Forgotten Stories Books

Official changelog · 2026-09-08 UTC

The September 8 official changelog restricts this Book's damage buff to weapons. Do not count it as a general spell-damage multiplier. The September 9 WIP card now agrees: each Perfection stack gives +5% weapon-attack damage, up to three stacks, with +1 Stamina regeneration while the effect is active—not +1 regeneration per stack.

The card, rather than this short announcement, describes losing all stacks after taking a hit or failing to land a Critical, plus +10% damage taken per stack on getting hit. These are documented risks, not a tested final-damage formula. Unwritten unlock: three consecutive Critical QTEs; writing costs 150 Ink Shards and signing costs 75 Ink; the written Book unlocks on spawn.

Review the Book's stack-loss conditions and costs →

Review Critical QTE conditions before choosing this Book →

Official changelog · 2026-09-06 UTC

The September 6 changelog reduces Unstoppable Wind's Speed bonus from +0.1 to +0.05, and the current Book card agrees. The card still lists +5% Wind damage and the Gustwalker spell. Writing costs 200 Ink Shards and signing costs 100 Ink; the unwritten requirement is 10 Wind Affinity and 10 Weapon Mastery, reduced to 7 and 7 when written.

The Book's passive Speed bonus is not the Gust Walker status bonus. Do not replace the status's separate +0.5 Speed with +0.05, or infer that its dodge rules changed from this Book correction. Weapon Mastery is the card's wording; it does not identify a required weapon family here.

Review the Book's complete costs and requirements →

Check the separate temporary Speed and dodge effect →

Recalculate whether your Speed reaches the next threshold →

Official changelog · 2026-09-06 UTC

The September 6 changelog increases Meditate's Mana gain from 3 to 4. This changes recovery planning, not the number of rune slots or the requirement to learn a spell. Reflections separately lists two extra Mana from Meditation with Vulnerable +2; Strong Minded separately grants Resilient +2 when meditating without existing stacks.

The announcement does not publish a new button, energy cost, cooldown or way to exceed Max Mana. The two Books keep their own unlock conditions and drawbacks. No combined recovery, stacking interaction or risk-free Meditation rotation was tested here.

Weigh extra Mana against Vulnerable →

Check the full-Mana unlock and Resilient condition →

Match learned spells to available rune slots →

Official changelog · 2026-09-06 UTC

The September 6 changelog sets True Strength's boss-damage bonus with Cestus to +15%. The current Book card agrees and still lists +40% for Punch otherwise. Its unwritten requirements are defeating a boss with Punch and punching bosses ten times; both require having a single arm. Writing costs 200 Ink Shards and signing costs 100 Ink; the written Book unlocks on spawn.

The single-arm condition is a published unlock requirement, not advice to lose an arm. The bonus does not establish a final damage result after resistance, nor prove Cestus is the best boss weapon.

Check True Strength's full unlock and stat bonuses →

Match the bonus to the boss's published defenses →

Official changelog · 2026-09-05 UTC

Counterweight now grants one Counter after five parries instead of seven. Counter can stack to three and is consumed by landing counters, rather than decaying with turns. The counterattack's listed weapon-damage reduction is 20% for Light, 25% for Medium and 35% for Heavy. The public Counter card still restricts activation to close attacks; Counterweight's two-handed-weapon requirement is separate from that trigger.

Three is the status ceiling, not a promise that every source can generate three stacks. Parrying Dagger's card separately limits its own stack generation to one. The changelog does not state that a single hit consumes every stored stack.

Check Counterweight's write and sign requirements →

Read the close-attack restriction →

Compare Parrying Dagger's one-stack restriction →

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Its revised Physical Damage bonus is +2.5%, previously +2%. The same card retains Defense +1 and Max Stamina +2, but Elemental Damage −30% and Max Mana −3. It needs 15 Physique unwritten or 12 written, with 100 Ink Shards to write and 50 Ink to sign.

The limb-loss check scales from three times Resilience according to the card. No probability cap or guarantee is supplied, so this is not immunity or a way to regrow limbs. Compare the Mana and elemental penalties before spending resources on a hybrid build.

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The revised card says weapon damage grants Bloodthirst stacks according to weapon weight type; it no longer describes a chance for a fixed +1 stack. Unwritten requirements are 10 Void affinity and 20 total Health lifestealed; written requires 7 Void. Write for 150 Ink Shards and sign for 75 Ink.

No light, medium or heavy stack quantities are published. Do not invent a proc rate or recommend a weapon solely from this wording. The Book lists 2% Lifesteal but −20% Fire and Order resistance; gaining it is not a cure for wounds or a revive.

The Book now lists +0.05 Speed and +5% Wind damage, plus Gustwalker. Write for 200 Ink Shards and sign for 100 Ink; its Wind Affinity and Weapon Mastery thresholds are 10/10 unwritten, 7/7 written.

Do not confuse the Book's +0.05 with Gust Walker's separate temporary +0.5 Speed, which is removed on hit or at fight end.

Unlock the unwritten Book by meditating twice in a row. The written version unlocks on spawn. Writing costs 100 Ink Shards; signing costs 50 Ink. Meditation then lists two extra Mana but also Vulnerable +2; the Book adds Max Mana +1 and Elemental Damage +1%.

