Bard

Bard
Abbreviation:	BRD
Expansion Pack:	Final Fantasy XI
How to Unlock:	Path of the Bard
Page Contents:	Abilities Song List Skills Merits Equipment Guides

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

• Minor changes to Artifact Armor.
• Significant changes to the relic weapon Mandau.

Job Abilities

Level	Name
01	Soul Voice

Job Traits

Level	Trait
5	Resist Silence
25	Resist Silence II
45	Resist Silence III
65	Resist Silence IV

Song List

Level	Name	Spell Type
1	Knight's Minne	Songs
3	Valor Minuet	Songs
5	Army's Paeon	Songs
7	Foe Requiem	Songs
9	Herb Pastoral	Songs
10	Light Threnody	Songs
11	Sword Madrigal	Songs
12	Dark Threnody	Songs
13	Sheepfoe Mambo	Songs
14	Earth Threnody	Songs
15	Army's Paeon II	Songs
16	Foe Lullaby	Songs
16	Water Threnody	Songs
17	Foe Requiem II	Songs
18	Wind Threnody	Songs
19	Scop's Operetta	Songs
20	Fire Threnody	Songs
21	Knight's Minne II	Songs
22	Enchanting Etude	Songs
22	Ice Threnody	Songs
23	Valor Minuet II	Songs
24	Lightning Threnody	Songs
24	Spirited Etude	Songs
25	Mage's Ballad	Songs
26	Learned Etude	Songs
27	Horde Lullaby	Songs

Level	Name	Spell Type
28	Quick Etude	Songs
29	Advancing March	Songs
30	Vivacious Etude	Songs
31	Hunter's Prelude	Songs
32	Dextrous Etude	Songs
33	Fowl Aubade	Songs
33	Magic Finale	Songs
34	Sinewy Etude	Songs
35	Army's Paeon III	Songs
36	Light Carol	Songs
37	Foe Requiem III	Songs
38	Earth Carol	Songs
39	Battlefield Elegy	Songs
40	Water Carol	Songs
41	Knight's Minne III	Songs
42	Wind Carol	Songs
43	Valor Minuet III	Songs
44	Fire Carol	Songs
45	Army's Paeon IV	Songs
46	Ice Carol	Songs
47	Foe Requiem IV	Songs
48	Lightning Carol	Songs
49	Goblin Gavotte	Songs
50	Dark Carol	Songs
51	Blade Madrigal	Songs

Level	Name	Spell Type
53	Dragonfoe Mambo	Songs
54	Gold Capriccio	Songs
55	Mage's Ballad II	Songs
56	Shining Fantasia	Songs
57	Foe Requiem V	Songs
59	Carnage Elegy	Songs
60	Victory March	Songs
61	Knight's Minne IV	Songs
62	Bewitching Etude	Songs
63	Valor Minuet IV	Songs
64	Logical Etude	Songs
65	Army's Paeon V	Songs
66	Sage Etude	Songs
67	Foe Requiem VI	Songs
68	Swift Etude	Songs
69	Puppet's Operetta	Songs
70	Vital Etude	Songs
71	Archer's Prelude	Songs
71	Goddess's Hymnus	Songs
72	Uncanny Etude	Songs
73	Chocobo Mazurka	Songs
73	Warding Round	Songs
74	Herculean Etude	Songs
75	Maiden's Virelai	Songs

Skills

Melee Skills

Skill	Rank	37	75
Dagger	B−	109	240
Sword	C−	105	220
Club	D	101	210
Staff	C+	105	230

