Book

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A player reading a book.

Books are items obtained in quests and elsewhere in RuneScape. Most books can be read by players, which provides information ranging from lore to information on game mechanics. When a player reads a book, their character displays an emote of looking at a green covered book, similar to the way reading the World Map displays an emote.

Books in bookcase

Bookcases are built in the Parlour, Quest Hall or Study of a player-owned house. All of the bookcases will contain the same books. Bookcases have the ability to save bank space, because they automatically store most books from previously completed quests and other miscellaneous books. There are some exceptions, and these are listed below. There currently are a total of 96 books that can be stored in a bookcase.

Books are stored in the following order:

(non quest-related books in a random order first, then in alphabetical order of quests)

Inventory-only books

Having these books in your inventory, and using them on the bookcase gives this message: There doesn't seem to be space for that on the bookcase.

Missing books

Some books obtained during the quest "seem" to be missing in the bookcase:

Unreadable books

Some books are unreadable and cannot be taken in the inventory. Some examples follow:

  • From Wizards' Tower library, ground floor. Upon searching the bookcase: There's a large selection of books, the majority of which look fairly old. Some very strange names... You pick one at random:
    • The Life & Times of a Thingummywut by Traiborn the Wizard
    • Wind Strike for Beginners
    • Life With a Wizard Husband ~ a Housewife's Story
    • The Dark Arts of Magical Wands
    • So You Think You're a Mage? Volume 28
    • Fire, Earth and Water ~ What's it all About?
    • How to become the Ultimate Wizard of the Universe
    • 101 Ways to Impress Your Mates with Magic
Interesting... - Only the titles of the books are mentioned, and the books have no image and cannot be read.
  • There are 2 stacks of books outside Nickolaus' tent in the Hunter Woodland area north-west of Eagles' Peak. Upon examining: These books stacked very neatly.

Lores and histories

Main article: Lores and Histories

The Game Guide has additional books of "records of the histories of the great nations of RuneScape, the diaries of bold explorers, and fantastical tales spun in ages past."

Trivia

  • The Mage's book is widely regarded as the hardest book to obtain in the game, and is the most expensive reward available from the Rewards Guardian in the Mage Training Arena activity. It is tradeable from other players for about 3.5 million coins.
  • God books are not tradeable. However, the four God pages needed to fill the Damaged book to make a God book are tradeable in the Grand Exchange. The second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth Damaged books cost 5,000 coins each, and can be bought from Jossik.
  • Bolrie's Diary is attached to the lectern in the Gnome Village Dungeon and cannot be removed. Reading any of the chapters will open a cut scene, and unlock a music track.
  • Recently, a glitch has been reported that a special move while reading a book and walking will result in the player walking inside normally inaccessible places such as inside the walls of Varrock main bank.

See also

References

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