Siren's tome

Item

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Siren's tome is a temporary piece of content found only in the The Nightmare of Ashihama: Rewards Beta.
The contents of this page refer to a piece of content only available on temporary unrestricted worlds as a means to test it before release. Its design is subject to change, and the graphics are used as a placeholder.
Siren's tome
Released28 November 2019 (Update)
Removal11 December 2019 (Update)
MembersYes
Quest itemNo
Properties
TradeableNo
EquipableYes
StackableNo
NoteableNo
OptionsWield, Drop
ExamineA magical book from the far east.
Values
Value1,000,000 coins
AlchemyNot alchemisable
Weight1 kg
Advanced data
Item IDbeta24418
LinkMOID

The Siren's tome was a book held in the shield slot, requiring 75 Magic to wield. It was only available from the supplies table in a tournament world as a test weapon for players from 28 November to 11 December 2019. It was one of the proposed rewards for Nightmare of Ashihama.

Although the Siren's tome passed its poll, along with the host content it would be a reward from, a later decision was made to not release it into Old School RuneScape, due to continued concerns on how it would devalue the arcane spirit shield.[1] It would have been created by combining the Siren's charm item, which would drop from The Nightmare, with a Mage's Book.

Created by the sirens of Ashihama, the tome was once in the possession of Quin, a powerful siren who ruled the Eastern Ocean, and was lost when one of her servants betrayed her. With the passage of time, the tome decayed, with the siren's charm being the only part of it that remained. Eventually, the charm found its way back to Ashihama, where it was claimed by The Nightmare before it fled west to Slepe.[2]

Combat stats

 Attack bonuses
StabSlashCrushMagicRanged
+0+0+0+15+0
 Defence bonuses
StabSlashCrushMagicRanged
-10-10-10+15-10
 Other bonusesSlot
StrengthRangedMagic damagePrayerShield slot table
+0+0+4%-5List

Changes

The Siren's tome, visible behind Death's desk.
Date Changes
5 December 2019
(Update)
  • The magic attack and defence bonus has been reduced to +15, from +25 and +20 respectively.
  • The tome can now only be created by attaching a Siren's Charm to a Mage's Book.
28 November 2019
(Update)

The slash, stab, crush and ranged defence were lowered from 0 to -10, and the magic damage % was lowered from +10% to +4%.

Trivia

References

  1. ^ "The Nightmare Poll Results". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 12 December 2019. Archived from the original. "The tome faced one main source of contention - its introduction to the game would devalue the existing best-in-slot item, the Arcane spirit shield, and the challenging grind offered by the Corporeal Beast. Rumblings among some areas of the community suggested that we were trying to trivialise the magic off-hand grind for Iron accounts."
  2. ^ "The Nightmare of Ashihama". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 6 February 2020. Archived from the original. "This tome was once in the possession of Quin, a powerful Siren who ruled over the seas of the lands to the east. The tome was lost to her when one of her servants betrayed her, claiming it as their own. In time, the original tome was destroyed, with only a small part of it surviving, the charm. This charm eventually found its way back to Ashihama, where it was claimed by the Nightmare."