Battlestaff

Battlestaff is a tier 30 members two-handed weapon for Magic, with a high alchemy value of 4,200 coins. The simplest way for an Ironman to get Battlestaff is to buy it: Baba Yaga's Magic Shop in Lunar Isle sells it for 7,000 coins, and 4 other shops stock it too.

“It's a slightly magical stick.”

MembersTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 4,200 gp

Updated 9 October 2026. Sources from the RuneScape Wiki's drop, shop and recipe data (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), checked 2026-10-09. Item sprite © Jagex.

Ironman verdict

At least 9 monsters drop it. The easiest is Cockroach drone (level 4, 1/3,495,253.33); the best rate is The Ambassador (level 5,500), at 100/1,000, about 18 per kill. Other sources include Muddy chest, Ice troll grunt, Ice troll female and Eclectic impling, plus 4 more listed below. 5 recipes use Battlestaff, including Air battlestaff, Armadyl battlestaff and Earth battlestaff. It is worn in the two-handed weapon slot at tier 30 as magic gear; compare it with every other piece on the Two-handed weapons list. Battlestaff is members-only. It is tradeable on normal accounts, but an Ironman cannot use the Grand Exchange or trade for it, so the sources on this page are the whole list. High Alchemy turns one into 4,200 coins, which is 2,800 less than the shop price, so buying it to alch does not pay.

At a glance

Members: Yes
Tradeable: Yes, but not for Ironmen
High alch: 4,200 coins
Monster drops: 9
Shops: 5
Recipes: None
Used in: 5 recipes
Slot: Two-handed weapons, tier 30

Monster drops

Dropped by	Level	Quantity	Rarity
The Ambassador	5500	145–205 (noted)	100/1,000
Gregorovic	1000	60–72 (noted)	8/64
Beastmaster Durzag	2000	100–150	1/18.8
Yakamaru	10000	100–150	1/19.2
Araxxi	3000	50–70	1/17
Rare drop table	-	180–220 (noted)	8/640
Cockroach droneEasiest	4	180–220 (noted)	1/3,495,253.33
Cave bug	6	180–220 (noted)	1/4,194,304
Crawling hand	6	180–220 (noted)	1/10,485,760

Best rates first, plus the lowest-level monsters that drop it. Every monster links to its full drop table in the bestiary.

Shops

Baba Yaga's Magic Shop7,000 coins · stock 20
Naff's Knockoff Staves7,000 coins · stock 8
Haf's Battlestaves7,000 coins · stock 16
Lunet's Leftover Staves7,000 coins · stock 16
Magic Training Area ShopTelekinetic Pizazz points, Alchemist Pizazz points, Enchantment Pizazz points, Graveyard Pizazz points · stock 100