List of bard traits

See also: List of bard traits in FFXIV Mobile

Traits

PvE traits

Trait	Acquired		Level	Effect
Heavier Shot	ARC		2	Adds to Heavy Shot a 20% chance to grant Hawk's Eye. Duration: 30s
Increased Action Damage	ARC		20	Increases base action damage by 10%.
Enhanced Quick Nock	ARC		25	Adds to Quick Nock a 20% chance to grant Hawk's Eye. Duration: 30s
Increased Action Damage II	ARC		40	Increases base action damage by 20%.
Bite Mastery	BRD		64	Upgrades Venomous Bite and Windbite to Caustic Bite and Stormbite respectively.
Enhanced Empyreal Arrow	BRD		68	Guarantees the trigger of the additional effects for Mage's Ballad, Army's Paeon, and the Wanderer's Minuet when Empyreal Arrow hits a target.
Straight Shot Mastery	BRD	1	70	Upgrades Straight Shot to Refulgent Arrow.
Wide Volley Mastery	BRD		72	Upgrades Wide Volley to Shadowbite.
Bite Mastery II	BRD		76	Adds to Stormbite, Caustic Bite, and Iron Jaws a 35% chance to grant Hawk's Eye. Duration: 30s
Heavy Shot Mastery	BRD		76	Upgrades Heavy Shot to Burst Shot.
Enhanced Army's Paeon	BRD		78	While under the effect of Army's Paeon with at least one stack of Repertoire, singing Mage's Ballad or the Wanderer's Minuet will grant Army's Muse, reducing weaponskill cast time and recast time, spell cast time and recast time, and auto-attack delay. Duration: 10s Allowing the effect of Army's Paeon and accumulated stacks of Repertoire to expire without singing Mage's Ballad or the Wanderer's Minuet will grant Army's Ethos. Duration: 30s While under the effect of Army's Ethos, singing Mage's Ballad or the Wanderer's Minuet will grant Army's Muse. Both Army's Ethos and Army's Muse require stacks of Repertoire, the number of which will determine the potency of the latter. 1 Repertoire: 1% 2 Repertoire: 2% 3 Repertoire: 4% 4 Repertoire: 12%
Soul Voice	BRD		80	Increases Soul Voice Gauge by 5 each time Repertoire is granted.
Quick Nock Mastery	BRD		82	Upgrades Quick Nock to Ladonsbite.
Enhanced Bloodletter	BRD		84	Allows a third charge of Bloodletter and Rain of Death.
Enhanced Apex Arrow	BRD		86	Grants Blast Arrow Ready upon executing Apex Arrow after the Soul Voice Gauge has reached 80 or higher. Duration: 30s Apex Arrow becomes Blast Arrow while under this effect.
Enhanced Troubadour	BRD		88	Reduces Troubadour recast time to 90 seconds.
Minstrel's Coda	BRD		90	Grants Mage's Coda, Army's Coda, or Wanderer's Coda upon singing Mage's Ballad, Army's Paeon, or the Wanderer's Minuet respectively.
Bloodletter Mastery	BRD		92	Upgrades Bloodletter to Heartbreak Shot.
Enhanced Second Wind	Melee DPS  Physical Ranged DPS		94	Increases the healing potency of Second Wind to 800.
Ranged Mastery	BRD		94	Increases the potency of Empyreal Arrow to 260, Sidewinder to 400, Refulgent Arrow to 280, Burst Shot to 220, and Apex Arrow to 120 up to 600.
Enhanced Barrage	BRD		96	Grants Resonant Arrow Ready upon executing Barrage. Duration: 30s
Enhanced Troubadour II	BRD		98	Improves Troubadour's damage reduction effect to 15%.
Enhanced Radiant Finale	BRD		100	Grants Radiant Encore Ready upon executing Radiant Finale. Duration: 30s

PvP traits

---

Jobs