Skyrim:Staff of Magnus

Artifact: Staff of Magnus (00035369) (lore page)
Type	Staff
Editor ID	MG07StaffofMagnus
Statistics
Weight	8	Value	1468
Enchantment
Absorb 20 magicka per second. If the target is out of magicka, absorb health instead.
Charge/Cost = Uses		5000/106=47 seconds

Staff of Magnus

The Staff of Magnus is found on the body of the dragon priest Morokei, encountered in Labyrinthian during the quest of the same name.

When fired, the Staff of Magnus emits a stream of energy that has a significantly larger range than other forms of concentration spells (i.e. Flames, Sparks, Frostbite), excluding the master-level Destruction spell Lightning Storm.

The staff has an unusually large charge capacity and features a unique effect of draining 20 points of magicka per second from its target and will start draining health instead if the target has no magicka, so it is particularly useful against high level mages like Master Necromancers.

Related Quests

• The Staff of Magnus: Retrieve the Staff of Magnus.
• The Eye of Magnus: Reclaim the College and contain the Eye.

Notes

• This staff appeared in Arena and Daggerfall. The staff also appeared in Morrowind, although with a completely different effect.
• Myrwatch's gallery^CC contains a special holder for this item.

Bugs

• A duplicate of the staff may be lootable from Morokei.
  • The Unofficial Skyrim Patch, version 2.0.5, fixes this bug.
• The staff might not actually absorb health, even after the target has been completely drained of magicka. The staff will instead absorb a seemingly endless amount of magicka, even when the staff is fired at the target until completely drained of its charge.
  • The Unofficial Skyrim Patch, version 2.0.9, fixes this bug. (details)
• When wielding only the Staff of Magnus, your unarmed attack will increase in speed significantly.
• When placing the staff on a weapon rack in a Hearthfire home, the staff may vanish and be irretrievable.

• The staff may not be equippable.
  • Use the console command player.equipitem 35369 to forcibly equip the staff. If you unequip it, you may or may not have to repeat the command to re-equip it.