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Kommentar von Nashiira

Note: The Annals of Darrowshire looks different from the other Musty Tomes.

If, for some reason, you cannot distinguish the difference this book is more annoying to locate rather than difficult. It's located inside Andorhal's town hall, as stated in the quest, amongst a bunch of Musty Tomes.

You must open a Musty Tome and hope that you find that this book is the one you're looking for. If you open the wrong one, you discover it's a trap and one to two ghouls spawn to thwart you.

Kommentar von 8337

You were absolutely correct, brianjz. The correct tome is actually white paged. The others are darker paged.

Kommentar von 10561

The models used by fake and real book are still different as shown in the "screenshot". However, if you have set your texture details to "low" (in video options), it can be hard to tell the difference, since the pages of the book just look blurred.

It should also be noted, that there is no guarantee that a real book actually exists. Last time I completed the quest, I had to open 7 fake books, before a real book actually spawned.

Kommentar von 9498

I turned up textures to high and still couldn't see any difference. I'd just say systematically open all the books sequentially until you get the right one.

Kommentar von 7360

I would like to confirm that the book is completely white from the sides. I had to keep looting the ruined books until the required book spawned.

Kommentar von 18561

I just completed this, and I can confirm that the book does look different. I have most of my settings on low, and could still tell a difference when I saw the tome.

Kommentar von 15292

The book is single toned, the fake books have pages that are white and dark

the real book has all white pages, easy

Kommentar von 14507

The book is like 10x brighter than the others. You have to open the wrong books and wait for them to respawn in same location.

Kommentar von plasmasnakemg

I can 100% confirm that the real book definitely looks different from all of the other books, I just did the quest not 2 minutes ago.

First and foremost, the fake books are indeed all bottom half white pages and top half gray pages.

Secondly, the fake book pages look to be a lower texture resolution. They don't look like actual pages if that makes any sense. The real book's pages will look like pages are supposed to look. When you see it, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.

And be sure to hover your mouse over the books to light them up some, the room is rather dark. :)

Kommentar von 4854

it is true that the real book does look different but it doesn't mean it's always there, i had to clear the whole room of books and all were fake, if it's not already there you have to open up some fake ones to allow it to spawn

Kommentar von Deadlykris

Just did this quest today and got the Annals from a supposedly "bad" book - so the trick does NOT work anymore.

Kommentar von 28407

what a quest, cost me 1g repairs and 20 flash powder, after 30 tries didnt see a book that looks other than rest

Kommentar von krimsinkourier

I just did the quest, and the texture trick worked for me, im running a nvidia card so there may be a difference between ATI & Nvidia as far as the textures are concerned. one note tho, the book was not popped when i went into the room initially, i had to open a few of the trapped ones in order for the real one to spawn

Kommentar von 49444

sure the tome are all white pages but i had to loot like 10 tomes before the right one spawned they where all 2 colored (sorry for the bag english...)

Kommentar von 16419

Don't waste your time doing this quest...............After opening 30+ Tomes and killing 40+ Decrepit Guardians still no Book. What adds insult to injury is you don't get XP for the mobs killed.

Kommentar von 12437

There is an error in the text of this book. It says that the Battle of Darrowshire took place in the Second War, which is obviously not possible since the Scourge did not yet exist then.

Kommentar von 17325

texture trick still works as of patch 2.1

Kommentar von 50808

discoloration of books trick still works picked the right on my first try, not to hard to spot the difference.

Kommentar von 60314

After opening books for half an hour and the real one not spawning, I've decided to come back later. It doesn't make any sense that there isn't always one real book *somewhere* amongst the fake ones. I could confirm that they all *looked* like the fake ones.

Kommentar von solidsnak

I just completed this quest with a friend of mine and the pages of the books we got were ALL the same colors (off-white).

Kommentar von 43590

What a pain of a quest!

All other comments are true and accurate. There is a difference, and it makes it easier to see by changing the texture detail settings.

HOWEVER! I cleared the room of books TWICE before a real one ever appeared. What a pain.

Kommentar von swatfusion

If u take the time to read the book u will see the death knight reference, which is a class that will be coming soon in the new expansion pack "The Wrath of the Lich King." (page 5)

Kommentar von 64937

okay tryed looking at the screen shot and i can say it help.. only hting i had was i took 20books or so to get the real to spawn... Funny thing i noticed was that i got it from same book as i got it from on my main char ( the book lying in the window... if its not the real try taking it and wait for it to spawn again)

Kommentar von 16251

screenshots are pretty useful.thanks

Kommentar von 98417

screenshots are INDEED pretty useful. Thanks.

