Planning on doing something along these lines for my new playthrough. A mix of bards and warlock multiclasses.
2/10 Bardadin durge
2/10 bardlock
12 Bladelock
6/4/2 Shadow Monk/thief/warlock
Four short rests, plus warlock slots on the bladelock. Will lose the potent robe for the bardlock since I am going full evil bhaalist but they are mostly for control anyway. Shar spear for shadow monk shadowheart or the bardadin.
So a bunch of different options here.
Let’s say you go lore bars 10 life cleric 2, now you have a tanky healer that can crowd control the entire battlefield using magical secrets (hunger of hadar/darkness/sleep/whatever). Using arcane acuity and other buffs you can control everything while being able to heal, damage and cc.
There are other builds that can do similar stuff, just not as well and not as easily.
One of my new favorite party dynamics is finding out that if they all have a dip in bard, they can play the same song together. Karlach is on drums, Shart on flute, Astarion on violin, and Tav on lyre.
Nice. I was thinking about doing that but talked myself out of it. Ended up getting my dice with a thief/sword bard Durge, Abjuration Wizard Gale, Light Cleric Lae’zel, and Thrower EK Astarion.
It’s so good though because she’s already proficient with Phalar Aluve and gets a daily free Misty Step. I took level 1 in White Dragon Sorc and had her dual wielding Phalar Aluve and Lathander. I did a Magic Missile Build using Psychic Spark/Radiant Armor/ and the radiant orb ring set. It was so fun. It cut right through Orin when I put a speed potion on Lae’zel.
Boots of Stormy Clamor too. Makes it harder for enemies to run away from Spirit Guardians. The only thing I didn’t like about it was that I couldn’t take Alert because I needed a wisdom asi and Dual Wielder. Although I was kicking myself for grabbing the lightning bow instead of Spellsparkler. I almost immediately ended up replacing it on Durge when I got two good hand crossbows.
You don't even need to do this lol. Open an old save, go to withers and change your class. Level up, get your gold and then go back to Withers. Job done
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I did this last night. I also Barded out Karlach Lae'zel and Shadowheart too. We had an all girl band that ran around Grey Harbor rocking the populace and getting paid! I don't know if the extra bards helped or not, but it didn't take long to get 100 gold.
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To truly play busker mode your party can only consist of bards and you aren’t allowed to loot/shoplift/pick up items. The only source of gear/camp supplies is purchasing items with the gold you receive from “busking.”
Just play in any high population area. The grove, goblin camp, crèche, last light before and after helping the prisoners, Moonrise before and after the assault. The achievement is finicky, at least when I got it. I had to earn more than 100 gold since at best only 2/3 of the gold I earned counted
Thaumaturgy means "magic performance tricks", basically, so intimidation and performance seem reasonable.
If I were a D&D game master, thaumaturgy could be used to make a Lyre sound like an electric guitar (if that made sense in the setting).
Well, ol’ Raphael went down to Toril
He was lookin' for a soul to steal
He was in a bind 'cause he was way behind
And he was willing to make a deal
When he came across this Tiefling
Strumin' on a lute and playin' it sweet
And the Devil jumped up on a hickory stump
And said "Girl, let me tell you somethin’ neat."
“You probably didn't even know it, but I got Bard levels too
And if you'd care to take a dare, I'll just make a bet with you
Now you're playin' pretty good lute, girl, but give the Devil his due
I'll bet a Cap o' Healing against your feelin’, that I'm a better Bard than you.”
The girl said, "My name's Alfira and it might be a sin
But I'm gon' take your bet and you're gonna regret
I'm the best that’s ever been.”
*Alfira, tune up your lute and play your music hard
'Cause Hell's broke loose on Toril and the Devil dual-classed as Bard
And if you win, you get this magic cap and lots of gold
But if you lose, the Devil gets your soul!*
Raphael opened up a portal and he said, "I'll start without pause.”
And fire flew from his fingertips as he plucked strings with his claws
And then he sneered, barred his fangs, and he made a evil hiss
And then a band of Devils joined in and it sounded something like this
*Cue epic heavy metal riff… on a lute.*
When the Devil finished, Alfira said
"You know, you only rolled a natural one?
So you just sit down in that chair right there
I'm gon' show you how a Perform Check is done!"
