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Pages of Training are artifacts dropped by monsters and chests in the dungeon. They have no function in of themselves, but five Pages can be combined into a [[Tome of Training]]. These tomes, plus gold, are required to for most [[trainartisan]] the three [[artisantrain]]sing.

Pages of Training are very useful, since upgraded Artisans learn many new recipes and other skills of great use for your character. All three Artisans Both the [[Blacksmith]] and the [[Jeweler]] (as well as the [[Mystic]] before she was removed), require Tomes of Training for their upgrades, and since higher level upgrades require multiple Tomes (as many as 10 tomes per upgrade, with multiple upgrades per full level), players can expect to collect many thousands of Pages of Training over their Diablo 3 careers.

Early in the beta test, Pages of Training most commonly dropped from bookcases [[bookcase]]s in the [[Cathedral ]] dungeon levels, and very seldom from monsters. This changed completely in a later beta patch, and thereafter bookcases almost never dropped anything other than [[Scrolls of Companion]], [[health potions]], and [[gold]], while Pages of Training became quite common drops from [[monsters]]. As of January 2012, a player could expect to find about 12 pages of training from a single, fairly-thorough pass (around 60-90 minutes of play time, with a brand new character) through the beta content. This too changed, and in a beta patch later in January 2012, Pages of Training were entirely removed from the beta, with all early Artisan training changed to only require gold. How these items will be balanced in the final game remains to be seen.