Bard

Job Overview

A bright tune to soothe a party's wounds... A brisk march to raise a party's spirits... A demoralizing lamentation to weaken a party's foes... The Bards of Vana'diel use music as their weapon. A Bard (BRD) uses songs as the job's main advantage to boost the party's stats. Bards have many songs but only two non-meritable Job Abilities. A bard without an instrument or a player with the sub job bard can only keep one song up at a time, as opposed to instrument players that can use two. A party with multiple bards may stack more than 2 songs on the party as long as they are not the same song. The Bard job is available after completing the quest Path of the Bard. Table of Contents: Abilities • Traits • Merits • Song List Combat Skills • Magic Skills • Artifact Equipment • Bard Guides

Job Abilities Level  Name 01  Soul Voice 45  Pianissimo 75 (Merit)  Nightingale 75 (Merit)  Troubadour

Job Traits Level  Name 05  Resist Silence 25  Resist Silence II 45  Resist Silence III 65  Resist Silence IV

Group 1 Merits Level  Name Merit  Lullaby Recast Merit  Finale Recast Merit  Minne Effect Merit  Minuet Effect Merit  Madrigal Effect

Song List

Level  Song 01  Knight's Minne 03  Valor Minuet 05  Army's Paeon 07  Foe Requiem 09  Herb Pastoral 10  Light Threnody 11  Sword Madrigal 12  Dark Threnody 13  Sheepfoe Mambo 14  Earth Threnody 15  Army's Paeon II 16  Foe Lullaby 16  Water Threnody 17  Foe Requiem II 18  Wind Threnody 19  Scop's Operetta 20  Fire Threnody 21  Knight's Minne II 22  Enchanting Etude 22  Ice Threnody

Level  Song 23  Valor Minuet II 24  Lightning Threnody 24  Spirited Etude 25  Mage's Ballad 26  Learned Etude 27  Horde Lullaby 28  Quick Etude 29  Advancing March 30  Vivacious Etude 31  Hunter's Prelude 32  Dextrous Etude 33  Fowl Aubade 33  Magic Finale 34  Sinewy Etude 35  Army's Paeon III 36  Light Carol 37  Foe Requiem III 37  Raptor Mazurka 38  Earth Carol 39  Battlefield Elegy

Level  Song 40  Water Carol 41  Knight's Minne III 42  Wind Carol 43  Valor Minuet III 44  Fire Carol 45  Army's Paeon IV 46  Ice Carol 47  Foe Requiem IV 48  Lightning Carol 49  Goblin Gavotte 50  Dark Carol 51  Blade Madrigal 53  Dragonfoe Mambo 54  Gold Capriccio 55  Mage's Ballad II 56  Shining Fantasia 57  Foe Requiem V 59  Carnage Elegy 60  Victory March 61  Knight's Minne IV

Level  Song 62  Bewitching Etude 63  Valor Minuet IV 64  Logical Etude 65  Army's Paeon V 66  Sage Etude 67  Foe Requiem VI 68  Swift Etude 69  Puppet's Operetta 70  Vital Etude 71  Archer's Prelude 71  Goddess's Hymnus 72  Uncanny Etude 73  Chocobo Mazurka 73  Warding Round 74  Herculean Etude 75  Maiden's Virelai 75 (Merit)  Adventurer's Dirge 75 (Merit)  Foe Sirvente

Combat Skill Ratings  Skill Skill Ranking Cap at Level 1 Cap at Level 37 Cap at Level 75  Dagger B- 5 109 240  Staff C+ 5 105 230  Sword C- 5 105 220  Club D 4 101 210  Throwing E 4 94 200  Evasion D 4 101 210  Parrying E 4 94 200

Magic Skill Ratings  Skill Skill Ranking Cap at Level 1 Cap at Level 37 Cap at Level 75  Singing C 5 105 225  String C 5 105 225  Wind C 5 105 225

See Bard Skill Caps for a by-level breakdown of Weapon Skill limits.

Artifact Equipment

To see a side by side comparison of Artifact/Relic sets visit Bard Artifact/Relic Sets Comparison.

Artifact Set Level Artifact 40  Paper Knife 52  Choral Slippers 54  Choral Roundlet 56  Choral Cannions 58  Choral Justaucorps 60  Choral Cuffs

Artifact Set +1 Level Artifact 74  Choral Slippers +1 74  Choral Roundlet +1 74  Choral Cannions +1 74  Choral Justaucorps +1 74  Choral Cuffs +1

Relic Set Level Relic 70  Bard's Cape 71  Bard's Slippers 72  Bard's Roundlet 73  Bard's Cuffs 74  Bard's Justaucorps 75  Bard's Cannions

Relic Set +1 Level Relic 75  Bard's Slippers +1 75  Bard's Roundlet +1 75  Bard's Cuffs +1 75  Bard's Justaucorps +1 75  Bard's Cannions +1

Relic/Mythic Weapons Level Weapon 75  Gjallarhorn (Relic) 75  Mandau (Relic) 75  Carnwenhan (Mythic)

Bard Guides

A Bard's Tale How-To Guide: Bard Bard: Guide to Playing the Job Bard: Guide to Weapons and Armor Bard Guide by Tattersail Bard Song List (Also available: Japanese-English Song List)

Bard: Guide to Songs 101 Guide to Dispelling Effects Shattering Stars/Bard Bard Guide by Fiye Itazura's Bard Puller Guide