Storybook



A storybook is any item that opens up a window depicting a book of tasks. Each storybook contains multiple pages: some have buttons that can be used to trigger the start of a mission while most simply describe the story behind various accomplishments. In most books, the pages are initially empty, until the character completes or unlocks a particular task. Most storybooks can be submitted to a historian or scribe in exchange for rewards.

Storybooks are automatically customized; only the named character can fill them out and receive credit for handing them in. They are not stackable and they cannot be sold to merchants.

List of storybooks

 * Campaign-based books


 * Expansion


 * Other

Using a storybook
To read or use a storybook, double-click on that storybook's inventory icon. A window resembling an open book will appear, showing the table of contents with page links. Pages can also be turned by clicking on the bottom corners or by dragging a page corner to one side, as if flipping the page. There is a blue tab on the left side to turn to the table of contents and a red tab on the right side to close the book.

Depending on the storybook, some pages have an "Enter Mission" button at the bottom. Clicking it will initiate a mission countdown that, at its end, will teleport the character's party (or solo if required by the mission) to the relevant mission area. Ending the mission, regardless of whether it was successful or if it was resigned from, will return the party to where it was started from.

Trivia

 * Linsey Murdock has stated that ArenaNet uses the term, book items to refer to storybooks and the Incubator Kit (an item that behaves similarly, although with a different purpose).
 * This item type was first used in Guild Wars Eye of the North to represent a character's progress in the Eye of the North storyline, but has since been expanded to encompass rewards or to provide additional content with the advent of the Bonus Mission Pack and later in the three campaigns.