Bard BiS List for Kunark Expansion

This page is my BiS (Best in Slot) list for Bards in Classic Everquest. I created this guide in 2024 after the Tower was released, this is a new zone which is available on Progression servers and it gives you an entire set of very powerful non-vis gear in early eras. For this reason I will have a (Pre-Tower) note for some items which let you know it was BiS before Tower. This makes the BiS list still useful for private servers.

Bards will typically want a full set of instruments to increase the effectiveness of their favorite songs along with Haste and an item to pull enemies. If you're in a raiding guild you may also want to get some resist gear for when you pull and raid. As far as stats go you'll want AC, HP, Stamina, Strength and Dexterity. Everyone has their favorite but I would recommend the first three because keeping yourself alive is most important.

Weapon Slots

All Instruments: Singing Short Sword (Dreadlands Bard Epic: Singing Short Sword Quest)

Percussion 14: Selo`s Drums of the March (Severilous in Emerald Jungle, Talendor in Skyfire Mountains, Faydedar in Timorous Deep)

String 14: Kelin`s Seven Stringed Lute (Maestro of Rancor in Plane of Hate)

String 15: Lyran’s Mystical Lute (Kluzen the Protector or Silverwing in Veeshan's Peak)

Brass 14: McVaxius` Horn of War (Gorenaire in Dreadlands, Severilous in Emerald Jungle, Talendor in Skyfire Mountains, or Faydedar in Timorous Deep)

Brass 15: Denon’s Horn of Disaster (Plane of Sky Bard Test of Brass Quest)

Wind 12: Ervaj`s Flute of Flight (PoSky Bard Quest)

Wind 12: Unicorn Horn (Equestrielle the Corrupted in Lesser Faydark)

Wind 14: Lyssa`s Darkwood Piccolo (Dread, Fright and Terror in Plane of Fear)

Primary: Singing Short Sword (Bard Epic: Singing Short Sword)

Secondary: Claw of Phara Dar (Elder Ekron and Phara Dar in Veeshan's Peak)

Range: Idol of the Thorned (Chief RokGus in Frontier Mountains)

Ammo: N/A

Visible Slots

Arms: Blazing Vambraces (Zordakalicus Ragefire in Nagafen's Lair)

Chest: Singing Steel Breastplate (Trakanon in Old Sebilis)

Feet: Grey Suede Boots (Blood-Thirsty Racnor or Hoshkar in Veeshan's Peak)

Hands: Blazing Gauntlets of Fennin Ro (Zordakalicus Ragefire in Skyfire Mountains)

Head: Crown of Rile (Elder Ekron or Phara Dar in Veeshan's Peal)

Legs: Singing Steel Greaves (Venril Sathir in Karnor's Castle)

Wrist (1): Spirit Wracked Cord (Spirit Wracked Cord Quest or Grand Lorekeeper Kino Shai`din in Chardok)

Wrist (2): Dragon Hero Bracer (Gorenaire in Dreadlands, Severilous in Emerald Jungle, Talendor in Skyfire Mountains, Faydedar in Timorous Deep)

(Tower BiS) Non-Vis Slots

This section includes the best in slot items that come from Tower (aka Tides of Time), a dungeon added in 2024 which is available on the TLP servers. You can purchase a full set of non-vis armor from Tower which gets upgrades every 10 levels. During this era of EQ the best tower gear has the prefix "Outstanding"; in order to make this gear BiS though you'll need to purchase the augs that go with it too. Each piece of gear from Tower has a slot 25, you'll need to put an aug in this slot to make the Tower gear exceptional.

If you're a melee class you'll want to use the aug with Vigorous on it. Casters will want to choose the aug with Brilliant on it.

Back: Outstanding Cloak of Distant Echoes

Charm: Outstanding Charm of Distant Echoes

Earring (1): Outstanding Stud of Distant Echoes

Earring (2): Outstanding Stud of Distant Echoes

Face: Outstanding Mask of Distant Echoes

Fingers (1): Outstanding Ring of Distant Echoes

Fingers (2): Outstanding Band of Distant Echoes

Neck: Outstanding Neck of Distant Echoes

Shoulders: Outstanding Shawl of Distant Echoes

Waist(No Haste): Outstanding Belt of Distant Echoes

Note: Allakhazam doesn't have links to this level tower gear atm, they have spotty database links to all of the Tower gear from what I have seen.