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Book of darkness



Released							3 July 2014 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							Horror from the Deep
League region							Fremennik✓

Properties

Tradeable							No
Equipable							Yes
Stackable							No
Noteable							No
Options							Wield, Preach, Drop
Worn options							Read
Examine							The dark book of a forgotten god.

Values

Value							200 coins
High alch							120 coins
Low alch							80 coins
Weight							1 kg

Advanced data

Item ID							12612
Link							MOID

The book of darkness is a book held in place of a shield, and is the god book aligned with Zaros. It can be purchased from Jossik for 5,000 coins after completion of the Horror from the Deep quest. Previously, obtaining the book required completion of the Dig Site quest. Ancient books must be made using all four torn Ancient pages which can be purchased from other players, or be obtained from Treasure Trails.

Equipping a book of darkness allows the player to preach and perform ceremonies, such as blessing, last rites, and wedding rites, by operating it (none of which have any effect on the game itself, and are simply recited lines of text), costing 25% of the player's special attack energy.

Lost books of darkness can be reclaimed by speaking to Jossik, complete with all pages that have been added, for no cost. Alternatively, for those who do not wish to travel to the lighthouse, Perdu will return them to players for 14,000 coins.

It is worth noting that the book's pages sound as if they were written recently since the book talks about followers of Zaros being oppressed. However, when Zaros was in power, he had great influence and many followers.

Filling the book of darkness currently costs 7,573 coins when buying each page individually or 18,203 coins when buying the item set.

Combat stats


Attack bonuses

+0	+0	+0	+10	+0

Defence bonuses


+0	+0	+0	+0	+0

Other bonuses				Slot


+0	+0	+0%	+5	List

Products

Item		Members	Skills	XP	Materials
	Book of darkness (or)		None	None	1 × Book of darkness 1 × Shattered relics variety ornament kit

Shop locations

Seller	Location	Number in stock	Restock time	Price sold at	Price bought at	Change Per	League region
Lost Property shop (1)	Lumbridge	∞	N/A	14,000	N/A	0.0%
Lost Property shop (2)	Catherby	∞	N/A	14,000	N/A	0.0%
Lost Property shop (3)	Edgeville	∞	N/A	14,000	N/A	0.0%
Lost Property shop (4)	Falador	∞	N/A	14,000	N/A	0.0%
Lost Property shop (5)	Ferox Enclave	∞	N/A	14,000	N/A	0.0%
Lost Property shop (6)	Emir's Arena	∞	N/A	14,000	N/A	0.0%
Lost Property shop (7)	Daimon's Crater	∞	N/A	14,000	N/A	0.0%	N/A

Treasure Trails

Tier	Emotes	STASH location	Items	Cost
Elite	Bow	South-east corner of the Edgeville Monastery, on the ground floor		7,573^{[c 1]}

^ The cost may be higher because of the variant of the item used. The base item is god book.

Used in recommended equipment

Rank	Method
4	Slayer training (Magic (Barrage))
4	Skeleton (Ape Atoll) (Magic)
3	TzHaar Fight Cave/Strategies (Early-game iron)
4	Mithril dragon/Strategies (Magic)
5	General Graardor/Strategies (Magic (Solo))
5	General Graardor/Strategies (Magic (Group))
5	Nightmare Zone/Strategies (Magic)
5	Zulrah/Strategies (Magic)
3	Zulrah/Strategies (Magic (Diary kill))
3, 4	Scorpia/Strategies (Magic)
2	Crazy archaeologist/Strategies (Magic)
3	Callisto/Strategies (Magic)
5	Thermonuclear smoke devil/Strategies (Magic)
5	Thermonuclear smoke devil/Strategies (Magic)
5	Green dragon/Strategies (Magic)
1	Lava dragon/Strategies (Magic)
1	Krystilia/Strategies (Magic)
4, 5	Maniacal monkey/Strategies (Magic - Ice Burst)
4, 5	Maniacal monkey/Strategies (Magic - Ice Barrage)
3	Volcanic Mine (Group)
3	Volcanic Mine (Solo)
3	One-defence pure (Magic)
3, 4	Revenants/Strategies (Magic)
4	Giant Mole/Strategies (Magic)
5	Rune dragon/Strategies (Magic)
5	Deranged archaeologist/Strategies (Magic)
3	Theatre of Blood/Strategies (Magic)
2	Zalcano/Strategies (Mining)
2	Ultimate Ironman Guide/Equipment
5	Smoke devil/Strategies
4	Slayer task/Dust devils (Magic (Barrage))
4	Slayer task/Drakes (Magic)
4	Slayer task/Abyssal demons (Magic)
3	Slayer task/Jellies (Magic)
3	Slayer task/Trolls (Magic)
5	Slayer task/Trolls (Magic)
3	Shooting Stars (Shooting Stars)
3	Theatre of Blood/Hard Mode (Magic)
5	The Bane of Demons (Magic)
3	Slayer task/Wyrms (Magic)
4	The Whisperer/Strategies (Magic)
2	Artio/Strategies (Magic)
2	Scurrius/Strategies (Magic (mid level))
4	Brutal black dragon/Strategies (Magic)
4	Tormented Demon/Strategies (Magic switch)
5	Slayer task/Nechryael (Magic)
3	Royal Titans/Strategies (Minimal gear switching)
4	Yama/Strategies (Mage)
5	Slayer task/Custodian stalker (Magic)
1	Gemstone Crab/Strategies (Magic)
1	Gemstone Crab/Strategies (Magic)
4	Slayer task/Kurasks (Mage)

