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One scroll to rule them all (Empty Scrolls guide)
By U92 and 1 collaborators
A full guide on how to use empty scrolls.
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First thing first
When getting an empty scroll for the first time, one may think it will only be useful as toilet paper. That thought can't be more wrong. The game gives you clues on how to use them. So if you don't want the mystery of their true power spoiled, skip this guide!

The first step
Firstly you need to even find an empty scroll and a quill to write in it. I will provide some ways to find empty scrolls at the end of this guide. For now, let's assume you already have at least one empty scroll and a quill.

So, Why is the scroll so powerful? Because if you write the right things in it, you can instantly get one item from a long list including some powerful ones, or instantly learn a spell regardless of your affinity with their associated god or your soul type.
The power of prayer
1) In the first verse always write: "O LORD".

2) The second needs to be "GIVE" for getting an item, and "TEACH" for learning a spell.
3) Write the name of the item or spell you want.

4) Profit.
Some powerful items and spells suggestions
1) The accessory "White Angel soul- You need to write it as "WHITE ANGEL". When you wear it gives you double agility, grants you first-move priority, and most importantly gives you an extra turn. You can even mix it with the skill "En Garde" for 3 extra turns at the start of the battle.

2) The spell "Combustion"- It is a powerful attack that inflicts burn damage and on top of that it costs ZERO mind.

3) The weapon "Claymore"- A big sword that does big damage (+80 Attack and 10% Bleeding, if you curse it, it goes up to +100 Attack). It is two-handed of course, so you can't use a shield with it.

4) The spell "Healing whispers"- Heals your entire party for about 28 to 41 body (The wiki only said "some health" and from my test that is the range more or less.) It cost only 30 mind and normally you would have to have max affinity with Sylvian to learn it, but with an empty scroll and belief in Alll-mer in your heart no affinity is needed.

5) The "Gaunt plate armor"- You need to write it as "GAUNT ARMOR". A big chest armor that prevents a big amount of damage (+60 Defense and 50% Slashing damage reduction.)

6) The accessory "Black witch soul"- You need to write it as "BLACK WITCH". When you wear it gives your normal attacks a 100% chance to inflict poison. It is especially good for boss battles as they tend to have lots of health making the damage over time very efficient.

Ty to "april" for suggesting some good ones.

***Remember that these are only my suggestions and some of the other options maybe better for your build or situation.
Ways to obtain them
  • They can be found by looting bookcases.
  • You can get one Empty Scroll from Iron Shakespeare if you use the "Steal" skill on him.
  • There's always a guaranteed Empty Scroll in Nosramus' cave, on the table. It is west of the Mines.
Items
Food
Input
Item received
"BACON & EGGS"
Bacon & eggs
"BLUEBERRIES"
Blueberries
"BLUEBERRY PIE"
Blueberry pie
"CABBAGE"
Cabbage
"CARROT"
Carrot
"CHEESE"
Cheese
"DRIED MEAT"
Dried meat
"DRIED MUSHROOM"
Dried mushroom
"EGG"
Egg
"GLOW MUSHROOM"
Glow mushroom
"MEATPIE"
Meatpie
"MIX'N'MATCH"
Mix'n'match stew
"MOLDY BREAD"
Moldy bread
"ROTTEN MEAT"
Rotten meat
"SALAMI"
Salami
"SALMONSNAKE"
Salmonsnake meat
"TOMATO"
Tomato
"VEGETABLE PIE"
Vegetable pie
"WHEAT FLOUR"
Wheat flour

Alcohol & Drugs
Input
Item received
"ALE"
Ale
"TOBACCO"
Tobacco
"OPIUM POWDER"
Opium powder
"WHISKEY"
Bottle of whiskey

Potions & Medicine
Input
Item received
"BLACK VIAL"
Black vial
"BLOOD VIAL"
Blood vial
"BLUE VIAL"
Blue vial
"Brown vial"
Brown vial
"ELIXIR OF BODY"
Elixir of body
"ELIXIR OF MIND"
Elixir of mind
"EXPLOSIVE VIAL"
Explosive vial
"GREEN VIAL"
Green vial
"LIGHTBLUE VIAL"
Light blue vial
"MURKY VIAL"
Murky vial
"ORANGE VIAL"
Orange vial
"PURPLE VIAL"
Purple vial
"RED VIAL"
Red vial
"WATER VIAL"
Water vial
"WHITE VIAL"
White vial
"WORM JUICE"
Worm juice
"YELLOW VIAL"
Yellow vial

Tools & Containers
Input
Item received
"BEAR TRAP"
Bear trap
"GLASS VIAL"
Glass vial
"PIPE"
Pipe
"QUILL"
Quill
"SKINNING KNIFE"
Skinning knife
"SOUL STONE"
Soul stone
"TINDERBOX"
Tinderbox
"TORCH"
Torch

