Serpent Shaft is an enchanted Quarterstaff +2. It deals 1d6 +2 points of crushing damage, it has -2 THAC0 bonus, a weight of 3 lbs and a speed factor of 1. In addition, this weapon has 50% chance to poison opponents hit by this weapon, who fail their save vs. poison. It will deal 2 points of damage every second, lasting one round and deal 12 points in total. This weapon is required to upgrade the Ravager to +6 by Cespenar. This item appears in Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal and Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition.