Guthix's Book of Balance

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Guthix's book of balance
File:Book of balance.png
Release	17 November 2004 (Update)
Members	Yes
Members	Yes
Quest item	Horror from the Deep
Quest item	Horror from the Deep
Tradeable	No
Tradeable	No
Equipable	Yes
Equipable	Yes
Stackable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Unknown
Disassembly	Unknown
Value	200 coins
Value	200 coins
High Alchemy	120 coins
High Alchemy	120 coins
Low Alchemy	80 coins
Low Alchemy	80 coins
Destroy	Drop
On death	Unknown
On death	Unknown
On death	Unknown
Exchange	Not sold
Weight	1 kg
Examine	The holy book of Guthix.

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Guthix's book of balance is a book held in place of a shield, and is the God book aligned with Guthix. Books of Balance must be made using all four torn Guthix pages which can be purchased from other players, obtained from treasure trails or by cremating a Vyrewatch. Equipping a book of balance allows the wielder to preach and perform ceremonies, such as blessing, last rites, and wedding rites by operating it. It also allows players with a Prayer level of 50 or greater to bless holy symbols and unholy symbols, at the cost of 60 prayer points per blessing (compared to 40 points lost when using the other two main God Books). Lost books of balance can be reclaimed at the Lighthouse by speaking to Jossik, complete with all pages that have been added, for no cost.

After completion of One Piercing Note, if the book has all four pages, and you have 60 crafting and 60 prayer, you can use it to create an Illuminated Book of Balance. This grants you 10,000 prayer experience (for the first time this is done only) and leaves you with both the Guthix's book of balance and an Illuminated book of balance.

Filling the Book of balance with all pages currently costs coins.

Combat Stats

Requirements
None
Class			Slot
All
Tier
Unknown edit
Weapons		Main		Off
Damage		-		-
Accuracy		-		-
Style		-
Range		-
Attributes						Damage reduction
Armour				30		PvM: 0%			PvP: 0%
Life points				75		Style bonuses
Prayer				2		0		0		0
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A player preaching.

Transcript

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Wedding Ceremony

• Light and dark, day and night, Balance arises from contrast. I unify thee in the name of Guthix.

Last Rights

• Thy death was not in vain, For it brought some balance to the world. May Guthix bring thee rest.

Blessing

• Mayest thou walk the path, and never fall, For Guthix walks beside thee on thy journey. May Guthix bring thee peace.

Preach

• The trees, the earth, the sky, the waters: All play their part upon this land. May Guthix bring thee balance.

Removed preach options

• The trees, the earth, the sky, the waters: All play their part upon this land. May Guthix bring you balance.
• All things must end, as all begin; Only Guthix knows the role thou must play. May Guthix bring you balance.
• In life, in death, in joy, in sorrow: May thine experience show thee balance. May Guthix bring you balance.
• Thou must do as thou must, no matter what. Thine actions bring balance to this world. May Guthix bring you balance.
• The river flows, the sun ignites, May you stand with Guthix in thy fights. May Guthix bring you balance.
• A journey of a single step, May take thee over a thousand miles. May Guthix bring you balance.

Trivia

• Oddly enough, the description states that this is the "holy book of Guthix", even though Guthix is aligned with neither holiness nor unholiness.
• The line: "A journey of a single step, May take thee over a thousand miles. May Guthix bring you balance" is a reference to the famous phrase generally attributed to either Lao Tzu or Confucius.
• The book of balance was known to be the cheapest god book. The price of the pages combined were around 120,000 coins at one time. However, for unknown reasons, the price of the pages steadily climbed, and filling this book is now the second most expensive.

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