This page details the Rare Book Locations needed for the quest The Pen Is Mightier....
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Locations of Books
Rare Book #1: City of Aurora
- Location: Climb the large stone stairs to the temple in Aurora and approach the altar inside. The book is on the right-hand side of the altar, near some candles.
Rare Book #2: City of Aurora
- Location: This book is sitting on the edge of a wall shrine near an arch. It is by the looping path leading away from the shrine and right near a Gnome. The "Wanderer's Retreat" house can be seen further on. You can fast travel to the "Wanderer's Retreat" to save some time and effort. Facing the "Wanderer's Retreat" turn left and head up the hill a short way you will see a wall shrine on your left and hear the gnome talking. If you make it to the top of the hill you've gone too far.
Rare Book #3: Bowerstone Castle
- Name: Alchemy and Immortality
- Location: Inside of the castle, head upstairs and turn left until you reach the master bedroom. In the small adjoining room to the right, the book can be found on one of the children's beds.
Rare Book #4: Bowerstone Industrial
- Location: You will find this book on a table near the piano inside the The Riveter's Rest pub.
Rare Book #5: Bowerstone Market
- Name: Tyranny of Tyrants
- Location: You will find this book when you enter the The Cock in the Crown pub in the center of the market area. Go up the stairs and follow the balcony around to the table and chairs near the window.
Rare Book #6: Bowerstone Market
- Location: In the game map, zoom to Bowerstone Market and locate "The Dollhouse" on the left-hand side of the southernmost cluster of homes (just outside the city wall, going towards Millfields). Go up the steps to the upstairs entrance; the book is located on a bed in the corner of the room.
Rare Book #7: Bowerstone Old Quarter
- Location: You will find this book at the base of the statue of a man with a telescope in the park where the road curves up the hill.
Rare Book #8: Brightwall Village
- Location: Travel to Brightwall's "Ye Quill & Quandary" pub. The book is upstairs, located on the bedside table of a small room.
Rare Book #9: Brightwall Village
- Location: Travel to "Fabulous Furnishings", the furniture shop on the top right hand side of the map. Walk left, along the perimeter of the building. The book is on the back side of the shop, perched on top of a windowsill.
Rare Book #10: Brightwall Village
- Location: The book is located atop the upstairs railing inside "Two-Knock House", which can be found near Brightwall Academy.
Rare Book #11: Cesspools (Bowerstone Industrial)
- Location: This book is located in the "Cesspools" sub-region of Bowerstone Industrial. Fast travel to the "Wobble-Fuddlebuck-Glimborg" Mansion (located opposite the orphanage) and enter the Cesspools via the trap door on the ground floor. (Note, prior to the Revolution, the trap door is locked/inaccessible unless you have already accepted the key as part of the Kidnapped side quest.) Walk through the hallway into the main area; the book is located atop a wooden table on the left-hand side, near the back end of the room.
Rare Book #12: Chillbreath Caverns (Mistpeak Valley)
- Location: Find the Chillbreath Caverns entrance nearest the monorail station (it is also the same cavern where you go to find "The Book of Mysteries") and go down the path to where you begin to see the overhead wooden supports. Find the frozen creek between the rocks on the right and follow the ice around to a stack of crates near a bedroll. The book can be found here, either resting on a crate or hovering in midair. (Due to a bug, the game sometimes fails to render the crate, making it appear "invisible.")
Rare Book #13: Dankwater Cavern (Millfields)
- Name: Liver of Darkness
- Location: Dankwater Cavern becomes available during "Hobnobbing With Hobbes". After completing that side quest, return to the area where you left Dans Mourir and enter the water. Head left, swimming all the way back towards the cave entrance, until you reach the underside of the cliff where you first entered the cavern. The book is located here, on top of an old wooden table. This Quest is only available after completing the game, so skip it if you have not finished it yet and come back later.
Rare Book #14: Driftwood
- Location: In the game map, zoom to Driftwood and locate "Giftwood", a turquoise caravan on the small island to the far left. Directly below Giftwood is the entrance to a mine, which is where you will find the book. Head inside and look for the book, which is sitting on a crate on the left-hand side (or right, if you came in from the beach) of the mine. (Note: All of this assumes you have already unlocked Driftwood, completed Giftwood for Driftwood, etc.) To find the entrence to the mine(If you have not completed Giftwood for Driftwood) look towards the spire as you approach the water. There is a very small island with a large tree and rock and a rowboat on it. The Island ajoining this very small island will have a mine entrence facing the very small island.
Rare Book #15: Dweller Camp
- Location: Locate the "Wimpet's Sniffle" caravan on the Dweller Camp portion of the map. (Upper right-hand side, on top of a hill at the end of a long trail/path, past the hot springs.) The book is located on a table inside.
