Ability Book

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Ability Books are special consumable items that drop primarily from monsters, dungeons and elite challenges, with some exceptions. By consuming a book or ‘learning’ an ability, the player has permanent knowledge of that ability.

There are abilities for all three combat styles, defensive abilities and team support abilities which may or may not require the use of runes, ranged ammo, and/or particular weapon types.

Book Icon/Name Ability Style Description Drop Location
Notes on Acid - I Notes On Acid - I Acid Splash Acid Splash
Magic
Splash an enemy with acid, heavily reducing their defenses. Fallen Academy
Notes on Acid - II Notes On Acid - II Acid Wave Acid Wave
Magic
Splash your enemies with acid, heavily reducing their defenses. Fallen Academy
Apocalyptic Tome Apocalyptic Tome Apocalyptic Ritual Apocalyptic Ritual
Magic
Release a hellish wave of sulfuric flames to destroy nearly everything in its wake. Magic of this scale may destroy the entire enemy party, but the incredibly long incantation time leaves the caster wide open to counter attacks. Barrows Cache
Armor and its Weaknesses Armor And Its Weaknesses Armor Rend Armor Rend
Melee
Tear at the enemy armor, reducing its effectiveness. Overgrown Woods
Ballistics 101 Ballistics 101 Artillery Artillery
Range
Fire a barrage of explosive projectiles into the midst of your enemies, allowing you to deal an extreme amount of damage to multiple targets. RFI
How To - First Aid How To - First Aid Bandage Friendly Bandage Friendly
Defense
Bandage the lowest HP member of your party to heal them for 300 health over 15 seconds. RFI
Cultist Notes I Cultist Notes I Blood Offering Blood Offering
Magic
Channel your life force to deal a massive amount of typeless damage. RFI
Cultist Notes II Cultist Notes II Blood Sacrifice Blood Sacrifice
Magic
Channel your life force to deal a massive amount of typeless damage. RFI
City Decree City Decree Call For Aid Call For Aid
Melee
Grants the owner the ability to summon City Guards as reinforcements in combat. You should probably feel a little guilty if you bring them into a fight they cannot survive. RFI
All Ghillied Up All Ghillied Up Camouflage Camouflage
Defense
Wait, where did you go? Makes you harder to hit but does not inherently decrease your threat generation. RFI
Intermediate Combat Manual - Volume 1 Intermediate Combat Manual - Volume 1 Cleave Cleave
Melee
Let loose a mighty swing to strike up to two enemies at once! Due to having to cleave through two enemies, this attack deals slightly less damage than a single target attack. RFI
A Study on Anatomy I A Study on Anatomy I Crippling Blow Crippling Blow
Melee
Target the enemy movement with a crushing strike. Applies Rooted 1, decreasing target agility by 10% or 20, whichever is higher. RFI
Combat Manual - Volume 3 Combat Manual - Volume 3 Crush Crush
Melee
Use the weight of your weapon to crush your target. RFI
Projectile Based Diplomacy - II Projectile Based Diplomacy - II Deadshot Deadshot
Range
One shot, one kill. Fire a well placed arrow at an enemy's weakspot. RFI
Defending the Weak - An Excerpt Defending the Weak - An Excerpt Defend Ally Defend Ally
Defense
Increase the defenses of an ally at the expense of your own. RFI
Spell Tome - Fire Ball Spell Tome - Fire Ball Fire Ball Fire Ball
Magic
Harness a ball of fire to throw at your enemies. Not a good idea to play catch with. Barrows Cache
Spell Tome - Flamethrower Spell Tome - Flamethrower Flamethrower Flamethrower
Magic
Fire an intense gout of flame! Barrows Cache
Ancient Ice Tome Ancient Ice Tome Ice Prison Ice Prison
Magic
Barrage your enemies with a burst of ice. Is this Ancient Magic? RFI
Spell Tome - Ice Shard Spell Tome - Ice Shard Ice Shard Ice Shard
Magic
Launch a magically hardened ice into your opponent to deal an impressive amount of piercing and ice damage. Barrows Cache
Ice Ice Ice Ice, Ice, Ice Icy Shell Icy Shell
Defense
Temporarily encase yourself in a shell of magical ice, increasing protection, resistance, and defensive ice affinity at the cost of agility. Melts very quickly! RFI
Combat Manual - Volume 4 Combat Manual - Volume 4 Impale Impale
Melee
An impaling attack that can hit up to 2 enemies at once. RFI
Smoke and Mirrors Smoke and Mirrors Invisibility Invisibility
Defense
Actually, you're probably closer to just a little translucent, but if you claim to be invisible to sound cooler, that's okay too. Barrows Cache
A Study on Anatomy II A Study on Anatomy II Maiming Slash Maiming Slash
Melee
Target the enemy movement with a slashing strike. Applies Rooted 2, decreasing target agility by 20% or 20, whichever is higher. RFI
A Study on Anatomy III A Study on Anatomy III Mutilating Stab Mutilating Stab
Melee
Target the enemy movement with a stabbing strike. Applies Rooted 1, decreasing target agility by 10% or 20, whichever is higher. RFI
Projectile Based Diplomacy - III Projectile Based Diplomacy - III Retreating Shot Retreating Shot
Range
Fire a distraction shot and retreat from the frontline temporarily, significantly reducing your threat. RFI
Trapper Trapper's Guide, the Sequel Set Even More Traps Set Even More Traps
Defense
Sets several traps that significantly reduces agility of an enemy if they are hit by it. RFI
Trapper Trapper's Guide Set Traps Set Traps
Defense
Sets a trap that significantly reduces agility of an enemy if they are hit by it. RFI
Combat Manual - Volume 1 Combat Manual - Volume 1 Slash Slash
Melee
Use the blade of your weapon to slash at your target. RFI
Combat Manual - Volume 2 Combat Manual - Volume 2 Stab Stab
Melee
Use the tip of your weapon to stab your target. RFI
Attention Getting Tactics Attention Getting Tactics Taunt Taunt
Defense
Taunts the enemy, significantly increasing your threat level. RFI
Enlightened Parchment Enlightened Parchment Third Eye Third Eye
Magic
Release powerful magical energy and let the physical world fall away; enter a trance where the winds of magic are revealed to you, increasing your intellect by 50%, but decreasing your protection and resistance by the same amount. This state cannot be maintained for long! RFI
Projectile Based Diplomacy - I Projectile Based Diplomacy - I Triple Shot Triple Shot
Range
Quickly fire up to three arrows at the enemy party! Inherently incredibly inaccurate. RFI

RFI: Requires further information

Consider all drop locations as requiring further citation. Visit the scroll's article page for acquisition details.

Uses

If an ability is already learned, then the book in question can not be consumed. As ability books are not currently tradeable in the Marketplace, they can be sold to the npc vendor, burned for Heat Heat, or sometimes researched for their Runic Dust.