WoW Forever Library Books Guide

Library Books in WoW Forever are small quest items hidden all over Azeroth. Pick one up, carry it to your faction librarian, and it counts toward the Friend of the Library rewards: a neck at 10 books, a ring at 20 and a choice of a ranged slot, shield or off-hand at 25. Every class can collect them. Mages get a bonus on top: the first book they turn in teaches Study.

About 40 different books are known so far, spread across both continents and every level range. Many sit in towns and open camps you pass while leveling, while others hide in caves, ogre towers and high-level zones. Below you will find the rewards and how the count works, both librarians, a full location table sorted by level, and step-by-step directions with screenshots for every book, including the ones that moved in WoW Forever.

WoW Forever Library Book Rewards

Each book you return is its own small quest that gives some experience and silver. The real payoff comes from three milestone quests: Friend of the Library and two quests called Greater Friend of the Library. The count is cumulative, so 25 different books in total unlock all three. You do not need 10 + 20 + 25.

The second and third quests also have a level requirement. The table shows what each milestone needs and the rewards you pick from.

The reward stats have been changed several times during the beta. Truthseeker's Bow now needs level 40 to equip, even though the quest itself opens at 30.

Extra Reward for Mages - Study and Research

When a Mage turns in the first book, they learn Study as part of the new Research skill. It works together with Decipher Scrolls, which Mages learn from their trainer at level 6. Use Study while standing in a library: it consumes a Light Feather and gives a Bundle of Scrolls with Mage scrolls inside.

Beta reports disagree on the cooldown: some players see one hour, others one day. Research can also disappear from the spellbook after a relog on the current beta build.

Mage library books are a separate thing from the Battle Mage weapon. Our WoW Forever Coldflame Saber guide explains how that quest works.

Where to Turn In Library Books

Books go to the librarian of your faction. Both stand next to their capital's Mage services, so Mages can combine the trip with a portal.

The turn-in quest only appears while the book is in your bags, so you can collect several and hand them in on one visit. Each book counts once: if the same title has two spawn points, looting both does not give two books.

Do not delete a book from your bags. On the current beta you cannot loot it again.

Every Known Library Book Location

Most books can be returned by either faction. Six are locked: three Alliance Only books in Alliance towns and three Horde Only books in Horde areas. That still leaves 34 books for each side, well above the 25 you need.

The table is sorted by the level of the zone, so you can grab the low-level books while leveling and come back for the rest later. Coordinates are for the book itself; detailed directions follow in the continent sections.

A few databases also list Nar'thalas Almanac, Vol. 74 in The Barrens, Loch Modan and Stonetalon Mountains, and Stonewrought Design in Burning Steppes. Those coordinates match other scroll spots or the Blackrock Mountain entrance exactly, so they are not separate books. Bewitchments and Glamours has one more spawn on Zephras Isle, covered in the Westfall entry below.

Eastern Kingdoms Library Book Locations

The Eastern Kingdoms hold 26 of the books. They are listed by zone in alphabetical order. Faction-locked books are marked in the location line; everything else can be returned to either librarian.

Defensive Magics 101

Gallows' Corner, Alterac Mountains | /way 48.5 57.6

• Enter the ogre fortress from the Tarren Mill or the Strahnbrad side. The first tower you reach is the one you need.
• Loot the Manual inside the tower to get Defensive Magics 101. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.
• A level 40 ogre guards the room. If you cannot kill it, wait in the corner behind the box while it walks to the stairs, then loot. Classes without stealth can die and resurrect behind the box.

A Web of Lies: Debunking Myths and Legends

Witherbark Village, Arathi Highlands | /way 73.0 65.0

• Loot the Scrolls outside a tent, toward the hut, to get A Web of Lies: Debunking Myths and Legends. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.
• To avoid pulling the trolls, stand inside the tent right behind the scrolls, zoom the camera in close and look down at them. You can loot them through the tent wall.

Mummies: A Guide to the Unsavory Undead

Crypt above the dwarf camp, Badlands | /way 57.0 39.0

• Start the climb at /way 56.0 45.0 and walk up to the small dwarf camp. The crypt is directly above it.
• Inside the crypt, loot the Scrolls next to two skeletons to get Mummies: A Guide to the Unsavory Undead. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.

Stonewrought Design

Center Vault, Blackrock Mountain

• Enter Blackrock Mountain from Burning Steppes or Searing Gorge and go to the large central vault.
• Head down one floor. The book lies on the big platform in the middle of the room, next to the tomb of Franclorn Forgewright. It is outside the Blackrock Depths instance.
• Loot it to get Stonewrought Design. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.

