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The Wanderer's Minuet

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The Wanderer's Minuet

Acquired
Bard frame icon.png BRD (actions)
Level
52
Type
Ability
Casting
Instant
Recast
120s
Targeting
Self
Quest Req.
Job quest The Stiff and the Spent
Patch
3.0

Grants the Wanderer's Minuet to self and all party members within 50 yalms, increasing critical hit rate by 2%
Duration: 45s
This effect can trigger repeatedly while singing the Wanderer's Minuet.
Additional Effect: 80% chance to grant Repertoire
Repertoire Effect: Allows execution of Pitch Perfect
Can be stacked up to 3 times.
Additional Effect: Grants Wanderer's Coda
Can only be executed while in combat.

— In-game description

The Wanderer's Minuet is an action unlocked by questing at level 52. It is available for Bard.

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History

  • DT.png Patch 7.0 (2024-07-02):
    • No longer requires an enemy target.
    • Range has been reduced from 25 to 0 yalms.
    • No longer deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100.
    • Execution now requires the player to be in combat.
  • EW.png Patch 6.4 (2023-05-23): Range of the additional effect granting the Wanderer's Minuet to self and party members has been increased from 30 to 50 yalms.
  • EW.png Patch 6.11a (2022-05-23): Fixed an issue wherein attempting to execute Wanderer's Minuet multiple times in quick succession prevented players from queueing another action for execution.
  • EW.png Patch 6.11 (2022-04-25): Fixed an issue when multiple bards are in a party wherein Wanderer's Minuet would change to Pitch Perfect when another bard in the party executed the Wanderer's Minuet.
  • EW.png Patch 6.1 (2022-04-12): Action now changes to Pitch Perfect upon execution.
  • EW.png Patch 6.0 (2021-12-07):
    • Changed category from spell to ability.
    • Changed additional effect conditions from "40% chance to grant Repertoire when damage over time is dealt by Caustic Bite or Stormbite" to "80% chance to grant Repertoire".
    • Duration has been increased from 30s to 45s.
    • Added "Additional Effect: Grants Wanderer's Coda" upon learning the Minstrel's Coda.png  Minstrel's Coda trait.
    • Critical hit effect now also applies to the bard who casted it.
    • Deleted "This action does not share a recast timer with any other actions. Furthermore, the recast timer cannot be affected by other actions."
    • Recast time has been increased from 80s to 120s.
  • SHB.png Patch 5.1 (2019-10-29): The additional effect "Grants the Wanderer's Minuet to all party members within 30 yalms, increasing their critical hit rate by 2%" has been added.
  • SHB.png Patch 5.0 (2019-07-02):
    • The additional effect "Increases critical hit rate of all party members within a radius of 20 yalms by 2%" has been removed.
    • Condition for Repertoire has been changed from "if critical damage over time is dealt by Caustic Bite or Stormbite" to "40% chance when damage over time is dealt by Caustic Bite or Stormbite."
  • SB.png Patch 4.06 (2017-08-07): Song effect will now be granted even when the attack deals no damage to the target.
  • SB.png Patch 4.0 (2017-06-20):
    • Is now a spell.
    • Cast time has been made instant.
    • Recast time increased from 2.5 to 80 seconds.
    • Description is now "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."
  • HW.png Patch 3.22 (2016-03-16): When the skill is active, damage will no longer be reduced when standing within 15 yalms of a target (PvP only).
  • HW.png Patch 3.07 (2015-08-25): Fixed an issue wherein weaponskills used immediately after removing the effect would have a cast time and become uninterruptable when moving.
  • HW.png Patch 3.01 (2015-07-07):
    • Action category has been changed from spell to ability.
    • Damage increase has been increased from 20% to 30%.
    • Cast time has been reduced from 3 to 0 seconds.
    • Recast time has been increased from 2.5 to 15 seconds.
  • HW.png Patch 3.0 (2015-06-23): Added with the original description, "Increases damage dealt by 20% while ceasing auto-attack and adding cast time to all archer and bard weaponskills. Can be used with other songs. Effect ends upon reuse."

Trivia

  • When originally released, this action added a cast time to Bard's weaponskills while increasing damage dealt, causing some players to refer to the job as a "bow mage."