📚 Complete Tome Tier List
Master the Holy Trinity and all 23 tomes for exponential power scaling
Version 1.0.12 | Updated November 7, 2025✨ The Holy Trinity ✨
Core foundation for competitive play and high-score runs
🎯 Why the Holy Trinity Dominates Competitive Play
This combination creates an exponential feedback loop where each tome amplifies the others:
Cursed Tome spawns massive enemy counts → more enemies drop more XP gems → XP Tome multiplies experience gain enabling constant leveling → Luck Tome ensures each level-up provides Epic/Legendary choices → better upgrades create stronger characters → faster kills generate more XP → even faster leveling.
Community Consensus: Essential strategy for leaderboard attempts and 100K+ kill runs.
HIGHEST PRIORITY
XP Tome
+7% bonus XP per level
Faster leveling means more upgrade choices, creating exponential growth. Maximum level 99 provides massive XP multiplier.
HIGH PRIORITY
Cursed Tome
+3.5% difficulty per level
Increases enemy quantity, health, speed, and strength but floods map with XP gems and improves drop quality.
HIGH PRIORITY
Luck Tome
+7% luck per level
Increases probability of Rare, Epic, and Legendary upgrades from level-ups and chests. Value compounds dramatically over time.
S-Tier: Mandatory for Competitive Play
The Holy Trinity - foundation of most top leaderboard builds
XP Tome
HOLY TRINITYFaster leveling = more upgrade choices = exponential growth throughout entire run.
✓ Strengths
- Affects entire run duration
- Compounds with every level
- Enables 100K+ kill runs
- Universal across all builds
✗ Considerations
- Doesn't directly improve combat
- Requires other tomes to maximize
- Nerfed in v1.0.12
Cursed Tome
HOLY TRINITYCreates target-rich environment flooding map with XP gems and gold.
✓ Strengths
- Dramatically better drop quality
- More enemies = more XP/gold
- Synergizes with XP Tome
- Worth difficulty increase
✗ Considerations
- Significantly increases difficulty
- Requires defensive foundation
- Can overwhelm beginners
Luck Tome
HOLY TRINITYMultiplicative value—higher luck early = better upgrades for entire run.
✓ Strengths
- Compounds dramatically over time
- Affects all future upgrades
- Enables legendary item drops
- Long-term highest value
✗ Considerations
- No direct combat improvement
- Value delayed until leveling
- Rare drop requirement
A-Tier: Essential Combat Tomes
Core combat stats that directly improve performance
Cooldown Tome
COMBAT✓ Strengths
- Attack Speed is King stat
- Multiplies on-hit effects
- Increases lifesteal healing rate
- Critical for Kevin builds
✗ Considerations
- Lower priority than Holy Trinity
- Diminishing returns at high levels
Damage Tome
COMBAT✓ Strengths
- Universal damage increase
- Scales with all weapons
- Essential for all builds
✗ Considerations
- Lower priority than utility stats
Agility Tome
MOBILITY✓ Strengths
- Essential for slower characters
- Better dodging = survival
- Faster XP collection
- Critical for Calcium
✗ Considerations
- Less value on fast characters
Precision Tome
COMBAT✓ Strengths
- Essential for CL4NK builds
- Enables Megacrit builds
- Synergizes with Giant Fork
✗ Considerations
- Build-specific (crit only)
- Wasted without Giant Fork
Quantity Tome
COMBAT✓ Strengths
✗ Considerations
- Less value on single-hit weapons
- Can cause performance issues
B-Tier: Situational Utility Tomes
Valuable for specific builds but not universally essential
Size Tome
UTILITY✓ Strengths
- Essential for Aura builds
- Increases AoE coverage
- Perfect for AFK strategies
✗ Considerations
- Makes you easier to hit
- Can be detrimental
Health Tome
DEFENSE✓ Strengths
- Synergizes with Beefy Ring
- Direct survivability increase
✗ Considerations
- Less value than damage