Kommentar von Nazzgull

Its simple in the Town Hall the book that u want is brighter than all of them! :)

Kommentar von ArgentAngel

Also, the real book has a faded 'x' on the lower part of the spine. It's kind of hard to see, but you can definitely tell it is the real book without having to go "are those pages white or grey"?

Kommentar von Praxx

Full contents of the book:

The Annals of Darrowshire

Darrowshire, named from the Darrowmere Lake to its west, is a village tucked into the southern foothills of Lordaeron. Known for humble yet hardworking residents, Darrowshire stayed in the background of Lordaeron history until the second war.

Heroes were made during the war. And heroes were lost.

The Battle of Darrowshire

The Battle of Darrowshire took place in the middle of the Second War, when scourge forces rampaged across Lordaeron. Darrowshire was cut off from the bulk of Alliance forces, but the town was bolstered by a company of troops, a contingent of paladins of the Silver Hand, and a staunch group of local militia led by Captain Joseph Redpath.

The Scourge's first assault on Darrowshire were sparse. Small groups of marauding skeletons and corpses wandered the outskirts of the village and were easily defeated.

But the Scourge sensed the defenders' tenacity, and responded in kind; soon after the first wave of attacks a second wave emerged. Champion ghouls, servants of the ghoul lord Horgus, screamed down from the hills and clashed with the beleaguered Darrowshire defenders.

The Defenders weakened, but were relieved by paladins, disciples of the Silver Hand. Their leader, Davil Crockford, was a native of Darrowshire. He brought his followers to the village when he heard of the impending attack, and together with the defenders they held back the servants of Horgus.

When Horgus himself entered the battle, he met with Davil. For many minutes they fought and Davil eventually prevailed, but he suffered a mortal wound and died soon after defeating the ghoul lord.

The battle continued, and Captain Redpath led his militia bravely. And it might have been won, had the captain not been corrupted by the Death Knight Marduk the Black.

In the middle of the fray Marduk rode up to Redpath, and with black magic he tore loose Redpath's spirit, twisting it into an evil shadow of the brave captain.

The corrupted Captain Redpath then spread his evil taint among the defenders of Darrowshire, who betrayed their allies and slaughtered them. They then turned on the town of Darrowshire and killed all who hid in their homes.

The remaining scourge army, along with the corrupted spirit of Captain Redpath, then left the ravaged village of Darrowshire and tore into Lordaeron, adding to the pain and death of the Second War.

The Fate of Horgus the Ravager

Horgus the Ravager fell at the Battle of Darrowshire. But the evil within him was not fully spent. The victorious Scourge forces removed his skill from the battlefield of Darrowshire, carrying it with them to sow dread among the living they faced.

Days later, the company of Scourge who possessed the head were defeated by Silver Hand Paladins. Horgus' head was cast into Blackwood lake.

The Fate of Marduk the Black

Marduk survived the Second War, causing great death and suffering with his foul, rune-laden sword. Although Marduk still lives, his sword was lost in a battle near Corin's Crossing. A dwarf captain shattered the sword on his enchanted shield, forcing Marduk to flee the field and winning the day for the Alliance.

Marduk's sword sank into the earth and corrupted it, eating a gorge into the land, now known as the Infectis Scar.

The Fate of Davil Lightforge

Davil Lightforge died at the Battle of Darrowshire, but his bravery inspired the Alliance throughout the war.

His book, his paladin's libram, was recovered by Scarlet Crusade troops. It now resides in the town hall of the Scarlet Crusade controlled Hearthglen, often read by crusaders wager to draw from Davil's strength.

The Fate of Joseph Redpath

Joseph Redpath was killed during the Battle of Darrowshire. His spirit was corrupted and took new shape, and this creature spread great evil in Lordaeron.

At Gahrron's Withering, east of Andorhal, the corrupted Redpath was finally defeated by Alliance forces. His shield still rests near the barn of the plagued farmstead, and Scourge minions are still drawn to the memory of his evil.

The Fate of Carlin Redpath

Brother to Captain Joseph Redpath, Carlin fell during the battle of Darrowshire. But although terribly wounded, he was not slain.

Days after the battle, agents of the Argent Dawn found Carlin wandering, weak from thrist and fever, near Corin's Crossing. They tended to his wounds and brought him to the Light's Hope Chapel.

Grateful for their charity, Carlin joined the ranks of the Argent Dawn and now fights a battle of revenge against the Scourge.

