There are several magic weapons available in OSRS and the type a player uses is extremely important, it improves their maximum magic damage and accuracy, and like most combat weapons, its bonuses scale with the player’s level. Magic weapons can be divided into items that can auto-cast combat spells from the different spellbooks and weapons with specialized spells that have to be charged with runes and various tokens. In this guide, we have included all the best magic weapons based on their magic attack and defence bonuses, starting from the ones with the least bonuses to the highest.
We have included a table showing the magic weapon progression from the lowest magic and attack requirements to the highest. So you can make sure that you are always wearing the best staff possible to train your magic. We also included DPS on a sand crab so you have an idea about the damage output the different weapons have.
| Magic level | Attack level | Magic Weapons | Cost | Bonus | Information | DPS on Sand Crabs |
| 1 | 1 |  Basic elemental staves |
700–1.8K GP | +10 magic attack and +10 magic defence bonus | Basic elemental staves provide an unlimited amount of one elemental rune (air, water, earth, and fire) and have no requirements to use. | 1.785 |
| 30 | 30 |  Battlestaves |
8.3K-356K | +12 magic attack and +12 magic defence bonuses | Battlestaves have melee and magic bonuses. They mainly used for casting spells and provide unlimited amount of a rune according to their name. They also provide +28 crush attack bonus and a +35 additional strength bonuses | 2.761 |
| 40 | 40 |
Mystic staves |
25K-393K | +14 magic attack and +14 magic defence bonuses | To make a mystic staff, players must take a battlestaff to Thormac and pay him 40K coins to upgrade. It provides unlimited runes according to the name and has a +10 stab attack and +40 crush attack bonuses | 3.094 |
| 50 | 1 |  Slayer Staff |
21K | +12 magic attack and +10 magic defence bonus | The slayer staff requires 50 magic and 55 slayer to wield. It can be bought from any of the slayer masters. It can autocast the magic dart, ccrumble Undead, wave and surge and Arceuus combat spells. | 3.448 |
| 50 | 50 |  Iban’s staff |
+10 magic attack and +10 magic defence bonus. Additionally, it gives +40 crush attack bonus and a +50 strength bonus. | The Iban’s staff is a magical staff used to cast the Iban Blast spell. It requires 50 magic and 50 attack and can be obtained by defeating the evil mage Ivan at the end of the Underground Pass quest. It can be recharged for free by using it on the well where the Paladin’s badges are dropped in the Underground pass, but it holds only 120 charges. But can be upgraded to the Iban’s staff (u) which can hold up to 2,500 charges. The Dark Mage in West Ardougne will upgrade an Iban’s staff to an Iban’s staff(u) for 200,000 coins. | 3.094 | |
| 50 | 50 |  Ancient staff |
72K | +15 magic attack and +15 magic defence bonus. | This is a one-handed staff capable of auto-casting spells from the Ancient and standard spellbook. It has high magic accuracy and an attack speed of 4, making it a suitable weapon for melee combat | 3.868 |
| 60 | 1 |  Master Wand |
1.9M | +20 magic attack and +20 magic defence bonus | The master wand is one of the few weapons which are able to autocast both Ancient Magic and Arceuus combat spells. It can be obtained using pizzaz points at the mage training arena or bought from another player and requires 60 magic to wield. | 2.220 |
| 70 | 50 |  Ancient Sceptre |
75K | +20 magic attack and +15 magic defence bonus. Additionally, it gives a +20 slash attack bonus, a +50 crush attack, and +60 strength bonuses. | The Ancient Sceptre is an upgraded version of the ancient staff. Like its predecessor, it can be used to auto-cast spells from the Ancient Magicks and standard spellbooks. It requires level 70 magic, 60 strength, and 50 attack to wield and can be made by taking the ancient icon and staff to Eblis from the Desert Treasure I quest. The ancient staff costs 75K GP on the grand exchange. | 4.281 |
| 70 | 70 |  Ahrim's staff |
230K | +15 magic attack bonus and +15 magic defence bonus | The Ahrim's staff increases magic damage by up to 5% and can autocast standard and arceuus combat spells. It is part of the Ahrim the blighted set, which can be obtained as a drop from completing the barrows minigame. If the Ahrim's staff is wielded along with the other pieces of the complete set, the player's successful magic attack has a chance of lowering their opponent's strength level. | 2.998 |
| 72 | 1 |  Nightmare staff |
57M | +16 magic attack and +14 magic defence bonus |
The nightmare staff requires 72 magic and 50 hitpoints to wield, it can be used to autocast offensive standard spells as well as Ancient Magicks. In addition, it gives a 15% magic damage bonus. The nightmare staff can be upgraded to the Eldritch nightmare staff by attaching an Eldritch orb to it, which gives a special attack. This attack consumes 55% of the player’s special attack to hit the target for a high amount of damage, and restores prayer points by 50% of the damage dealt.
