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==Description==
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! Locations
! Locations
|-
|-
|1
|1||Chant of Battle||Increase STR, DEX, AC||0||Percussion||Group||Location
|Chant of Battle
|-
|Increase STR, DEX, AC
|2||Chords of Dissonance||DoT||0||Stringed||Area of effect around the caster||Location
|0
|-
|Percussion
|4||Lyssa's Locating Lyric||Locate Corpse||0||Singing||Self only||Location
|Group
|-
|Location
|5||Selo's Accelerando||Increase Movement Speed||0||Percussion||Group||Location
|-
|6||Hymn of Restoration||Increase HP Regeneration||0||Stringed||Group||Location
|-
|7||Jonthan's Whistling Warsong||Increase STR, AC, Attack Speed||0||Singing||Self only||Location
|-
|8||Kelin's Lugubrious Lament||Lull||0||Stringed||Single target||Location
|-
|9||Elemental Rhythms||Increase AC, MR, FR, CR||0||Percussion||Group||Location
|-
|9||Magical Monologue||Make Weapons Magical||0||Singing||Self only||Location
|-
|10||Anthem de Arms||Increase STR, Attack Speed||0||Singing||Group||Location
|-
|11||Cinda's Charismatic Carillon||Improve Faction||0||Wind||Single target||Location
|-
|12||Brusco's Boastful Bellow||DD||0||Singing||Single target||Location
|-
|13||Purifying Rhythms||Increase AC, MR, PR, DR||0||Percussion||Group||Location
|-
|14||Lyssa's Cataloging Libretto||Identify||0||Singing||Single target||Location
|-
|15||Kelin's Lucid Lullaby||Mesmerize (up to level 30)||0||Stringed||Single target||Location
|-
|15||Song of Sustenance||Food/Water||0||Stringed||Group||Location
|-
|16||Tarew's Aquatic Ayre||Enduring Breath||0||Wind||Group||Location
|-
|17||Guardian Rhythms||Increase AC, MR||0||Percussion||Group||Location
|-
|18||Denon's Disruptive Discord||DoT, Decrease AC||0||Brass||Area of effect around the caster||Location
|-
|19||Shauri's Sonorous Clouding||Invisibility, See Invisible||0||Wind||Group||Location
|-
|20||Cassindra's Chant of Clarity||Increase Mana Regeneration||0||Singing||Group||Location
|-
|20||Largo's Melodic Binding||Decrease AC, Attack Speed||0||Singing||Area of effect around the caster||Location
|-
|21||Melanie's Mellifluous Motion||Short Range Teleport||0||Wind||Group||Location
|-
|22||Alenia's Disenchanting Melody||Remove Buffs||0||Stringed||Group||Location
|-
|23||Selo's Consonant Chain||Decrease Movement Speed, Attack Speed||0||Singing||Single target||Location
|-
|24||Lyssa's Veracious Concord||See Invisible, Ultravision||0||Wind||Group||Location
|-
|25||Psalm of Warmth||Increase CR, Damage Shield||0||Singing||Group||Location
|-
|26||Angstlich's Appalling Screech||Fear (up to level 52)||0||Brass||Area of effect around the caster||Location
|-
|27||Solon's Song of the Sirens||Charm NPC, Decrease MR||0||Wind||Single target||Location
|-
|28||Crission's Pixie Strike||Mesmerize (up to level 45), Decrease MR||0||Wind||Single target||Location
|-
|29||Psalm of Vitality||Increase AC, DR||0||Singing||Group||Location
|-
|30||Amplification||Increase Singing Skill||0||Singing||Self only||Location
|-
|30||Fufil's Curtailing Chant||DoT, Decrease MR||0||Percussion||Single target||Location
|-
|31||Agilmente's Aria of Eagles||Levitation||0||Wind||Group||Location
|-
|32||Cassindra's Chorus of Clarity||Increase Mana Restoration||0||Singing||Group||Location
|-
|33||Psalm of Cooling||Increase FR, Damage Shield||0||Singing||Group||Location
|-
|-
|2
|34||Cantata of Soothing||HP, Mana, and Endurance Regeneration||0||Stringed||Group||Location
|Chords of Dissonance
|DoT
|0
|Stringed
|Area of effect around the caster
|Location
|-
|-
|4
|34||Lyssa's Solidarity of Vision||Bind Sight||0||Wind||Single target||Location
|Lyssa's Locating Lyric
|Locate Corpse
|0
|Singing
|Self only
|Location
|-
|-
|5
|35||Denon's Dissension||Decrease Mana||0||Brass||Area of effect around the caster||Location
|Selo's Accelerando
|Increase Movement Speed
|0
|Percussion
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|6
|36||Vilia's Verses of Celerity||Increase AC, AGI, Attack Speed||0||Singing||Group||Location
|Hymn of Restoration
|Increase HP Regeneration
|0
|Stringed
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|7
|37||Psalm of Purity||Increase AC, PR||0||Singing||Group||Location
|Jonthan's Whistling Warsong
|Increase STR, AC, Attack Speed
|0
|Singing
|Self only
|Location
|-
|-
|8
|38||Tuyen's Chant of Flame||DoT, Decrease FR||0||Percussion||Single target||Location
|Kelin's Lugubrious Lament
|Lull
|0
|Stringed
|Single target
|Location
|-
|-
|9
|39||Solon's Bewitching Bravura||Charm, Decrease MR||60||Wind||Single target||Location
|Elemental Rhythms
|Increase AC, MR, FR, CR
|0
|Percussion
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|9
|40||Sionachie's Dreams||Mesmerize (up to level 45), Decrease MR||0||Wind||Single target||Location
|Magical Monologue
|Make Weapons Magical
|0
|Singing
|Self only
|Location
|-
|-
|10
|40||Syvelian's Anti-Magic Aria||Remove Buffs||0||Singing||Single target||Location
|Anthem de Arms
|Increase STR, Attack Speed
|0
|Singing
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|11
|41||Psalm of Mystic Shielding||Increase HP Regeneration, Absorb Magic Damage, AC, MR||0||Singing||Group||Location
|Cinda's Charismatic Carillon
|Improve Faction
|0
|Wind
|Single target
|Location
|-
|-
|12
|42||McVaxius' Berserker Crescendo||Increase STR, AC, Attack Speed||0||Brass||Group||Location
|Brusco's Boastful Bellow
|DD
|0
|Singing
|Single target
|Location
|-
|-
|13
|43||Denon's Desperate Dirge||AoE DD (4 Targets)||800||Singing||Area of effect around the target||Location
|Purifying Rhythms
|Increase AC, MR, PR, DR
|0
|Percussion
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|14
|44||Cassindra's Elegy||Increase WIS, INT||0||Singing||Group||Location
|Lyssa's Cataloging Libretto
|Identify
|0
|Singing
|Single target
|Location
|-
|-
|15
|45||Jonthan's Provocation||Increase STR, ATK, Attack Speed||0||Singing||Self only||Location
|Kelin's Lucid Lullaby
|Mesmerize (up to level 30)
|0
|Stringed
|Single target
|Location
|-
|-
|15
|45||Rizlona's Embers||Increase Spell Damage||0||Singing||Group teleport||Location
|Song of Sustenance
|Food/Water
|0
|Stringed
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|16
|46||Tuyen's Chant of Frost||DoT, Decrease CR||0||Percussion||Single target||Location
|Tarew's Aquatic Ayre
|Enduring Breath
|0
|Wind
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|17
|47||Niv's Melody of Preservation||Increase STR, HP Regeneration, Absorb Magic Damage||0||Stringed||Group||Location
|Guardian Rhythms
|Increase AC, MR
|0
|Percussion
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|18
|48||Selo's Chords of Cessation||DoT, Decrease Attack Speed||0||Stringed||Area of effect around the caster||Location
|Denon's Disruptive Discord
|DoT, Decrease AC
|0
|Brass
|Area of effect around the caster
|Location
|-
|-
|19
|49||Selo's Accelerating Chorus||Increase Movement Speed||0||Percussion||Group||Location
|Shauri's Sonorous Clouding
|Invisibility, See Invisible
|0
|Wind
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|20
|49||Shield of Songs||Absorb Damage, Magic Damage||0||Stringed||Group||Location
|Cassindra's Chant of Clarity
|Increase Mana Regeneration
|0
|Singing
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|20
|50||Melody of Ervaj||Increase AC, Attack Speed||0||Brass||Group||Location
|Largo's Melodic Binding
|Decrease AC, Attack Speed
|0
|Singing
|Area of effect around the caster
|Location
|-
|-
|21
|50||Verses of Victory||Increase STR, AGI, Attack Speed||0||Singing||Group||Location
