Silver Staff (VII Remake)

The Silver Staff is a weapon in Final Fantasy VII Remake for Aerith. It provides her the Sorcerous Storm ability, which creates tremendous magic damage in an area around her. The weapon notably provides the highest MP regeneration of any of her weapons, at +50%, giving it tremendous offense potential.
==Obtained==
The weapon can be purchased from Moggie's store, the Moogle Emporium, for two moogle medals. This can be done as soon as Moggie is encountered during Chapter 8, "Budding Bodyguard".
==Upgrades==
===Materia slots===
Materia slotspurchased	MinimumWeapon Level	Slots
0 	1 	
1 	1 	
2 	5 	
3 	5 	
4 	6 	
5 	6 	
6 	6 	
===Skills===
Silver Staff Core - Weapon Level: 1 - Required SP: 8	Silver Staff Core - Weapon Level: 1 - Required SP: 8	Silver Staff Core - Weapon Level: 1 - Required SP: 8
MATK Up 	Magic Attack Power +10 	Increases magic attack power attribute.
Max HP Up 	Max HP +150 	Increases maximum HP.
Max MP Up 	Max MP +10 	Increases maximum MP.
Needs More Materia 	New Materia Slot 	Adds an additional materia slot or links two existing slots.
Silver Staff Sub-Core I - Weapon Level: 3 - Required SP: 10	Silver Staff Sub-Core I - Weapon Level: 3 - Required SP: 10	Silver Staff Sub-Core I - Weapon Level: 3 - Required SP: 10
Fire Damage Up 	Fire Damage 5% Boost 	Increases damage dealt by fire attacks.
Ice Damage Up 	Ice Damage 5% Boost 	Increases damage dealt by ice attacks.
Lightning Damage Up 	Lightning Damage 5% Boost 	Increases damage dealt by lightning attacks.
Wind Damage Up 	Wind Damage 5% Boost 	Increases damage dealt by wind attacks.
Silver Staff Sub-Core II - Weapon Level: 4 - Required SP: 12	Silver Staff Sub-Core II - Weapon Level: 4 - Required SP: 12	Silver Staff Sub-Core II - Weapon Level: 4 - Required SP: 12
MATK Up 	Magic Attack Power +10 	Increases magic attack power attribute.
MATK Up 	Magic Attack Power +10 	Increases magic attack power attribute.
MP Recovery Up III 	MP Regeneration 50% Boost 	Significantly increases MP regeneration speed during battle.
Max MP Magic Up 	Magic 20% Boost with Full MP 	Increases damage of attack spells cast when at max MP.
Debuff Extension 	Inflicted Debuff Duration 10% Boost 	Extends the duration of detrimental status effects applied to enemies.
Silver Staff Sub-Core III - Weapon Level: 5 - Required SP: 14	Silver Staff Sub-Core III - Weapon Level: 5 - Required SP: 14	Silver Staff Sub-Core III - Weapon Level: 5 - Required SP: 14
MATK Up 	Magic Attack Power +10 	Increases magic attack power attribute.
MATK Up 	Magic Attack Power +10 	Increases magic attack power attribute.
Max HP Up 	Max HP +200 	Increases maximum HP.
MP Saver: Attack Spells 	Attack Spells MP Cost Reduction 20% 	Reduces MP cost of attack spells.
MP Saver: Healing Spells 	Healing Spells MP Cost Reduction 20% 	Reduces MP cost of healing spells cast during battle.
Trade-Off 	Trade-Off 	Recover MP when taking significant damage.
Needs More Materia 	New Materia Slot 	Adds an additional materia slot or links two existing slots.
Needs More Materia 	New Materia Slot 	Adds an additional materia slot or links two existing slots.
Silver Staff Sub-Core IV - Weapon Level: 6 - Required SP: 16	Silver Staff Sub-Core IV - Weapon Level: 6 - Required SP: 16	Silver Staff Sub-Core IV - Weapon Level: 6 - Required SP: 16
MATK Up 	Magic Attack Power +10 	Increases magic attack power attribute.
MATK Up 	Magic Attack Power +10 	Increases magic attack power attribute.
Debuff Resistance Up 	Debuff Resistance +5 	Increases resistance to detrimental status efffects.
Reprieve 	Avoid Incapacitation once per battle. 	Survive an otherwise fatal attack with 1 HP. Can only activate once per battle.
Needs More Materia 	New Materia Slot 	Adds an additional materia slot or links two existing slots.
Needs More Materia 	New Materia Slot 	Adds an additional materia slot or links two existing slots.
Needs More Materia 	New Materia Slot 	Adds an additional materia slot or links two existing slots.
==Use==
The Silver Staff provides the third-highest attribute of any of Aerith's weapons, but excels due to its natural MP regeneration ability, as well as Trade-Off to allow Aerith to recover MP upon taking damage. Its abilities include spell cost reductions to both offensive and defensive spells. The Silver Staff is therefore one of Aerith's best two offensive weapons, and can serve her excellently in drawn-out fights.
The Mythril Rod and provide a greater magic attack attribute than the Silver Staff, but focus on different areas. The Mythril Rod may be better in pure magic damage, but its MP regeneration is much more modest, and its lack of Reprieve means it greatly compromises Aerith's survivability. The Reinforced Staff, on the other hand, has great durability improvements for Aerith, but has no MP regeneration, and thus lags behind Silver Staff in offensive potential overall.
The Silver Staff is one of Aerith's best two weapon options. If players find they need the MP regeneration it provides, it can be an excellent choice for her, and can be great to make up for its lower magic attack attribute compared to Mythril Rod. Conversely, can be used on Mythril Rod to make up for its own modest MP regeneration, meaning the choice depends on which the player values more between raw damage and sustained MP recovery.
==Behind the scenes==
An earlier design of the weapon appears in concept art. In the picture on the right, the Silver Staff is the second from the left, and has more of a "queen chess piece" shaped tips as opposed to the more of a fleur-de-lis shape of the final model for the game.
Category:Weapons in Final Fantasy VII Remake