“ | My rattle staff began as a crude way for me to communicate with the dragons in our Bewilderbeast's nest, until I learned their wonderful and wordless ways. The sound made by the bits of shell and bone soothed Cloudjumper and the rest, whereas the high-pitched whistle it makes when I swirl my staff in the air brought the dragons to me in times of battle. [src] | ” |
— Valka |
Valka's Staff is her main weapon in the second film, as she uses it to call, command, and hook onto dragons, as well as fight off enemies.
History[]
How to Train Your Dragon 2[]
After living with the dragons for twenty years, Valka developed the needed skills to wield a double-hooked quarterstaff with an array of noise makers carved from it. She uses the hooked ends as a means of aerial navigation. The club can be used as a weapon in combat and as a means of signaling orders to the dragons in her den and hooking onto their talons, horns, and humps.
Valka had used the staff's noise makers with a gentle shake to command the den's dragons to light up the cave, so her son and his dragon can see each other better. She was even shown to be able to move it and herself graciously with the dragons, as her Stormcutter, Cloudjumper helped her down and when she danced around the hovering dragons, as she showed her son how she is one of them.
Valka also used it during the battle of Valka's Mountain. She used it to call the den's dragons into battle by swirling it in the air and pointing at her intended target, and to defend herself against Drago Bludvist. However, she lost it when Drago knocked her down. However, she was shown to have reclaimed the staff in The Serpent's Heir.
Hiccup applies Monstrous Nightmare gel to the various weapons of the Riders in Dragonvine, including Valka's staff. They use it to fend off a group of frenzied Silkspanners.
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World[]
Valka continued to wield her staff when accompanying the Dragon Riders on journeys and missions, even after the dragons depart for the Hidden World.
Dragons: The Nine Realms[]
According to Dragons: The Nine Realms, at some point Hiccup also used the staff to calm dragons such as Jörmungandr. He was shown to use the staff to trick Jörmungandr into a cage, and then left the staff hidden behind the Night Fury symbol of Jörmungandr's cage so that if the dragon ever got loose, the staff would be there to help lock him in again.
According to "How to Train Jörmungandr", when reading through the Book of Dragons, Tom found the staff behind Jörmungandr's Cage. Tom decides to practice with Valka's Staff against Jörmungandr. After reading how Valka used it to command a Bewilderbeast, he finds out the staff's sounds help speak to the dragons, so he tries to master it however he proved unsuccessful. When he was about to give up, he and Jun read in the Book of Dragons how Hiccup lured Jörmungandr to the cage. Tom spends hours practicing how to spin the staff and tries using it on Terrible Terrors, Woodchippers, and a Gronckle. Eventually he begins to gain control over it and makes the Terrors bow to him, get the Woodchippers to acknowledge him, and command the Gronckle to light a campfire. Tom thinks he's mastered it until he and Thunder encounter a Deathgripper that refused to submit until Tom saves its life with the staff’s help later. Tom finally tries using the staff on Jörmungandr who eventually becomes hypnotized by it. However once it gets closer to the cage, Jörmungandr remembers when he was locked away, so he grabs the staff and bites it in half, destroying it.
Games[]
Dragons: Rise of Berk[]
The staff appears in the game, Dragons: Rise of Berk as a collectible in completing collections and appeared in the game, School of Dragons as a Legendary weapon available only on Mother's Day.
Functions[]
- Combat Hooks: The two double hooks allow Valka to hook onto other dragons and defend them from trappers. They also help her in latching onto objects before swinging herself from them. Valka also uses the staff as a weapon.
- Dragon Communication: The staff's hooks has holes and rattles that make sounds that only dragons can understand. These include sounds to attack, come, and to fire.
Appearances[]
Films and Shorts | ||||||||||||
"How to Train Your Dragon": | Absent | "How to Train Your Dragon 2": | Appears | |||||||||
"Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon": | Absent | "Dawn of the Dragon Racers": | Absent | |||||||||
"Book of Dragons (Short)": | Absent | "How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World": | Appears | |||||||||
"Gift of the Night Fury": | Absent | "How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming": | Absent |
The Nine Realms, Season 8 | |||||||||
1. "How to Train Jörmungandr": | Appears | 4. "Of Gods and Monsters": | Absent | ||||||
2. "The Great Foster Fake-Out": | Absent | 5. "Ragnarok: Part 1": | Absent | ||||||
3. "Science vs. Nature": | Absent | 6. "Ragnarok: Part 2": | Absent |
Graphic Novels | ||||||||||||
"Burning Midnight": | Absent | "Dragonvine": | Appears | |||||||||
"The Serpent's Heir": | Absent | "The Fire Tides": | Absent |
Games | ||||||||||||
"Dragons: Rise of Berk": | Appears | "School of Dragons": | Appears | |||||||||
"How to Train Your Dragon": | Absent | "How to Train Your Dragon 2": | Absent | |||||||||
"DreamWorks Dragons: Wild Skies": | Absent | "DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of New Riders": | Absent | |||||||||
"Dragons: Titan Uprising": | Absent | "Dragons Hero Portal": | Absent | |||||||||
"DreamWorks Dragons: Legends of The Nine Realms": | Absent |