Turn in NPC for war portal quest. Kill the Giant Prohet in the Steppes, via cave near Icegladier falls. You loot the no drop charm and deliver the charm to Wilped the Withered and get task complete with clicky item. You will get task update titled, The Library. A little vague, but late and heading to Valdeholm to check the next task.
I am having trouble finding the Ancient books. I found the 2 homes with the book cases. Are the books in that home? I suppose someone may have taken them and I may have to wait on respawn.
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The books are located to the right once you enter Valdehome. You will go past the hot springs and make the first right, then go to the houses located by the wolf pen. There is a named Giant and a few wolves that see invis, so timing is key. I know for certain Book 2 is at one of those houses. Necro friend told me book 1 is north of the wolf pen. I could not get book 1 to spawn, but still checking. I'm not sure if is bugged or not, but I keep returning to see if it spawns. Being a ranger, I use invis and sneak. Vague information, but the best I can give at this time. Avoid the war wolves and named. Goblin shroud should work great in this zone.
Thank you for the good directions, this was very helpful.
In the wolf pen area, I found three homes with bookshelves, all three in the south side of the area- two next to each other pointing directly south, and one pointing off to the southeast. As mentioned, you'll probably have to skirt see invis wolves and an Animal Tender named.
I've found one book so far. Book #2 is in the central house of the three I mentioned. It's a groundspawn on the bookshelves. They say you're looking for a giant book, but that's not quite true; the groundspawn I picked up was VERY tiny compared to the regular books around it. It's not hard to see if it's up.
Edit: Found the 2nd book. Knowing what I was looking for from the first, which I found in the open on one of the shelves, I found the other half hidden inside a book on another shelf. This one was inside the SE-facing house.