The Grimoire and feats

A young Grimoire: six reactions found, every secret still a mystery.

1. What it is
2. How to use it
3. How to get it: discoveries
4. Every feat
   1. Casting
   2. Shields and imbuing
   3. Your heart
   4. The world
   5. Companions and the Fusion Altar
   6. With other casters
5. A full Grimoire
6. Tips and counterplay

What it is

Your Grimoire records everything you’ve discovered: reactions, secret spells, fusions, runes of the land, creatures, affinities, your world’s harmonies and quirks, and feats. Every first discovery pops up as a toast and condenses mana toward your next Heart Circle. It belongs to you, not your Cord.

The Grimoire is not your Lore Journal (H). The journal keeps the story of your travels with the sword: leads, places, people and what they said.

How to use it

Open the Cord screen and pick the Grimoire tab (after Spells and Passives). Scroll to see it all and hover a line for details. From top to bottom:

Section	What it shows
Master studies	The Master lessons you can read or study: Relay Circle, Reweave, Excise and the lesson pack (Tollgate, Lifeline, Conduit). See Heart Circles.
Reading Life magic	Notes on how to read Life spells, for the Life runes you know. See Life Outcomes.
Your heart	Your innate rune and your leaning (your deepest affinity).
Affinities	Each element’s level and progress. See Your Affinities.
Reactions (of 11)	Found reactions by name, the rest as ???. See Element Reactions.
Secret spells (of 10)	Found secrets, riddles you’ve read, and ???. See Secret Spells.
Sword arts	The breathing-method arts you’ve played. See Sword Arts.
Master forms	The Master form books you’ve learned. See Master Forms.
Harmonies and quirks	Your world’s harmonies and the small ways it bends runes. See Harmonies.
Runes you’re still reading	Learned runes you don’t fully understand yet.
Duels	Duels won and lost. See Duels.
Fusions and Signature fusions	Fusions you’ve made, with hints for the rest. See Combining.
Woven pairs	Exact woven pairs you’ve learned. Fuse any two exact effects with an Amethyst Block and 3 levels; they share one socket.
Attunements	Runes of the land you’ve attuned. See Runes of the World.
Runes of the world	Each place with its own runes, and which you know.
Where you stand and Bestiary	The elemental climate where you are, and the weaknesses and resistances you’ve found.
Creatures	Wildlife, monsters and wanderers you’ve met.
Feats	Every feat, checked once earned. Hover one for how to earn it.

How to get it: discoveries

First discovery	Condenses
A creature’s weakness	25
A creature met	40
A sword art played	60
An affinity’s first level	100
A quirk of your world	100
A reaction, fusion or signature fusion	150
An Aura milestone (method learned, breakthrough, first perfect guard…)	150
A feat, or a rune of the land attuned	250
A secret spell or a harmony	400
Tempered, Starbreaker, Low Tide, Heartwood or Grounded	1,500
The Last Page	2,000
A riddle from a Torn Page	nothing

Each discovery counts once. Many also give an advancement.

Every feat

There are 40 feats. Each condenses 250 mana the first time, unless noted.

Casting

Feat	How to earn it
Full Charge	Fully charge a spell, then release it. See Casting.
Long Incantation	Kill a monster with a spell of six runes or more (it dies within 5 seconds). A Knot counts as one rune.
In Rhythm	Chain three casts on the beat, each as the last comes off cooldown.
Overcast	Crack a Heart Circle to pay for a spell. See Overcasting.
Wild Magic	Overcast a spell and have it surge.
Spell Collision	Shoot an enemy’s bolt out of the air with your own.
Leaning	Grow one affinity to level I and at least a quarter more points than any other.
Scribe	Inscribe a spell onto a scroll from the Cord screen.

Shields and imbuing

Feat	How to earn it
Spellguard	Stop a spell with your Shield. See Shields and Parrying.
Shieldbreaker	Shatter someone’s Shield with a stronger spell.
Parry	Raise a Shield at the last moment and turn a spell back.
Imbuer	Imbue a spell into an item or block. See Imbuing and Glyphs.

Your heart

Feat	How to earn it
Awakening	Wake your innate rune at the 1st Circle.
Mirrorfrost	Turn an enemy’s spell back on them. Only the innate rune Mirrorfrost can do it.

The world

Feat	How to earn it
Ley Walker	Stand on a ley line wearing a Cord. See Ley Lines.
Wellkeeper	Wake a Wellstone on a ley line (nearest player within 10 blocks).
Crossroads	Stand where two ley lines cross. See Places of Power.
Lasting Mark	Harvest a residue. See Residues.
Conductor	Shock five creatures at once through water. See Magic in the World.
Icebridge	Walk across water you froze with a spell.
Runebreaker	Slay a Runebound. See Runebound.
Sealbreaker	Be within 24 blocks when a Rune Seal door opens. See The Archive.
The Last Page	Be within 64 blocks when the Archivist falls. 2,000 mana.
Tempered	Defeat the Cinder Warden in the Ember Sanctum. 1,500 mana.
Starbreaker	Defeat the Star-Eater in the Astral Observatory. 1,500 mana.
Low Tide	Defeat the Tide Scribe in the Drowned Scriptorium. 1,500 mana.
Heartwood	Prune the Root Guardian’s bindings and defeat it in the Rootbound Maze. See Root Guardian and Storm Conductor. 1,500 mana.
Grounded	Ground the Storm Conductor and defeat it in the Storm Spire. 1,500 mana.
Stormcaller	Cast 20 spells under one mana storm. See World Events.
Stargazer	Loot a Fallen Star.
Reeled In	Fish a rune out of open water. See Fishing.
Riftwarden	Help close a rift (within 64 blocks when it closes).

Companions and the Fusion Altar

Feat	How to earn it
Kindred	Bond with a wisp. See Familiars.
Menagerie	Bond with a wisp of every element.
Honed	Rank up a rune. See Ranks.
Fusion	Fuse two effects into a new one.
Knotted	Tie a whole spell into one rune. See Knots.

With other casters

Feat	How to earn it
Unison	Strike a foe with a different element within a second of another player. See Playing Together.
Domain Clash	Shatter another caster’s Domain with your own.
Chorus	Cast the same spell with other casters at once. See Chorus.

A full Grimoire

The Every Page Filled challenge wants all 11 reactions, all 10 secret spells and 36 of the 40 feats. You’re let off Mirrorfrost (only its innate rune earns it) and Unison, Domain Clash and Chorus (they need other casters). The reward is 500 experience, 3 Mana Crystals and 8 Blank Runes.

Tips and counterplay

• Check the Grimoire when you’re stuck on a circle: every ??? is mana waiting.
• Meet creatures and test elements on them. Each new creature and weakness adds a little.
• The boss feats are the biggest single lumps, and several Master lessons need them.