Minstrel Traits
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| Classes | Bu | Ca | Ch | Gu | Hu | Lm | Mi | Rk | Wd |
| Skills | Bu | Ca | Ch | Gu | Hu | Lm | Mi | Rk | Wd |
| Traits | Bu | Ca | Ch | Gu | Hu | Lm | Mi | Rk | Wd |
Contents |
Minstrel Trait Sets
All Minstrel Traits cost 11 
25 
to slot.
The Watcher of Resolve
| Name | Description | Level | Deed/Quest | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life-singer | The Power costs for your morale-renewing skills are reduced. -10% Healing Skills Power Cost | 10 | Use your Healing songs 1,000 times (150/day) |
| Silver Tongue | All of your Songs recover 20% faster. | 26 | Use Cry of the Chorus 125 times |
| Focused Performance | Your induction skills execute quicker, making you harder to disrupt. | 10 | Evade enemy attacks 300 times |
| Graceful Demeanour | Enlivening Grace and Rally! grant more morale and power on revive. Rally's cast time is reduced by 2 seconds and its recovery time is reduced by 5 minutes. +20% Revive Morale Total | 20 | Use Enlivening Grace 100 times |
| Subtle Movements | The use of your skills draws less attention from your enemies. | 28 | Use Song of Soothing 300 times |
| Improved Song of Soothing | Song of Soothing has a greatly reduced induction time but at the expense of a longer cooldown. -100% Song of Soothing Induction | 50 | Use Song of Soothing 350 times |
| Improved Cure Fear | This trait boosts the power of Cure Fear and in both power and number of effects it also reduces the cooldown by 15 seconds. -15s Cure Fear Cooldown | 40 | Use Cure Fear 250 times |
| Power of Song | This trait raises your power pool. +[Level Dependent] Maximum Power | 30 | Use Song of Restoration 100 times |
The Protector of Song
| Name | Description | Level | Deed/Quest | |
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| Glorious Anthem | The duration of your Anthems is increased by 15 seconds. | 30 | Completing the class quest A Minstrel's Hope |
| Strength of Voice | The duration of all your Ballads is increased by 10 seconds. | 30 | Use Ballad of War 500 times |
| Heralded Saviour | Your Song of Aid lasts 10 seconds longer and recovers 20% faster. | 30 | Use Song of Aid 400 times |
| Smooth Voice | This skill transforms your Ballad of Vigour and Ballad of Balance into slower songs that no longer deal damage, but act upon your fellowship for a longer duration. | 2 | Use Piercing Cry 600 times (200/day) |
| Flow of Harmony | This trait decreases the power drain on active tales. -50% Tales Power Cost | 40 | Recite any tale 150 times |
| Battle-hymn | When using Anthem of the Valar, your regeneration in combat is increased. | 40 | Use Anthem of the Valar 250 times |
| Lyrics of Bravery | This trait raises your fear resistance. +[Level Dependent] Fear Resist Rating | 50 | Use Ballad of Unshakeable Will 1,000 times |
| Heralded Resolve | This trait enables the minstrel to heal himself a small amount when he uses his normal, non-Noble Cause Herald's Strike. +10% Herald Strike Healing Boon | 10 | Use Herald's Strike 250 times Labelled Improved Herald's Strike in the Deed Log |
The Warrior-Skald
| Name | Description | Level | Deed/Quest | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmonious Melody | Gain a 5 second longer window of opportunity in which to perform tiered Ballads. This includes the healing and motivation buff duration. This trait has no effect on Song of Vigour or Song of Balance. | 1 | Use your Ballads 1,500 times (500/day) |
| Powerful Voice | The Power costs of all your Cries and Ballads are reduced. -5% Cry Power Cost | 2 | Use your Cries 300 times (100/day) |
| Light in the Dark | Your Tier 1 and Tier 2 Ballads inflict more damage to your enemies. +10% Ballad Damage | 10 | Use Ballad of Resonance 1,000 times (150/day) |
| Unrelenting | When you land a Critical Hit with your Piercing Cry, your enemy is stunned. Piercing Cry also gains 25% to its critical chance. | 10 | Land critical hits with Piercing Cry 100 times (20/day) |
