The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut

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Code Wheel Offerings
Da teh spikey
Resources for the Code Wheel Offerings.
Includes links for those who want to work it out themselves, or spoiler lists if you're lazy like me.
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Digital Wheels
https://www.inxile-entertainment.com/bt4-code-wheel NOTE: LINK NO LONGER WORKS*

Put the constellation under the arrow in the first pull down menu. Then the other constellation with the moon phase as the other pull downs. Compare the numbers revealed with the Almanac for the offering items.

*I'm still looking for a replacement link that's spoiler free, I'll update when I find one.
In the meantime, the "spoiler wheel" below only skips the step of looking up the items in the almanac, you still need to enter the details correctly.


SPOILER WHEEL

https://codepen.io/johnwun/full/eLobpO

Just put in the details, and it will tell you the items you need.
Almanac
#
Item
#
Item
#
Item
#
Item
1
Malefian Essence
25
Haggis
49
Bone Shards
73
Porridge
2
Sweet Bun
26
Apple
50
Fibre
74
Dwarven Stout
3
Porridge
27
Hearty Stew
51
Blessed Wafer
75
Tropical Drink
4
Pie
28
Dwarven Stout
52
Red Colewort
76
Haggis
5
Sugar
29
Grain
53
Selkie's Tears
77
Selkie's Tears
6
Elven Wine
30
Broth
54
Carrot
78
Keg
7
Green Elfcress
31
Stagswift Wine
55
Lily Seed
79
Meat
8
Fairy Dust
32
Thistle Seed
56
Deathcap Mushrooms
80
Wrecker's Dram
9
Fiber
33
Hearty Stew
57
Fermented Spirit
81
Fairy Dust
10
Stagswift Wine
34
Roasted Carrot
58
Baked Potato
82
Wood
11
Steak
35
Hellebore Seed
59
Meat
83
Roasted Carrot
12
Daffodil Seed
36
Cider
60
Bluebell Seed
84
Rotted Food
13
Cooking Herbs
37
Blue Witchroot
61
Soup
85
Sweet Bun
14
Bone Shards
38
Wood
62
Metal Scraps
86
Sandwich
15
Bread
39
Tea
63
Beast and Cabbage
87
Roast Beast
16
Beast and Cabbage
40
Lily Seed
64
Pie
88
Fermented Spirit
17
Broth
41
Keg
65
Thistle Seed
89
Shepherds Pie
18
Blazepitch
42
Onion
66
Bread
90
Hellebore Seed
19
Bottle of Orange Ink
43
Potato
67
Mushrooms
91
Metal Scraps
20
Bottle of Green Ink
44
Tropical Drink
68
Gold Trefoil
92
Bluebell Seed
21
Blazepitch
45
Charcoal
69
Cabbage
93
Water
22
Cooking Herbs
46
Malefian Essence
70
Baked Potato
94
Tea
23
Sandwich
47
Daffodil Seed
71
Steak
95
Soup
24
Cider
48
Shepherds Pie
72
Roast Beast
96
Blessed Wafer
How to solve the puzzles yourself
This puzzle harkens back to the pre-internet days of game copy protection coming in the form of physical codes or puzzles that came in the game box or printed in the game manual. In this case it's in the form of a code wheel that you need to turn to the right constellations.

Each of the offering statues has an arrow, a moon phase, and two constellations, arranged like this:
Arrow
Moon Phase
Main constellation
Moon constellation

In order to access the reward in each statue, you need to make note of the constellation under the arrow (or what I'm calling the "main constellation"), whether the moon is Waxing ) or Waning (, and what constellation is under the moon (what I'm calling the moon constellation).

Go to the "digital code wheel" here: https://www.inxile-entertainment.com/bt4-code-wheel

From the pull down menu next to "Constellation", enter in the "main constellation"
Then specify the Moon Phase as Waxing or Waning (the digital wheel has a helpful image in each menu item so you can easily reference which one you need)
and finally, the "moon constellation" goes in the final pull down menu next to the moon phase menu.

This will give you two numbers in the middle of the code wheel. These are the item codes.

Reference the item codes from the "Adventurer's Celestial Almanac" in game book, found at the top floor of the Adventurer's Guildhouse. Alternatively, you can use the table in this guide, if you'd like a searchable version.


