Virtus book

For this item's main hand variant, see Virtus wand.

For this item's augmented variant, see augmented virtus book.

Virtus book
Detailed
Versions
Release	20 November 2012 (Update)
Members	Yes
Members	Yes
Quest item	No
Quest item	No
Tradeable	Yes
Tradeable	Yes
Stacks in bank	No
Stacks in bank	No
Equipable	Yes
Equipable	Yes
Stackable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Disassembly	Yes
Noteable	Yes
Noteable	Yes
Value	50,000 coins
Value	50,000 coins
High Alchemy	30,000 coins
High Alchemy	30,000 coins
Low Alchemy	20,000 coins
Low Alchemy	20,000 coins
Destroy	Drop
On death	Reclaimable
On death	Reclaimable
Reclaim	99121
Reclaim	99121
Sacrifice	396484
Sacrifice	396484
Exchange	7,862,184 coins (info)
Buy limit	5
Weight	0.453 kg
Examine	Contains the magical secrets of Zaros.
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Release	20 November 2012 (Update)
Members	Yes
Members	Yes
Quest item	No
Quest item	No
Tradeable	No
Tradeable	No
Stacks in bank	No
Stacks in bank	No
Equipable	Yes
Equipable	Yes
Stackable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Disassembly	Yes
Value	50,000 coins
Value	50,000 coins
High Alchemy	30,000 coins
High Alchemy	30,000 coins
Low Alchemy	20,000 coins
Low Alchemy	20,000 coins
Destroy	Drop
On death	Reclaimable
On death	Reclaimable
Reclaim	99121
Reclaim	99121
Sacrifice	396484
Sacrifice	396484
Exchange	Not sold
Weight	0.453 kg
Examine	Contains the magical secrets of Zaros.
Release	20 November 2012 (Update)
Members	Yes
Members	Yes
Quest item	No
Quest item	No
Tradeable	Yes
Tradeable	Yes
Stacks in bank	No
Stacks in bank	No
Equipable	No
Equipable	No
Stackable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Disassembly	Yes
Value	50,000 coins
Value	50,000 coins
High Alchemy	30,000 coins
High Alchemy	30,000 coins
Low Alchemy	20,000 coins
Low Alchemy	20,000 coins
Destroy	Drop
On death	Reclaimable
On death	Reclaimable
Reclaim	99121
Reclaim	99121
Sacrifice	396484
Sacrifice	396484
Exchange	Not sold
Weight	0.453 kg
Examine	Contains the magical secrets of Zaros.

The Virtus book is an off-hand Magic weapon that requires 80 Magic to wield. It is dropped exclusively by Nex in the God Wars Dungeon.

The book protects from the four major gods in the God Wars Dungeon, and will degrade after 60,000 charges of combat (but loses 2 charges per hit, so has a minimum duration of 5 hours of combat) but can be repaired by Bob in Lumbridge, or at an armour stand.

When received with CoinShare active, the Virtus book will be dropped as 120 Virtus book shards split evenly among the players and sent directly to their banks. 120 shards can be combined to create this item.

Combat Stats

Requirements			Degrades
80			30,000 charges
Class			Slot
Magic
Tier
80
Weapons		Main		Off
Damage		-		-
Accuracy		-		1924
Style		Spell-casting
Range		8
Speed		Fastest (2.4s)
Attributes						Damage reduction
Armour				0		PvM: 0%			PvP: 0%
Life points				0		Style bonuses
Prayer				0		0		0		0
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Repair cost

The base repair cost of the Virtus book when completely degraded to 0.0% item charge is 1,000,000 coins. It can be repaired by:

• Bob - the axe seller in Lumbridge
• Tindel Marchant - the weapon and armour repairman at Port Khazard
• Dunstan - the smith in Burthorpe
• Squire - in the workshop area of the Void Knights' Outpost

Alternatively, it can be repaired on an armour stand in a player-owned house, or a whetstone device anywhere. This provides a discount of 0.5% per Smithing level (including boosts).

If it is only partially degraded, then the cost of a full repair is multiplied by the percentage of item charge that needs to be repaired to produce the current repair cost.

