The Weta Workshop group describes Gandalf's staff in "The Hobbit" trilogies as a flower in bloom and of an elvish motif. Gandalf uses magic in igniting the crown to light acorns and pinecones and brighten the Fells of Rhudaur. The Necromancer destroys the staff in Dol Guldur as Gandalf tries to fend off Sauron's dark magic. Gandalf’s staff in “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” has a crown similar to that of Gandalf, the White's staff. Upon losing his staff to Sauron, Gandalf receives Radagast's staff, which he then uses in the Battle of the Five Armies. While trying to use the staff in fighting a troll, Gandalf experiences some trouble as the embedded crystal at the staff’s crown does not respond to the magical incantations he was making. Gandalf evades the troll's assaults and tries to strike back using the staff but to no avail. Much like the way he attacked Saruman during their epic duel inside Orthanc, Gandalf then channels Radagast's staff without the crystal's help. Subsequently, that staff acquired some damage during the Battle of the Five Armies, with the structure (resembling a root) atop the staff withered, thus approximating Gandalf's staff in "The Fellowship of the Ring." Although not visible in "The Fellowship of the Ring," Gandalf's staff has a particular place to keep his weed pipe. Gandalf uses this specific version of his staff all throughout “The Fellowship of the Ring” and ends when Saruman sequesters it during their Orthanc battle. Elrond provides him with another plain wooden staff during one visit to Rivendell. That staff presumably had a removable illuminating crystal that can adjust its luminosity at Gandalf’s wish. In contrast to the book, Gandalf's staff is still intact when he strikes the Bridge of Khazad-dûm with it, during his duel with the Balrog. However, the staff gets lost as Gandalf falls into the abyss, pulled by the fallen creature.
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Gandalf and Radagast with original staves.
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The new staff of Gandalf the White appears white and smooth, hewn from ash wood. It sports Elvish arches and a pyramid-like structure that forms a hollow looking very much like Gandalf’s earliest staff. Galadriel gave him the new staff in Lothlorien, enhancing his powers when he returned. Gandalf's new staff possesses high strength, although very little is evident in the film adaptation. Eventually, Gandalf’s white staff breaks when he fights the Witch-king on top of Minas Tirith’s ramparts as he deflected a streak of fire from the Nazgûl Lord’s sword.
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During the epilogue scenes at the Grey Havens, Gandalf is somehow holding a staff that resembles the previous one in shape and color, although this one is significantly longer. Saruman's staff is metallic and black in the films, although depending on the lighting angle, it can appear white. The staff's crown resembles the Tower of Orthanc and holds a sizable whitish jewel.