Eltex staff

The eltex staff is a melee weapon added by the Royalty DLC that improves psychic sensitivity and makes psycasters more effective.

It is one of a set of eltex items with similar effects.

Acquisition

Eltex staffs cannot be crafted. Instead can be purchased from any combat supplier or war merchant or obtained as a quest reward. Additionally, Imperial Bestowers always spawn with an eltex staff.

Summary

Eltex staves improve the wielder's neural heat recovery rate by +0.083 heat/second, and increases Psychic Sensitivity by an additive amount dependent on quality. The increase in Psychic Sensitivity also increases the neural heat limit. The increases are shown in the table below:

Quality	Awful	Poor	Normal	Good	Excellent	Masterwork	Legendary
Psychic Sensitivity	+25%	+33%	+42%	+50%	+58%	+66%	+75%
Neural Heat Limit	+20	+26	+33	+40	+46	+53	+60
Base Neural Heat Recovery Rate	+0.083/s	+0.083/s	+0.083/s	+0.083/s	+0.083/s	+0.083/s	+0.083/s
Effective Neural Heat Recovery Rate	+0.135/s	+0.135/s	+0.135/s	+0.135/s	+0.135/s	+0.135/s	+0.135/s

Note that eltex staves are unabled to be wielded by pawns incapable of violence.

Analysis

Eltex staves are clearly meant for psycast focused characters, allowing for more casts. Despite its description claiming that "it is a solid melee weapon", the actual attack is weaker than a piece of wood.

With a full psycaster set (eltex robe, eltex shirt, eltex vest, eltex skullcap), your pawn will have little armor. It's a good idea to keep them in the back as a "support" pawn. You can also wear a shield belt without impacting psycasts.

Attack table

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Attacks

Eltex staff			Head (Blunt)					Human: Left & right fist (Blunt)					HP	Value
Quality	DPS^[1]	AP^[1]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	HP	Value
Awful	3.98	12.6%	9.6	2.6s	14.4%	3.69	25%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 37.5%	100	1000
Poor	4.12	13.4%	10.8	2.6s	16.2%	4.15	33.33%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 33.33%	100	1500
Normal	4.51	16.5%	12	2.6s	18%	4.62	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 12.5%	100	2000
Good	4.88	17.85%	13.2	2.6s	19.8%	5.08	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 12.5%	100	2500
Excellent	5.24	19.2%	14.4	2.6s	21.6%	5.54	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 12.5%	100	3000
Masterwork	6.16	22.58%	17.4	2.6s	26.1%	6.69	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 12.5%	100	4000
Legendary	6.9	25.28%	19.8	2.6s	29.7%	7.62	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 12.5%	100	5000

^{For the full effects of qualities, see Quality.}

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Note: This is the actual base average derived from the melee verb system updated in 1.1.2610, it may sometimes disagree with the listed value in the in-game infobox.
It may also change depending on the stats and the melee verbs available to the wielder if the weapon is wielded by some other than a baseline human.
↑ Chance for attack to be selected, assuming the weapon is wielded by a baseline human. It may change depending on the melee verbs available to the wielder