Glintstone Staffs | Elden Ring Wiki

From the Oxford English Dictionary entry for staff:
"c 1539 in Aungier Syon (1840) 131 They bare small staves in their honds to lepe over the watery playshes."
Invented by Tolkien my ass.

Earlier in the same entry (emphasis mine):
"The plural form staves is now somewhat archaic, exc. in certain senses in which a sing. form stave has been developed from it; but it is still PREFERRED in those senses that are confined to LITERARY USE.]"
EG: Video games where everyone and their mother is throwing thee thou thum around.

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Why are there no str/int or dex/int hybrid staffs? It really limits your build choices if you want to build a proper hybrid with int since by end game your spellcasting damage is gonna fall off heavily. The way staffs are currently setup it makes any build choices very uninteresting, since the staff you're gonna use just depends on the upgrade mats available and how much int you have. There's no cost/benefit decision making at all unlike with faith hybrid builds for example where different str/faith stat allocations will shift what sacred seal is best, and also depend on what you're using the seal for (since buffs and heals don't care about incant scaling). Int just feels like one of those stats where if you want to build around it and get use out of your sorceries, you have to commit very largely to it, and that's kind of a bummer.

For example, you won't be able to pair radhan swords or royal greatsword with serious spell casting at below RL200. You won't be able to maximise a cold infused great weapon and get serious spell casting with it before RL200. Similarly, if you build for int/faith hybrids and plan to use Golden Order Seal and a staff for casting, you have to prioritize int and limit faith to get decent damage from spell casting using Academy Glintstone Staff. The int/faith hybrid staffs also don't get good until RL200. Why is it designed this way?

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seriously? just spinning weapon? not even quickstep or impaling thrust or literally any other basic ash of war?

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Only annoyance is the lack of a dex catalyst, str gets a seal but dex can't get a staff? That speed buff simply isn't enough to makeup for it imo. :/

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At 60-80 Intelligence, the Meteoric ore staff is better than the academy staff until +15 and the royal staff until +6

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Can we really not put the kick ash of war on any of these? Seriously FROMSOFT, what is you fetish for limitation on every little thing that makes sense?

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Shame that Catalyst (Seal/Staff) gameplay has largely been unchanged since Demon's Souls. Whereas Str/Dex builds get a new combat mechanic nearly every game.

You'd think FROM would finally get rid of the useless Bonk attack and replace it with a free, but weak spell attack. As it is, the R2 attack might as well not exist.

It's also a shame that Catalyst's Ash of War choices are practically non-existent. It would've been nice if they at least had access to the magical AoW.

Sadly, too many people are too distracted by the shiny spells to notice how shafted casters are in Elden Ring.

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i can't find the meteor stick

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SHAAAAAAAAARDDDDDDDDD SPIRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL

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I'm confused as to who requested that it be altered to 'staffs' rather than 'staves.'

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Your options for Glintstone Staves are weird gnarled stick, gross metal scepter, one massive green gem, roasting marshmallows, gross rotten staff... and then the Astrologer's Staff. I have a high Int mage that would be better with the Academy Staff and a low Int mage that would be better with the Demi-Human Queen Staff, but Astrologer's is the only staff I can ever bring myself to use, just because it's SO much prettier.

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i demand my intransitive reply, your recussance shall be nullified by mine own.

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Staves was correct, but I respect your intransigence =(

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Staves was correct, but I respect your intransigence =(

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I hope the DLC brings a staff that boosts cold sorceries

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Currently half way through the game on my first intelligence build and a few things have stuck out to me so far. Firstly the meteorite staff makes every other early game staff obsolete as by the time they begin to surpass it through their upgrade level and your INT stat, you have better options available to you since your stats are high enough to wield the endgame staffs. Secondly, the stat requirements for many staffs are weirdly high considering those for sacred seals for incantations. There are 5 staffs that require between 48 and 60 INT to wield whereas the highest requirement you see on any sacred seal is 40 faith.

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I’m going to run a Golden Order build soon and would like to supplement my incantations with sorceries.
I’ll be capping my Int at 45.
Any recommendations for staves for that level?

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This page should be called 'Glintstone Staves'

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Really hope we get some hybrid staffs in the DLC. Sucks that Str/Faith has clawmark seal, but Str/Int has nothing :/

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I wish you could equip 1 sorcery to a staff like an AoW, that would be extra to the sorceries you have memorized. It would mean it can’t be equipped to your memory slots though, and could only be used as a the skill for that staff.