Extra recovery has a defensive cost. The September 6 base Meditate change does not establish a tested combined total, overflow above Max Mana or a safe repeated-action loop.

Meditating while already at Max Mana is its unwritten unlock condition; the written version unlocks on spawn. Write for 100 Ink Shards and sign for 50 Ink. The passive grants Resilient +2 only if no stacks are already present; the Book adds Max Runes +1 and Resilience +3%.

The full-Mana unlock does not imply Mana overflow. The no-existing-stacks condition is not an unlimited Resilient stacking method, and the Book's +3% Resilience is separate from the status.

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Write: 200 Ink Shards. Sign: 100 Ink. Unwritten: 15 Wind and 10 Water; written: 12 Wind and 7 Water. Grants Blizzard and Icicle, with +5% Wind and Water damage.

Its passive separately gives Water/Wind attacks a 65% chance to inflict Chilled. That is not a spell drop rate or guaranteed freeze. Boiling Burst has an explicit exception: it does not apply Chill with this Book.

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Write: 200 Ink Shards. Sign: 100 Ink. Unwritten: 10 Fire and Water; written: 7 Fire and Water. Grants Boiling Burst and publishes +2.5% Fire and Water damage.

The steam passive consumes Ablaze when Water attacks hit burning enemies. No exact explosion formula is established here. Boiling Burst does not apply Chill with Hailreign Chronicles, according to its current spell card.

Write: 100 Ink Shards. Sign: 50 Ink. Heavy Mastery requirement: 10 unwritten or 7 written. With two-handed weapons, parrying five attacks builds one Counter stack. The card also lists +2% Physical Damage, Slash Resistance and Blunt Resistance.

Counter only activates on close attacks and weakens the basic attack according to weapon weight. The September 5 changelog sets a maximum of three stacks, consumed by landing counters rather than by turns.

The unwritten requirement combines 50 explored tiles and three different biomes in one game. Writing costs 100 Ink Shards and signing costs 50 Ink; the written Book unlocks on spawn. Its card lists Max Stamina +1 and Resilience +3%.

Progress across different runs is not stated to count. Its 10% shorter map-travel time requires everyone to own the Book, not just one party member.

Unwritten: mine 10 ores with 5 Runesight points. Written: gain 5 Runesight. It costs 60 Ink Shards to write and 30 Ink to sign. The passive lists a 20% reduction in empty-tile chance and a 35% chance to instantly shatter stone nodes, plus Luck +5%.

Five Runesight remains a requirement. Instant shattering is not a 35% gem drop rate; no baseline empty-tile chance or guaranteed ore route is supplied.

The unwritten Book requires 15 Void Affinity, 10 Order Affinity, and defeating both Carcass and Carnage. Written requirements are 12 Void and 7 Order. Write for 300 Ink Shards and sign for 150 Ink; it grants Bloodwire.

The Book also lists Incoming and Outgoing Healing −30%, Max Health −5 and Order Resistance −20%. This is a costly unlock with recovery penalties, not a free spell upgrade.

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Arts of Infusion costs 200 Ink Shards to write and 100 Ink to sign. Unwritten: 10 Order Affinity plus 5 each in Fire, Water, Earth and Wind. Written: 7 Order plus 4 each in the other four affinities. It grants Fire, Water, Earth and Wind Infusion; bonuses are Resilience +2% and Elemental Damage +2.5%.

The fourth spell link was previously mislabeled Water Infusion and now reads Wind Infusion; its target already pointed to Wind. This is a documentation correction, not proof of a newly added spell. Unlock thresholds are unchanged, and the Book is not a free permanent enchantment on every weapon.

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The Chaostatic Book lists both spells. Write for 200 Ink Shards and sign for 100 Ink. Unwritten requirements are 15 Chaos and 10 Earth Affinity; written requirements are 12 Chaos and 7 Earth. Its listed stat bonuses are Chaos Damage +5% and Earth Damage +5%.

Chaostatic is both a Book name and a status name. The Book's unlock requirements are not the status's damage rule. Chaos Chain's card reopening is a documentation-state change, not proof of a new spell release.

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The unwritten Book also requires defeating an Aggrovant: 10 Earth and Order, 5 Water and Wind, plus that boss condition. The written requirement lists 7 Earth and Order and 4 Water and Wind. Write for 200 Ink Shards, sign for 100 Ink; it grants Bloom and Fragrance.

Outgoing Healing +10% comes with Incoming Healing −20%. Helping allies more does not mean receiving stronger heals yourself. The written requirement omits the boss condition, but this is WIP documentation rather than a tested unlock walkthrough.

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Its turret prioritises enemies without Chaostatic, then targets randomly if all enemies have it. Summon Mirage Eye applies Mirage Eye +5 to self. Unwritten: 15 Chaos Affinity and defeat Supreme Chaos; written: 12 Chaos. The Book costs 300 Ink Shards to write and 150 Ink to sign, with Max Runes +1, Chaos Damage +5% and Chaos Resistance +5%.

Priority is not manual target selection. Mirage Eye +5 is the named effect amount, not evidence of five independent turrets. The card does not publish an exact firing schedule or guaranteed total damage.