Primate Staff

Statistics

Primate Staff

(Staff) All Races

DMG: 68 Delay: 412 Critical Hit Rate +5%
Latent effect: Delay: 329 Accuracy +10

Lv. 73 MNK / WHM / PLD / DRG

Damage Per Second: 9.9 / 12.4

TP Per Hit: 105

Weapon Rank: 7

/ 8.5%

Evolith apertures:

• Evolith slots: [1]Light 7

Latent effect

• Active while under the effect of Pamamas.

Horizon Changes

none

Other Uses

Used in Quest: [[|]]

Resale Price: ???~??? gil

Synthesis Recipes

Woodworking (99), Smithing (47), Goldsmithing (53)

Yield: Primate Staff x 1
HQ 1: Primate Staff +1 x 1

Wind Crystal

• 1 x Darksteel Ingot
• 1 x Gold Ingot
• 2 x Yellow Rock
• 1 x Mercury
• 2 x Cassia Lumber
• 1 x Vermilion Lacquer

Used in Recipes

• ^{101 21} Kinkobo

Desynthesis Recipes

Woodworking (99)

Yield: Yellow Rock x 1
HQ 1: Yellow Rock x 1
HQ 2: Darksteel Nugget x 6

Lightning Crystal

• 1 x Primate Staff

Obtained from Desynthesis

• None

How to Obtain

Auction House Category: Weapons > Staves

Only obtainable through synthesis.

Historical Background (speculation)

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Wukong

Possibly inspired by the weapon of choice of Sun Wukong (also known as the Monkey King), the main character in the Chinese classical novel Journey to the West. Sun Wukong achieved immortality by stealing and eating empress Xi Wangmu's peaches (pamamas?) of longevity. Notice the similarity between the in-game model and the Monkey King's staff -- which, incidentally, weighs a hefty 13,500 jīn (7,960 kilograms, or 17,550 lbs.) -- as depicted in legendary Japanese artist Tsukioka Yoshitoshi's 1889 print (part of his beloved One Hundred Aspects of the Moon series) in which Sun Wukong carries his magic staff and dances with the Jade Rabbit, the white rabbit that is supposed to live in the moon: