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{{Job Infobox
| name = Bard
| short = BRD
| expansionpack = Final Fantasy XI
| unlock = [[Path of the Bard]]
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[[Image:Mandy BRD noBG.png|middle|361x350px]]
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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. A bard without an instrument or a player using bard as a sub job can only keep one song up at a time, as opposed to instrument players, who 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. 
== Horizon Changes {{changes}} ==
{{#section:Category:Horizon Changes|Bard}}
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== Job Abilities ==
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|01 
|[[Soul Voice]]
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== Job Traits ==
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{{job trait unlock |level=5 |trait=Resist Silence }}
{{job trait unlock |level=25 |trait=Resist Silence |tier=II }}
{{job trait unlock |level=45 |trait=Resist Silence |tier=III }}
{{job trait unlock |level=65 |trait=Resist Silence |tier=IV }}
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== Song List ==
{{Magic for job|label=Song List for Bard (Level, Name)}}

== Skills ==
{{job skills
| dagger = B-
| sword = C-
| club = D
| staff = C+

| throwing = E

| evasion = D
| parrying = E

| singing = C
| string = C
| wind = C
}}

{{job skill caps}}

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== Group 1 Merits ==
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! width="60%" |Description
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|[[Foe Lullaby|Lullaby Recast]]
| -1 second per upgrade {{verification}}
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|[[Magic Finale|Magic Finale Recast]]
| -1 second per upgrade {{verification}}
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|[[Knight's Minne|Minne Effect]]
| Increases [[Defense Bonus]] from all [[Knight's Minne|Minne]] songs by 1. {{verification}}
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|[[Valor Minuet|Minuet Effect]]
| Increases [[Attack Bonus]] and [[Ranged Attack]] from all [[Valor Minuet|Minuet]] songs by 1. {{verification}}
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|[[Sword Madrigal|Madrigal Effect]]
| Increases [[Accuracy]] bonus from all [[Sword Madrigal|Madrigal]] songs by 1. {{verification}}
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== Group 2 Merits ==
* Currently unavailable on Horizon.
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== Job Specific Equipment ==
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=== Artifact Weapons ===
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=== Artifact Armor ===
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=== Relic Armor ===
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=== Relic Armor +1 ===
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=== Relic Instrument ===
{{InstrumentTable|title1=Gjallarhorn|cssclasses=jobs-table|tooltip=true}}

=== Relic Weapon ===
{{WeaponsTable|title1=Mandau|cssclasses=jobs-table|tooltip=true}}
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