Book of Insight

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The Book of Insight

The Book of Insight is accessible between Campaign missions. In it you can spend Knowledge Points on skills. Skill can improve units or the citadel, unlock new pieces or give new passive or active abilities to Iris. Purchased skills can be refunded at any point.

Certain skills require a higher Expedition Level before they can be unlocked. Level II (Prodigy) requires 5 Knowledge Points and Level III (Master) requires 10 Knowledge Points.

Citadel

Citadel skills improve the citadel.

Skill Effect Type Expedition Level
Action button skill core irisdeath.png Perla Escape Iris automatically teleports to the Citadel when her health is low Passive Bookworm
Action button skill core wave.png Headquarters Defense Generates a field of damage that hurts all Horrors near the Citadel Active Bookworm
Reinforced Stonework.png Reinforced Stonework Citadel gains +250 health Passive Prodigy
Action button skill core teleport.png Mistleap Teleports all units in the arte's field to the Citadel Active Master

Units

Units skills improve the attacks of one the units.

Skill Effect Expedition Level
Action button skill archer melenaus.png Bowman: Menelaus Shot Bowman attacks 3 horrors at once. Bookworm
Action button skill bowler loadedprojectile.png Lobber: Powder Ball Lobber attacks hit a larger area Bookworm
Action button skill retiarius pearlwebs.png Captor: Pearl Web Captor attacks stun horrors Prodigy
Action button skill cannon loadedcannonball.png Cannoneer: Volatile Cannonball Cannoneer attacks hit a larger area Prodigy
Action button skill ballista clusterbomb.png Ballista: Cluster Bomb Ballista attacks hit a larger area Master
Action button skill scout execution.png Hunter: Execution Hunter attacks instantly kill low-health enemies Master

Pieces

Pieces skills unlock new pieces.

Skill Unlocked pieces Expedition Level
Advanced Stone Pieces.png Advanced Stone Pieces 1x3 Stone Brick, Stone Rampart, Stone Arches
Mounted Fire Arrows, Mounted Poison, Mounted Hell Arrows, Mounted Hell Poison
Bookworm
Advanced Wood Pieces.png Advanced Wood Pieces I 1x3 Wood Strut, Wood Scaffold, Mounted Banner, Grand Mounted Banner Prodigy
Advanced Wood Pieces.png Advanced Wood Pieces II Claw Trap Master

Iris

Iris skills improve Iris' capabilities and unlike other skills they come in mutually-exclusive groups of two as well as two levels each.

Skill Effect Type Expedition Level Excludes
Palido Darts.png Arte: Palido Darts I Iris' attack strikes up to 4 horrors and deals 30 damage Passive Bookworm Palido Impact.png Arte: Palido Impact
Palido Impact.png Arte: Palido Impact I Iris' attack deals 36 damage Passive Bookworm Palido Darts.png Arte: Palido Darts
Action button skill iris stormA.png Arte: Sunderbolt I Deals damage in one attack in a large area Active Bookworm Action button skill iris stormB.png Arte: Tempest
Action button skill iris stormB.png Arte: Tempest I Deals damage in multiple attacks in a large area Active Bookworm Action button skill iris stormA.png Arte: Sunderbolt
Undershirt.png Leather Undershirt Increases Iris' health Passive Prodigy
Action button skill iris shieldA.png Arte: Healing Veil I Reduces damage to buildings and restores health to buildings Active Prodigy Action button skill iris shieldB.png Arte: Pounding Veil
Action button skill iris shieldB.png Arte: Pounding Veil I Slightly reduces damage to buildings and damages horrors in the area Active Prodigy Action button skill iris shieldA.png Arte: Healing Veil
Palido Darts.png Arte: Palido Darts II Iris' attack strikes up to 7 horrors and deals 30 damage Passive Prodigy Palido Impact.png Arte: Palido Impact
Palido Impact.png Arte: Palido Impact II Iris' attack deals 48 damage Passive Prodigy Palido Darts.png Arte: Palido Darts
Action button skill iris stormA.png Arte: Sunderbolt II Deals damage in one attack in a large area and inflicts Stunned and Burning Active Master Action button skill iris stormB.png Arte: Tempest
Action button skill iris stormB.png Arte: Tempest II Deals heavy damage in multiple attacks in a very large area Active Master Action button skill iris stormA.png Arte: Sunderbolt
Action button skill iris shieldA.png Arte: Healing Veil II Greatly reduces damage to buildings and restores health to buildings for a long time Active Master Action button skill iris shieldB.png Arte: Pounding Veil
Action button skill iris shieldB.png Arte: Pounding Veil II Slightly reduces damage to buildings and damages horrors in the area for a long time Active Master Action button skill iris shieldA.png Arte: Healing Veil
Undershirt.png Chainmail Undershirt Increases Iris' health Passive Master