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Bard Idle
Also known as Bard Idle, bard idle, bard-idle
Build a unique team, where each character has a random weapon, race and class. Strong combinations of heroes, enhanced by the ballad creation system and jelly dwarfs, will capture your adventure in history!
Last update
18 Jun 2026
Players now
91
Latest update
Update history
Browse past updates and patch notes for this game.
21 updates
April 2026
- Additions and changes: Adjusted the scaling of the end-of-game dialog window for non-standard resolutions. Adjusted the calculation of the maximum number of items that can be purchased at the market. Fixed a bug where cā¦Store
December 2025
- 1.01Additions and changes: New achievement added Limited amount of gold on the battlefield (optimization/visual) Limited number of damage messages on enemies (optimization/visual)
November 2025
- Leaving Early Access Dear bards, you have supported us all these years, and it seems we have grown up. We were able to finish what we started, and it only took us 3 years in early access instead of the previously announā¦Store
July 2025
- 0.62bAdditions and changes: Fixed a bug with a negative number of candies. Fixed a bug with the game crashing after increasing the maximum possible number of pets. Fixed a bug with displaying less gold from the bank than isā¦
- Treasure troveWhile building castles on their lands, lords discover secret passages to infinitely large dungeon of once powerful Goblin King. Bards are already rushing to hire adventurers to explore this secret structure. Cunning Gobā¦
June 2025
- Bard Roadmap 2025Hi, this is the Illegal Turtle team. We've come a long way, and we have a new milestone ahead of us. This year we want to release the game from early access. Bard will be all grown up! =) Here and there, bards are shariā¦
April 2025
- Additions and changes: Fixed a bug with inability to single improve multipliers in arena. Added shortened views for spice, jelly dwarfs, and magic stone selection menus. Confirmation action is now required before buildiā¦Store
March 2025
- Bard was finally able to find full time workers to build Dark tower, Legatus house, Art academy, and Dragon monument. Dark tower - unlocks access to lost undead research. Legatus house - learn a couple new moves from anā¦Patch notes
February 2025
- 0.60cChanges 0.60b and 0.60c - Cart of peppers no longer causes game to crash. - Lich interacting with caravan no longer causes game crash. - Turning dead heroes into a flower no longer causes game crash. - Creating a cart sā¦
January 2025
- Carts Carts can now be assembled in the workshop! A cart takes up 6 places in a squad. The following carts are available for assembly: - Cart of fame - Š”art of provisions - Magic cart - Cart of flags - Cart of songs - Cā¦Patch notes
December 2024
- Illegal Turtle team wishes you a Happy New Year! Thank you for staying with us and playing Bard Idle! We wish you prosperity and good health. Lord Bard is a big mechanic, and we decided to split patch into two parts, onā¦Patch notes
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Achievements
Community progression
Top picks from 56 Steam achievements, sorted by player unlock rates.
- ZONE 5Reach zone 558.9%
- ZONE 10Reach zone 1044.7%
- ZONE 15Reach zone 1541.3%
- ZONE 20Reach zone 2038.8%
- ZONE 25Reach zone 2532.9%
- ZONE 30Reach zone 3026.0%