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Comment by 185525

Spawns in The Legerdemain Lounge, 1st floor, south wall, on the empty bookshelf near the western doorway. In dalaran.

Text reads:
(page 1)
<Penned by the skilled hand of Archmage Ansirem Runeweaver>
(page 2)
The ninth and final school of magic is transmutation. It is among the most popular and useful of all the schools, allowing a mage to manipulate time and space. Perhaps the Most iconic Transmutation spell is Polymorph, which allows a mage to turn something - or someone - into something else. Fortunately for many of my students, the effects are not permanent. I've seen more than one unwary apprentice turned into a sheep, pig, or worse - don't even ask what that means.
(page 3)
The second most famous use for transmutation magic is teleportation. The most basic teleportation spell is blink, and it remains among the most useful. Blink can be used to quickly escape a foe - or save a mage who has accidentally fallen off a cliff. Do not attempt to use blink to escape falling to your death unless absolutely necessary. This is the king of trick you can only fail once.
(page 4)
Make absolutely certain you know your destination before attempting to teleport. There's a reason we have very specific spells to teleport to certain locations - attempts to cast a teleportation on the fly often result in one very dead mage inside a wall, chair, or another mage, and I don't mean in a fun way.
(page 5)
Spells that manipulate time also fall into this category. The ever-popular slow fall spell is an excellent alternative to falling to your death (and much more reliable than blink at this function). More advanced practitioners of the arcane arts can also learn a spell that slows the movements of their enemies. I've heard rumors of a spell that increases movement speed as well, but I've never seen it in practice.
(page 6)
Lady Jaina Proudmoore is a skilled practitioner of transmutation magic. She has developed a powerful variation of the popular mass-teleport spell that is capable of moving a significant percentage of her army with minimal effort. This spell helps make her extremely unpredictable on the battlefield.

Comment by 22578

Polymorphic Rules & Regulations can be also found there instead of The Schools of Arcane Magic - Transmutation

Comment by 232095

this book spawned at 1:19 pm for me, and again at 4:50pm, so the theroy of a random spawn time between 3 and 4 hours works. both times it was the "funny book" tho :S

Comment by 22578

Weathered Diary - Dates from the Third War can be found there instead.

Comment by Coriam

Excerpts from the Journal of Archmage Vargoth can also spawn there.

3:45-ish spawn timer, when I watched.

Comment by 266010

i found the book - i /yell : and announced in trade and general - by the time i did that the timer was up- and the book gone, i didnt get it :( - - why wont more ppl announce these things like me :(

Comment by Freakinghigh

Plymorphic Rules & Regulations spawns here too

Comment by meschen

Books spawn within a one hour window that begins 3 hours after the previous book is read. Can occasionally go a few minutes over the 4 hour mark.

Each book spawns in exactly the same place. The real book is blue.

Comment by 313118

Just to make it perfectly clear - the empty bookcase next to the stove.

Comment by toekneesd

Achievement:

Reward:
(Use the book to teleport to a room on top of the Violet Citadal and speak with: Archmage Vargoth)

Archmage Vargoth will reward you with:

Req: (Read the following books, all located throughout Dalaran)

Info:

The books are on spawn timers anywhere from 3 hours to 4 hours

Each book only spawns in one location (so once you find it you do not need to keep checking that location)

Book spawn times are shared with non-achievement books (so you may see a book spawn and it will not be the one you need)

Each location seems to have 2-3 other books (non-achievement) which spawn in that location (randomly)

If you read the book it will disappear within 3min (resetting the spawn timer)

If you do not read the book it will disappear within 5min (resetting the spawn timer)

If an achievement book does spawn, more than one player can read the book and get the credit for reading it. (if they read it within 3min of the first person who read it)

When I find a book I announce it within trade chat so if other would like to read it they can (providing they can get to it within 3min)

Ask around if others are looking for books, group up, spread out to keep your eyes on multiple locations, share spawn timer info (this greatly reduces the amount of running around)

Books (locations):

Location: Dalaran Visitor Center (52.2,55.5), on the floor to the right as you go in, in front of the little table with books on it

Location: Violet Citadel (30.9,46.3), group of bookcases on the right as you go in, Bottom of the left bookcase.

Location: Violet Citadel (26.5,51.7), Up the stairs to the left, on the floor in front of the bookcase, next to the sands of time portal.

Location: Threads of Fate (Cloth Armor shop)(43.6,47.1), Go up stairs out on the balcony on top of a crate to your right as you walk out onto the balcony.

Location: Violet Hold (64.5,52.8), as you go in head to the left and against the wall on the left crate, next to Archmage Timear.

Location: Violet Gate (Crystal Portal)(56.7,46.1), to your right as you enter (northern bookcase) on the floor in front of bookcase.