Kommentar von 143929

Watch out the Debilitating Touch the ghouls apply can ruin your day and can stack 5x, each application reduces strength and stamina by 20. You also get a 25% move speed 33% attack speed debuff from the Musty Tome Trap

Oh yeah the touch lasts 2min and the trap 1 min

Kommentar von 148047

Only in 27 try I receive quest item.

Kommentar von Thottbot

Just sneaked in the Town Hall and started to open the books, I held the cursor over the stealthbutton, and att the same time the castbar was filled and he looted the book did I stealth, the mobs spawned but didn't see me cause I was in stealth mode. After the third book I found what I searched =)

Kommentar von Thottbot

Confirmed: Book With All White Pages is the CORRECT one.

--Do not open the half black half white-paged books.

Kommentar von Thottbot

Although I don't really need that quest anymore it has bothered me ever since I first tried it and couldn't do it because it was bugged. So today on the way to Scholo I decided to do this.

Went into the Townhall (dying there - as planed), used soulstone and took a CLOSE look at the books.
They all have pages colored in black (top half) and white (bottom half) - except for one.

Opened that one. Annals of Darrowshire. kthxbai.

Easy thing.

Kommentar von Thottbot

As of Patch 1.8.0 the book is IN the house guarded by the 2x 4 Undead Squads...

Stealthers can Stealth thier way in...
Hunters can send pet onto the enemy, run in and feign death... if it works they ignore you...

The book in question DO look diffrent from the rest of the books just as mentioned....

All darker pages... look at the books they all look the same, then find the one that does not look that way and bam there it is...

I feel sorry for those who need to fight their way in and try to solo...Gonna be a hard match..

lanzelordt said cordinates 43,69 had the book and I totaly agree, thats exactly where I found it.

Kommentar von Thottbot

for me all the books have top dark and bottom white. There is no book that is all white even after hovering over them. I have found though that if you are a rogue, after you open the tomb, if you see a mob appear quickly go into stealth. you will be afflicted with a musty tomb trap for 1 minute. after the minute expires the ghoul will just automatically die so you wont have to fight anything.

Kommentar von Thottbot

i got around from the back right....walked on the ledge of the building ang got in without agroing anything. I got the archives in the 2nd book i ve opened

Kommentar von Thottbot

As a priest I just looted, if wrong book I just shacklerd and waited until the trap is gone and continues looking for it. Bad thing is that u get no loot or XP during the Q

Kommentar von Thottbot

If yur unlucky, the book has been looted recently and not spawned yet. Then all the books will look the same! (Call for help to start opening the books so that the real one can spawn)
If yur lucky -like me, the book is there and you'll see that the top of the real book is slightly different. I say, compare the tops! It's a "lighter blue without the blackish haze" (not very obvious though) First trial, I got the book!
"Light" be with you!

Kommentar von Thottbot

Thanks for the tip, worked the first time.

Kommentar von Thottbot

SURE the color trick works! I just ROFL to death! Just move to house, do shadowmeld when mobs come, go in and zoom into books, and still works 25.04.06! AND 0 mobs spawns! Then its just to run the hell out of there and deliver and get some EASY xp!

NICE trick with the book color btw dude^^ tnx alot! u saved my computer!
Also did it on 1st try too...

Kommentar von Thottbot

Bottom line:
Until the right book spawns, you have to open that bad ones-and you go through a lot of bad ones until you are lucky. As usual on WOW, it is better to be lucky than good.

Kommentar von Thottbot

okay, thanks for all who have posted the correct things, it helped me get it on the first try... To do this quest you must be somewhat patient and stare closely.

Bad books:
-have the top half of the pages black and bottom white
-are darker

Good book(heh):
-All white pages
-a brownish circle on the pages(you can see it)

Thats just a re-cap of what has been said, and if I must, I will post a pic of the good book and the bad books to show you exactly what to look for, thankyou

Kommentar von Thottbot

I did it as a 56 priest first go.

The right book was not there at first, so I opened a few and it spawned, it did look lighter than the rest and the pages were all light as has been said all the way throughout.

Easy, thanks all.

Kommentar von Thottbot

read what you guys were saying, but when i got into the town hall, ALL the books were half-white half-black. after opening 10 of them and seeing no full white ones spawn, i started to get confused... have blizzard changed it so that all the books look the same now?

Kommentar von Thottbot

As a 57 Prot warrior, this quest was easy if frustrating.
Go into defensive stance in the town hall, and if you can't find the all-white book open the other ones. The zombies that spawn automatically dissapear after a minute, so all you have to do is out-survive them. Spam shield block and you'll hardly take any damage, especially if you have 5/5 Imp Shield Block (you'll never run out of rage). I ended up just opening 3 or 4 books at once and then using shield block every tim the cooldown let up.