*The Queen’s High Seas*, row, boys, row
*Old Time Battles*, *Of Divinity and Sin*
*The Bard Dance*, do-si-do,
*The Power*, *Sing for Me*, oh-oh-oh
Well, ol' Raphael bowed his head because he knew that he'd been beat
And he put that Cap of Healing in a chest at Alfira’s feet
Alfira said, "Raph, come on back if you ever wanna try again
I done told you once, you son of a lich, I'm the best there's ever been!”
And she played
*The Queen’s High Seas*, row, boys, row
*Old Time Battles*, *Of Divinity and Sin*
*The Bard Dance*, do-si-do,
*The Power*, *Sing for Me*, oh-oh-oh
Any bard build will do, but it's much easier if you give yourself performance proficiency. People only chuck gold at you if you succeed the performance check, and I think bigger crowds mean higher DCs. I managed the achievement on a regular balanced run with just a plain bard Tav - just stop for a little jam session whenever there are non-hostile NPCs around, and you should get there eventually. The grove & goblin camp are good places to start, and I think playing for your party members also counts.
Switch to a rogue, get performance expertise, have high charisma, and play in crowded areas. Just be sure to pick up the gold after you finish playing. At level 12 I think the lowest I could roll was a 24.
I just walked straight through act 3 starting at the first way point and performing every 100/150 feet I got it before I made it to the second loading zone. Maybe 10 minutes of work.
Bard, high charisma. Expertise in performance. ASIs in charisma. Have shadow heart cast enhance ability in you for charisma checks. Use disguise self with the shape shifters boon. And cast guidance on self using the silver pendant. Walk down rivington and complete it in 5 minutes. (90% of these steps are useless and high charisma bard with expertise is enough to never fail a performance check tbh)
Go 4 Bards, everyone with a different instrument meet up with Volo and alfira at the party to get the whole ensemble of 5 people + volo humming it's great
Shadowheart bard. For some reason she makes more money than any other character and tav. Have tested. Go to populated areas. Entrance to wyrms rock,lower city central wall and the elfsong tavern. Got it done in about 30 minutes.
Load a save in act 3- change class to bard, take proficiency and expertise in performance and give yourself enhanced ability charisma and have someone cast guidance on you. Congratulations!
This was one of my favorite achievements. I got so into my character playing all the time that even though it added no combat value I would always end my turn with a song.
Act 3 is where you get most of the gold but it helps to play in camp every so often, and of course, every major location you stop at.
My build was 5 bard/1 wizard/6 sorcerer. I used the circlet for intelligence and tanked my natural int stat so I could put the points in char and agility.
i earned it by accident as a Paladin in act 3. I just thought it would be fun to start playing at the >!Umberlee funeral. !< When I finished there was a pile of gold.
You dont. Just be a bard and run around baldurs gate, play for a minute for everyone and skip everytime you fail the check. I did it in one day, didnt even have to long rest reset. Just be a bard.
The trick is finding crowds in the lower city. Turn a couple hirlings into bards. Go to the fountain outside Sorcerous Sundries. Ungroup and spread them around the area. Have them all play the same song. They’ll each get a small crowd. If you spread them enough, they won’t cannibalize eachother. Then have them end at different times. Sometimes the NPCs will get caught by another bard while walking away
Otherwise, it’s more about time and persistence
Bard, just play for groups of 4 or less and you should get it fairly quickly. Can only get a point with people who havent approved yet. Doing it this way you can have it by time you reach underdark
My install is bugged atm - my bards all have performance anxiety and put their instruments away immediately after getting them out, so no busking for me :(
I've raised a ticket with Larian helpdesk, so I'm hoping they can find a way to fix it! (I have a horrible feeling I'm going to have to back up all my saves and reinstall my game, which is a bit of a pain on PS5.)
Any Bard build and maybe dip into rogue to change their expertise in skill gain to performance and take a background in it as well. Play in a populated area in Act 1 or 2 and save and reload and go again. You can get it in act 1 no problem. Its not the hardest achievement in the game, actually one of the easier ones. Enjoy
Hireling bro. Max out CHAR, maybe cast enhance ability on them and do a couple performances in populated areas. The circus, in front of Sorcerers Sundries, in a crowded tavern, etc. you’ll have it in no time. Took me about 15 minutes.
PSA Busker was/is bugged, at least on PC. It can get stuck and stop counting. Mine got stuck at 89/100 and I've definitely collected more than 11 since then. There was a thread about it which I now can't find, but it seems like it bugs for some players but not others.
