Like other Fatshark games before it, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Warhammer 40,000: Darktide carries a few inspirations from its Vermintide predecessors, most notably the Grimoires. These cursed books o🌼f Chaos would appear in obscure locations that were often hard to reach or at least required a bit of panicky platforming over large drops to find.

They’ve re-appeared in Darktide and are just as fiddly to find since the maps are much more massive now and if you don’t know how the new Grimoire system works you’ll be left frustrated as it’s much harder to track ඣthem down now. So if you’re left scratching your head trying to find these blighted books, then here’s a helpful Grimoire guide.

What Is A Grimoire?

If you’re new to the “Tide” series by Fatshark then don’t worry as the Grimoire system is pretty straightforward to explain. In previous games, these books would earn you some extra XP, but once they were picked up they would lower your health by a set amount whilst ๊also taking up an inventory slot.

They would appear in specific locations and your group usually had a maximum of three to find in each level. However, in Darktide things have been given a slight revamp. This time around the Grimoire's locations are completely random and ༒they’ll only appear in mis✅sions that request them in the extra task section at the bottom of the level description.

The Difference Between Grimoires And Scriptures

Whilst Grimoires are the main book you’ll encounter whilst running around in the Underhive, there is also another type of collectible called a Scripture. They’re similar to Grimoires but with a few alterations 🌼from those cursed tomes of Nurgle.

For example, Scriptures also spawn completely randomly on levels that have them as secondary collectibles, just like Grimoires. However, they tend to appear more often in Chests, whilst Grimoires only spawn out in the wilds of the levels. They also do not cause Corruption when they’re carried, and unlike Grimoires they can be placed down on the ground and recollected whilst you’re sorting your inventory.

The Downsides Of Grimoires

Now that Scriptures are covered, it’s worth going over the negative effects of Grimoires as having something corrupted by Chaos shoved into your pockets is going to have some pretty detrimental downsides. For starters, Grimoires are horrifically tainted and evil books and with that comes "Corruption".

Corruption in Darktide is a gameplay mechanic that takes the form of a reduction in the maximum capacity of your life bar. With how easy it is to land on that last magic pixel from one sneaky Underhiver smack, having less in your health bar to work with can be pretty dangerous. This effect is only active as long as the Grimoire is in your inventory and stacks with the more books you have.

Grimoires also take up an inventory slot, which might not seem too drastic but it’s a spot that could be used for a Medical Bag or Ammo Case that could help the team. Finally, they can’t be placed down once they’re picked up. So it’s recommended that a designated Grimoire carrier is selected in the Fireteam as just grabbing one on a whim✅ will usually backfire in the long run.

It is possible to counter Corruption with the right Talisman setups. Preferably those that reduce Corruption scaling or boost your max number of Health Bar blocks.

How To Find Grimoire's In Darktide

As previously mentioned, the Grimoire locations in Darktide have been sadistically randomized, so now it’s much harder to find them. With the levels so utterly massive, all the tiny nooks and hiding spots that they could be dumped so numerous, and with the constant pressure of hordes, Specialists, and Elites, it’s very rare that you’ll manage to find one on your first try.

To the point where you’ll often be driven to insanity trying to piece together the potential locations where they might appear. Or more often than not, you’ll just stumble onto one lying next to a barrel or tucked away on an iron girder in a spot you wouldn𒁏’t realize is explorable until you accidentally fall onto it.

However, there is a silver lining as there seems to be a pattern to their spawn locations. But again, it’s a coin flip on which spot it will appear in on your particular run. Thankfully the Darktide Community has been extremely active since this system was introduced and there’s a that contains every potential general vague spawn location for Grimoires found so far.

Plus, it’s updated every time someone finds a new spot or a new map is added. However, it’s worth taking that information with a grain of salt as it's not completely foolproof since the Grimoire's locations are constantly randomized. So a lot of spots that are listed might not necessarily be regular spots to find them in your game, or they can be completely wrong as the locations often reshuffle with patches. So you'll regularly end up wasting a ton of time since the whole process of finding one successfully is just a coin flip.

Book Hunting Tips

But it's not all doom and gloom as yes, Hunting for Grimoires boils down to luck on whether you’ll find them or not, but there are some things you can do to improve your odds.

So it’s worth going over a few tips that might help you find these cursed books as well♓ as a few handy🍬 things worth knowing once you have one in your hands.

Do Not Interact With The Grimoire

The first and perhaps most important tip for hunting down Grimoires is that once you find and pick one up, you should not interact with it afterward. Don’t even scroll to it in your inventory, just leave it alone.

This is because it’s extremely easy to unintentionally destroy the book. For example, all you need to do to cause yourself agony is to hold the Grimoire in your active hand, then hold down the fire button, and after a few seconds, the book will be accidentally destroyed. Whilst that won’t be much of an issue you'll run into on console, if you’re playing on PC it’s just one accidental mouse-scroll in the wrong direction that can result in a banished book and an unhappy team.

Destroying the book requires holding down the attack button for three seconds. So if you’re going mad in melee or are being a tad trigger-⭕happy, watch out for what item you’re scrolling onto.

You Need All Of Them

A simple little stipulation that is often overlooked in Darktide’s book collecting tasks is that you need all of the requested Grims or Scriptures for the bonus reward at the end to count.

So for example, if your team managed to only collect one but the mission requests two or more, and a teammate manages to die or disconnect whilst carrying them then your prize of extra XP is not going to count. Which can be a pain if you’re gunning for that little experience bump or are trying to knock out book collecting for your Daily or Weekly Tasks.

Check Everywhere

Since the locations of the Grimoires are completely randomized it’s worth keeping your head on a swivel as you stomp around the Underhive. The books can spawn absolutely anywhere, so explore every area of the map as you go through it if you can.

Normally if you play with randoms they’ll just bunny-hop ahead of you whilst ignoring the books. So it’s recommended to either play with friends, talk to your new teammates about the books, or just hop into a mission that has a Grimoire as a secondary objective and hope for the best. Then as you’re going around, check every nook and cranny, behind trash or other architecture as they could be anywhere.

Call Out When You Find One

It’s very important that you call out to your teammates when you find a Grimoire as those carrying the books will need to be protected at all times until you all extract at the end of the mission. If you don’t, you will all regret it.

This is because anyone that’s carrying a Grimoire that’s either killed by a member of Chaos or dies from say, falling off a ledge or getting overconfident in a horde will permanently lose the book. Unlike Vermintide where you could just recover the lost Grimoire from a teammate's corpse, now they’re gone for good if anyone drops. So no extra rewards. Therefore it’s vital that you let people know when you’re carrying one as you’re n💝ow a high-priority team member.

Look For The Green Glow

One final tip that might help you find Grimoires a little easier is that you should keep an eye out for their signature green glow. It’s not a massively helpful tip, but if you keep your eyes peeled for that noxious tint glinting in the gloom then you’ll find a Grimoire tucked away nearby.

It’s not too noticeable on some of the brighter maps, but on the gloomy tunnel-filled missions or those that are barely lit, you’ll be able to spot them a little easier. It’s not much, but it can make scanning a room for Grimoires quicker if you watch for that eerie green Ghostlight.