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Walking Stick
  • Walking Stick
    • Item Level: 58
    • Speed Modifier: -10
    • Range: +1
  • Two-Hand Damage: 69 to 85
  • Durablity: 20 of 20
  • Required Strength: 25
  • Required Level: 43
  • Socketed (0 to 2)

A Walking Stick can spawn with up to 3 individual Sorceress skill bonuses with +1 to +3 each. These bonuses will keep the item normal, and still allow runewords to be created with it.

A superior Walking Stick can also spawn with 2 of the following bonuses:

  • +5% to +15% Enhanced Damage
  • Increase Maximum Durability 10% to 15%
  • +1 to +3 to Attack Rating

How to upgrade a Walking Stick

Transmute a Low Quality Walking Stick, an Eld RuneEld Rune, and any Chipped AmethystChipped Gem to create a Normal Quality Walking Stick.

Walking StickEld RuneChipped Amethyst
horadric cube interface

How to add sockets to a Walking Stick

You can add sockets to a Walking Stick by giving the item to Larzuk as a quest reward. Larzuk will always add 2 sockets (if the iLevel is high enough), the maximum. You can also add sockets with the following horadric cube recipe. This recipes will not work for low or superior quality items.

Transmute a Walking Stick, a Ral RuneRal Rune, an Amn RuneAmn Rune, and a Perfect AmethystPerfect Amethyst to create a socketed Walking Stick.

Walking StickRal RuneAmn RunePerfect Amethyst
horadric cube interface

This recipes will add between 1 and 2 sockets to the item. The game will roll a 6 sided dice, if it rolls higher than 2, the maximum amount of sockets is chosen.

Amount of sockets for a Walking Stick
RollSocketsOdds
11 socket 1 in 6 (16.67%)
22 socket (max)5 in 6 (83.33%)
32 socket (max)5 in 6 (83.33%)
42 socket (max)5 in 6 (83.33%)
52 socket (max)5 in 6 (83.33%)
62 socket (max)5 in 6 (83.33%)

The maximum amount of sockets an item can roll with depends on the iLevel of the item. The iLevel is equal to the monster level (mLevel) the item dropped from, the mLevel is equal to the area level (aLevel). Champions will have an mLevel of aLevel+2, Uniques and their minions aLevel+3, and Super Uniques will have a predefined mLevel.

possible sockets for a Walking Stick
iLvl 0-25iLvl 26-40iLvl 41 and up
222

Vendors that sell Walking Sticks

VendorMin StockMax StockMax Magic Level
Akara5 Normal / 5 Magic9 Normal / 9 Magic1

Runewords you can make in a Walking Stick

Runeword
Sockets
BasesRunes
Level
Stats
Leaf
(original)
2 SocketsStaff
Tir RuneTirRal RuneRal
19
+3 to Fire SkillsAdds 5-30 Fire Damage (Ral Rune)+9 to Inferno (Sorceress only)+2 to 2 Defense (Based on Character Level)Cold Resist +33%+2 to Mana after each Kill (Tir Rune)
Strength
(original)
2 SocketsMelee Weapon
Amn RuneAmnTir RuneTir
25
7% Life stolen per hit (Amn Rune)25% Chance of Crushing Blow+20 to Strength+10 to Vitality+2 to Mana after each Kill (Tir Rune)+35% Enhanced Damage
Wind
(1.10)
2 SocketsMelee Weapon
Sur RuneSurEl RuneEl
61
10% Chance to cast level 9 Tornado on striking+20% Faster Run/Walk+40% Increased Attack Speed+15% Faster Hit Recovery-50% Target Defense+50 to Attack Rating (El Rune)Hit Blinds Target +1 (Sur Rune)+1 to Light Radius (El Rune)Level 13 Twister (127/127 Charges)+120 to 160% Enhanced Damage

Compared to other Staffs

Table of base stats
NameSpeedReqstrReqdexDurabilityLevelLevelreqMax Sockets
Walking Stick-10252058432
Stalagmite1063353066493
Elder Staff44373574554
Shillelagh52274083624
Archon Staff10342685666

Prefixes that can spawn on Staffs

All Prefixes
NamePropertyAffix LevelLevel ReqItem TypesRarityGroupColor
Massive+51 to 65% Enhanced Damage2015WeaponMagic and Rare106
Brutal+41 to 50% Enhanced Damage1410WeaponMagic and Rare106
Vicious+31 to 40% Enhanced Damage86WeaponMagic and Rare106

Suffixes that can spawn on Staffs

All Suffixes
NamePropertyAffix LevelLevel ReqItem TypesRarityGroupColor
of PiercingIgnore Target's Defense2518Staves And RodsMagic and Rare3
of PiercingIgnore Target's Defense2518Staves And Rods, Knife, Hand to HandMagic and Rare4
of Alacrity+20% Increased Attack Speed86WeaponMagic and Rare6