Bard

White Mage
Abbreviation:	WHM
Expansion Pack:	Final Fantasy XI
How to Unlock:	Starter Job
Page Contents:	Abilities Spells 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 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.

Job Abilities

Level	Name
01	Soul Voice

Job Traits

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

Song List

Level	Name	Spell Type
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
23	Valor Minuet II
24	Lightning Threnody
24	Spirited Etude
25	Mage's Ballad
26	Learned Etude
27	Horde Lullaby

Level	Name	Spell Type
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
38	Earth Carol
39	Battlefield Elegy
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

Level	Name	Spell Type
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
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

Melee Skills

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

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

Group 1 Merits

Name	Description
Lullaby Recast	-1 second per upgrade
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 Choral Attire

Artifact Armor +1 Choral Attire +1 File:BRD AF head +1.jpg File:BRD AF body +1.jpg File:BRD AF hands +1.jpg File:BRD AF legs +1.jpg File:BRD AF feet +1.jpg

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Relic Armor Bard's Attire File:BRD Relic head.jpg File:BRD Relic body.jpg File:BRD Relic hands.jpg File:BRD Relic waist.jpg File:BRD Relic legs.jpg File:BRD Relic feet.jpg

Relic Armor +1 Bard's Attire +1 File:BRD Relic head +1.jpg File:BRD Relic body +1.jpg 366x104px] File:BRD Relic legs +1.jpg File:BRD Relic feet +1.jpg

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Relic Weapon Name of Weapon