It’s that time of the week again, Bitizens! The Bittersweet Symphony Challenge in BitLife is live, and you know what that means. The Bittersweet Symphony challenge is live until April 9 and your goal is simple: to become a master of the musical arts. But also to be more than a little eccentric along the way. We’ve got all the steps laid out below, so check them out if you want to be able to rush through this week’s challenge and claim the prize.
Don’t forget to check the Challenge Vault if you have it unlocked, you can do all the old BitLife challenges there as well. Check on some of our BitLife guides while you’re here for tips on those.
The Bittersweet Symphony challenge is a total of five steps you need to get done to earn the new challenge ribbon. Keep reading on to find out what to do.
How To Complete the Bittersweet Symphony Challenge in BitLife
Here are all the relevant steps for this challenge. You don’t need to necessarily complete them in order, but it can help to do the easier things first just for the sake of your sanity.
- Be Born a Male in Austria
- Master the Piano
- Become a Music Composer
- Taxidermy Three or More Pets
- Go Into Debt
Now, let’s begin!
Choosing your spawn location is easy. When you make a character, you can choose what country to be born into. You can also make later steps easier by picking the Music talent, but that’s optional. What’s required is to make sure to be born Male in a city in Austria. Be sure to choose the correct options.
How to master the piano in BitLife
Early life doesn’t matter, getting to age 6 and unlocking basic character activities is the key in the early game. Once you turn 6, go to the Mind & Body tab and start taking piano lessons. Since you are still a kid, your parents will need to pay for it. Sometimes they’ll say no, so just hang on until you can pay for lessons yourself.
Once you grow up, though, the real challenge begins. Mastering an instrument will cost money in BitLife. You need at least $1,000 for lessons each time. The key is to not only have the cash, but to be persistent. Each time you age up, you need to practice more than once per year to actually improve. It can take many in-game years to master the piano in BItLife, but you’ll eventually get there if you’re consistent enough.
This will take some time, but it’s actually not that hard once you get into the habit.
How to become a Music Composer in BItLife
Becoming a music composer in BitLife requires a Music degree from a university. That is where the musical talent you picked in character generation will come in handy. When you’re also spending time growing up learning the piano, make sure to focus on school and get good grades. Go to the library often via the Activities menu, and make sure to keep those Smarts stats maxed out. This can help a lot when you go to apply for your dream job of a musical composer.
You’ll also want to make sure you do this AFTER you master the piano, ideally. That’s because you need musical skills to get the job itself. You can take lessons three times a year for free until your character reaches adulthood, so take advantage of this when learning that instrument.
Once you’ve locked in your pianist skills, here’s the next part of the hard stuff. It’s a numbers game, and you have to play it just right. Just like when you’re tickling the ivories on a grand piano.
Like any other job, it’s randomized, so you need to keep aging up to refresh the job list to get it to spawn. Go into Occupation and check available jobs. If the apprentice composer job isn’t there, refresh it via closing the app and try again. You may also age up to refresh the list as well. Once you pass the interview and get the job, work hard to level up within the field and you’ll eventually complete the challenge.
How to Taxidermy Pets in Bitlife
Sometimes you will also find stray animals on walks. You can go on walks via the Mind & Body tab and just wait for the random event to proc. Take a cat or other basic animal home and now you have a free pet. Another option if you have the cash is to choose the Animal Shelter option under Activities. This can actually speed up the process as you choose elderly pets that are more likely to pass on soon.
Trouble is, then you have to wait for them to die. If you picked elderly pets from the shelter, this is a lot faster. Just continue living your digital life until one of them keels over. Once they do, you’ll see the option to taxidermy them.
Get three KO’d pets, then taxidermy then one-by-one, and you’re done with this last part of the challenge.
How to go into debt in BitLife
This is actually the easiest part of the challenge. Spend your money anyway you like. Go Shopping via the Assets tab and spend all your dosh on expensive cars you can’t make payments on. You could also make reckless investments in the Assets tab. Choose high-risk Bonds and stocks, and just let your portfolio go bust. It’s a great way to waste money in the game. All you need to do at the end of the challenge is have a negative bank balance.