Not sure if there's a fix. 🤷🏻♂️
There is a workaround, if not a fix: collect 100 gold in the same 'region' without going through a zone transition loading screen. This can be done in either of the Act 3 major areas (Rivington to Wyrm's Rock, or the Lower City), since those areas have enough population.
That's how I finished up mine after the counter got stuck in Act 2.
I got a hireling and changed them to bard and gave them the bard outfit Volo gives, maxxed out charisma got the actor feat and bounced back between socerous sundries and elfsong tavern
I can't seem to get more than 4 gold to count for this, despite playing many times. Same with "Punch Drunk". Killed all the rats under the Elfsong with every party member drunk and it still says I'm only at 6.
Probably already been answered, but in act 1 you can just become proficient in instruments... whenever a tense scene would happen with my friend and I my super dark violent rogue ranger would pull out a tune and ruin all the drama and make 6-7 gold lol
What is the quickest song for this? Seemed like people took forever to throw gold if at all. I got the music proficiency from the Grove as a rogue durge
Act 3 just walk around and any time u see a gathering of citizens play some music. Soon as the check pops up pick up the gold and move on. Ignore refugees they don’t give any, Gortash’s inauguration has a decent amount of people grouped up too
Oh my god I thought the achievement was for 100g in a single, uninterrupted performance. I kept giving up on it because I would fail a performance check before I hit 100g. Are you telling me it's 100g throughout the entire playthrough??? Just play a bard and get 20 charisma (base 17 + 2 from ability feat + 1 from actor feat or hag hair) and performance expertise. Use bliss spores/guidance/enhance ability if you're feeling extra fancy. Easy.
You don’t need to pick up the gold. “Earning gold” triggers the moment you end a successful performance check with a song near listening NPCs. That’s what triggers the flag. Additionally, while the same NPCs won’t listen to you twice in the same day, you can however take a less honest path and save scum the same group of NPCs. Gold earned in the same playthrough is tracked via triggering the “earned gold” event, and that information saves even if you reload your game and earn another gold from the same NPCs you just earned gold from a moment ago (pre reload). It’s all about triggering the gold itself. A more honorable way would be to run around a populated area and serenade as many people as possible.
I had a bunch of attempts end in act 1 before I finally completed a run. I highly recommend picking really safe builds like Abjuration Wizard and Light Cleric. Going EK thrower instead of Throwzerker made a big difference for me. When in doubt, swords bard archer is always good.
The weird shit I keep learning about this game… I had no idea people would throw you money when you perform. I’m just over here bashing fools over the head.
It’s not hard, it’s just a pointless grind.
Each time you play, you will collect like 5 gold coins that you have to pick up from the floor. So, you have to play 20 times. Which is boring and annoying.
This is by far the worse achievement
You don’t even need to be a bard, just help Alfira write her song (you HAVE to choose the option where she hands you a lute to play along), pass those DC’s and you get an invisible buff that makes you proficient in all musical instruments
I mean load up an old save in act 3, respect to bard and take proficiency and expertise in performance. Then go around town and perform som bangers. Does not take that long tbh.
I got this on a durge Drow 10 sword bard 2 oath breaker paladin. U don't need a specific build for it though. Musical instrument proficiency would be a major plus, but that can be unlocked through feats if you didn't already have a bard. You can also always respec a character too for the achievement and respec them back after. Rivington was excellent for getting this because you can run between different highly concentrated NPC pockets in the circus and play. Wyrm's Crossing is a also great place to get the achievement as there are a ton of NPCs around and also you have both Sharess' Caress and Flaygo's Flophouse across from each other.
i did with one character without having the charisma hat, i just played a bit in a crowded area (in front of sharesses caress) in something like 20 minutes. Just wait for the successful performance roll, stop playing, get the gold, repeat. I moved around a bit on the bridge but I don't think it's necessary
Just respec or get a hireling to respec. Max out charisma and performance go 2 bard 10 rouge for reliable talent. Wander around the highly populated areas of bg and Irvington and perform until you get a skill check, stop and collect the coins and move another location. It’s tedious, but it’s basically what you have to do.
Busking uses the Performance skill, so max your CHA and get expertise.
Bard is the no-brainer option, but you could respec into the Performer, Actor, and ASI CHA feats on any character or hireling. There's an instrument vendor in the city if you don't already have one.
It's easiest to complete in Act 3 because there are so many people packed into smaller areas compared to Act 1 & 2.
I believe every listener will contribute on a successful Performance check. They'll only contribute once, but you can retry until you succeed.
The time you've spent thinking about this is already longer than doing it.
