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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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, bioferrite slave collar), 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, and devilstrand pants/flak pants for added protection without impacting psycasts.

Attack table

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Attacks

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]	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