Kommentar von Thottbot

I took a look at all the books, and found two that were a bit different.

of the 2 that looekd different, one looked dark, and the other was fairly bright.

opened the fairly bright one and expected it to be a "bad book"

first try :P

Kommentar von Thottbot

Look at the pages of the book, wrong books have half brownish half white pages. The right book has all brownish pages and sort of a tea-mark circle(as said above). It helped me alot, thanks!

Kommentar von Thottbot

I think part of the problem in distinguishing the books may have to do with the graphics card that people are using. On my portable computer with a 64 MB card, I could not tell the difference even when zoomed in and the book highlighted. On my other portable computer with a 512 MB nVidia card, I could easily see the difference. The pages on the good book were all the same colour although I would have said more brown than whitish. Maybe my video card needs tweaking :)

Also I opened 4 books before the correct one spawned, so once you open a book, always have a good look at the one that spawns.

Kommentar von Thottbot

We were able to choose the right book by seeing a small graphic glitch of pure white on the correct book, like 3 small slashes of pure white on the long side of the white pages. Both times when we saw this and selected that book it was the correct one.

Kommentar von Thottbot

i found it at the furthes book from the stairs, an the window sill

Kommentar von Thottbot

as posted before, i took a look at the books very close zoomed in, and it's true, the book i found the annals in had it's pages all brown. the other books are half white half brown.

Kommentar von Thottbot

12/30/2006 - all white pages book was the one. I tried about seven or eight before reading all the posts in thottbot. This book definitely looked different than the rest.

Kommentar von Thottbot

who ever wrote that comment about being only one tone THNX ALOT! found the book on my first try :)

Kommentar von Thottbot

i managed to sneak past the 2x 4 undead group, lvl 56 so my aggro range would be pretty big

Kommentar von Thottbot

Upon entering house i looked at each book closely one appeared to almost have a light shining on it, this booked looked the most inviting.upon opening it i recieved quest item. no monsters left building and turned in.. may have been luck :P
Good luck

Kommentar von Thottbot

As of 3/31/07, the book ID method still works. Got it first try after reading the information on which book to open.

As to other methods to get in safely, there's another way I haven't seen yet. If you come down the center road from the north, you can see a small Scarlet Crusade expedition. "Pet" classes (hunters and warlocks) can bait the closest Undead team over to the Scarlets; they can do the job just fine. If you're a hunter, you can even Feign Death and stay out of it altogether. Definitely helps.

Kommentar von Thottbot

It should be noted that the Annals book is not always in the building. Perhaps other players come in and use the white pages method and there's a percentage based respawn, I'm not sure. However, I can say that I've used the white pages method numerous times, having done it on 8 of my characters; I went in on my shaman today and all the books were gray and white. I had to open every one in the room, after which a couple of white page copies respawned.

By the way... Blizzard, could you at least give us xp for killing the spawns? They're a total pain in the ass. kthx.

Kommentar von Thottbot

I believe all the books need to be there for the bright one to be gotten. I found it to be the book at the bottem of the stairs to be the one.

Kommentar von Thottbot

I have 27 ruined tomes in my backpack. All the books have dark and light pages, and i have been here for over an hour. i have opened all the books, then let them all respawn and no one else has come in.

I am on the verge of quitting this quest. And yes It would be good to some xp for the kills. even if no loot is given.

Kommentar von Thottbot

Wow this must be my unlucky day. after 15 ruined tomes, still no white pages only tomes. lets hope this does not take hours to get the right one.

after 20 bad tomes, i got the annals from a black paged book, maby bliz took pity on me.

Kommentar von Thottbot

the annals book has something like a
torn page sticking out of it like a
torn page is a bookmark

Kommentar von Thottbot

Ty for the tip on the all white pages; works great :D!

Kommentar von Thottbot

I read a bunch of these during the quest and not once did I see a book that looked any different than the others. When I finally did pick the right one, It was on mistake, I had been trying to get it to spawn by opening all the bad books. The coloring of the book was a little bit lighter blue, but I had figured that probably had something to do with the fact that it was sitting by the window :/

Kommentar von Thottbot

that debilitating touch makes a tough quest even lousier

Kommentar von Thottbot

I made the quest today and i was unable to see a difference between all the books. So i tried to spawn it by open book by book, and voilá there it was after ~20 fights....

Maybe i was a 'lil bit unlucky, but there was no white one?

