Bard Song Components

With thanks to vgoplayers.com. This list of song components, and the explanation of how bard songs are composed, was compiled and hosted by them. It is reproduced here for preservation because the site is no longer online. The original page is archived at vgoplayers.com/wiki/index.php/Bard.

Bards do not simply cast their abilities — they compose songs from components slotted into a song book. 80 components are recorded.

How a song is built

Depending on level, a bard has between one and seven component types available: Melody, Embellishment, Lyric, Chorus, Verse, Bridge and Coda. Each type offers one to three slots for a single component. By level 50 a bard can mix and match up to sixteen separate components in one song.

Components pulse once every four seconds. Many are persistent and hold their effect for the whole song — Harmony of War adds its damage continuously, with no pulse. Others, such as the regeneration songs, only deliver their benefit on each four-second tick.

Paying for the song

Every component charges its energy cost each second the song plays. A bard offsets this two ways. The first is natural energy regeneration, which scales with Vitality and ticks every second just as the cost does.

The second is rests. A rest occupies a slot but subtracts from the song's running cost rather than adding to it, so an 8-point rest makes a 20-cost song cost 12. A rest may go in any component row except a Melody, and only one may be used per song.

Status records whether a component functions on the VGO emulator, not whether it worked in the live game: Working, Partial, or Unscripted (present but with no effect implemented). Single use marks a component that can only be slotted once, where most may be stacked.

Melody (11)

Lvl	Name	Description	Energy	Instrument	Status
1	Emboldening Embellishment	Increases group DEX and VIT	2/sec	Voice	Working
4	Cirel's Thythm of Renewal	Regenerate group health and energy	5/sec	String	Working
6	Tynen's Melody of Acceleration	Increases group movement speed	2/sec	Percussion	Working
21	Tynen's March of the Mire	Snares and Slows offensive target's attack speed	2/sec	—	Partial
24	Cirel's Anthem of Clarity	Heals group health every 5 sec	5/sec	String	Working
30	Irion's Tune of Safety	Group AC and damage absorb	2/sec	String	Working
35	Illestine's Elemental March	Increases group Fire, Cold, and Physical Resist	2/sec	Percussion	Working
47	Cirel's Tranquil Tune	Regenerate raid health and energy	5/sec	String	Working
50	Feos' Securing Anthem	Increases group Fire, Cold, Mental, Arcane, Physical, and Spiritual Resist	2/sec	Wind	Working
50	Irion's Tune of Warding	Group AC and damage absorb	2/sec	String	Partial
50	Naman's Guardian Rhythm	Increases group AC, Physical, Mental, and Arcane Resist	2/sec	Wind	Working

Embellishment (16)

Lvl	Name	Description	Energy	Instrument	Status
1	Mellarien's Anthem of War	Increases group STR, INT, and AC	2/sec	Voice	Working
2	Mellarien's Harmony of War	Increases group damge	4/sec	Voice	Working
9	Cirel's Soothing Substitution	Regenerate group health	3/sec	String	Working
10	Tynen's Speedy Substitution	Increases group movement speed	2/sec	Percussion	Working
17	Illestine's Harmony of Warmth	Group damage shield that increases Cold Resist	2/sec	Percussion	Working
18	Energizing Embellishment	Group restore energy (1/sec)	4/sec	String	Working
19	Illestine's Harmony of the Snow	Group damage shield that increases Fire Resist	2/sec	Percussion	Working
30	Naman's Mystical Counterpoint	Reduces offensive target's Arcane Resist	3/sec	Brass	Working
32	Naman's Chilly Counterpoint	Reduces offensive target's Cold Resist	3/sec	Brass	Unscripted
34	Naman's Fiery Counterpoint	Reduces offensive target's Fire Resist	3/sec	Brass	Unscripted
36	Cirel's Healing Harmony	Group health regeneration	6/sec	String	Working
36	Naman's Temporal Counterpoint	Reduces offensive target's Physical Resist	3/sec	Brass	Unscripted
38	Naman's Empyreal Counterpoint	Reduces offensive target's Spiritual and Mental Resist	3/sec	Brass	Unscripted
43	Feos' Substitution of Warding	Increases raid Arcane, Mental, and Spiritual Resist	4/sec	Wind	Working
49	Illestine's Epic Substitution	Increases raid Cold, Fire, and Physical Resist	4/sec	Percussion	Working
50	Cirel's Counterpoint of Clarity	Group restore energy (2/sec)	4/sec	String	Working

Lyric (19)

