Items and economy
Bard
Bard is the gathering half of the Bard/Discover pair. Each action rolls a weighted table of gold, raw scraps, misc items, nothing, or a treasure scroll.
Rules and numbers
- confirmed Bard is a rollable gathering skill paired with Discover.Source: skills.json
- inferred Non-scroll weights: gold 195, raw scraps 60, misc 30, nothing 12 (total 297), plus weight 1 per eligible scroll tier.
P(scroll) = nTiers / (297 + nTiers), nTiers = MIN(10,tier+1)+1Source: Constants.js:1088-1093 - confirmed Misc sub-table weights: lower-tier raw 5, lower processed 3, same raw 1.5, same processed 0.5, Barding Notes 4, Life Soup 0.5, Jar of Sweat 0.Source: Constants.js:1096-1108
- dev note The Life Soup drop is half the activity tier, rounded down (a T7 Bard gives T3 soup).
soupTier = FLOOR(tier/2)Source: Constants.js:1105 - confirmed Barding Notes plus Jar of Dirt brew into the Potion of Discovery.Source: Constants.js:3758
- dev note Coin Purses add +1% each to Bard gold.
gold * (1 + 0.01*purses)Source: Constants.js:2140-2142
Connected systems
- Bard supplies Barding Notes to Brewing
- Bard pairs with Discover
- Bard drops raw Scraps
- Bard is listed in Skills overview
- Bard drops Treasure scrolls
Arrows show who acts on whom: → this system acts on the other, ← the other acts on this one, ↔ both do.
More in Items and economy
Almanacs · Barter · Brewing · Collection log · Discover · Food healing · Gems · God and Chaos raws · Gold and item values · Mob drops · Plunder · Skills overview · Total level · Treasure chests · Treasure scrolls
Statuses: confirmed is a value or rule in the game files; observed is measured from recorded play; dev note comes from a developer comment, tooltip or patch note; inferred is worked out from the files with the assumption stated; unknown is decided on the server. Game data read 2026-10-03.