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I find it funny that an astrologer can't even wield either of the primeval glintstone staffs due to their strength being THAT low.

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These should get more ashes of war, but reasonable. Endure would be nice for staves

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For anyone wondering about which staves to us at high int (around 70 ish )
Carian Regal Scepter --- for general purpose
Lusat's Glintstone Staff --- does 10 % more damage than Carian Regal Scepter for 50 % more FP cost
Azur's Glintstone staff --- is around 9 % faster for 20 % more FP cost
Each staff that has passive boost performs better than Carian Regal Scepter for that specific group of sorceries
Crystal staff is slightly better than Rotten Crystal staff
Prince of death staff starts properly scaling at 50 int and 50 faith

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Just want to point out that the scaling shown here does not reflect the scaling you will get at different levels at all. I saw Glintblade staff here was much higher than the Demi-human I had been using, so I pumped it all the way up to the same +10, only to find it still does 10 less sorcery scaling. My int is 27, for reference. A post farther down here suggests the demi-human has best scaling until int 40. Don't be like me and waste your stones!

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Carian Regal Scepter should be listed after Carian Glintblade Staff (as of v1.05).

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Carian Regal Scepter is not listed here.

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What community demand for "staffs"? It should be staves.

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Wish there was a staff that applies frostbite, or at the very least buffed cold sorceries.

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The variety of ashes in this game had the potential to make staff gameplay so much more dynamic it's actually sad to see them overlook it. Same goes for bows too, still such wooden combat for a 2022 action rpg.
Staves having access to things like Loretta's slash, storm blade, waves of Darkness, thunderbolt, golden land, earth shaker, eruption, black flame tornado, ice spear, wave of destruction, gravity bolt, Onyx Lords Repulsion among others could have been incredible to keep gameplay reactive and fresh instead of stand at range like a chess piece and turret until the blue bar is gone.

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Can all magical/gravity ashes be usable on staves please, Waves of Darkness on a staff would be incredible.

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"Carian Regal scepter" should be listed between "Carian Glintblade staff " and "Albunauric staff"

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It's rather infuriating that I can't put bloodhound step on a staff. I have the speed so why not?!

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Be cool if wearing any glintstone crown changed the "whacking" melee attack of staves into a headbutt (like some enemy sorcerer NPCs do)
Wouldn't even care if they did trash damage, it'd just be hilarious

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Damn they are all ugly and dorky

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i've never touched sorceries before. So what's the best staff for lategame?

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Wtf is up with the Notes section of this page? And what the hell is this about an admin acting like a spoiled child all of a sudden?

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This page used to have excellent scaling information for both min and max level staves at levels 20,40,60, and 80. However some admin vandalized the page and then locked it so that people couldn't add that information. Why?

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A little annoying the int/faith staffs are late bloomers. Golden seal at 45/45 isn't far off from an 80faith erdtree seal. But these staffs at 45/45 are over 100 less scaling than carian regal at 80int. Freaking academy staff has almost as much scaling for half the stat investment :/.Hope they get rebalanced so they have decent scaling at lower stats.

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I've noticed these weapon category pages always list the weapons in the order they appear in your inventory. Just want to point out Carian Regal Scepter is misplaced here. In my inventory it is between Carian Glintblade Staff and Albinauric Staff.

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At 60 int, +24 Carian Glintblade Staff barely outperforms a +9 Carian Regal Scepter ( atleast with Carian Slicer, Piercer, and Cannon ). I think the Glintblade still places higher than the Scepter in damage, as it has 298 sorc scaling at max level while the scepter has 287. Lusat staff is still the superior to both, having 314 sorc scaling at max level. All 3 also have S scaling in int when leveled. Thought I should pass this information here since I'm testing them for my own build.

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Keep expecting them to add a bit more flair to staffs and the closest we get is a watered down version of rennalas spinning weapon. Better than nothing! But if we could cast with R2 and use an R1 combo attack where you wield the staff remotely at mid range to deal some phys / magic dmg before it returns to your hand would be nice to allievate a bit of FP pressure and allow people who only want to use a staff to do so, instead of being a staff + an obligatory off hand because you're scuffed if you're out of FP.

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Disclaimer: I adore this game and recognize this is probably a technical limitation, but still:

Can I just say how dumb I think it is that if you’re two handing a staff, then of your four attack buttons: two will perform the same physical attack with the staff (pointless), one will block (pointless) and only one will cast spells? Meanwhile we need to frantically spam up on the dpad if we want to do anything more than spam the same spell.

