Books of Knowledge

Ranged ability. The book is located in the basement under the house. To get to the basement you need to do a few things. First, find the key in the pig enclosure.

Then destroy the pulley on which the net with stones hangs and go down through the created hole.

Use the key to unlock the door.

Get the book.

Melee ability. The book is located in a cave hidden behind a waterfall.

Climb up to the cave and go inside.

Break the ice wall and get the book.

Ranged ability. The book is located on the lower level of the tower standing in the middle of the camp. You can get there by the ladder from the middle level of the tower.

Melee ability. The book is located in a cave which entrance is in the southern part of the village.

Ranged ability. The book is located on the upper floor of a ruined building.

Ranged ability. The book is in the room you need to visit while doing "The Reeve of Wincestre" quest.

Melee ability. The book is located in the basement of the tower.

Shoot the oil jar and then the explosion will destroy the blocked passage.

The book lies on the table.

Melee ability. The book is located on the upper level of the tower. To get there you must lower the ladder and get rid of the large net with crates blocking the passage.

You can get rid of the net by shooting through the window from the roof of the neighboring building at the pulley it is attached to.

Melee ability. The book is located in the basement of the monastery. The entrance is located in a building in the south-eastern part of the monastery.

Melee ability. The part of the building where you will find the book can be accessed through the neighboring part of the building. You have to kill a few enemies on your way and then walk along the ropes to the platform where the book is located.

Melee ability. The book is hidden behind a banner in one of the caves.

Melee ability. The book is located in the library building, which is locked. The key can be found on a table in the main building of the villa.

Ranged ability. The book is located in the upper castle. You visit this place during the "In the Absence of an Ealdorman" quest.

Ranged ability. The book is located in the cave which can be accessed through a crack in one of the basement rooms.

Melee ability. The book is underground. The entrance is located northeast of the marker.

Underground, you will have to destroy the wooden wall, swim, climb and shoot into an oil jug which, exploding, will destroy the wall blocking the passage.

Melee ability. The book is located on top of Sancta Helena's Church tower. To get to this tower you must enter through the door on the ground level of the church. To open this door you will need a key.

You will find the key in another part of the church. To get there you must move the rack and then break the window.

Go inside through the broken window and take the key that lies on the chair.

Note: If you have trouble getting through the window try to crouch down, it helped in my case.

Once you have the key go back to the tower, move another rack to climb up the ladder,...

...shoot the lock to lower the next ladder and climb up.

Ranged ability. The book is located in the church you will visit during the "Unholy Father" quest.

Ranged ability. The book is in the room on top of the keep. The door is barred from inside so to get there you have to move the rack and enter through a hole in the wall.

Melee ability. The book is located in the basement of one of the buildings, in a locked room. To get the key you have to slide down the zip line and jump onto the tower at the right moment.

Then enter the building, go down to the basement, use the key to unlock the door and take the book.

Melee ability. You can get to the room where the book is located through the window.

Ranged ability. This book is in one of the buildings of Crepelgate Fort. The door is barricaded so you have to find another way in.

Go to the back of the building and step under a wooden annex.

You'll see an open window above. Climb up and go through the window.

Move the rack and go down.

Note: Another point of this ability can be gained by doing the quest "A Little Problem".

Ranged ability. Kill the pikeman who has the key and then unlock the door to the tower where the book is located.

Ranged ability. The book is located in the barracks in the central part of the fortress, you will visit this place while doing "The Walls of Templebrough" quest.

Ranged ability. You can get to the building where the book is located through the roof.

You will find the jar of oil needed to blast the stones blocking the passage behind a wooden wall.

Then move the rack to get to the room where the key is.

Use the key to unlock the door to the room where the book is.

Ranged ability. The book is inside Odin Mine Hideout. Move the rack blocking the entrance to the side tunnel.

Then take the jar with oil, get to the wall blocking the passage and blow it up.

Climb up and smash the ice wall.

The book is on the other side.

Ranged ability. The book is located in the basement. You visit this place during the quest "Road to Hamartia".

To get to the room where the book is you have to blow up the wall...

...and then move the rack. Beware of the poisonous gas filling the room.

