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* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'':

* in ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse'', Skeletor's [[WeaponSpecialization weapon of choice]] is his Havoc Staff, which in [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 the original series]] seems to be an AmplifierArtifact for his magic, as well as containing a small CrystalBall in the back of the ram's skull at the head of the staff, which Skeletor uses to scry on people. Evil-Lyn also wields a magic staff with a crystal ball. In [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2021 the 2021 series]], Skeletor, Evil-Lyn, and the Sorceress all carry magic staffs that act as a TransformationTrinket for their respective SentientCosmicForce.

* Common among the mages of ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon''. Marcille made her own and named it Ambrosia.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrothersSuperShow'', King Koppa[[note]]normally known as Bowser[[/note]] often utilizes a regal-like magic scepter to cast spells, mainly using it to [[TakenForGranite turn people to stone]].

-->-- '''Gandalf''', ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'', "[[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]] vs. [[Literature/HarryPotter Dumbledore]]"

* ''VideoGame/{{Atelier}}'':

* ''VideoGame/{{Apocryph}}'' have you playing as a spell-casting Templar in a medieval-inspired verse, and your first ranged weapon is an enchanted Cobalt Staff that can blast energy bolts on the undead.
* In ''Franchise/DotHack'' franchise several mage classes in the in-universe MMORPG "The World" and its many revisions use various staves.

** Melia from [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles the first game]] uses these as her weapons. In ''Future Connected'' epilogue story she gets a unique "World Ender" staff, that has a laser blade on the top, making it closer to a polearm. It doesn't change her moveset, though.

* In ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'', collector of all that is magical Big Jack Horner has a magic staff kept in a trophy case that he puts into his [[ Film/MaryPoppins magical nanny bag]], he uses it in the climax to fight for the Wishing Star map, wielding it like a rifle to shoot away at his opponents ([[BadBoss and also shooting the last of his lackeys]] [[TeamKiller to their death]]).

* In ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'', collector of all that is magical Big Jack Horner has a magic staff kept in a trophy case that he puts into his magical nanny bag, he uses it in the climax to fight for the Wishing Star map, wielding it like a rifle to shoot away at his opponents ([[BadBoss and also shooting the last of his lackeys]] [[TeamKiller to their death]]).

* In ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', the staff is the preferred tool of wizards, and a major plot point in ''Literature/EqualRites'' and ''Literature/{{Sourcery}}''. In ''Literature/SoulMusic'', Archancellor Ridcully recommends a staff because even if you run out of magic, you've still got [[MartialArtsStaff six foot of]] [[MundaneUtility solid bog-oak]] at your disposal. Works nine times out of ten.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'': The Relic Staff was created for the human dark mage Ziard, implicitly by [[GreaterScopeVillain Aaravos the Startouch Elf]]. After Ziard was killed by the Dragon King Sol Regem, the staff eventually made its way into the hands of [[BigBad Lord Viren]], who disguised it as a fancy walking stick.

** Both [[BigBad Emperor Belos]] and [[TheDragon Hunter]] have more mechanical-looking staves that contain artificial magic, since [[spoiler:neither of them have the means to cast magic without one]], though Hunter starts using his artificial staff less and less once he adopts a Palisman of his own. Also [[KungFuWizard Hunter prefers using his artificial staff and later his Palisman as a]] MartialArtsStaff, and only uses magic to supplement his more physical combat style.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'':

* In Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's ''Literature/{{Earthsea}}'' books, wizards trained on Roke are distinguished from mere sorcerers by carrying staves. Ged is awarded a staff made of yew bound with copper in ''Literature/AWizardOfEarthsea''. When it is lost in Osskil, Ogion makes him a replacement from a length of wood formerly intended for a longbow. Wizards of Paln, certainly Seppel in ''Literature/TheOtherWind'', and at first Cob in ''Literature/TheFarthestShore'', do not seem to use staves--but Cob does acquire the metal staff of the Pelnish Grey Mage later in the book.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' introduces [[FireIceLightning elemental]] rods, obtained from Wizzrobes, as one-handed weapons. When swung, they unleash a burst of their respective elemental power (bouncing fireballs, freezing clouds, or floating electrical spheres). They can also be used to bludgeon enemies for minor damage, though they can't take much physical punishment before they break. ** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom'' enables the player to fashion their own makeshift rods by fusing a gemstone to a weapon to confer its appropriate element to them for the same general purpose (ruby for fire, sapphire for ice, topaz for electricity, opal for water, and star fragment for light). Of course, magic rods can still be obtained, alongside the new magic scepters and staves (classed as two-handed and polearm weaponry respectively).

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* In' ''''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'', collector of all that is magical Big Jack Horner has a magic staff kept in a trophy case that he puts into his magical nanny bag, he uses it in the climax to fight for the Wishing Star map, wielding it like a rifle to shoot away at his opponents ([[BadBoss and also shooting the last of his lackeys]] [[TeamKiller to their death]]).