Book Shelves

Bookshelves bring a variety of benefits depending on where what rooms they are placed in, and how many. The table below summarises these details, and is correct as of 7 Sept 2025. Note that this information is drawn from the code so gives more detail than is currently in the in-game help text (including pop-ups).

Rooms	Max Book Shelves	Benefits	Chance	Caps	To Whom	Notes
Private Bedrooms	2	Science OR Academics OR Intelligence OR Administration.	1% per Shelf, so 2% max.	100	Room Occupants*	Double chance if Nerd. Five times chance if Traditionalist.
Master's Bedroom	1	none	0	n/a	n/a	No benefit here currently.
The Dorms	10	Science OR Academics OR Intelligence.	0% for 2 or less, 1% if 3 or more Shelves.	60	Room Occupants*	Double chance if Nerd. No benefit to shelves beyond 3 currently.
Office	4	Science AND Academics AND Administration.	0% from 1 Shelf, 0.12% if 2 or 3 Shelves, 0.24% if 4 Shelves.	100	Household*	No benefit for Nerds.
Library	8	Science AND Academics AND Occultism (WIP).	0.12% per Shelf, so 1% max.	100	Household*	No benefit for Nerds.
Living Room	3	none	0	n/a	n/a	No benefit here currently.
Annex	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	Annex residents currently lose the passive education possibility they would gain by sleeping in a bedroom in the main house.
Other Rooms (Kitchen, Bathroom, News Room, Jail Cells, Training Room, Nursery)	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	No reading books in these rooms

* Excludes NPCs unconscious or in bondage or living away from the Household, such as at the Abbey or the Arena.

Note that Mentally Challenged individuals have effectively zero chance of benefiting from Book Shelves.