| Herald's Hammer | Your Herald's Strike deals double damage. | 1 | Smite enemies with Herald's Strike 700 times (240/day) |
| Medium Armour-use | You are able to wear medium armour. | 15 | Complete the class quest A Song for the Company |
| Tempo of Bravery | This trait raises your in-combat regen. +[Level Dependent] in-Combat Morale Regen | 45 | Use Ballad of the Stout 1,500 times |
| Enduring Morale | This trait raises your maximum morale. +[Level Dependent] Maximum Morale | 20 | Use Ballad of Vigour 2,000 times |
Set Bonuses
- The Watcher of Resolve
- Life-singer
Silver Tongue
Focused Performance
Graceful Demeanour
Subtle Movements
Improved Song of Soothing
Improved Cure Fear
Power of Song - 2 Equipped:
-5% Healing Power Cost
3 Equipped:
4 Equipped:
+10% Chord of Salvation Healing
+1% Ballad Healing Bonus
-5% Anthem of Compassion Threat
Anthem of Compassion is now a Tier 3 Ballad
+1% Ballad Healing Bonus
- The Protector of Song
- Glorious Anthem
Strength of Voice
Heralded Saviour
Smooth Voice
Flow of Harmony
Battle-hymn
Lyrics of Bravery
Heralded Resolve - 2 Equipped:
-60s Call to Greatness Cooldown
3 Equipped:
4 Equipped:
+10s Ballad Buff Duration
Improved Tale of Warding has an increased armour bonus and Improved Tale of Battle has increased Wound Rating
- The Warrior-Skald
- Harmonious Melody
Powerful Voice
Light in the Dark
Unrelenting
Herald's Hammer
Medium Armour-use
Tempo of Bravery
Enduring Morale - 2 Equipped:
-3s Herald's Strike Cooldown
3 Equipped:
4 Equipped:
-[Level x 20] Target Ballad Resist Rating
-30s Cooldown of Anthem of the Valar
-420s Cooldown of Anthem of the Wizards
War-speech Ballad Damage 25% Bonus
-15% War-speech Healing
+10% Ballad of Resonance Magnitude
Legendary Traits
All Legendary Traits cost 101 25 to slot.
| Name | Description | Level | Deed/Quest | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Rally! | The ways of the elder age are not lost to all races yet. You may bring new inspiration to those whose Morale has been entirely depleted, reviving a defeated ally in combat. Grants the skill Rally! | 39 | Find pages of the book Melodies of the Valar |
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| Song of the Hopeful Heart | This Song enables you to temporarily reduce the Dread of an area for a short time. Grants the skill Song of the Hopeful Heart. | 39 | Find pages of the book The Rising Chord |
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| Anthem of the Wizards | This Anthem allows you to blast your enemies with an area-of-effect of light that slows enemies who are affected by it. You have a short window after playing a tier 3 song to play Anthem, which will reset your Ballad counter to the beginning. Grants the skill Anthem of the Wizards | 39 | Find pages of the book Valour's Marches |
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| Fellowship's Heart | This skill instantly cures any fear effects upon you. It also makes your entire fellowship immune to fear for a short period of time, as well as healing them over time. Grants the skill Fellowship's Heart | 45/50 | Complete the class quests Articles of Harmony and Implements of Song, then A Lesson from Lindir |
| Legendary Spirit | This legendary skills improves the Soliloquy of Spirit to perform greater heals. Requires: 5 traits in The Watcher of Resolve line slotted. | 58 | Complete the deed The Path of the Resolve-watcher |
| Master of Tales | This trait gives you access to two new skills, the 'Tale of Warding and Heroism', and the 'Tale of Frost and Flame's Battle'; they combine two of your orignial tales together. Requires: 5 traits in The Protector of Song line slotted. | None | Complete The Mines of Moria epic books |
| Call of War | This trait raises the critical chances of all your damage dealing calls in War-speech. +[Level x 40] Call Critial Rating | 58 | Get the book The Verses of the North Requires: Kindred Standing with Iron Garrison Guards |
