The book you got from Fergus only teaches Identify up to level 2. You will have to find a teacher to raise it higher. The weapons officer in the citadel (towards the end of act 1) can teach it to level 5, or you could check with the battlefield merchants (not sure if they teach it in earlier acts).
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