# Healing spells
Healing spells restore health, and cure many forms of ailments. Due to their nature, most of them are emergency spells.
The following roles can gain skills in the Healing school:

Healing spells

Max
Role

Basic

Archeologist, Ranger

Skilled

Knight, Wizard

Expert

Healer, Monk, Priest

Role
Skill

Archeologist
Basic

Healer
Expert

Knight
Skilled

Monk
Expert

Priest
Expert

Ranger
Basic

Wizard
Skilled

The following spellbooks teach you Healing spells:

Spellbook
Spell level
Direction
Relative probability
Probability conditional on price
Actions to read
Skill changes

Spellbook of healing
1
beam
4.07%
14.0%
4
S

Spellbook of cure blindness
2
non-directional
2.54%
10.6%
4

Spellbook of cure sickness
3
non-directional
3.25%
13.8%
8

Spellbook of extra healing
3
beam
2.74%
11.6%
12

Spellbook of stone to flesh
3
beam
1.52%
6.5%
4

Spellbook of restore ability
4
non-directional
2.54%
20.8%
17
S

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