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Tome of water (empty)



Released							24 March 2021 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
League region							Desert✓

Properties

Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							Yes
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Options							Wield, Pages, Drop
Worn options							Pages
Examine							An ancient tome containing the secrets of water magic.

Values

Value							19,500 coins
High alch							11,700 coins
Low alch							7,800 coins
Weight							1 kg

Grand Exchange

Exchange							478,363 coins (info)
Buy limit							15
Daily volume							327

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Advanced data

Item ID							25576
Link							MOID

The tome of water is a book held in place of a shield that is a possible reward from Tempoross. The tome of water requires level 50 in Magic to wield.

The tome is only tradeable when empty. When it is empty its only function is its magic attack and magic defence equipment bonuses.

Empty tomes can be traded in for 25 soaked pages per tome (value of 79,300) by speaking to the retired sailor. Non-ironmen players are recommended to sell excess tomes on the Grand Exchange instead, as they are far more valuable when sold to other players.

Combat stats

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Attack bonuses

+0	+0	+0	+8	+0

Defence bonuses


+0	+0	+0	+8	+0

Other bonuses				Slot


+0	+0	+0%	+0	List

Charging

The tome can be charged with soaked pages to act as a source of water runes whilst equipped. Each page adds 20 charges to the tome. It can hold 1,000 pages and requires 3,172,000 to fully charge. Each charge costs 158.60.

Players can configure the charges while the tome is in their bank by right-clicking on Configure-Charges, as long as players have the required materials.

Pages can be removed from the tome, but if one or more charges are used from a page, the page will be entirely consumed upon removal.

Effects

A charged tome of water provides the following benefits:

Casting an offensive water spell from the standard spellbook with a charged tome equipped will increase the spell's accuracy and damage by 10% against NPCs and 20% against players (stacking multiplicatively with Magic damage bonuses), and consume one charge per cast.
Curse spells such as Vulnerability and Entangle gain a 20% boost to their accuracy, likewise consuming one charge per cast.^[1] Although commonly classified as a curse spell, the Tele Block spell does not qualify as a curse in this context, and hence does not receive this accuracy boost.
Stat-draining curse spells (i.e. Confuse, Weaken, Curse, Vulnerability, Enfeeble, and Stun) also gain a 50% boost to their effectiveness. For example, Confuse will drain an opponent's Attack level by 7% rather than 5%, while Stun reduces Attack by 15% instead of 10%.

Casting any other spell that requires water runes will not consume a charge. In other words, using an earth staff with a tome of water that is charged with at least one soaked page will provide unlimited water and earth runes when casting non-combat spells, such as bones to peaches or Lvl-5 enchant (e.g. for training Magic at the Mage Training Arena) without the need for recharging the tome, functioning as an alternative to using a mud battlestaff.

Even though ice spells are combat spells and require water runes to cast, they do not receive the increase in accuracy and damage bonus, and do not consume any charges, as they are not part of the standard spellbook.

Item sources

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity	League region
Reward pool	N/A	1	1/1,600

Used in recommended equipment

Rank	Method
1	TzHaar Fight Cave/Strategies (Magic)
1	Nightmare Zone/Strategies (Magic)
1	Green dragon/Strategies (Magic)
2	Lava dragon/Strategies (Magic)
2	One-defence pure (Magic)
5	Ultimate Ironman Guide/Equipment
1	Slayer task/Drakes (Magic)
5	Slayer task/Abyssal demons (Magic)
2	Tempoross/Strategies (Solo Cooking + Firefighting (Max Permits))
1	Tempoross/Strategies (Solo No Cooking)
4	Guardians of the Rift/Strategies (Runecrafting)
1	Slayer task/Wyrms (Magic)
1	Brutal black dragon/Strategies (Magic)
5	Slayer task/Custodian stalker (Magic)

Changes

Date	Changes
5 March 2025 (Update)	The Tome of water supports a bank item option for changing charges.
29 May 2024 (Update)	The tome's damage boost against NPCs has been decreased from a 20% boost to a 10% boost to account for elemental weaknesses.
30 June 2021 (Update \| poll)	Weaken spells from the standard spellbook are now 50% more effective when the tome of water is equipped.
7 April 2021 (Update)	The Tome of Water can now appear in the Skill Guide and level-up messages.

Trivia

The Tome of Water is similar to the Tome of frost in RuneScape 3, in that both are offhand books that supply Water Runes for Magic spells.

References

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 4 December 2021. Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Mod Ash: "[Does the Tome of Water give the 20% accuracy effectiveness to Snare and Entangle? I can't really find a clear answer and could have remembered this was a thing. Thanks!] Yes, it does."

Tempoross

NPCs

Gameplay

Rewards

	Spirit flakes Big harpoonfish ^(stuffed) Casket Dragon harpoon Fish barrel ^(sack) Tackle box Tome of water Soaked page
Spirit angler's outfit	Headband Top Waders Boots
Miscellaneous	Great blue heron Tiny tempor Mounted harpoonfish

Scenery

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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⁾

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Canonical source	Tome of water
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