Virtus book

For this item's main hand variant, see Virtus wand. For this item's augmented variant, see augmented virtus book.

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Virtus book
Release																				20 November 2012 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				Yes
Stacks in bank																				Yes
Equipable																				Yes
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				Yes
Noteable																				Yes
Destroy																				Drop
Examine																				Contains the magical secrets of Zaros.
Options
Backpack																				Wield, Check-charges, Read
Equipped																				Check-charges
Values
Value																				50,000 coins
High alch																				30,000 coins
Low alch																				20,000 coins
On death																				Reclaimable Value: 10,447,895 Reclaim: 10,447
Weight																				0.453 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange																				10,447,895 coins (info)
Buy limit																				5
Volume																				50
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Advanced data
Item ID																				25664
Links																				MRID • recipe

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The Virtus book is an off-hand Magic weapon that is part of the Virtus equipment set. Wielding it requires level 80 Magic. It is dropped exclusively by Nex in the God Wars Dungeon.

The book protects from the four major gods in the God Wars Dungeon, and will degrade after 60,000 charges of combat (but loses 2 charges per hit, so has a minimum duration of 5 hours of combat) but can be repaired by Bob in Lumbridge, or at an armour stand.

When received with CoinShare active, the Virtus book will be dropped as 120 Virtus book shards split evenly among the players and sent directly to their banks. 120 shards can be combined to create this item.

Book info

Virtus book
Author				Virtus, Torva, Pernix
Readable
Bookcase

Combat stats

Requirements			Degrades
80			30,000 charges
Class			Slot
Magic
Tier
80
		Auto		Ability
Damage		0.0		384
Accuracy		1924
Style		Spell-casting
Range		8
Speed		4 ticks (2.4s)
Attributes						Damage reduction
Armour				0.0		PvM: 0%				PvP: 0%
Life points				0		Style bonuses
Prayer				0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0

SMW Subobject for newEquipment armour: 0.0Attack range: 8Is variant of: Virtus bookWeapon accuracy: 1924Ranged bonus: 0Prayer bonus: 0Equipment tier: 80Weapon attack speed: 4Equipment JSON: {"ranged":0,"requirements":"80 ","class":"magic","attack_range":8,"lp":0,"tier":80,"speed":"4","damage":0,"armour":"0.0","slot":"off-hand weapon","necromancy":0,"strength":0,"magic":0,"ability_damage":"384","style":"spell-casting","charges":30000,"ability_damage_note":"384","prayer":0,"accuracy":1924}Magic bonus: 0Equipment life points: 0Combat class: magicPvM damage reduction: 0Attack style: spell-castingDegradation charges: 30000Weapon damage: 0Strength bonus: 0PvP damage reduction: 0Is cosmetic recolour: falseEquipment slot: off-hand weaponNecromancy bonus: 0

Products

This is an auto-generated list (update now), and shows the first 100 items alphabetically. For all items, click here.

Product		Members	Skills	Experience	Materials	GE price
	1 × Augmented Virtus book		2	?	1 × Virtus book 1 × Augmentor	N/A

Repair cost

This item costs at most 1,000,000 coins to repair completely. The repair cost is precisely calculated by the degradation percentage (e.g. with 75% charge remaining, a full repair would only cost 250,000 coins). It may be repaired through a variety of methods.

Non-player characters

These methods cost more as they do not consider the player's Smithing level for a repair discount.

• Bob—the axe seller in Lumbridge
• Tindel Marchant—the weapon and armour repairman at Port Khazard
• Dunstan—the smith in Burthorpe
• Squire—in the workshop area of the Void Knights' Outpost

Improved methods

These methods provide a repair cost discount of 0.5% per Smithing level (including boosts):

• An armour stand in a player-owned house
• A whetstone which can be used anywhere
• The Item Repair ability of a legendary pet can be used once per hour

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Usage cost

Combat charges	30,000
Method	Repair NPC, armour stand, whetstone
Item(s) consumed	1,000,000 x Coins
Total GE price	1,000,000
Per hour
Average rate	60,000
High rate	120,000
Maximum rate	200,000

Comparison with other magical weapons

Main article: Comparison of high-level magic weapons

Drop sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Nex	1,001	1	1/384

Transcript

The following text is transcluded from Transcript:Virtus book.

Compiled reports of the Sedecim legion to the command of Nex; Year 1987 of the Zarosian Empire calendar - Solar quarter.

Virtus - Secundus nundinal

---

We split from General Zamorak's group a while back as they continue west towards Prifddinas. I have a terrible feeling in my gut that something awful is due to happen. No, Perjour is with them, the dancer is unfailingly loyal and the party is more than capable of dealing with these elves. We must press on, as Glacies and I are due to reach Ghorrock soon. We'll meet with the matriarch, Lamahastrac, then rest and make preparations for the coming weeks. As ordered, I am to oversee the new magical fortifications being constructed in a around the fortress while Glacies heads out into the snowfields to the west. There she can spend time to confirm and study the lingering magic reportedly locked into the surrounding rock, snow and ice.

