Skyrim:Staff of Magnus

Artifact: Staff of Magnus (00035369)
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 a unique item in its appearance and functions similarly to the staves of flames, frost, and sparks, which all feature a constant firing when used until their charge is depleted.

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.

Appearance

The staff appears to be a greenish blue orb surrounded by several spikes with a green-blue gem at the bottom.

Obtaining

The staff itself can be found within Labyrinthian, but the section that it resides in is only accessible if you have the Torc of Labyrinthian from starting the quest The Staff of Magnus, one of the later quests from the College of Winterhold.

The Staff is carried by the dragon priest Morokei, and can be looted from his corpse once he's dead.

Notes

• This staff also appeared in Morrowind, although with a completely different effect.
• When wielding only the Staff of Magnus, your unarmed attack will increase in speed significantly.^{[verification needed — see talk page]}

Bugs

• It can be re-obtained by means of looting Morokei's corpse after the standard dungeon respawn time (This is because it respawns on his body). ^?