Here are the timestamps for The Bard's Tale Trilogy Remastered New Player Guide: Intro - 0:05 Gender (Just pick any you feel right) - 1:23 Races - 1:28 Classes in BT 1 that you can start - 2:44 Sorcerer - 6:45 Wizard - 7:14 ArchMage (BT 2 and BT 3) - 7:37 Chronomancer (BT 3 and you need to do something for em) - 8:02 Geomancer (BT 3 and you need to discover this class yourself) - 8:27 Stats - 8:55 Basic Character menu including To Hit and Exp plus the Casters spell level - 9:46 Options Menu - 10:17 Menu buttons in game - 10:55 Spells intro - 13:44 Spells that you want (NOTE: I've left out the BT 2, and BT 3 spells PLUS the classes beyond BT 1 since I want you all discover the fun in those spells on your own) - 13:59 New Player Route to Shop, Tavern, Adventure Guild, Roscoe's and Temple - 21:16 Quick New Player Dungeon Advice if in BT 2 - 24:52 Quick New Player Dungeon Advice if in BT 3 - 25:14 Final Advice - 25:28
@@LordFentonGaming omg I finally beat it on Xbox and to my surprise I missed an achievement. Omg the dreamspell! I can’t go back to part 2?! I have to start over with a new party?! Omg noooo!
@@jammieweston2566 Did you use the old school mode where you only can save at the guild. If not don't panic you can do is use a previous save and hunt for the Dream Spell in BT 2. Congrats on beating the trilogy on the Xbox.
This is one of the First and Best Classic Dungeon crawler games Ever ! it has all the Classic Elements of the Dungeons and Dragons mechanics,this brings back so many great memories from it back when no maps and saves anywhere were available ! talk about hard core you could die in a Random encounter or trap and loose a huge deal of time and progress ! not to mention i would draw maps on squared paper so as not to get lost.
The first The Bard's Tale I and Ultima 3 was mine. Pretty great games back in the day and you had to use special grid paper to map things out. It was all memory and if you did do it wrote things down so you won't get lost. I am glad newer players get to experience what we all did without the writing stuff down.
@@LordFentonGaming It's true. In the original series (dating myself) the mapping was great, but if you missed a teleport, or if you spilled jam on your graph paper it made for a looooong re-do. The good part was that after you got your maps done, you could draw a highlighted path so you knew exactly how to get through. But you STILL had to do a scry site now and then to make sure you had your bearings right. Then in BT3, they implemented a poor-man's auto mapping but the remastered version is MUCH better and truly makes the game playable for those of us who are a bit older and saddled with more stuff to do on the weekend than just spend hours and hours mapping. Huge improvement.
@@greggwigen8196 The Original happened to me when I was a kid with mis-mapping the Catacombs trapped area. Still came back with this auto-mapping system and won. BT 3 wasn't easy on auto mapping and the Remastered own it. I agree with you on the huge improvements.
Checking back in. I went back and played BT1 and I managed to beat the burger easter egg. I needed 3 monks with -39 AC and I before I started the battle I had my bard play lucklaren. That helped the fighters survive the first wave of spells thrown at them. In the 1st round I stacked another lucklaren and 2 anma spells from my casters to make sure. I had all my front line guys defend and I had my rogue (slot 4) hide. This gets you through the entire 1st round of combat without any damage and at that point you are free from concern about future magical attacks. 2nd round, I continue to defend (probably overcautious at this point, but it worked.) and I had my bard increase party AC with Traveller's Tune. In round 2 I had my spellcasters throw out a couple MIBLs. That will soften the group up and put you in a position to begin weeding them out. Round 3, the fighters finally get into the action. I kept my bard hidden and just attacked with my 3 monks. I also let my bard wreak havoc by using his frost drum on the groups. This continues for a few rounds. Between frost drums (frost horn, whatever you want to use), MIBLs and your monk attacks you wipe out the first group with nary a scratch. And you get some very nice XP and gold for your efforts. But don't get complacent. Those sneaky Tarjan Priests have another 4 groups of 99 up their sleeves and the 2nd group is rougher than the first. However, if you've got -39 AC on your front three and your roque is adept at hiding, you are golden. Your long-term lucklaren is still playing so you get the benefit and therefore manage to avoid the first wave of spells that this new group will throw at you and the melee attacks can't touch you. Repeat the early battle steps from before, stack Lucklaren and a couple ANMA spells, then in round 2 throw on a Traveller's Tune to beef up your AC so they can't get in a lucky shot, and you pretty much have it in the bag. At the end of the 2nd battle you get MORE AC and Long Green, and the Priests, in an attempt to salvage their shattered dignity admonish you to NEVER say that word again.