Ranged Skills

Skill	Rank	37	75
Throwing	E	94	200

Defensive Skills

Skill	Rank	37	75
Evasion	D	101	210
Parrying	E	94	200

Magic Skills

Skill	Rank	37	75
Singing	C	105	225
String	C	105	225
Wind	C	105	225

Skill Caps

Level	Dagger	Sword	Club	Staff	Throwing	Evasion	Parrying	Singing	String	Wind
1	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5
2	7	7	6	7	6	6	6	7	7	7
3	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	10
4	13	13	12	13	11	12	11	13	13	13
5	16	16	14	16	14	14	14	16	16	16
6	19	19	17	19	16	17	16	19	19	19
7	22	21	20	21	19	20	19	21	21	21
8	25	24	22	24	21	22	21	24	24	24
9	28	27	25	27	24	25	24	27	27	27
10	31	30	28	30	26	28	26	30	30	30
11	34	33	31	33	29	31	29	33	33	33
12	36	35	33	35	31	33	31	35	35	35
13	39	38	36	38	34	36	34	38	38	38
14	42	41	39	41	36	39	36	41	41	41
15	45	44	41	44	39	41	39	44	44	44
16	48	47	44	47	41	44	41	47	47	47
17	51	49	47	49	44	47	44	49	49	49
18	54	52	49	52	46	49	46	52	52	52
19	57	55	52	55	49	52	49	55	55	55
20	60	58	55	58	51	55	51	58	58	58
21	63	61	58	61	54	58	54	61	61	61
22	65	63	60	63	56	60	56	63	63	63
23	68	66	63	66	59	63	59	66	66	66
24	71	69	66	69	61	66	61	69	69	69
25	74	72	68	72	64	68	64	72	72	72
26	77	75	71	75	66	71	66	75	75	75
27	80	77	74	77	69	74	69	77	77	77
28	83	80	76	80	71	76	71	80	80	80
29	86	83	79	83	74	79	74	83	83	83
30	89	86	82	86	76	82	76	86	86	86
31	92	89	85	89	79	85	79	89	89	89
32	94	91	87	91	81	87	81	91	91	91
33	97	94	90	94	84	90	84	94	94	94
34	100	97	93	97	86	93	86	97	97	97
35	103	100	95	100	89	95	89	100	100	100
36	106	103	98	103	91	98	91	103	103	103
37	109	105	101	105	94	101	94	105	105	105
38	112	108	103	108	96	103	96	108	108	108
39	115	111	106	111	99	106	99	111	111	111
40	118	114	109	114	101	109	101	114	114	114
41	121	117	112	117	104	112	104	117	117	117
42	123	119	114	119	106	114	106	119	119	119
43	126	122	117	122	109	117	109	122	122	122
44	129	125	120	125	111	120	111	125	125	125
45	132	128	122	128	114	122	114	128	128	128
46	135	130	125	130	116	125	116	130	130	130
47	138	133	128	133	119	128	119	133	133	133
48	141	136	130	136	121	130	121	136	136	136
49	144	139	133	139	124	133	124	139	139	139
50	147	142	136	142	126	136	126	142	142	142
51	151	146	140	146	130	140	130	146	146	146
52	156	151	145	151	135	145	135	151	151	151
53	161	156	150	156	139	150	139	156	156	156
54	166	161	154	161	144	154	144	161	161	161
55	171	166	159	166	148	159	148	166	166	166
56	176	170	164	170	153	164	153	170	170	170
57	181	175	168	175	157	168	157	175	175	175
58	186	180	173	180	162	173	162	180	180	180
59	191	185	178	185	166	178	166	185	185	185
60	196	190	183	190	171	183	171	190	190	190
61	198	192	184	192	172	184	172	192	192	192
62	201	194	186	195	174	186	174	194	194	194
63	204	196	188	197	176	188	176	196	196	196
64	206	198	190	200	178	190	178	199	199	199
65	209	200	192	202	180	192	180	201	201	201
66	212	202	194	205	182	194	182	203	203	203
67	214	204	195	207	184	195	184	205	205	205
68	217	206	197	210	186	197	186	208	208	208
69	220	208	199	212	188	199	188	210	210	210
70	223	210	201	215	190	201	190	212	212	212
71	226	212	202	218	192	202	192	214	214	214
72	229	214	204	221	194	204	194	217	217	217
73	233	216	206	224	196	206	196	219	219	219
74	236	218	208	227	198	208	198	222	222	222
75	240	220	210	230	200	210	200	225	225	225

Group 1 Merits

Name	Description
Lullaby Recast	-1 second per upgrade
Magic Finale Recast	-1 second per upgrade
Minne Effect	Increases Defense Bonus from all Minne songs by 1.
Minuet Effect	Increases Attack Bonus and Ranged Attack from all Minuet songs by 1.
Madrigal Effect	Increases Accuracy bonus from all Madrigal songs by 1.

Group 2 Merits

• Currently unavailable on Horizon.

