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Archive of 7:10, 22 April 2008

Please request assistance on the Project Page. --mendel 23:32, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Elite Tomes
How do I get an elite necromancer tome? I don't want to pay the 8.5k some people ask for them. Also, can tomes only be used for skills already available to you?


 * Tomes can only be used for skills that are already unlocked on your account. In hard mode, most characters have a (very small) probability of dropping a tome.  ONLY bosses drop elite tomes, and other mobs drop normal tomes.  The class of the tome will be the same as the class of the boss.  Elite necromancer tomes are thus dropped by hard mode necromancer bosses, but with very small probability.  My experience has been that I get around 1 elite tome per 50 or so hard mode missions cleared in the normal course of playing the game--and that one elite tome probably won't be of whichever class you want.


 * Realistically, if you want an elite necromancer tome and don't have one, the solution is to buy it. If you're unwilling to do that, just use a signet of capture to get the skill you want.  That will probably be a lot easier than trying to farm an elite necromancer tome.  Quizzical 02:59, 2 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Tomes are generally more of use when you've already unlocked a lot of skills (the easiest way is via Alliance Battling with the resulting Balthazar points or, alternately, going after elites with the intent of gaining the Skill Hunter title on one character). It's generally worthwhile to get the Skill Hunter title, since that makes all the skills available for a "little" cash. I generally only use an elite tome to get an early elite for a new character, when the design requires a skill that isn't available to an early character due to the location of the nearest boss being deep in the game. Also, you will probably find that farming Luxon faction points by re-vanquishing Luxon areas (probably Kurzick, too, but I haven't done that) is going to net you a lot of spare skill points, as well as gold, both of which are relevant to gaining the Skill Hunter title. So consider doing that, alternating it with going after the skills.