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Tome of the Dark stats and effects

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What is Tome of the Dark? Features and uses

Tome of the Dark is a common item in Core Keeper (Tomes). It can be obtained from Wingling, Copper Chest, Large Wooden (breakable object) and 3 other sources.

Tome of the Dark key points (from the game data)

• Upgrading from level 2 to 20 costs 4,838 Ancient Coins plus bars.
• Durability: 100. Reinforcing it at the Salvage and Repair Station doubles durability.
• Best source: Wingling — 5.3% chance per kill.
• Sells to merchants for 18 Ancient Coins.

Calculated and summarized by this site from the game data (1.3.0.6).

Tome of the Dark mechanics (checked against the game data)

• At its starting level, the Tome of the Dark reserves 25 mana per minion.
• Upgrading it lowers the reserved mana to 15.

Written by this site from values in the game files (1.3.0.6 prefabs and configuration files).

Tome of the Dark notes

• Its bats fire projectiles at nearby enemies.
• They attack roughly every 1.66 seconds.
• A minion opens fire once a target's edge is within 8 tiles.
• Upgraded to level 12 or higher, the reservation drops to 15.
• Minions have no fixed lifetime; you can dismiss them yourself.

These notes cover behavior that the game files do not show directly. They are based on facts from the Core Keeper Wiki (Fandom) page "Tome of the Dark" (CC BY-SA 3.0), rewritten in this site's own words.

What you get from salvaging Tome of the Dark (Salvage and Repair Station)

Tome of the Dark can be salvaged. Salvaging it gives the following items.

• Scrap Parts×4
• Fiber×1-3
• Ancient Gemstone×0-1

For each material, the amount is "amount used to craft × 0.49 (lower when durability is down, 0.3 at 0 durability) × the item's multiplier", and a fraction is the chance of one more (2.4 means 2, with a 40% chance of 3). The range is from 0 durability to full durability (items without durability always count as full). Scrap parts are a fixed number set by the item level. All items that can be salvaged are listed in salvaging.

How to get Tome of the Dark (Enemy drop, Chests & pedestals, Breakable objects)

Enemy drop (1) Chests & pedestals (3) Breakable objects (2)

Source	Type	Biome	Amount	Chance
Wingling	Enemy drop	The Undergrounds	1	5.3%
Copper Chest	Chests & pedestals	The Undergrounds	1	2.8%2.5% from the guaranteed group, 0.09% per regular roll
Chest	Chests & pedestals	Azeos' Wilderness, The Clay Caves, The Undergrounds, The Forgotten Ruins	1	1.5%
Wooden room pedestal	Chests & pedestals	The Clay Caves, The Forgotten Ruins	1	0.03%
Large Wooden Crate	Breakable objects	The Clay Caves, The Undergrounds	1	2.1%
Wooden Crate	Breakable objects	The Clay Caves, The Undergrounds	1	1.3%

* "Wooden room pedestal": provisional names. The in-game name has not been confirmed, so this site named the source after its internal name in the drop tables.

"Chance" is the chance to get at least one of this item per try (opening one chest, defeating one enemy, one catch). A "guaranteed group" is the group of a chest or boss from which exactly one item always drops; it does not mean this item always drops (the chance of it being picked from that group is shown in small text). Only items that always drop are marked "Guaranteed". Fishing means catches with a fishing rod, separate from enemy and boss drops. Calculated from the game's drop tables (Conf/Loot, 1.3.0.6) the same way the game rolls them.

Other ways to get Tome of the Dark

• Can come from the Chest found inside a scene (building, ruin, camp and so on) (1.5% chance per container)
• Can come from the Pedestal found inside a scene (building, ruin, camp and so on) (0.03% chance per container)
• Can come from the Chest found inside a scene (building, ruin, camp and so on) (1.5% chance per container)Where: Abandoned Camp [Azeos' Wilderness], Hidden Clay Chest [The Clay Caves], Small Islands [The Clay Caves, The Forgotten Ruins], Hidden Turf Chest [The Undergrounds]
• Can come from the Ancient Chest found inside a scene (building, ruin, camp and so on) (2.8% chance per container)Where: Dirt Melody Room, Dirt Melody Room

Scene containers, dungeon placements, guaranteed drops and natural spawns are based on the Obtaining data of the Core Keeper Wiki (Fandom) (CC BY-SA 3.0), because these are not in the game files this site reads. Scene names are the wiki's English names.