Eltex staff

The eltex staff is a melee weapon added by the Royalty DLC that improves psychic sensitivity and makes psycasters more effective.

It is one of a set of eltex items with similar effects.

Acquisition

Eltex staffs cannot be crafted. Instead can be purchased from any combat supplier or war merchant or obtained as a quest reward. Additionally, Imperial Bestowers always spawn with an eltex staff.

Analysis

A normal quality eltex staff improves a pawns Psychic Sensitivity by 42%, and improves the neural heat recovery rate by 2.5 per 30 seconds. This sensitivity buff scales with quality making for a powerful buff to a psycaster's abilities especially at higher qualities. However its potential as a weapon is limited with the second lowest DPS of any melee weapon, just barely better than Beer. The eltex staff cannot be equipped by a pawn incapable of violence.

As the eltex staff makes a rather poor melee weapon, and with a full psycaster set (eltex robe, eltex shirt, eltex vest, eltex helmet) your pawn will have little armor, it's a good idea to keep them in the back as a "support" pawn.

An eltex staff improves a pawn's base neural heat recovery rate by 0.083 heat per second, though this will be modified by their psylink level, and increases their Psychic Sensitivity by an amount dependent on the quality.

Quality table

Material	DPS^[1]	AP^[1]	Head (Blunt)					Value
Material	DPS^[1]	AP^[1]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	Value
Awful Eltex staff	3.69	14.4%	9.6	2.6s	14.4%	3.69	100%	1000
Poor Eltex staff	4.15	16.2%	10.8	2.6s	16.2%	4.15	100%	1500
Normal Eltex staff	4.62	18%	12	2.6s	18%	4.62	100%	2000
Good Eltex staff	5.08	19.8%	13.2	2.6s	19.8%	5.08	100%	2500
Excellent Eltex staff	5.54	21.6%	14.4	2.6s	21.6%	5.54	100%	3000
Masterwork Eltex staff	6.69	26.1%	17.4	2.6s	26.1%	6.69	100%	4000
Legendary Eltex staff	7.62	29.7%	19.8	2.6s	29.7%	7.62	100%	5000

^{For the full effects of qualities, see Quality.}

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Note: This is the actual base average derived from the melee verb system updated in 1.1.2610, it may sometimes disagree with the listed value in the in-game infobox. It may also change depending on the stats and the melee verbs available to the wielder
↑ Chance for attack to be selected, assuming only the weapon's attack verbs are considered. It may change depending on the melee verbs available to the wielder

Quality	Awful	Poor	Normal	Good	Excellent	Masterwork	Legendary
Psychic Sensitivity	+25%	+33%	+42%	+50%	+58%	+66%	+75%
Neural Heat Limit	+20	+26	+33	+40	+46	+53	+60
Base Neural Heat Recovery Rate	+0.083/s	+0.083/s	+0.083/s	+0.083/s	+0.083/s	+0.083/s	+0.083/s
Effective Neural Heat Recovery Rate	+0.135/s	+0.135/s	+0.135/s	+0.135/s	+0.135/s	+0.135/s	+0.135/s