Bard
The Wandering Caretaker
RuneterraHow this list works
✓ = Bard can claim it Bard has no constellation: they cap at 3 stars and only need Fragments.
Bard Fragments
No adventure gives Bard-specific Fragments. They come from Cosmic Vaults (quests, Legend Levels, adventure rewards, Glory Store Platinum Vaults), or use Wild Fragments.
Wild Fragments, usable on any champion (20)
- 0★
The Swift Scout 0★ World #2 · clear with any champion 10 Wild Fragments - 0★ The Swift Scout 0★ World #3 · clear with any champion 10 Wild Fragments
- 0★ The Swift Scout 0★ World #4 · clear with any champion 10 Wild Fragments
- 0.5★
The Bounty Hunter 0.5★ World #1 · clear with any champion 10 Wild Fragments - 0.5★ The Bounty Hunter 0.5★ World #2 · clear with any champion 10 Wild Fragments
- 0.5★ The Bounty Hunter 0.5★ World #3 · clear with any champion 10 Wild Fragments
- 0.5★ The Bounty Hunter 0.5★ World #4 · clear with any champion 10 Wild Fragments
- 1★ The Wrath of Zaun 1★ World #1 · clear with any champion 10 Wild Fragments
- 1★ The Wrath of Zaun 1★ World #2 · clear with any champion 10 Wild Fragments
- 1★ The Wrath of Zaun 1★ World #3 · clear with any champion 10 Wild Fragments
- 1★ The Wrath of Zaun 1★ World #4 · clear with any champion 10 Wild Fragments
- 3★
The Dragonsire 3★ World #1 · clear with a Runeterra champion 15 Wild Fragments - 3★ The Dragonsire 3★ World #3 · clear with a Bandle City champion 15 Wild Fragments
- 3★ The Dragonsire 3★ World #5 · clear with a Noxus champion 15 Wild Fragments
- 3★ The Dragonsire 3★ World #7 · clear with a Freljord champion 15 Wild Fragments
- 4.5★ The Tidal Trickster 4.5★ Nightmare #1 · clear with a Bilgewater champion 20 Wild Fragments
- 4.5★ The Tidal Trickster 4.5★ Nightmare #3 · clear with a Bandle City champion 20 Wild Fragments
- 5★
The Ruined King 5★ Nightmare #3 · clear with a Shurima champion 20 Wild Fragments - 6.5★ The Ancient Fear 6.5★ Nightmare #3 · clear with a Piltover & Zaun champion 20 Wild Fragments
- 10★ With Friends Like These... 10★ Nightmare #3 · clear with a new champion 500 Wild Fragments
Upgrade cost
| Unlock | 30 Fragments |
| 1 Star | 10 Fragments |
| 2 Stars | 20 Fragments |
| 3 Stars | 40 Fragments |
| Total | 100 Fragments |
Star powers
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2★ Cosmic Presence+1 Starting Mana. When you draw a card with chimes on it, plant two
Chimes in your deck. -
Starting deck · 18 cards
Champion level rewards
- 1
Relic slot 1 opens (common) - 2
Byrd, The Bellringer gets 
Pickaxe - 3
Stone Stackers gets 
Skirmisher's Sabre - 6
Esmus, Breath of the World gets 
Philosopher's Stone - 8 Relic slot 1 becomes rare
- 9
Banana Blaster gets 
Ancient Coin - 12
Cosmic Binding gets 
Charging Sigil I - 13 Relic slot 2 opens (common)
- 15
Starlight Stag gets 
Nomad's Medallion - 18
Bandle Commando gets 
Phage - 19 Relic slot 2 becomes rare
- 21
Minimorph gets 
Double Time Watch - 24 Bandle Commando gets
Warding Charm - 25 Relic slot 3 opens (common)
- 27 Starlight Stag gets Skirmisher's Sabre
- 30 Relic slot 3 becomes rare
Relic slots: 1st at level 1 (rare at 8), 2nd at 13 (rare at 19), 3rd at 25 (rare at 30).
As a reinforcement
When another champion picks Bard at a 
Reinforcement node, Bard joins that deck as 2 copies, together with 2 copies of each of these cards:
Community favourites
Signature and campaign relics
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Hymn of Valor Rare · campaign rewardWhen I'm summoned, create a
Redoubled Valor in hand. It costs 3.Get it:
Reward from Bard's 2★ Campaign
Bard's campaign
Story adventures only Bard can play. Their rewards are one-time; later wins give XP only. Tap the portrait to tick one.
- 0★
Strange Symphony Needs Bard Unlocked · vs Lulu 
Bronze Vault 5 Wild Fragments - 2★ Song of Runeterra Needs Bard 2 stars · Strange Symphony: Completed · vs
Babbling Balladeers, 
Tahm Kench Hymn of Valor 5 Wild Fragments
Most used relics for Bard
Across recorded clears, guide builds and players' voted builds below.
- 1
Echoing Spirit2 clears · 2 guide builds · 7 player builds - 2
Starforged Gauntlets1 clear · 1 guide build · 2 player builds - 3
Luminous Orb1 clear · 1 guide build · 2 player builds - 4
The Chameleon's Necklace1 guide build · 2 player builds - 5
The Grand General's Counterplan1 guide build · 2 player builds - 6
Archangel's Staff1 guide build · 2 player builds - 7
The Beast Within2 player builds - 8
Loaded Dice1 clear
Proven clears · 10-Star Zoe Adventure
Guide builds
- Stun and ScaleEchoing Spirit
Hidden Tome
Tempest Blade - Titanic TempoStarforged GauntletsLuminous OrbEchoing Spirit
- Budget SpellslingerThe Grand General's CounterplanArchangel's StaffThe Chameleon's Necklace
Why each relic, and how to play these builds: full guide on Runeterra Relics ↗
Top player builds · 11 shared on LoR Relics
Builds from Runeterra Relics (Fan-made champion guides by one author; first drafted with AI from Discord, Reddit and YouTube, about half reviewed by hand (per their About page).) and LoR Relics (Relic builds shared and voted on by players.). Collected 2026-10-13.
Bard on the LoR wiki ↗ · in Path of Champions since V3.8
Community guides · 2
＋ Write a Bard guide- Bard: recurring champion spells and Chime scaling Use recurring champion spells and spell mana to plant more buffs, then play units with buffed stats for random keywords. 3★ · level 30 · from r/LegendsOfRuneterra
- Bard: turn-one Chimes with Titanic ramp Make Bard Titanic before the game starts, gain an extra mana gem and plant Chimes from the first round. 2★ · level 30 · from the PoC community