If leveled high enough in bt1, rouges could disarm chests traps for free and at the very least, even in legacy mode, critically hitting from shadows is amazing in of itself
I think awhile ago they patched it if your rogue is high they automatically disarm it which owns and I tend to over level in these games to see the benefits. As for Hide in Shadows it owns.
I have fond memories of the original 1985 release on my Atari ST, lost many weekends playing this. Seriously considering this Trilogy, and re-living this classic. The visual changes look good too.
Krome did a great job of updating the graphics and putting a modern touch to inXile Entertainment original game. I'm glad they did this game and cannot wait til Wasteland.
There was a glitch for gold, where you make new partys and then trade all the gold to one character then import that character into a new party. Over and over. Best equipment, then easier to storm the castle
That is very cool you got that from the Interplay collection. I had the 1st on the Amiga 1000 and the other two with The Bard's Tale 2004 bundle for the PC.
There was also a bug (I'm guessing) in the original Bard's Tale (I hope this doesn't have), when you were say a 10th level conjurer or magician (whatever level you needed or past it to cast the maximum spell level of that class) and switched classes to a new one, it would treat your spells as if you were a 1st level caster and not take into account your levels as your previous class, So I noticed my dragon breath and starflare and shock sphere spells were repelling off creatures as if I was a 1st level conjurer or magician again, same with wizard and sorcerer
If memory serves me right I believe the devs behind the remastered version fixed many bugs. They also fixed many exp loopholes too (IE foes summoning at a certain fort for unlimited exp to the BT 3's extreme exp gain after completing an early on dungeon). That bug sounds really bad from the original version
Which game your playing first? If the Bard's Tale 1 than the order is cellar than sewers since you will find the entrance. Once you do find something in the sewers is Catacombs than castle. Rest is straight forward.
I assume you've sorted it out by now, but there are literally dozens of guides out there. Quick google search and you can find whatever hints you need.
does the remastered Thief of Fate have the glitch that the original game had where every time you walk into the Tent where you gain levels with a 1st lvl character you get a level and a half? the wind oger counted as a 1st lvl for the purposes of the glitch.
If I remember they fix it. They also "Fixed" the unlimited 4 X 99 Barbarians into one shot unless Legacy mode, also fixed the Brockter where you let them keep on summoning and you keep them alive while you knock their summons for 600k+ xp per battle. Not sure if Legacy mode did unfix some of those. Still Remastered edition did some xp fixes. Really easy to get xp if your farming a certain dungeon for goods.
I am in the catacombs ATM I see they nerfed the room that had 4 groups of 99 skeletons. That was great for leveling. But I will admit I might be remembering the wrong dungeon. Lol it has been 30 years since I played this on my Apple 2e.
@@rayhottinger3865 For me it was since 2004 because The Bard's Tale 2004 version came with the original trilogy to use on DosBox. You were on point about the skeletons, it got nerfed in the remastered. People like me abused that room after finding out the Barbarians got nerfed. Still This is a great game to talk about and go back to.
just got this game, been playing 2-3 hours , i keep dying over and over , love this game but wish it was a little easier for the newcomer, the encounters seem WAY too hard, its crazy
Did you put warriors, bards, hunter, or monk as your first three party members? If not they should be the first three spots. Casters the last 2-3. As for foes it is ok to run away if too tough and avoid the night. Just go back to the adventure guild if night to reset to day.
Just keep on trying and trying. If you need help I did use a Paladin, Hunter, Bard, Rogue, Two magicians and one Conjuror as my party in this version of The Bard's Tale I to start out.
Here are the timestamps for The Bard's Tale Trilogy Remastered New Player Guide:
Intro - 0:05
Gender (Just pick any you feel right) - 1:23
Races - 1:28
Classes in BT 1 that you can start - 2:44
Sorcerer - 6:45
Wizard - 7:14
ArchMage (BT 2 and BT 3) - 7:37
Chronomancer (BT 3 and you need to do something for em) - 8:02
Geomancer (BT 3 and you need to discover this class yourself) - 8:27
Stats - 8:55
Basic Character menu including To Hit and Exp plus the Casters spell level - 9:46
Options Menu - 10:17
Menu buttons in game - 10:55
Spells intro - 13:44
Spells that you want (NOTE: I've left out the BT 2, and BT 3 spells PLUS the classes beyond BT 1 since I want you all discover the fun in those spells on your own) - 13:59
New Player Route to Shop, Tavern, Adventure Guild, Roscoe's and Temple - 21:16
Quick New Player Dungeon Advice if in BT 2 - 24:52
Quick New Player Dungeon Advice if in BT 3 - 25:14
Final Advice - 25:28
Lord Fenton Gaming thank you
I put this off months ago when I saw the graphics. Today I started playing and immediately hooked.
