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You can play on the difficulty of your choice as there are no associated achievements.

There are missable achievements due to the fact that if you complete the final mission it is over, and to continue playing it would have to be loading a previous game. But there are no missable achievements for making one decision and not another, or for leaving a place and that the game does not let you return, all can be achieved before the final mission.

All can be obtained before starting the final mission, the game will warn you when you take up the sword to defeat Tarjan. Even once this mission is started you can go wherever you need, except for Skara Brae, if you had something to do there, surely you will not be able to do. Once you enter in the city it's over, there will be no going back.

Even so, you should keep in mind that:

-You must save 10,000 for the achievement Rockefeller
-Keep a "Mercenary Voucher", to be able to reset your skills and get
all corresponding achievements.
-After defeating Mangar, don't leave without picking up the gloves from the floor, I don't know if
they remain there forever or disappear when leaving the area.
-Kill the final boss with only 3 heroes in your group.

Extra tip

It's been a long time since I wrote the guide, but two players have told me the same thing and I no longer remember the game or how I did it.

It seems that you have to defeat the final boss 2 times, once with 3 heroes for the Challenge Seekers achievement, and once more but with all 6 heroes for the Savior of Skara Brae achievement.

So make a save first so you can load the game and repeat.

There are 5 achievements dedicated to character creation, you can create all 5 by loading game. You must save the game just before entering the Adventurer's Guild since by crossing that door you will be forced to choose a character.

There are 3 achievements for leveling up your character. It has no further complications: play, complete missions, kill enemies. They will be given to you upon reaching levels: 10, 18 and 20.

There are 22 achievements in total. There are 4 character classes: Fighter, Practitioner, Rogue, and Bard. They each have 5 final upgrades in their skill tree (The bard has 6). There is another upgrade called Saint that is not in any skill tree and you can use in any character, it is obtained by completing a side quest, I will explain it below in its corresponding achievement.

The bard has one more class than the others, his name is Jester . But it works differentt, to achieve it you also have to acquire the skill tumbler that is just before. Having both skills will earn the achievement.

You have to go to the Evaluation Committee that is on the ground floor of the Adventurers Guild, save game and spend a "Mercenary's Voucher", which are mainly achieved as a reward when completing missions, they will restart the levels, upgrade a branch of the skill tree, or several if you can. Load savedata and repeat with another branch, do with all.

Side Mission "A Snare of Shadows". The mission begins by reading a book called "Snow in Summer", you find it during the mission "The Best of Us . It's on a table, on the top floor of the Kylearan tower, just behind where you take the elevator that takes you into battle with Mangar. If you didn't get it, in the Baedland Lowlands, a seller in the village, right next to the save point, was also selling it.



Then you must speak to Alguin on the upper floor of the Guild.

Finally, you must go to the Mangar tower, it is reached by entering through a door in the Duke Kinston's house.



In the room before the final battle with Magnar, you cross a catwalk, halfway there are bloody stairs that descend, go down and cross the green portal, offer a sacrifice on the entrance post, defeat the skeletons that appear and take "The Spectre Snare".



You can also go after defeating Mangar, do not leave the room, turn around and go back the way you came, go through the blue portal and you will have returned to the room.

You must first accept the mission "The sacred path" that a priest gives you in Skara Brae.



Then in Baedish Lowlands you must defeat this group of enemies and collect the relic under the table, just behind them.

Go back to the priest and when talking to him you will have to choose which of your characters you want to teach him the new branch of healing skills.

You can see it in the skill tree of the chosen character and improve it if you have enough points.

This achievement is related to the side quest "Song of the Sentry". it's found in Baedish Lowlands. Must enter the tower, the code for the bells is: 1, 3, 1, 2, 4, 2, 3.

Once in the tower, solving the puzzles and using lock picks you will go forward and find some candles. The mission ends by defeating the boss on the top floor, but for the achievement you must put the candles you have found in their place and then the "Strifespear" will appear. Picking it up will earn the achievement.

You must get "The Destiny Wand" obtained in the side mission of the same name. Activate the portal using the wolf constellation in Insriach Forest.



Solve the puzzles and defeat the enemies of Siambra Dhu, until you finally reach the switch room, press them in the correct order to access the chamber where the wand is located.

Complete the side quest "The Cauldrons of Death" that takes place on Stronsea Island.

Starts here.



There are two rooms, look for the key in the open room, then open the one that is closed. Pick up the oar and put it in the boat. It will take you to a new area, defeat the enemies.

Don't leave without picking up the book, you need it to complete quest "A Hero's Rest" and achievement "A Song of Only Fire".

You must use the skill "Pillar of Flame", for this you first need a weapon with that skill. I only found one, they give it to you when completing the mission "A Hero's Rest".

It starts at Skara Brae.



You must give at the spirit eternal rest, for this you need a book that is obtained at the end of the secondary mission "The Cauldrons of Death". See achievement "Savior of the Einarr" for more information.

Awarded for finishing side quest "The Dwarven Realm". It is a small island located to the right of the map, you can go once you have unlocked the first circle of menhirs, but the enemies are so strong that you will not be able to defeat them until practically when you are finishing the game.

Once there, you must defeat the four guardians to get four gems. You have to place them on the pedestals to create the bridge and cross to face the final boss and thus save King Gaerwyn.