How cool would it be if you could, let’s say, twohand a staff and set R1 to a glintstone projectile, R2 to carian greatsword, L1 to thops barrier (like blocking) and L2 to full moon or Rykard’s rancor? It really doesn’t seem like it would be that difficult to implement, and it’s all stuff you can do already if you have the button pressing execution down. It would go such a long way toward making spell casting “feel” like it should.

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im doing an RL1 sorcery only playthrough. what staff would be best, since you can only get to a maximum of 41 int. seems like carian glintblade has higher scaling than demihuman staff at that level but i might be mistaken.

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Death staff is only 10% bonus

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After some testing if you have 2 lusat staves equipped you will only get the damage boost from 1 but the fp cost will increase from both but if you equipped 2 carian regal scepters you can get the damage boost from both making full moon spams do crazy high damage with nothing but 1 staff equipped no talismans or armor I did 1006 damage with 1 full moon but with 2 of them I did 1478 damage that's almost 50% more damage so throw in a couple talismans you get the frost status effect and if there's any armor sets to boost this attack this could potentially hit for over 4-8k per cast with the right buffs aswell

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Does Prince of Death's really boost Death sorceries by 30% could I do a lower level necromancer with only slightly memed up stats if I specialize in mostly awful spells?

But it'd look cool

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Yes. Ball Bearings exist for unlimited weapon upgrades. The highest tier Ball Bearings are available if the game is 7/8 completed and you can get to the Azalea Farm or if you fall for the NG+ concept and have already upgraded your items. Otherwise, smithing materials are very limited on first or regular play through, and the Meteorite Staff is still the ONLY staff that STARTS with S scaling on ANY attribute and doesn't require a 50+ Int to use.
My last (eff NG+ shite) play I got it at level 4 Wretch with some fancy riding.
For general builds or <200 levels the Meteorite Staff can't be touched.

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No cold boosting staff?

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Isn't the plural of "Staff" "staves"?

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Highest scaling staff with 99 in all stats and Max lv staff is Prince of death staff has A int and faith scaling and D strength at 99 in all makes it 448 sorcery scaling second is lusats at 430 scaling then Albinaurics at 400
Carian regal scepter at 388
Crystal staff 382
Rotten crystal staff 379
Azurs glintstone staff 376
Academy glintstone staff 373
Astrologers staff 367
Carian glintblade staff 364
Glintstone staff AND Carian glintstone staff both 355
Staff of loss 352
Gelmir glintstone staff 340
Diggers staff AND staff of the guilty both 328
And last and lowest scaling the demi human queen's staff at 325,
That's all 15 staves in the game again at Max stats 99 in all attributes and all Max level weapons lv 25 or 10.
If anyone has any higher numbers please let us know how you did it

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using https://eip.gg/elden-ring/build-planner/ I have figured out this: Glintstone staff has no worth and astrologers has a tiny bit more worth but still manages to be worthless, demi human staff is a better early game staff then both considering their all obtained early and demi human has just better scaling. meteorite staff is also a very good "early" game staff for the simple fact that you cant upgrade it but it having a high scaling allowing you to leave all other smiting stones for your other weapons. (with the expectation that all staves are max upgrade level) here are the best staffs for Sorcery Scaling: Demi human staff is the best staff from 10-40 INT above that is the academy Academy Glintstone Staff between 42-68 INT and then Carian Regal Scepter 69-80 Lusats is the best pure damage wise from 52 and onwards (that is its minimum requirements) although with the huge downside of 50% more fp consumption while casting spells at all levels most (if not all) boosting staffs are equal to or better then their non-boosting cousins. Albinauric Staff is your best and only choice for arcane scaling and supposedly increases bleeding build-up on sorceries but not frostbite (from why???) from my findings Lusats DOES NOT increase spell damage for other staffs when using Lusats and another staff but does still retain the fp increasing side affect (tested on 1.04.... WHY) Boosting-staffs DO INCREASE damage for the off hand staff (not tested on all boosting staffs).

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lol xD





why tf cant i linebreak?????????????

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Just Curious on What the best Staff is for a Strength/Int build, with 50 int and 50 strength right now. Still using Meteorite. I can fully upgrade any staff. Is it Lusat’s or Azur’s staff?

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I'm a level 49 newbie with all stats around 20 except faith and arcane. I'm using a carian knight sword and the meteorite staff.....really confused if and whether to upgrade the demi human queen , carian glintstone or academy staff right now.
p.s - if someone also knows of a better longsword than the one I'm using, just let me know guys.

