Wooden Stick

A Wooden Stick (Wood Stick in the Japanese version) is the first Staff-class weapon first introduced in Golden Sun. It is bought in the earliest towns the player's newly formed party can enter and explore; namely, the town Vale in Golden Sun, the town Daila in The Lost Age, and Patcher's Place in Dark Dawn. Being a Staff-class weapon, a Wooden Stick can be equipped on Ivan and Mia in the first game, Jenna and Sheba in the second, and Karis, Rief, Himi, and Amiti in the third. It increases the wielder's base Attack rating by 4 points. Its buy value is 40 coins and its sell value is 30 coins. It is the weakest weapon in the Golden Sun series.

In Golden Sun, it is the weakest weapon available in the first town's shop, and is indeed the weakest weapon in the game. It should not necessarily be blamed for this, though, because it is the initial equipment of Jenna and Ivan in this game when they each first appear in your party, and their Wooden Sticks can be sold for 30 coins each to pay for better attacking and defensive equipment.

The Wooden Stick pretty much retains its lowest-of-the-low role in Golden Sun: The Lost Age, being available in Daila's shop even though both Jenna and Sheba start out with this weapon equipped on them initially. By the time the second game's prologue has passed by and the three-person team of Felix, Jenna, and Sheba has been formed, Felix will have in his inventory the storyline-important item Shaman's Rod, which is a Staff-class weapon that adds 10 base Attack points, and the Shaman's Rod should immediately equipped on one of the two girls to increase her attacking power from the outset. This would spare a Wooden Stick to be sold for an extra 30 coins, which can be used to pay for extra defensive equipment at Daila's armor vendor.

The Wooden Stick is the weakest weapon available in Golden Sun: Dark Dawn. Due to revisions to the unleash system, the Wooden Stick now possesses the Critical Strike unleash, which multiplies damage by 1.5. Karis will have a Wooden Stick equipped to her when she joins your party. However, she will not be able to upgrade weaponry until the player arrives at Patcher's Place, the location of the first Weapons Shop. At that point, the Wooden Stick should be sold in exchange for the Short Bow, which will increase her attack by 11. After the Konpa Ruins, Rief will also have a Wooden Stick as his first weapon. The player should be able to replace this with the Magic Rod, assuming it hasn't been sold. The Magic Rod will serve as a placeholder until stronger weapons can be bought at the town of Harapa.