Megabonk’s Tomes are one of the three essential pillars of a successful run in the new shoot ’em up roguelike.
As you progress through each stage, you’ll come across weapons, items, and tomes. Weapons are self-explanatory: they’re weapons that deal damage. Items come in all shapes and sizes, with varying degrees of effectiveness and usefulness (pro-tip: the Mirror is incredible).
Tomes, however, may not seem intuitive at first, but in reality, they’re the simpliest of items: they give you stat bonuses that scale based on their level.
Unlocking Tomes in Megabonk means you’ll see more tomes during your runs as you level up. While it’s possible to refresh your level-up choices, skip them, or banish one selection from a run, a sound strategy is to purposely not buy a tome that you don’t feel is beneficial. If you don’t have a Tome unlocked, then you’ll never get the option to obtain it during your runs.
Unlocking Every Tome in Megabonk
In total, there are 23 tomes available in Megabonk. Let’s not waste any time and run down what they are, how to obtain them, and what they do.
Don’t forget to purchase Tomes in the Unlock shop by spending Silver Coins!
Tome
How To Unlock
Effect
Agility Tome
Available from the start
+Movement Speed – How fast you move
Size Tome
Available from the start
+Size – The size of your attacks, projectiles, explosions, and more
Silver Tome
Available from the start
+Silver Gain – Gives you more silver from all sources
Shield Tome
Available from the start
+Shield – Shield takes damage instead of losing HP before it breaks. Shield regenerates quickly after not taking damage for a while
Regen Tome
Available from the start
+HP Regen – The amount of HP you regenerate per minute
Projectile Speed Tome
Available from the start
+Projectile Speed – The speed of your projectiles
Precision Tome
Available from the start
+Crit Chance – Chance to deal critical damage, more than 100% Crit Chance lets you Overcrit, dealing even more damage
Knockback Tome
Available from the start
+Knockback – The distance you push enemies when hitting them
HP Tome
Available from the start
+Max HP – Max HP
Evasion Tome
Available from the start
+Evasion – Evasion is the chance to avoid an attack, taking no damage
Golden Tome
Available from the start
+Gold Gain – Gives you more gold from all sources
Damage Tome
Available from the start
+Damage – Increase the damage of your attacks
Cooldown Tome
Available from the start
+Attack Speed – How quickly you shoot projectiles and perform attacks
Thorns Tome
Block 250 attacks with Aegis
+Thorns – Deal damage to enemies when they attack you
Quantity Tome
Fire 5,000 projectiles
+Projectile Count – Increases the number of attacks/projectiles
Bloody Tome
Kill 12,500 enemies
+Lifesteal – Your chance to heal for 1 when you hit an enemy, over 100% will guarantee 1 heal, and give you a chance to heal for a total of 2
Attraction Tome
Use Shrine of Succ 8 times
+Pickup Range – Pickup Range increases the distance from which you pick up xp
Armor Tome
Kill 5,000 enemies as Sir Oofie
+Armor – Armor reduces the damage you take
Duration Tome
Upgrade Axe to level 10
+Duration – The duration of your attacks and projectiles
Luck Tome
0.01% chance to drop when killing an enemy
+Luck – Luck increases your chance to get higher tier offers from leveling up, shrines, and more
XP Tome
Break 20 pots in a single run
+XP Gain – Gives you more xp from all sources
Cursed Tome
Beat the Stage Boss in under 5 minutes
+Difficulty – Difficulty increases enemy quantity, health, speed & strength
Chaos Tome
Charge all Charge Srhine of a Tier 3 run across all 3 stages without leaving the charge zone
Boost a random stat
