diff --git a/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/quest-artifacts.lua b/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/quest-artifacts.lua
index f1a9c284663e7184919230f5a7c9cc9ba0c280c3..2b85981b2861c80c035202a74ee51734705c1ac3 100644
--- a/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/quest-artifacts.lua
+++ b/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/quest-artifacts.lua
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ newEntity{ define_as = "STAFF_ABSORPTION",
 	display = "\\", color=colors.VIOLET, image = "object/artifact/staff_absorption.png",
 	encumber = 7,
 	auto_pickup = 1,
+	moddable_tile = resolvers.moddable_tile("staff"),
 	plot = true, quest = true,
 	desc = [[Carved with runes of power, this staff seems to have been made long ago, yet it bears no signs of tarnish.
 Light around it seems to dim and you can feel its tremendous power simply by touching it.]],