Magma or Lava?

Below the Center Vault, Blackrock Mountain | /way 48.4 63.6

• From the Center Vault, walk past the summoning stone and go down the chain.
• Before you reach Lothos Riftwaker, turn through the doorway on your right.
• Hug the right wall. A few steps in, the book lies on the platform in front of you, still outside the instance. Loot it to get Magma or Lava?. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.

The lava in Blackrock Mountain is more dangerous in WoW Forever than in Classic. Watch your step around the chains and platforms.

Conjurer's Codex

Blasted Lands | /way 55.4 32.2

• The book lies in the north of the zone, between Dreadmaul Hold and Nethergarde Keep. Loot it to get Conjurer's Codex. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.

Crimes Against Anatomy

Raven Hill Crypt, Duskwood | /way 16.7 28.5

• Enter the Dawning Wood Catacombs through the westernmost crypt entrance and follow the stairs to the very end.
• Loot the Spellbook on the bench to get Crimes Against Anatomy. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.
• The crypt is packed with high-level mobs. Mages can combine the trip with the elite for the Mass Regeneration rune, which lives in the same crypt.

Three books in Eastern Plaguelands moved to new spots in WoW Forever. The coordinates below are the new ones.

A Study of the Light

Light's Hope Chapel, Eastern Plaguelands | /way 71.8 48.2

• Go inside Light's Hope Chapel. The book is at the back on the left side. Loot it to get A Study of the Light. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.

Scourge: Undead Menace or Misunderstood?

Stratholme entrance, Eastern Plaguelands | /way 26.5 15.0

• Before you cross the bridge to the Stratholme entrance, look for a table by the gibbets on the right.
• Loot the book on the table to get Scourge: Undead Menace or Misunderstood?. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd. It is outside the Stratholme instance.
• Two stationary Crypt Walkers stand close to the table, which makes a solo grab hard. Bring a friend or time a resurrection right next to the book.

The Knight and the Lady

Burnt-down house by the lake, Eastern Plaguelands | /way 47.3 42.3

• Find the burnt-down house next to the lake and loot the book to get The Knight and the Lady. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.
• Bats patrol the house. If you resurrect on the book, wait until the bats are at their furthest point, then loot before they come back.

Archmage Theocritus' Research Journal

Alliance Only - Tower of Azora, Elwynn Forest | /way 65.4 70.1

• Climb about halfway up the Tower of Azora and loot the Library Book from a table to get Archmage Theocritus' Research Journal.
• Only Alliance can take it. Return it to Garion Wendell.

Venomous Journeys

Shadra'Alor, The Hinterlands | /way 36.0 72.8

• The book sits behind the half-circle wall at the first pyramid on the left as you enter Shadra'Alor. Loot it to get Venomous Journeys. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.
• A troll stands on top of the wall. If you cannot kill it, stand on the pyramid platform above, pull the troll, then drop onto the wall next to the book and loot it through the wall.

Archmage Antonidas: The Unabridged Autobiography

Alliance Only - Hall of Explorers, Ironforge | /way 76.3 10.8

• Loot the Library Book from the large table in the center of the Hall of Explorers to get Archmage Antonidas: The Unabridged Autobiography.
• If dead Horde players are lying on the table, move your camera until you can click the book.
• Only Alliance can take it. Return it to Garion Wendell.

Rumi of Gnomeregan: The Collected Works

Alliance Only - Thelsamar, Loch Modan | /way 35.6 48.9 and Sentinel Hill, Westfall | /way 52.7 53.8

• In Loch Modan, go upstairs in the Thelsamar inn and loot the Gnomish Tome.
• In Westfall, the same tome lies on a table behind the innkeeper in the Sentinel Hill Inn. You can loot it from outside, through the wall next to where it lies.
• Both spawns give the same Rumi of Gnomeregan: The Collected Works and count as one book. Only Alliance can take it. Return it to Garion Wendell.

Runes of the Sorcerer-Kings

Mo'grosh Stronghold, Loch Modan | /way 77.5 14.1

• Enter the ogre cave and take the left path with the two ogres, not the main tunnel to the right.
• Loot the Scrolls to get Runes of the Sorcerer-Kings. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.

A Mind of Metal

Searing Gorge | /way 37.8 49.6

• Look for a tent with a Dark Iron dwarf next to it. The book lies on a table under the tent. Loot it to get A Mind of Metal. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.

