Incantations in Elden Ring are a lot more than simple healing spells and attacks that deal Holy damage. In Elden Ring, Incantations are essentially a combination of Pyromancies and Miracles from previous FromSoftware games with a few more spells with special effects or unique damage types thrown in there too.
The Confessor class, for example, starts with the Assassin's Approach Incantation which completely silences all movement for a short time – and then there's the Dragonheart Incantations, which give players access to some of the most powerful spells in Elden Ring. With the Assassin's Prayerbook in hand, players can unlock two of Elden Ring's most useful Stealth spells.
Prayerbooks Are Used To Unlock Advanced Incantations
Prayerbooks can be found in several places throughout Elden Ring, always highlighted on the ground with the intense indigo-outlined pickup beacon used for Key Items. There are a variety of Prayerbooks that unlock a bunch of "basic" spells. You won't find game-breaking Incantations from Prayerbooks, but they do unlock useful spells every Faith-based character can use.
The Assassin's Prayerbook specifically unlocks the Assassin's Approach Incantation that Confessors start Elden Ring with as well as the Darkness Incantation. Darkness acts as a veil over the player, improving a player's ability to hide in plain sight, while Assassin's Approach totally silences a character's movement without altering enemies' visual detection.
How To Find The Assassin's Prayerbook
The Assassin's Prayerbook is actually found in Roundtable Hold itself and thus can be unlocked very early in Elden Ring. From the Table of Lost Grace head towards Hewg the Smith. Go down the stairs behind him and turn around to see a Fog Wall and an Imp Statue. Behind this Fog Wall is another that requires even more Stonesword Keys.
Use one Stonesword Key to unseal the first Imp Statue, and two to unlock the second. Behind this second Fog Wall is a chest containing the Assassin's Prayerbook. Collect this then return upstairs to Brother Corhyn, the NPC wearing the Prophet class' default armor near the Table. Give him the Prayerbook and listen to him describe its heresy, after which he will sell Darkness and Assassin's Approach.
Elden Ring is available now for PC, PlayStation 4 and 5, and Xbox One and Series X|S.