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Name		Level(s) required	Magic attack	Magic damage	Price	Notes
File:Tumeken's shadow.png	Tumeken's shadow	85	+35	N/A	1,200,008,031	Requires 5Chaos 2Soul per charge of the built-in spell. Built-in spell damage scales with the player's Magic level and can hit up to 34 at 99 without any magic damage bonus. Has a passive effect which triples magic attack bonus and magic damage from the player's worn equipment. The magic damage increase is capped at a total of 100%. Because the spell is built-in, the player does not need to carry its runes in their inventory and can use Arceuus spellbook, Lunar spells, or Ancient Magicks while wielding this staff. Currently offers the highest magic attack bonus, and is tied with the Kodai wand for highest magic defence.
File:Harmonised nightmare staff.png	Harmonised nightmare staff	82 50	+16	+15%	395,790,221	Can autocast standard spells only. Standard spells attack one tick faster, matching the speed of a powered staff. Otherwise possesses identical bonuses and benefits to the Nightmare staff.
File:Volatile nightmare staff.png	Volatile nightmare staff	82 50	+16	+15%	253,364,917	Can autocast both Ancient Magicks and standard spells. Has a special attack which consumes 55% of the player's special attack energy and deals a high amount of damage with 50% increased accuracy. This attack does not consume runes. Otherwise possesses identical bonuses and benefits to the Nightmare staff.
File:Eldritch nightmare staff.png	Eldritch nightmare staff	82 50	+16	+15%	230,390,566	Can autocast both Ancient Magicks and standard spells. Has a special attack which consumes 55% of the player's special attack energy and deals a high amount of damage, restoring the player's prayer points by 50% of the damage dealt. This attack does not consume runes. Otherwise possesses identical bonuses and benefits to the Nightmare staff.
File:Sanguinesti staff.png	Sanguinesti staff	82	+25	N/A	83,619,177	Slightly stronger than the trident of the swamp, with the same stats but able to hit one damage higher. Requires 3Blood per charge of the built-in spell. Built-in spell damage scales with the player's Magic level and can hit up to 32 at 99 . Has a 1 in 6 chance to heal the wielder by half the damage dealt. Tied with the toxic staff of the dead and trident of the swamp for third-highest magic attack bonus. Because the spell is built-in, the player does not need to carry its runes in their inventory and can use Arceuus spellbook, Lunar spells, or Ancient Magicks while wielding this staff.
File:Holy sanguinesti staff.png	Holy Sanguinesti staff
File:Kodai wand.png	Kodai wand	80	+28	+15%	82,394,146	Can autocast Ancient Magicks, Arceuus spells, and standard spells. Provides unlimited water runes while equipped. When a combat spell is cast with the wand, there is a 15% chance that the wand will negate the rune cost for that spell. Currently offers the second-highest magic attack bonus, and is tied with Tumeken's Shadow for highest magic defence.
File:Trident of the swamp.png	Trident of the swamp	78	+25	N/A	4,316,804	Has the same benefits as the Trident of the seas, but with +10 more magic attack bonus. Requires 5Fire 1Chaos 1Death and 1 Zulrah scale (instead of coins) per charge of the built-in spell, and can hold up to 2500 charges. Built-in spell damage scales with the player's Magic level and can hit up to 31 at 99 . Has 25% chance to inflict venom on the target. Tied with the Sanguinesti staff and Toxic staff of the dead for third-highest magic attack bonus. Because the spell is built-in, the player does not need to carry its runes in their inventory and can use Arceuus spellbook, Lunar spells, or Ancient Magicks while wielding this staff.
File:Trident of the swamp (e).png	Trident of the swamp (e)				8,331,932
File:Toxic staff of the dead.png	Toxic staff of the dead	75	+25	+15%	9,337,871	Can autocast Flames of Zamorak, Magic Dart, Crumble Undead, Arceuus spells, and standard spells. Has the same benefits as the Staff of the dead, but with +8 more magic attack bonus. Requires Zulrah's scales to recharge (up to 11000). Has 25% chance to inflict venom on an opponent. Tied with the Sanguinesti staff and trident of the swamp for third-highest magic attack bonus.
File:Staff of light.png	Staff of light	75	+17	+15%	4,720,678	Can autocast Saradomin Strike, Magic Dart, Crumble Undead, and standard spells. Counts as both a Saradomin AND Zamorak item in God Wars. Otherwise possesses identical bonuses and benefits to the Staff of the dead excluding Flames of Zamorak autocast.
File:Staff of balance.png	Staff of balance	75	+17	+15%	28,467,827	Can autocast Claws of Guthix, Magic Dart, Crumble Undead, and standard spells. Otherwise possesses identical bonuses and benefits to the Staff of the dead excluding Flames of Zamorak autocast.
	Staff of the dead	75	+17	+15%	5,146,625	Can autocast Flames of Zamorak, Magic Dart, Crumble Undead, Arceuus spells, and standard spells. Has a special attack that halves all melee damage the player takes for one minute, which stacks with the PvP damage reduction effect of the Protect from Melee prayer. This consumes 100% of the player's special attack. When a combat spell is cast with the staff, there is a 1/8 (12.5%) chance that the staff will negate the rune cost for that spell. Currently the strongest staff when used as a melee weapon, surpassing the Ancient staff and Iban's staff, and provides +17 magic defence. Counts as a Zamorakian item in God Wars.
