Runed Totem Staff  

 

Someone gave me one of these for free back in 2001 when I first started playing. A lot of people would bring one of these out of BB to give to a lucky newbie sitting around the Qeynos main gate. It was usually an upgrade for them because they'd be running around with something like a cracked staff/worn great staff or a rusty/tarnished weapon that they got from a decaying skeleton and it enabled them to hunt wisps for lightstones and greater lightstones, which was a really big help since they both sold for pretty good coin and if you were a human, barb or erudite, you needed one for a light source (the lightstones, not the staff) since fire beetle eyes and your newbie candle were too dim for many of the darkest areas. It was probably the first magic weapon that many players got in the early days of the game when good gear and money were a lot harder to come by, and in the days before bazaar when it was harder to connect with other players who had items to sell. In the early days of a progression server, it's a decent item but will become outdated pretty quickly as players start to spread out further from the low level dungeons as they level up and more expansions open.

Edited, Nov 19th 2019 5:42am by animekenji

This dropped tonight when i went exploring by the gnoll area. Just killed em all and that dropped. Though it has 5 Endurance to the weapon now along with a damage bonus of 48.

I was taking my 23 Pally over to The Arena today and had to run through the gnolls at the zone. The were all Dark Blue so I decided to chance a self train. (The zone was behind me and there were only 4 people in the zone with no-one else at risk.)
Of the 6 gnolls who rushed me 2 were High Shamans. I won the fight with 35% health remaining.
On 1 of the Shamans I found this staff, on the other was a Runed Battle Staff.
The stats that are listed on this site are correct. I think the earlier poster is thinking of a different staff.
Hope this helps somebody out.

Believe it or not, this item used to be one of the really nice weapons in the game!

I remember back in my n00b days huting in BB i was using a cracked staff (this was before the age of expansion and twinking). I had bout 7pp total and i saw somone auction this. As n00bs always do i asked for the stats and price. The guy replied and told me that i could have it for 5pp. this was my first magic item ever (i didnt even have a robe) and i was so happy! Used it to bout lvl 15 when i got my first robe (goosimer robe..ac8 :) and a water crystal staff...GOD was i uber then!

Talornin Wondermaker 51st lvl Wizard of Saryrn.

there was this friend of a friend of mine, who gave me everything off his necro, and in it he gave me a runed totem staff, even though i had already had a velium great staff (dont u just luv having friends and guilds). A guild member had already given me a velium great staff, but this one was a little better. Too bad i lost the velium, i couldve sold it for a lot.

I have one for sale on Bristlebane server, pls send a tell. I'm usually on evenings, Pacific time zone.

Was lost deep in Blackburrow last night with a train chasing me but had SOW.

Stumbled across a dead Splitpaw Refugee and looted it off him )

Weight is a little off on this one. It actually weighs 11, not 10.