Nightmare staff

Nightmare staff
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							Yes
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Options							Wield, Drop
Values
Value							2,500 Pk Points
Weight							1.5 kg
Advanced data
Item ID							24422

The Nightmare staff is a magic staff that needs 72 Magic and 50 Hitpoints to wield. It can autocast both standard and Ancient Magicks spells and gives +15% magic damage, the highest magic damage bonus any weapon has on Roat (the Kodai wand and a few other staves share it). At 2,500 PK points it is the cheapest weapon with that bonus.

Attaching an orb turns it into the Harmonised, Volatile or Eldritch nightmare staff. The orb staves keep the same bonuses but need 82 Magic, and each adds its own effect: faster standard spells, a big damage special attack, or a special attack that restores Prayer. You can compare all of them in the ::bis interface.

Combat stats

Attack bonuses
+0	+0	+0	+16	+0
Defence bonuses
+0	+0	+0	+14	+0
Other bonuses				Slot
+0	+0	+15%	+0	List

The Harmonised, Volatile and Eldritch nightmare staves, and the Volatile nightmare staff (deadman), have exactly the same bonuses. They need 82 Magic and 50 Hitpoints.

Effects

The plain Nightmare staff has no special attack or passive effect.

Harmonised nightmare staff

• Standard spellbook spells cast with it attack every 4 ticks (2.4 seconds) instead of the usual 5 ticks (3 seconds). This works for autocast and manually cast spells.
• It can only autocast standard spellbook spells, not Ancient Magicks.
• It has no special attack.

Volatile nightmare staff

The special attack costs 55% special attack energy and fires one magic hit that needs no runes and is 50% more accurate than a normal cast.

• The max hit scales with your base Magic level (potions and other boosts do not count). With the staff as your only magic damage item it is 50 at 75 Magic or lower, 54 at 82, 60 at 90 and 66 at 99 Magic.
• Every other magic damage bonus you have, from gear, Augury or an imbued Slayer helmet on task, raises the max hit further.
• Against players, if you are not autocasting, you stop attacking after the special attack.

Eldritch nightmare staff

The special attack costs 55% special attack energy and fires one magic hit that needs no runes and uses normal accuracy.

• Its max hit also scales with your base Magic level: with the staff as your only magic damage item it is 39 at 75 Magic or lower, 42 at 82, 45 at 90 and 50 at 99 Magic. Other magic damage bonuses raise it further.
• The hit restores your Prayer by half the damage dealt. This can take your Prayer above its normal maximum, up to 120 points.
• Against players, if you are not autocasting, you stop attacking after the special attack.

How to get it

Nightmare staff

• PK Point Shop: 2,500 PK points.
• A possible reward from elite and master reward caskets.
• The Bloodlust Chest can contain 4 noted Nightmare staves.

Orbs

Orb	PK Point Shop price	Also found in
Harmonised orb	50,000 PKP	Diamond Crate, Mythical Crate (2 noted), Bloodlust Chest, Stardust Mystery Box (Shooting Star)
Volatile orb	50,000 PKP	Diamond Crate, Mythical Crate (2 noted), Bloodlust Chest, Stardust Mystery Box (Shooting Star)
Eldritch orb	5,000 PKP	Stardust Mystery Box (Shooting Star)

Diamond and Mythical Crates are part of Crate Frenzy.

Trading post
All four staves are tradeable. Because the staff and the orbs are sold in the PK Point Shop, the Trading post caps their listing prices at the shop cost: 2,500 PKP for the Nightmare staff, 7,500 PKP for the Eldritch nightmare staff and 52,500 PKP for the Harmonised and Volatile nightmare staves.

Variants

Variant	How it is made	Differences
Harmonised nightmare staff	Use a Harmonised orb on the staff. Dismantle returns the staff and orb.	82 Magic. Faster standard spells, autocasts the standard spellbook only.
Volatile nightmare staff	Use a Volatile orb on the staff. Dismantle returns the staff and orb.	82 Magic. Damage special attack.
Eldritch nightmare staff	Use an Eldritch orb on the staff. Dismantle returns the staff and orb.	82 Magic. Prayer-restoring special attack.
Volatile nightmare staff (deadman)	Use an Armageddon weapon scroll on a Volatile nightmare staff. This cannot be undone.	Deadman look. Same bonuses and special attack as the Volatile nightmare staff.
Volatile nightmare staff (LMS)	Only found as loot inside Last Man Standing.	Untradeable copy used in the minigame.

A player wielding the Volatile nightmare staff (deadman).