Job Specific Equipment

Artifact Weapons

Name	Level	Damage	Delay	DPS	Jobs	Stats	Horizon Changes
Paper Knife	40	15	195	4.62	BRD	CHR +5	CHR +5 instead of AGI +2 and CHR +2

Artifact Armor

Name	Level	Slot	Jobs	Stats	Horizon Changes
Choral Slippers	52	Feet	BRD	DEF: 10 HP +10 AGI +2 DEX +2  +10 Evasion +5	AGI +2 DEX +2 instead of AGI +3
Choral Roundlet	54	Head	BRD	DEF: 15 HP +11 MND +2 CHR +2 Parrying skill +5 Enmity -1	MND +2 CHR +2 instead of MND +3
Choral Cannions	56	Legs	BRD	DEF: 27 HP +12 STR +5 Wind Instrument skill +3 Enmity -1	none
Choral Justaucorps	58	Body	BRD	DEF: 38 HP +13 VIT +3 String Instrument skill +3 Enmity -1	none
Choral Cuffs	60	Hands	BRD	DEF: 15 HP +14 CHR +4 Singing skill +5 Enmity -1	none

Artifact Armor +1

Name	Level	Slot	Jobs	Stats	Horizon Changes
Choral Cannions +1	74	Legs	BRD	DEF: 31 HP +12 STR +8 DEX +8 Wind Instrument Skill +8 Enmity -2	none
Choral Cuffs +1	74	Hands	BRD	DEF: 18 HP +14 VIT +7 CHR +7 Singing skill +10 Enmity -1	none
Choral Justaucorps +1	74	Body	BRD	DEF: 45 HP +20 VIT +10 CHR +10 String Instrument skill +6 Enmity -3	none
Choral Roundlet +1	74	Head	BRD	DEF: 19 HP +11 MND +6 CHR +6 Parrying skill +5 Enmity -2	none
Choral Slippers +1	74	Feet	BRD	DEF: 14 HP +10 DEX +5 AGI +5 Evasion +5 HP recovered while healing +2 MP recovered while healing +2	none

Relic Armor

Name	Level	Slot	Jobs	Stats	Horizon Changes
Bard's Cape	70	Back	BRD	DEF: 6 CHR +7 Accuracy +7 Evasion +7	none
Bard's Slippers	71	Feet	BRD	DEF: 14 HP +12 Parrying skill +3 String instrument skill +3 Enmity -2	none
Bard's Roundlet	72	Head	BRD	DEF: 19 HP +13 CHR +5 Singing skill +5 Enmity -3	none
Bard's Cuffs	73	Hands	BRD	DEF: 18 HP +16 Evasion +5 Wind instrument skill +3 Enmity -3	none
Bard's Justaucorps	74	Body	BRD	DEF: 45 HP +19 Attack +18 "Military Parade"	none
Bard's Cannions	75	Legs	BRD	DEF: 31 HP +17 MP +42 "Courtly Measure"	none

Relic Armor +1

Name	Level	Slot	Jobs	Stats	Horizon Changes
Bard's Cannions +1	75	Legs	BRD	DEF: 32 HP +26 MP +42 "Courtly Measure"	none
Bard's Cuffs +1	75	Hands	BRD	DEF: 19 HP +16 Evasion +5 Wind Instrument Skill +5 Enmity -4	none
Bard's Justaucorps +1	75	Body	BRD	DEF: 46 HP +19 Attack +20 "Military Parade"	none
Bard's Roundlet +1	75	Head	BRD	DEF: 20 HP +13 CHR +6 Singing Skill +5 Enmity -4
Bard's Slippers +1	75	Feet	BRD	DEF: 15 HP +12 Parrying Skill +4 String Instrument Skill +3 Enmity -3	none

Relic Instrument

Name	Level	Jobs	Stats	Horizon Changes
Gjallarhorn	75	BRD	CHR +4 All songs +2 Singing skill +10 Wind Instrument skill +10	none

Relic Weapon

Name	Level	Damage	Delay	DPS	Jobs	Stats	Horizon Changes
Mandau	75	39	176	13.3	RDM / THF / BRD	Attack +20 "Adaptive" "Mercy Stroke" Additional effect: Gravity	Added "Adaptive" trait Additional effect: Gravity instead of Additional effect: Poison

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