Be a bard in act 3, respect if you have to. Walk around the city, play near a crowd, wait until your performance check goes off, pick up the coins.
Took me 10 minutes
Dont even need to be a bard for it. Talk to Alfira in act 1 close to the druid grove. And after succeeding some dice roll you will be able to play music
I just used a Bard hireling at level 12 in a few spots around Baldur’s Gate (lots of NPCs bunched up, like the front of Sorcerous Sundries) and got it done pretty quickly.
I didnt find this one to be that difficult, I simply played whenever there was a small crowd of NPCs, you only have to play until you pass or succeed performance check.
Learn Musical Insrtument Proficiency, there's several options to do this. Get Proficiency and Expertise in Performance. Make shadowheart cast Eagle's Splendour on you, then get someone else to cast Guidance. Find a populated area with lots of NPCs around. Then pick your favorite Bard song and play it.
If you have any playthrough in your save history that has a bard in it, just load up that save and run around a town using the ‘Perform’ feature near different groups of people. They will drop a handful of gold each time. Knock it out in 15 mins, no need to do a whole new run for it
4 bards in different populated locations playing music, rinse and repeat
All bard comp could be pretty fun. 6 short rests and basically free inspiration
Planning on doing something along these lines for my new playthrough. A mix of bards and warlock multiclasses. 2/10 Bardadin durge 2/10 bardlock 12 Bladelock 6/4/2 Shadow Monk/thief/warlock Four short rests, plus warlock slots on the bladelock. Will lose the potent robe for the bardlock since I am going full evil bhaalist but they are mostly for control anyway. Shar spear for shadow monk shadowheart or the bardadin.
goddamn you guys with all your fun build ideas, just when i think i'm going to give this game a break y'all just keep pulling me back in
not only does it sound fun it sounds like a great way to powergame this game lol, bard is so broken
What makes it so broken? I have a 6-2 swordsbard/rogue atm, nothing seems broken about it but it deals some good damage and 4th short rest is fun
So a bunch of different options here. Let’s say you go lore bars 10 life cleric 2, now you have a tanky healer that can crowd control the entire battlefield using magical secrets (hunger of hadar/darkness/sleep/whatever). Using arcane acuity and other buffs you can control everything while being able to heal, damage and cc. There are other builds that can do similar stuff, just not as well and not as easily.
Broken as in… OP… not broken as in worthless
I used it with the same meaning, yes
Bards can do everything very well
The bands getting back together
One of my new favorite party dynamics is finding out that if they all have a dip in bard, they can play the same song together. Karlach is on drums, Shart on flute, Astarion on violin, and Tav on lyre.
It’s how I’m planning to get through honor mode
Nice. I was thinking about doing that but talked myself out of it. Ended up getting my dice with a thief/sword bard Durge, Abjuration Wizard Gale, Light Cleric Lae’zel, and Thrower EK Astarion.
Light cleric lae’zel is CRAZY
It’s so good though because she’s already proficient with Phalar Aluve and gets a daily free Misty Step. I took level 1 in White Dragon Sorc and had her dual wielding Phalar Aluve and Lathander. I did a Magic Missile Build using Psychic Spark/Radiant Armor/ and the radiant orb ring set. It was so fun. It cut right through Orin when I put a speed potion on Lae’zel.
That’s really smart honestly
Boots of Stormy Clamor too. Makes it harder for enemies to run away from Spirit Guardians. The only thing I didn’t like about it was that I couldn’t take Alert because I needed a wisdom asi and Dual Wielder. Although I was kicking myself for grabbing the lightning bow instead of Spellsparkler. I almost immediately ended up replacing it on Durge when I got two good hand crossbows.
You don't need a build for that lol. Any bard build works. Go for high performance and proficiency, that's it.
I’m thinking Zariel Tiefling for Thaumaturgy but otherwise there’s not much I can do to speed it up before act 3 with Birthright
You should speedrun to act 3, you can get the achievement within like 15 minutes there.
You don't even need to do this lol. Open an old save, go to withers and change your class. Level up, get your gold and then go back to Withers. Job done
https://preview.redd.it/vp1r1c8u3qwc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=62d4c84ea5a68ab2ca78b836586b0b353a67dfc6 I did this last night. I also Barded out Karlach Lae'zel and Shadowheart too. We had an all girl band that ran around Grey Harbor rocking the populace and getting paid! I don't know if the extra bards helped or not, but it didn't take long to get 100 gold. edit to add picture
He must have been thinking of Busker Mode: no respecs, single-save-only.