Keys
Input
Item received
"2F KEYS"
2F key
"CELL KEYS F3"
Cell keys F3
"KING PASSAGE KEY"
King's passage key
"OLD PASSAGE KEY"
Old passage key
"SMALL KEY"
Small key

Other
Input
Item received
"CAVEWOLF FUR"
Cavewolf fur
"CLOTH"
Cloth fragment
"CUBE OF DEPTHS"
Cube of depths (fake)
"DIAMOND"
Diamond
"DIRT"
Dirt
"FETUS"
Fetus
"GNOME EGG"
Gnome egg
"GNOME MILK"
Gnome milk
"IRON ARROW"
Iron arrow
"GUARD SKIN"
Guard skin
"LANTERN"
Priest's lantern
"NITROGLYCERIN"
Nitroglycerin powder
"OIL"
Oil
"PALE SKIN"
Pale skin
"PINECONE"
x20 Pinecones
"SILVER COIN"
Silver coin
"STICK"
Stick
"STONE"
Stone
Weapons
Input
Item received
"BONE SHEARS"
Bone shears
"CLAYMORE"
Claymore
"CRUDE SWORD"
Crude sword
"DAGGER"
Dagger
"EASTERN SWORD"
Eastern sword
"IRON MACE"
Iron mace
"IRON SPEAR"
Iron spear
"LONG SWORD"
Long sword
"MEAT CLEAVER"
Meat cleaver
"MORNING STAR"
Morning star
"RITUAL SPEAR"
Ritual spear
"SHORT BOW"
Short bow
"SHORT SWORD"
Short sword
"SHARK TEETH"
Shark teeth
"WAR SCYTHE"
War scythe
Armor
Shield
Input
Item received
"EAGLE SHIELD"
Eagle crest shield
"SPIDER SHIELD"
Spider shield
"WOODEN BUCKLER"
Wooden buckler

Body Armor
Input
Item received
"BLACK DRESS"
Black dress
"EASTERN ROBES", "SILK ROBES"
Eastern silk robes
"FUR ARMOR"
Fur armor
"FUR OUTFIT"
Fur outfit
"GAUNT ARMOR"
Gaunt plate armor
"GHOUL OUTFIT"
Ghoul outfit
"GUARD OUTFIT"
Guard outfit
"HIGH PRIEST'S"
High priest's robe
"LEATHER VEST"
Leather vest
"LEATHER ARMOR"
Hard leather armor
"LOINCLOTH"
Loincloth
"PLATE MAIL"
Plate mail
"PRIEST'S ROBE"
Priest's robe

Headwear
Input
Item received
"CLOTH HOOD"
Cloth hood
"GAUNT BASCINET"
Gaunt bascinet
"JINGASA KABUTO"
Kingasa kabuto
"LEATHER HELMET"
Leather helmet
"STONE CROWN"
Stone crown

Accessories
Input
Item received
"ARM GUARDS"
Arm guards
"CLOTH CAPE"
Cloth cape
"EASTERN PERFUME"
Eastern perfume
"ECLIPSE"
Eclipse talisman
"EYEGLASSES"
Eyeglasses
"LEG GUARDS"
Leg guards
"MONOCLE"
Monocle
"PECULIAR DOLL"
Peculiar doll
"PINECONE PIG"
Pinecone pig
"RING OF WRAITHS"
Ring of wraiths
"SORCERERSSTONE", "SORCERER'S"
Sorcerer's stone
"SOUL DEVOUR"
Soul devour necklace
"YGGAEGETSU CHARM"
Charm of the Yggaegetsu
Souls
Accessories
Input
Item received
"BLACK WITCH"
Black witch soul
"BUTTERFLY"
Butterfly soul
"CAVEMOTHER"
Cavemother soul
"CROW MAULER"
Crow Mauler soul
"LESSER SOUL"
Lesser soul
"OLD GUARDIAN"
Old guardian soul
"SHAKESPEARE"
Iron shakespeare soul
"WHITE ANGEL"
White angel soul

Special
Input
Item received
"DOMINATION"
Domination soul
"ENDLESS"
Endless soul
"ENLIGHTENED"
Enlightened soul
"TORMENTED"
Tormented soul
Books
Crafting Recipies
Input
Item received
"ALCHEMILLIA1"
Achemillia vol. 1
"ALCHEMILLIA 2"
Achemillia vol. 2
"ALCHEMILLIA3"
Achemillia vol. 3
"ASSASSINS BOOK"
Assassin's handbook I
"CREATION BOOK"
Creation of Life
"RECIPE BOOK"
Recipes of the 15th century

Skills
Input
Item received
"ANCIENT BOOK"
Ancient book
"MEMORIES BOOK"
Book of the Forgotten Memories