|Melanie's Mellifluous Motion
|Short Range Teleport
|0
|Wind
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|22
|51||Klob's Melodious Groove||Snare||0||Singing||Single target||Location
|Alenia's Disenchanting Melody
|Remove Buffs
|0
|Stringed
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|23
|51||Largo's Assonant Binding||Decrease AGI, AC, Attack Speed, Movement Speed||0||Singing||Single target||Location
|Selo's Consonant Chain
|Decrease Movement Speed, Attack Speed
|0
|Singing
|Single target
|Location
|-
|-
|24
|51||Selo's Song of Travel||Increase Movement Speed, Invisibility, See Invisible, Levitate||0||Percussion||Group||Location
|Lyssa's Veracious Concord
|See Invisible, Ultravision
|0
|Wind
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|25
|52||Battlecry of the Vah Shir||Increase Attack Speed (v3)||0||Brass||Group||Location
|Psalm of Warmth
|Increase CR, Damage Shield
|0
|Singing
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|26
|52||Nillipus' March of the Wee||Increase AGI, AC, Absorb Damage, Shrink||0||Percussion||Group||Location
|Angstlich's Appalling Screech
|Fear (up to level 52)
|0
|Brass
|Area of effect around the caster
|Location
|-
|-
|27
|53||Rizlona's Fire||Increase Spell Damage||0||Singing||Group teleport||Location
|Solon's Song of the Sirens
|Charm NPC, Decrease MR
|0
|Wind
|Single target
|Location
|-
|-
|28
|53||Song of Dawn||Decrease Hate||0||Wind||Single target||Location
|Crission's Pixie Strike
|Mesmerize (up to level 45), Decrease MR
|0
|Wind
|Single target
|Location
|-
|-
|29
|53||Song of Twilight||Mesmerize (up to level 55), Decrease MR||0||Wind||Single target||Location
|Psalm of Vitality
|Increase AC, DR
|0
|Singing
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|30
|54||Elemental Chorus||Increase AC, MR, FR, CR||0||Percussion||Friendly area of effect||Location
|Amplification
|Increase Singing Skill
|0
|Singing
|Self only
|Location
|-
|-
|30
|54||Selo's Assonant Strain||Decrease Attack Speed, Movement Speed||0||Stringed||Area of effect around the caster||Location
|Fufil's Curtailing Chant
|DoT, Decrease MR
|0
|Percussion
|Single target
|Location
|-
|-
|31
|54||Vilia's Chorus of Celerity||Increase Attack Speed||0||Singing||Group||Location
|Agilmente's Aria of Eagles
|Levitation
|0
|Wind
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|32
|55||Aura of Insight||Increase Attack Speed (v3), Spell Damage||0||Brass||Self only||Location
|Cassindra's Chorus of Clarity
|Increase Mana Restoration
|0
|Singing
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|33
|55||Brusco's Bombastic Bellow||DD, Stun||0||Singing||Single target||Location
|Psalm of Cooling
|Increase FR, Damage Shield
|0
|Singing
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|34
|55||Cantata of Replenishment||HP, Mana, and Endurance Regeneration||0||Stringed||Group||Location
|Cantata of Soothing
|HP, Mana, and Endurance Regeneration
|0
|Stringed
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|34
|55||Occlusion of Sound||Unresistable Decrease CR, FR, MR||0||Percussion||Single target||Location
|Lyssa's Solidarity of Vision
|Bind Sight
|0
|Wind
|Single target
|Location
|-
|-
|35
|56||Purifying Chorus||Increase AC, MR, PR, DR||0||Percussion||Friendly area of effect||Location
|Denon's Dissension
|Decrease Mana
|0
|Brass
|Area of effect around the caster
|Location
|-
|-
|36
|56||Song of Highsun||Stun, Remove Buffs, Short Distance Teleport||0||Wind||Single target||Location
|Vilia's Verses of Celerity
|Increase AC, AGI, Attack Speed
|0
|Singing
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|37
|56||Song of Midnight||DoT, Fear (up to level 52), Increase Movement Speed||0||Brass||Area of effect around the caster||Location
|Psalm of Purity
|Increase AC, PR
|0
|Singing
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|38
|57||Cassindra's Insipid Ditty||Decrease Mana, INT, WIS||0||Stringed||Single target||Location
|Tuyen's Chant of Flame
|DoT, Decrease FR
|0
|Percussion
|Single target
|Location
|-
|-
|39
|57||McVaxius' Rousing Rondo||Increase STR, ATK, Attack Speed, Damage Shield||0||Brass||Group||Location
|Solon's Bewitching Bravura
|Charm, Decrease MR
|60
|Wind
|Single target
|Location
|-
|-
|40
|58||Chorus of Replenishment||HP, Mana, and Endurance Regeneration||0||Stringed||Friendly area of effect||Location
|Sionachie's Dreams
|Mesmerize (up to level 45), Decrease MR
|0
|Wind
|Single target
|Location
|-
|-
|40
|58||Dreams of Ayonae||Mesmerize (up to level 57), Memblur||0||Wind||Single target||Location
|Syvelian's Anti-Magic Aria
|Remove Buffs
|0
|Singing
|Single target
|Location
|-
|-
|41
|58||Jonthan's Inspiration||Increase STR, ATK, Attack Speed||0||Singing||Self only||Location
|Psalm of Mystic Shielding
|Increase HP Regeneration, Absorb Magic Damage, AC, MR
|0
|Singing
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|42
|58||Niv's Harmonic||Increase AC||0||Singing||Group||Location
|McVaxius' Berserker Crescendo
|Increase STR, AC, Attack Speed
|0
|Brass
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|43
|59||Denon's Bereavement||Dot, Poison, Stun, Decrease MR||0||Stringed||Area of effect around the caster||Location
|Denon's Desperate Dirge
|AoE DD (4 Targets)
|800
|Singing
|Area of effect around the target
|Location
|-
|-
|44
|59||Solon's Charismatic Concord||Increase CHA||0||Singing||Group||Location
|Cassindra's Elegy
|Increase WIS, INT
|0
|Singing
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|45
|60||Ancient: Lcea's Lament||HP Regeneration, Mana Regeneration, Endurance Regeneration||0||Stringed||Friendly area of effect||Location
|Jonthan's Provocation
|Increase STR, ATK, Attack Speed
|0
|Singing
|Self only
|Location
|-
|-
|45
|60||Ancient: Lullaby of Shadow||Mesmerize (up to level 59), Memblur||0||Singing||Single target||Location
|Rizlona's Embers
|Increase Spell Damage
|0
|Singing
|Group teleport
|Location
|-
|-
|46
|60||Angstlich's Assonance||DoT, Decrease Attack Speed||0||Brass||Single target||Location
|Tuyen's Chant of Frost
|DoT, Decrease CR
|0
|Percussion
|Single target
|Location
|-
|-
|47
|60||Composition of Ervaj||Increase AC, Attack Speed||0||Brass||Group||Location
|Niv's Melody of Preservation
|Increase STR, HP Regeneration, Absorb Magic Damage
|0
|Stringed
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|48
|60||Echo of the Trusik||Increase Attack Speed (v3), Spell Damage||0||Singing||Group teleport||Location
|Selo's Chords of Cessation
|DoT, Decrease Attack Speed
|0
|Stringed
|Area of effect around the caster
|Location
|-
|-
|49
|60||Ervaj's Lost Composition||Mana Drain||0||Brass||Single target||Location
|Selo's Accelerating Chorus
|Increase Movement Speed
|0
|Percussion
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|49
|60||Kazumi's Note of Preservation||Invulnerability||0||Wind||Group||Location
|Shield of Songs
|Absorb Damage, Magic Damage
|0
|Stringed
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|50
|60||Psalm of Veeshan||Increase AC, All Resists, Damage Shield||0||Singing||Group||Location
|Melody of Ervaj
|Increase AC, Attack Speed
|0
|Brass
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|50
|60||Song of the Storm||Add Proc||0||Singing||Group teleport||Location
|Verses of Victory
|Increase STR, AGI, Attack Speed
|0
|Singing
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|51
|60||Warsong of the Vah Shir||Increase Attack Speed (v3)||0||Brass||Group||Location
|Klob's Melodious Groove
|}
|Snare
 
