Tome

Tomes
A tome is a special book that will permanently increase the Ability stat that it effects. Tomes come in 7 varieties (1 for each Ability, plus one for all abilities.):


 * Manual of Gainful Exercise (Strength)
 * Manual of Quickness in Action (Dexterity)
 * Manual of Leadership and Influence (Charisma)
 * Tome of Clear Thought (Intelligence)
 * Tome of Understanding (Wisdom)
 * Manual of Bodily Health (Constitution)
 * Supreme Tome (All abilities)

Tomes will come in the range of +1 to +5, although only up to +4 is currently available.


 * +1 Tomes can drop in ordinary chests of loot level 9+
 * +2 Tomes can drop in ordinary chests of loot level 17+ or as a raid reward item. You can also get one at your 1750 favor reward.
 * +3 Tomes can drop in raids, as a raid reward item, or as a Jester of Festivult reward for a gold coin.
 * +4 Tomes can be a Jester of Festivult reward for a gold coin although the chance is miniscule. Several have been given out over the years. +4 Tomes can drop in the Tower of Despair, Zawabi's Revenge on Epic Difficulty and The Vault of Night on Epic Difficulty. There is also a chance of getting a +4 tome in your 20th completion end reward list from Tower of Despair, but not the other raids.
 * +5 Tomes were planned around level 20. They do not exist in the game yet.

Only the highest value + for a given ability will affect your character, so using two +1 strength tomes will not raise your strength by 2. But if you used a +2 after a +1, the +2 will replace the effect of the +1.

Most raid loot tomes (+2, +3 and +4) are bind to character on acquire and cannot be passed to other characters after being looted. The only exception are +3s in Epic Zawabis Revenge, which are sometimes bind to account on acquire.

Tomes originally had no minimum level to use them, but they were retroactively changed, so all current tomes have a minimum level to use them. These are also the levels at which the tomes come into effect (or partial effect) during a Greater or Lesser Reincarnation.
 * +1 Tomes can be used at level 3 and higher
 * +2 Tomes can be used at level 7 and higher
 * +3 Tomes can be used at level 11 and higher
 * +4 Tomes can be used at level 15 and higher

Note that the effects of a tome don't apply until after you use them (so if you use a +2 INT tome at level 7, you will have an additional skill point at level-up 8 and beyond). Intelligence tome bonuses are not retroactive, but other tome bonuses are (you get additional HP as if you had the CON since level 1, etc.).