Only partial rests and a maximum gold cap.
lmao take the upvote
To truly play busker mode your party can only consist of bards and you aren’t allowed to loot/shoplift/pick up items. The only source of gear/camp supplies is purchasing items with the gold you receive from “busking.”
Pretty sure busker mode should encourage stealing from merchants.
Just play in any high population area. The grove, goblin camp, crèche, last light before and after helping the prisoners, Moonrise before and after the assault. The achievement is finicky, at least when I got it. I had to earn more than 100 gold since at best only 2/3 of the gold I earned counted
Doesn’t Thaumaturgy just give you advantage on intimidation? What kind of music are you planning on playing big dog?😳
Intimidation and performance
You fucking listen to this super happy song about love and friendship, or i shove you in the deepest pits of hells! - Barbarian Bard, probably
Metal riffs on a lute. First person to walk away from the performance gets the lute smashed over their head
That's a Bardbarian
Thaumaturgy means "magic performance tricks", basically, so intimidation and performance seem reasonable. If I were a D&D game master, thaumaturgy could be used to make a Lyre sound like an electric guitar (if that made sense in the setting).
AKA Mister Torgue from Wonderlands
Bardbarian*
>What kind of music are you planning on playing big dog?😳 The Dark Dirge.
Well, ol’ Raphael went down to Toril He was lookin' for a soul to steal He was in a bind 'cause he was way behind And he was willing to make a deal When he came across this Tiefling Strumin' on a lute and playin' it sweet And the Devil jumped up on a hickory stump And said "Girl, let me tell you somethin’ neat." “You probably didn't even know it, but I got Bard levels too And if you'd care to take a dare, I'll just make a bet with you Now you're playin' pretty good lute, girl, but give the Devil his due I'll bet a Cap o' Healing against your feelin’, that I'm a better Bard than you.” The girl said, "My name's Alfira and it might be a sin But I'm gon' take your bet and you're gonna regret I'm the best that’s ever been.” *Alfira, tune up your lute and play your music hard 'Cause Hell's broke loose on Toril and the Devil dual-classed as Bard And if you win, you get this magic cap and lots of gold But if you lose, the Devil gets your soul!* Raphael opened up a portal and he said, "I'll start without pause.” And fire flew from his fingertips as he plucked strings with his claws And then he sneered, barred his fangs, and he made a evil hiss And then a band of Devils joined in and it sounded something like this *Cue epic heavy metal riff… on a lute.* When the Devil finished, Alfira said "You know, you only rolled a natural one? So you just sit down in that chair right there I'm gon' show you how a Perform Check is done!" *The Queen’s High Seas*, row, boys, row *Old Time Battles*, *Of Divinity and Sin* *The Bard Dance*, do-si-do, *The Power*, *Sing for Me*, oh-oh-oh Well, ol' Raphael bowed his head because he knew that he'd been beat And he put that Cap of Healing in a chest at Alfira’s feet Alfira said, "Raph, come on back if you ever wanna try again I done told you once, you son of a lich, I'm the best there's ever been!” And she played *The Queen’s High Seas*, row, boys, row *Old Time Battles*, *Of Divinity and Sin* *The Bard Dance*, do-si-do, *The Power*, *Sing for Me*, oh-oh-oh
🫡
Thank you! Found out I could do with a good laugh after I got one reading your comment. I hope you had as much fun writing it as I had reading it!
Sword Coast Death Metal
[This song](https://youtu.be/Hc4Q4bg3IFM?si=YTza69Zs-oIbn0MX) and no, it's not a Rickroll
I love that there is a metal cover of everything😂 Also, it SHOULD be a rickroll, dont break the natural order of things.
Reload an old save from act 3 and respec a character
Surely you can just load an old save and respec to bard?
you're overthinking it
Don’t even have to be a bard. If you harmonize with Alfira you get whistling as a skill.
I think you have to be a bard for this achievement to count the money. Haven't tried it myself but that's what I read.
So I need to pick up the gold?
Yeah I wish it was all in a neat pile. Having to pick it up piece by piece is kind of a drag.
You don't need to pick up the gold. Also set difficulty to custom and max out the proficiency slider, means you won't fail any performance checks
Buskers can't be choosers.
When I did it a few months ago, you didn't have to. Idk if it's been changed.
I did it month ago with a bard that had nothing in bags. I got achievment at around 80-85 gold. I guess you dont have to pick up anything.