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Where is Carian Regal Scepter ?????????

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Not sure if it was posted or mentioned before but dual wielding is a thing for the passives buffs so take that into account if your into calculating/optimization lol

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From dropped the ball with staves only being able to use spinning ash and no skill.

We couldn't have Glintstone Pebble or Carian Slicer as additional ashes?

It also hurts that there isn't a single weapon or ash that allows weapons to cast spells.

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Could someone please edit and correct the order of the staves list? Several are mixed up, for example, the the Demi-Human Queen's Staff and the Digger's Staff. Are swapped.

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Does wielding two of the same staves that provide a sorcery boost? double the boost? If I use two meteorite staffs do I get a 60% boost, or does it remain at 30%?

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It's staves you illiterate goofballs.

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It's staves you illiterate goofballs.

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Prince of death's staff only boost death sorcery by 10% not30%

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Is Staff of the Guilty the best Quarterstaff?

It has slight Bleed buildup and the highest physical damage (66 with C str scaling)!

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Is Staff of the Guilty the best Quarterstaff?

It has slight Bleed buildup and the highest physical damage (66 with C str scaling)!

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Glintstone Staves!

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A staff that boosts length of sorceries would be cool. I know there's a talisman but still.

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It’s staves not staffs

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Don't let the stats or any of the websites claiming "s tier weapons" fool you. The Prince of Death staff cannot be outperformed when you have a decent amount or int/faith, considering the fp usage of Lusat's staff the clearly better choice is Prince of Death staff, it is legit incredible late game/NG+ Now cast your night comet holding the staff of lost in your off hand and after buffing yourself considerably you are absolutely SHREDDING any enemy.

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Can staff perform counter attack while equip with a shield??

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Why not just stick with the Meteorite staff? Yes others can be upgraded to be better, but Lusat and Azur don't get 50% better to offset the FP cost. And I can save my smithing stuff for a melee weapon. There appears to be a finite amount of smithing stones and finding them is a grind. Meteorite is available real soon with some fancy riding and frankly Rock Sling is a goto long rage nuke from orbit for crowd control...
As a cheap general purpose staff it's hard to beat.

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I think i wanna respec from Str/Fth to Str/Int to use the Royal Greatsword and go with 40/50 Str/Int for now. Whats the best staff to use? I don't plan on using a specific type of spells

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do i really only use meteorite staff until carian rrgal scepter ?

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Ah yes, the classic "reskin of a different staff that specializes in casting so-and-so school of magic".

Why From? I swear, all of these staves work pretty much the same. There could be so much unique stuff.

Example: a staff that creates a small, low-damage version of Night Maiden's mist whenever its spells land. Wouldn' be amazing, but against big targets that don't move much/staggered foes, you could drop a shotgun spell like Rancorcall for that big boy damage.

But instead, we get "boosts gravity magic, can't be upgraded, twink's wet dream" and "uses more FP but gives you bigger numbers for that dopamine rush you so desperately need".

As stated before... Why From ;-;

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There's at least 4 different types of softcaps for staves:
Type 1: Demi-human queen (20/40 int)
Type 2: Astrologer's and most staves (60/80 int)
Type 3: Carian Regal; Prince of Death; Lusat; Crystal; Rotten Crystal; Loss  (80 int, receive a boost at 60-80 instead of a cap)
Type 4: Gelmir; Albinauric (30/45 Int-Fth-Arc)

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I hope with a potential dlc, that they may add a staff and/or seal that boosts ice magic (snow witch sorcery) and maybe add some more ice sorc/incant.

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I switched from a strength build to a dex/int build with Nightrider flail in main hand and shield or staff in offhand.
I don't cast much, mainly for utility purpose.
One thing I'm not sure about is if the damage spells would get stronger with an upgraded staff or not.

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Aw all the items were in order up until now, trying to check grail just got even MORE time consuming.

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Gelmir Glintstone staff+25 with 80 int/faith 318

how this is 112 points lower then prince of death is...i dont even know i have no words.

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Whats the highest int scaling staff that doesnt buff any particular type of sorcery?

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Anyone got any ideas for a melee staff build?

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What is the best one for int/str build? Not only to buff but also to use some basic offensive magic (without aiming for comet azur or big moon thingy)?

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Maybe the reason they dont show upgraded staff versions is because scaling is unaffected by upgrades. Instead upgrades may affect raw staff damage.. some innate hidden magic damage stat?