The remaster of this wonderful classic is great.
@@LordFentonGaming omg I finally beat it on Xbox and to my surprise I missed an achievement. Omg the dreamspell! I can’t go back to part 2?! I have to start over with a new party?! Omg noooo!
@@jammieweston2566 Did you use the old school mode where you only can save at the guild. If not don't panic you can do is use a previous save and hunt for the Dream Spell in BT 2. Congrats on beating the trilogy on the Xbox.
@@LordFentonGaming unfortunately my previous saves are all on part 3 >
This is one of the First and Best Classic Dungeon crawler games Ever ! it has all the Classic Elements of the Dungeons and Dragons mechanics,this brings back so many great memories from it back when no maps and saves anywhere were available ! talk about hard core you could die in a Random encounter or trap and loose a huge deal of time and progress ! not to mention i would draw maps on squared paper so as not to get lost.
The first The Bard's Tale I and Ultima 3 was mine. Pretty great games back in the day and you had to use special grid paper to map things out. It was all memory and if you did do it wrote things down so you won't get lost. I am glad newer players get to experience what we all did without the writing stuff down.
@@LordFentonGaming It's true. In the original series (dating myself) the mapping was great, but if you missed a teleport, or if you spilled jam on your graph paper it made for a looooong re-do. The good part was that after you got your maps done, you could draw a highlighted path so you knew exactly how to get through. But you STILL had to do a scry site now and then to make sure you had your bearings right.
Then in BT3, they implemented a poor-man's auto mapping but the remastered version is MUCH better and truly makes the game playable for those of us who are a bit older and saddled with more stuff to do on the weekend than just spend hours and hours mapping. Huge improvement.
@@greggwigen8196 The Original happened to me when I was a kid with mis-mapping the Catacombs trapped area. Still came back with this auto-mapping system and won. BT 3 wasn't easy on auto mapping and the Remastered own it. I agree with you on the huge improvements.
Checking back in. I went back and played BT1 and I managed to beat the burger easter egg. I needed 3 monks with -39 AC and I before I started the battle I had my bard play lucklaren. That helped the fighters survive the first wave of spells thrown at them. In the 1st round I stacked another lucklaren and 2 anma spells from my casters to make sure. I had all my front line guys defend and I had my rogue (slot 4) hide. This gets you through the entire 1st round of combat without any damage and at that point you are free from concern about future magical attacks.
2nd round, I continue to defend (probably overcautious at this point, but it worked.) and I had my bard increase party AC with Traveller's Tune. In round 2 I had my spellcasters throw out a couple MIBLs. That will soften the group up and put you in a position to begin weeding them out.
Round 3, the fighters finally get into the action. I kept my bard hidden and just attacked with my 3 monks. I also let my bard wreak havoc by using his frost drum on the groups. This continues for a few rounds.
Between frost drums (frost horn, whatever you want to use), MIBLs and your monk attacks you wipe out the first group with nary a scratch. And you get some very nice XP and gold for your efforts. But don't get complacent. Those sneaky Tarjan Priests have another 4 groups of 99 up their sleeves and the 2nd group is rougher than the first.
However, if you've got -39 AC on your front three and your roque is adept at hiding, you are golden. Your long-term lucklaren is still playing so you get the benefit and therefore manage to avoid the first wave of spells that this new group will throw at you and the melee attacks can't touch you. Repeat the early battle steps from before, stack Lucklaren and a couple ANMA spells, then in round 2 throw on a Traveller's Tune to beef up your AC so they can't get in a lucky shot, and you pretty much have it in the bag.
At the end of the 2nd battle you get MORE AC and Long Green, and the Priests, in an attempt to salvage their shattered dignity admonish you to NEVER say that word again.
First congrats on the Easter Egg beat down you did. That is cool they still kept that in the remaster.
If leveled high enough in bt1, rouges could disarm chests traps for free and at the very least, even in legacy mode, critically hitting from shadows is amazing in of itself
I think awhile ago they patched it if your rogue is high they automatically disarm it which owns and I tend to over level in these games to see the benefits. As for Hide in Shadows it owns.
I have fond memories of the original 1985 release on my Atari ST, lost many weekends playing this.
Seriously considering this Trilogy, and re-living this classic. The visual changes look good too.
Krome did a great job of updating the graphics and putting a modern touch to inXile Entertainment original game. I'm glad they did this game and cannot wait til Wasteland.