|0
==Skills==
|Singing
===Combat Skills===
|Single target
{| class="wikitable"
|Location
!Level
!Skill
!Cap at 50
!Cap at 60
|-
|-
|51
|1||1 Hand Blunt||200||336
|Largo's Assonant Binding
|Decrease AGI, AC, Attack Speed, Movement Speed
|0
|Singing
|Single target
|Location
|-
|-
|51
|1||1 Hand Piercing||200||336
|Selo's Song of Travel
|Increase Movement Speed, Invisibility, See Invisible, Levitate
|0
|Percussion
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|52
|1||1 Hand Slashing||200||336
|Battlecry of the Vah Shir
|Increase Attack Speed (v3)
|0
|Brass
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|52
|1||Bind Wound||100||325
|Nillipus' March of the Wee
|Increase AGI, AC, Absorb Damage, Shrink
|0
|Percussion
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|53
|1||Defense||200||260
|Rizlona's Fire
|Increase Spell Damage
|0
|Singing
|Group teleport
|Location
|-
|-
|53
|1||Hand to Hand||100||225
|Song of Dawn
|Decrease Hate
|0
|Wind
|Single target
|Location
|-
|-
|53
|1||Offense||200||252
|Song of Twilight
|Mesmerize (up to level 55), Decrease MR
|0
|Wind
|Single target
|Location
|-
|-
|54
|1||Throwing||113||280
|Elemental Chorus
|Increase AC, MR, FR, CR
|0
|Percussion
|Friendly area of effect
|Location
|-
|-
|54
|10||Dodge||125||255
|Selo's Assonant Strain
|Decrease Attack Speed, Movement Speed
|0
|Stringed
|Area of effect around the caster
|Location
|-
|-
|54
|16||Intimidation||100||225
|Vilia's Chorus of Celerity
|Increase Attack Speed
|0
|Singing
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|55
|17||Dual Wield||210||245
|Aura of Insight
|Increase Attack Speed (v3), Spell Damage
|0
|Brass
|Self only
|Location
|-
|-
|55
|25||Parry||75||216
|Brusco's Bombastic Bellow
|DD, Stun
|0
|Singing
|Single target
|Location
|-
|-
|55
|30||Riposte||75||186
|Cantata of Replenishment
|}
|HP, Mana, and Endurance Regeneration
 