Lvl	Name	Description	Energy	Instrument	Status
6	Hazoc's Hasty Lyric	Group melee haste	3/sec	—	Working
8	Ariezel's Minor Resonation single use	Self only damage shield	2/sec	—	Working
9	Tynen's Strain of the Swift	Increases group movement speed	3/sec	Percussion	Working
14	Briel's Lyric of Descent	Group slow fall	3/sec	Wind	Working
15	Aria of Calm Thoughts	Increases group spell accuracy, damage, and crit chance	4/sec	—	Working
18	Asilam's Lament of the Sea	Group endure Breath	3/sec	—	Working
19	Gamael's Blade of Frost	Adds chance to proc cold damage to group's melee and ranged attacks	3/sec	Brass	Working
22	Suann's Strain of Vanishing	Group invisibility	6/sec	Wind	Working
25	Hazoc's Magical Aria	Group spell haste	4/sec	—	Working
26	Gamael's Blade of Flame	Adds chance to proc fire damage to group's melee and ranged attacks	3/sec	Brass	Working
28	Ariezel's Resonation single use	Self only damage shield	3/sec	—	Working
32	Ariezel's Resounding Reverberation	Group damage shield	3/sec	Voice	Working
36	Gamael's Blade of Venom	Adds chance to proc poison damage to group's melee and ranged attacks	3/sec	Brass	Working
36	Tynen's Langorous Lament single use	Slows offensive target's attack speed	3/sec	—	Unscripted
42	Ariezel's Major Resonation single use	Self only damage shield	4/sec	—	Working
42	Naman's Nefarious Barrier single use	Reduce offensive target's ability to be healed	3/sec	—	Unscripted
43	Gamael's Blade of Conflagration	Adds chance to proc fire damage to group's melee and ranged attacks	3/sec	Brass	Working
47	Gamael's Blade of the Blizzard	Adds chance to proc cold damage to group's melee and ranged attacks	3/sec	Brass	Working
50	Gamael's Blade of the Viper	Adds chance to proc poison damage to group's melee and ranged attacks	3/sec	Brass	Working

Chorus (8)

Lvl	Name	Description	Energy	Instrument	Status
12	Mellarien's Chorus of Arms	Increases group damge	5/sec	Voice	Working
12	Mellarien's Requiem of War	Increases group damge by 5%	5/sec	Voice	Working
13	Ariezel's Assonance of Pain	Deals direct damage to offensive target every 4 sec	4/sec	Brass	Working
17	Irion's Psalm of Shields	Increases group AC and small damage absorb	5/sec	String	Partial
18	Hazoc's Hymn of Haste	Group melee haste	5/sec	—	Working
25	Fasant's Hymn of Frailty	Reduces offensive target's AC and STR	5/sec	—	Working
33	Irion's Hymn of the Lithe	Increases group Dodge and Parry	5/sec	—	Working
36	Irion's Hymn of the Bastion	Group AC and damage absorb	5/sec	String	Working

Verse (9)

Lvl	Name	Description	Energy	Instrument	Status
25	Ariezel's Deafening Discord	Group damage shield	5/sec	Voice	Working
25	Cirel's Air of the Clear Mind	Group restore energy (2/sec)	7/sec	String	Working
25	Cirel's Healing Phrase	Heal yourself every 4 sec	5/sec	—	Working
26	Ariezel's Dirge of Doom	Deals direct damage to offensive target every 4 sec	5/sec	Brass	Working
27	Cirel's Phrase of Renewal	Group heal every 2 sec	8/sec	String	Working
33	Tynen's Chant of Chains	Snares your offensive target (does not stack)	7/sec	—	Working
34	Asilam's Dirge of the Mariner	Group endure breath	7/sec	—	Working
38	Suann's Verse of Vanishing	Group invisibility	10/sec	Wind	Working
40	Cirel's Verse of Restoration	Regenerate group health and energy	7/sec	String	Working

Bridge (6)

Lvl	Name	Description	Energy	Instrument	Status
35	Feos' Revolution of the Seasons	Increases group Fire, Cold, and Physical Resist	6/sec	Percussion	Working
37	Naman's Ruinous Revolution	Reduces offensive target's Arcane, Fire, and Cold Resist	6/sec	Brass	Unscripted
39	Naman's Baleful Bridge	Reduces offensive target's Physical, Spiritual, and Mental Resist	3/sec	Brass	Unscripted
40	Feos' Segue of the Solace	Increases group Arcane, Mental, and Spiritual Resist	6/sec	Wind	Working
42	Suann's Transforming Transition	Increases group STR, CON, DEX, VIT, INT, and WIS	2/sec	String	Working
50	Fasant's Segue of Sundering	Reduces offensive target's AC and STR and deals damage over time	6/sec	—	Unscripted

Coda (4)

Lvl	Name	Description	Energy	Instrument	Status
45	Irion's Refrain of Resolution	Group AC and damage absorb	8/sec	String	Partial
48	Coda of Alacrity	Reduces group ability refresh timers	8/sec	—	Working
49	Tynen's Coda of Velocity	Increases group movement speed	7/sec	Percussion	Working
50	Mellarien's Victorious Finale	Increases group accuracy, damage, and crit chance	8/sec	Voice	Working

Rest (7)

Rests reduce a song's total cost by their value, shown here as a negative number. They may be slotted into any row except a Melody, one per song.

Lvl	Name	Description	Energy	Instrument	Status
6	Weirlaun's Minor Interlude	Reduces song cost	-2	String	Working
12	Weirlaun's Long Rest	Reduces song cost	-5	—	Working
18	Weirlaun's Whole Rest	Reduces song cost	-7	—	Working
24	Weirlaun's Quaver	Reduces song cost	-8	—	Working
28	Weirlaun's Dramatic Pause	Reduces song cost	-10	—	Working
36	Weirlaun's Caesura	Reduces song cost	-12	—	Working
50	Sung's Renewing Rest	Reduces song cost and heals you every 4 sec	-11	—	Working

Recorded discrepancy: the guide text describes seven rests worth 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 12, plus an eighth worth 11 obtained from a mob drop at level 50. The component table lists seven rests, and the 4-point rest is not among them. Both are reproduced as found rather than reconciled.

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