Dusty Tome

Dusty Tome

Ancient
Upon pickup, obtain an Ancient Card.
  • When it is set up for you: it picks a random Ancient-rarity card from your character's pool, skipping the five starter-transcendence cards that Archaic Tooth creates.
  • On pickup: it adds that card to your deck already Upgraded.
  • One eligible card per character in the current data: Corruption for the Ironclad, Wraith Form for the Silent, Biased Cognition for the Defect, Forbidden Grimoire for the Necrobinder and The Sealed Throne for the Regent.
  • It is offered by Darv.
Rarity
Ancient
Character
All characters

When to take Dusty Tome

It shows the card's name before you choose, so decide on the card, not the relic. Corruption and The Sealed Throne are build-defining, the rest are strong but narrower.

Cards that synergize with Dusty Tome

Feel No Pain
Power
1
Whenever a card is Exhausted, gain 3 Block.
For Corruption, Charon's Ashes and Feel No Pain cash in every exhausted Skill.Whenever a card is Exhausted, gain 3 Block.
Black Hole
Power
1
Whenever you spend or gain , deal 3 damage to ALL enemies.
For The Sealed Throne, Black Hole hits all enemies on every Star gained.Whenever you spend or gain , deal 3 damage to ALL enemies.
Loop
Power
1
At the start of your turn, trigger the passive ability of your rightmost Orb.
For Biased Cognition, Loop spends the Focus fast.At the start of your turn, trigger the passive ability of your rightmost Orb.

Relics that synergize with Dusty Tome

Charon's Ashes
For Corruption, Charon's Ashes and Feel No Pain cash in every exhausted Skill.Whenever you Exhaust a card, deal 3 damage to ALL enemies.
Frozen Egg
Frozen Egg is redundant, since the card arrives upgraded.Whenever you add a Power into your Deck, Upgrade it.

As offered in events

Obtain an Ancient Card.

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Related relics

Alchemical CofferArcane ScrollArchaic ToothAstrolabeBeautiful BraceletBiiig HugBlood-Soaked RoseCalling BellClawsCursed Pearl

Changes by version

  1. 3 Apr 2025ChangeDarvThe LostInternal playtest
    Darv's Lost Art blessing now gives Dusty Tome relic

Internal playtest notes are from before the Early Access release. Names and numbers in them can differ from the game today.

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