Monster Compendium

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Monster Compendium
Monster Compendium.png
Monsters have a small chance to drop double loot.
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Source
Sell Price data-sort-value="2000">Gold.png2,000g

The Monster Compendium is a power book that can be dropped by monsters. The chance for a monster to drop the book starts at 0.01% and increases by 0.015% for each monster killed until it is dropped. Then the chance stays at 0.05% permanently. It cannot drop until the player has killed more than 10 monsters.[1]

It can also be purchased from the Bookseller for data-sort-value="20000">Gold.png20,000g starting in Year 3 (≈9% chance to appear).[2]

The first reading grants the player a power that gives all monsters a 3% chance to drop double loot. This effect stacks with that of the Burglar's Ring.[1] Once read, it can be found in the Player's Menu on the Special Items & Powers tab. Each subsequent reading gives the player 100 Combat XP.

Gifting

Villager Reactions

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Dislike Alex Icon.png Alex

Bundles

Monster Compendium is not used in any bundles.

Tailoring

Monster Compendium is not used in any tailoring. It can be used as a black dye when used in the spool of the Sewing Machine with a dyeable clothing item in the feed.

Quests

Monster Compendium is not used in any quests.

Trading

Two Monster Compendiums can be traded to the Bookseller for either 1 Slime Egg-Press or 1 Slime Incubator, provided the player has already obtained the power from this book.

Trivia

  • It is possible to obtain two Prismatic Jelly using this book's power, although this has no effect on the Wizard's Special Order.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 See GameLocation::monsterDrop in the game code.
  2. ↑ See Data\Shops.xnb in the game files.

History

  • 1.6: Introduced.
  • 1.6.4: Fixed Monster Compendium not actually doubling all loot.