- Defensive playstyle only
Shield Tome
DEFENSE✓ Strengths
- Regenerating defense layer
- Good for CL4NK
✗ Considerations
- Kevin disables regen
- Situational value
Armor Tome
DEFENSE✓ Strengths
- Synergizes with Sir Oofie passive
- Permanent damage reduction
✗ Considerations
- Diminishing returns
- Defensive builds only
Bloody Tome
SUSTAIN✓ Strengths
- 100% lifesteal = near-immortality
- Synergizes with poison builds
- Works with poison tick damage
✗ Considerations
- Requires high attack speed
- Build-specific
Thorns Tome
DEFENSE✓ Strengths
- Essential for Athena builds
- Passive damage reflection
✗ Considerations
- Only works when taking damage
- Build-specific (Athena only)
Duration Tome
UTILITY✓ Strengths
- Critical for freeze builds (Noelle)
- Extends Aura/Lightning coverage
✗ Considerations
- Situational benefit
- Build-specific value
Attraction Tome
UTILITY✓ Strengths
- Quality of life improvement
- Faster XP collection
✗ Considerations
- Low priority tome
- Convenience over necessity
Regen Tome
SUSTAIN✓ Strengths
- Passive healing over time
- Synergizes with Holy Book
✗ Considerations
- Less impactful than lifesteal
- Slow healing rate
C-Tier: Niche or Low-Priority Tomes
Situational value or lower priority compared to other options
Evasion Tome
DEFENSE✓ Strengths
- Essential for Ninja builds
- Chance to avoid damage completely
✗ Considerations
- Heavy diminishing returns
- Unreliable defense
- Build-specific
Golden Tome
ECONOMY✓ Strengths
- Synergizes with Robinette
- More gold for rerolls
✗ Considerations
- No direct combat benefit
- Low priority overall
Silver Tome
ECONOMY✓ Strengths
- Long-term progression benefit
- Meta-currency gain
✗ Considerations
- No benefit to current run
- Lowest priority
Knockback Tome
UTILITY✓ Strengths
- Can create space
- Unlocks Black Hole at level 10
✗ Considerations
- Can push enemies away (bad for melee)
- Not universally useful
Chaos Tome
RANDOM✓ Strengths
- Can provide any stat
- Fun RNG element
✗ Considerations
- Completely unpredictable
- Can waste tome slot
- Hard to build around
🎯 Tome Priority Strategies by Build Type
🏆 Leaderboard / Competitive
Priority Order:
- XP Tome (RUSH FIRST)
- Luck Tome
- Cursed Tome
- Agility (Movement Speed)
- Cooldown (Attack Speed)
- Damage
⚔️ Damage Focus
Priority Order:
- Damage Tome
- Cooldown Tome
- Precision (if crit)
- Quantity (if projectile)
🛡️ Tank / Defensive
Priority Order:
- Bloody Tome (to 100%)
- Health Tome
- Armor Tome
- Cooldown (for healing)
🍴 Crit / Megacrit
Priority Order:
- Damage Tome (FIRST)
- Precision Tome
- Cooldown Tome
- Quantity Tome
🧀 Poison / Lifesteal
Priority Order:
- Bloody Tome (to 100%)
- Cooldown Tome
- XP Tome
- Damage Tome
🏃 Speed Demon (Calcium)
Priority Order:
- Agility Tome (CRITICAL)
- Cooldown Tome
- Damage Tome
- Quantity Tome
💡 Advanced Tome Strategies
📚 Holy Trinity Execution
Start by securing XP Tome first (break 20 pots immediately). Then pursue Cursed and Luck within first 5-10 minutes. Use Refreshes/Banishes aggressively.
⏱️ Timing Matters
Luck Tome value compounds—get it EARLY. XP Tome affects entire duration—priority #1. Cursed Tome can wait until defensive foundation established.
🔄 Stat Priority Order
Universal: XP → Luck → Movement Speed → Attack Speed → Damage. This prioritizes long-term compound growth.
🚫 Common Mistakes
DON'T ignore Agility on slow characters. DON'T stack damage without Holy Trinity. DON'T take Size on evasion builds.
🎲 Luck Synergies
High Luck = better chest drops. DELAY opening chests until Luck high. Reroll aggressively for legendaries.
⚡ Attack Speed is King
Attack Speed affects EVERYTHING: on-hit effects, lifesteal rate, weapon firing. Most universally valuable combat stat after Holy Trinity.