Kommentar von Thottbot

The book is not white, the pages are white. It's a really subtle difference. Most of the books have a darkish blue cover with the top half of the pages black and the bottom half white. The right book, however, is lighter blue and has all white pages. I started to open them randomly and got 2 fights. Then I read the secret here and I looked more closely and one book was different. I could not see it until I fully zoomed in on each book (stand as close as possible and used the mouse wheel to zoom into first-person view). Then I saw one that was indee lighter and got the correct book.

Kommentar von Thottbot

The all white pages info is not true, or if it is, then I found none with "all white pages." The book I found with the annals in it was the same looking as all of the rest. In fact, the one I got was one that a 51 warrior opened up and spawned the mobs. So, maybe he pulled the mobs for me, I don't know. But the book looked the same as the rest. The pages were half black (on the top) and half white (on the bottom.)

Kommentar von Allakhazam

I just looted the Annals from a Musty tome, they are now on the floor in the town hall. You will need to search a few for it, but i got mine from one on the stage part

Kommentar von Allakhazam

Noyoki is correct. The tome that has the Annals in it is the one that is all dark on the sides. Most of the Musty Tomes are half dark half light before mousing over them. Though it is a random spawn within the room. So your best bet is to check each tome in the room before you start opening them. If one is all dark that is it, if not you have to open a couple to get the real book to spawn.

Kommentar von Allakhazam

there is a little trick, actually all books are dark and white (on the site), though the one containing the darrowshire's annals is all dark on it's side :)

hope it helps

Kommentar von Allakhazam

On the first try book with the darkest brown pages

Kommentar von Allakhazam

The book was the first one i looked at in the town hall and it was on the floor

Kommentar von Allakhazam

lol:
I couldn't find the darkest book..
But after some picks.. I clicked the brightest book.
That was the right one!

Kommentar von Allakhazam

Can Rogues detect traps on these?

Kommentar von Allakhazam

Just found the Annals, so the quest is possible. just takes a while sometimes.

Kommentar von Allakhazam

this Q is very hard,done it on lvl 57,every wrong tome spawns 2 UNDEADS wich i can't fear:-(

Kommentar von Allakhazam

This book is floating.

Kommentar von Allakhazam

Floating where? In the town hall like the quest says? Or in another building? Can you get it while its floating? Or is it out of reach?

Kommentar von Allakhazam

Found in the building at 43.69

Kommentar von Allakhazam

they are books on the floor of the town hall... its just random if the annal comes out

Kommentar von Allakhazam

Found mine at (43, 68)

Kommentar von Allakhazam

Just got the book it is in the building in the center of town. I was grouped with another guildie that needed it as well. This book is in the building but it doesn't respawn in the same place my partners was the first one on the left and mine was half way down the back wall i waited for the first one to respawn clicked and spawned ghouls. Don't know about colors they all looked the same maybe a gamma setting to tell the difference. But the book is there just keep clicking. Good Luck hope this helps.

Kommentar von Allakhazam

I got it the first try. Its the one with the darkest brown pages. Dont open the book if the pages are not brownish. This works for sure.

Kommentar von Allakhazam

as of now the quest for this isnt possible. i searched townhall, with no sign of any book. the map on Alla says its elsewhere, in one of ruined houses, searched those too with again no sign of any book. it looks like youd have to farm Decrepit Guardians and hope for the drop, but im not. Rather do something else.

Kommentar von Allakhazam

Looted 14 Ruined Tomes before it finally appeared. The mobs that spawn (level 55, either alone or in pairs) do several nasty debuffs, stacking up to 100 strength and 100 stamina loss, as well as an attack speed debuff. 44,69.

Kommentar von Allakhazam

They're floating in the air high above the ruins just north of the townhall. Out of reach.

Kommentar von Allakhazam

hehe got it second time :)

Kommentar von Allakhazam

I opened all 10 of the books inside of this building, and none of them dropped the god damn annals of darrowshire. My first 2 characters didnt have a problem with this quest though, first attempts got it if I remember.

EDIT: 20th book dropped it. What a crock of ^&*!.

Edited, Apr 27th 2008 7:12pm by Ziniphrix

Kommentar von Blitzar

I don't know who wrote this book, but the war against the Scourge was the Third War, the Second War was against Doomhammer's Horde.

Kommentar von bloodvalor

Just did this on two characters in classic on 5/22/20
The color of the pages trick does work!

When looking at the books, if the bottom pages are white, and the top pages are deep grey / black, it will be trapped.
If the bottom pages are white, and the top pages are light grey, almost white colored, it will not be trapped and contain this item!

Hope this helps!

P.S. It is possible for there to only be trapped books spawned. In that case you still have to start clearing them out to get a non-trapped to spawn.

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