Gem Staves

Gem Staves are magic weapons that generate and use life essence to provide buffs to players and settlers.

Name	Ability
Sapphire Staff	Attack Projectiles ricochet to nearby enemies and generate life essence on hit. Interact Spend 1 life essence to cast a sapphire glyph on the ground. Players and settlers will be healed if they stand inside the sapphire glyph on activation.
Amethyst Staff	Attack Shoots 3 quick beams that generate life essence on hit. Interact Spend 1 life essence to cast an amethyst glyph on the ground. Players and settlers will receive a burst of movement speed if they stand inside the amethyst glyph on activation.
Ruby Staff	Attack Fires a slow projectile with a powerful explosion that generates life essence on hit. Interact Spend 1 life essence to cast a ruby glyph around you. Players and settlers will be buffed with attack speed if they stand inside the ruby glyph on activation.
Topaz Staff	Attack Projectiles bounce off walls and have a chance to generate life essence on hit. Interact Spend 1 life essence to cast a topaz glyph on the ground. Players and settlers will be buffed with resilience if they stand inside the topaz glyph on activation.
Emerald Staff	Attack Releases poisonous gas that generates life essence on hit. Interact Spend 1 life essence to cast an emerald glyph on the ground. Players and settlers will be buffed with crit chance while they stand inside the emerald glyph.

These items make Gem Staves more effective:

Name	Effect
Essence of Perspective	Adds a 50% chance to get extra life essence
Essence of Prolonging	Increases life essence duration 100%
Essence of Rebirth	Adds a 50% chance to get extra life essence Increases life essence duration 100%
Runic Hat	+10% magic crit chance +100% life essence gain chance Set bonus: +50% life essence gain chance Press V to gain 3 life essence orbs 60 second cooldown