|0
===Musical Skills===
|Stringed
{| class="wikitable"
|Group
!Level
|Location
!Skill
!Cap at 50
!Cap at 60
|-
|-
|55
|1||Singing||235||285
|Occlusion of Sound
|Unresistable Decrease CR, FR, MR
|0
|Percussion
|Single target
|Location
|-
|-
|56
|5||Percussion||235||285
|Purifying Chorus
|Increase AC, MR, PR, DR
|0
|Percussion
|Friendly area of effect
|Location
|-
|-
|56
|5||String||235||285
|Song of Highsun
|Stun, Remove Buffs, Short Distance Teleport
|0
|Wind
|Single target
|Location
|-
|-
|56
|5||Brass||235||285
|Song of Midnight
|DoT, Fear (up to level 52), Increase Movement Speed
|0
|Brass
|Area of effect around the caster
|Location
|-
|-
|57
|5||Wind||235||285
|Cassindra's Insipid Ditty
|}
|Decrease Mana, INT, WIS
 
|0
===Casting Skills===
|Stringed
{| class="wikitable"
|Single target
!Level
|Location
!Skill
!Cap at 50
!Cap at 60
|-
|-
|57
|10||Meditate||1||1
|McVaxius' Rousing Rondo
|}
|Increase STR, ATK, Attack Speed, Damage Shield
* The meditate skill for the bard has the sole purpose of allowing spells to be scribed into the spell book and memorised into song slots in a timely fashion. It does not increase bard mana regeneration.
|0
 
|Brass
===Miscellaneous Skills===
|Group
{| class="wikitable"
|Location
!Level
!Skill
!Cap at 50
!Cap at 60
|-
|-
|58
|1||Alcohol Tolerance||255||325
|Chorus of Replenishment
|HP, Mana, and Endurance Regeneration
|0
|Stringed
|Friendly area of effect
|Location
|-
|-
|58
|1||Beg||200||300
|Dreams of Ayonae
|Mesmerize (up to level 57), Memblur
|0
|Wind
|Single target
|Location
|-
|-
|58
|1||Fishing||200||200
|Jonthan's Inspiration
|Increase STR, ATK, Attack Speed
|0
|Singing
|Self only
|Location
|-
|-
|58
|1||Forage||55||55
|Niv's Harmonic
|Increase AC
|0
|Singing
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|59
|1||Sense Heading||200||200
|Denon's Bereavement
|Dot, Poison, Stun, Decrease MR
|0
|Stringed
|Area of effect around the caster
|Location
|-
|-
|59
|1||Swimming||200||300
|Solon's Charismatic Concord
|Increase CHA
|0
|Singing
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|60
|10||Pick Lock||100||245
|Ancient: Lcea's Lament
|HP Regeneration, Mana Regeneration, Endurance Regeneration
|0
|Stringed
|Friendly area of effect
|Location
|-
|-
|60
|15||Sense Traps||75||120
|Ancient: Lullaby of Shadow
|Mesmerize (up to level 59), Memblur
|0
|Singing
|Single target
|Location
|-
|-
|60
|17||Sneak||75||75
|Angstlich's Assonance
|DoT, Decrease Attack Speed
|0
|Brass
|Single target
|Location
|-
|-
|60
|20||Disarm Traps||100||120
|Composition of Ervaj
|Increase AC, Attack Speed
|0
|Brass
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|60
|20||Safe Fall||200||270
|Echo of the Trusik
|Increase Attack Speed (v3), Spell Damage
|0
|Singing
|Group teleport
|Location
|-
|-
|60
|25||Hide||50||50
|Ervaj's Lost Composition
|Mana Drain
|0
|Brass
|Single target
|Location
|-
|-
|60
|35||Tracking||100||100
|Kazumi's Note of Preservation
|}
|Invulnerability
 
|0
==Disciplines==
|Wind
Bard disciplines were introduced with the Velious expansion; they offer short term advantages with a long re-use: These are most useful in dragon/boss encounters.
|Group
 