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Comparison with other magical weapons

Two-handed

Name		Levels	Cost	Accuracy (Tier)	Notes
	Staff of Sliske	92	816,692,650	2577 (92)	Has a special attack, From the Shadows, that will summon a wight to deal damage to the target several times Degrades: has 60,000 charges of combat, and costs 4,800,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
	Noxious staff	90	165,149,827	2458 (90)	Has a special attack, Mirrorback, that summons a mirrorback spider which reduces and reflects damage for ten seconds Degrades: has 60,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 5 hours), and costs 4,500,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
	Superior Zuriel's staff	88	23,421,675	2343 (88)	Has a special attack, Miasmic Barrage, consumes 100% adrenaline and 100 charges on the staff (0.1% of maximum charge). A magic attack is launched at the opponent dealing up to 200% weapon damage, reduces their attack speed by a tick for 15 seconds, and halves their adrenaline gain for 15 seconds. Degrades: has 100,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 16.7 hours), and when it runs out of charges degrades to dust.
	Obliteration	87	61,297,046	2287 (87)	Has a special attack, Devour, that halves all of your opponent's healing for 10 seconds. Degrades: has 60,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 10 hours), and costs 4,500,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
	Camel staff	85	43,174,962	2178 (85)	Reduces an opponent's accuracy by 5%, and has a damage over time effect Provides fire runes when wielded Degrades: has 30,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 5 hours), and costs 4,125,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
	Staff of darkness	85	39,751,481	2178 (85)	Has a special attack and passive effects Can cast the Slayer dart spell Degrades: has 60,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 10 hours), and costs 2 staves of light (3,684,290 coins) to repair
	Staff of limitless air Staff of limitless water Staff of limitless earth Staff of limitless fire Staff of limitless lava Staff of limitless mud Staff of limitless steam	82	12,071,143 (Air) 12,070,835 (Water) 12,071,310 (Earth) 12,071,199 (Fire) 12,095,087 (Lava) 12,104,674 (Mud) 12,102,037 (Steam)	2023 (82)	Provides unlimited runes of the corresponding element Degrades: has 60,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 10 hours), and costs 1,500,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
	Second-Age staff	80	174,481,830	1924 (80)	Most accurate non-degrading staff outside of Daemonheim
	Chaotic staff	80 80	200,000	1924 (80)	Degrades: has 30,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 5 hours), and costs 2,000,000 coins, or 200,000 coins and 20,000 Dungeoneering tokens to repair
	Attuned crystal staff	80 50	Attuned crystal weapon seed and 2000 harmonic dust	1924 (80)	Has a chance (up to 12%, based on Agility level) to deal +25% damage Degrades: has 50,000 charges of combat (double charges used outside of Prifddinas; a minimum of about 8 hours inside), and can be repaired by Eluned/Islwyn for a minimum of 200,000 coins
	Zuriel's staff	78	12,452,747	1829 (78)	Degrades to nothing after 100,000 charges Has a special attack, Miasmic Barrage, which deals up to 200% spell damage to the target whilst also temporarily reducing their attack speed and applying the Confuse effect
	Sunspear (magic)	78 River of Blood	Free after River of Blood quest 600,000 to reclaim	1829 (78)	Can switch combat styles to Sunspear (melee) or Sunspear (ranged) Degrades: has 15,000 charges of combat, and costs 600,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
	Armadyl battlestaff	77	17,828,844	1783 (77)	Second most accurate non-degrading staff outside of Daemonheim, next to the Second-Age staff Increases the damage of auto-attacks with Storm of Armadyl by 10% Provides air runes when wielded Has a special attack, Tempest of Armadyl, that deals rapid magic damage
	Greater runic staff	75 90	25,000 Runespan points	1694 (75)	Can hold up to 1,000 casts of any single spell, including non-combat spells, saving inventory space
	Staff of light	75	1,842,145	1694 (75)	1/8 chance to save all runes when autoattacking; this chance increases to 1/5 when wearing combat robes and 1/2 when wearing battle robes Can cast the Slayer dart spell Has a special attack, Power of Light, which reduces all incoming melee damage by 50% for one minute; effect lost if the staff is unequipped
	Polypore staff	75	2,363,490	1694 (75)	Can cast Polypore Strike, which is available on any spell book The charges for this spell (up to 3000) are stored in the staff, preserving inventory space Each charge is effectively 799 coins (1 polypore spore and 5 fire runes) Requires 80 Farming to recharge the staff; this is assistable

