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Duskdawn
Maelström Staff
Warstaff
Quality: +20%
Physical Damage: 85.2-176.4
Critical Strike Chance: 6.80%
Attacks per Second: 1.25
Weapon Range: 13
Requires Level 64, 113 Str, 113 Int+25% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff+10% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff
(60-80)% increased Critical Strike Chance for Spells
Gain (10-20)% of Elemental Damage as Extra Chaos Damage
+1% to Critical Strike Multiplier per 1% Chance to Block Attack Damage
+60% to Critical Strike Multiplier if you've dealt a Non-Critical Strike Recently
(120-150)% increased Spell Damage if you've dealt a Critical Strike Recently
"The world is not simply black and white,
it is not divided into good and evil.
But black and white, good and evil, do exist,
and we must know how to recognize them."
- Archbishop Geofri
Duskdawn inventory icon
Acquisition
DROP RESTRICTED
Vendor Prices
Unique8x Chaos Orb
Vendor Offer
16x Alchemy Shard
6x Alteration Shard
Weapon DPS
Physical: 163.5
Phys+Chaos: 163.5
Total: 163.5
Metadata
Item class: Warstaves

Duskdawn is a unique Maelström Staff inventory iconMaelström StaffMaelström StaffWarstaff
Physical Damage: 71-147
Critical Strike Chance: 6.80%
Attacks per Second: 1.25
Weapon Range: 13
Requires Level 64, 113 Str, 113 Int+25% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff
Maelström Staff inventory icon
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Mechanics[ | ]

When crafting new modifiers will be rolled and values from source items will not stay, unlike in case of fated items.

Item acquisition
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Upgrade paths

This item can be acquired through the following upgrade paths or vendor recipes:

AmountIngredientGeneral
Notes
Type
1Shade of Solaris inventory iconShade of SolarisShade of Solaris
Sage Wand
Wand
Quality: +20%
Physical Damage: 27.6-50.4
Critical Strike Chance: 8.00%
Attacks per Second: 1.20
Weapon Range: 120
Requires Level 30, 119 Int(17-21)% increased Spell DamageGain (10-20)% of Elemental Damage as Extra Chaos Damage
Critical Strikes deal no Damage
200% increased Spell Damage if you've dealt a Critical Strike in the past 8 seconds
Without light, there can be no shadow.
Shade of Solaris inventory icon
Corrupted items can not be usedManual
1Light of Lunaris inventory iconLight of LunarisLight of Lunaris
Jingling Spirit Shield
Quality: +20%
Chance to Block: (29%-33%)
Energy Shield: (142-172)
Movement Speed: -3%
Requires Level 28, 71 Int(10-15)% increased Spell DamageAdds (35-39) to (54-60) Cold Damage to Spells
(60-80)% increased Critical Strike Chance for Spells
(475-600)% increased Energy Shield
+(6-10)% Chance to Block
+1% to Critical Strike Multiplier per 1% Chance to Block Attack Damage
+25% to Critical Strike Multiplier if you've dealt a Non-Critical Strike Recently
Without night, there can be no day.
Light of Lunaris inventory icon
1Orb of Fusing inventory iconOrb of FusingOrb of FusingStack Size: 20Reforges the links between sockets on an itemRight click this item then left click a socketed item to apply it. The item's quality increases the chances of obtaining more links.
Shift click to unstack.
Orb of Fusing inventory icon

Legacy variants[ | ]

Duskdawn has legacy variants.

Version Discontinued Modifiers
3.11.0


  • +20(20)% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff[a]
  • +10% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff
  • (60-80)% increased Critical Strike Chance for Spells
  • Gain (10-20)% of Elemental Damage as Extra Chaos Damage
  • +1% to Critical Strike Multiplier per 1% Chance to Block Attack Damage
  • +60% to Critical Strike Multiplier if you've dealt a Non-Critical Strike Recently
  • (120-150)% increased Spell Damage if you've dealt a Critical Strike Recently
3.5.0


  • +20(20)% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff[a]
  • +4% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff
  • (60-80)% increased Critical Strike Chance for Spells
  • Gain (10-20)% of Elemental Damage as Extra Chaos Damage
  • 1% to Critical Strike Multiplier per 1% Chance to Block Attack Damage
  • +60% to Critical Strike Multiplier if you've dealt a Non-Critical Strike Recently
  • 120% increased Spell Damage if you've dealt a Critical Strike Recently
2.6.0


  • +18(20)% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff[b]
  • +4% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff
  • (60-80)% increased Critical Strike Chance for Spells
  • Gain (10-20)% of Elemental Damage as Extra Chaos Damage
  • +1% to Critical Strike Multiplier per 1% Block Chance
  • +60% to Critical Strike Multiplier if you've dealt a Non-Critical Strike Recently
  • 120% increased Spell Damage if you've dealt a Critical Strike Recently

Gallery[ | ]

Related items[ | ]

Version history[ | ]

Version Changes
3.11.0
  • Maelström Staff inventory iconMaelström StaffMaelström StaffWarstaff
    Physical Damage: 71-147
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.80%
    Attacks per Second: 1.25
    Weapon Range: 13
    Requires Level 64, 113 Str, 113 Int+25% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff
    Maelström Staff inventory icon
    (Duskdawn's basetype): Base Crit chance is now 6.8% (from 6.5%), Implicit now grants 25% Block chance (from 20%).
3.8.0
  • Several Staves are now classified as Warstaves. Warstaves can no longer roll caster-related modifiers, while Staves retain their old mod generation behaviour.
3.7.0
  • Certain staff base types can no longer roll spell-based mods such as added damage for spells or increased spell damage. Their base attack speeds have been slightly increased, and their damage decreased to compensate. This affects all existing versions of these base types. (For a full list, see Version 3.7.0 § Item Balance.)
3.5.0
  • Now grants 120-150% (up from 120%) increased Spell Damage if you've dealt a Critical Strike recently. It now has +10% chance to block.
  • Existing versions can be updated to these new values with a Divine Orb.
3.0.0
  • Added 3D art
2.6.0
  • Base type implicit mod increased to 20% Chance to Block (up from 18%).
  • Base type critical strike chance decreased to 6% (down from 6.4%).
2.5.0
  • Introduced to the game.

Notes[ | ]

  1. 1.0 1.1 A legacy Duskdawn with the implicit modifier +20% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff cannot have the value of that modifier be raised above 20% using a Blessed Orb inventory iconBlessed OrbBlessed OrbStack Size: 20Randomises the numeric values of the implicit modifiers of an itemRight click this item then left click another item to apply it.
    Shift click to unstack.
    Blessed Orb inventory icon
    .
  2. Using a Blessed Orb inventory iconBlessed OrbBlessed OrbStack Size: 20Randomises the numeric values of the implicit modifiers of an itemRight click this item then left click another item to apply it.
    Shift click to unstack.
    Blessed Orb inventory icon
    on a legacy Duskdawn with the implicit modifier +18% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff will raise the value of that modifier to 20%. It cannot be raised above 20%.
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