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Dark Souls III eGuide (Steam) Equipment Catalysts

Staffs

Necessary for Sorcery casting, all but one Staff offers the Steady Chant skill, which boosts your Sorcery damage output temporarily after activation.

Staff selection largely comes down to picking one that has a special effect that most suits your particular build and tastes, with effects ranging from gaining added stat scaling from Luck to increasing the speed of your casts.

Staffs Type Art/Cost Weight Power Spell Buff Scaling Requirements Material
Archdeacon’s Great Staff Strike Steady Chant/7 2.5 89p 20 D/-/-/A 8/0/12/12 Twinkling Titanite
Court Sorcerer’s Staff Strike Steady Chant/15 2.0 60p 60 E/-/A/- 6/0/14/0 Titanite
Heretic’s Staff Strike Steady Chant/7 3.0 63p 60 D/-/B/- 8/0/16/0 Titanite
Izalith Staff Strike Steady Chant/7 3.0 120p 20 D/D/B/C 12/0/14/10 Twinkling Titanite
Man-grub’s Staff Strike Steady Chant/7 3.0 90p 60 D/-/-/- 9/0/18/0 Twinkling Titanite
Mendicant’s Staff Strike Steady Chant/7 2.5 60p 60 D/-/B/- 7/0/18/0 Titanite
Sage’s Crystal Staff Strike Steady Chant/30 2.5 84p 60 E/-/B/- 7/0/24/0 Titanite Scale
Sorcerer’s Staff Strike Steady Chant/7 2.0 60p 60 E/-/B/- 6/0/10/0 Titanite
Storyteller’s Staff Strike Poison Spores/20 2.5 60p 60 E/-/B/- 6/0/12/0 Titanite
Witchtree Branch Strike Steady Chant/7 2.0 57p 60 E/-/C/- 7/0/18/0 Titanite

Archdeacon’s Great Staff

Large staff bestowed upon Archdeacons of the Cathedral of the Deep.

The Archdeacon McDonnell’s trespass, the sin of channeling faith for sorcery, transformed what was once merely a symbol of ecclesiastic authority into a catalyst of sorceries.

Skill: Steady Chant

Boost the strength of sorceries for a very short period. Works while equipped in either hand.

Found/Dropped: Aldrich Faithful reward

Strike
Steady Chant / 7
2.5
89
0
0
0
0
0
20
D
-
-
A
8
-
12
12
Twinkling Titanite

Court Sorcerer’s Staff

Catalyst used by the court sorcerers of the Profaned Capital. Very powerful when wielded by an exceptionally intelligent sorcerer.

The court sorcerers laid claim to the legacy of the renowned Big Hat Logan, going so far as to emulate him with copies of the staff he used.

Skill: Steady Chant

Boost the strength of sorceries for a very short period. Works while equipped in either hand.

Found/Dropped: Profaned Capital

Strike
Steady Chant / 15
2.0
60
0
0
0
0
0
60
E
-
A
-
6
-
14
-
Titanite

Heretic’s Staff

Catalyst used by generations of heretic sorcerers.

Sorcery is a logical academic discipline, and the power of sorceries depends heavily on the caster’s intelligence.

Skill: Steady Chant

Boost the strength of sorceries for a very short period. Works while equipped in either hand.

Found/Dropped: Road of Sacrifices

Strike
Steady Chant / 7
3.0
63
0
0
0
0
0
60
D
-
B
-
8
-
16
-
Titanite

Izalith Staff

Ancient catalyst of the Witch of Izalith and her daughters, used long before the dawn of chaos and of pyromancy.

With the birth of the Chaos Flame, the flame witches were at once both sorcerers and shamans. Faith adjusts the power of sorceries cast using this catalyst, and the staff also seems to boost the power of dark sorceries.

Skill: Steady Chant

Boost the strength of sorceries for a very short period. Works while equipped in either hand.

Found/Dropped: Smouldering Lake

Strike
Steady Chant / 7
3.0
120
0
0
0
0
0
20
D
D
B
C
12
-
14
10
Twinkling Titanite

Man-grub’s Staff

Staff of the man-grubs who guard Rosaria’s Bed Chamber. Their holy symbol is formed at the tip. Wielder’s luck strengthens effects of sorceries.

The man-grubs have clearly been reborn, but as what?

Skill: Steady Chant

Boost the strength of sorceries for a very short period. Works while equipped in either hand.

Found/Dropped: Rosaria’s Fingers reward

Strike
Steady Chant / 7
3.0
90
0
0
0
0
0
60
D
-
-
-
9
-
18
-
Twinkling Titanite

Mendicant’s Staff

A staff with a small bowl attached to the tip, similar to a mendicant’s crook.

Absorb additional souls from fallen foes.

The staff’s history is unclear. It may be a relic of an ancient serpent’s greed, or a ritual artifact used to summon souls.

Skill: Steady Chant

Boost the strength of sorceries for a very short period. Works while equipped in either hand.

Found/Dropped: Serpent-man Summoner

Strike
Steady Chant / 7
2.5
60
0
0
0
0
0
60
D
-
B
-
7
-
18
-

Titanite

Sage’s Crystal Staff

Crystal catalyst presented as a gift by the Crystal Sages to their favorite pupil, Kriemhild.

Crystal spheres devour the will of the user, and this staff increases the potency of sorceries at the cost of increased FP consumption for Skills.

Skill: Steady Chant

Boost the strength of sorceries for a very short period. Works while equipped in either hand.

Found/Dropped: Grand Archives

Strike
Steady Chant / 30
2.5
84
0
0
0
0
0
60
E
-
B
-
7
-
24
-
Titanite Scale

Sorcerer’s Staff

Staff used to cast sorceries. A common catalyst given to sorcerers of the Vinheim Dragon School.

Equip a catalyst to use sorceries. Sorceries must be attuned at a bonfire before use.

Skill: Steady Chant

Boost the strength of sorceries for a very short period. Works while equipped in either hand.

Found/Dropped: Shrine Handmaid

Strike
Steady Chant / 7
2.0
60
0
0
0
0
0
60
E
-
B
-
6
-
10
-
Titanite

Storyteller’s Staff

Staff of a heretic storyteller who shares tales of the Painted World to forlorn souls.

The storytellers, too, are wretched beings with no place to go. Their bodies, souls, and even their staves are all tainted through and through.

Skill: Poison Spores/20

Expel noxious spores from the formless, parasitical things that inhabit the staff.

Found/Dropped: Corvian Storyteller

Strike
Poison Spores / 20
2.5
60
0
0
0
0
0
60
E
-
B
-
6
-
12
-
Titanite

Witchtree Branch

The branch of a large, well-tended witchtree, used as a sorcery catalyst.

Witchtree staves are customary in the far north, and allow for faster casting than ordinary catalysts.

Skill: Steady Chant

Boost the strength of sorceries for a very short period. Works while equipped in either hand.

Found/Dropped: Irithyll of the Boreal Valley

Strike
Steady Chant / 7
2.0
57
0
0
0
0
0
60
E
-
C
-
7
-
18
-
Titanite