Library books: where to find them and what you earn
Source : Wowhead · Serenal · 6 October 2026
Read the original guide on Wowhead (new tab)Share on WhatsApp (new tab)Share on Facebook (new tab)Share on X (new tab)Every class can return books to librarians. Aim for 10, 20 and 25 books.
- Faction
- Horde and Alliance
- Rewards
- Necklaces, rings, weapons
How to do it
Step 1 : Find your librarian
Each book starts a quest to turn in to your librarian.
- Alliance: Garion Wendell: Mage Tower, Stormwind.
- Horde: Owen Thadd: Magic Quarter, Undercity.
Step 2 : Start near your faction’s towns
These books are faction-specific. Click /way to copy a TomTom waypoint.
- Alliance: Archmage Theocritus' Research Journal — Elwynn Forest.
- Alliance: Archmage Antonidas: The Unabridged Autobiography — Ironforge.
- Alliance: Rumi of Gnomeregan: The Collected Works — Loch Modan.
- Alliance: Rumi of Gnomeregan: The Collected Works — Westfall.
- Horde: The Apothecary's Metaphysical Primer — Tirisfal Glades.
- Horde: Ataeric: On Arcane Curiosities — Silverpine Forest.
- Horde: The Lessons of Ta'zo — Orgrimmar.
Step 3 : Explore the Eastern Kingdoms
- Bewitchments and Glamours — Westfall.
- Runes of the Sorcerer-Kings — Loch Modan.
- Goaz Scrolls — Wetlands.
- The Dalaran Digest, Vol. 23 — Silverpine Forest.
- Defensive Magics 101 — Alterac Mountains.
- A Web of Lies: Debunking Myths and Legends — Arathi Highlands.
- Mummies: A Guide to the Unsavory Undead — Badlands.
- Crimes Against Anatomy — Duskwood.
- Basilisks: Should Petrification be Feared? — Stranglethorn Vale.
- A Luddite's Guide to Caring for Your Demonic Pet — Swamp of Sorrows.
Step 4 : Explore Kalimdor
- Arcanic Systems Manual — The Barrens.
- Baxtan: On Destructive Magics — The Barrens.
- Secrets of the Dreamers — The Barrens.
- Nar'thalas Almanac, Vol. 74 — Darkshore.
- Fury of the Land — Stonetalon Mountains.
- Demons and You — Desolace.
- RwlRwlRwlRwl! — Dustwallow Marsh.
- Geomancy: The Stone-Cold Truth — Thousand Needles.
Step 5 : Continue collecting
Some titles have several locations. SoD-era points and high-level zones need verification in Forever.
- Everyday Etiquette — Azshara.
- Conjurer's Codex — Blasted Lands.
- Stonewrought Design — Burning Steppes.
- A Study of the Light — Eastern Plaguelands.
- The Knight and the Lady — Eastern Plaguelands.
- Scourge: Undead Menace or Misunderstood? — Eastern Plaguelands.
- Northern Kalimdor - A Comprehensive Guide — Felwood.
- The Liminal and the Arcane — Feralas.
- Venomous Journeys — The Hinterlands.
- A Mind of Metal — Searing Gorge.
- Sanguine Sorcery — Swamp of Sorrows.
- Legends of the Tidesages — Tanaris.
- Undead Potatoes — Western Plaguelands.
- Necromancy 101 — Western Plaguelands.
- Ka-Boom! — Winterspring.
- Nar'thalas Almanac, Vol. 74 — Loch Modan.
- Nar'thalas Almanac, Vol. 74 — Stonetalon Mountains.
- Bewitchments and Glamours — Zephras Isle.
- Bewitchments and Glamours — Zephras Isle.
- Bewitchments and Glamours — Zephras Isle.
- Bewitchments and Glamours — Zephras Isle.
- Bewitchments and Glamours — Zephras Isle.
- Bewitchments and Glamours — Zephras Isle.
- Bewitchments and Glamours — Zephras Isle.
- Bewitchments and Glamours — Zephras Isle.
Wowhead’s table and detailed sections sometimes disagree on coordinates. Check the source if a point no longer matches the map.
Step 6 : Mage: discover Study
Your first turn-in unlocks Study. In the library, a Light Feather gives scrolls once daily; learn Decipher Scrolls at level 6.
Result
Choose one reward per milestone; check each item’s class restrictions.
- 10 books: Friend of the Library → Scholarly Pendant or Erudite’s Amulet. — Minimum level : 1
- 20 books: Greater Friend of the Library → Field Researcher’s Loop or Philanthropist’s Ring. — Minimum level : 20
- 25 books: Greater Friend of the Library → Truthseeker’s Bow, Crest of Elucidation or Researcher’s Night Light. — Minimum level : 30
Sources
Wowhead · Serenal · livres de bibliothèque (new tab) · Wowhead · Friend of the Library (new tab) · Wowhead · bibliothécaire Alliance (new tab) · Wowhead · bibliothécaire Horde (new tab)