Ataeric: On Arcane Curiosities

Horde Only - The Sepulcher, Silverpine Forest | /way 43.4 41.2

• Go inside the tomb at The Sepulcher and loot the Arcane Secrets from the table near Sebastian Meloche to get Ataeric: On Arcane Curiosities.
• Only Horde can take it. Return it to Owen Thadd.

The Dalaran Digest, Vol. 23

Amber Mill, Silverpine Forest | /way 63.5 63.1

• Go into the main hall of Amber Mill and loot the Dalaran Digest from the bookshelf in the northeast corner to get The Dalaran Digest, Vol. 23. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.
• For Alliance players the NPCs in Amber Mill are neutral and will not attack.

Basilisks: Should Petrification be Feared?

Crystalvein Mine, Stranglethorn Vale | /way 41.5 50.8

• Loot the Research Notes from the wooden platform to the right of the cave entrance to get Basilisks: Should Petrification be Feared?. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.

A Luddite's Guide to Caring for Your Demonic Pet

Fallow Sanctuary, Swamp of Sorrows | /way 61.0 22.0

• The Book lies inside a cage. Try to click it through the bars first: with careful camera positioning you can loot it without a key.
• If that does not work, kill Lost Ones around Fallow Sanctuary for a Rusted Cage Key and open the cage. Dying and resurrecting inside the cage also works.
• Loot it to get A Luddite's Guide to Caring for Your Demonic Pet. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.

Sanguine Sorcery

Temple of Atal'Hakkar, Swamp of Sorrows | /way 70.1 51.8

• Climb onto the top level of the Temple of Atal'Hakkar. The book lies in a small dip on the back side of the temple.
• While you stand on the temple, your own coordinates may show about 56.3 76.2 instead of the book coordinates.
• Loot it to get Sanguine Sorcery. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.

The Apothecary's Metaphysical Primer

Horde Only - Brill, Tirisfal Glades | /way 59.5 52.3

• Inside the Brill alchemy shop, loot the Apothecary Society Primer from the shelf next to Apothecary Johaan to get The Apothecary's Metaphysical Primer.
• Only Horde can take it. Return it to Owen Thadd.

Bewitchments and Glamours

Moonbrook, Westfall | /way 45.4 70.5

• Enter Moonbrook from the east and go into the first house on the left.
• Loot the Spellbook from the bookshelf to get Bewitchments and Glamours. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.
• The same book also spawns at one of eight points on Zephras Isle: /way 35.6 24.1, 37.1 32.9, 44.3 26.7, 51.8 67.4, 55.7 59.7, 61.8 51.5, 65.0 36.3 or 65.5 69.9. It still counts as one book.

Necromancy 101

Caer Darrow, Western Plaguelands | /way 69.4 72.8

• Enter the main Scholomance building on Caer Darrow and turn right, then take every staircase up.
• The book lies on a table in a room at the very top. It is outside the Scholomance instance and no enemies guard it. Loot it to get Necromancy 101. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.

Undead Potatoes

Felstone Field, Western Plaguelands | /way 38.3 54.6

• Enter the farmhouse of Janice Felstone next to the barn and go up the stairs.
• The book lies at the top of the stairs. Loot it to get Undead Potatoes. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.
• The house is surrounded by undead and one mob guards the book, so clear a path before you go upstairs.

Goaz Scrolls

Whelgar's Excavation Site, Wetlands | /way 33.6 47.9

• Hug the right side as you enter and go down to the lowest level of the excavation site.
• Loot the Scrolls from inside an urn to get Goaz Scrolls. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.

Kalimdor Library Book Locations

Kalimdor holds 14 books, from the Ratchet engineering shop up to Everlook. One of them, in Orgrimmar, is Horde Only.

Everyday Etiquette

Haldarr Encampment, Azshara | /way 20.8 62.0

• Head north from the flight path toward the ruins. The book lies on a crate beside a hut in the Haldarr Encampment, and you can grab it without pulling anything.
• Loot it to get Everyday Etiquette. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.

Arcanic Systems Manual

The Sludge Fen, The Barrens | /way 56.3 8.8

• Climb to the control room at the top of the oil rig.
• Loot the Manual from a chair to get Arcanic Systems Manual. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.

Secrets of the Dreamers

Cavern of Mists, The Barrens | cave entrance /way 46.0 36.5, book /way 52.8 54.7

• Enter the cave system at Lushwater Oasis that leads to Wailing Caverns.
• Walk to the Cavern of Mists, the last room before the dungeon portal. Set the second waypoint only after the Wailing Caverns zone text appears on your screen.
• Loot the scrolls to get Secrets of the Dreamers. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd. You do not need to enter the dungeon.