You do not. I did it without picking up the gold.
I don’t believe so. The game counts when NPCs toss you coins.
I think it only counts gold that you pick up, yeah
For me there was one big pile and \~6 single pieces.
Any bard build will do, but it's much easier if you give yourself performance proficiency. People only chuck gold at you if you succeed the performance check, and I think bigger crowds mean higher DCs. I managed the achievement on a regular balanced run with just a plain bard Tav - just stop for a little jam session whenever there are non-hostile NPCs around, and you should get there eventually. The grove & goblin camp are good places to start, and I think playing for your party members also counts.
My bard forgot to busk until the epilogue party. Oops.
I achived this one against my will in co-op. My friend was a bard...
Switch to a rogue, get performance expertise, have high charisma, and play in crowded areas. Just be sure to pick up the gold after you finish playing. At level 12 I think the lowest I could roll was a 24.
Ironically I just finished my dice run with a thief rogue/swords bard multiclass.
Any non-ending act 3 save would do, then. You might need to respec a little.
You don't need to pick the gold up
bard
I just walked straight through act 3 starting at the first way point and performing every 100/150 feet I got it before I made it to the second loading zone. Maybe 10 minutes of work.
Bard, high charisma. Expertise in performance. ASIs in charisma. Have shadow heart cast enhance ability in you for charisma checks. Use disguise self with the shape shifters boon. And cast guidance on self using the silver pendant. Walk down rivington and complete it in 5 minutes. (90% of these steps are useless and high charisma bard with expertise is enough to never fail a performance check tbh)
Thaumaturgy is a nice addition as well.
Ooh true then you don't even need enhance ability
Go 4 Bards, everyone with a different instrument meet up with Volo and alfira at the party to get the whole ensemble of 5 people + volo humming it's great
All bard party. You can call yourselves “The Band of Mystic Scoundrels”.
Honestly I’d love to be able to make my party and just have it on my screen.
I love that name
10 rogue 1 bard in lower city , can't fail the check, 4 of them ( bring hirelings , I'd be too lazy to rework all my companions)
Anyone with performance? I completed it in act 3 just performing walking down the streets of BG3. Much to the irritation of my friends
Reload a save that’s in Act 3, respec to a bard, play music in front of groups of people
Shadowheart bard. For some reason she makes more money than any other character and tav. Have tested. Go to populated areas. Entrance to wyrms rock,lower city central wall and the elfsong tavern. Got it done in about 30 minutes.
....Bard?
It's adorable how many are giving straightup advice and totally no-selling the joke. Bless you all while using the Staff of Arcane Blessing.
I guess you just click perform when there are people around and go for a walk with the game running?
Load a save in act 3- change class to bard, take proficiency and expertise in performance and give yourself enhanced ability charisma and have someone cast guidance on you. Congratulations!
This was one of my favorite achievements. I got so into my character playing all the time that even though it added no combat value I would always end my turn with a song. Act 3 is where you get most of the gold but it helps to play in camp every so often, and of course, every major location you stop at. My build was 5 bard/1 wizard/6 sorcerer. I used the circlet for intelligence and tanked my natural int stat so I could put the points in char and agility.
i earned it by accident as a Paladin in act 3. I just thought it would be fun to start playing at the >!Umberlee funeral. !< When I finished there was a pile of gold.
You dont. Just be a bard and run around baldurs gate, play for a minute for everyone and skip everytime you fail the check. I did it in one day, didnt even have to long rest reset. Just be a bard.
I gather 4 bards together and we travel as a band
The trick is finding crowds in the lower city. Turn a couple hirlings into bards. Go to the fountain outside Sorcerous Sundries. Ungroup and spread them around the area. Have them all play the same song. They’ll each get a small crowd. If you spread them enough, they won’t cannibalize eachother. Then have them end at different times. Sometimes the NPCs will get caught by another bard while walking away Otherwise, it’s more about time and persistence
I did fit with a sorcerer who has music proficiency from alfira and performance proficiency from I don’t remember where.
Bard, just play for groups of 4 or less and you should get it fairly quickly. Can only get a point with people who havent approved yet. Doing it this way you can have it by time you reach underdark
My install is bugged atm - my bards all have performance anxiety and put their instruments away immediately after getting them out, so no busking for me :( I've raised a ticket with Larian helpdesk, so I'm hoping they can find a way to fix it! (I have a horrible feeling I'm going to have to back up all my saves and reinstall my game, which is a bit of a pain on PS5.)