|Location
Bards '''MUST''' turn off songs in order to start Disciplines, failure to do so will result in the Discipline being cancelled but the cool-down will still activate.
{| class="wikitable"
! Discipline Name
! Level Obtained
! Description
! Duration
! Reuse Time
|-
|-
|60
|Resistant Discipline||51||+10 to all resistances. The reuse time for this discipline will decrease as you level.||1 Min||72 Min
|Psalm of Veeshan
|Increase AC, All Resists, Damage Shield
|0
|Singing
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|60
|Fearless Discipline||54||Immunity to "Fear" and all spells that cause "fear". The reuse time for this discipline will decrease as you level.||11 Sec||72 Min
|Song of the Storm
|Add Proc
|0
|Singing
|Group teleport
|Location
|-
|-
|60
|Deftdance Discipline||55||Auto dodge attacks from the front and auto dual-wield||10 Sec||72 Min
|Warsong of the Vah Shir
|Increase Attack Speed (v3)
|0
|Brass
|Group
|Location
|-
|-
|Puretone Discipline||60||Makes it as if you are wielding the best instrument of every type, whether or not you are actually wielding an instrument.  Increases to 28 modifier, and does work on singing mod.||4 Min||72 Min
|}
Messages for activation and ending
Resistant Discipline: Staring: You channel your will into magical resistance. / Ending: Your resistance fades.
Fearless Discipline: Starting: Your will drives fear from your mind. / Ending: The specter of fear returns to your mind.
Deftdance Discipline: Starting: You dance about nimbly. / Ending: Your movements return to normal.
Puretone Discipline: Starting: Your voice becomes perfectly melodious. / Ending: Your voice loses its perfection.
==Bard Song Merchants==
===North Freeport===
* Lysric Loresinger - Song: Chant of Battle, Song: Chords of Dissonance, Song: Hymn of Restoration, Jaxan's Jig O' Vigor, Song: Jonathan's Whistling Warsong, Song: Lyssa's Locating Lyric, Song: Selo's Accelerando
* Inisis Trimpet - Song: Anthem de Arms, Song: Brusco's Boastful Bellow, Song: Chant of Battle, Song: Chords of Dissonance, Song: Denon's Desperate Dirge, Song: Denon's Disruptive Discord, Song: Denon's Dissension, Song: Fufil's Curtailing Chant, Song: Jonathan's Provocation, Song: Jonathan's Whistling Warsong, Song: Largo's Melodic Binding, McVaxius Berserker Crescendo, Song: Tuyen's Chant of Flame, Song: Tuyen's Chant of Frost, Song: Verses of Victory, Song: Vilia's Verses of Celerity
===Kelethin===
*Beleth Streamfoot - Song: Chords of Dissonance, Song: Hymn of Restoration, Song: Jaxan's Jig o' Vigor, Song: Jonthan's Whistling Warsong, Song: Lyssa's Locating Lyric, Song: Selo's Accelerando
*Astar Leafsinger - Song: Cassindra's Chorus of Clarity, Song: Hymn of Restoration,  Song: Purifying Rhythms, Song: Psalm of Warmth, Song: Psalm of Purity , Song: Psalm of Cooling, Song: Niv's Melody of Preservation, Song: Psalm of Mystic Shielding, Song: Elemental Rhythms, Song: Guardian Rhythms,  Song: Psalm of Vitality
*Serilia Whistlewind - Song: Angstlich's Appalling Screech, Song: Cinda's Charismatic Carillon, Song: Crission's Pixie Strike, Song: Kelin's Lucid Lullaby, Song: Kelin's Lugubrious Lament, Song: Solon's Bravura, Song: Solon's Song of the Sirens, Song: Syvelian's Anti-Magic Aria
===South Qeynos===
* Topala Xenem - Song: Alenia's Disenchanting Melody, Song: Cassindra's Chorus of Clarity, Song: Elemental Rhythms, Song: Guardian Rhythms, Song: Hymn of Restoration, Song: Niv's Melody of Preservation, Song: Psalm of Cooling, Song: Psalm of Mystic Shielding, Song: Psalm of Purity, Song: Psalm of Vitality, Song: Psalm of Warmth, Song: Purifying Rhythms
* Lysric Loresinger - Song: Chant of Battle, Song: Chords of Dissonance, Song: Hymn of Restoration, Jaxan's Jig O' Vigor, Song: Jonathan's Whistling Warsong, Song: Lyssa's Locating Lyric, Song: Selo's Accelerando
* Chalea Volesga - Song: Anthem de Arms, Song: Brusco's Boastful Bellow, Song: Chant of Battle, Song: Chords of Dissonance, Song: Denon's Desperate Dirge, Song: Denon's Disruptive Discord, Song: Denon's Dissension, Song: Fufil's Curtailing Chant, Song: Jonathan's Provocation, Song: Jonathan's Whistling Warsong, Song: Largo's Melodic Binding, McVaxius Berserker Crescendo, Song: Tuyen's Chant of Flame, Song: Tuyen's Chant of Frost, Song: Verses of Victory, Song: Vilia's Verses of Celerity
===Erudin (Library)===
* Altrusan Belstince - Song: Cassindra's Elegy, Song: Lyssa's Cataloging Libretto, Song: Lyssa's Locating Lyric, Song: Lyssa's Solidarity of Vision, Song: Lyssa's Veracious Concord, Song: Psalm of Cooling, Song: Psalm of Warmth, Song: Shauri's Sonorous Clouding, Song: Shield of Song
===Highkeep===
* Justin Rhymes - Song: Agilmente's Aria of Eagles, Song: Jaxan's Jig O' Vigor, Song: Melanie's Mellifluous Motion, Song: Selo's Accelerando, Song: Selo's Chords of Cessation, Song: Selo's Consonant Chain, Song: Tarew's Aquatic Ayre
'''Note:''' Instrument information marked with an (*) was pulled from an archive of EQ Casters Realm [http://web.archive.org/web/20010530044716/eq.castersrealm.com/spells/spells.asp?Class=Bard]. If you can confirm (or correct) this with in game information or experience, the help would be much appreciated.

Revision as of 02:45, 17 December 2021

Description

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Bards are jack-of-all-trades adventurers who use songs to create a wide variety of magical effects. Though they often use melee weapons, bards are primarily a magic-using class, with the ability to wear plate armor and wield many different types of weapons and instruments.

