Sorcery scrolls and incantation prayerbooks are key items that add new spells to a spell merchant’s shop. You hand the book over once, and from then on you can buy its spells for runes. Most of them sit off the main path, so they are easy to miss. This guide lists every scroll and prayerbook in Elden Ring, the spells each unlocks, and who accepts them.
| Sorcery scrolls | 3 |
| Prayerbooks | 8 |
| Who takes scrolls | Sorcery teachers such as Sorceress Sellen, or Miriel, Pastor of Vows |
| Who takes prayerbooks | Brother Corhyn in the Roundtable Hold, or Miriel, Pastor of Vows |
| Easiest one-stop NPC | Miriel at the Church of Vows (Liurnia) accepts both |
| Earliest one | Royal House Scroll, Limgrave |
| Stonesword Keys needed | For the Assassin’s Prayerbook and the Godskin Prayerbook |
How scrolls and prayerbooks work
- Pick up the scroll or prayerbook. It goes into your Key Items.
- Talk to an NPC who teaches spells of that type and choose the option to hand over a scroll or prayerbook.
- The spells from that book appear in the NPC’s shop. You still have to buy them with runes and have enough Intelligence or Faith to cast them.
Miriel, the turtle at the Church of Vows on Liurnia’s East Isle, accepts both kinds, so you can bring every book to one place.
All sorcery scroll locations
| Scroll | Where | Unlocks |
|---|---|---|
| Royal House Scroll | Limgrave: on a corpse on a cliff south-east of the Agheel Lake South grace, overlooking a large ruin | Glintblade Phalanx, Carian Slicer |
| Academy Scroll | Liurnia: in the graveyard west of the Lake-Facing Cliffs grace | Great Glintstone Shard, Swift Glintstone Shard |
| Conspectus Scroll | Raya Lucaria Academy: on a body in the room to the left of the Great Hall entrance | Glintstone Cometshard, Star Shower |
All prayerbook locations
| Prayerbook | Where | Unlocks |
|---|---|---|
| Assassin’s Prayerbook | Roundtable Hold: behind the second imp statue door (3 Stonesword Keys in total for both doors) | Assassin’s Approach, Darkness |
| Godskin Prayerbook | Stormveil Castle: in a chest behind the fog that a Stonesword Key opens, past the Rampart Tower grace | Black Flame, Black Flame Blade |
| Dragon Cult Prayerbook | Liurnia: dropped by the knight who patrols just south of the Artist’s Shack | Lightning Spear, Honed Bolt, Electrify Armament |
| Fire Monks’ Prayerbook | Liurnia: on a corpse in the Fire Monk camp on the southern landmass, after you clear the monks | O, Flame!, Surge, O Flame! |
| Two Fingers Prayerbook | Leyndell: near a fireplace in the Fortified Manor | Lord’s Heal, Lord’s Aid |
| Golden Order Principia | Leyndell: on a chair hanging from the ceiling above the Erdtree Sanctuary, reached over the roofs and through a window | Radagon’s Rings of Light, Law of Regression |
| Giant’s Prayerbook | Mountaintops of the Giants: chest at the top of Guardian’s Garrison, up the ladder in the tower behind Chief Guardian Arghanthy | Giantsflame Take Thee, Flame, Fall Upon Them |
| Ancient Dragon Prayerbook | Crumbling Farum Azula: in the middle of the main hall after the Farum Azula grace | Ancient Dragons’ Lightning Spear, Ancient Dragons’ Lightning Strike |
Best order to collect them
- Limgrave and Stormveil: the Royal House Scroll near Agheel Lake, then the Godskin Prayerbook with a Stonesword Key while you clear Stormveil.
- Roundtable Hold: open both imp statue doors for the Assassin’s Prayerbook once you have three keys.
- Liurnia: the Academy Scroll on the way to the Academy, the Conspectus Scroll inside it, plus the Dragon Cult and Fire Monks’ prayerbooks. Visit Miriel on the East Isle to hand them in.
- Leyndell: the Two Fingers Prayerbook in the Fortified Manor and the Golden Order Principia above the Erdtree Sanctuary. Grab the Bolt of Gransax on the same trip.
- Late game: the Giant’s Prayerbook in the Mountaintops and the Ancient Dragon Prayerbook in Farum Azula.
Related: the strongest spells in the game do not come from books. See our Legendary Sorceries and Incantations locations and the Dragon Heart locations for dragon incantations. For a spell build, try the Taker’s Flames Faith build.
FAQ
Who do I give prayerbooks to in Elden Ring?
To an incantation teacher such as Brother Corhyn in the Roundtable Hold, or to Miriel, Pastor of Vows at the Church of Vows in Liurnia, who accepts both prayerbooks and scrolls.
Who do I give sorcery scrolls to?
To a sorcery teacher such as Sorceress Sellen, or to Miriel. See our Sellen questline for where to find her.
Where is the Golden Order Principia?
On a chair hanging from the ceiling of the Erdtree Sanctuary in Leyndell. You reach it by climbing over the roofs outside and dropping in through a window.
How do I get the Assassin’s Prayerbook?
It is behind the second of two imp statue doors in the Roundtable Hold. Opening both takes three Stonesword Keys in total.
Source: every location checked against Fextralife’s Elden Ring wiki plus eXputer and the MapMaster item tracker. Where they disagreed on exact spots, we kept only the details they share.
Further reading: Key Items on the Fextralife Elden Ring wiki.