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Tomes or Codices (plural of Codex) can be thought of as Alternate Advancement part 2. Due to client restrictions, new AA's can not be added to Shards of Dalaya, and Tomes are the solution to this. Various tomes exist in the game, be they store bought, quested, or droppped. Tome itself is a blanket term, and 'tome' items aren't necessarily called Tomes at all.

A Tome must be 'filled' with exp to get its benefit. This is done by right clicking the Tome to read it. Any prerequisites or limitations are written within. If you are eligible to use the tome you will receive a message telling you so, and from then on your normal exp bar represents the earned tome experience. For some tomes, the benefit will be gained as you earn experience, for others you will receive no benefit until you level it up completely.

When it is filled it can be disposed of, you do not need to hold on to it any more. Only one tome can be 'active' at a time, but there is no penalty for switching which tome is active ahead of time. The amount of exp you had in the previous tome is saved, and you can continue right where you left off. The amount of exp a tome needs tends to be measured in equivalent AA levels, and the amount needed vary greatly from tome to tome.

There is no limit to the number of tomes which can be learned. It is safe to switch tomes mid-way, and safe to switch back without losing any progress. If a tome is moved within a bag it becomes inactive and any experience gained will be lost unless the tome is reactivated, another tome is activated, or experience is moved to AAs.

The most common Tome by far, the Codex of Power, can be bought in Erimal library. They cost about 1.7k Platinum per volume, with 5 volumes total, which must be used in turn. To use them, you need 250+ AAs to begin with.

While exact numbers are not known at this point, it is estimated that around 40-41 million experience points are needed to complete each volume of the codex of power. This number has been difficult to calculate, but it is a good estimate and a bit more informative than the standard "200 AAs" estimate. This is especially true if you consider an approximate 250,000 experience points per AA. Further research is needed.

Known Old-World Tomes


Ikisith Tomes

In order to begin using any tome from Ikisith, you must hand it in to Apprentice Vaceth (Valley of Erimal  at 1151, 860, -42  • Palace library - first floor) to be translated (much like Ancient Spell Scrolls and Eldritch Spell Scrolls). There is a translation fee of 500 Platinum for level I tomes, 1200 Platinum for level II tomes, and (Unknown) Platinum for level III tomes.

Tome become no drop after they are translated. This can not be undone.

All listed experience requirements are based on a 2.5% experience penalty. Multiply the required exp by .975 if you have no racial experience bonus, by .95 if you have 2.5% racial experience bonus, or by .925 if you have 5% racial experience bonus. (It is believed that the racial experience bonuses are calculated in this inaccurate manner).