Skyrim – Enrolling in the Bard’s College & The Benefits of Joining

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In addition to the College of Winterhold, there’s another institution that you can enroll in and take quests. In Solitude, a school for music-lover is open for anyone who wants to be an official Bard.

Becoming part of the Bard’s college is fairy easy. Unlike the College of Winterhold, doing quests for the Bards College won’t unlock any achievements but the equipments that you will get from doing them are priceless.

Let’s get started on how to join:

– To join the Bard’s College, go to Soltitude. Far to the north side of the town, you should see a cathedral-like building.

– Once you locate the college, go inside and talk to the man in charge, Viarmo.
– He will then tell you that in order to be part of the college, you must do a little task for him. That’s by bringing the missing verse of King Olaf. (He will tell you the history behind King Olaf and the ceremony that you’ll be involved with.)

– Your mission is to go through the Dead Men’s Respite which is south of Soltitude.
– Go through the dungeon where you’ll meet Ghosts of the past and eventually a ghost of someone who will lead you to the lost verse of King Olaf.
– Once you received the missing verse, go back to Viarmo and he’ll ask you do one more thing… that’s to make up the lost verse since it’s all faded and present it to the Jarl of Soltitude.
– After going working with Viarmo, he’ll then welcome you to the Bard’s College.

The Benefits

Once you finished the Tending of the Flames initiation quest, three more quests will open up that will give you an opportunity to easily level up your skills. The quests that you can take for the Bard’s College are all located inside the school.

Here’s the breakdown of the quests that you can take for this college:

RELATED QUESTS:

– Tending the Flames
How to Begin: Talk to Viarmo
Rewards: Being Accepted in the Bard’s College, a Perk of Gift of the Gab, and a few gold pieces.

– Finn’s Lute
How to Begin: Talk to Inge Six-Fingers inside the Bard’s College.
Rewards: Gives you +1 skill point for every Stealth skills (Light Armor, Sneak, Lockpicking, Pickpocket, Speech, and Alchemy)
Unique Items that You can Get: None

– Pantea’s Flute
How to Begin:Talk to Pantea Ateia.
Rewards: Gives you +1 skill point for every Magic skills (Destruction, Conjuration, Illusion, Restoration, Alteration, and Enchanting)
Unique Items that You can Get: None

– Rjorn’s Drum
How to Begin: Talk to Giraud Germane
Rewards: Gives you +1 skill point for every Combat skills (Block, Two Handed, One Handed, Smithing, Archery, Heavy Armor)
Unique Items that You can Get: Spell Tome: Raise Zombie