Bards can do a little bit of everything. Their songs can regenerate health and mana, increase attack speed and accuracy, momentarily charm angry enemies, help friends resist many types of damage and even directly damage enemies. Bards are perhaps best known, however, for their ability to greatly increase the foot speed of their group.

Bards have the unique ability to create multiple effects at once. By weaving different songs together, a bard can customize effects to any situation. This makes nimble fingers and quick thinking a must for those who want to play a bard.

Bards do well both alone and in groups. With the right combination of songs, they can adapt to many different challenges. The bard is a great class for players who enjoy a wide variety of play options but are quick to adapt to a changing situation.

Class Titles

Level 1-50 Level 51-54 Level 55-59 Level 60
Bard Minstrel Troubadour Virtuoso

Character Stats

Bards have perhaps, the most number of useful stats of any class. Some have a bit more value than others though.

  • Strength - Affects maximum and average melee damage and also the bard's ability to carry armor and treasure. Bard armor can be heavy and they do melee, albeit not all the time.
  • Stamina - Affects your total hitpoints. Bards recieve 4HP per stamina at level 60. Players receive very small benefits from stamina at lower level, which scales up as you level up.
  • Agility - Affects how often melee attacks miss the bard, and lowers the average hit taken. A little.
  • Dexterity - Affects how often weapons proc, how quickly you learn melee skills and reduces the chance to miss a note, bringing your song to a close (song fizzle).
  • Wisdom - Affects the speed of general and craft skill gains if higher than Intelligence.
  • Intelligence - Affects the speed of general and craft skill gains if higher than Wisdom. Increases the size of the bard's mana pool.
  • Charisma - Affects bard lull, mesmerize, and charm abilities. However, all songs are on fixed duration (unless it breaks early), meaning duration can never increase past the song's tick-limit.

