Musicianship

Summary

An instrument is required to make use of the Musicianship, Provocation, Discordance, and Peacemaking skills. Instruments can be obtained in several ways:

• Purchased from a Bard NPC.
• Crafted with the Carpentry skill.
• Dropped as Magical Loot from creatures.
• See Crafted instrument bonuses and Magical instrument bonuses.

Instruments
Bamboo Flute	Drums	Harp	Lute	Standing Harp	Tambourine
Gemshorn	Hurdy-Gurdy	Psaltery	Sackbut	Shawm	Vielle

Mechanics

• A player's Effective Barding Skill in Discordance, Peacemaking, and Provocation is capped by their Musicianship skill.
• A player cannot receive more skill bonuses than their Musicianship skill allows (i.e., a player with 25 Musicianship can only gain 25 Effective Barding Skill from instruments, supplemental skills, Lyric Aspect Armor, etc.).
• A player's Effective Barding Skill is calculated as:

 (Base Barding Skill + Instrument Skill Bonuses + Instrument Slayer Bonuses + Skill Slayer Bonuses +
  Lyric Aspect Armor Bonus + Mastery Chain Link Bonus)

• The Barding Success Chance formula:

 (Effective Barding Skill / 100%) - (CreatureDifficultyValue * 1.0%)

• The Minimum Barding Success Chance formula:

 (33% * (Effective Barding Skill / 100))  

• Boss Barding effects reduce a creature’s:
  • Melee Attack Speed by 25%.
  • Casting Speed by 25%.
  • Ability Cooldown Rate by 25%.

Barding Skill Debuff Durations:

Barding Skill Debuff Durations
Skill	Duration
Discordance	((Effective Barding Skill / 100) * 60 sec)
Peacemaking	((Effective Barding Skill / 100) * 30 sec)
Provocation	((Effective Barding Skill / 100) * 30 sec)

Bard Songs

• Players can use Barding skills to target the ground and activate a Barding Song.
• When activated, the effects will only apply to:
  • The player.
  • Any green-flagged allies.
  • Party members within 50 tiles.
• Players can only benefit from the highest-value song within range.
• A player’s Effective Barding Skill for songs is capped by their Musicianship skill (e.g., 70 Musicianship & 90 Provocation = **70 Effective Provocation**).
• Casting a Barding Song has a 10-second cooldown, separate from other Barding skill uses.

The Barding Songs:

Barding Songs
Skill	Effect
Discordance	Provides a (5% * (Effective Barding Skill / 100)) Damage Resistance bonus to Players and their Followers
Peacemaking	Provides a (5% * (Effective Barding Skill / 100)) Healing Amounts Received Bonus to Players and their Followers
Provocation	Provides a (5% * (Effective Barding Skill / 100)) Damage Bonus to Players and their Followers
All AoE Barding Song Buffs durations are 15 minutes
Casting a Barding Song has a 10 second cooldown that is independent of normal bard skill usage

Barding Breaks

• While a non-Boss creature is Provoked or Pacified, every second there is a chance they will suffer a Barding Break based on the formula:

 ((CreatureDifficulty / 100) * 1%)

• The Barding Break duration is:

 (CreatureDifficulty / 10) seconds

Effects of a Barding Break:

• A **"Barding Break"** message appears above the creature.
• The creature’s Provocation and Peacemaking effects immediately end.
• The creature becomes immune to Provocation and Peacemaking for the duration.
• While affected, the creature suffers:

 * **-50% Attack Speed**.
 * **-50% Casting Speed**.
 * **+50% delay on Abilities** (same as Boss Barding Effects).

• When the Barding Break ends, the creature gains **Aggro Priority** towards the bard for **10 seconds**.

Break Barrier Bonuses:

• Players attacking a creature affected by a Barding Break receive:

 * **+20% Damage Bonus** ((20% * (Highest Printed Barding Skill))).
 * **+20% Damage Resistance**.
 * Against **Bosses**, these bonuses are reduced to **50%**.

Defensive Barding

• Defensive Barding applies only when a player is flagged in PvP.
• Players will receive Defensive Barding if they do not have Heat of Battle active (i.e., they have not attacked another player recently).
• Defensive Barding provides:

 * Wrestling Skill Bonus:  
   * ((Discordance Skill + Peacemaking Skill + Provocation Skill) / 2)  
   * **Max: 100 Skill**.
 * Magic Resist Skill Bonus:  
   * ((Discordance Skill + Peacemaking Skill + Provocation Skill) / 2)  
   * **Max: 100 Skill**.

• Defensive Barding does NOT:

 * Contribute to skill requirements for Codexes, Grimoires, etc..
 * Grant any unique PvM bonuses (e.g., Wrestling Mana Refund, Magic Resist Siphon).

• If a player already has higher printed Wrestling or Magic Resist skill, the printed skill value will always take priority.

 * Patch Notes Sept 28, 2020

Training

Skill	Activity
0-50	Train from NPC
50-80	Play any instrument or use a Barding skill on creatures in New Player Dungeon.
80-120	Play any instrument or use a Barding skill on creatures at the Prevalia Zoo/Battletrainer.