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Minstrel Troubadour

How to get it
basic vocation: always offered
Coup de grâce
Rough 'n' Tumble (base chance after each action: 1%, details)
Vocation book
“Minstrel's Manual”
Revocation medal
Wear-with-all award
Quests that require this vocation
101 “Eggstreme Sports”, 102 “Prat's the Way to Do It!”

The essentials

  • Strengths at level 99: Deftness (rank 3), Charm (rank 2)
  • Skill lines: Sword Skill, Whip Skill, Fan Skill, Shield Skill, Litheness
  • 9 spells, from Heal (level 3) to Kaswoosh (level 36).

Rank among the 12 vocations, base stats without equipment (“The 12 vocations at level 99” table).

Skill lines

Sword Skill

Also for: Warrior, Thief, Gladiator, Armamentalist

PointsEffect
3learns Dragon Slash
7Attack +10 with this weapon type
13learns Metal Slash
22more critical hits with this weapon type
35learns Miracle Slash
42Attack +20 with this weapon type
58learns Falcon Slash
76Attack +30 with this weapon type
88learns Gigaslash
100mastery: this weapon type can be equipped in any vocation
book“Swordcraft in Summary” (in the pocket) : Gigagash

Whip Skill

Also for: Mage, Luminary

PointsEffect
3learns Hypnowhip
7learns Lashings of Love
13Attack +10 with this weapon type
22learns Trammel Lash
35Attack +20 with this weapon type
42learns Hit the Hay
58Attack +30 with this weapon type
76learns Schadenfreude
88learns Twin Dragon Lash
100mastery: this weapon type can be equipped in any vocation
book“Working with Whips” (in the pocket) : Serpent's Bite

Fan Skill

Also for: Martial Artist, Luminary

PointsEffect
3learns Flower Power
7Attack +10 with this weapon type
13learns Reverse Cycle
22more critical hits with this weapon type
35learns Water Slaughterer
42Attack +20 with this weapon type
58learns Schizofanic
76Attack +30 with this weapon type
88learns Fan Dango
100mastery: this weapon type can be equipped in any vocation
book“Further Fanmanship” (in the pocket) : Hustle Dance

Shield Skill

Also for: Warrior, Priest, Mage, Armamentalist, Paladin, Sage, Luminary

PointsEffect
6learns Blockenspiel
12shield block chance +2%
18learns Defending Champion
25shield block chance +2%
32learns Immense Defence
40learns Magic Mirror
52shield block chance +2%
66learns Holy Impregnable
82learns Back Atcha
100mastery: this weapon type can be equipped in any vocation
book“Secrets of the Shield” (in the pocket) : with a shield, always (100%) blocks monsters' critical hits and desperate attacks

Litheness

PointsEffect
4learns Hot Lick
10evasion ×2 below 8% of max HP
16learns Pratfall
22Charm +30
32learns Sobering Slap
42Magical Might +30
55learns Tap Dance
68Magical Mending +30
82learns Have a Ball
100Deftness +50
book“Minstrel's Manual” (in the pocket) : Gritty Ditty

Spells learnt by levelling up

LevelSpell
3Heal
8Crack
10Evac
12Woosh
16Crackle
21Midheal
24Zing
30Swoosh
36Kaswoosh

Stats by level

Without equipment, skills or seeds. EXP = total experience to reach the level; skill points = total earned since level 1.

Lv.EXPMax HPMax MPStrengthAgilityResilienceDeftnessCharmMag. mendingMag. mightSkill pts
10206988129760
51143913182218241815123
101,23962223040293930242012
156,45086314358415442342826
2021,208109405576536954433638
2553,352133496794648466534452
30113,0921565779112769879635272
35212,95218066911308811391726090
40367,34620375103148991281038267108
45591,997227841151661111431159175126
50903,3402509312718412315812710183134
551,272,79527310113920113417313911191140
601,642,25029711015221914618815112099148
652,011,705320119164237158203163130107154
702,381,160344128176255169218175139115160
752,750,615367137188273181232187149123168
803,120,070391146200291193247199159131174
853,489,525414154212309204262211168139180
903,858,980438163224327216277223178147188
954,228,435461172236345228292235187155194
994,523,999480179246359237304245195161200

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