How to master an instrument in BitLife

For many, it's a lifelong dream to pursue a musical career or become an instrument-playing content creator. Although your options for this in BitLife are limited without the Musician special career pack, you can still master instruments and prove to the world that you're the best there is. How to master an instrument in BitLife To master an instrument in BitLife, create a new character who's at least eight years old before heading into Activities, Mind and Body, and Instruments. From here, you can choose any option you wish before asking your character's parents if you can take some lessons. Reaching mastery requires taking lessons until your newfound skill bar is at max level. Screenshot by Destructoid How you go about this process depends on whether you own Bitizenship or the Musician Special Career pack. If you own both, you can use the tips below to make this process easier: Add the Musician Special Talent to your character in the New Life menu to make instrument mastery easier. Having Bitizen lets you take lessons without watching ads, making the process much quicker. You can take lessons up to three times per in-game year before you stop gaining progress. Don't take more than you need to. Instrument lessons are free when your character is under the age of 18. After reaching adulthood, you can still take lessons, but they'll cost anywhere between $500 to $1,500 per class. Not every instrument will level up at the same rate. While one may progress very slowly per lesson, another might only take a couple of years to advance. Try out a few instruments to find which one fits your character's skills. Sometimes, your character's parents will gift you an instrument after taking your first class. Although you won't progress your skills nearly as quickly, it's a worthwhile alternative later on if your character can't afford classes and needs a couple of years to save up some cash. Screenshot by Destructoid Overall, your goal is to choose an instrument and take lessons every year until its skill bar is completely filled. Filling this bar means your character has mastered the instrument, completing any accompanying challenge tasks that are currently active. One obstacle you might encounter is your character's parents refusing to bring you to your lessons While this won't prevent you from mastering the instrument, it'll force you to wait until your character turns 18. You'll then have to pay for the lessons out of your character's pocket, requiring you to work a part-time job or find other means of making money. It's up to you whether you do this, but it'll overall take much longer than mastering an instrument as a teenager. Occasionally, you'll have challenges that ask for mastery of specific instruments. While the Trailblazing Superstar challenge only asks you to master an instrument, the Rocket Man and Blonde Bombshell challenges require you to master the piano. Although the core strategy is the same, this may require you to recreate your character if their skill progression is slow in the challenge's chosen instrument. Your other option is to challenge your patience by taking a few extra years to master it. The post How to master an instrument in BitLife appeared first on Destructoid.

May 31, 2025 - 21:38

For many, it's a lifelong dream to pursue a musical career or become an instrument-playing content creator. Although your options for this in BitLife are limited without the Musician special career pack, you can still master instruments and prove to the world that you're the best there is.

How to master an instrument in BitLife

To master an instrument in BitLife, create a new character who's at least eight years old before heading into Activities, Mind and Body, and Instruments. From here, you can choose any option you wish before asking your character's parents if you can take some lessons. Reaching mastery requires taking lessons until your newfound skill bar is at max level.

BitLife instrument menu — Screenshot by Destructoid

How you go about this process depends on whether you own Bitizenship or the Musician Special Career pack. If you own both, you can use the tips below to make this process easier:

Add the Musician Special Talent to your character in the New Life menu to make instrument mastery easier.
Having Bitizen lets you take lessons without watching ads, making the process much quicker.
You can take lessons up to three times per in-game year before you stop gaining progress. Don't take more than you need to.
Instrument lessons are free when your character is under the age of 18. After reaching adulthood, you can still take lessons, but they'll cost anywhere between $500 to $1,500 per class.
Not every instrument will level up at the same rate. While one may progress very slowly per lesson, another might only take a couple of years to advance. Try out a few instruments to find which one fits your character's skills.
Sometimes, your character's parents will gift you an instrument after taking your first class. Although you won't progress your skills nearly as quickly, it's a worthwhile alternative later on if your character can't afford classes and needs a couple of years to save up some cash.

BitLife instrument skill bar — Screenshot by Destructoid

Overall, your goal is to choose an instrument and take lessons every year until its skill bar is completely filled. Filling this bar means your character has mastered the instrument, completing any accompanying challenge tasks that are currently active.

One obstacle you might encounter is your character's parents refusing to bring you to your lessons While this won't prevent you from mastering the instrument, it'll force you to wait until your character turns 18. You'll then have to pay for the lessons out of your character's pocket, requiring you to work a part-time job or find other means of making money. It's up to you whether you do this, but it'll overall take much longer than mastering an instrument as a teenager.

Occasionally, you'll have challenges that ask for mastery of specific instruments. While the Trailblazing Superstar challenge only asks you to master an instrument, the Rocket Man and Blonde Bombshell challenges require you to master the piano. Although the core strategy is the same, this may require you to recreate your character if their skill progression is slow in the challenge's chosen instrument. Your other option is to challenge your patience by taking a few extra years to master it.

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