Jun 15, 2010, 06:09 AM // 06:09 | #1 |
Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Profession: W/Mo
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Tomes
I was wondering about tomes...
how do you get them, are they drops or can you buy them? I just found out about them |
Jun 15, 2010, 07:03 AM // 07:03 | #2 |
Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Italy
Profession: Mo/
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They drop in HM from monsters and locked chests, and you can buy them from other players.
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Jun 15, 2010, 07:06 AM // 07:06 | #3 |
Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Nov 2007
Guild: The Lost Souls Of Jugdement [KJCD]
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Tomes are dropped from foes and locked chests in HM or traded for zaishen coins in great temple of balthazar. Elite tome drop from bosses, regular from regular tomes. You can also buy them from other players. For more detailed information, check wiki.
EDIT: can also drop from the zaishen chest, forgot that, sorry. Last edited by Yasmine; Jun 15, 2010 at 07:08 AM // 07:08.. |
Jun 15, 2010, 08:34 AM // 08:34 | #4 |
Forge Runner
Join Date: Nov 2006
Guild: Crazy ducks from the Forest
Profession: W/
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HM is short for Hard Mode, btw. Since they're random, you'd best try and buy them from other players.
Their effect is that when you use a tome, you can learn a skill that your account has already unlocked. Useful for getting skills early. |
Jun 15, 2010, 12:22 PM // 12:22 | #5 |
Never Too Old
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Rhode Island where there are no GW contests
Guild: Order of First
Profession: W/R
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Here is the wiki page link for "Unlock" which explains that term. http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Unlocked
To use a tome, your character must be either primary or secondary profession that matches the tome.
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Jun 15, 2010, 12:57 PM // 12:57 | #6 |
Forge Runner
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Mableton, Georgia
Guild: Guild Ancestors Reunited [?????????]
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And you can trade in Zaishen Coins for tomes.
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Jun 15, 2010, 01:45 PM // 13:45 | #7 |
Desert Nomad
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: S. Wales
Profession: Mo/Me
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Jun 15, 2010, 02:22 PM // 14:22 | #8 |
Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: in the know
Guild: Chronic Chaos
Profession: N/Me
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If you are new to the game, don't worry about tomes yet. They are used when you want a skill that one of your characters has unlocked and you want another character to have.
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Jun 15, 2010, 03:41 PM // 15:41 | #9 |
Jungle Guide
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Montreal
Guild: [CDDR]
Profession: R/
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That or if you have spare balthazar points and you want to get a skill you would normally only be able to get late in the game. However if you just started playing, it's unlikely that scenario applies to you.
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Jun 15, 2010, 06:55 PM // 18:55 | #10 |
Forge Runner
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Mableton, Georgia
Guild: Guild Ancestors Reunited [?????????]
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Agreed 100%. I've personally never used my zcoins to purshace tomes but i do know people who have done so in the past just to sell me an elite rit tome here or there for 8k (which is a loss on their part). :P
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Jun 16, 2010, 02:44 AM // 02:44 | #11 |
Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Profession: W/Mo
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thanks for your help guys
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