FINAL FANTASY XIV Job Guide: Bard

Actions & Traits

Job Actions

Action Name	Acquired	Type	Cast	Recast	Cost	Range Radius	Effect


Heavy Shot	Lv. 1	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	50 TP	25y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 150. Additional Effect: 20% chance next Straight Shot will deal critical damage Duration: 10s


Straight Shot	Lv. 2	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	50 TP	25y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 140. Additional Effect: Increases critical hit rate by 10% Duration: 30s


Raging Strikes	Lv. 4	Ability	Instant	80s	-	0y 0y	Increases damage dealt by 10%. Duration: 20s


Venomous Bite	Lv. 6	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	60 TP	25y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Additional Effect: Venom Potency: 40 Duration: 18s


Misery's End	Lv. 10	Ability	Instant	12s	-	25y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 190. Can only be executed when target's HP is below 20%.


Bloodletter	Lv. 12	Ability	Instant	15s	-	25y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 130. Shares a recast timer with Rain of Death.


Repelling Shot Class Quest	Lv. 15	Ability	Instant	30s	-	5y 0y	Jump 10 yalms back from current position. Cannot be executed while bound.


Quick Nock	Lv. 18	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	120 TP	12y 12y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 110 to all enemies in a cone before you.


Windbite Class Quest	Lv. 30	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	60 TP	25y 0y	Deals wind damage with a potency of 60. Additional Effect: Wind damage over time Potency: 50 Duration: 18s


Mage's Ballad Job Quest	Lv. 30	Spell	Instant	80s	-	25y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100. Additional Effect: Increases critical hit rate of all party members within a radius of 20 yalms by 2% Duration: 30s Effect is lost if party members move out of hearing distance. Additional Effect: Grants Repertoire if critical damage over time is dealt by Caustic Bite or Stormbite Repertoire Effect: Resets the recast timer of Bloodletter and Rain of Death


Foe Requiem Job Quest	Lv. 35	Spell	1.5s	2.5s	-	0y 20y	Increases damage taken by nearby enemies by 3%. MP is drained while singing. Effect is lost if targets move out of hearing distance, and ends upon reuse.


Barrage	Lv. 38	Ability	Instant	80s	-	0y 0y	Triples the number of strikes for a single-target weaponskill. Additional effects added only once. Duration: 10s


Army's Paeon Job Quest	Lv. 40	Spell	Instant	80s	-	25y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100. Additional Effect: Increases critical hit rate of all party members within a radius of 20 yalms by 2% Duration: 30s Effect is lost if party members move out of hearing distance. Additional Effect: Grants Repertoire if critical damage over time is dealt by Caustic Bite or Stormbite Repertoire Effect: Reduces weaponskill cast time and recast time, spell cast time and recast time, and auto-attack delay by 4% Can be stacked up to 4 times. This action does not share a recast timer with any other actions.


Rain of Death Job Quest	Lv. 45	Ability	Instant	15s	-	25y 8y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 to target and all enemies nearby it. Shares a recast timer with Bloodletter.


Battle Voice Job Quest	Lv. 50	Ability	Instant	180s	-	0y 20y	Increases direct hit rate of all party members by 15%. Duration: 20s Can only be executed while singing Mage's Ballad, Army's Paeon, or the Wanderer's Minuet.


The Wanderer's Minuet Job Quest	Lv. 52	Spell	Instant	80s	-	25y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100. Additional Effect: Increases critical hit rate of all party members within a radius of 20 yalms by 2% Duration: 30s Effect is lost if party members move out of hearing distance. Additional Effect: Allows execution of Pitch Perfect if critical damage over time is dealt by Caustic Bite or Stormbite Can be stacked up to 3 times. This action does not share a recast timer with any other actions.


Pitch Perfect	Lv. 52	Ability	Instant	3s	All Repertoire	25y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 when Repertoire stack is 1, 240 when Repertoire stack is 2, and 420 when Repertoire stack is 3. Can only be executed when the Wanderer's Minuet is active.


Empyreal Arrow Job Quest	Lv. 54	Weaponskill	Instant	15s	50 TP	25y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 230. This weaponskill does not share a recast timer with any other actions.


Iron Jaws Job Quest	Lv. 56	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	50 TP	25y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Additional Effect: If the target is suffering from a Caustic Bite or Stormbite effect inflicted by you, the effect timer is reset


The Warden's Paean Job Quest	Lv. 58	Ability	Instant	45s	-	30y 0y	Removes one select detrimental effect from a target party member or pet. If the target is not enfeebled, a barrier is created nullifying the target's next detrimental effect suffered. Duration: 30s


Sidewinder Job Quest	Lv. 60	Ability	Instant	60s	-	25y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Additional Effect: If the target is suffering from a Caustic Bite or Stormbite effect inflicted by you, Sidewinder potency is increased to 175 for one effect, or 260 for both


Troubadour	Lv. 62	Ability	Instant	180s	-	0y 20y	Adds an additional effect to the song currently being sung. Mage's Ballad Effect: Increases maximum HP by 15% Army's Paeon Effect: Reduces physical vulnerability by 10% The Wanderer's Minuet Effect: Reduces magic vulnerability by 10% Duration: 30s Can only be executed while singing Mage's Ballad, Army's Paeon, or the Wanderer's Minuet.


