The Staff of Nightmares is a powerful weapon that has powers of the Dream World. Actually half of The Staff of Dreams, Needles is able to get this weapon when he and Tak fight for the Staff of Dreams. Tak gets the Dream Shaker. It becomes obvoius that The Staff of Nightmares has more powers than the Dream Shaker. It has the power to open and close up Rifts, and is able to bring Nightmare Creatures into the real world. After Pins and Needles are defeated, Tlaloc takes the staff, and after a long battle, Tak succeeds and restores the Staff of Dreams, and returns it to the Dream Guardian.