Dragoncore Staff

Dragoncore Staff

A blood-red gem hovers above the staff, exposed and splintered. The era of dragons has long passed. One day, the Dawn Age, the age of mankind, will end, too. Spellcasting: Equip a Staff and Spell Charges, then use Mana to cast.
Type	Staff
Level	1 to 55
Damage	18 to 147 (legendary)
Speed	-
Defence	-
Gem Slot	-
Location	-

Dragoncore Staff is a Mage staff with a cracked, blood-red gem floating above it, and its strength is fire magic with big critical strikes. Its boost to all magic fire damage makes every fire spell from it burn hotter. Crit chance and crit damage sit side by side among its upgrades, so its crits come often and hit hard. A pair of fire enhancements adds flame to its own attacks. It rewards a fire Mage who wants raw damage over sustain. Intelligence, fire Spell Charges and gear that restores mana keep its dragon fire burning. The gem recalls an age of dragons long past and warns that the Dawn Age of mankind will also end. Such a relic suits its resting place: the ruined halls of the Ancients in the endgame Cinder's Cradle.

Damage By Level

Base damage grows with item level and with rarity. The table shows the base damage before perks and gems. Each perk adds its own bonus on top.

Level	Common	Uncommon	Rare	Epic	Legendary
1	10	11	12	16	18
10	23	26	29	38	41
20	38	42	48	62	68
30	54	59	67	86	94
40	68	75	86	110	121
50	84	92	104	134	147

Enhancements by Level

Each upgrade at the Alchemist raises a copy by one level and unlocks the next enhancement. The levels count from the copy's own level, so a level 9 copy unlocks them at levels 10 to 14. This weapon takes up to five upgrades. Every upgrade of one copy costs the same number of Runes. On a legendary copy, the fourth and fifth upgrades also take Legendary Runes. The costs are for a level 50 copy. Other copies cost more or less by level, as the second table shows.

Upgrade	Unlocks At	Enhancement	Effect	Runes	Legendary Runes	NPC
1	Level +1	Fire Damage	Adds Fire Damage equal to 10% of base damage	850	-	Alchemist
2	Level +2	Critical Strike Damage	+24% Critical Strike Damage	850	-	Alchemist
3	Level +3	Critical Strike Chance	+7% Critical Strike Chance	850	-	Alchemist
4	Level +4	Fire Damage	Adds Fire Damage equal to 10% of base damage	850	106	Alchemist
5	Level +5	All Magic Fire Damage	+10% All Magic Fire Damage	850	106	Alchemist
Total	-	-	-	4,250	212	Alchemist

The rune cost depends only on the copy's level. This table shows the price of one upgrade and of every upgrade the copy can take, level by level.

Level	Upgrades	Runes per Upgrade	Total Runes	Total Legendary Runes
1	5	46	230	12
10	5	130	650	32
20	5	256	1,280	64
30	5	418	2,090	104
40	5	616	3,080	154
50	5	850	4,250	212

Special Ability

Spellcasting: A staff casts the spell held in its equipped spell charges, and every cast costs mana. The spells are crafted by the Alchemist. Every staff in the game works this way.

Skills

These skills make staffs stronger or add new moves to them.

Skill	Tree	Cost	Effect
Divine Surge	Mage	5	Healing spells can perform Critical Strikes that scale with your Critical Strike Damage.
Healer	Mage	2	Health gain from healing spells will be increased by 10%.
Healer II	Mage	2	Health gain from healing spells will be increased by 20%
Quick Charge	Mage	3	Reduces the time Staffs require to charge-up a spell by 50%.
Righteous Fire	Mage	5	Healing any target with a spell triggers a burst of fire that deals 50% of the heal amount as Fire damage to nearby Fell enemies.
Terror	Mage	4	On a critical hit with a spell, the target will be stunned for 4 seconds.

Compared With Other Staffs

The strongest legendary staffs at level 50, sorted by damage per hit.

Weapon	Image	Damage
Blackened Staff		147
Clearwater Staff		147
Crystalwater Staff		147
Dark Staff		147
Deceiving Staff		147
Dragoncore Staff		147
Elder's Staff		147
Eldermere's Staff		147

Lore

A blood-red gem floats above the staff, bare and cracked. The age of dragons ended long ago. One day, the Dawn Age, the age of mankind, will end as well. The great dragon skeletons of the Albaneve Summits are a reminder of that lost age. The staff's warning casts humans as just the next people whose time will pass.

Notes

One enhancement raises all magic fire damage, so it suits fire spells.
Crit chance and crit damage together make its critical strikes frequent and heavy.

Lore

A blood-red gem floats above the staff, bare and cracked. The age of dragons ended long ago. One day the Dawn Age, the age of mankind, will end as well.

Notes

Copies come in every rarity from Common to Legendary.

All Staffs

Springlands

Staffs found or crafted in the Springlands:

Name	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Root Staff	1 to 50	-	-	Springlands
Shepherd's Lightning	1 to 50	-	-	Springlands
Shepherd's Staff	1 to 50	-	-	Springlands
Spiritual Cane	5	-	-	Craftable
Staff	3	-	-	Craftable
Staff Of The Serpent	8	-	-	Lore Weapon, Craftable

Revelwood

Staffs found or crafted in Revelwood:

Name	Image	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Elder's Staff		1 to 50	-	-	Revelwood
Undergrowth Staff		1 to 50	-	-	Revelwood

Nomad Highlands

Staffs found or crafted in the Nomad Highlands:

Name	Image	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Blackened Staff		1 to 50	-	-	Nomad Highlands
Dark Staff		1 to 50	-	-	Nomad Highlands

Kindlewastes

Staffs found or crafted in the Kindlewastes:

Name	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Deceiving Staff	1 to 50	-	-	Kindlewastes
Gleaming Staff	1 to 50	-	-	Kindlewastes
Hopeful Glimmer	1 to 50	-	-	Kindlewastes
Mirage	1 to 50	-	-	Kindlewastes
Shroud Weaver	1 to 50	-	-	Lore Weapon, Craftable

Albaneve Summits

Staffs found or crafted in the Albaneve Summits:

Name	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Clearwater Staff	1 to 50	-	-	Albaneve Summits
Crystalwater Staff	1 to 50	-	-	Albaneve Summits
Darya's Staff	1 to 50	-	-	Lore Weapon, Craftable
Staff of Guidance	1 to 50	-	-	Albaneve Summits
Staff of the Ram	1 to 50	-	-	Albaneve Summits
Staff of the Taurus	1 to 50	-	-	Albaneve Summits
Torchlight Staff	1 to 50	-	-	Albaneve Summits
Vaporous Staff	1 to 50	-	-	Vukah Enemy Drop

Veilwater Basin

Staffs found or crafted in the Veilwater Basin:

Name	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Staff Of Reeds	1 to 50	-	-	Veilwater Basin
Stormbound Staff	1 to 50	-	-	Veilwater Basin
Staff Of The Moor	1 to 50	-	-	Veilwater Basin
Violet Storm	2 to 50	-	-	Veilwater Basin