Aang's staff

Aang's Staff is a support tool that Aang has frequently used for assistance in Airbending, the most notable example being to fly. He has used two staffs in the series, his original one handcrafted by the monks, and a new one created by The Mechanist and his son Teo. He has also incorporated it with his Waterbending and Earthbending.

Aang's Original Staff


Aang's original staff was a thin, long wooden staff used by Aang, not only as a weapon, but by also as a tool to manipulate air currents with Airbending. With the staff, he was able to send powerful blasts of air towards his enemies. He could also use it as a glider, as it comes with a pair of orange folding wings. It was hand-crafted by the monks of the Southern Air Temple. Aang is very attached to his staff, and became angry when Toph used it as a nutcracker in "Bitter Work".

Aang wakes up several weeks following the fall of Ba Sing Se at the end of Book 2, afflicted from the injuries sustained by a battle with Azula at the start of Book 3. Out of anger at his failure to defeat the Fire Nation princess at the Earth Kingdom capital, Aang takes his glider to attack the Fire Nation head-on. Unfortunately, Aang is not strong enough and loses the glider at sea in a strong storm. Aang survives the storm and is eventually found by his friends on the Crescent Island, while the glider washes up on shore and is damaged beyond repair. However, Aang knows that such a device would give away his identity, and therefore he leaves it to burn in a nearby river of lava.

Aang's Current Staff


Aang was forced to journey into the Fire Nation without a staff up until the Day of Black Sun, the day in which the other nations would invade the Fire Nation. When the invasion force arrived from the Earth Kingdom, The Mechanist, one of the gang's allies from Book One, created a brand new staff for Aang, which was thinner and fitted with blue folding wings and tail fin. A humorous, somewhat trivial feature was a built-in snack compartment, which would energize Aang during flight. Aang put this staff into good use during the invasion, as it acted very much like his old glider, and as of the end of the war it remains in Aang's possession. He notably did not use his glider in his battle with Ozai as he had left it back on Ember Island when he unconsciously traveled to the Lion Turtle. Katara used his staff to try and track down Aang. It was thought he would have had it at the Jasmine Dragon after the war.