Staff

General
A staff is a two handed, projectile weapon that can require one of a variety of monk, mesmer, elementalist, necromancer, or ritualist attributes.

Note that the plural of staff is staves, not "staffs".

Staves are the two-handed alternative to the combination of a right-hand Wand and a left-hand Focus Item. The discussion whether a staff or a wand/focus combo is superior is as old as the game itself. Upgrades and modifiers below briefly discusses the differences between staves and wands.

Inherent stats

 * Damage type: Cold, Earth, Fire, Lightning, Chaos, Dark or Light
 * Halves skill recharge of spells (Chance: 10-20%)
 * Energy +3..10
 * Minimum damage range: 2-4
 * Maximum damage range: 11-22
 * Attack interval: 1.75 seconds
 * Range: Recurve Bow range (~1.2 aggro circle radii)
 * Attack interval: 1.75 seconds
 * Arc size: Low
 * Projectile flight time: ~0.6 seconds at Shortbow range.

Depending on the linked attribute staves deal various damage types. Staves with an attribute requirement of 0 have been observed with a damage range as high as 7-10 and energy as high as 5.

See staff types below for details on damage types.

Upgrades and Modifiers
Staves, unlike wands, always come with an energy bonus included. The max possible energy bonus of all staves is +10, slightly less than a focus, which has +12. This disparity is somewhat offset by the fact that one need not meet the attribute requirement of a staff in order to get the full +10 energy from it whereas with a focus not meeting the requirement will drop the energy down to +3 or +6. Another difference is that staves can be be equipped with a magic head (name prefix) and/or wrapping (name suffix) to add extra bonuses to the weapon. Furthermore, a staff may come with a number of non-salvagable magical modifiers, just like any other weapon, focus, or shield.

Staves can be upgraded with Adept, Defensive, Hale and Insightful Staff Heads and Staff Wrappings of Defense, Shelter, Warding, Enchanting, Fortitude, Mastery,  and slaying.

Core

 * Monk Staves
 * Holy Staff (Divine Favor): Fire damage
 * Smiting Staff (Smiting Prayers): Light damage
 * Necromancer Staves
 * Accursed Staff (Curses): Dark damage
 * Blood Staff6 (Blood Magic): Dark Damage
 * Bone Staff (Death Magic): Cold damage
 * Soul Spire5 (Soul Reaping): Dark damage
 * Mesmer Staves
 * Inscribed Staff (Domination Magic): Chaos damage
 * Jeweled Staff (Illusion Magic): Chaos damage
 * Scrying Glass Staff (Inspiration Magic): Chaos damage
 * Arcane Staff5 (Fast Casting): Chaos damage
 * Elementalist Staves
 * Air Staff (Air Magic): Lightning damage
 * Earth Staff (Earth Magic): Earth damage
 * Fire Staff (Fire Magic): Fire damage
 * Water Staff (Water Magic): Cold damage
 * Ether Staff5 (Energy Storage): Chaos damage
 * Universal Staves1
 * Ghostly Staff
 * Shadow Staff

Prophecies Campaign

 * Necromancer Staves
 * Cruel Staff2 Blood Magic): Dark damage
 * Wicked Staff2 (Curses): Dark damage
 * Universal Staves1
 * Dead Staff
 * Raven Staff

Factions Campaign

 * Monk Staves
 * Divine Staff (Divine Favor): Fire damage
 * Healing Staff3 (Divine Favor): Fire damage
 * Holy Branch (Divine Favor): Fire damage
 * Protective Staff3 (Divine Favor): Fire damage
 * Winged Staff (Smiting Prayers): Light damage
 * Necromancer Staves
 * Dark Tendril Staff (Blood Magic): Dark damage
 * Evil Eye Staff (Curses): Dark damage
 * Wailing Staff (Death Magic): Cold damage
 * Wicked Staff2 (Curses): Cold damage
 * Mesmer Staves
 * Clairvoyant Staff (Domination Magic): Chaos damage
 * Gemstone Staff (Domination Magic): Chaos damage
 * Hypnotic Staff (Illusion Magic): Chaos damage
 * Ritualist Staves
 * Channeling Staff (Channeling Magic): Cold, Earth, Fire or Lightning damage
 * Communing Staff2 (Communing): Dark damage
 * Conjuring Staff (Spawning Power): Cold, Earth, Fire or Lightning damage
 * Eerie Staff (Communing): Cold, Earth, Fire or Lightning damage
 * Restoration Staff4 (Spawning Power): Lightning Damage
 * Spawning Staff2 (Spawning Power): Lightning damage
 * Writhing Staff (unconfirmed) (Restoration Magic):
 * (Universal Staves) (Restoration Magic): Earth and Lightning damage have been confirmed
 * Universal Staves1
 * Amber Staff
 * Bo Staff
 * Celestial Staff
 * Cockatrice Staff
 * Dragon Staff
 * Forbidden Staff
 * Jade Staff
 * Lotus Staff2
 * Outcast Staff
 * Plagueborn Staff
 * Platinum Staff
 * Zodiac Staff

Monk staves

 * Sacred Staff : Fire Damage : Divine Favor

Elementalist staves

 * Tempest Staff : Lightning damage : Air Magic
 * Tidal Staff : Cold damage : Water Magic

Necromancer staves

 * Boneclaw Staff: Cold damage : Death Magic
 * Spinal Staff : Dark damage : Blood Magic
 * Unholy Staff : Dark damage : Curses

Mesmer staves

 * Ensorcelling Staff : Chaos damage : Domination Magic
 * Illusory Staff : Chaos damage : Illusion Magic

Universal staves

 * Cobra Staff

Unknown staves

 * Portal Staff : by attribute or Cold damage : Variable attribute or Energy Storage