Mages' book

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The Mages' book is a book used as an offhand weapon for spell-casting. It is a reward from the Mage Training Arena minigame, and was also a rare potential drop from PvP worlds or Bounty worlds until its removal from the PvP drop table on 16 June 2009. The mages' book requires 60 Magic to wield and is held in the shield slot.

A mages' book can be obtained from the Rewards Guardian in exchange for 500 telekinetic, 550 alchemist, 6,000 enchantment, and 500 graveyard pizazz points. It use to be the most expensive reward available from the Rewards Guardian. Due to the Evolution of Combat update it has lost this title to the Master Wand.

Compared to others
Until the release of spirit shields, the mages' book provided the highest Magic attack and Defence bonus of any item worn in the shield slot. These statistics can now be claimed by the Arcane spirit shield and Spectral spirit shield. The mages' book has the fourth-highest Magic attack bonus for any piece of equipment in the shield slot, the highest being the Arcane spirit shield, the second highest being the Farseer kiteshield, and the third highest being the Ward of subjugation. It has the fourth-highest Magic defence for a shield, the highest being the Spectral spirit shield and Sacred clay shield (magic) (tied) and the second highest being the Eagle-eye kiteshield.

Trivia

 * This item along with many of its other comparable items in shield slot have undergone changes due to the Evolution of combat update.
 * This was made recolourable in batch 4 of the Members Loyalty Programme rewards, released on the 13th of March 2012.

Mages' book