Melee ability. The book is on the upper floor of the archive tower. To get there you must first get rid of the platform with boards blocking the passage. To do this, climb up the scaffolding outside the tower and through the window shoot the pulley on which the platform is hooked.

After getting rid of the boards, you will be able to return to the tower and lower the ladder and climb it up.

Ranged ability. The book is located in an underground cave (small side cave) with an entrance in the middle of the Tonnastadir camp. To get there you need a key.

You will find the key on a table in the longhouse.

To get rid of the soldiers guarding the entrance, you can shoot the pulley on which a large rock block hangs above them.

Ranged ability. To get to the room where the book is, you must first destroy the wooden wall on the west side of the church.

You won't be able to get inside this way, but you will be able to shoot at the door lock through the hole created.

Then enter the church and open the door you unlocked.

Melee ability. You visit this place during "A Triumphant Return" quest. Use an oil jar to unblock the passage to the lower level.

Before you go down, take the key lying on the table.

Move the rack covering the door to the next room and use the key to open it.

Take the book.

Melee ability. The book is located in one of the buildings on top of the stronghold. To open the door you have to pick up the key from the corpse of one of the guards. You will visit this place during the "Storming Ravensburg" quest.

Ranged ability. The book is located in the chapel in the upper part of the fortress. There are no soldiers nearby. To get inside you must have a key.

You will find the key on the top of a nearby tower.

Melee ability. This book is best collected during the "King Killer" quest after Ivarr defeats the king. It is in one of the rooms of the castle. You have to blow up a blocked passageway from the adjacent room to get to.

You will find an oil jar in one of the rooms on the other side of the castle.

Melee ability. You can get into the hut from the canal flowing underneath it, through a hole in the floor.

Melee ability. The book is located in a small crypt standing near the church. To get there you need a key that you will find in the church.

To get inside the church you have to break one of the windows on the first floor.

Then move the rack and descend to the lowest level through a hole in the floor.

The key lies on the altar.

Get to the crypt, use the key to open its door and take the book.

Melee ability. The book is located in a small niche which can be accessed through a hole hidden under the scaffolding.

Ranged ability. The book is in a cave below the church.

Melee ability. The book is in a cave below the church.

Ranged ability. The book is found under the floor of a ruined house. To get to it you must destroy the stones blocking access.

If you need an oil jar, you can find some in the village. The closest one stands next to the wall of the house where the entrance is located.

Ranged ability. This book can be found in the cave you must visit during the quest "Into the Fog".

Ranged ability. The book is located in an underground cave. The entrance to it is blocked and you must use an explosive arrow or a jar of oil to get inside.

Ranged ability. The book is in the church.

Melee ability.

Melee ability. The book is located in a side room of the church. To get inside you must shoot through the window at the lock on the door.

Melee ability. To get to the book you must climb the tower and then by destroying obstacles and moving racks go down two levels.

Melee ability. The book is located in the same room as the Diodurum Ruins key.

Ranged ability. You can find the book in the main church. It is best to take it during or after the raid.

Ranged ability. The book is located in the Champlieu Ruins. To get to the room it is in, you must first move (pull) the rack blocking the passage so that the opening near the floor will be on the other side of the rack.

Once you have done this, enter the room on the right through the first hole by the floor, paying attention to the rats, go further and come out on the other side of the rack through the second hole by the floor.

The book will be a few steps further on.

Ranged ability. The book is located further down in the Gisacum Ruins. To get there you must destroy two stone walls.

To destroy the walls you can use the Incendiary Powder Trap ability or the oil jars you can find in the ruins. But keep in mind that contact with rats will cause the jars to be dropped.

Ranged ability. You can enter the building through a small window on the side wall.

Inside, you will have to destroy the stone wall blocking the passage.

If you need the jar of oil, destroy the lock on the front door so you can get in through it, climb up the ladder to the top floor and take the jar you find there.

Go out onto the balcony and jump over the beams sticking out of the walls and walk over the roof around the building to the front door.

When you destroy the stone wall and go down, use the bow to destroy the wooden wall and chase away the rats.

You will have a moment to take the book.