File:Trident of the seas.png	Trident of the seas	75	+15	N/A	41,293	Has its own built-in spell, requiring charges which cost 5Fire 1Chaos 1Death runes and 10 coins per cast. Can hold up to 2,500 charges. Built-in spell damage scales with the player's Magic level and can hit up to 28 at 99 . Has a weapon speed of 4 (same as scimitars/whip), while all other forms of combat magic only have 5 (same as longswords). Because the spell is built-in, the player does not need to carry its runes in their inventory and can use Arceuus spellbook, Lunar spells, or Ancient Magicks while wielding this staff.
File:Trident of the seas (e).png	Trident of the seas (e)				4,090,639
File:Slayer's staff (e).png	Slayer's staff (e)	75 55	+12	N/A	22,220	Can autocast Magic Dart, Crumble Undead, Arceuus spells, and the Wave and Surge spells. Has 2,500 charges and is recharged with a Slayer's enchantment. If used to cast Magic Dart on the player's Slayer task, max hit is 13 + (player's magic level / 6), rounded down, and uses 1 charge from the staff on a hit. Otherwise provides the same benefits as the Slayer's staff.
File:Nightmare staff.png	Nightmare staff	72 50	+16	+15%	33,361,722	Can autocast both Ancient Magicks and standard spells.
File:Ahrim's staff.png	Ahrim's staff	70	+15	+5%	130,737	Can autocast Arceuus spells and standard spells. Can autocast Ancient Magicks if equipped with Ahrim the Blighted's equipment and the Amulet of the damned.
File:Master wand.png	Master wand	60	+20	N/A	4,229,756	Can autocast Ancient Magicks, Arceuus spells, and standard spells. Requires 240 Telekinetic, 240 Alchemist, 2400 Enchantment and 240 Graveyard points, and a teacher wand equipped or in the player's inventory, to purchase from the Mage Training Arena. Thus it does not cost much besides the time and runes spent in the Mage Training Arena.
File:Thammaron's sceptre.png	Thammaron's sceptre	60	+20	N/A	4,983,667	Can autocast standard spells.
File:Saradomin staff.png File:Guthix staff.png File:Zamorak staff.png	God staves	60	+6	N/A	80,000	Required to cast god spells, but cannot be used to autocast them. Those who have 80 and the respective God cape can use the Charge spell, which increases the God spell's damage by 50%.
File:Iban's staff.png	Iban's staff	50	+10	N/A	200,000	Only staff able to cast Iban Blast. Can autocast Iban Blast and standard spells. Has 120 charges (2,500 if upgraded). One charge is used when casting Iban Blast on an NPC and two are used when casting it on another player. Iban Blast has a max hit of 25.
File:Iban's staff (u).png	Iban's staff (u)				400,000
File:Ancient staff.png	Ancient staff	50	+15	N/A	60,297	Can autocast both Ancient Magicks and standard spells. Currently the third strongest staff when used as a melee weapon, behind the (Toxic) Staff of the dead and Ahrim's Staff.
File:Slayer's staff.png	Slayer's staff	50 55	+12	N/A	20,785	Can autocast Magic Dart, Crumble Undead, Arceuus spells, and the Wave and Surge spells. Runes required to cast Magic Dart are very cheap compared to spells of a similar level. Maximum hit of Magic Dart is 10 + (player's magic level / 10), rounded down.
File:Void knight mace.png	Void knight mace	42 22	+8	N/A	Untradeable	Can autocast Claws of Guthix, Crumble Undead, and the Wave and Surge spells.
File:Smoke battlestaff animated.gif	Mystic smoke staff	40	+14	+10%	1,835,175	Can autocast standard spells. Provides unlimited fire and air runes. Grants a 10% accuracy and damage boost for combat spells on the standard spellbook.
File:Smoke battlestaff animated.gif	Smoke battlestaff	30	+12		1,739,593
File:Swamp lizard.png File:Orange salamander.png File:Red salamander.png File:Black salamander.png	Salamanders	30 (Green)	N/A	N/A	267	Unique and versatile two-handed weapons that facilitate the use of all three combat styles. Cannot autocast spells, but instead have their own unique magic attack, similar to how powered staves have built-in spells. Damage done by salamanders is calculated by a unique formula using a hidden "magic damage bonus" unique to each lizard type.
		50 (Orange)			161
		60 (Red)			74
		70 (Black)			385
File:Ancient crozier.png File:Armadyl crozier.png File:Bandos crozier.png File:Guthix crozier.png File:Saradomin crozier.png File:Zamorak crozier.png	Croziers	60	+10	N/A	7,496	Can autocast standard spells. Have a notable Prayer boost of +6.
File:Skull sceptre.png	Skull sceptre	1	+10	N/A	Untradeable	Can autocast Arceuus spells and standard spells. Additionally, the imbued version can autocast Crumble Undead.
File:Skull sceptre (i).png	Skull sceptre (i)
File:Staff of air.png File:Staff of water.png File:Staff of earth.png File:Staff of fire.png	Elemental staves	1 (Basic)	+10	N/A	1,486	Can autocast standard spells. Provide unlimited runes of their respective elements. Elemental staves (air, water, earth and fire) provide one type of rune. Combination staves (lava, mud, mist, dust, steam and smoke) provide two types of runes. However, they have a slower attack speed than better staves (3 seconds per cast instead of 2.4) and lack any Magic damage boost.
		30 (Battlestaff)	+12		8,980
		40 (Mystic staff)	+14		25,109

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