The Ballad Singer

The Ballad Singer

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Achievement and path guide
By Garbage
Spoiler warning. Paths for achievements, deaths, trophies. Flow charts go brrrrr... IMPORTANT - IF THERE IS A WHOLE PATH MISSING IT'S BECAUSE STEAM IS EATING IMAGES, THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT, IT'S A KNOWN BUG. LET ME KNOW IN COMMENTS AND I WILL TRY TO ADD IT BACK
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Information and explanation
Edit: due to steam randomly and repeatedly eating images from guides (hey steam maybe fix it? it's been years) here's a link to the charts for all paths https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uXcc7u5hYttAPIh0Uq913gvE0fSi-5kt?usp=drive_link

Please, read the choices and blocks. They are not always in same order in the chart as they are in game due to me trying to fit some of them logically (I tried my best). If some choice isn't marked as continuing it's because sometimes they repeat - just click ahead.



Pale green block = safe
Dark green block = final ending
Pale red block = story branch lock
Grey block = unsafe / death
Blue block = achievement
Pale blue block = informative
Purple block = in-game trophy
? = question choices you can pick whichever for flavour
(bcz i got lazy)
* = can switch to another character
- = do not take unless you have a save to reload; bugged

All depicted paths are done with Leon having befriended the dragon in prologue - refer to Leon's section for more info.

Save and use Fate at your discretion. But, please, do save occasionally because characters can get long-term injured and it be reflected in one or two scenes and choices. Unfortunately, I did not catch most of them as I only realized this was a thing while doing the last character. If you have two choices and both lead to death, it's likely because of an injury. Mostly, using Fate will let you go back an earlier branch to proceed safely, but sometimes Fate will show a middle finger (*glares at Daragast's run) and only a save will save you.

Starter advice I can offer (if you want to skip some reloading and restarting) is: pick the max difficulty, then follow ONLY the right choices (aka no grey blocks) from the guide to one of the final endings - this will unlock Explorer Mode, giving you infinite Fate and letting you unlock in-game Explorer Mode trophies for each character. Also, you will get both - the prologue without deaths and maximum difficulty achievements. Then you can play on easiest mode in Explorer to your hearts content for all other story branches and achievements.

The Vanguard
Visit 1500 different scenes in the game


Sacrificial Lamb
Die 200 times


The Master
Reach a final at maximum difficulty
Prologue
Survivor
Overcome the prologue without dying



Leon
BOOOOOM!!!
"Wow! Fire! They will burn like he... Oh, sh*t..."


Dragon slayer
Kill the dragon as Leon


Powerful alliances
Subdue the dragon and make him your ally in the role of Leon





Ancoran
Captivity
Be imprisoned while looking for Daragast




ANCALIMO



Intel

Wizards slayer
Kill all the magicians with Ancalimo





Captains

The Diplomat
Save Garet without using violence


Sweet revenge
Took revenge on mercenaries with Ancalimo





Artifact

Thief
Steal the Sword of Ruin


Ancalimo <3 Melias
Fall in love with Melias


Blacksmith
Find a job as a blacksmith


Man of the house
Find a safe place to live for Ancalimo and Melias





Leon's Cause

Faithful ally
Return to Leon with Sargon and Garet


King Ancalimo
Become a King with Ancalimo





Martyr
Sacrifice yourself for the cause of Leon during the siege of Satrapor


For Martyr, pick Daragast and die at first opportunity, then switch to Ancalimo, stick with Leon's missions, do Satrapor siege until you find Leon in the city, then when you find out Leon's fate choose to stay and fight.
ANCORAN
Daragast <3 Ancoran
Make Daragast and Ancoran fall in love




Tibosh


Nurse
Save the kidnapped children from the Tiboshi


Puppy
Make the Phoenix Wolf friendly


Fire-breathing horses
Try to buy "Nightmares" from Sumai


A new life
Leave everything and follow Fellain





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Amarantar

Snakeskin
Kill Lebrolax with Ancoran


Graystorm
Take control of the graystorms to pursue your goals


Puppy
Make the Phoenix Wolf friendly









Resistance and the defense of Satrapor

Executioner
Behead Leon as Ancoran


Till death do us part
Pass the rest of your (short) life with Daragast






LEON



Alenbor

Allied kingdoms
Become an ally of the kingdom of Alenbor


Keeper of the elements
Defeat all the elemental Gods





Ismarin

The fifth element
Master the fifth element of magic as well




Satrapor

Nobody will stop me!
Kill Daragast as Leon


Warlord
Conquest Satrapor




No dragon
If you killed the dragon in prologue a few scenes are different - sometimes there is less choices, sometimes extra choices, but largely the story is the same which is why I did not bother doing all story paths without the dragon, except for a run to the last in-game trophy for Leon. If you're scraping for 1500 achievement, you can try doing runs while the dragon was killed in prologue.

"Wizard's Bane: Leon" trophy - kill dragon in prologue, with Leon go to Ismarin, in dream sequence make sure to pick conquest Satrapor, facing the 4 wizards pick: Water, Water, Sword.

DARAGAST
Daragast <3 Ancoran
Make Daragast and Ancoran fall in love




Bal go' Oriar

Off-key bard
Lose the bardic competition on purpose


Potatoes and carrots
Become a farmer with Daragast


Explorer
Embark on new unexplored lands with Daragast







Ulist Orontor

King Daragast
Become a King with Daragast





Carcas

Casanova
Spend a night with Aquilla


Champion of the arenas
Defeat all opponents in the arenas with Daragast







Satrapor

Justice!
Kill Leon as Daragast


Savior of Hesperia
Stop the siege of Satrapor with Daragast




"Daragast the Hermit" trophy - pick Leon and die at the first opportunity, then switch to Daragast and proceed with Resistance missions till you find out Leon's fate, then choose to become a hermit.
Concluding statements
Hopefully, there's no mistakes. The rectangles are blurring together at this point.

Please, read the first section of the guide for information.

If they patch the few glitches I found post-publishing this guide, chances are I will not test or fix them as I don't plan to come back to this game. RIP
2 Comments
Garbage  [author] 5 May, 2024 @ 4:48am 
You're quite welcome! I'm happy it helped someone at least!
RPGrün 28 Mar, 2024 @ 3:48pm 
Hello, I just wanted to thank you for making this guide. It both helped and motivated me to complete the game. Have a great day!