Songs

Level Song Name Effect(s) Mana Instrument Target Type Locations
1 Chant of Battle Increase STR, DEX, AC 0 Percussion Group Location
2 Chords of Dissonance DoT 0 Stringed Area of effect around the caster Location
4 Lyssa's Locating Lyric Locate Corpse 0 Singing Self only Location
5 Selo's Accelerando Increase Movement Speed 0 Percussion Group Location
6 Hymn of Restoration Increase HP Regeneration 0 Stringed Group Location
7 Jonthan's Whistling Warsong Increase STR, AC, Attack Speed 0 Singing Self only Location
8 Kelin's Lugubrious Lament Lull 0 Stringed Single target Location
9 Elemental Rhythms Increase AC, MR, FR, CR 0 Percussion Group Location
9 Magical Monologue Make Weapons Magical 0 Singing Self only Location
10 Anthem de Arms Increase STR, Attack Speed 0 Singing Group Location
11 Cinda's Charismatic Carillon Improve Faction 0 Wind Single target Location
12 Brusco's Boastful Bellow DD 0 Singing Single target Location
13 Purifying Rhythms Increase AC, MR, PR, DR 0 Percussion Group Location
14 Lyssa's Cataloging Libretto Identify 0 Singing Single target Location
15 Kelin's Lucid Lullaby Mesmerize (up to level 30) 0 Stringed Single target Location
15 Song of Sustenance Food/Water 0 Stringed Group Location
16 Tarew's Aquatic Ayre Enduring Breath 0 Wind Group Location
17 Guardian Rhythms Increase AC, MR 0 Percussion Group Location
18 Denon's Disruptive Discord DoT, Decrease AC 0 Brass Area of effect around the caster Location
19 Shauri's Sonorous Clouding Invisibility, See Invisible 0 Wind Group Location
20 Cassindra's Chant of Clarity Increase Mana Regeneration 0 Singing Group Location
20 Largo's Melodic Binding Decrease AC, Attack Speed 0 Singing Area of effect around the caster Location
21 Melanie's Mellifluous Motion Short Range Teleport 0 Wind Group Location
22 Alenia's Disenchanting Melody Remove Buffs 0 Stringed Group Location
23 Selo's Consonant Chain Decrease Movement Speed, Attack Speed 0 Singing Single target Location
24 Lyssa's Veracious Concord See Invisible, Ultravision 0 Wind Group Location
25 Psalm of Warmth Increase CR, Damage Shield 0 Singing Group Location
26 Angstlich's Appalling Screech Fear (up to level 52) 0 Brass Area of effect around the caster Location
27 Solon's Song of the Sirens Charm NPC, Decrease MR 0 Wind Single target Location
28 Crission's Pixie Strike Mesmerize (up to level 45), Decrease MR 0 Wind Single target Location
29 Psalm of Vitality Increase AC, DR 0 Singing Group Location
30 Amplification Increase Singing Skill 0 Singing Self only Location
30 Fufil's Curtailing Chant DoT, Decrease MR 0 Percussion Single target Location
31 Agilmente's Aria of Eagles Levitation 0 Wind Group Location
32 Cassindra's Chorus of Clarity Increase Mana Restoration 0 Singing Group Location
33 Psalm of Cooling Increase FR, Damage Shield 0 Singing Group Location
34 Cantata of Soothing HP, Mana, and Endurance Regeneration 0 Stringed Group Location
34 Lyssa's Solidarity of Vision Bind Sight 0 Wind Single target Location
35 Denon's Dissension Decrease Mana 0 Brass Area of effect around the caster Location
36 Vilia's Verses of Celerity Increase AC, AGI, Attack Speed 0 Singing Group Location
37 Psalm of Purity Increase AC, PR 0 Singing Group Location
38 Tuyen's Chant of Flame DoT, Decrease FR 0 Percussion Single target Location
39 Solon's Bewitching Bravura Charm, Decrease MR 60 Wind Single target Location
40 Sionachie's Dreams Mesmerize (up to level 45), Decrease MR 0 Wind Single target Location
40 Syvelian's Anti-Magic Aria Remove Buffs 0 Singing Single target Location
41 Psalm of Mystic Shielding Increase HP Regeneration, Absorb Magic Damage, AC, MR 0 Singing Group Location
42 McVaxius' Berserker Crescendo Increase STR, AC, Attack Speed 0 Brass Group Location
43 Denon's Desperate Dirge AoE DD (4 Targets) 800 Singing Area of effect around the target Location
44 Cassindra's Elegy Increase WIS, INT 0 Singing Group Location
45 Jonthan's Provocation Increase STR, ATK, Attack Speed 0 Singing Self only Location
45 Rizlona's Embers Increase Spell Damage 0 Singing Group teleport Location
46 Tuyen's Chant of Frost DoT, Decrease CR 0 Percussion Single target Location
47 Niv's Melody of Preservation Increase STR, HP Regeneration, Absorb Magic Damage 0 Stringed Group Location
48 Selo's Chords of Cessation DoT, Decrease Attack Speed 0 Stringed Area of effect around the caster Location
49 Selo's Accelerating Chorus Increase Movement Speed 0 Percussion Group Location
49 Shield of Songs Absorb Damage, Magic Damage 0 Stringed Group Location
50 Melody of Ervaj Increase AC, Attack Speed 0 Brass Group Location
50 Verses of Victory Increase STR, AGI, Attack Speed 0 Singing Group Location
51 Klob's Melodious Groove Snare 0 Singing Single target Location
51 Largo's Assonant Binding Decrease AGI, AC, Attack Speed, Movement Speed 0 Singing Single target Location
51 Selo's Song of Travel Increase Movement Speed, Invisibility, See Invisible, Levitate 0 Percussion Group Location
52 Battlecry of the Vah Shir Increase Attack Speed (v3) 0 Brass Group Location
52 Nillipus' March of the Wee Increase AGI, AC, Absorb Damage, Shrink 0 Percussion Group Location
53 Rizlona's Fire Increase Spell Damage 0 Singing Group teleport Location
53 Song of Dawn Decrease Hate 0 Wind Single target Location
53 Song of Twilight Mesmerize (up to level 55), Decrease MR 0 Wind Single target Location
54 Elemental Chorus Increase AC, MR, FR, CR 0 Percussion Friendly area of effect Location
54 Selo's Assonant Strain Decrease Attack Speed, Movement Speed 0 Stringed Area of effect around the caster Location
54 Vilia's Chorus of Celerity Increase Attack Speed 0 Singing Group Location
55 Aura of Insight Increase Attack Speed (v3), Spell Damage 0 Brass Self only Location
55 Brusco's Bombastic Bellow DD, Stun 0 Singing Single target Location
55 Cantata of Replenishment HP, Mana, and Endurance Regeneration 0 Stringed Group Location
55 Occlusion of Sound Unresistable Decrease CR, FR, MR 0 Percussion Single target Location
56 Purifying Chorus Increase AC, MR, PR, DR 0 Percussion Friendly area of effect Location
56 Song of Highsun Stun, Remove Buffs, Short Distance Teleport 0 Wind Single target Location
56 Song of Midnight DoT, Fear (up to level 52), Increase Movement Speed 0 Brass Area of effect around the caster Location
57 Cassindra's Insipid Ditty Decrease Mana, INT, WIS 0 Stringed Single target Location
57 McVaxius' Rousing Rondo Increase STR, ATK, Attack Speed, Damage Shield 0 Brass Group Location
58 Chorus of Replenishment HP, Mana, and Endurance Regeneration 0 Stringed Friendly area of effect Location
58 Dreams of Ayonae Mesmerize (up to level 57), Memblur 0 Wind Single target Location
58 Jonthan's Inspiration Increase STR, ATK, Attack Speed 0 Singing Self only Location
58 Niv's Harmonic Increase AC 0 Singing Group Location
59 Denon's Bereavement Dot, Poison, Stun, Decrease MR 0 Stringed Area of effect around the caster Location
59 Solon's Charismatic Concord Increase CHA 0 Singing Group Location
60 Ancient: Lcea's Lament HP Regeneration, Mana Regeneration, Endurance Regeneration 0 Stringed Friendly area of effect Location
60 Ancient: Lullaby of Shadow Mesmerize (up to level 59), Memblur 0 Singing Single target Location
60 Angstlich's Assonance DoT, Decrease Attack Speed 0 Brass Single target Location
60 Composition of Ervaj Increase AC, Attack Speed 0 Brass Group Location
60 Echo of the Trusik Increase Attack Speed (v3), Spell Damage 0 Singing Group teleport Location
60 Ervaj's Lost Composition Mana Drain 0 Brass Single target Location
60 Kazumi's Note of Preservation Invulnerability 0 Wind Group Location
60 Psalm of Veeshan Increase AC, All Resists, Damage Shield 0 Singing Group Location
60 Song of the Storm Add Proc 0 Singing Group teleport Location
60 Warsong of the Vah Shir Increase Attack Speed (v3) 0 Brass Group Location

Skills

Combat Skills

Level Skill Cap at 50 Cap at 60
1 1 Hand Blunt 200 336
1 1 Hand Piercing 200 336
1 1 Hand Slashing 200 336
1 Bind Wound 100 325
1 Defense 200 260
1 Hand to Hand 100 225
1 Offense 200 252
1 Throwing 113 280
10 Dodge 125 255
16 Intimidation 100 225
17 Dual Wield 210 245
25 Parry 75 216
30 Riposte 75 186

Musical Skills

Level Skill Cap at 50 Cap at 60
1 Singing 235 285
5 Percussion 235 285
5 String 235 285
5 Brass 235 285
5 Wind 235 285

Casting Skills

Level Skill Cap at 50 Cap at 60
10 Meditate 1 1
  • The meditate skill for the bard has the sole purpose of allowing spells to be scribed into the spell book and memorised into song slots in a timely fashion. It does not increase bard mana regeneration.

