Skill Books in Divinity: Original Sin 2 are how the player acquires and learns new Skills. Players can purchase or find Skill Books as they progress the game, and can combine Scrolls with Blank Skill Books of their corresponding Schools in order to obtain that Skill Book. Players can even combine 2 Skill Books to create a brand new Skill. Below are a list of Skill Book Locations:
Skill Book Locations
All Skill book traders will recieve the next tier of skill books when the player reaches levels: 1, 4, 9, 13 (source skill), 16.
Blank Skillbooks can be purchased from most vendors that sell crafting ingredients, the earliest being Exter in Amadia's sanctuary. In Driftwood, there is Trader Bree, Ghangha in the Undertavern, and even the Advocate. In the Nameless Isle there is the Black Ring Alchemist and the Priestess of Duna. In Arx, Trader Keyren offers his services.
Warfare Skill Books
- Kalias - Caverns outside Fort Joy
- Trader Haran - Driftwood
- Gareth - Northern Ruins, Sanctuary of Amadia
- Elf Thorndancer - Elven Camp, Reaper's Coast
- Black Ring Quartermaster - South of Temple of Rhalic, Nameless Isle (Region)
- The Lost Knight - Temple of Tir-Cendelius, Nameless Isle (Region)
- Trader Fionola - The Arx
Two new Infusion recipes, discovered through. The Summoners' Lament, part 1 book that can be found as loot.
Blood Infusion- Combine any Summoning skill book with any Necromancy skill book. Same effects as if you summoned your pet in blood to start with. Requires Necromancy and Summoning 1.
Oil Infusion- Combine any Summoning skill book with any Geomancer skill book AND an oil barrel. Gives the pet the Fossil Strike skill. Requires Summoning and Geomancy TWO, rather
than the usual 1 and 1. Effects tested as identical at Summoning 3 and 11 for both this and the Blood Infusion skills. (Needs confirmation)
Crafted Skills
A total of 48 additional skills can be crafted by combining two skillbooks of different types. Elemental skills can only be combined with non-elemental skills to create new skills. Any skillbook can be used as a component; however, if one of the skillbooks is a source skill — a skill that requires the consumption of source points — then the outcome will be a different skill that also uses source. Having both components be source skills will not produce a different result than when only one source skill is used. Keep in mind that crafted skills require points in both of its components' Combat Abilities.
Skill Crafting Recipes
Skill Crafting in Divinity: Original Sin 2 allows the player to combine two different Skill Books and get a brand new Skill. For example if you combine a Necromancer Skill Book with a Fire Skill Book you will get the Skill: Corpse Explosion. Below is a list of all the Skills you can make via Skill Crafting.
Basic Skillbook Crafting
The skill book needed for basic skill crafting needs to be a blank skill book, of the same variation as the scroll.
Name | Ingredient 1 (Blank Skillbook) | Ingredient 2 |
Blinding Radiance Skill Book | Aerotheurge Skill Book | Blinding Radiance Scroll |
Chain Lightning Skill Book | Aerotheurge Skill Book | Chain Lightning Scroll |
Electric Fence Skill Book | Aerotheurge Skill Book | Electric Fence Scroll |
Favourable Wind Skill Book | Aerotheurge Skill Book | Favourable Wind Scroll |
Lightning Bolt Skill Book | Aerotheurge Skill Book | Lightning Bolt Scroll |
Teleportation Skill Book | Aerotheurge Skill Book | Teleportation Scroll |
Shocking Touch Skill Book | Aerotheurge Skill Book | Shocking Touch Scroll |
Tornado Skill Book | Aerotheurge Skill Book | Tornado Scroll |
Acid Spores Skill Book | Geomancer Skill Book | Acid Spores Scroll |
Contamination Skill Book | Geomancer Skill Book | Contamination Scroll |
Corrosive Spray Skillbook | Geomancer Skill Book | Any Source Necromancy Skillbook |
Fortify Skill Book | Geomancer Skill Book | Fortify Scroll |
Poison Dart Skill Book | Geomancer Skill Book | Poison Dart Scroll |
Fossil Strike Skill Book | Geomancer Skill Book | Fossil Strike Scroll |
Impalement Skill Book | Geomancer Skill Book | Impalement Scroll |
Burn My Eyes Skill Book | Pyrokinetic Skill Book | Burn My Eyes Scroll |
Fireball Skill Book | Pyrokinetic Skill Book | Fireball Scroll |
Fireblood Skill Book | Pyrokinetic Skill Book | Any Polymorph Skillbook |
Fireblood Skill Book | Pyrokinetic Skill Book | Fireblood Scroll |
Searing Daggers Skill Book | Pyrokinetic Skill Book | Searing Daggers Scroll |
Haste Skill Book | Pyrokinetic Skill Book | Haste Scroll |
Ignition Skill Book | Pyrokinetic Skill Book | Ignition Scroll |
