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Unlocking the magic books

From the Fall of Varrock Wiki - Ancient, Lunar and Arceuus are sealed until you clear the Wizard Tower. Here's the exact path.

The Standard spellbook is always available. The three special books - Ancient (Ice Barrage and friends), Lunar (Vengeance) and Arceuus - are sealed on every new account, and no amount of gold opens them. You unlock them by deed:

The unlock path

  1. Finish the Recruit Trials (your automatic starter quest).
  2. The War-Prep chain continues from there: Vannaka drills you to Prayer 37 at the Lumbridge church altar - he supplies 120 dragon bones for it - so you have Protect from Magic.
  3. Vannaka then hands you a mage kit: mystic fire staff, mystic robes, a full rune stock (500 air / 300 water / 300 earth / 300 fire elemental runes plus 500 mind / 300 chaos / 150 death), and 100 noted prayer potions to keep Protect from Magic up.
  4. Follow the marker to the Void Knight at the Wizard Tower bridge (::wizardtower), enter the tower, fight up all three floors, kill Archmage Sedridor, and take his grimoire.
  5. Return to Vannaka - the marker leads you back - for the debrief. He pays you 50,000 coins, the exact price of your next rank.
  6. Follow the marker to Duke Horacio and buy that rank - the rank-up (and the heavier armour tier it unlocks) completes the quest.

Taking the grimoire on your first clear permanently unlocks all three special books on your account.

Switching books

Once unlocked, switch anytime:

  • Altar of the Occult - on the north exit path out of the Lumbridge market courtyard, just past the teleport portal. Left-click Venerate for the picker menu, or right-click straight to Ancient / Lunar / Arceuus.
  • ::spellbook - opens the same picker menu from anywhere
  • ::spellbook ancient / ::spellbook lunar / ::spellbook arceuus / ::spellbook normal

Switching clears your autocast, so re-select your spell after. Locked books show as "(locked)" in the menu with a reminder that the Tower seals them.

Why it's gated

Ancient magic is the PK meta - barrage freezes, blood healing - and Vengeance swings every bridging fight. Locking them behind the Tower means every barrager you meet in the wilderness earned the book, and new players get a clear, single goal for their first hours: clear the Tower.

Wiki › Magic

This page was last edited on 2026-07-10.