Eltex staff

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Eltex staff

Eltex staff

An ultratech staff threaded with psychic focusing materials. While it is a solid melee weapon, its main purpose is to enhance the wielder's psychic sensitivity and neural heat dissipation, allowing more use of psychic powers.

Base Stats

Type
EquipmentWeapons
Tech Level
Ultra
Weapon Class
Ultra
Market Value
2000 Silver
Mass
1.2 kg

Ranged Combat

Mode
Melee

Melee Combat

Mode
Melee
Melee Attack 1
Head
12 dmg (Blunt)
18% AP
2.6 seconds cooldown
Melee Average DPS
4.62
Melee Average AP
18%
Technical
Has Quality
True
weaponTags
EltexStaff
thingSetMakerTags
RewardStandardMidFreq
tradeTags
PsychicWeapon


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 unable 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, bioferriteContent added by the Anomaly DLC slave collarContent added by the Ideology DLC), 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, face mask,Content added by the Biotech DLC and devilstrand pants/flak pants for added protection without impacting psycasts.

    Attack table

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

    For the full effects of qualities, see Quality.

    1. 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.
    2. 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

    Version history

    • Royalty DLC Release - Added.
    • 1.1.2647 - Renamed from Psyfocus staff to Eltex staff.
    • 1.2.2719 - Psychic sensitivity now scales with quality.
    • 1.5.4062 - Texture recreated with higher quality.