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This page is for the 2018 trilogy remake. For the original games, see The Bard's Tale, The Bard's Tale II, and The Bard's Tale III. For the 2005 reboot, see The Bard's Tale (2005).

The Bard's Tale
The Bard's Tale	1987
The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight	1988
The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate	1990
The Bard's Tale Construction Set	1991
The Bard's Tale (2005)	2005
The Mage's Tale	2017
The Bard's Tale Trilogy	2018
The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep	2018
The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut	2019

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere, Xbox Game Pass for PC
Origin		Included with EA Play.
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\InXile Entertainment\The Bard's Tale Trilogy
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/843260/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\InXile Entertainment\The Bard's Tale Trilogy\saves
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/843260/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Only one autosave is available for all three games. Properly saving before exiting the game is highly recommended.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Gameplay settings.

"Legacy" settings.
These options disable and tweak features to mimic the gameplay of the original releases.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Polish
Spanish
Russian

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7 SP1, 8, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Intel Core i5-2500K (if using integrated Intel GPU)	Intel Core i5-760 AMD FX-6100
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 11 compatible Shader model 4.0 support	Nvidia GeForce GTX 750

A 64-bit operating system is required.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.14
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5 1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Intel HD Graphics 5000

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ Unity engine build: 2017.4.2f2^[1]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/843260/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (843260) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Verified by User:Cptmold on 2019-07-12
↑ Steam :: The Bard's Tale Trilogy :: macOS Support added - Build 4.34 Released - last accessed on 2020-04-03

[2] Unity engine build: 2017.4.2f2^[1]

[Proton_path_note-4] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/843260/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (843260) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/843260/.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (843260) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[Unity_output_log-1] Verified by User:Cptmold on 2019-07-12

[3] Steam :: The Bard's Tale Trilogy :: macOS Support added - Build 4.34 Released - last accessed on 2020-04-03

[Note 1]

[2]

[Note 2]

[1]

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Developers
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	Krome Studios
Publishers
	inXile Entertainment
Engines
	Unity 2017^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	August 14, 2018
macOS (OS X)	November 26, 2019^[2]