Archistaff Skills are Skills available for unlock with use of Archistaves in Dragon's Dogma. Archistaves and Staves share a similar set of Skills, the main difference being Staff Skills featuring more defensive Skills and Archistaff Skills featuring more offensive Skills. With Sorcerers being the only Vocation able to wield Archistaves, they are the only Vocation with access to Archistaff Skills. You can find detailed information on individual Archistaff Skill on each page linked below.
Dragon's Dogma Archistaff Skills
Blearing
Vocation:
Rank: 4
Cost: 1,000 DP
Description: Invokes a magickal aura around the user that Blinds foes who enter.
Bolide
Vocation:
Rank: 6
Cost: 3,000
Description: Calls meteors down from the heavens to land around the user. The user may move immediately after deployment.
Brontide
Vocation:
Rank: 5
Cost: 1,400
Description: Conjures a whip-like bolt of lightning capable of damaging foes.
Comestion
Vocation:
Rank: 5
Cost: 1,400
Description: Generates a towering wall of flame; though only modest in power, it ignites adversaries with ease.
Dark Affinity
Vocation:
Rank: 6
Cost: 1,200
Description: An advanced form of Dark Boon that extends and amplifies the enchantment, as well as the recipient's Magick.
Dark Boon
Vocation:
Rank: 3
Cost: 500
Description: Launches a bolt of magick that enchants an ally's weapon with Darkness.
Exequy
Vocation:
Rank: 5
Cost: 2,600
Description: Invokes a magickal sigil capable of destroying outright any foe held within its span for a set length of time.
Feather Jump
Vocation:
Rank: N/A ( Core Skills)
Cost: N/A
Description: A light jump. More effective when grabbing to platforms or rocks.
Fire Affinity
Vocation:
Rank: 6
Cost: 1,200
Description: An advanced form of Fire Boon that extends and amplifies the enchantment, as well as the recipient's Magick.
Fire Boon
Vocation:
Rank: 1
Cost: 200
Description: Launches a bolt of magick that enchants an ally's weapon with Fire.
Focused Bolt
Vocation:
Rank: 6
Cost: 3000
Description: An advanced form of Magick Bolt. Focuses the user's active enchantment into a powerful burst that can be fired from the ground or air.
Frazil
Vocation:
Rank: 1
Cost: 200
Description: Creates a concentrated field of cold around the user that deals ice damage to whatever foe it touches.
Frigor
Vocation:
Rank: 5
Cost: 1,400
Description: Generates a giant spire of ice that can serve as a stepping stone.
Fulmination
Vocation:
Rank: 6
Cost: 3,000
Description: Envelops the user in lightning, enabling them to electrify foes nearby and add a bit of spark to the rest of party.
Gicel
Vocation:
Rank: 6
Cost: 3,000
Description: Conjures a twisting spike of ice that thrust forward from the ground.
High Blearing
Vocation:
Rank: 6
Cost: 1,400
Description: An advanced form of Blearing that invokes a larger aura around the user, blinding foes who enter.
High Bolide
Vocation:
Rank: 8
Cost: 5,000
Description: An advanced form of Bolide that calls down a greater number of meteors. The user may move after deployment.
High Brontide
Vocation:
Rank: 7
Cost: 1,800
Description: An advanced form of Brontide that calls forth a longer-lasting whip of lightning that drops more bolts when dismissed.
High Comestion
Vocation:
Rank: 7
Cost: 1,800
Description: An advanced form of Comestion that invokes an even longer wall of flame easily able to ignite foes.
High Exequy
Vocation:
Rank: 8
Cost: 5,000
Description: An advanced form of Exequy that creates an aura capable of destroying any foe caught within it in a shorter period of time.
High Frazil
Vocation:
Rank: 3
Cost: 700
Description: An advanced form of Frazil that creates an expanded field of cold around the user that deals ice damage to those it touches.
High Frigor
Vocation:
Rank: 7
Cost: 1,800
Description: An advanced form of Frigor that generates three spires of ice. The last one can serve as a stepping stone.
High Fulmination
Vocation:
Rank: 8
Cost: 5,000
Description: An advanced form of Fulmination that envelops the user in a more powerful and wider-ranged bolt of lighting.
High Gicel
Vocation:
Rank: 8
Cost: 5,000
Description: An advanced form of Gicel that calls forth several twisting spikes of ice that thrust forward from the ground.
High Ingle
Vocation:
Rank: 3
Cost: 700
Description: An advanced form of Ingle that looses a number of fiery projectiles that explode on contact.
