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{{Infobox Item
|name = Zamorak's unholy book
|image = [[File:Unholy book.png]]
|release = [[17 November]] [[2004]]
|update = Horror From The Deep
|members = Yes
|quest = [[Horror from the Deep]]
|tradeable = No
|equipable = Yes
|stackable = No
|high = 120
|low = 80
|value = 200
|destroy = Drop
|store = No
|examine = The unholy book of Zamorak.
|weight = 1
}}

[[File:Unholy book detail.png|left|75px]]'''Zamorak's unholy book ''' is a book held in place of a shield. For information on how to acquire a god book, see the [[god books#Obtaining|god books]] article. Zamorak's unholy book must be made using all four torn [[Zamorak pages]] which can be purchased from other players, obtained from treasure trails or by cremating a [[Vyrewatch]]. If you lose this item you can reclaim it at the [[Lighthouse]] by speaking to [[Jossik]] at no cost to the player (when retrieved, lost prayer books contain all the pages that were previously added to them).

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 unholy book]]. This leaves you with both the Zamorak's unholy book and an Illuminated unholy book.

With Zamorak's unholy book, a player can preach and perform ceremonies, such as blessing, last rites, and wedding rites by operating it. Also, if a player's [[Prayer]] level is 50 or higher, they can bless [[Unholy symbol]]s with Zamorak's unholy book by expending 40 Prayer points for each symbol. When performing blessings, wedding ceremonies, last rites, or when preaching, 25% of the special attack bar is spent.

Zamorak's unholy Book is also very useful for [[Barrows]] because it gives good prayer and attack bonuses. It is also commonly used as a sidearm with a one handed ranging weapon such as a [[crossbow]], as it provides the highest range attack bonus of any sidearm available. Also, with Zamorak's unholy book and a [[rune crossbow]] equipped, a player's ranged attack bonus will just surpass the ranged attack bonus of the [[dark bow]], although it is considerably lower than a [[Magic longbow (sighted)|sighted magic longbow]] (+140). Although a [[Chaotic crossbow]] with Zamorak's unholy Book will have almost as high ranged attack bonus as the [[Magic longbow (sighted)|sighted magic longbow]], with +128 compared to the sighted longbow's +140.

Prior to the release of the [[defender]]s, Zamorak's unholy book was often used in conjunction with an [[abyssal whip]] or other high-level single-handed weapon because it provided the best offensive bonuses of any shield. However, all defenders [[mithril defender|mithril]] and above have higher melee attack bonuses, limiting Zamorak's unholy book's use mainly to players using [[Magic]], [[Ranged]], and 1 defence pures. Despite this, it is the most popular, and by extension the most expensive, of all God Books. Zamorak's unholy book used to cost around 1.3m before the Treasure Trails update. Since then, the price of the book has rapidly been rising.

'''Filling the Unholy book with all pages currently costs {{formatnum:{{#expr:{{Exchange:Zamorak page 1|View=price}}+{{Exchange:Zamorak page 2|View=price}}+{{Exchange:Zamorak page 3|View=price}}+{{Exchange:Zamorak page 4|View=price}}}}}} coins.'''
'''Note: Once you have filled the book, you cannot take the pages out.'''

{{Infobox Bonuses
|slot = shield
|astab = +8
|aslash = +8
|acrush = +8
|amagic = +8
|arange = +8
|dstab = 0
|dslash = 0
|dcrush = 0
|dmagic = 0
|drange = 0
|dsummon = 0
| absorbmelee = 0%
| absorbmagic = 0%
| absorbranged = 0%
|str = 0
|rangestr = 0
|prayer = +5
|image= Unholy book equipped.png{{!}}120px
|caption= A player wielding Zamorak's unholy book.
|magicdamage = 0
}}

== Compared to others ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="2" rowspan="1"| Item
! [[File:Magic-icon.png]] attack
! [[File:Magic-icon.png]] defence
! [[File:Magic-icon.png]] absorption
|-
| [[File:Arcane spirit shield.png]]
| [[Arcane spirit shield]]
| +20
| +2
| 0%
|-
| [[File:Celestial surgebox.png]]
| [[Celestial surgebox]]
| +7
| +7
|0%
|-
| [[File:Eagle-eye kiteshield.png]]
| [[Eagle-eye kiteshield]]
| +0
| +25
| +14%
|-
| [[File:Farseer kiteshield.png]]
| [[Farseer kiteshield]]
| +17
| +5
| +7%
|-
| [[File:Incomplete ancient book.png]]
| [[Ancient Book]]
| +6
| +6
| 0%
|-
| [[File:Mages' book.png]]
| [[Mages' book]]
| +15
| +15
| 0%
|-
| [[File:Sacred clay shield (magic).png]]
| [[Sacred clay shield (magic)]]
| +0
| +30
| 0%
|-
| [[File:Spectral spirit shield.png]]
| [[Spectral spirit shield]]
| +0
| +30
| 0%
|-
| [[File:Tome of frost.png]]
| [[Tome of frost]]
| +10
| +10
| 0%
|-
| [[File:Unholy book.png]]
| Unholy Book
| +8
| +0
| 0%
|-
| [[File:Ward of subjugation.png]]
| [[Ward of subjugation]]
| +16
| +3
| 6%
|}

==Transcript==
===Wedding Ceremony===
*Two great warriors, joined by hand, to spread destruction across the land. In Zamorak's name, now two are one.
===Last Rites===
*The weak deserve to die, so the strong may flourish. This is the will of Zamorak.

===Blessing===
*May your bloodthirst never be sated, and may all your battles be glorious. Zamorak bring you strength.
===Preach===
*Battles are not lost and won; They simply remove the weak from the equation. Zamorak give me strength!
*Those who fight, then run away, shame Zamorak with their cowardice. Zamorak give me strength!
*Battle is my calling, and death shall be my rest. Zamorak give me strength!
*There is no opinion that cannot be proven true, by crushing those who choose to disagree with it. Zamorak give me strength!
*Strike fast, strike hard, strike true: The strength of Zamorak will be with you. Zamorak give me strength!

==Trivia==
*Since the [[God book]]s of [[Guthix's book of balance|Guthix]], [[Armadyl's book of law|Armadyl]] and [[Bandos' book of war|Bandos]] are all called after the alignment of its representing [[god]], it is more (logically) consistent to call Zamorak's book "Book of Chaos", since he is [[Zamorak|the god of Chaos]]. This is the same for [[Saradomin's holy book|Saradomin's book]]. As he is [[Saradomin|the god of Order]] his book (in order to maintain consistency), should be now called: Saradomin's book of order. But since [[Zaros]] isn't officially well known, his alignment isn't known, and all his other items are referred to as '[[Ancient]]', it indeed makes (more) sense that his book is called: [[Ancient book]].
*The pages for the book were, for the most part of 2007-2008, approximately 250k. They went as low as 100k per page in late 2008/early 2009, before rising to their current prices.
* Although this book is not considered a piece of ranged equipment, it has the highest ranged bonus of any item in the off-hand slot.

==See also==
*[[Guthix's book of balance]]
*[[Saradomin's holy book]]
*[[Damaged book]]
*[[Armadyl's book of law]]
*[[Bandos' book of war]]
*[[Ancient book]]

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