Best Quarterstaff Bases

The quarterstaff base with the highest base damage in Path of Exile 2 is the Dreaming Quarterstaff: 99–133 physical damage at 1.50 attacks per second, 173.9 physical DPS before quality and mods, from level 78. Next are the Razor Quarterstaff (121.1, level 77) and the Skullcrusher Quarterstaff (117.7, level 75), out of 25 quarterstaff bases that drop. Patch 0.5.5, from the game files.

#1 by base DPSDreaming Quarterstaff173.9 pDPS · level 78#2 by base DPSRazor Quarterstaff121.1 pDPS · level 77#3 by base DPSSkullcrusher Quarterstaff117.7 pDPS · level 75

All 25 quarterstaff bases by base physical DPS

Your character levelThe highlighted row is the best base you can equip.

#	Base	Level	pDPS	Runeforged version
1	Dreaming Quarterstaff 99–133 physical · 1.50 APS · 0% crit	78	173.9	—
2	Razor Quarterstaff 65–108 physical · 1.40 APS · 10% crit	77	121.1	—
3	Skullcrusher Quarterstaff (20–50)% chance to Daze on Hit 59–122 physical · 1.30 APS · 10% crit	75	117.7	—
4	Striking Quarterstaff 16% increased Melee Strike Range with this weapon 53–111 physical · 1.40 APS · 10% crit	77	114.8	—
5	Lunar Quarterstaff 50–103 physical · 1.50 APS · 10% crit	72	114.7	—
6	Aegis Quarterstaff +(12–18)% to Block chance 58–97 physical · 1.40 APS · 10% crit	79	108.5	—
7	Wyrm Quarterstaff 57–94 physical · 1.40 APS · 10% crit	65	105.7	—
8	Smooth Quarterstaff 59–79 physical · 1.50 APS · 0% crit	49	103.4	—
9	Sinister Quarterstaff 55–91 physical · 1.40 APS · 12% crit	67	102.2	—
10	Bladed Quarterstaff 45–94 physical · 1.40 APS · 10% crit	59	97.3	—
11	Guardian Quarterstaff +(12–18)% to Block chance 52–86 physical · 1.40 APS · 10% crit	62	96.6	—
12	Waxing Quarterstaff 39–82 physical · 1.50 APS · 10% crit	54	90.7	—
13	Bolting Quarterstaff 24–97 physical · 1.40 APS · 10% crit	78	84.7	—
14	Barbarous Quarterstaff 42–71 physical · 1.40 APS · 12% crit	48	79.1	—
15	Hefty Quarterstaff (20–50)% chance to Daze on Hit 39–81 physical · 1.30 APS · 10% crit	45	78.0	—
16	Reaching Quarterstaff 16% increased Melee Strike Range with this weapon 35–72 physical · 1.40 APS · 10% crit	45	74.9	—
17	Barrier Quarterstaff +(12–18)% to Block chance 35–58 physical · 1.40 APS · 10% crit	37	65.1	—
18	Slicing Quarterstaff 29–60 physical · 1.40 APS · 10% crit	33	62.3	—
19	Steelpoint Quarterstaff 28–51 physical · 1.40 APS · 10% crit	28	55.3	180.0 · Lv 40
20	Arcing Quarterstaff 14–55 physical · 1.40 APS · 10% crit	51	48.3	—
21	Crescent Quarterstaff 19–39 physical · 1.50 APS · 10% crit	20	43.5	179.9 · Lv 40
22	Gothic Quarterstaff 16–26 physical · 1.40 APS · 12% crit	11	29.4	219.9 · Lv 55
23	Long Quarterstaff 16% increased Melee Strike Range with this weapon 9–18 physical · 1.40 APS · 10% crit	4	18.9	92.4 · Lv 55
24	Crackling Quarterstaff 5–22 physical · 1.40 APS · 10% crit	16	18.9	—
25	Wrapped Quarterstaff 7–12 physical · 1.40 APS · 10% crit	1	13.3	173.7 · Lv 38