Category:Elemental Staves

Elemental Staves are a group of Lv.51 crafted staves that are equipable by all jobs and offer a hidden effect that is similar to, but distinct from, Magic Affinity. This hidden effect being so potent that it's not until Lv. 99+ that other staves even begin to match or exceed these staves in power.

Each staff has a DMG of 30_NQ/35_HQ and a delay of 366_NQ/356_HQ, and follows the same structure of their listed effects:

• The Base Stat associated with the element +4_NQ or +5_HQ. (e.g. STR for , AGI for , etc.)
  • lacks an associated Base Stat, so grants +1_NQ or +2_HQ to each Base Stat.
  • While is associated with CHR, the aligned staves grant +1_NQ or +2_HQ to each Base Stat like the staves instead.
• Elemental Magic Evasion +15_NQ or +20_HQ for the element the associated element is strong to. (e.g. for , for , etc.)
• A bonus to a Derived Stat associated with the staff's element.
  • This bonus does not change in potency between NQ or HQ.
  • Some elements grant bonuses that are not a Derived Stat, but are generally functionally the same.
    • lacks an associated Base Stat, and as such: lacks a Derived Stat; granting MP Recovered by Healing.
    • grants a bonus to Elemental Magic Skill, which translates into the general Derived Stat associated with INT: Magic Accuracy; thereby being functionally identical for Elemental Magics.
    • grants a bonus to Divine Magic Skill, which translates into the general Derived Stat associated with MND: Magic Accuracy; thereby being functionally identical for Divine Magics.
    • doesn't grant a bonus to the general Derived Stat of CHR: Magic Accuracy; granting a bonus to cure potency instead.
    • 's general Derived Stat is Defense, being associated with VIT; however, the staff grants a Physical Damage Taken reduction instead, which is similar in function to increased Defense.
• An Enspell type additional effect of the associated element.
  • There is no difference in potency between NQ or HQ staves.

Each staff's hidden effect offers a potent buff to the corresponding element that it is tied to; and an equally potent reduction to the element that the staff's element is strong against. (e.g. Fire Staff grants spells Macc+20, a damage boost of +10%, and Avatars and Spirits a reduced perpetuation cost of -2; but reduces spells Macc-20, a damage reduction of -10%, and Avatars and Spirits an increased perpetuation cost of +2.)

Element	NQ Staff Macc±20 ±10% PerpCost∓2	HQ Staff Macc±30 ±15% PerpCost∓3	Derived Stat Bonus
	Fire	Vulcan's	Attack & Ranged Attack +10
	Earth	Terra's	Physical Damage Taken -20%
	Water	Neptune's	Divine Magic Skill +10
	Wind	Auster's	Evasion +10
	Ice	Aquilo's	Elemental Magic Skill +10
	Thunder	Jupiter's	Critical Hit Rate +15%
	Light	Apollo's	Cure Potency +10%
	Dark	Pluto's	MP Recovered While Healing +10
	Iridal	Chatoyant	Cure Potency +10% MP Recovered While Healing +10

Introduced in the July 2012 Update^[1], each base elemental staff can be combined via Synergy: the NQ staves into a Iridal Staff and the HQ staves into a Chatoyant Staff.

Normal Quality Staves cannot be "high qualitied synergized" into a Chatoyant Staff, only the HQ Staves can be merged into the HQ unified staff.

The unified staff has a DMG of 40_NQ/45_HQ and a delay of 366_NQ/356_HQ, and has similar structure of their component staves' listed effects:

• All Base Stats +4_NQ or +5_HQ.
• Elemental Magic Evasion +15_NQ or +20_HQ for all elements.
• The Derived Stat bonus of the and staves: Cure Potency and MP Recovered by Healing.
  • There is no difference in potency between NQ or HQ staff.
• In lieu of the Enspell type additional effect, the unified staves have a unique effect called Iridescence
  • There is no difference in potency between NQ or HQ staff.
  • Iridescence adds a secondary weather proc for an additional +10% damage boost or cure potency boost.
    • This may be forced to proc with the appropriate Elemental Obi

The unified staff's hidden effect offers a potent buff to the all elements, with no penalties to an element like the component staves; the only difference being between the NQ and HQ staff:

• Iridal_NQ grants all spells Macc+20, a damage boost of +10%, and all Avatars and Spirits a reduced perpetuation cost of -2.
• Chatoyant_HQ grants all spells Macc+30, a damage boost of +15%, and all Avatars and Spirits a reduced perpetuation cost of -3.