Lore
Input
Item received
"ALLL-MER"
Studies of Alll-mer I
"BLOOD & FLOWER"
Blood & Flower magic I
"CAPTAIN DIARY1"
Captain's diary 1
"CAPTAIN DIARY2"
Captain's diary 2
"CAPTAIN DIARY3"
Captain's diary 3
"CAPTAIN ORDER"
Captain's orders
"FELLOWSHIP1"
The Fellowship ch.1
"GRO-GOROTH"
Studies of Gro-goroth I
"INMATE LIST"
List of inmates
"MA'HAVRE"
Ma'havre
"POCKETCAT BOOK"
The Tale of the Pocketcat
"POEMS BOOK"
Poems of love and torment
"SYLVIAN"
Studies of Sylvian I
"TORN PAGE"
Torn page
"TORTURERS NOTE"
Torturer's notes

Special
Input
Item received
"EMPTY SCROLL"
Empty scroll
"ENLIGHTENMENT"
Book of enlightenment (Can't be obtained on hard mode)
"MOCKUP BOOK"
Mockup book
"THE PASSAGES"
The Passages of Ma'habre
Attack Spells
Input
Skill received
"BLACK ORB"
Black orb
"CHAINS", "TORMENT CHAINS"
Chains of torment
"COMBUSTION"
Combustion
"CROWS", "FLOCK OF CROWS"
Flock of crows
"HURTING"
Hurting
"LOCUST SWARM"
Locust swarm
"NEEDLE WORM"
Needle worm
"PYROMANCY", "PYROMANCYTRICK"
Pyromancy trick
Healing Spells
Input
Skill received
"HEALING WHISPERS"
Healing whispers
"LOVING WHISPERS"
Loving whispers
Buffs
Input
Skill received
"BLOODLUST"
Bloodlust
"DEFENCE STANCE"
Defence stance
"FAST ATTACK"
Fast attack
"GREATER MAGIC"
Greater blood magic
Party Member Summoning
Input
Skill received
"BLOOD GOLEM"
Blood golem
"DEMON SEED"
Demon seed
"NECROMANCY"
Necromancy
Other
Input
Skill received
"BLOOD PORTAL"
Blood portal
"BLOODSACRIFICE"
Blood sacrifice
"COUNTER"
Counter
"COUNTER-MAGIC", "COUNTER MAGIC"
Counter-magic
"DASH"
Dash
"DEVOUR"
Devour
"ENGARDE", "EN GARDE"
En garde
"LOCKPICKING"
Lockpicking
"LEG SWEEP"
Leg sweep
"MARKSMANSHIP"
Marksmanship
"MASTERY"
Mastery over insects
"PRAY"
Pray
"PHASE", "PHASE STEP"
Phase step
"PHEROMONES"
Pheromones
"STEAL"
Steal
"TRANSMUTATION"
Simple transmutation
"WALK ON WATER"
Walk on water
"WAR CRY"
War cry
34 Comments
PlainJay 23 Oct @ 10:49pm 
Actually writing the scroll can be difficult for newcomers - a single misplaced/mistyped space or letter will waste the empty scroll, trying to space for two phrase words is not intuitive, as well the words you type in game will appear like there's a space randomly even if it's typed correctly.. Given how rare and valuable empty scrolls are for newcomers, it's important to know how to type these phrases in game.

When writing, you must confirm each letter you hover over with either the space button or enter button on the keyboard. The space button will confirm the button pressed and add a space at the end. The enter button will confirm the button pressed without adding a space at the end.

Example:
O [press space] L [press enter] O [press enter] R [press enter] D [press enter] enter [press enter]
"O Lord" finishes passage by hovering over enter button and pressing enter on the key board.
Läikkä 21 Feb @ 5:50pm 
Also worth mentioning that you can get a guaranteed empty scroll by talking to the dark priests in the tower of the endless dream while wearing the dark priest robes
LuchioMondiola 12 Jan @ 12:44pm 
Do i need to have affinity with Alll Mer for it to work? Because I tried to and Even went to the statue of Alll Mer and...nothin',scroll go *poof * and I get nothing.
I playing Cahara btw maybe that have something to do with the issue?
Alicja 4 Dec, 2023 @ 5:38pm 
I got 8 empty scrolls from a bookshelf as well as a book of enlightenment and 5 others, this game is jank.
Zebefreo 4 Dec, 2023 @ 4:10am 
Also THE PASSAGES is a good choice if you're near the caves. This way you can obtain the blue sin wich is the strongest sword in the game.
eve 7 Oct, 2023 @ 3:40am 
walk on water is required for an ending for enki
DarsuNaisu 10 Sep, 2023 @ 1:16pm 
How do I need to type PHASE?
O LORD
TEACH
PHASE
or

O LORD
TEACH
PHASE STEP
OR

O LORD
TEACH PHASE PHASE STEP?
Ive tried the first two on version 1.4.1, and they dont work.
U92  [author] 10 Aug, 2023 @ 1:05pm 
Nope
FirstGoomba 10 Aug, 2023 @ 9:06am 
Do you need a soul gem to gain the souls this way?
ErihPhis 18 Jul, 2023 @ 1:35pm 
There is a secret lab area behind the salmosnake fight area with some stuff