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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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! width="25%" |Level
! width="75%" |Name
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|01 
|[[Soul Voice]]
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|[[Pianissimo]]
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== Job Traits ==
{| class="horizon-table jobs-table" style="text-align: center;"
! width="25%" |Level
! width="75%" |Name
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|5
|[[Resist Silence]]
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|25
|[[Resist Silence|Resist Silence II]]
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|45
|[[Resist Silence|Resist Silence III]]
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|65
|[[Resist Silence|Resist Silence IV]]
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== Song List ==
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{| class="horizon-table jobs-table"; style="text-align: center;" width="100%";
! width="17%" |Level
! width="41%" |Name
! width="42%" |Spell Type
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| 1  
|[[Knight's Minne]]
|[[Songs]]
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| 3  
|[[Valor Minuet]]
|[[Songs]]
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| 5
|[[Army's Paeon]]
|[[Songs]]
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| 7
|[[Foe Requiem]]
|[[Songs]]
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| 9
|[[Herb Pastoral]]
|[[Songs]]
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 |10
|[[Light Threnody]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |11
|[[Sword Madrigal]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |12
|[[Dark Threnody]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |13
|[[Sheepfoe Mambo]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |14
|[[Earth Threnody]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |15
|[[Army's Paeon II]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |16
|[[Foe Lullaby]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |16
|[[Water Threnody]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |17
|[[Foe Requiem II]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |18
|[[Wind Threnody]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |19
|[[Scop's Operetta]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |20
|[[Fire Threnody]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |21
|[[Knight's Minne II]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |22
|[[Enchanting Etude]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |22
|[[Ice Threnody]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |23
|[[Valor Minuet II]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |24
|[[Lightning Threnody]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |24
|[[Spirited Etude]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |25
|[[Mage's Ballad]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |26
|[[Learned Etude]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |27
|[[Horde Lullaby]]
| [[Songs]]
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{| class="horizon-table jobs-table"; style="text-align: center;" width="100%";
! width="17%" |Level
! width="41%" |Name
! width="42%" |Spell Type
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 |28
|[[Quick Etude]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |29
|[[Advancing March]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |30
|[[Vivacious Etude]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |31
|[[Hunter's Prelude]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |32
|[[Dextrous Etude]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |33
|[[Fowl Aubade]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |33
|[[Magic Finale]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |34
|[[Sinewy Etude]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |35
|[[Army's Paeon III]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |36
|[[Light Carol]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |37
|[[Foe Requiem III]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |38
|[[Earth Carol]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |39
|[[Battlefield Elegy]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |40
|[[Water Carol]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |41
|[[Knight's Minne III]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |42
|[[Wind Carol]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |43
|[[Valor Minuet III]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |44
|[[Fire Carol]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |45
|[[Army's Paeon IV]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |46
|[[Ice Carol]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |47
|[[Foe Requiem IV]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |48
|[[Lightning Carol]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |49
|[[Goblin Gavotte]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |50
|[[Dark Carol]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |51
|[[Blade Madrigal]]
| [[Songs]]
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{| class="horizon-table jobs-table"; style="text-align: center;" width="100%";
! width="17%" |Level
! width="41%" |Name
! width="42%" |Spell Type
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 |53
|[[Dragonfoe Mambo]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |54
|[[Gold Capriccio]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |55
|[[Mage's Ballad II]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |56
|[[Shining Fantasia]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |57
|[[Foe Requiem V]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |59
|[[Carnage Elegy]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |60
|[[Victory March]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |61
|[[Knight's Minne IV]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |62
|[[Bewitching Etude]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |63
|[[Valor Minuet IV]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |64
|[[Logical Etude]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |65
|[[Army's Paeon V]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |66
|[[Sage Etude]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |67
|[[Foe Requiem VI]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |68
|[[Swift Etude]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |69
|[[Puppet's Operetta]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |70
|[[Vital Etude]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |71
|[[Archer's Prelude]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |71
|[[Goddess's Hymnus]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |72
|[[Uncanny Etude]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |73
|[[Chocobo Mazurka]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |73
|[[Warding Round]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |74
|[[Herculean Etude]]
| [[Songs]]
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 |75
|[[Maiden's Virelai]]
| [[Songs]]
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== Melee Skills ==
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! width="30%" |Skill
! width="15%" |Rank
! width="15%" |37
! width="15%" |75
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|[[:category:Daggers|Dagger]]
|B-
|109
|240
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|[[:Category:Staves|Staff]]
|C+
|105
|230
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|[[:category:Swords|Sword]]
|C-
|105
|220
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|[[:category:Clubs|Club]]
|D
|101
|210
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== Ranged Skills ==
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|[[:category:Throwing|Throwing]]
|E
|94
|200
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== Defensive Skills ==
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! width="15%" |75
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|[[Evasion]]
|D
|101
|210
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|[[Parrying]]
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|94
|200
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== Magic Skills ==
{| class="horizon-table jobs-table"; style="text-align: center;"
! width="30%" |Skill
! width="15%" |Rank
! width="15%" |37
! width="15%" |75
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|[[:Category:Singing Skill|Singing]]
|C
|105
|225
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|[[:Category:String Instrument Skill|String]]
|C
|105
|225
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|[[:Category:Wind Instrument Skill|Wind]]
|C
|105
|225
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== Group 1 Merits ==
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! width="40%" |Name
! 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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=== Artifact Armor +1 ===
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=== Relic Armor ===
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=== Relic Armor +1 ===
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=== Relic Instrument ===
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=== Relic Weapon ===
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