What does the Voodoo Staff do?

[Plunderin Mom]

Uh oh. I was wondering if the quest was completeable. 13 Skeleton ships and no shrunken head yet, huh? Reminds me of the find a key on a skeleton ship quest that was bugged for a while. *Sigh* I was sure hoping we'd be able to complete it...

[Vangelis]

Unlikely! lol Now sunk 29 and still nothing, and you all know how much fun it is sinking skeleton ships...

[Badpete]

just wondering - are you doing this on open or test?

and when you sink the skeleton ships is it searching for the head?


what level are you when you get the initial quest for the staff? is it different on open vs test?


congrats on getting so far in the game!

[Vangelis]

I'm doing this on test mate, level 30 we get the quest

If it doesn't work on Test, it won't work in the main game!

It's not searching for the head at all lol

Seems bugged, more bugged than a rat's nest!

[Vangelis]

Update:

After a long think.....


Maybe it's beacause I'm only level 10 voodoo?

[Plunderin Mom]

I dont think that would make any difference. It's its own voodoo weapon and the level of your doll shouldnt matter, just like the level of your cutlass didnt matter when tryint to do quests for the dagger (that I know of).

Unfortunately, I think the quest is just bugged. I've personally never seen anybody with a voo doo staff. I've heard that somebody had one, but have to wonder if that was a developer, too, because I dont know anybody over level 30 yet that has one.

Happy plundering anyway!

[SavvyPink]

I'm not sure who this was (I'm begining to wonder if it was a tester), but a few minutes after Pirates Online closed for an update, I decided to login again. I got on and teleported to Tortuga. I heard some rather odd noise, and one thought popped into my head, "The staff." I ran towards the blue dot, and two my astonishment, there was a level 40 person, with the staff. It seems as though every item they had was completely leveled to 20. (Thus my thinking it is a tester) I must say the staff looked VERY fun, and I can't wait until that quest is fixed.

[WizardHawk]

I don't know if the staff is bugged on test as I'm only level 25 there, but I assure you it is just fine on open. I've had mine about a week now and its level 13 already. The spells are just insane and make fighting anything under a level 20 trivial at best. It almost ruins the fun of boarding flag ships in groups as you can pretty much kill off the crew yourself so it probably should best be used alone or when fighting in very high level areas to allow everyone some fun.

The basic first level spell is ok, but doesn't do all that much damage. The second one is a complete waste (IMO) and I'd take that skill point back if I could. The acid is effective, but the casting takes as long (maybe a bit longer) than the level 3 spell and just doesn't do as much damage. Level 3 attacks everything close to you. The closer something is to your exact casting spot, the more damage it takes. This is a massive attack weapon. The 4th level attack is called the flaming skull and works on anything in front of you. It will harm any/all enemy in a straight line out from where you are facing. This too is a massive attack, but takes a long time to charge it.

The best part about the staff may be the passive skills really. The first passive you get is faster voodoo recharge. Each dot you put in it speeds up voodoo recovery by 10%! I have like 3 dots in it and find my bar going up quite a bit faster. You have other passive skills that reduce the amount of voodoo used on both staff and doll spells among other things.

If you want to be a grand spell caster then work your doll up as high as you can (you will need the extra voodoo for the costly staff spells) and power up that staff fast and put some points into faster recovery to help both your doll and staff.

[BadgerDog]

I saw a level 38 on open yesterday with one. I was at Fort Charles when he came around and started dealing 1500+ damage with each attack. Got a picture of it too.

[Zhalin]

O.o


*tries to level up faster*
Need. That. Staff!

[WizardHawk]

looks kind of like my friend whos characters first name is matthew (won't say the last). He is almost level 39 and maxed on staff. I'm not quite that far, but still I can take out up to level 20's with one shot on fire skull so high damage is not a problem with this weapon. I only have 4 dots on it too. See my guide here for more pictures of what the different spells do.

[Thalore]

This is Flaming Skull.

potco_flamingskull.jpg

So much better than grenades IMO.

[Peggo]

Wow. I could sure use that staff going into the caves of Tormenta.

[Captain Seaford]

I'm doing the quest now... woo. I dont know if this thread is old or not.

[Bonnylass64]

I see people with the staff all the time. Saw one guy in Kingshead who was doing serious damage to the navy there. And I have seen staff use at the fort in Port Royal too. It obviously is possible to get it. I am working my way up to it now. My doll is level 22 right now. I am not sure how you get the quest for it tho. Maybe when you reach level 30 you get the quest. I am looking forward to it. It is a serious weapon of mass destruction!