Almanac
Almanacs can be STUDIED every 10 real life minutes to gain field experience; filling a skill by 50%. Almanacs come in random skill and specified skill variants. Some are limited to skills within a single skillset while others randomly choose a skillset and skill.
Only random-allskill almanacs and specific-skill almanacs will teach guild skill. Random-skillset almanacs will not teach the guild skill.
Almanacs share a global cooldown timer on both player and almanac for STUDY. You must wait 10 minutes after studying one almanac before studying another almanac. Almanacs can be shared (as they don't bond) but the 10 minute timer would also apply to the shared recipient.
Almanacs are sourced via microtransaction events, estate holder LTB purchases at the Squat Bungalow in Fang Cove and at auction.
Random-skill Syntax
- STUDY You believe you would learn something significant about <skill/skillset> if you were to OPEN the XXXX almanac and STUDY its contents.
- OPEN You open the XXXX almanac
- CLOSE You close the XXXX almanac.
Specific-skill Syntax
You believe you could TURN almanac TO (SKILL) to select a topic to research.
You believe you would learn something significant about the (SKILL) if you were to OPEN the encyclopedic almanac and STUDY its contents.
- OPEN You open the encyclopedic almanac
- CLOSE You close the encyclopedic almanac.
- TURN You turn your encyclopedic almanac to the section on (SKILL).
Messaging
- STUDY when off cooldown: You set about studying your XXXX almanac intently. You believe you've learned something significant about <skill>!
- STUDY when on cooldown: You've gleaned all the insight you can from the XXXX almanac, for now.
- STUDY when on cooldown by Someone Else: The pages of the XXXX almanac seem worn, so you decide not to risk damaging them.
Variations
| Item | Found |
|---|---|
| Austere scholar's tome | Taisidon Mystery 446/A'baya Esplanade,Taisidon Mystery 443/A'baya Esplanade,Taisidon Mystery 439/A'baya Esplanade,Taisidon Mystery 435/A'baya Esplanade |
| Eclectic artisan's manual painted with a vibrant Taisidonian landscape | Taisidon Mystery 446/A'baya Esplanade,Taisidon Mystery 443/A'baya Esplanade,Taisidon Mystery 439/A'baya Esplanade,Taisidon Mystery 435/A'baya Esplanade |
| Elegant diamond-hide almanac bearing a platinum Estate Holder's crest | Squat Bungalow (2) |
| Encyclopedic almanac carefully bound with a shadowleaf cover | Droughtman's Challenge 444/End loot,Droughtman's Challenge 441/End loot,Droughtman's Challenge 437/End loot,Droughtman's Challenge 433/End loot,Droughtman's Challenge 430/End loot |
| Heavy treatise chased with navigational coordinates upon its quelium spine | Taisidon Mystery 446/A'baya Esplanade,Taisidon Mystery 443/A'baya Esplanade,Taisidon Mystery 439/A'baya Esplanade,Taisidon Mystery 435/A'baya Esplanade |
| Hefty omnibus almanac with a sturdy indurium cover | Squat Bungalow (2),Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 447/End loot,Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 443/End loot,Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 439/End loot,Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 436/End loot,Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 432/End loot,Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 428/End loot |
| Lengthy barkcloth monograph with a pebble mosaic cover | Taisidon Mystery 446/A'baya Esplanade,Taisidon Mystery 443/A'baya Esplanade,Taisidon Mystery 439/A'baya Esplanade,Taisidon Mystery 435/A'baya Esplanade |
| Opulent Taisidon silkcress-bound almanac with diacan edged pages | Taisidon Mystery 446/A'baya Esplanade,Taisidon Mystery 443/A'baya Esplanade,Taisidon Mystery 439/A'baya Esplanade,Taisidon Mystery 435/A'baya Esplanade |
| Rugged morgawr leather almanac with waxed pages | House of the Revenant Fang 437/Shadowy Safehouse,House of the Revenant Fang 433/Shadowy Safehouse,Aesthene's Close 445/Vault,Aesthene's Close 441/Vault |
| Slender almanac bound between polished kertig plates | Drathrok's Duskruin 442/Drathrok's Assemblage,Drathrok's Duskruin 438/Drathrok's Assemblage,Drathrok's Duskruin 435/Drathrok's Assemblage,Drathrok's Duskruin 448/End Loot,Drathrok's Duskruin 446/Drathrok's Assemblage |
| Slim almanac illustrated with an elegantly curled feather quill | Return to the Keep 431/Supply Wagon |
| Slim almanac with a thin kiralan cover | Guildfest 431/Auction |
| Weighty almanac bound in rich purple leather and a golden closed-eye clasp | Su Helmas: Seeds of Entropy/End loot,Su Helmas 444: Make Haste!/End loot,Su Helmas 440: Entrapped/End loot,Su Helmas 438: The Forbidden Temple/End loot,Su Helmas 434: The Forbidden Temple/End loot |