They are quite hard fights, each one will have his strategy, I used a dirty one with the bard:

-Attack with everything you have but reserving two points to end your turn with the bard.
-Drink and use "Rhyme of Duotime".
-Drink again and use "Song of Compulsory Cavorting".
-Spend two turns with the boss dancing without attacking him.
-Repeat...

It is part of the history of the game. It is the end of the mission "The best of us". After finding Alguin, a fight begins in which you have to defeat Mangar.

Once defeated do not leave without picking up the gloves that are on the ground and are required for the achievement "That's the end of this Mage's Tale".

You also need to read the book "Snow in Summer" on a table, on the top floor, where you take the elevator. And that begins the side quest "A Snare of Shadows" required for achievement "Mystery Beneath Mangar's Tower".

It is part of the story of the game, you get it after finishing the mission "Low Friends in Low Places". Helping Duke Kinston will give you a key that allows you to leave Skara Brae.

It is part of the history of the game. Obtained during the mission "Into the Wood...", just upon entering Galufroi will attack you, you earn the achievement when defeating him.

It is part of the history of the game. At the end of the mission "The Secret of Cialhmar" you must face and defeat Mangar a second time.

It is part of the history of the game. During the quest "Blood of Kings", you earn the achievement when you defeat Lagoth Zanta, the second time you meet him at Langskaal Castle.

It is part of the history of the game. During the quest "Death to the Mad God" you earn the achievement by defeating Tarjan.

It is part of the final mission of the game, when you enter the Temple you must face Henred, once you kill him you will earn the achievement.

It is part of the final mission of the game, you will earn it when you step onto the platform to face Yadis.

It is part of the final mission of the game, you will earn it by defeating Yardis.

There are only two achievements.

Killing a Paladin, they are quite common enemies, in Skara Brae you will find some, although the first ones you encounter are strong and you must advance a little in the game so that your group is at their level and you can beat them.

Killing a Corrupted Paladin are also quite common, although in this case you will have to advance a lot in the game until they start to appear as rivals. The first ones I found was during the side mission "Song of the Sentry", in the battle on the top floor.

Pray on an altar. There are many, they give you extra experience points. The first one is just after the door of the underground Adventurer's Guild, the one you open by playing a song.

Open the inventory and at the bottom right you will see the creation menu. Just create anything you already have in a recipe.

You have to find a circle of menhirs, they are used to teleport between zones, they are activated with the song "Whistle of the Wild Lands". The first is near the guild.

In the guild bar is Mercy, with her you hire mercenaries and organize your team. To hire a mercenary you need a "Mercenary Voucher", you will get them mostly as a reward when completing missions.

When defeating Mangar at the end of the mission "The best of us", do not leave without looking around the area and you will see some gloves on the ground, pick them up.

You will find some statues to be deciphered, like this one in the underground area near the guild:



You must use the code wheel that you can find in the game's extras folder or on the web:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\The Bard's Tale IV Director's Cut\Extras

https://www.inxile-entertainment.com/bt4-code-wheel?lang=es


Match the symbols, in this case it would look like this:


Now you should check to which objects the numbers belong. To do this you should look at a book that is located on the top floor of the guild and that you can consult from your inventory. In this case it would be: 69 - Cabbage and 78 - Keg. You put the two objects and that's it..

After the main mission "Purify the Glade of Mathan", when you have already saved the bear, you will have the ability to purify corrupted totems. Go back to the Insriach Forest and clear the seven corruptions out there.

You must accumulate 10,000. Although money is not abundant in the game it is not a very high quantity. Don't waste, check every corner, sell the equipment you don't need.

You must kill Yadis, the final boss of the game with only three members on your team. The problem is when you go up the ladder that is next to the Guild and enter the city of Skara Brae there is no going back, that means that you must make the entire way to Yadis with only three characters and there are quite a few fights that do not can be avoided.

Here each one will have his strategy, I use: Fighter, rogue and bard. And for the battle with Yadis the same dirty strategy I explained in the achievement "Savior of the Haernhold".

You must unlock the upgrade of an elven weapon. You will find several throughout the game. I did it with the one I got by completing the side mission "A stabbing headache", activated by approaching this area and defeating enemies. No need to worry because you get one as part of the story by beating Gaufroi.




You must examine the sword, rotate the knob until it opens and then in this case you must insert a violet gem.

In this case you need to find a weapon that has two puzzles, one on the knob and one on the grip. No need to worry because you get one as part of the story by beating Gaufroi.



I did it with this one found in Skara Brae. First you need the key found on that ledge.



Now you must find the chest that opens the key, which is here, go up and activate a lever that will remove the wall.



Inspect the weapon in your inventory, solve the puzzles, first the knob and then the grip.

You need a weapon with two puzzles. Like one from the achievement "Elven Trickery". Examine the weapon a third time and a phrase will be revealed. There is no need to worry because you get one as part of the story when you beat Gaufroi, the solution of the third puzzle is: 2, 3, 4, 6, 5, 4.

Depending on the phrase there are two types of solutions.
-You have to find the elven temple that matches the same phrase and deposit the weapon.
-The phrase asks you for a requirement to unlock the upgrade.



For example in the sword used for the previous achievement it asks you to kill an assassin using only this weapon.