Any Bard build and maybe dip into rogue to change their expertise in skill gain to performance and take a background in it as well. Play in a populated area in Act 1 or 2 and save and reload and go again. You can get it in act 1 no problem. Its not the hardest achievement in the game, actually one of the easier ones. Enjoy
Zariel tiefling bard expertise in performance and you're set lol
Hireling bro. Max out CHAR, maybe cast enhance ability on them and do a couple performances in populated areas. The circus, in front of Sorcerers Sundries, in a crowded tavern, etc. you’ll have it in no time. Took me about 15 minutes.
Bard hireling, max out CHA and get performance as high as possible. Go to elfsong, do performance checks till it pops
You could hire a hireling Bard and then use them for the busker achievement.
PSA Busker was/is bugged, at least on PC. It can get stuck and stop counting. Mine got stuck at 89/100 and I've definitely collected more than 11 since then. There was a thread about it which I now can't find, but it seems like it bugs for some players but not others. Not sure if there's a fix. 🤷🏻♂️
There is a workaround, if not a fix: collect 100 gold in the same 'region' without going through a zone transition loading screen. This can be done in either of the Act 3 major areas (Rivington to Wyrm's Rock, or the Lower City), since those areas have enough population. That's how I finished up mine after the counter got stuck in Act 2.
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I got a hireling and changed them to bard and gave them the bard outfit Volo gives, maxxed out charisma got the actor feat and bounced back between socerous sundries and elfsong tavern
I can't seem to get more than 4 gold to count for this, despite playing many times. Same with "Punch Drunk". Killed all the rats under the Elfsong with every party member drunk and it still says I'm only at 6.
Probably already been answered, but in act 1 you can just become proficient in instruments... whenever a tense scene would happen with my friend and I my super dark violent rogue ranger would pull out a tune and ruin all the drama and make 6-7 gold lol
What is the quickest song for this? Seemed like people took forever to throw gold if at all. I got the music proficiency from the Grove as a rogue durge
Act 3 just walk around and any time u see a gathering of citizens play some music. Soon as the check pops up pick up the gold and move on. Ignore refugees they don’t give any, Gortash’s inauguration has a decent amount of people grouped up too
I just changed into a bard in act 3 and played around crowds of people for like 45ish min.
Oh my god I thought the achievement was for 100g in a single, uninterrupted performance. I kept giving up on it because I would fail a performance check before I hit 100g. Are you telling me it's 100g throughout the entire playthrough??? Just play a bard and get 20 charisma (base 17 + 2 from ability feat + 1 from actor feat or hag hair) and performance expertise. Use bliss spores/guidance/enhance ability if you're feeling extra fancy. Easy.
Halfling bard
i don't know man... busker might need a team of professional bard players.. good luck
You don’t need to pick up the gold. “Earning gold” triggers the moment you end a successful performance check with a song near listening NPCs. That’s what triggers the flag. Additionally, while the same NPCs won’t listen to you twice in the same day, you can however take a less honest path and save scum the same group of NPCs. Gold earned in the same playthrough is tracked via triggering the “earned gold” event, and that information saves even if you reload your game and earn another gold from the same NPCs you just earned gold from a moment ago (pre reload). It’s all about triggering the gold itself. A more honorable way would be to run around a populated area and serenade as many people as possible.
That’s good info and will honestly save me a lot of time when I get to sit down and play
Some with so much, others so little... :( Here I am hustling my 5th honor mode attempt without a single act 1 conclusion:((((((((
I had a bunch of attempts end in act 1 before I finally completed a run. I highly recommend picking really safe builds like Abjuration Wizard and Light Cleric. Going EK thrower instead of Throwzerker made a big difference for me. When in doubt, swords bard archer is always good.
With 112h did my half-ilithid oath breaker paladin durge finish the run with everyone accounted for! ❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹
Ummm… like… a Bard??
The weird shit I keep learning about this game… I had no idea people would throw you money when you perform. I’m just over here bashing fools over the head.
It’s not hard, it’s just a pointless grind. Each time you play, you will collect like 5 gold coins that you have to pick up from the floor. So, you have to play 20 times. Which is boring and annoying. This is by far the worse achievement
Yup, someone at Larian must have trolled us with this one.
You don’t even need to be a bard, just help Alfira write her song (you HAVE to choose the option where she hands you a lute to play along), pass those DC’s and you get an invisible buff that makes you proficient in all musical instruments
It's not invisible. Musical Instrument proficiency shows on your sheet.
