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{{flavour|A sturdy wooden pole, meant for fighting.}}
{{crawlquote|This weapon falls into the '[[Staves]]' category. It is a two handed weapon.}}


{{flavour|A sturdy wooden pole.}}
The '''quarterstaff''' is one of the best weapons available in the early game, due to its excellent accuracy, damage, and speed. However, quarterstaves require both hands, which means sacrificing the [[shield]] slot.


{{crawlquote|This weapon falls into the '[[Staves]]' category. It can be used with one hand, or more effectively with two (i.e. when not using a shield).}}
==Strategy==
 
Quarterstaves deal high damage for their base delay, but the [[Staves]] skill is rather limited. The only other staves are [[lajatang]]s (which are considerably rarer) and [[magical staves]] (which require training Staves, a corresponding spell school, ''and'' Evocations to use effectively). You could be stuck without a lajatang for long periods of time, forcing you to use a quarterstaff or swap to another weapon type.
The '''quarterstaff''' is one of the best weapons available in the early game due to its excellent accuracy, power, and speed. It also uses the Staves skill, which can come in handy should you decide to use any [[magical staff|magical staves]] to enhance your spellcasting in the future. Being [[handedness|double-handed]] weapons, quarterstaves are not recommended for use with shields, so characters that plan to use a shield may wish to look into a different weapon.


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[[Category:Staves]]
[[Category:Staves]]

Latest revision as of 19:16, 21 February 2024

Version 0.31: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
Name Quarterstaff
Skill Staves
Damage 10
Accuracy +3
Base delay (%) 13 (130%)
Min delay 6 at skill 14
Hands 2H
Size Large
Ranged? No
A sturdy wooden pole, meant for fighting.

This weapon falls into the 'Staves' category. It is a two handed weapon.

The quarterstaff is one of the best weapons available in the early game, due to its excellent accuracy, damage, and speed. However, quarterstaves require both hands, which means sacrificing the shield slot.

Strategy

Quarterstaves deal high damage for their base delay, but the Staves skill is rather limited. The only other staves are lajatangs (which are considerably rarer) and magical staves (which require training Staves, a corresponding spell school, and Evocations to use effectively). You could be stuck without a lajatang for long periods of time, forcing you to use a quarterstaff or swap to another weapon type.

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Mundane
Magical
Artifact
Weapons
Axes Battleaxe • Broad axe • Executioner's axe • Hand axe • War axe
Maces & Flails Club • Demon whip • Dire flail • Eveningstar • Flail • Giant club • Giant spiked club • Great mace • Mace (Hammer) • Morningstar • Sacred scourge • Whip
Long Blades Demon blade • Double sword • Eudemon blade • Falchion • Great sword • Long sword • Scimitar • Triple sword
Polearms Bardiche • Demon trident • Glaive • Halberd (Scythe) • Partisan • Spear • Trident • Trishula
Ranged Weapons Arbalest • Hand cannon • Longbow • Orcbow • Shortbow • Sling • Triple crossbow
Short Blades Dagger • Quick blade • Rapier • Short sword
Staves Lajatang • Magical staff • Quarterstaff
Throwing Boomerang • Dart • Javelin • Large rock • Stone • Throwing net
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