Infectious Flame Skill Book | Pyrokinetic Skill Book | Infectious Flame Scroll |
Spontaneous Combustion Skill Book | Pyrokinetic Skill Book | Spontaneous Combustion Scroll |
Blood Sucker Skill Book | Necromancer Skill Book | Blood Sucker Scroll |
Decaying Touch Skill Book | Necromancer Skill Book | Decaying Touch Scroll |
Mosquito Swarm Skill Book | Necromancer Skill Book | Mosquito Swarm Scroll |
Rain of Blood Skill Book | Necromancer Skill Book | Rain of Blood Scroll |
Shackles of Pain Skill Book | Necromancer Skill Book | Shackles of Pain Scroll |
Infect Skill Book | Necromancer Skill Book | Infect Scroll |
Tentacle Lash Skill Book | Polymorph Skill Book | Tentacle Lash Scroll |
Chicken Claw Skill Book | Polymorph Skill Book | Chicken Claw Scroll |
Bull Horns Skill Book | Polymorph Skill Book | Bull Horns Scroll |
Chameleon Cloak Skill Book | Polymorph Skill Book | Chameleon Cloak Scroll |
Heart of Steel Skill Book | Polymorph Skill Book | Heart of Steel Scroll |
Spread Your Wings Skill Book | Polymorph Skill Book | Spread Your Wings Scroll |
Conjure Incarnate Skill Book | Summoning Skill Book | Conjure Incarnate Scroll |
Dimensional Bolt Skill Book | Summoning Skill Book | Dimensional Bolt Scroll |
Elemental Totem Skill Book | Summoning Skill Book | Elemental Totem Scroll |
Farsight Infusion Skill Book | Summoning Skill Book | Farsight Infusion Scroll |
Power Infusion Skill Book | Summoning Skill Book | Power Infusion Scroll |
Rallying Cry Skill Book | Summoning Skill Book | Rallying Cry Scroll |
Supercharger Skill Book | Summoning Skill Book | Supercharger Scroll |
Armour of Frost Skill Book | Hydrosophist Skill Book | Armour of Frost Scroll |
Hail Strike Skill Book | Hydrosophist Skill Book | Hail Strike Scroll |
Healing Ritual Skill Book | Hydrosophist Skill Book | Healing Ritual Scroll |
Rain Skill Book | Hydrosophist Skill Book | Rain Scroll |
Restoration Skill Book | Hydrosophist Skill Book | Restoration Scroll |
Winter Blast Skill Book | Hydrosophist Skill Book | Winter Blast Scroll |
Steam Lance Skill Book | Hydrosophist Skill Book | Global Cooling Scroll |
Skillbook Crafting
All following recipes require combining two skillbooks. Neither of the skillbooks may consume a Source point. Combining skillbooks that consume Source points yields different results.
Vacuum Touch | Aerothurge | Necromancer | Neither skillbook may consume Source points. |
Vaporize | Aerothurge | Polymorphing | Neither skillbook may consume Source points. |
Erratic Wisp | Aerothurge | Huntsman | Neither skillbook may consume Source points. |
Smoke Cover | Aerothurge | Scoundrel | Neither skillbook may consume Source points. |
Electric Infusion | Aerothurge | Summoning | Neither skillbook may consume Source points. |
Breathing Bubble | Aerothurge | Warfare | Neither skillbook may consume Source points. |
Corrosive Spray | Geomancer | Necromancer | Neither skillbook may consume Source points. |
Turn To Oil | Geomancer | Polymorphing | Neither skillbook may consume Source points. |
Throw Dust | Geomancer | Huntsman | Neither skillbook may consume Source points. |
Venom Coating | Geomancer | Scoundrel | Neither skillbook may consume Source points. |
Poison Infusion | Geomancer | Summoning | Neither skillbook may consume Source points. |
Oily Carapace | Geomancer | Warfare | Neither skillbook may consume Source points. |
Corpse Explosion | Pyrokinetic | Necromancer | Neither skillbook may consume Source points. |
Bleed Fire | Pyrokinetic | Polymorphing | Neither skillbook may consume Source points. |
Throw Explosive Trap | Pyrokinetic | Huntsman | Neither skillbook may consume Source points. |
Sabotage | Pyrokinetic | Scoundrel | Neither skillbook may consume Source points. |
Fire Infusion | Pyrokinetic | Summoning | Neither skillbook may consume Source points. |
Sparking Swings | Pyrokinetic | Warfare | Neither skillbook may consume Source points. |
Raining Blood | Hydrosophist | Necromancer | Neither skillbook may consume Source points. |
Healing Tears | Hydrosophist | Polymorphing | Neither skillbook may consume Source points. |
Cryotherapy | Hydrosophist | Huntsman | Neither skillbook may consume Source points. |
Vampiric Hunger | Hydrosophist | Scoundrel | Neither skillbook may consume Source points. |
Water Infusion | Hydrosophist | Summoning | Neither skillbook may consume Source points. |
Cleanse Wounds | Hydrosophist | Warfare | Neither skillbook may consume Source points. |
Source Skillbook Crafting
All following recipes require combining two skillbooks. One of the skill must consume Source points.