Miscellaneous Skills

Level Skill Cap at 50 Cap at 60
1 Alcohol Tolerance 255 325
1 Beg 200 300
1 Fishing 200 200
1 Forage 55 55
1 Sense Heading 200 200
1 Swimming 200 300
10 Pick Lock 100 245
15 Sense Traps 75 120
17 Sneak 75 75
20 Disarm Traps 100 120
20 Safe Fall 200 270
25 Hide 50 50
35 Tracking 100 100

Disciplines

Bard disciplines were introduced with the Velious expansion; they offer short term advantages with a long re-use: These are most useful in dragon/boss encounters.

Bards MUST turn off songs in order to start Disciplines, failure to do so will result in the Discipline being cancelled but the cool-down will still activate.

Discipline Name Level Obtained Description Duration Reuse Time
Resistant Discipline 51 +10 to all resistances. The reuse time for this discipline will decrease as you level. 1 Min 72 Min
Fearless Discipline 54 Immunity to "Fear" and all spells that cause "fear". The reuse time for this discipline will decrease as you level. 11 Sec 72 Min
Deftdance Discipline 55 Auto dodge attacks from the front and auto dual-wield 10 Sec 72 Min
Puretone Discipline 60 Makes it as if you are wielding the best instrument of every type, whether or not you are actually wielding an instrument. Increases to 28 modifier, and does work on singing mod. 4 Min 72 Min

Messages for activation and ending

Resistant Discipline: Staring: You channel your will into magical resistance. / Ending: Your resistance fades.

Fearless Discipline: Starting: Your will drives fear from your mind. / Ending: The specter of fear returns to your mind.

Deftdance Discipline: Starting: You dance about nimbly. / Ending: Your movements return to normal.

Puretone Discipline: Starting: Your voice becomes perfectly melodious. / Ending: Your voice loses its perfection.

Bard Song Merchants

North Freeport

  • Lysric Loresinger - Song: Chant of Battle, Song: Chords of Dissonance, Song: Hymn of Restoration, Jaxan's Jig O' Vigor, Song: Jonathan's Whistling Warsong, Song: Lyssa's Locating Lyric, Song: Selo's Accelerando
  • Inisis Trimpet - Song: Anthem de Arms, Song: Brusco's Boastful Bellow, Song: Chant of Battle, Song: Chords of Dissonance, Song: Denon's Desperate Dirge, Song: Denon's Disruptive Discord, Song: Denon's Dissension, Song: Fufil's Curtailing Chant, Song: Jonathan's Provocation, Song: Jonathan's Whistling Warsong, Song: Largo's Melodic Binding, McVaxius Berserker Crescendo, Song: Tuyen's Chant of Flame, Song: Tuyen's Chant of Frost, Song: Verses of Victory, Song: Vilia's Verses of Celerity

Kelethin

  • Beleth Streamfoot - Song: Chords of Dissonance, Song: Hymn of Restoration, Song: Jaxan's Jig o' Vigor, Song: Jonthan's Whistling Warsong, Song: Lyssa's Locating Lyric, Song: Selo's Accelerando
  • Astar Leafsinger - Song: Cassindra's Chorus of Clarity, Song: Hymn of Restoration, Song: Purifying Rhythms, Song: Psalm of Warmth, Song: Psalm of Purity , Song: Psalm of Cooling, Song: Niv's Melody of Preservation, Song: Psalm of Mystic Shielding, Song: Elemental Rhythms, Song: Guardian Rhythms, Song: Psalm of Vitality
  • Serilia Whistlewind - Song: Angstlich's Appalling Screech, Song: Cinda's Charismatic Carillon, Song: Crission's Pixie Strike, Song: Kelin's Lucid Lullaby, Song: Kelin's Lugubrious Lament, Song: Solon's Bravura, Song: Solon's Song of the Sirens, Song: Syvelian's Anti-Magic Aria

South Qeynos

  • Topala Xenem - Song: Alenia's Disenchanting Melody, Song: Cassindra's Chorus of Clarity, Song: Elemental Rhythms, Song: Guardian Rhythms, Song: Hymn of Restoration, Song: Niv's Melody of Preservation, Song: Psalm of Cooling, Song: Psalm of Mystic Shielding, Song: Psalm of Purity, Song: Psalm of Vitality, Song: Psalm of Warmth, Song: Purifying Rhythms
  • Lysric Loresinger - Song: Chant of Battle, Song: Chords of Dissonance, Song: Hymn of Restoration, Jaxan's Jig O' Vigor, Song: Jonathan's Whistling Warsong, Song: Lyssa's Locating Lyric, Song: Selo's Accelerando
  • Chalea Volesga - Song: Anthem de Arms, Song: Brusco's Boastful Bellow, Song: Chant of Battle, Song: Chords of Dissonance, Song: Denon's Desperate Dirge, Song: Denon's Disruptive Discord, Song: Denon's Dissension, Song: Fufil's Curtailing Chant, Song: Jonathan's Provocation, Song: Jonathan's Whistling Warsong, Song: Largo's Melodic Binding, McVaxius Berserker Crescendo, Song: Tuyen's Chant of Flame, Song: Tuyen's Chant of Frost, Song: Verses of Victory, Song: Vilia's Verses of Celerity

Erudin (Library)

  • Altrusan Belstince - Song: Cassindra's Elegy, Song: Lyssa's Cataloging Libretto, Song: Lyssa's Locating Lyric, Song: Lyssa's Solidarity of Vision, Song: Lyssa's Veracious Concord, Song: Psalm of Cooling, Song: Psalm of Warmth, Song: Shauri's Sonorous Clouding, Song: Shield of Song

Highkeep

  • Justin Rhymes - Song: Agilmente's Aria of Eagles, Song: Jaxan's Jig O' Vigor, Song: Melanie's Mellifluous Motion, Song: Selo's Accelerando, Song: Selo's Chords of Cessation, Song: Selo's Consonant Chain, Song: Tarew's Aquatic Ayre

Note: Instrument information marked with an (*) was pulled from an archive of EQ Casters Realm [1]. If you can confirm (or correct) this with in game information or experience, the help would be much appreciated.

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