This game is a lesson for future devs on how to remaster a very old game. Keep it as original as possible with optional QoL improvements.
This I agree with you 100%. I hope someday Ultima 1 to 3 at least get this treatment with some upgraded graphics.
There was a glitch for gold, where you make new partys and then trade all the gold to one character then import that character into a new party. Over and over. Best equipment, then easier to storm the castle
I dunno if it works for the remastered version but give it a try
I heard something like that and made life easier getting through BT 1. Good tip.
I am not sure if it works for the Remastered edition but doesn't hurt to try.
I owned the first from the interplay bundle cd from the early 90s
That is very cool you got that from the Interplay collection. I had the 1st on the Amiga 1000 and the other two with The Bard's Tale 2004 bundle for the PC.
There was also a bug (I'm guessing) in the original Bard's Tale (I hope this doesn't have), when you were say a 10th level conjurer or magician (whatever level you needed or past it to cast the maximum spell level of that class) and switched classes to a new one, it would treat your spells as if you were a 1st level caster and not take into account your levels as your previous class, So I noticed my dragon breath and starflare and shock sphere spells were repelling off creatures as if I was a 1st level conjurer or magician again, same with wizard and sorcerer
If memory serves me right I believe the devs behind the remastered version fixed many bugs. They also fixed many exp loopholes too (IE foes summoning at a certain fort for unlimited exp to the BT 3's extreme exp gain after completing an early on dungeon). That bug sounds really bad from the original version
Thanks so much! Cleared up my questions.
Anytime. If you need more help ask.
I was wondering about the races. If there was any real differences at higher levels. I see though at start it matters
I needed this, thank you!
Your welcome and glad you found it was so helpful.
awesome gaming
I am glad you enjoy this guide for The Bard's Tale Trilogy Remaster.
I don't know where to go or what to do. I've leveled enough to prevail over almost any threat, but what's the objective here.
Which game your playing first? If the Bard's Tale 1 than the order is cellar than sewers since you will find the entrance. Once you do find something in the sewers is Catacombs than castle. Rest is straight forward.
@@LordFentonGaming
Wine cellar then sewers
@@mewmewsasfirebell Yep since the Wine Cellar leads you into the Sewers.
Then temple to catacombs
I assume you've sorted it out by now, but there are literally dozens of guides out there. Quick google search and you can find whatever hints you need.
does the remastered Thief of Fate have the glitch that the original game had where every time you walk into the Tent where you gain levels with a 1st lvl character you get a level and a half? the wind oger counted as a 1st lvl for the purposes of the glitch.
If I remember they fix it. They also "Fixed" the unlimited 4 X 99 Barbarians into one shot unless Legacy mode, also fixed the Brockter where you let them keep on summoning and you keep them alive while you knock their summons for 600k+ xp per battle. Not sure if Legacy mode did unfix some of those. Still Remastered edition did some xp fixes. Really easy to get xp if your farming a certain dungeon for goods.
I am in the catacombs ATM I see they nerfed the room that had 4 groups of 99 skeletons. That was great for leveling. But I will admit I might be remembering the wrong dungeon. Lol it has been 30 years since I played this on my Apple 2e.
@@rayhottinger3865 For me it was since 2004 because The Bard's Tale 2004 version came with the original trilogy to use on DosBox. You were on point about the skeletons, it got nerfed in the remastered. People like me abused that room after finding out the Barbarians got nerfed. Still This is a great game to talk about and go back to.
just got this game, been playing 2-3 hours , i keep dying over and over , love this game but wish it was a little easier for the newcomer, the encounters seem WAY too hard, its crazy
Did you put warriors, bards, hunter, or monk as your first three party members? If not they should be the first three spots. Casters the last 2-3. As for foes it is ok to run away if too tough and avoid the night. Just go back to the adventure guild if night to reset to day.
I find it hard navigating the 1st town
It takes awhile to navigate. Just spend time near areas you know and if you need to look at the map quiet a bit.
@@LordFentonGaming thanks
@@LordFentonGaming I got the trilogy for $3😝
@@soulrebel6309 That is really cool. If you see a deal grab it.
i cant even run away 80% of the time, i dont know what to do, icant even make it to the temple
South of the adventure guild is a temple. See the statue you go too far. Use it to kill foes and heal.
i need a party of about 30 i figure just to survive, this game is ridiculous
Just keep on trying and trying. If you need help I did use a Paladin, Hunter, Bard, Rogue, Two magicians and one Conjuror as my party in this version of The Bard's Tale I to start out.
Do you have a discord server?
That I do not have at this time. When things get less chaotic I should have it and it will go in the links section.