High Lassitude
Vocation:
Rank: 2,600
Cost: 5
Description: An advanced form of Lassitude that calls forth a larger, longer-lasting fog that inflicts torpor upon foes who enter.
High Levin
Vocation:
Rank: 3
Cost: 700
Description: An advanced form of Levin that smites foes with multiple lighting bolts from above.
High Maelstrom
Vocation:
Rank: 9
Cost: 8,500
Description: An advanced form of Maelstrom that summons a larger, longer-lasting whirlwind to wreak havoc upon foes.
High Miasma
Vocation:
Rank: 3
Cost: 1,300
Description: An advanced form of Miasma that expands the size of the poisonous fog and endures for a longer period of time.
High Necromancy
Vocation:
Rank: 6
Cost: 3,000
Description: An advanced form of Necromancy that calls forth a larger host of spirits that assist with attack and defense for a time.
High Petrifaction
Vocation:
Rank: 8
Cost: 5,000
Description: An advanced form of Petrifaction that invoke a larger, longer-lasting fog that turns foes who enter it to stone.
High Seism
Vocation:
Rank: 9
Cost: 8,500
Description: An advanced form of Seism that causes even more eruptions of stone, stunning and damaging foes over a wide area.
High Silentium
Vocation:
Rank: 6
Cost: 1,400
Description: An advanced form of Silentium that calls forth a larger aura around the user, silencing foes who enter.
High Voidspell
Vocation:
Rank: 6
Cost: 3,000
Description: Invokes a magickal sigil which restores any lowered offensive or defensive attributes, and clears Petrification.
Holy Affinity
Vocation:
Rank: 6
Cost: 1,200
Description: An advanced form of Holy Boon that extends and amplifies the enchantment, as well as the recipient's Magick.
Holy Boon
Vocation:
Rank: 3
Cost: 500
Description: Launches a bolt of magick that enchants an ally's weapon with Holy Light.
Ice Affinity
Vocation:
Rank: 3
Cost: 500
Description: An advanced form of Ice Boon that extends and amplifies the enchantment, as well as the recipient's Magick.
Ice Boon
Vocation:
Rank: 1
Cost: 200
Description: Launches a bolt of magick that enchants an ally's weapon with Ice.
Ingle
Vocation:
Rank: N/A
Cost: N/A
Description: Looses a ball of fire that explodes upon contact, engulfing both the target and surrounding foes.
Lassitude
Vocation:
Rank: 3
Cost: 1,300
Description: Invokes a magickal fog at a designated location that inflicts torpor upon foes who enter.
Levin
Vocation:
Rank: 1
Cost: 200
Description: Smites the enemy from above with tongues of lightning. Especially effective at driving foes out of hiding.
Levitate
Vocation:
Rank: 2
Cost: 800
Description: An advanced form of Feather Jump that mitigates gravity's pull, enabling a gentle landing even from great heights.
Maelstrom
Vocation:
Rank: 7
Cost: 4,800
Description: Summons a whirlwind to wreak havoc upon any foes caught in its path.
Magick Agent
Vocation:
Rank: 6
Cost: 3,000
Description: An advanced form of Magick Billow. Conjures spheres of magickal energy around the user to attack encroaching foes.
Magick Billow
Vocation:
Rank: N/A
Cost: N/A
Description: Swing your staff downward to stagger the enemy. Follow-up attacks can send the enemy to the ground.
Magick Bolt
Vocation:
Rank: N/A
Cost: N/A
Description: Launches a magick bolt from your staff.
Miasma
Vocation:
Rank: N/A
Cost: N/A
Description: Transmutes the land into a putrid bog that poisons foes who tread upon it.
Necromancy
Vocation:
Rank: 4
Cost: 1,800
Description: Summons the souls of the departed to surround the user, assisting with attack and defense for a time.
Petrifaction
Vocation:
Rank: 5
Cost: 2,600
Description: Invokes a magick fog that turns foes who enter it to stone.
Seism
Vocation:
Rank: 7
Cost: 4,800
Description: Shakes the earth, sending eruptions of stone high into the air, stunning and damaging foes over a wide area.
Silentium
Vocation:
Rank: 4
Cost: 1,000
Description: Invokes a magickal aura around the user that Silences foes who enter.
Thunder Affinity
Vocation:
Rank: 1
Cost: 200
Description: Launches a bolt of magick that enchants an ally's weapon with Thunder.
Thunder Boon
Vocation:
Rank: 1
Cost: 200
Description: Launches a bolt of magick that enchants an ally's weapon with Thunder.
Voidspell
Vocation:
Rank: 4
Cost: 1,800
Description: Invokes a magickal sigil which restores any lowered offensive or defensive atributes of those who enter.