Baxtan: On Destructive Magics

Ratchet, The Barrens | /way 62.7 36.3

• Inside the engineering building, loot the Goblin Tome next to Gazlowe to get Baxtan: On Destructive Magics. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.

Nar'thalas Almanac, Vol. 74

Ruins of Mathystra, Darkshore | /way 59.6 22.2

• Go down the stairs inside the ruins and stop on the third landing, before the flooded bottom floor.
• Loot the Scrolls to get Nar'thalas Almanac, Vol. 74. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.

Demons and You

Thunder Axe Fortress, Desolace | /way 55.0 28.0

• Enter the large building in the inner ring of the fortress.
• Loot the Mysterious Book from a bench against the wall to get Demons and You. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.
• The room is full of casters. Below level 30, a dead-and-resurrect grab rarely works, so come back later or bring a group.

RwlRwlRwlRwl!

Witch Hill, Dustwallow Marsh | /way 57.0 21.0

• Go to the eastern edge of the murloc camp.
• Loot the Waterlogged Book from the ground to get RwlRwlRwlRwl!. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.

Northern Kalimdor - A Comprehensive Guide

Timbermaw Hold, Felwood | /way 65.2 3.2

• Inside the Timbermaw Hold tunnel, walk to the bridge above the reputation vendor. The book lies just next to it.
• Loot it to get Northern Kalimdor - A Comprehensive Guide. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.

The Liminal and the Arcane

Feralas | old spot /way 50.6 15.7

• In Season of Discovery the book lay south of Jademir Lake. In WoW Forever it has moved, and its new spot has not been found yet.
• Skip The Liminal and the Arcane for now: you can reach 25 books without it.

The Lessons of Ta'zo

Horde Only - Valley of Spirits, Orgrimmar | /way 38.7 78.4

• Interact with the large tablet just before the Darkbriar Lodge sign to Trace Ta'zo Mural and get The Lessons of Ta'zo.
• It is a Horde Only book that goes to Owen Thadd. Some Alliance players report that they could loot and return it anyway, but expect angry guards on the way.

Fury of the Land

Grimtotem Post, Stonetalon Mountains | /way 74.4 85.7

• Enter the tent next to the large totem on the eastern side of the camp.
• Loot the Scrolls from the top of a barrel to get Fury of the Land. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.

Legends of the Tidesages

Lost Rigger Cove, Tanaris | /way 72.6 47.8

• Go to the pirate camp and enter the middle one of the three main buildings.
• Loot the book from the bookshelf to get Legends of the Tidesages. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.

Geomancy: The Stone-Cold Truth

Darkcloud Pinnacle, Thousand Needles | /way 34.0 40.0

• Start the climb at /way 31.0 37.0 and follow the ramps and rope bridges up.
• Loot the Scrolls on the left side of the largest hut to get Geomancy: The Stone-Cold Truth. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.
• One guard stands inside the hut and a few more outside, so this one is easy at level 30.

Ka-Boom!

Everlook, Winterspring | /way 60.7 37.7

• Enter the alchemy building in Everlook.
• The book lies on a shelf behind Evie Whirlbrew, the alchemy supplies vendor. Loot it to get Ka-Boom!. Return it to Garion Wendell or Owen Thadd.

WoW Forever Library Books Tips

These tips come from players who have already finished the collection on the beta. Most of them save a death run or a long trip back.

• Grab the 1-20 books as you level. Sixteen of them sit in starting zones and towns, so the 10-book neck comes almost for free.
• Plan a 20-book run around your faction. Horde can start in Orgrimmar and Undercity, Alliance in Stormwind City and Ironforge; both continents are needed either way.
• After the Badlands book, hearth home and take the zeppelin or boat to Stranglethorn, then work back toward Westfall instead of running across the map.
• Many books can be looted through walls, tents and cage bars. Zoom your camera in close before you decide to fight a whole room.
• If a room is too dangerous, die nearby and resurrect next to the book. Time it with the patrols and loot right away.
• An add-on that marks library books on your map makes the hunt much faster. Search your add-on manager for "Library Books".
• Leave The Liminal and the Arcane for last. Its new spot is still unknown, and 25 books are possible without it.

Most of the 40+ books need a character that can survive in high-level zones. If you would rather skip that part of the climb, WoW Forever leveling help gets your character there faster.

The same zones hide other collectibles. Our WoW Forever Cozy Sleeping Bag guide walks through another cross-continent quest chain you can do on the same route.

WoW Forever Library Books FAQ

The questions below cover what players ask most about the collection: how many books you need, where to return them, faction limits and the Mage bonus.

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