Dual-wield

Name		Levels	Cost	Accuracy (Tier)	Notes
	Wand of the praesul and Imperium core	92	519,656,294 (wand) 403,732,158 (core)	2577 (92)	Degrades: has 60,000 charges of combat (but loses 2 charges per hit, so has a minimum duration of 5 hours of combat), and costs 4,500,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
	Seismic wand and singularity	90	67,589,092 (wand) 153,199,328 (singularity)	2458 (90)	Degrades: has 30,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 5 hours), and costs 4,500,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
	Elite seasinger kiba and makigai	88 92	1 Seasinger kiba 1 Seasinger makigai 2 Seasinger weapon upgrade kit 15 Chi	2343 (88)	Requires players to play Player-owned ports in order to obtain Complete seasinger weapon scroll Degrades: has 60,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 10 hours), and costs 3,750,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand.
	Wand of the Cywir elders and orb	85	18,908,508 (wand) 13,479,231 (orb)	2458 (90)	It has the accuracy of a tier-90 weapon, but the damage of a tier-80 weapon. Degrades: has 60,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 10 hours), and costs 2,750,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
	Seasinger kiba and makigai	85 92	150 Chi 75 Koi Scales 2 Gemstone kaseki	2178 (85)	Requires players to play Player-owned ports in order to obtain Complete seasinger weapon scroll Degrades: has 30,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 5 hours), and costs 3,750,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand, or using trade goods or gemstone kaseki
	Virtus wand and book	80	7,504,024 (wand) 7,862,184 (book)	1924 (80)	Book can be substituted by a shield for greater defensive stats, but at a cost to damage dealt Degrades: has 30,000 charges of combat (a minimum of 5 hours), and costs 3,000,000 coins to repair via a Repair NPC, or discounted at an armour stand
	Attuned crystal wand and orb	80 50	Attuned crystal weapon seed and 2000 harmonic dust	1924 (80)	Like other attuned crystal weapons, has a chance based on the user's agility level to deal 25% more damage on any given attack (12% at 99 agility) Degrades: has 50,000 charges of combat (double charges used outside of Prifddinas; a minimum of about 8 hours inside), and can be repaired by Eluned/Islwyn for a minimum of 200,000 coins each
	Abyssal wand and orb	75	273,696 (wand) 268,162 (orb)	1694 (75)	Highest levelled non-degrading dual wielding Magic weapons outside Daemonheim 1/8 chance to save all runes when autoattacking; this chance increases to 1/5 when wearing combat robes and 1/2 when wearing battle robes Can cast the Slayer dart spell

Drop sources

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Source	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Nex	1001	1	Rare

Transcript

The following text is transcluded from Transcript:Virtus book.

Compiled reports of the Sedecim legion to the command of Nex; Year 1987 of the Zarosian Empire calendar - Solar quarter.

Virtus - Secundus nundinal

---

We split from General Zamorak's group a while back as they continue west towards Prifddinas. I have a terrible feeling in my gut that something awful is due to happen. No, Perjour is with them, the dancer is unfailingly loyal and the party is more than capable of dealing with these elves. We must press on, as Glacies and I are due to reach Ghorrock soon. We'll meet with the matriarch, Lamahastrac, then rest and make preparations for the coming weeks. As ordered, I am to oversee the new magical fortifications being constructed in a around the fortress while Glacies heads out into the snowfields to the west. There she can spend time to confirm and study the lingering magic reportedly locked into the surrounding rock, snow and ice.

---

A scholar and some local miners were sent out from the fortress alongside Glacies and confirmed that some of the strata, speculated to have formed roughly 500 years apart, leaks a strange energy from particularly dense concentrations of black and purple crystals. Their formation remains a mystery but my suspicion is that that they appeared as an unintended result of the secretive ritual conducted nearby by those closest to our lord. The dates appear to match Ghorrock's records. I was brought a small sample and the magical energy was unlike any I have encountered myself. This is nothing like the primal forces that might be bound into runes, it's something purer. Glacies could only describe interaction with it as feeling like that of an embrace, or raw emotion, from something greater than a single being. Most unscientific, but she seems able to manipulate the energy. I leave her to experiment while I travel to the other Forinthry fortresses and assess their defensive feasability.

-Virtus; Secundus nundinal, throughout, of the Solar quarter.

Pernix - Quintus nundinal

---

Report; Quintus nundinal/Solar quarter.

Primusdie;

-Located the mole. Will observe. Saradominist.

