Ultimate Megabonk Tomes Tier List

Tomes in Megabonk will decide the fate of your run. Choose the right tomes early on, and you set yourself up for a big run. On the other hand, the wrong Tomes will cause your run to fizzle out in no time. If you’re having a hard time deciding which Tomes to pick and which to avoid, this Megabonk Tomes tier list will make things easier.

Megabonk Tomes Tier List

There are over 20 Tomes in Megabonk, and you can only equip up to four during a run, assuming you have unlocked all the slots. So, we’ve created this Megabonk Tomes tier list to help narrow down your options and help you choose the right Tome in every run.

Tomes in the S tier are the ‘meta’ Tomes that will synergize well with all types of character builds. A tier has all the next-best options, and the B tier is for the situational/build-specific tomes. Tomes in tier C can be useful for certain Quests and Challenges. Lastly, the D tier has Tomes that are better to be toggled off or banished. 

Read on as we highlight the strengths and weaknesses of all the Tomes, so you can decide for yourself which Tomes you want to use and which ones to avoid.

S Tier - Meta Tomes in Megabonk

Tome	Effect	Pros & Cons
XP Tome	Increases XP Gain from all sources.	+ More XP means faster leveling up. + You can scale your character and weapons more quickly. + Must-have regardless of the type of build you’re going for.
Luck Tome	Increases your overall Luck.	+ Get high-rarity items from chests.+ Get better stat offers from shrines.+ Get better Weapon and Tome upgrades when you level up.+ Can help you create your perfect build.
Cooldown Tome	Increases the Attack Speed of all your weapons.	+ Every weapon performs more attacks. + Massively improves the slow weapons that have high damage. + Can create ever-present projectiles that deal damage and form a protective shield.
Quantity Tome	Increases the number of attacks and projectiles of all your weapons.	+ Perfect for all ranged and melee weapons. + Works well in all types of builds because it increases attack rate.
HP Tome	Increases your character’s Max HP.	+ Needed for all types of builds if you want to clear multiple stages in a single run.+ Perfect for low-HP, high mobility characters like Calcium and CL4NK.

A Tier

Tome	Effect	Pros & Cons
Damage Tome	Increases the Damage of all your attacks.	+ Buffs the base damage stat of your character as well as the weapons. + Synergizes well with damage-boosting items. - Scaling is a bit slow due to low multiplier (0.08x per level).
Agility Tome	Increases your movement speed.	+ Can be a lifesaver for clunky characters and tank builds. + Helps evade tricky situations and dodge attacks/swarms. + Especially helpful for avoiding boss attacks.
Precision Tome	Increases Crit Chance. Can go above 100% for Overcrit.	+ Must-have if you’re going for a crit-based build. + Scales quickly (7% increase per level) and has no stack ceiling. - Only worth it if you scale Crit Damage too.
Size Tome	Increases the size of all your weapons.	+ Improves the range of melee weapons. + Increases the area of AoE weapons. + Projectiles of ranged weapons get bigger and can hit multiple enemies.
Projectile Speed Tome	Increases the speed of your weapon projectiles.	+ All weapon projectiles travel faster, hitting more enemies. + Very helpful against quicker enemies. + Fewer missed attacks. - Good early on, but the buff loses utility during the late game.

B Tier

Tome	Effect	Pros & Cons
Shield Tome	Adds a regenerating layer on the shield that absorbs all incoming damage and protects your health. Recharges automatically after some time.	+ Increases survivability against bosses. + Provides a nice buffer for beginners. + Can work well with all builds. - Poor scaling reduces effectiveness in the late game.
Armor Tome	Reduces the damage you take from all sources.	+ Adds an extra, ever-present defensive layer. + Increases survivability during early and mid-game. - Not that effective against boss hits. - Requires at least 5 upgrades for a decent output, which can lock out other weapons or tomes.
Bloody Tome	Heals your character for 1 when you hit an enemy. Guarantees 1 heal when you go over 100%. Chance for 2 heal per hit as well.	+ Increases survivability by constantly healing you. - Healing is very slow if you don’t use multi-hit or bounce weapons. - Burst damage from bosses will almost always outpace the healing effect.
Regen Tome	Increases HP regeneration per minute.	+ You will continuously regain HP without relying on Lifesteal. + Boosts the survivability if you can’t get HP Regen/Lifesteal items. - Regeneration speed is slow early on. - Lifesteal and HP Regen items stack better.

C Tier

Tome	Effect	Pros & Cons
Evasion Tome	Increases the chance of avoiding an attack and taking no damage.	+ Good for high-mobility/evasion-based builds. - Heavily reliant on RNG. - Poor scaling. - AoE attacks and swarms can outpace it.
Duration Tome	Increases the duration of attacks, projectiles, and status effects.	+ Improves crowd control weapons and items like Dragonfire, Flamewalker, and Frostwalker. - You can get similar stats from Charge Shrines. - Cost outweighs utility when you have two or three Tome slots.
Cursed Tome	Increases difficulty. Waves have higher number of enemies that are stronger and faster.	+ Can increase XP gain, gold gain, silver gain, and loot. - The sudden difficulty spike can be too much for most players. - Only works well in the XP Tome x Luck Tome x Cursed Tome combo.
Thorns Tome	Deal damage to enemies when they attack you.	+ Provides a decent passive attack. - Scaling is very slow. You only gain 1 Thorn per level up. - Tick damage is low and does not scale. - Only works in melee builds.

D Tier

Tome	Effect	Pros & Cons
Golden Tome	Increases Gold gain from all sources.	- Redundant utility tome that is outpaced by items. - Only synergizes with Robinette (Damage increase by total Gold in inventory). - Offers no other real value since you can already earn gold at a decent rate.
Silver Tome	Increases Silver gain from all sources.	+ Useful early on when you’re low on Silver. - Not worth giving up a slot once you figure out how to farm Silver fast. - The increase in earnings is minimal.
Attraction Tome	Increases XP pickup range.	- Minimal increase in range. - Items like Shrine of Succ and Sucky Magnet do the same thing but better. - Pickup Range is available from charge shrines. Using the Attraction Tome is a waste.
Chaos Tome	Buffs a random stat with each level up.	- Low buff multiplier. - Heavily reliant on RNG. - Can mess up the entire build by buffing an unrelated stat.
Knockback Tome	Increases the distance that you push enemies back when hitting them.	+ Can be helpful for beginners. - Requires a weapon or character that has the Knockback effect. - Only works for melee builds. - Bosses can ignore Knockback some of the time.

That concludes our Megabonk Tomes tier list, but we're not done just yet. Scroll down to find three powerful Tome combos to run in Megabonk for three different types of builds.

3 Best Tome Combos in Megabonk

If you're having a hard tome coming up with effective and powerful Tome combos, try replicating the three shared below. You might want to avoid the Holy Trinity if you're a complete beginner and instead use the Survivor to last longer in the game, get some kills and silver, and start unlocking better characters and weapons.

Let us know which combos you're running in Megabonk in the comment section below. While you're here, also check out our Ultimate Megabonk Weapons Tier List + Unlock Guide and Ultimate Megabonk Items Tier List.