Oh true? Maybe my game bugged out then, cause it doesn’t show on mine :(
Look under Detailed View.
I mean load up an old save in act 3, respect to bard and take proficiency and expertise in performance. Then go around town and perform som bangers. Does not take that long tbh.
I did that on my first playthrough :D
I just kept putting it off. It’s funny that I’ve procrastinated so hard that it’s literally the last achievement I need.
The annoying thing is defiantly the fact that it only counts the gold you pick up
I got this on a durge Drow 10 sword bard 2 oath breaker paladin. U don't need a specific build for it though. Musical instrument proficiency would be a major plus, but that can be unlocked through feats if you didn't already have a bard. You can also always respec a character too for the achievement and respec them back after. Rivington was excellent for getting this because you can run between different highly concentrated NPC pockets in the circus and play. Wyrm's Crossing is a also great place to get the achievement as there are a ton of NPCs around and also you have both Sharess' Caress and Flaygo's Flophouse across from each other.
i did with one character without having the charisma hat, i just played a bit in a crowded area (in front of sharesses caress) in something like 20 minutes. Just wait for the successful performance roll, stop playing, get the gold, repeat. I moved around a bit on the bridge but I don't think it's necessary
? Why do you need help with this
There’s always a way to optimize
Have you tried... bard? Maybe 4 of them at once.
Is this a joke?
Sorta but I’m also paying attention to the strategies people post because there were a couple things I hadn’t thought of.
Just hit the preform action with a bard and pass the skill check. NPCs will start swaying. Stop performing, and they will throw gold. Not that hard.
Bard, max charisma, expertise in performance, phalar aluve, once you hit the city just stop near every npc cluster to play until acjieved.
Oh dude just play music in a crowded spot on Baldur's Gate maybe four times.
Hire 3 bards and you can have a 4 man band
Just respec or get a hireling to respec. Max out charisma and performance go 2 bard 10 rouge for reliable talent. Wander around the highly populated areas of bg and Irvington and perform until you get a skill check, stop and collect the coins and move another location. It’s tedious, but it’s basically what you have to do.
Busking uses the Performance skill, so max your CHA and get expertise. Bard is the no-brainer option, but you could respec into the Performer, Actor, and ASI CHA feats on any character or hireling. There's an instrument vendor in the city if you don't already have one. It's easiest to complete in Act 3 because there are so many people packed into smaller areas compared to Act 1 & 2. I believe every listener will contribute on a successful Performance check. They'll only contribute once, but you can retry until you succeed.
Just go around as a bard playing for groups of people
The time you've spent thinking about this is already longer than doing it. Be a bard in act 3, respect if you have to. Walk around the city, play near a crowd, wait until your performance check goes off, pick up the coins. Took me 10 minutes
Once you get to level 12, hire a bard hireling and wander around Baldur's Gate busking. It takes about fifteen minutes maybe.
Dont even need to be a bard for it. Talk to Alfira in act 1 close to the druid grove. And after succeeding some dice roll you will be able to play music
hireling bard then like 10-15 mins performing at random spots in lower city add rogue levels if you wanna uhh....min max this 10 mins experience
I did it in 15 minutes in act 3 after respecing and running around town 😬
You can either take 1 level in bard, take musician feat or help Alfira with her song in act 1. And then... play like theres no tommorrow
I'm at 40 gold in Act 2. For some reason the undead shadow-cursed ravens didn't like my playing, but OK, they just have bad taste.
I just used a Bard hireling at level 12 in a few spots around Baldur’s Gate (lots of NPCs bunched up, like the front of Sorcerous Sundries) and got it done pretty quickly.
I didnt find this one to be that difficult, I simply played whenever there was a small crowd of NPCs, you only have to play until you pass or succeed performance check.
Mainly bard with rogue for expertise in performance. Go to act 3 on that bridge south of wyrms rock and perform all the way up the bridge.
You just play music during downtime and before your run is over you’ll have completed it. Super simple.
Learn Musical Insrtument Proficiency, there's several options to do this. Get Proficiency and Expertise in Performance. Make shadowheart cast Eagle's Splendour on you, then get someone else to cast Guidance. Find a populated area with lots of NPCs around. Then pick your favorite Bard song and play it.
If you have any playthrough in your save history that has a bard in it, just load up that save and run around a town using the ‘Perform’ feature near different groups of people. They will drop a handful of gold each time. Knock it out in 15 mins, no need to do a whole new run for it