Reanimate a weak dead body to fight for you for 60 seconds: Aside from this substantial upgrade, all of them are weaker than their namesake spell. This staff can be made at the Atronach Forge.Īll of these do not apply the secondary effect that disintegrates the corpse after the spell wears off, which the simulated spells all have see the bugs section for more.Summons a Storm Atronach for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing: The first version can be found in the Arch-Mage's Quarters of the College of Winterhold, and can be made at the Atronach Forge.Summons a Frost Atronach for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing: The first version can be made at the Atronach Forge.The original game only includes the standard staff, while Dawnguard adds a second staff of the same name with a different appearance, wielded by Falmer. Two staves with this enchantment exist.Summons a Flame Atronach for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing: Summons a Familiar for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing: The spell, unlike the staff, also includes an effect that deals 40 damage per second for one second.The spell, unlike the staff, has a Push magnitude of 100, meaning the staff will not stagger summoned daedra who resist the banish effect.This means the staff is worse than a Staff of Banishing against Potent Frost Atronachs, Storm Atronachs (potent or not), or any kind of elemental Thrall, as neither staff will Banish them, but the former will still manage a stagger effect.Powerful summoned daedra creatures are sent back to Oblivion: The spell, unlike the staff, has a Push magnitude of 100, meaning the staff will not stagger targets who resist the command effect.Powerful summoned and raised creatures are put under your control:

The spell, unlike the staff, also includes an effect that deals 20 damage per second for one second.The spell's banishing magnitude is 15, not 7 the difference is that the spell, when single-cast, can banish Potent Flame Atronachs, but the staff cannot.Weaker summoned daedra are sent back to Oblivion: Targets that fail to resist are paralyzed for 10 seconds: Hall of Countenance ( College of Winterhold).Alteration īall of light that lasts 60 seconds and sticks where it strikes: Differences between the staff and its namesake spell are noted in each staff's entry. Staves do not simply cast the same spell you would, per the staff's name they employ enchantments bearing effects which are always similar but not always identical to the spell they are named after. The list of staves below does not contain any staves specific to Dragonborn see the Craftable Staves DB section for those. For example, an Illusion staff cannot have flames (a Destruction effect) enchanted onto it. The type of unenchanted staff determines what kind of enchantments can be applied to it. Using the table will allow the user to enchant any unenchanted staff that was added with the Dragonborn add-on. Staves can also be enchanted using the Staff Enchanter DB in Tel Mithryn. Both spell and general-goods merchants will buy staves. Staves can only be bought from spell merchants, who will stock a random, level-dependent selection of staves. In particular, staves will not be bought or sold by blacksmiths. However, the Soul Siphon perk will not work on it.Īlthough staves are listed in your inventory under 'Weapons', they are treated differently from other weapons. Once the staff is completely discharged, it becomes unusable, and must be recharged using the same methods as any enchanted weapon, usually via a filled soul gem. Using staves does not increase your skills, nor do staves benefit from higher skill levels, with the exception of lowering the cost per use. However, the higher the user's skill level in the relevant magic school, the lower the charge cost to use the staff. Anyone can use a staff, regardless of magic skill, and using a staff does not use any of the caster's own Magicka instead, it depletes the staff's charge. Staves are one-handed weapons that are essentially rechargeable scrolls.

Staff of disintegration