Primate Staff +1
Statistics
(8.3% when the Latent Effect is active)
Latent effect
- Active while under the effect of Pamamas.
Horizon Changes 
Other Uses
| 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
- None
Desynthesis Recipes
None
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:
