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** The game has had a plethora of magical staffs, which allow their wielders to cast a selection of spells without drawing from their personal magic reserves -- although each staff only has a set a set number of uses and will need time to recharge when these are used up -- and typically require attunement by a magic-user such as a wizard, sorcerer or warlock before being usable.

** The first game had elaborate staves with some of them even having [[BladeOnAStick blades on either end]]. Almost all of them had some powerful spells, and high melee damage.

** ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheLastHope'' has Myuria Tionysus using staves, and explicitly names them so for the first time in the series. Sarah Jerand, meanwhile, uses weapons that are technically called [[BladeOnAStick spears]]. However, since they are so ornate and Sarah herself is a SquishyWizard, they end up being magic staves in all but name.

** 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 BladeOnAStick. 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 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 deaths]]).

* In the climax of ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'', collector of all that is magical Big Jack Horner wields a magic staff to fight for the map of the Wishing Star, using it to shoot away his opponents.

* The original ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'' has Li Zhuzhen, an old oracle, who fights with staves. He casts magic by planting it into the ground and reciting the AsianRuneChant, with some spells coming out of the staff's head. He also uses it hor his normal attack, expertly wielding it like a MartialArtsStaff, but for some reason (which may be advanced age) his STR is very low, and he won't deal much damage this way.

* In ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'', Mad-Eye Moody carries a hefty staff and casts spells with it. He's the only wizard in the series to do so. It's partially for practical reasons, as he's missing a leg and uses the staff to aid his walking.

*** The Skull of Corruption is an artifact staff associated with Vaermina, the Daedric Prince of [[YourWorstNightmare Nightmares]]. It has the power to [[DreamStealer steal the dreams of sleeping mortals]] in order to increase its own power. In various instances, it has either allowed the caster to create clones of the staff's target (who then fight for the caster) or it casts a damaging spell which gets stronger if it has stolen dreams.

* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': Wolffy wields one in ''The Season Towns'', a wooden cane-shaped staff with red, yellow, and blue bulbs on one end, that lets him shoot FireIceAndLightning projectiles.

%%* Rezo, the AffablyEvil priest from ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'', often used to note his arrival courtesy of jingling noises.

* ''LightNovel/Overlord2012'' has the protagonist, Ainz Ooal Gown, wield a majestic gold staff that resembles seven snakes intertwined with each other, each snake holding a jewel in its jaws, each jewel a different color.

** ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'': Raine/[[DubNameChange Refill]] Sage, TheMedic of the party, uses a staff. While she doesn't have any artes associated with it, whith the spell cancel glitch she can solo even the BonusBoss.

* ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' series has too many users to list. In general, magic staves belong to the "wand" weapon type, that, despite the name, encompasses both staves and actual {{Magic Wand}}s.

*** Lilka Eleniak normally fights with an [[ParasolOfPain umbrella]], but all of her tools are various rods. She starts with Flame Rod, and later gains Freeze Rod and Change Rod. The former two fire projectiles, while the latter can change healing gems into blocks to stand on.

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

*** A secret post-game [[GuestStarPartyMember Hero]], [[spoiler:Melia Antiqua, the Queen of Keves]], uses a weapon called "Elemental Staff". [[spoiler:It's the same "World Ender" staff that she uses in ''Future Connected''.]] The party can use it through the game's JobSystem.

* Ian and Barley from ''WesternAnimation/{{Onward}}'' inherit a magic staff from their father to allow them to cast a visitation spell.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', EvilSorcerer Jafar wields a [[SerpentStaff staff with a cobra's head finial]] that he initially only hypnotizes the Sultan with but eventually uses for all his magic after becoming the most powerful sorcerer in the world.

** The [[StaffOfAuthority symbol of office]] for the [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority Supreme Patriarch]] of the [[WizardingSchool Imperial Colleges of Magic]] is the Staff of Volans, an AmplifierArtifact that was crafted (and named) for the first Patriarch soon after the Colleges' founding.

* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': Malack carries one of these to always have additional charges for an important spell at hand. [[spoiler:The spell he developed to protect vampires from sunlight. Vampire Durkon inherits it after Malack is destroyed.]]

** ''VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar'' has various canes, renamed into staves in later versions. Most of them has special magical attacks, and a couple of late-game ones even increase Wisdom (the magic stat). They are primarily equipped by Mia and Nash.

** In ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana'' Angela, one of the two reqruitable mages, uses rods and staves. It comes in handy, as she starts with no spells avilable.

* Spellcasters in all of the ''VideoGame/ShiningSeries'', both {{Black Mage}}s and {{White Mage}}s, wield staves as their [[WeaponSpecialization weapon of choice]].

** Orbal staves, first introduced in ''VideoGame/TrailsFromZero'' are a high-tech version of this. Most people in the setting use MagicFromTechnology, and Orbments, built into these staves, allows users to cast [[StockRPGSpells arts]] instananeously. It's rendered in gameplay as making several clearly magical attacks avilable to staff-users as instant-use Crafts. Notable users include [[VideoGame/TrailsFromZero Tio]], [[VideoGame/TrailsOfColdSteel Elliot and Emma]].

*** While no primary character wields such a staff, mace-like rods are shown to be a primary weapon of most {{Mook}}s in the Healer role, both in Keves and Agnus alike. Additionally, Keves trains so-called "blasters", mage soldiers, who use full-sized staves.

* In ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic II'' and ''III'' the liches use staves. In II and III the Magi also use staves, which kind of fits, as liches are undead wizards.

* Pearl of ''VideoGame/HeroesOfNewerth'' has a staff enchanted to shoot out… bubbles.
* A Sorceress character in ''VideoGame/HeroinesQuest'' always carries one, and can cast EnergyBall attacks through it at any time, along with the other kinds of magic.

* The Mages in ''VideoGame/{{Hordesio}}'' use these for their spellcasting, and upgrading them improves not only their damage, but also [[CriticalHit critical chance]], [=MP=] pool and [=MP=] regeneration. They start with the Level 1 "[[WithThisHerring Broken Twig]]", and can ascend up to the level 95 [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Deathweaver]].
* The Staff of Ra acts as one in ''VideoGame/ImmortalRedneck''.
* Carol in ''VideoGame/JaysJourney'' can use these, along with staves.
* Enchanted staffs are just one of the weapons Pit can use in ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''. They're this game's equivalent to a SniperRifle as they shoot long-ranged lasers and not suited in melee combat.
* These are used by most of the magic-centered characters in ''VideoGame/KingArthurTheRolePlayingWargame''.
* There are five of them in ''VideoGame/{{Thelastio}}'': three elemental ones (of the FireIceLightning kind) that fire projectiles directly, and two (Poison and Meteor) that indirectly damage a circular area, but only after a sizeable delay. The latter are much more powerful, but are often easier to dodge. Both types of staffs also consume player's mana when used, and the Poison/Meteor ones also consume a lot more per use.

* All over the place in ''VideoGame/LostOdyssey''. Not only are they used by the game's various magic users, but MagiTek devices often have ones built in that swing like pendulums to generate magic energy. The real stand out, though, is Grandstaff, a MageTower designed to act like a massive broadcast antenna for magic instead of radio waves.
* ''VideoGame/{{Lunar}}'' series

* There are several in ''VideoGame/MagicRampage'', as you would expect from the name. Two standouts are the Staff of Gadarast and the Staff of Oxyomo.

** Moses' staff transforming into a snake and back is one of the signs God gives Moses of his calling from God, and foreshadows the miracles God will perform through Moses and the staff.

** Moses strikes a rock with his staff to cause water to come out of the rock. Worth noting that God did ''not'' authorize him to do this, and warned that Moses would have to pay for it later. (He gets to see the land the Israelites will settle, but dies before he can go there.)

* Pretty much all the mage-like units in ''VideoGame/BattleForWesnoth'' have these. The only exceptions are the White Magi and Magi of Light, who carry morningstars for melee instead, and the Dark Adepts, who need to carry nothing for their spellcasting, but are also completely helpless in melee.

** The series has several recurring LegendaryWeapon artifact staves. To note:

* Despite having a huge cast of magic-users, pretty much the only ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' character that uses a staff is Mima, and she disappeared after the ContinuityReboot. Although that… ''thing'' [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Flandre]] has may also count.

** 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. It should also be noted that [[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.

->''"Tom Riddle me this, you bitch:\\
How's your little wand gonna beat my staff?"''