Caustic Bite	Lv. 64	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	60 TP	25y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 120. Additional Effect: Poison Potency: 45 Duration: 30s


Stormbite	Lv. 64	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	60 TP	25y 0y	Deals wind damage with a potency of 120. Additional Effect: Wind damage over time Potency: 55 Duration: 30s


Nature's Minne	Lv. 66	Ability	Instant	45s	-	30y 0y	Increases HP recovery via healing magic for a party member or self by 20%. Duration: 15s


Refulgent Arrow Job Quest	Lv. 70	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	25y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 300. Can only be executed while under the effect of Straighter Shot.

* The following actions were removed with the release of patch 4.0: Shadowbind, Swiftsong, Hawk's Eye, Quelling Strikes, Blunt Arrow, Flaming Arrow, and Wide Volley.

Traits	Acquired	Effect


Heavier Shot	Lv. 8	Adds to Heavy Shot a 20% chance that your next Straight Shot will deal critical damage. Duration: 10s


Enhanced Dexterity	Lv. 20	Increases dexterity by 8.


Increased Action Damage	Lv. 20	Increases base action damage by 10%.


Enhanced Dexterity II	Lv. 40	Increases dexterity by 16.


Increased Action Damage II	Lv. 40	Increases base action damage by 20%.


Enhanced Dexterity III	Lv. 60	Increases dexterity by 24.


Bite Mastery	Lv. 64	Venomous Bite and Windbite are upgraded to Caustic Bite and Stormbite respectively.


Enhanced Empyreal Arrow	Lv. 68	Guarantees the trigger of the additional effects for Mage's Ballad, Army's Paeon, and the Wanderer's Minuet when these actions are executed while under the effect of Empyreal Arrow.

Traits	Effect


Increased HP	Increases maximum HP by 500.


Increased Action Speed	Decreases weaponskill and spell cast and recast times by 3%.


Increased Damage Dealt	Increases damage dealt by 3%.


Decreased Damage Taken	Decreases damage taken by 3%.


Increased Healing Potency	Increases HP restoration by 5%.


Decreased Recast Time	Decreases recast time of additional actions by 10%.


Increased Resistance Duration	Increases duration of resistances by 50%.


Increased MP Regeneration	Increases MP regeneration rate by 25%.


Increased TP Regeneration	Increases TP regeneration rate by 40%.

Job Actions

Role Actions

Trait

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Job Actions

Additional PvP Actions

PvP Traits

Adrenaline Rush

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Physical Ranged DPS

Actions & Traits

Job Actions

Role Actions

Trait

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Song Gauge

Actions & Traits

Job Actions

Additional PvP Actions

PvP Traits

Adrenaline Rush

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Song Gauge

Action Name	Acquired	Type	Cast	Recast	Cost	Range Radius	Effect


Second Wind	Lv. 8	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 0y	Instantly restores own HP. Cure Potency: 500 Cure potency varies with current attack power.


Foot Graze	Lv. 12	Ability	Instant	30s	-	25y 0y	Binds target. Duration: 10s Cancels auto-attack upon execution. Target unbound if damage taken.


Leg Graze	Lv. 16	Ability	Instant	30s	-	25y 0y	Afflicts target with Heavy +40%. Duration: 10s


Peloton	Lv. 20	Ability	Instant	5s	-	0y 20y	Increases movement speed of self and nearby party members as long as they remain within distance. Duration: 30s Effect ends when enmity is generated. Cannot be used in battle.


Invigorate	Lv. 24	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 0y	Instantly restores 400 TP.


Tactician	Lv. 32	Ability	Instant	180s	-	0y 20y	Gradually restores own TP and the TP of all nearby party members. Duration: 30s Additional Effect: Halves enmity


Refresh	Lv. 36	Ability	Instant	180s	-	0y 20y	Gradually restores own MP and the MP of all nearby party members. Duration: 30s Additional Effect: Halves enmity


Head Graze	Lv. 40	Ability	Instant	30s	-	25y 0y	Silences target. Duration: 1s


Arm Graze	Lv. 44	Ability	Instant	25s	-	5y 0y	Stuns target. Duration: 2s


Palisade	Lv. 48	Ability	Instant	150s	-	30y 0y	Reduces physical damage taken by a party member by 20%. Duration: 10s

Action Name	Type	Cast	Recast	Effect


Recuperate	Ability	Instant	45s	Restores 25% of maximum HP.


Muse	Ability	Instant	60s	Restores 25% of maximum MP.


Enliven	Ability	Instant	60s	Restores 50% of maximum TP.


Purify	Ability	Instant	30s	Removes Stun, Sleep, Bind, Heavy, Slow, and Silence from self. Can be used regardless of own status affliction.


Concentrate	Ability	Instant	30s	Creates a barrier preventing Stun, Sleep, Bind, Heavy, Slow, Silence, and knockback effects. Duration: 10s


Safeguard	Ability	Instant	60s	Reduces damage taken by 25%. Duration: 10s


Bolt	Ability	Instant	30s	Movement speed is increased. Duration: 10s

Action Name	Cast	Recast	Cost	Range Radius	Effect


Terminal Velocity	1.5s	-	Adrenaline Gauge	30y 30y	Delivers an attack to all enemies in a straight line before you with a potency of 6,000 for the first enemy, 25% less for the second, 50% less for the third, and 75% less for all remaining enemies. Additional Effect: Reduces target's HP recovered by healing actions by 25% Duration: 15s Damage dealt is not affected by increased damage or vulnerability effects applied by other players. Can only be executed while the Adrenaline Gauge is full.