Tome

Tomes are Swampland items with a Countdown effect. A tome does nothing at the start of a battle: its countdown goes down by 1 every turn, and when it reaches 0 the tome triggers one big effect. Tomes are slow, but one that goes off late can turn a battle around. Tome is one of the item tags.

How to get tomes

• All tomes are Rare, except the Mythic Death's Tome.
• Rare tomes come from Ancient Tomes: on the Glyph Ruins island of the Swampland map, and in the Elderwood Cemetery biome of the Kingmaker map (with the yellow Swampland bundle).
• Death's Tome is dropped by the mini boss Murkwater Gator.

Tomes

Item	Rarity	Stats	Effect	Region
Granite Tome	Rare	-	Countdown 4: Gain 20 armor — at Gold: 40 , at Diamond: 80	Swampland
Holy Tome	Rare	-1	Countdown 10: Gain 10 attack	Swampland
Oakheart Tome	Rare	-	Countdown 8: Gain 50 max health	Swampland
Silverscale Tome	Rare	-	Countdown 8: Give the enemy 10 riptide and riptide can activate 1 additional time per turn for the rest of the battle — at Gold: 20 , at Diamond: 40	Swampland
Stormcloud Tome	Rare	-	Countdown 6: Give the enemy 3 stun — at Gold: 6 , at Diamond: 12	Swampland
Slime Tome	Rare	-	Countdown 6: Give the enemy 20 acid	Swampland
Flameburst Tome	Rare	-	Countdown 8: Deal 25 damage	Swampland
Purelake Tome	Rare	-	Countdown 6: Gain 10 purity	Swampland
Sanguine Tome	Rare	-	Countdown 8: Restore 3 health on hit for the rest of the battle	Swampland
Grand Tome	Rare	-	Countdown 12: Trigger all your other tomes	Swampland
Serpent Tome	Rare	1	Countdown 8: Give the enemy 10 poison	Swampland
Death's Tome	Mythic	-	Countdown 10: Deal lethal damage to the enemy	Swampland
Thieves' Tome	Rare	-	Countdown 6: Steal 3 attack from the enemy	Swampland

Items that work with tomes

From the Arcanomancer

The Arcanomancer lets you choose one of these three items:

Item	Rarity	Stats	Effect	Region
Arcane Cloak	Heroic	-	Reset countdowns after they trigger	Swampland
Arcane Gauntlet	Heroic	-	Battle Start: Halve all your countdowns for the rest of the battle	Swampland
Arcane Lens	Heroic	-	If you have exactly 1 equipped tome, it triggers 1 additional time	Swampland

Other items

Item	Rarity	Stats	Effect	Region
Arcane Wand	Rare	0	Can't attack. Turn Start: Deal 1 damage. Increase the damage by 2 for each tome equipped	Swampland
Arcane Quill	Rare	3	Whenever a tome triggers, gain 1 additional strike	Swampland
Arcane Bell	Rare	-	Battle Start: Decrease a random countdown by 2. Symphony	Swampland

Changes

Date	Changes
03/30/2026	Tomes reworked: longer countdowns and stronger effects, and every tome is now Rare. Added Serpent Tome, Death's Tome and the Arcanomancer; removed Cookbook and Tome of the Hero (Patch #13)
10/16/2026	Added Thieves' Tome, removed Music Tome (Patch #16)