Rare Book #16: Millfields
- Location: This book is located in Millfields, but the easiest way to find it is to visit Mourningwood and accept the Bored to Death quest, which will direct you to the exact location of the book. Shortly after you acquire the Normanomicon, you will encounter a group of Hollow Men. The "leader" of this attack will emerge from a small nearby crypt. The book is located within this crypt.
- Location (alternate route): Go to the end of the bridge that connects the center island/gazebo with the mainland and turn right. Follow the road along the shore and you'll cross another bridge. Follow the road a little ways more until you encounter a light in the middle of a three-way crossroads. Turn left to go up the hill and you should encounter a small stone fence surrounding an empty circular-looking area with a light pole on the right-hand side of the entrance. Follow the stone fence on the outside and you should go up a hill and find the graveyard. The book is inside the crypt behind the large tree.
Rare Book #17: Mistpeak Valley
- Name: How to be a Crack Shot
- Location: Just outside of the Mistpeak Monorail Station is a ticket booth; the book can be found on the counter inside, near the cash register.
Rare Book #18: Mourningwood
- Location: Fast travel to "Organic Ink" (tattooist) shop, It is on one of the crates (slightly under) the base of the shop near the giant wooden platform.
Rare Book #19: Ossuary (Mourningwood)
- Location: In the Mourningwood Ossuary, (where you deal with Max and Sam after their party) walk just past the golden door (on your left) to find the book on the side railing of the last balcony (to your right). (NOTE: To gain entry you must have completed or started the quest Gone But Not Forgotten)
Rare Book #20: Reaverâs Manor (Millfields)
- Location: When you enter the manor go to the room to the left of the stairs and the book will be on the table near the windows. You will likely run across it during Reaverâs Unmentionables or en route to the The Wheel of Misfortune quest.
Rare Book #21: Reliquary (Brightwall Village)
- Location: Enter the Reliquary via the stairs in Brightwall Academy and head to the far right side of the room. The book can be found on a stand, against the wall, amidst the old bookshelves.
Rare Book #22: Reliquary (Brightwall Village)
- Location: Accepting the quests An Ancient Key, Missing Child and Special Delivery will grant you access to a previously inaccessible (locked) area of the Reliquary. Enter and look for the book to be sitting on a stand in the corner of the room.
Rare Book #23: Sandfall Palace (Shifting Sands)
- Location: Cross the bridge over the first section of water and take the small flight of stairs (heading down towards the sand) on your immediate right. The book is located on the left hand side railing, near some trees on the small beach.
Rare Book #24: Silverpines
- Name: The Very Unsafe Book for Boys, Vol. 3: Boxing
- Location: Fast travel to Finkelhouse Farm, the first cabin in the small circle of homes found near the center of the forest. Walk to your right, around the cabin, and find the book on top of the nearby crates.
Rare Book #25: Sunset House
- Name: The Extraordinary Homunculus of Baron von Orfen
- Location: Locate the gazebo in the wooded area between the Demon Door and Sunset House. The book is sitting on a park bench directly behind the gazebo.
Quest only Books
These books are given as quests by the librarian:
Book of Mysteries
- After returning 5 books
- At the mercenary fort/camp at the end/inside Chillbreath Caverns (The same Cavern that has the 15 silver keys chest in it)
The Invocation of the Watchers
- After returning 11 books (total)
- Fast travel to Bowerstone Old Quarter and follow the trail to the left. Go through a hatch to reach a room with exhibits from the history of the Fable series. There is a flit switch you must activate which animates the statues of three hobbes.
- Once the flit switch is in place two bookcases will open allowing you to get the book.
The Pangs of Sunset
- After returning 17 books (total)
- Location: Mourningwood
- Fast travel to Mourningwood and head to the cemetery where you met up with Sam in the quest "Gone But Not Forgotten" (the path to the entrance of the Ossuary). The book is located nearby at a Dig Spot.
Reaver on Reaver
- After returning 23 books (total)
- Location: Dig spot in the Shifting Sands
- Fast travel to Shifting Sands and follow the glowing trail which runs through the fort. At the exit of the fort, turn right and run until you find a spot with books, a crate and a shovel. The Dig Spot is located there.
The Book of Doom
- After returning 29 books (total)
- Location: The final book in "The Pen is Mightier..." is located in the (previously inaccessible) Reliquary Catacombs. You will need to find and donate all 29 books before Samuel gives you the "Catacomb Key".
- Once you accept the quest, go behind the front desk and head down the steps. Turn right and head through the door and into the room with the suits of armor. Go straight and down another set of steps into the Reliquary. Go straight and at the doorway, turn right, then head down two flights of stairs. At the bottom of the stairs, make a right and open the door. Head straight, turn left at the doorway and go down the steps. At the bottom of the steps, turn left and open the door. Once the door is opened, make your way up the steps and turn right. There is a book on the pedestal next to the railing on your right. Grab the book and make your way back to Brightwall Academy.