Books

Characters can only learn skills through reading... reading skill books. Grandia II is such an intellectual game! Like magic, skills are not innate to characters. They must be upgraded AND equipped to be used.

Title	Lets You Learn...	Location
Adventure Book	Combat skills	Boss of Durham Cave - Durham Minotaur
Book of Gales	Wind-control skills	Boss of Underground Plant - The Claw of Valmar
Book of Priests	Priestly skills	Zera gives it to you
Book of Sages	Magical skills	Birthplace of the Gods - In a large chest on an altar on the first floor: you must turn all orbs on except the blue one
Book of Swords	Swordsmanship skills	From Melfice
Book of War	Martial Art skills	Hut of Trials
Book of Warriors	Warrior skills	Boss of Mysterious Fissure Underground - Eyeball Bats
Book of Wizards	Wizardry skills	Boss of Liligue Cave -The Tongue of Valmar

 

The Book of Learning, an extra useless book, can be obtained exclusively with codes, such as the ones from Gameshark.com or CMGSCCC.com.

 

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Skills

 

The skills are ordered alphabetically and for each of them, the corresponding book(s) is/are specified. The book level increases as its skills levels grow from 1 to 5. Some skills have magical properties (Magic Coins are needed to level up) while others don't (Special Coins are needed). The right column shows it all. Each book contains 6 slots for, obviously, 6 skills. The last one can be learned as soon as the book reaches level 15.

 

A few notes to read:

• MC = Magic Coins and bright green is also used in the game to identify them.
• SC = Special Coins and they are light blue in the table... as if you were blind. :P Note that they are of a darker shade of blue in the game, but it is "easier" to change the color of the letters than the background of the table. :P
• The numbers in the second column of "Skill Books" represent the position of the slot occupied by the skill. For example, "1" means that the skill occupies the first slot of the corresponding book.
• The MC or SC needed to level up are displayed as: Level 1 / Level 2 / Level 3 / Level 4 / Level 5.
• Those MC or SC needed follow a mathematical relation (the same as magic) that I do not plan to write here. If you can not figure it out, ask me, but I doubt somebody will be interested. :P

 

Skill Name	Description	Skill Books		MC or SC To Level Up
Abandonment	Ups chances of evading enemy attack	Swords Warriors	3 4	80 / 40 / 60 / 100 / 160
Absorb Magic	Makes magic damage restore MP	Priests	6	1000 / 500 / 750 / 1250 / 2000
Aim for Counter	Lets you sometimes counter after evasion	Gales War	4	120 / 60 / 90 / 150 / 240
Boomflame Chant	Ups fire explosion spell power by 10-50%	Wizards	4	400 / 200 / 300 / 500 / 800
Dash	+10 to +50 SPD	Adventure Gales	4 1	80 / 40 / 60 / 100 / 160
Decoy	Ups chances to be target of enemy attack	Gales	6	320 / 160 / 240 / 400 / 640
Defensive	Slows reduction in IP	Swords Warriors	4 5	120 / 60 / 90 / 150 / 240
Fighting Spirit	Increases SP recovery from damage	Swords War	5	120 / 60 / 90 / 150 / 240
Full Body Blow	Ups IP damage from critical attack	War	6	600 / 300 / 450 / 750 / 1200
Glacier Chant	Ups water/blizzard spell power by 10-50%	Priests	4	400 / 200 / 300 / 500 / 800
Intelligence	+10 to +50 MAG	Sages Wizards	2	160 / 80 / 120 / 200 / 320
Item Recover	Cuts IP recovery time after using items	Warriors	6	600 / 300 / 450 / 750 / 1200
Leafwater Chant	Ups water/forest spell power by 10-50%	Priests	3	400 / 200 / 300 / 500 / 800
Life Up	+50 to +800 Maximum HP	Adventure Priests War Warriors	1	240 / 120 / 180 / 300 / 480
Magic Power	+10 to +50 maximum MP	Sages Wizards	1	240 / 120 / 180 / 300 / 480
Magic Recover	Cuts IP recovery time after using magic	Wizards	6	600 / 300 / 450 / 750 / 1200
Magica Esoterica	Adds cancel effect to some attack spell	Sages	6	1000 / 500 / 750 / 1250 / 2000
Mentality	+10 to +50 MEN	Priests Sages	2 3	160 / 80 / 120 / 200 / 320
Move Recover	Cuts IP recovery time after using moves	Swords	6	600 / 300 / 450 / 750 / 1200
Mystic Chant	Ups water/earth/forest/blizzard spell power	Sages	5	800 / 400 / 600 / 1000 / 1600
Northwind Chant	Ups wind/blizzard spell power by 10-50%	Gales	3	400 / 200 / 300 / 500 / 800
Pirate's Ring	Ups chances to get items after combat	Adventure	6	320 / 160 / 240 / 400 / 640
Quakeblast Chant	Ups earth explosion spell power by 10-50%	Wizards	5	400 / 200 / 300 / 500 / 800
Skilled Item Use	Cuts execution times for item commands	Adventure Gales	5	80 / 40 / 60 / 100 / 160
Special Power	+10 to +50 Maximum SP	Swords War	1 2	240 / 120 / 180 / 300 / 480
Speed	+10 to +50 AGI	War Warriors	3	320 / 160 / 240 / 400 / 640
Stormcloud Chant	Ups wind/lightning spell power by 10-50%	Gales	2	400 / 200 / 300 / 500 / 800
Strength	+10 to +50 STR	Adventure Swords	2	160 / 80 / 120 / 200 / 320
Toughness	+10 to +50 VIT	Adventure Warriors	3 2	160 / 80 / 120 / 200 / 320
Wizardry Chant	Ups fire/wind/lightning/explosion spell power	Sages	4	800 / 400 / 600 / 1000 / 1600
Woodland Chant	Ups earth/forest spell power by 10-50%	Priests	5	400 / 200 / 300 / 500 / 800
Zapfire Chant	Ups fire lightning spell power by 10-50%	Wizards	3	400 / 200 / 300 / 500 / 800