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Job Overview

Bard, as a support job, will grant the following traits, spells, and skills.

Support Job Notes

• You can not use any Instruments, as they are all equippable only by Bards.
  • As a result, the only relevant Magic Skill is Singing, and you can only have one song active.

Job Abilities Level  Name --  None

Job Traits Level  Name 10  Resist Silence 50  Resist Silence II

Spell List

See Bard Song List for where to find songs as well as other information.

Level  Spell 01  Knight's Minne 06  Valor Minuet 10  Army's Paeon 14  Foe Requiem 18  Herb Pastoral 20  Light Threnody 22  Sword Madrigal 24  Dark Threnody 26  Sheepfoe Mambo 28  Earth Threnody 30  Army's Paeon II 32  Foe Lullaby 32  Water Threnody

Level  Spell 34  Foe Requiem II 36  Wind Threnody 38  Scop's Operetta 40  Fire Threnody 42  Knight's Minne II 44  Enchanting Etude 44  Ice Threnody 46  Valor Minuet II 48  Lightning Threnody 48  Spirited Etude 50  Mage's Ballad 52  Learned Etude

Level  Spell 54  Horde Lullaby 56  Quick Etude 58  Advancing March 60  Vivacious Etude 62  Hunter's Prelude 64  Dextrous Etude 66  Fowl Aubade 66  Magic Finale 68  Sinewy Etude 70  Army's Paeon III 72  Light Carol 74  Foe Requiem III

Combat Skill Ratings  Skill Skill Ranking Cap at Level 1 Cap at Level 75  Dagger B- 5 109  Staff C+ 5 105  Sword C- 5 105  Club D 4 101  Throwing E 4 94  Parrying E 4 94

Magic Skill Ratings  Skill Skill Ranking Cap at Level 1 Cap at Level 75  Singing C 5 105  String C 5 105  Wind C 5 105

See Bard Skill Caps for a by-level breakdown of weapon skill limits.

Support Job-activated Equipment

Support Job-activated Equipment Level Item Slot Equipment Latent Effect 30 Shield Singer's Shield  Parrying skill +5 30 Ear Singer's Earring  Evasion +5 30 Back Singer's Mantle  Enhances "Resist Silence" effect 30 Waist Song Belt  Singing skill +5 v • d • e Jobs Bard(/BRD) | Beastmaster(/BST) | Black Mage(/BLM) | Blue Mage(/BLU) | Corsair(/COR) | Dancer(/DNC) | Dark Knight(/DRK) | Dragoon(/DRG) | Monk(/MNK) | Ninja(/NIN) Paladin(/PLD) | Puppetmaster(/PUP) | Ranger(/RNG) | Red Mage(/RDM) | Samurai(/SAM) | Scholar(/SCH) | Summoner(/SMN) | Thief(/THF) | Warrior(/WAR) | White Mage(/WHM)