Zamorak's Book of Chaos

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Zamorak's Book of Chaos
Release	17 November 2004 (Update)
Members	Yes
Quest item	Horror from the Deep
Properties
Tradeable	No
Stacks in bank	No
Equipable	Yes
Stackable	No
Disassembly	No
Destroy	This book can be reclaimed from the bookcase in your player-owned house for a fee, are you sure you wish to destroy it?
Actions
Backpack	Wear, Check charge, Preach, Destroy
Equipped	Activate/Deactivate, Check charge, Preach
Values
Value	200 coins
Alchemy	Not alchemisable
On death	Reclaimable Reclaim: 30 Sacrifice: 120
Weight	1 kg
Examine
The holy book of Zamorak.
Advanced data
Item ID	3842
Links	MRID • recipe
Calcval parsed	203356
Calcval smw	{{GETotal|Zamorak page 1|Zamorak page 2|Zamorak page 3|Zamorak page 4}}
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Zamorak's Book of Chaos, formerly the Unholy book, is a book held in the pocket slot. For information on how to acquire a god book, see the god books article. Zamorak's Book of Chaos must be made using all four torn Zamorak pages which can be purchased from other players, obtained from treasure trails, cremating a vyrewatch, or opening an ancient casket. With Zamorak's Book of Chaos, a player can preach and perform ceremonies, such as blessing, last rites, and wedding rites by operating it. Also, if a player's Prayer level is 50 or higher, they can bless Unholy symbols with Zamorak's Book of Chaos by expending 40 Prayer points for each symbol.

Lost books of chaos can be reclaimed by speaking to Jossik at the lighthouse, or from a player-owned house bookcase, complete with all pages that have been added, for 100,000 coins. However, the book will lose all its remaining charges, requiring the player to add additional pages in order to activate the passive effect.

After completion of One Piercing Note, if the book has all four pages, it can be used to create an illuminated book of chaos and unlock the god book off-hand override. This requires 60 Crafting and 60 Prayer, and grants 10,000 Prayer and 10,000 Crafting experience (for the first time only). The book of chaos is not consumed in the process.

Filling Zamorak's Book of Chaos with all pages currently costs 203,356 coins.

Book info

Zamorak's Book of Chaos
Author	? (edit)
Readable
Bookcase
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Combat stats

Requirements			Degrades			Tier
30			Yes			None
Class			Slot			Attributes
All						Armour				0.0
						Life points				0
Weapons		Main		Off		Prayer				2
Damage		-		-		Damage reduction
Accuracy		-		-		PvM: 0%			PvP: 0%
Style		-				Style bonuses
Range		-				5.0		5.0		5.0
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Passive

Zamorak's Book of Chaos passive

The book of chaos can be activated like scrimshaw to provide a passive combat effect. The book can be recharged with any Zamorak page, giving 45 minutes of active time per page. This is shared, unchanged, with the illuminated book.

The passive has a 5% chance per hit to activate. When it activates, a dark explosion hits the target and the surrounding targets in a 3x3 area for 150-250% damage (split over all targets) (PvP: 50-150%). Based on K'ril Tsutsaroth's 'YARRR' attack.

Cost

Page	Cost
Zamorak page 1	54,566
Zamorak page 2	52,803
Zamorak page 3	45,302
Zamorak page 4	50,685
Total	203,356

Usage cost

Duration	45 minutes
Item(s) consumed	1 × Zamorak page 1	1 × Zamorak page 2	1 × Zamorak page 3	1 × Zamorak page 4
Total GE Price	54,566	52,803	45,302	50,685
Per hour
Cost	72,755	70,404	60,403	67,580

Transcript

The following text is transcluded from Transcript:Zamorak's Book of Chaos.

Wedding Ceremony

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• May your union not be harmonious, but may your conflicts make you stronger, in Zamorak's name, now two are one.

Last Rites

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• The weak deserve to die, so the strong may flourish. This is the creed of Zamorak.

Blessing

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• May you reject all safe paths, and embrace all challenges. Zamorak bring you strength.

Preach

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• As Zamorak seized the power of godhood, so should you seize all power within your grasp, find strength in the chaos of Zamorak!

Historical version

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Wedding Ceremony

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• Two great warriors, joined by hand, to spread destruction across the land. In Zamorak's name, now two are one.

Last Rites

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• The weak deserve to die, so the strong may flourish. This is the will of Zamorak.

Blessing

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• May your bloodthirst never be sated, and may all your battles be glorious. Zamorak bring you strength.

Preach

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• Battles are not lost and won; They simply remove the weak from the equation. Zamorak give me strength!
• Those who fight, then run away, shame Zamorak with their cowardice. Zamorak give me strength!
• Battle is my those who choose to disagree with it. Zamorak give me strength!
• Strike fast, strike hard, strike true: The strength of Zamorak will be with you. Zamorak give me strength!

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included - see here for how to help out!

• ninja 23 November 2020 (Update):
  • God Books, Illuminated God Books, and Erethdor's Grimoire now toggle 'off' upon death while you have a Ring of Death equipped. This behaviour is in-line with scrimshaws and intended to prevent charges from being wasted while preparing for combat.

• patch 17 December 2013 (Update):
  • The god books have been updated to match the current Sixth Age story.

• patch 4 June 2013 (Update):
  • God-books now stay attached to your hip while woodcutting.

• hotfix 18 March 2013 (Update):
  • Preaching with the various God books will now only preach a certain passage, rather than one out of a possible 6 passages.
  • Players can once again attack from a distance whilst holding a god book.

• patch 1 November 2011 (Update):
  • The blessed god books now all mention the god that they represent.

• update 31 January 2005 (Update):
  • You can now check your prayer books to see which pages you have added.

• update 17 November 2004 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Prior to 22 February 2016, this book used to be held in the off-hand slot.
• It was previously known as Zamorak's unholy book, and had different preachings, which can be read above.