---

A scholar and some local miners were sent out from the fortress alongside Glacies and confirmed that some of the strata, speculated to have formed roughly 500 years apart, leaks a strange energy from particularly dense concentrations of black and purple crystals. Their formation remains a mystery but my suspicion is that that they appeared as an unintended result of the secretive ritual conducted nearby by those closest to our lord. The dates appear to match Ghorrock's records. I was brought a small sample and the magical energy was unlike any I have encountered myself. This is nothing like the primal forces that might be bound into runes, it's something purer. Glacies could only describe interaction with it as feeling like that of an embrace, or raw emotion, from something greater than a single being. Most unscientific, but she seems able to manipulate the energy. I leave her to experiment while I travel to the other Forinthry fortresses and assess their defensive feasability.

-Virtus; Secundus nundinal, throughout, of the Solar quarter.

Pernix - Quintus nundinal

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Report; Quintus nundinal/Solar quarter.

Primusdie;

-Located the mole. Will observe. Saradominist.

-Operating with Lucien's command. Unbeknownst to him

-Poorly skilled in subterfuge. Rookie mistakes.

-Have been controlling flow of information.

-Yet to glean anything of note.

Quintusdie;

-Lucien's company moving westwards. Pursuing.

-Acquired information on direct Saradominist communication line.

-Certain there's something larger here.

-Monitoring.

Octavusdie;

-Spy discovered by Lucien.

-No action was undertaken. Odd.

-Gestures accompanying the word 'staff' indicate importance.

-Will monitor direct comms closely.

-Pernix

Virtus - Sextus nundinal

---

I return to Ghorrock after three weeks to find the strange energy gone and Glacies transformed. Inhuman, but somehow not. The body is changed but the essence remains, conscious, unfazed and entirely tuned to ice magic. She tells me that this energy only reacted to fill a void, that she drained her own life to weave this strange power into her very soul. Had I been present I wouldn't have allowed such a dangerous act. Necromancy is better left to those skilled enough to join Zemouregal's legion but the result is agreeable. There's a certain... something that I feel in her now that I always did in you, my Legatus, that might complement your own magical skills perfectly. Might we investigate other reports of this energy with my other three preferred disciples I would request that, should they live up to their potential, they all be promoted to rank among your personal guard.

Annakarl is impenetrable. Their bulwark, physically and strategically is perfect. It would take the combined armies of two gods to destroy it! Dareeyak, conversely, is complacent. Citing their geographical position in the empire as an excuse for a lackluster resolve on defence, they rebuff my advice in every instance. Perhaps a direct visit from a legate might spur their action.

Carrallanger struggles to expand with their limited manpower and would significantly benefit from outside reinforcement. Despite this they are adequately cautious. Balustan, a dragon rider in the post of security head had slowed me down significantly because of the most minor mistake on one of my papers. Spies from the outside worry me not here. However two of the others in charge, Apropos and Morvannon, were absent. With no adequate excuse offered by their colleagues I've left men to follow up on this issue, though authoritative action might be required.

-Virtus

Primusdie, Sextus nundial of the Solar quarter.

Torva - Sextus nundinal

---

-Battle report; Pre-emptive engagement with enemy forces - southwest Hallowvale

-Tribunus Torva of the Sedecim Legion

-Secundusdie to Septimusdie. Sextus nundial 1987

The river crossing from Senntisten was uneventful. Umbra's shadow enchantments have continued to prove incredibly useful in the movement of troops. My battalion arrived in my old hometown, Flamtaer, this morning. No. More accurately, what had been rebuilt of it. Our reports from Viggora had been at least in part on point. The old temple, intact after the ripper attack years ago has been intentionally destroyed but the other structures have been crudely rebuilt. The town was swarming with humans in tatty robes and nonchalant icyene but there doesn't appear to be any of the large scale military organisation supposedly recorded by his scouts. No discipline, no structured drills, barely any patrols.

We were spotted of course, that was our intention, and easily overwhelmed their rabbled forces. This was to be a pre-emptive strike against aggressors from the Hallowed land but our presence here will be seen as an act of invasion. I fear we face a counterattack larger and better organised in future than the battle we expected here. Worse, a significant portion of the Senntisten guard were unnecessarily enlisted into my forces for this needless operation, leaving the golden city relatively undefended. There will need to be stern repercussions against General Viggora.

Disassembly

Virtus book
Disassembly category	Magic off-hand weapons
Disassembly XP	24.0
Item quantity required	1
Material count	8
Base junk chance	?  2.3% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 2.3% 1 34 2.3 2 49 2.3 3 64 2.2 4 69 2.2 5 78 2.1 6 83 2.1 7 91 2.0 8 95 2.0 9 105 1.9
Special materials
4 × Zaros components	Always
Common materials
Delicate parts	35/101
Magic parts	30/101
Smooth parts	30/101
Rare materials
Enhancing components	3/101
Ethereal components	2/101
Faceted components	1/101

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included – see here for how to help out!

• patch 24 February 2014 (Update):
  • The Virtus wand and book now give a warning message when you attempt to drop them.

• ninja 13 January 2014 (Update):
  • Lowered the repair cost of the Virtus book to be more in-line with similar off-hand items.

• patch 25 March 2013 (Update):
  • The Virtus wand and book now work with coinshare.

• update 20 November 2012 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• The book and wand were given a server-wide announcement 30 October 2013.
• Prior to the update on 7 January 2014, the Virtus book and Virtus wand were the highest-tier weapons outside of Daemonheim that did not degrade.
• On 28 September 2015 the book became readable, containing Zarosian lore.