Spellbook

The Spellbook comes with Ultima IX, and can be found in-game as well. It is 40 pages long. In-game, the mage Genser is the author of the book; in reality, Tonda Mueller has written the book. Of note is, that the book contains only little original illustrations, most are from previous books. It was noted often how the book contraidics much of the established lore of the series, especially magical lore, and contains many inaccurancies.

The cover of the Journal and Spellbook in the Dragon Edition was made of synthetic leather. The pentagram on the European version of the book is actually drawn instead of just being an impression. For the Japanese edition of the game, the book was translated into Japanese, but content-wise stayed the same. The cover tries to look like brittle leather with a different texture then the other releases. Also, a hardcover version of the book was relased in the Premium Edition.

Book Content
The following topics are part of the book:


 * Foreword
 * The Basics
 * The Reagents
 * Words of Power
 * Spells
 * Rituals
 * Moongates
 * Other magic

Trivia

 * A spellbook is also an item in Ultima VI, Ultima VII and Ultima VII Part Two, which must be held to cast spells.