Weapon and Staff Choices in Magicka

Question

Does anyone have a list handy of the various items that you can find spread throughout the campaign? A list of their effects would also be appreciated.

Answer 1

Magickapedia has a list of items, their locations, and abilities. Here is an excerpt from the list:

Staves

• Vlad's Gauntlet
  Passive ability
  Inverts damage taken from Life. This makes you take damage from healing spells!

  Active ability
  Drains life from the nearest player or creature.

  Location
  Chapter 10: Found immediately upon entering Niflheim, right next to the player.

• Sceptre of the Troll King
  Passive ability
  Makes enemies less likely to attack the wielder.

  Active ability
  Charm target.

  Location
  Chapter 9: After the battle with summoned undead soldiers and zombies in the graveyard, head west into the tomb instead of through the locked door you destroyed.

Other weapons

• M60
  Damage type
  Low Physical

  Special ability
  Fast, Ranged. Not affected by Time Warp.

  Location
  Chapter 3: Dropped by beastmen with fire protection aura.

• Warhammer
  Damage type
  Medium Physical

  Special ability
  Pushes target back.

  Location
  Chapter 2: On the anvil outside Gram's Workshop just before the crashed goblin airship.
  Chapter 4: On a North leading side path right before the first warlock battle.

Answer 2

I am all about the M60; doesn't do much melee, if that matters to you, but it's a solid insta-cast beam weapon the rest of the time...Great for mowing down little guys. What's not to like?