Book (equipment type)

In the context of equipment, a book is an item wielded in the off-hand slot that enhances a mage's spellcasting. When wielded alongside a wand, a book will increase the user's spellcasting rate from 1 cast per 4 game ticks (2.4 seconds) to 1 cast per 2 game ticks (1.2 seconds). However, spells cast will only deal 75% of their normal maximum damage to compensate for the increased speed. As there are no off-hand wands, books allow players to effectively, if not technically, dual-wield Magic spells, as the attack rate with a wand and a book is the same as with two dual-wielded melee or Ranged weapons of the same speed as a wand (Fastest).

In addition to increasing spellcasting speed, many books provide a bonus to Magic accuracy. The exceptions are god books and illuminated god books.

Books are functionally equivalent to orbs.

List of books

Standard books

Standard books increase the speed and accuracy of magic spells. They are often used with wands. For equipment levels that don't have books, there is often a corresponding orb instead.

Item		Level	Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus			Price
			Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
File:Wizard's book.png	Wizard's book	1	-	-	-	None	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	Item does not exist on the Grand Exchange
	Imphide book	10	-	-	-	None	-	202	0	0	0	-	-	-	639
	Tome of frost	48	-	-	-	None	-	801	0	0	0	-	-	-	43,000 Dungeoneering Tokens
File:Bat book.png	Bat book	50	-	-	-	None	-	850	0	0	0	-	-	-	Item does not exist on the Grand Exchange
	Mages' book	60	-	-	-	None	-	1132	0	0	0	-	-	-	601,004
	Ahrim's book of magic	70	-	-	-	None	-	1486	0	0	0	-	-	-	1,311,616
	Virtus book	80	-	-	-	None	-	1924	0	0	0	-	-	-	7,862,184

God books

A player wielding Guthix's book of balance.

God books, obtained as rewards from the Horror from the Deep quest, are more powerful books. While god books do not grant bonuses to Magic accuracy, each offers a +2 prayer bonus as well as various armour, lifepoints, and critical bonuses according to the characteristics of the god associated with the book. For example, Saradomin's book offers the largest defensive bonuses and Zamorak's book offers the greatest offensive bonuses, as these gods are respectively associated with good and evil. Guthix's book provides a balance between offensive and defensive bonuses, and Armadyl's, Bandos', and Zaros' books provide bonuses specifically to their favoured combat styles -- Ranged, melee, and Magic, respectively.

Unlike standard books, god books (whether illuminated or not) do not affect the casting speed of spells.

Item		Type	Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
			Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
File:Damaged book.png	Damaged book	Nothing	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	2	-	-	-
	Saradomin's holy book	Nothing	-	-	-	-	-	-	53	225	2	-	-	-
File:Unholy book.png	Zamorak's unholy book	Nothing	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	2	-	-	-
File:Book of balance.png	Guthix's book of balance	Nothing	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	145	2	-	-	-
	Armadyl's book of law	Ranged	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	75	2	-	-	-
File:Book of war.png	Bandos' book of war	Melee	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	75	2	-	-	-
File:Incomplete Ancient Book.png	Ancient book	Magic	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	75	2	-	-	-

Illuminated god books

After completion of One Piercing Note and with 60 Prayer and 60 Crafting, players may create illuminated copies of their completed god books in the Abbey of St. Elspeth Citharede. This creates additional copies, rather than replacing existing books, and grants 10,000 Prayer and Crafting experience the first time a book is successfully copied. The experience is earned for each type of book, allowing for up to 60,000 Prayer and Crafting experience if all six books are copied.

In addition to carrying a +2 higher Prayer bonus, illuminated god books have higher bonuses in their respective stats than the non-illuminated books.

Item		Type	Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
			Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
File:Illuminated holy book.png	Illuminated holy book	Nothing	-	-	-	-	-	-	86	300	4	-	-	-
File:Illuminated unholy book.png	Illuminated unholy book	Nothing	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	4	-	-	-
File:Illuminated book of balance.png	Illuminated book of balance	Nothing	-	-	-	-	-	-	53	200	4	-	-	-
File:Illuminated book of law.png	Illuminated book of law	Ranged	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	100	4	-	-	-
File:Illuminated book of war.png	Illuminated book of war	Melee	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	100	4	-	-	-
File:Illuminated ancient book.png	Illuminated ancient book	Magic	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	100	4	-	-	-

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