Price (Item Level): 15,000 gp (14th)
Body Slot: — (held)
Caster Level: 12th
Aura: Strong; (DC 21) transmutation
Activation: As spell used
Weight: 4 lb.
This wooden staff is carved with the images of doors, many of which have embossed iron bindings and miniature—nonfunctional—keyholes.
A runestaff of opening allows you to cast any of the following spells (each three times per day) by expending a prepared arcane spell or arcane spell slot of the same level or higher.
Prerequisites: Craft Staff, knock, open/close, passwall, shatter.
Cost to Create: 7,500 gp, 600 XP, 15 days.
Source: Magic Item Compendium, page 181.