystal weapons, has a chance based on the user's agility level to deal 25% more damage on any given attack (12% at 99 agility) Degrades: has 50,000 charges of combat (double charges used outside of Prifddinas; a minimum of about 8 hours inside), and can be repaired by Eluned/Islwyn for a minimum of 200,000 coins each
Abyssal wand and orb	75	273,696 (wand) 268,162 (orb)	1694 (75)	Highest levelled non-degrading dual wielding Magic weapons outside Daemonheim 1/8 chance to save all runes when autoattacking; this chance increases to 1/5 when wearing combat robes and 1/2 when wearing battle robes Can cast the Slayer dart spell

Before the Evolution of Combat[]

The Staff of Light was one of the most used staves before the Evolution of Combat, particularly before the introduction of the polypore staff. Besides its strong Magic accuracy, it also had decent melee stats roughly equivalent to a dragon weapon (it required 75 Attack along with 75 Magic to wield), and had a special attack that would halve all melee damage taken for one minute, draining 100% of the bar. Also, a target didn't have to be selected to use this special attack. When using the special attack in conjunction with Protect from Melee or Deflect Melee, 90% of incoming melee damage could be negated.

The staff was the one primarily used with the Ancient Magicks. Its rune-saving effect was especially useful before the EoC, when spells such as Blood Barrage would cost over 2,000 coins a cast.

Drop sources[]

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Source	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Ice strykewyrm	106	1	Rare

Disassembly[]

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Trivia[]

It is possible to get the rune-saving message when using abilities, which do not cost runes unless when an Ancient Magicks spell also activates.
While the special attack is active, a light dome shield appears around the player when the player is hit with melee attacks.