Ancient staff

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Ancient staff

Members only?	Yes
Quest item?	No
Tradeable?	Yes
Equipable?	Yes
Stacks?	No
High Alchemy	60,000 coins
Low Alchemy	40,000 coins
Destroy	Drop
Store price	80000 coins
Exchange price	73,300 coins update
GE Database	Look up price
Examine	A magical staff of ancient origin...
Weight	2,25 kg
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The Ancient staff is a useful staff that allows players to get 10% higher hits with magic. It requires 50 Attack and Magic to wield. This weapon can only be wielded after the Desert Treasure quest. A player can buy an Ancient staff after they have completed the Desert Treasure quest from Eblis, south of the bandit camp, for 80,000 coins. However, after a player has bought the staff from Eblis once it cannot be bought from him again. Currently rising, the item is hard to get through the Grand Exchange. It is also dropped by mummies in the pyramid (this only works when there is no Ancient staff in the bank, inventory, or equipped). Notably, it is one of two items with a negative prayer bonus, the other being Zanik's crossbow. Another interesting thing to know is that when dropped on the ground, the head looks smaller than when it is wielded.

Due to the release of the Fist of Guthix minigame, the demand of ancient staves has sky-rocketed, as players were able to cast high level ancient magicks spells such as Ice Barrage without paying for the runes, since they are obtained for free during the game, and the crowded nature of the game makes it more efficient to autocast the spells rather than cast them manually.

This staff is one-handed and has the symbol of Zaros as its head and is among the strongest staves in terms of melee bonuses.

On 2 September 2009, this staff was amongst the few to receive the ability to cause 10% more damage with spells.

Due to the 2 September 2009 update, this and many other staffs dropped in price. This staff suffered from an original 118k price to now 60-80k price.

Bonuses Hover over image for type						A player wielding the Ancient staff.
Attack bonus
+10	-1	+40	+15	0
Defence bonus
+2	+3	+1	+15	0	5
Other bonuses
+50		0		-1
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[edit] Combat and magic styles

	Name	Combat style	Type	Melee experience
	Bash	Accurate	Crush	Attack
	Pound	Aggressive	Crush	Strength
	Focus	Defensive	Crush	Defence

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