Iron Staff is 
Wukong's and 
Wukong Prime's signature Exalted Weapon that can only be used upon activating the ability 
Primal Fury. The weapon exclusively uses the Primal Fury stance.
Refer to the weapon's ability page for a list of mods that affect the weapon.
Characteristics
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This weapon deals primarily 
Impact damage.
Advantages:
- Tied with Desert Wind, Exalted Blade, and Valkyr Talons for the highest base damage of all melee weapons.
- Very high critical chance.
- Highest status chance of all Exalted Melee Weapons.
- Can reach 100% status chance with Volcanic Edge, Vicious Frost, Voltaic Strike, and Virulent Scourge.
- Can reach 100% status chance with
- Long reach.
- Innate and two polarities.
Disadvantages:
- No Puncture damage – less effective against armor.
- Requires energy to activate and keep active.
- As an Exalted Weapon, it cannot benefit from, nor contribute to the set bonus of any Set Mods (excluding the Sacrificial Mod Set; the Gladiator Mod Set can still apply if equipped on Warframe, Melee, or Robotic Weapons, and not on the Exalted Weapon itself).
- Cannot equip Melee Combo Counter Mods (except Drifting Contact), Acolyte Mods (e.g., Blood Rush), or Amalgam Mods (e.g., Amalgam Organ Shatter).
Weapon LoadoutsEdit
- See Category:Iron Staff Build to see how players mod this weapon.
- See Category:Iron Staff Guides for guides on how to use this weapon effectively.
- For more general help with weapons, you may wish to browse Category:Weapon Guides.
TriviaEdit
- Tying in with Wukong being based off the character of the same name from the novel Journey to the West, the Iron Staff is named after the Monkey King's signature weapon, Ruyi Jingu Bang, which was a magical staff that could change its size on a whim. This is reflected in the way the weapon extends after each kill, as well as the way the Iron Staff transforms into a large cudgel during certain attacks.
- Before the introduction of moddable Exalted Weapons, the stats of Iron Staff depended on the mods equipped on the player's melee weapon.
- Iron Staff is the only melee to have visual presentation of its actual range, which is also affected by mods.
- On Wukong Prime, the staff is named Iron Staff Prime. Its stats, however, are identical to Iron Staff.
Patch HistoryEdit
Update 25.2
- Primal Fury will feature a new specialized and streamlined combo for Wukong’s legendary Iron Staff. As a preview of the upcoming Melee 3.0 system, Wukong’s Primal Fury uses new combo routes with simplified inputs providing a safe, limited space to try out coming releases.
- Damage for Wukong and his clone is redistributed for a more powerful feel, with a much higher status chance, larger base range, and some slash.
- Casting no longer holds Wukong in place. With new energy requirements, the cast cost of Primal Fury was lowered but cast drain was increased to be turned off and on as desired.
- Animation has been trimmed.
- The range of Wukong’s Iron Staff is always long, comparable to top range Zaws, and no longer needs to build combo to scale range.
- MELEE REVISIT - PHASE 1 - "Flow"
- Let The Gun & Blade Flow
Swap between your gun and melee at the press of a button, no holstering required!
- Keybinds!
Notable Keybind changes:
- Your left mouse button is gun fire, always, instantly.
- Your right mouse button is now aim, always, instantly.
- Additional Information and Changes
- Exalted weapons will also benefit from the uninterrupted swaps! Be aware that Energy will still drain, even when swapping between weapons!
- Introduced as a moddable weapon.
Last updated:Hotfix 23.1.3
See AlsoEdit
- Primal Fury, the ability that summons the weapon.
- Primal Fury (Stance), the weapon's exclusive stance.
- Wukong, the weapon's user.
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