Location: Legerdermain Lounge (46.9,39.1), Upstairs west room, empty bookcase

Location: Legerdermain Lounge (46.9,39.8), 1st floor western bookcase near the door

Comment by Fayerin

If you happen to be on the server blackhand there is a chat channel that keeps track of the spawn times just join /join bookclub :3 Happy hunting!

Comment by 156365

I've been camping this, my last needed book for over 3 months now! I've probably seen 30 wrong books, but never this one. Is this book the hardest to get, or am I unlucky?

Comment by 265206

hehe i was standing at the wrong bookshelf for hours ... T . T

Comment by 399131

alot of people wate for this book at the wrong book shelf... it spawns on the empty shelf near the door on the side of the magus commerce exchange. NOT on the empty shelf next to the stairs and the door on the side on the horde stuff.

Comment by 429982

The book spawned for me at 3:45pm, and was gone in less than a minute.

Comment by 438545

*Achievement*
Dalaran

I also posted pictures of a map of all the locations of the books as well as pictures of each specific location the books spawn so you know where to look. Good luck and happy hunting!

The Schools of Arcane Magic - Introduction
Violet Gate : Right side of Archmage Celindra on the floor next to the bookshelf
{Coords 56.7, 45.6}

The Schools of Arcane Magic – Abjuration
Dalaran Visitor Center : Right side of room, on the floor next to the table
{Coords 52.3, 54.8}

The Schools of Arcane Magic - Conjuration
Lower Violet Citadel : Right side of room (to the right of Archmage Aethas Sunreaver), Lower left bookshelf
{Coords 30.7, 46}

The Schools of Arcane Magic - Divination
Upper Violet Citadel : Upstairs on the floor between the book shelves that are to the left of Zidormi and the Caverns of Time portal.
{Coords 26.5, 52.3}

The Schools of Arcane Magic - Enchantment
Upper balcony of Threads of Fate : Go inside and up the stairs on the right side as you walk in, continue up until you are on the balcony. Face the door way and it will be on a crate on the left side.
{Coords 43.5, 46.7}

The Schools of Arcane Magic - Illusion
Violet Hold : Go in and then left. It’s on a crate to the right of Archmage Timear *Regular dungeon daily quest giver* (to the right as you are looking at him)
{Coords 64.4, 52.4}

The Schools of Arcane Magic - Necromancy
Upper Legerdemain Lounge: Go upstairs and to the right in the bedroom with four beds. It will be on the bookshelf against the wall on the second shelf from the top.
{Coords 46.8, 39.1}

The Schools of Arcane Magic - Transmutation
Lower Legerdemain Lounge : Bottom floor on the right bookshelf across from the bar (next to the stove) it will be on the second shelf from the top
{Coords 46.8, 40}

I suggest you get an addon from Curse.com called Dalaran University. It’s simple to use and will help you keep track of when each book may spawn. Just keep in mind, books can spawn as a “real” or “fake” book in each specific location. A fake book that spawns counts (on timers) as a real book, so you will have to wait another 3-4 hours for a chance a real book will spawn.

I hope this helps! Good luck getting your Loremaster title and your Kirin Tor Familiar non-combat pet!

~Aarchangel
Night Elf Hunter (Beast Master)
Fenris Server
Harvesters of Sorrow guild
*Find my guild on www.guildportal.com and/or myspace.com/hos_07 *

Comment by 363365

I've been checking for this book now for over two months. It doesn't spawn for me. The only books that have spawned on rare occasions were fakes. I got all the other books easily, why not this one?

Comment by 202575

This was the last book I needed, and after an exhaustive wait here are the book spawn times I and my brother who helped me saw, with all being random books aside from the one I needed.

2:00 pm Polymorphic Rules & Regulations
5:57 pm Weathered Diary - Dates from the Third War
9:27 pm Excerpts from the Journal of Archmage Vargoth
1:02 am Excerpts from the Journal of Archmage Vargoth
4:39 am Weathered Diary - Dates from the Third War
8:21 am Polymorphic Rules & Regulations
12:07 pm Polymorphic Rules & Regulations
3:34 pm Polymorphic Rules & Regulations
7:19 pm Excerpts from the Journal of Archmage Vargoth
10:40 pm Polymorphic Rules & Regulations
2:06 am Weathered Diary - Dates from the Third War
Server Maintenance
12:01 pm Excerpts from the Journal of Archmage Vargoth
3:47 FINALLY Spawns, DONE

Comment by faith1ntheknife

Here's a quick video I put together showing how the rewards for the Higher Learning achievement plays out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZokTFI_rwqI

Comment by Supahtoons

Good thing there's a Barmaid within right click range of this...I'm going to need a lot of beer.

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The Schools of Arcane Magic - Transmutation

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