Transcript

Wedding Ceremony

Ye faithful and loyal to the Great Lord... May ye together succeed in your deeds. Ye are now joined by the greatest power.

Last Rites

Thy faith faltered, no power could save thee. Like the Great Lord, one day you shall rise again.

Blessings

By day or night, in defeat or victory... the power of the Great Lord be with thee.

Preach

Follower of the Great Lord be relieved: One day your loyalty will be rewarded. Power to the Great Lord!

Changes

Date	Changes
31 July 2014 (Update)	The item's value was decreased from 800 to 200.

Universal Treasure Trails rewards

Gnomish firelighters

Teleport scrolls

God books and pages

Holy book	Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Set
Unholy book	Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Set
Book of balance	Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Set
Book of war	Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Set
Book of law	Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Set
Book of darkness	Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Set

God blessings

Other

v t e Magic armour
Headwear	Void _(or) ⁽⁺⁰⁾ Elemental ⁽⁺⁰⁾ Mind ⁽⁺⁰⁾ Wizard _(t)(g) ⁽⁺²⁾ Wizard _(t)(g) ⁽⁺²⁾ Dark squall ⁽⁺²⁾ Mask of ranul ⁽⁺²⁾ Skeletal ⁽⁺²⁾ Canifis ⁽⁺³⁾ Fremennik ⁽⁺³⁾ Gnome ⁽⁺³⁾ Ghostly ⁽⁺³⁾ Xerician ⁽⁺³⁾ Moonclan hat ⁽⁺³⁾ Moonclan helm ⁽⁺³⁾ Lunar ⁽⁺³⁾ Splitbark ⁽⁺³⁾ Slayer helmet (i) ⁽⁺³⁾ Mystic ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Enchanted ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Darkness ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Mitre ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Swampbark ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Elder chaos _(or) ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Dagon'hai ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Bloodbark ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Infinity _{(light)(dark)} ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Healer ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Farseer ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Blue moon ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Ahrim's _(Echo) ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Third age ⁽⁺⁸⁾ Virtus _(Echo) ⁽⁺⁸⁾ Ancestral _(Twisted) ⁽⁺⁸⁾ Zuriel's ⁽⁺¹⁸⁾
Robe tops	Void _(or) ⁽⁺⁰⁾ Elite void _(or) ⁽⁺⁰⁾ Zamorak monk ⁽⁺²⁾ Wizard _(t)(g) ⁽⁺³⁾ Black _(t)(g) ⁽⁺³⁾ Dark squall ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Vestment ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Ghostly ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Moonclan ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Xerician ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Skeletal ⁽⁺⁸⁾ Elder chaos _(or) ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Lunar ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Splitbark ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Swampbark ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Mystic ⁽⁺²⁰⁾ Enchanted ⁽⁺²⁰⁾ Darkness ⁽⁺²⁰⁾ Bloodbark ⁽⁺²¹⁾ Infinity _{(light)(dark)} ⁽⁺²²⁾ Third age ⁽⁺²⁴⁾ Dagon'hai ⁽⁺²⁵⁾ Blue moon ⁽⁺³⁰⁾ Ahrim's _(Echo) ⁽⁺³⁰⁾ Virtus _(Echo) ⁽⁺³⁵⁾ Ancestral _(Twisted) ⁽⁺³⁵⁾ Zuriel's ⁽⁺⁵⁸⁾
Robe legs	Void _(or) ⁽⁺⁰⁾ Elite void _(or) ⁽⁺⁰⁾ Blue _(t)(g)⁽⁺⁰⁾ Black _(t)(g) ⁽⁺⁰⁾ Zamorak monk ⁽⁺²⁾ Dark squall ⁽⁺³⁾ Ghostly ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Vestment ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Xerician ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Moonclan ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Elder chaos _(or) ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Skeletal ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Lunar ⁽⁺⁷⁾ Splitbark ⁽⁺⁷⁾ Swampbark ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Mystic ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Enchanted ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Darkness ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Bloodbark ⁽⁺¹⁶⁾ Infinity _{(light)(dark)} ⁽⁺¹⁷⁾ Dagon'hai ⁽⁺¹⁸⁾ Third age ⁽⁺¹⁹⁾ Blue moon ⁽⁺²²⁾ Ahrim's _(Echo) ⁽⁺²²⁾ Virtus _(Echo) ⁽⁺²⁶⁾ Ancestral _(Twisted) ⁽⁺²⁶⁾ Zuriel's ⁽⁺⁴⁶⁾
