Emerald Tablet

*A Mighty Tablet with Many Decipherable glyphs carved into its surface...*

**Emerald Tablets** are small green items found typically near Orbs of True Knowledge, primarily significant for the game lore they contain. When examined, tablets will at first show their text in glowing green glyphs, which slowly morphs into readable text. Every tablet is different, and most are accompanied by an Orb of True Knowledge, with the exception of the *Secretorum Hermetis* and *Tabula Smaragdina*.

## Uses

### Kick and throw

Emerald Tablets can be used as weapons by **throwing** them at enemies, similar to rocks created by the Summon Rock spell. This can be highly effective against most enemies, as they do considerable damage and are counted as accidental ('trick') kills, rewarding twice as much gold dropped. Physics damage is highly effective even against powerful enemies such as Stevari, so having a tablet on hand can provide a powerful if sometimes unwieldy weapon.

**Kicking** the thrown tablet can extend the range and velocity of the tablet. Click your [kick] key/button about 1/4 second *before* your throw, to get roughly the optimal timing for a downwards/diagonal kick. Different angles require other timing, with upward angles being hard to do. See tutorial video for details:

Three enemies, Haavoittajamestari, Maadoittajamestari, and Sätkymestari, are surrounded by an aura that converts tablets to air, and cannot be killed in this way.

### Gold

They can also be converted into gold when placed on the altar on top of the floating island above the Mountain, although converting too many (>2) can trigger Hell Gazers (2/9 chance) to spawn. See the Forest page for details.

## Bugs

The tablet may disappear if it goes too far off screen.

## Stone Tablets

When placed on the Anvil at the bottom right of the Hiisi Base, certain tablets can be "reforged" into **Stone Tablets**. Only tablets found in Orb Rooms will work.

The name of the tablet remains the same, but the text content changes. Most numbered tablets can be converted in this manner, and the resulting stone tablet will contain a hint at which materials are required to reveal hidden glyphs in the Orb Room the tablet came from. Adding the material(s) to one of the basins in the orb room (after removing the water they usually contain) will reveal glyphs which can be translated into Finnish, revealing some of the story of the game.

## Trivia

* The Emerald Tablets and many of the quotes on them are references to the real Emerald Tablet, which is occasionally referenced in Occult, Alchemical and esoteric contexts.
* Emerald Tablet Volume V contains a quote from *Monty Python and the Holy Grail*, fitting the Holy Bomb spell next to it.
* It is possible to use a tablet and the "unstuck" game feature (which deletes a small area around your feet if you mash A+W+D keys without moving) to destroy parts of the world. This makes it possible to 'dig' out of the Holy Mountain as demonstrated in this clip by Letaali.
* The art for all 3 volumes of the official soundtrack contains ciphered text from the first Emerald Tablet: "FROM ONE BY THE MEDIATION OF ONE"

## See also

* Books, for similar tablets
* Game Lore