Ruined Book is a miscellaneous item in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. They cannot be read like normal books, only picked up. There are two variations that can be found. They are components needed to craft spell tomes using the atronach forge.
Locations[]
They are common in dungeons and house dressings:
- Alftand (x9)
- Angarvunde (x63)
- Anise's Cabin (x4)
- Ansilvund (x2)
- Black-Briar Lodge (x2)
- Bloodlet Throne (x2)
- Brittleshin Pass (x4)
- Cracked Tusk Keep (x32)
- Cragwallow Slope (x37)
- Cragslane Cavern (x8)
- Outside Dead Men's Respite – On the sacrificial table
- Fellglow Keep (x201)
- Mzinchaleft – On a table inside Maluril's room
- Mzulft (x4)
- Shroud Hearth Barrow – At the bottom of the stairs just inside the entrance, at the room on the left
- The Drunken Huntsman (x8)
- Wreck of the Brinehammer (x10)
Trivia[]
- There are 2,464 ruined books in the game.