Gloves	Void _(or) ⁽⁺⁰⁾ Skeletal ⁽⁺⁰⁾ Chaos ⁽⁺⁰⁾ Hardleather ⁽⁺¹⁾ Karamja ⁽⁺¹⁾ Bronze ⁽⁺¹⁾ Ghostly ⁽⁺²⁾ Moonclan ⁽⁺²⁾ Iron ⁽⁺²⁾ Samurai ⁽⁺²⁾ Splitbark ⁽⁺²⁾ Steel ⁽⁺²⁾ Mystic ⁽⁺³⁾ Darkness ⁽⁺³⁾ Swampbark ⁽⁺³⁾ Black ⁽⁺³⁾ Combat bracelet ⁽⁺³⁾ Mithril ⁽⁺³⁾ Regen bracelet ⁽⁺³⁾ Lunar ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Bloodbark ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Adamant ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Rune ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Infinity ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Dragon ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Barrows ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Tormented bracelet _(or) ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Confliction gauntlets ⁽⁺²⁰⁾
Boots	Skeletal ⁽⁺⁰⁾ Runner ⁽⁺¹⁾ Fremennik sea 4 ⁽⁺¹⁾ Ghostly ⁽⁺²⁾ Lunar ⁽⁺²⁾ Moonclan ⁽⁺²⁾ Splitbark ⁽⁺²⁾ Mystic ⁽⁺³⁾ Darkness ⁽⁺³⁾ Swampbark ⁽⁺³⁾ Brimstone ⁽⁺³⁾ Wizard ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Bloodbark ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Aranea ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Infinity ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Eternal ⁽⁺⁸⁾ Avernic ⁽⁺¹¹⁾
Capes	Vestment cloak ⁽⁺¹⁾ 3rd age druidic cloak ⁽⁺¹⁾ Fire cape _(max) ⁽⁺¹⁾ Infernal cape _(max) ⁽⁺¹⁾ Moonclan cape ⁽⁺²⁾ Ardougne cloak 1 ⁽⁺²⁾ Ardougne cloak 2 ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Ghostly cloak ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Ardougne cloak 3 ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Ardougne cloak 4 _(max) ⁽⁺⁶⁾ God capes _(max) ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Imbued god capes _(max) ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾
Neckwear	Witchwood ⁽⁺¹⁾ Lunar ⁽⁺¹⁾ Beads of the dead ⁽⁺¹⁾ Xeric's talisman (inert) ⁽⁺²⁾ Unholy ⁽⁺²⁾ Stoles ⁽⁺²⁾ Xeric's talisman (charged) ⁽⁺³⁾ Accuracy ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Power _(t) ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Magic _(t) ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Dragonbone ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Bonecrusher ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Glory _(t) ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Eternal glory ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Damned ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Avarice ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Fury _(or) ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Blood fury ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Occult _(or) ⁽⁺¹²⁾ Third age ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾
Rings	Beacon ⁽⁺²⁾ Lunar ⁽⁺²⁾ Shadows ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Seers ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Brimstone ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Seers (i) ⁽⁺¹²⁾ Magus ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾
Shields	Elemental shield ⁽⁺⁰⁾ Mind shield ⁽⁺⁰⁾ Broodoo shield ⁽⁺³⁾ Book of balance _(or) ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Elidinis' ward ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Book of the dead ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Unholy book _(or) ⁽⁺⁸⁾ Tome of water ⁽⁺⁸⁾ Tome of earth ⁽⁺⁸⁾ Tome of fire ⁽⁺⁸⁾ Antler guard ⁽⁺⁹⁾ Book of darkness _(or) ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Malediction ward _(or) ⁽⁺¹²⁾ Mage's book ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Ancient wyvern shield ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Arcane spirit shield ⁽⁺²⁰⁾ Elidinis' ward (f) _(or) ⁽⁺²⁵⁾

Horror from the Deep

NPCs

	Larrissa Gunnjorn Jossik Silas
Enemies	Dagannoth Dagannoth mother

Items

Rewards

Locations

Music

Source site	Old School RuneScape Wiki
Canonical source	Book of darkness
Content license	CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
License status	declared
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