Dragon Age II Guide Essentials Inventory

Mage Weapons

Staves deal damage at range with bolts of energy and up close with physical blows (though that may not suit the disposition of most mages). They can score critical hits with their basic attacks like any other weapon and their shots can be blocked by obstacles between wielder and target. The magic attribute determines a staff’s attack value.

Staves

High magic is the only requirement to equip the best staves, though you’ll also need to place a certain amount of investment in willpower to equip fine mage armor.

The first rule for any party-minded mage is to acquire a wide collection of staves to cover all the elemental affinities for every enemy and occasion. The second rule is to acquire the Elemental Weapons talent so that others share the benefit. But after finding a strong damage rating in the correct element, it is the other properties that distinguish exceptional staves from ordinary fare. In its ideal form, the staff is a support tool that enhances the power of your chosen spell disciplines. Unlike other classes, the mage excels at Area of Effect magic and crowd control. Things to look for include:

Raw elemental damage enhancement for your strongest spells.
Mana pool assistance.
Defensive properties to balance out the mage’s weakness.

Staves

Name	Damage	Properties	Requirements	Acquisition	Act
Chanters’ Staff	22 Spirit	+24 Mana/Stamina \| +21% Healing by this character	-	Reward from Grace (Act of Mercy)	1
The Hypnotist’s Staff	22 Electricity	+59 Attack \| +8% Magic resistance	-	Decimus (Runaways’ Cavern, Act of Mercy)	1
The Turncoat’s Walking Stick	17 Fire	+48 Attack \| +12% Fire damage	-	Mage Goods (Gallows Courtyard)	1
Staff of the Primal Order	28 Cold	1 Rune slot \| +14% Fire damage \| +14% Cold damage	28 Magic	Bonny Lem’s Wares (Disused Passage)	1
Acolyte’s Staff	33 Physical	+5 Mana/Stamina regeneration rate \| +14% Fire damage \| +178 Fire resistance	31 Magic	Apparel Shop (Lowtown)	1
Stone’s Breath	26 Spirit	1 Rune slot \| +13% Spirit damage \| 5% Chance to knock back	-	Reward for saving Sandal (The Deep Roads Expedition)	1
Valdasine	28 Spirit	1 Rune slot \| +2 Willpower \| +5 Mana/Stamina regeneration rate	-	Crypt Treasure (Ancient Crypt, The Deep Roads Expedition)	1
Hubris	22 Physical	+24 Health \| +5 Mana/Stamina regeneration rate	-	Frost Horror (Varterral Hunting Ground, Mirror Image)	2
Crooked Staff	29 Spirit	+6% Critical chance \| +14% Spirit damage	-	Chest (Gallows Dungeon, Dissent)	2
Sketch’s Resplit-Shaft	22 Fire	1 Rune slot \| Blood Magic: Each point of health provides 1 additional mana \| +4 Physical damage	-	Reward from Sketch (Sketchy on the Details)	2
Acolyte’s Staff	22 Physical	+5 Mana/Stamina regeneration rate \| +13% Fire damage	31 Magic	Robes by Jean Luc (Hightown)	2
Enchanter’s Staff	31 Physical	1 Rune slot \| +14% Cold damage \| +14% Spirit damage	30 Magic	Apparel Shop (Lowtown)	2
Cold-Blooded	37 Cold	+6 Magic \| +40 Mana/Stamina \| +10 Mana/Stamina regeneration rate \| +30% Cold damage \| Blood Magic: Each point of health provides 1 additional mana	35 Magic	Magnus’s Wares (The Wounded Coast)	2
Bassrath-Kata	42 Fire	+46 Mana/Stamina \| +5 Mana/Stamina regeneration rate \| +26% Healing by this character \| +13 damage vs. humans	39 Magic	Quest reward (The Lost Swords)	3
Voracity	41 Fire	+117 Attack \| Blood Magic: Each point of health provides 1 additional mana \| +4 Fire damage across 2m	-	Xebenkeck (The Forgotten Lair, Forbidden Knowledge)	3
The Tiger’s Tail	39 Fire	+109 Attack \| +6% Critical chance \| +15% Critical damage	-	Grace (The Wounded Coast, Best Served Cold)	3
Torch of Falon’Din	42 Fire	2 Rune slots \| +16% Fire damage \| +8 Fire damage	-	Marethari (Sundermount)	3
Eye of the Storm	37 Electricity	1 Rune slot \| +15% Electricity damage \| 5% Chance to Stun	-	Danarius (The Hanged Man, Alone)	3
Mutiny	37 Cold	1 Rune slot \| +40 Mana/Stamina \| +102 Attack	33 Magic	Mage Goods (Gallows Courtyard)	3
Corrupted Acolyte’s Staff	42 Physical	+46 Mana/Stamina \| +16% Electricity damage \| Blood Magic: Each point of health provides 1 additional mana	37 Magic	Apparel Shop (Lowtown)	3
Staff of Violation	41 Spirit	+3 Willpower \| +15% Spirit damage \| 2.5% Chance to infect with Walking Bomb	-	Orsino (Gallows Prison)	3
Allure’s Crook*	35 Spirit	2 Rune slots \| +38 Mana/Stamina \| +5 Mana/Stamina regeneration rate	34 Magic	Allure (Underground Passage, Repentance)	2
The Magister’s Scythe*	24 Physical	+63 Attack \| Attacks ignore Enemy Armor \| 5% Chance to regenerate 3% Health	25 Magic	Emporium’s Relics and Antiques (Black Emporium)	1
The Final Thought*	48 Physical	1 Rune slot \| +4 Magic \| 5% Chance to regenerate 9% Mana/Stamina \| +104 Mana/Stamina \| +33% Nature damage \| +33% Spirit damage	42 Magic	Emporium’s Relics and Antiques (Black Emporium)	3

* Downloadable content (see dragonage.com/da2/addons for details).