Skill Books
⚪ Last updated 2022Preview

🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.1% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #1 of 23 Items mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Skill Books
The mod adds books to the game for training skills.
Reading a book takes an hour, costs Fatigue and trains one or more skill.
Your Intelligence dictates if you can read the book and how much training you receive from it.
If the skill is Primary, Major, Minor or Misc dictates how high a book can train it.
Basic Books
Minimum 20 Intelligence to read
Primary: 70% max training
Major: 60% max training
Minor: 50% max training
Misc: 40% max training
Advanced Books
Minimum 50 Intelligence to read
Minimum 40% in the skill to train it.
Primary: 90% max training
Major: 80% max training
Minor: 70% max training
Misc: 60% max training
Magic Tomes
Minimum 50 Intelligence
Same skill requirements as Basic Books
Also costs Magica to read.
Picks 3 random magic skills to train each time you use them.
Magic Tablet
Minimum 70 Intelligence
Same skill requirements as Advanced Books
Also costs Magica to read.
Picks 3 random magic skills to train each time you use it.
Skill Books by Ralzar adds readable books that let you spend an hour in-game to train skills. With 845 endorsements and over 41,000 downloads, it's a popular utility mod for players who want a more immersive, time-based skill progression. Last updated in April 2022.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 845 endorsements and 41k downloads—clearly fills a need.
- Simple concept: read a book, spend an hour, gain skill. No complex mechanics.
- Last updated in 2022, so it's stable and unlikely to break your game.
⚠️ Cons
- No details on which skills are covered or how many books exist—might be limited.
- Could conflict with other mods that alter skill progression or add similar items.
- No version info provided, so compatibility with the latest game patch is uncertain.
For players who want a more immersive way to train skills without grinding. If you enjoy role-playing and don't mind spending in-game time to improve, this is for you. Skip if you prefer instant skill gains or have mods that overhaul skill systems.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure to read the book in a safe location—spending an hour might leave you vulnerable.
- If you use a mod manager, let it handle the installation to avoid file conflicts.
- Check if the books are sold by vendors or found in loot; if not, you may need to spawn them via console.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Daggerfallunity Mods
- Author
- Ralzar
- Version
- 1.0.8
- Downloads
- 41,166
- Endorsements
- 845
- Category
- Items
- Created
- 9/28/2021
- Updated
- 4/2/2022
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