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 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.

Horizon Changes

• Moderate changes to Artifact Armor.
• Significant changes to the relic weapon Guttler.
• The night flowers that need to be examined while doing the Save My Son can be examined as early as 16:00 and as late as 06:00 hours in game. This may or may not be a bug.
• Ready wasn't available until 2009. There are only 45 seconds between charges as opposed to 60 seconds when it was available. A maximum of 3 charges still applies but this is now attained after 2 minutes and 25 seconds has passed as opposed to 3 minutes.
• Every physical and magical damage dealing TP moves are no longer imbued with Skillchain Attributes/Magic Burst Properties.
• Pets will persist through a player zoning, at the time of writing a feature unique to Horizon.
• All HQ Familiar's now cap at 75.

• Pet food has been buffed to provide increased HP/stats etc. to pets.

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
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

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

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 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 Choral Justaucorps +1	74	Body	BRD	DEF: 45 HP +20 VIT +10 CHR +10 String Instrument skill +6 Enmity -3	none
Choral Roundlet +1 Choral Roundlet +1	74	Head	BRD	DEF: 19 HP +11 MND +6 CHR +6 Parrying skill +5 Enmity -2	none
Choral Slippers +1 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 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 Bard's Cannions +1	75	Legs	BRD	DEF: 32 HP +26 MP +41 "Courtly Measure"	none
Bard's Cuffs +1 Bard's Cuffs +1	75	Hands	BRD	DEF: 19 HP +16 Evasion +5 Wind Instrument Skill +5 Enmity -4	none
Bard's Justaucorps +1 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 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