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It seems odd to show the staffs' sorcery scaling at 70 intelligence based on non-upgraded staffs. Anyone who has leveled up enough to have 70 intelligence is also going to have upgraded staffs, so doing it this way just makes it hard to tell which ones are actually going to end up worthwhile to invest in.

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Confused on why Scaling isn't listed on the main/max. It's basically the most important aspect of using a staff but yet isn't show. Perhaps I'm missing it but I just do not see scaling

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I've added sorcery scaling for all base level staves for intelligence level 20, 40, 60, and 80. Staves that use two attributes I've assumed to have equal leveling in Int/Fth/Arc. Should be a good indicator as to where a staff will be at compared to others when you start upgrading.
Some things to note:
*The Albiniuric staff scales strongly with Arcane, so much so you could forgo intelligence if you're just interested in casting low int spells but with Arcane scaling. Example: At 80 Arcane and 20 Int, the scaling is 171 on the base staff compared to the 191 at 80 Arcane AND 80 Int. So not a huge difference for the stat investment required. Plus if you're at 80 int, there's better staves available anyways.
*The Demi-Human staff is a good staff if you plan to keep your intelligence at like 20 or less if you upgrade it, but it falls off quick if you raise your int higher. Even so, it's cheaper to just use the meteorite staff since you don't need stones for it (plus the meteorite staff has a strong +30% passive for gravity)
*There's no reason to use the rotten crystal staff over the regular one unless you like bonking people with it. It's a shame you can't infuse it with spinning weapon.

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At 23 Intelligence:

Astrologer's Staff +4 = 131 Sorcery Scaling

Demi-Human Queen's Staff +0 = 132 Sorcery Scaling
Demi-Human Queen's Staff +4 = 142 Sorcery Scaling

I wonder at how much INT the Astrologer's Staff will catch up and/or overtake the DHQ Staff.

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Still using Meteorite at 32 int, does anyone know what would be an upgrade to it at that level?

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"Scaling done with 20 points in all stats", unfortunately Sorcery Scaling is 60 everytime you don't have requirements. We can't actually compare Sorcery Scaling in this way

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Updated the Sorc Scaling to be in line with 20 in all stats to better compare, the Carian Regal Scepter. Rotten Crystal Staff and Gelmir Glintstone Staff are guesses as i don't have them right now.

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Best staff for Incant/Str build.

I understand int, I just want to add a little bit of magic, just a little bit.

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Fully upgraded, at 68 INT. Here are some scalings:

Lusat’s Glintstone Staff: 337 Higher FP consumption
Azur’s Glintstone Staff: 312 Higher FP consumption
Carian Regal Scepter: 321
Academy Glintstone Staff: 321
Astrologer’s Staff: 316
Carian GlintBLADE Staff: 313
Carian Glintstone: 306
Glintstone Staff: 306

Seems Carian Regal is the best staff at 68 INT as has a passive 10% bonus dmg to full moon sorceries where as Academy has nothing. Hope this helps

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There has to be a staff that boosts glintstone magic, there is a staff for every other type but glintstone.

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PSA: school bonuses stack
if you have 2 of the same staff or seal (such as clawmark seal) you receive the bonus to damage twice
this also works if the offhand seal/staff is on the hip while you are 2h your seal/staff

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It should be "staves" not staffs

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Really weard. I have compared my Astrologer Staff with the Demi-Human Staff Queen's Staff and it had more Sorc Scalc. Both were at +x at that moment. Because of that i used the Queens Staff and upgraded it till +15. Now i see in this list that the atsrologer is way higher then the Queen's Staff. How is this possible :( HAve wasted so many stones and Runes on the wrong staff. I really don't like the system. Why it is not possible to change the view of any weapon back to it's +0 value to compare it the moment you have found a new staff. Specialy the uniques ones are harder to upgrade.

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I'm so confused on what Attribute scaling does. I have a Demi-Human Queen's Staff with an Int scaling of C, and a Crystal Staff with an Int scaling of B, but when I use the Crystal staff to cast Great Glintstone Shard it does 1 less damage than the DHQ Staff.

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No Ranni's staff? :(

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Prince of Death's Staff is the best staff for very late game when u have max int/faith, it provide 448 instead of 430 from Lusat's Glintstone Staff, without the extra fp cost too :D

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I think all the damage boosts from staffs is 30%, 4 of them were so I don't think the others should be any different.

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What happens if you get 2 staves with bonuses, and wield one in each hands?

Does it get 2x bonus, or only one applies?

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