Temporary alternate link: https://codepen.io/johnwun/full/eLobpO

Click the arrows next to the left constellation until it matches the "main constellation"
Click the arrows next to the middle constellation until it maches the "moon constellation"
Click the moon pulldown to specify whether the moon phase is waxing or waning
Click where it says click to get item names. Note this skips the step of looking up item codes in the almanac, but it's one of the only links I've found that doesn't require a download.

Insert these items into the offering statue and you should receive a reward.



For example, one of the first statues you find looks like this
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Plugging that information into the digital wheel, it should end up looking like this

Referencing that against the almanac, 69 is Cabbage, and 78 is Keg.

Click "Make an Offering" on the statue, and Insert a cabbage and a keg in to the slots, and you should get your 300G!


(SPOILERS) List of Offerings & Rewards
List copied from https://www.neoseeker.com/the-bards-tale-iv/guides/Offerings with added location and constellation notes, and missing shrines.

Location
Items
Reward
Skara Brae Below (North end) (River & Fox)
Keg / Cabbage
300 G
Skara Brae (southeast) (Stag & Owl)
Fiber / Bread
Blazing Star (trinket)
Skara Brae (southeast) (No constellations)
Turtle Brooch (complete "Tortuga's Swim" quest to acquire it)
Shield of Tortuga
Fettercairn (behind Farmer Gandy's) (Hazel & Stag)
Beast and Cabbage / Meat
Wasp (Elven puzzle weapon)
Forest outside Fettercairn (Fox & Bear) (during "Into the Wood" quest)
Sugar / Metal Scraps
Elven Weapon Shard
Forest of Inshriarch (southwest) (Wolf & River)
Daffodil Seed / Deathcap Mushrooms
500 G
Forest of Inshriarch (southeast) (Hare & Owl)
Tropical Drink / Cider
Mercenary Token
Forest of Inshriarch (village cemetery) (River & Hazel)
Cooking Herbs / Sweet Bun
Elven Weapon Shard
Glade of Mathan (south)
Stagswift Wine / Pie
Desecrated Fatherite Relic (for The Holy Path quest)
Isle of Stronsea (en route to Castle Langskaal, southeast) (Boar & Sky)
Hearty Stew / Bluebell Seed
Devil's Brew
Castle Langskaal (northeast entrance) (Sky & Fox)
Stagswift Wine / Bone Shards
Downfall (Elven puzzle weapon)
Skara Brae Below (northwest) (no constellations)
Berserker's Tribute (complete The Logician's Dinner Party quest)
Access to Harkyn's Castle (during The Legions of Baron Harkyn)
Dwarven Ruins (north, then west from Standing Stones) (Owl & Oak)
Shepards Pie / Sweet Bun
Thorn (Elven puzzle weapon)
Bren (near the "Existential Crisis" weapon) (Oak & Wolf)
Pie / Mushrooms
10 Haggis
13 commenti
Turncloak 5 mar, ore 16:46 
What a stupid feature to put in the game.
GlompNinja 3 giu 2023, ore 9:50 
h ttps:// drive. google. com/drive/folders/1-N3ToUr0rlC5NknW9pnozhNoKQUuN_YQ?usp=sharing

Remove spaces
GlompNinja 30 mag 2023, ore 15:52 
If you go into your steam files, local files for The Bard's Tale IV, and go under extras, there should be a html copy of the wheel that will work offline.
teh spikey  [autore] 11 apr 2023, ore 19:50 
Hi Sockjoz
Unfortunately I didn't catch your comment before your link was removed.
Can you post it again with spaces so it's harder to detect please?
teh spikey  [autore] 13 nov 2022, ore 8:34 
Thanks Kryadan
Unfortunately an alternative link that's spoiler free and doesn't require a download is looking hard to find. I've updated the guide about the broken link for the meantime at least.
[SIN] Kryadan 12 nov 2022, ore 20:27 
Looks like the link to inxile no longer works. I realize the answers are still available here, just saying
teh spikey  [autore] 25 apr 2022, ore 8:12 
Hi there. I've added a more detailed description of how the puzzles work to the guide before the spoiler section. Hope that helps!
女尔女子马蚤甲鸟 23 apr 2022, ore 19:43 
你好!请问哪里有详细的解谜攻略?Hello! Where is a detailed puzzle solving strategy?
futhark 8 mar 2022, ore 9:52 
Oh i see, thanks!