-Operating with Lucien's command. Unbeknownst to him

-Poorly skilled in subterfuge. Rookie mistakes.

-Have been controlling flow of information.

-Yet to glean anything of note.

Quintusdie;

-Lucien's company moving westwards. Pursuing.

-Acquired information on direct Saradominist communication line.

-Certain there's something larger here.

-Monitoring.

Octavusdie;

-Spy discovered by Lucien.

-No action was undertaken. Odd.

-Gestures accompanying the word 'staff' indicate importance.

-Will monitor direct comms closely.

-Pernix

Virtus - Sextus nundinal

---

I return to Ghorrock after three weeks to find the strange energy gone and Glacies transformed. Inhuman, but somehow not. The body is changed but the essence remains, conscious, unfazed and entirely tuned to ice magic. She tells me that this energy only reacted to fill a void, that she drained her own life to weave this strange power into her very soul. Had I been present I wouldn't have allowed such a dangerous act. Necromancy is better left to those skilled enough to join Zemouregal's legion but the result is agreeable. There's a certain... something that I feel in her now that I always did in you, my Legatus, that might complement your own magical skills perfectly. Might we investigate other reports of this energy with my other three preferred disciples I would request that, should they live up to their potential, they all be promoted to rank among your personal guard.

Annakarl is impenetrable. Their bulwark, physically and strategically is perfect. It would take the combined armies of two gods to destroy it! Dareeyak, conversely, is complacent. Citing their geographical position in the empire as an excuse for a lackluster resolve on defence, they rebuff my advice in every instance. Perhaps a direct visit from a legate might spur their action.

Carrallanger struggles to expand with their limited manpower and would significantly benefit from outside reinforcement. Despite this they are adequately cautious. Balustan, a dragon rider in the post of security head had slowed me down significantly because of the most minor mistake on one of my papers. Spies from the outside worry me not here. However two of the others in charge, Apropos and Morvannon, were absent. With no adequate excuse offered by their colleagues I've left men to follow up on this issue, though authoritative action might be required.

-Virtus

Primusdie, Sextus nundial of the Solar quarter.

Torva - Sextus nundinal

---

-Battle report; Pre-emptive engagement with enemy forces - southwest Hallowvale

-Tribunus Torva of the Sedecim Legion

-Secundusdie to Septimusdie. Sextus nundial 1987

The river crossing from Senntisten was uneventful. Umbra's shadow enchantments have continued to prove incredibly useful in the movement of troops. My battalion arrived in my old hometown, Flamtaer, this morning. No. More accurately, what had been rebuilt of it. Our reports from Viggora had been at least in part on point. The old temple, intact after the ripper attack years ago has been intentionally destroyed but the other structures have been crudely rebuilt. The town was swarming with humans in tatty robes and nonchalant icyene but there doesn't appear to be any of the large scale military organisation supposedly recorded by his scouts. No discipline, no structured drills, barely any patrols.

We were spotted of course, that was our intention, and easily overwhelmed their rabbled forces. This was to be a pre-emptive strike against aggressors from the Hallowed land but our presence here will be seen as an act of invasion. I fear we face a counterattack larger and better organised in future than the battle we expected here. Worse, a significant portion of the Senntisten guard were unnecessarily enlisted into my forces for this needless operation, leaving the golden city relatively undefended. There will need to be stern repercussions against General Viggora.

Disassembly

Disassembly XP	24.0
Item quantity required	1
Material count	8
Base junk chance	?  2.3% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 2.3% 1 34 2.3% 2 49 2.3% 3 64 2.2% 4 69 2.2% 5 78 2.1% 6 83 2.1% 7 91 2.0% 8 95 2.0% 9 105 1.9%
Possible materials
Special
4 × Zaros components	100%
Often
Delicate parts	35%
Magic parts	29.5%
Smooth parts	29.5%
Rarely
Enhancing components	3%
Ethereal components	2%
Faceted components	1%

Defined properties:

All Junk chance: 2.3 Junk chance: 2.3

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Trivia

• Before an update on 25 March 2013, the book, along with the Virtus wand, did not split in CoinShare.
• The book and wand were given a server-wide announcement 30 October 2013.
• Prior to the update on 7 January 2014, the Virtus book and Virtus wand were the highest-tier weapons outside of Daemonheim that did not degrade.
• On 28 September 2015 the book became readable, containing Zarosian lore.