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Bilal.Itani · Jun 15, 2010, 06:09 AM // 06:09

I was wondering about tomes...
how do you get them, are they drops or can you buy them?
I just found out about them

Swahnee · Jun 15, 2010, 07:03 AM // 07:03

They drop in HM from monsters and locked chests, and you can buy them from other players.

Yasmine · Jun 15, 2010, 07:06 AM // 07:06

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.

Iuris · Jun 15, 2010, 08:34 AM // 08:34

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.

*Darcy* · Jun 15, 2010, 12:22 PM // 12:22

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.

jonnieboi05 · Jun 15, 2010, 12:57 PM // 12:57

And you can trade in Zaishen Coins for tomes.

Mr. G · Jun 15, 2010, 01:45 PM // 13:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonnieBoi05

And you can trade in Zaishen Coins for tomes.

Though given the low price of tomes this is rarely a worthwhile thing to do (unless you have a lolt of coins spare)

Wyndy · Jun 15, 2010, 02:22 PM // 14:22

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.

tijo · Jun 15, 2010, 03:41 PM // 15:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wyndy

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.

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.

jonnieboi05 · Jun 15, 2010, 06:55 PM // 18:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. G

Though given the low price of tomes this is rarely a worthwhile thing to do (unless you have a lolt of coins spare)

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

Bilal.Itani · Jun 16, 2010, 02:44 AM // 02:44

thanks for your help guys

Jun 15, 2010, 06:09 AM // 06:09	#1
Bilal.Itani Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Ontario (Canada) Profession: W/Mo	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, 07:06 AM // 07:06	#3
Yasmine Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Nov 2007 Guild: The Lost Souls Of Jugdement [KJCD]	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, 12:22 PM // 12:22	#5
Darcy Never Too Old Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rhode Island where there are no GW contests Guild: Order of First Profession: W/R	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. __________________ That's me, the old stick-in-the-mud non-fun moderator. (and non-understanding, also)

Jun 15, 2010, 07:03 AM // 07:03	#2
Swahnee Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Italy Profession: Mo/	They drop in HM from monsters and locked chests, and you can buy them from other players.

Jun 15, 2010, 08:34 AM // 08:34	#4
Iuris Forge Runner Join Date: Nov 2006 Guild: Crazy ducks from the Forest Profession: W/	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, 12:57 PM // 12:57	#6
jonnieboi05 Forge Runner Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mableton, Georgia Guild: Guild Ancestors Reunited [?????????]	And you can trade in Zaishen Coins for tomes.

Jun 15, 2010, 02:22 PM // 14:22	#8
Wyndy Krytan Explorer Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: in the know Guild: Chronic Chaos Profession: N/Me	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.

Jun 16, 2010, 02:44 AM // 02:44	#11
Bilal.Itani Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Ontario (Canada) Profession: W/Mo	thanks for your help guys