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1.776 |
| 75 | 75 |  Staff of the dead |
11M | +17 magic attack and magic defence bonuses. | This weapon is one of the best for improving a player's magic damage, boosting it up to 15% when wielded. It can auto-cast the flame of Zamorak, Crumble undead, magic dart, and elemental spells from the standard spellbook. It can be obtained as a drop by K'ril Tsutsaroth | 4.691 |
| 75 | 75 |  Toxic staff of the dead |
14.7M | +25 magic attack, +15 magic defence bonus, and +15% magic bonus | The Toxic staff of the dead is similar to the regular staff of the dead, but it has an added benefit; players using combat spells with this staff have a 25% chance of inflicting venom on their opponent | 4.691 |
| 75 | 1 |  Trident of the Seas |
800K | +15 magic attack and +15 magic defence bonus | The trident of the seas is a task-only drop from the Cave Kraken, which requires 87 slayer and requires 75 magic to wield. It cannot be used against other players in dangerous PvP only for safe minigames. It can be charged with 1 death rune, 1 chaos rune, 5 fire runes and 10 coins, resulting in a total cost of 315 GP per charge. It can hold a maximum of 2,500 charges | 5.632 |
| 77 | 50 |  Purging Staff |
53.4M (Tormented Synapse, iron bar and battlestaff) | +37 magic attack and +25 magic defence bonuses. | Purging staff can auto-cast offensive Arceuus spells, casting demonblade spells with it will double their bonuses. Players are required to have at least 77 magic and 50 attack to wield this weapon. They can make it by using a tormented synapse on an anvil with a battlestaff, iron bar, and a hammer in their inventory, requiring 74 crafting and 55 smithing to create after reading Duradel’s notes. | 3.445 |
| 78 | 1 |  Trident of the Swamp |
5.6M (Trident of the seas and magic fang) |
The trident of the swamp is a popular and powerful magic weapon. It possesses a passive effect, where successful hits with either its spell cast or spells manually cast while wielding it with it have a 25% chance of inflicting venom on the opponent. Players must have at least 78 magic before they can wield it. The trident of the swamp is an upgrade from the trident of the swamp and is made with using a magic fang on it with a chisel, which requires 59 crafting. it can be charged with 1 death rune, 1 chaos rune, 5 fire runes, and 1 Zulrah’s scale, resulting in 554 GP per charge, holding up to 2,500 charges when fully charged.
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6.259 | |
| 80 | 1 |  Kodai wand |
118M | +28 magic attack and +20 magic defence bonus | The Kodai wand is the strongest wand available in OSRS. It can autocast Ancient Magicks, standard spells, and Arceuus spells, and also provide unlimited water runes when equipped. It requires 80 magic to wield and can be created by using a Kodai insignia, obtained as a reward at the end of the Chambers of Xeric, on a master wand. Additionally, it has a 15% chance of negating rune costs when casting offensive spells and gives a 15% bonus in magic damage. | 2.220 |
| 82 | 1 |  Sanguinesti Staff |
71M | +25 magic attack and +15 magic defence bonuses | The Sanguinesti staff named after the Sangunesti region is a powered staff that requires 82 magic to wield. Players can obtain it as a rare drop from the Theatre of Blood, The staff possesses a healing passive effect, where successful hits have a 1/6 chance of healing the user half the amount of hitpoints dealt to a target. The staff can be charged with blood runes, 3 are required per charge, holding up to 20,000 charges when fully charged. | 6.460 |
| 85 | 1 |  Tumenken’s Shadow |
1.2B | +35 magic attack and +20 magic defence | This is a two-handed powered staff that requires 85 magic to wield and can only be obtained as a rare drop from the Tombs of Amascut. It also has an additional +1 prayer bonus. The Tumeken’s shadow has a passive effect where the player’s magic attack bonus and damage are tripled from the player’s worn equipment. It can hold a maximum of 20,000 charges with soul and chaos runes. | 5.578 |
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