Bard Hotbar Layouts and Guides
This page lists all player-created Hotbar (HB) and Cross Hotbar (XHB) layouts and keybinding setup guides for the Bard job in Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail.
BRDBard
The word “bard” ordinarily puts folk in mind of those itinerant minstrels, fair of voice and nimble of finger, who earn their coin performing in taverns and the halls of great lords. Few know, however, that bards in fact trace their origins back to the bowmen of eld, who sang in the heat of battle to fortify the spirits of their companions.
In time, their impassioned songs came to hold sway over the hearts of men, inspiring their comrades to great feats and granting peace unto those who lay upon the precipice of death.
Bard - PvP Edition
Hey everyone! This is my pvp hotbar for my bard! Since some these actions can only be cast under the effect of repertoire ill note what the normal buttons are (they dont seem to be available in the icon page
Blast Arrow -> Apex Arrow | Empyreal Arrow -> Harmonic Arrow | Pitch Perfect -> Powerful Shot | Final Fantasia -> Encore of Light |
LV 100 BRD Hotbar
'Twas I who fought the dragon
Bard
These are my BRD hotbars, very much a WIP, Hopefully you enjoy :)
Almost Entirely Based on kazazel's BRD MMO: https://www.xivbars.com/job/BRD/5551
BRD
Valen Bree
Da'Momo's Bard
I created my chotbars to be comfortable, practical, and aesthetic.(to me anyway) Nearly all same/similar skills are in the same position across all jobs/roles while allowing for as little finger gymnastics as possible.
My XHB is split between chotbars 2(left) and 7(right)
DoW - XHB - BRD
Just copied Nanaki's
bard 7.0
my weird layout mapped to 1,2,3,4,q,e,r,t,f,g,c,v
BRD 7.05
Updated for Dawntrail
Buttons consistent for similar job actions (Dye = Potion)
BRD50
Lv50 Hotbar for Bard.
BRD MMO
MMO mouse setup with modifiers.
Bard
Bard
Bard Bars
Keybinds for those interested.
I use an mmo mouse so 1-6 on all bars are pressed on the mouse, uisng shift and ctrl for bar 2 and 3. The latter 6 on all bars are pressed uisng the keyboard and shift/ctrl.
BRD 7.0
I show Cross Hotbar 3 (Left) with both of the expanded trigger controls, so you can easily add in another 8 actions if you prefer, I use XHB 8 as a shared bar between all classes for traversal and general actions outside of combat. Role actions are consistent among my layouts, and so are general actions. The macro icon is a placeholder for a Tincture/Gemdraught.
FF14: BRD-7.0
Single Target (L)
Mobs (R)
4x3 Bars - Level 90
Bottom bar has no modifiers Middle bar has control modifier Top bar has shift modifier
Bar 1: 1 2 3 4 Bar 2: Q E R X Bar 3: F C V T
FFXIV EW BRD LG G600
Playing with an LG G600 MMO mouse.
Group 1 is standard 1-9 Group 2 is Shift + 1-12 - (DEX POT is the heart macro) Group 3 is Ctrl + 1-12
BRD Dawntrail
No changes
BRD 7.0
Current WIP for updated hotbars in 7.0, focusing on minimising swapping hotbars in combat and keeping visual clarity on relevant buff cooldowns and maximising consistency across all jobs. Bar 1 is for single target, and Bar 2 for AoE.
The Glamour Plate button is being used in place of the newly added skill as needed, and the dye represents potion. Sprint and LB are macroed to L3/R3 respectively.
7.0 BRD
Auto-attack is Pitch Perfect. Keep that seperate.
Gain Resonant Arrow as a follow-up from Barrage. (Uncouple as a follow-up. Down arrow macro icon as placeholder.)
Radulf Rushe BRD 100
Waiting for the new action images to get added in to fully get this good
Make sure to change Double tap L2 to "Cross Hotbar 4 - Left" and Double tap R2 to "Cross Hotbar 4 - Right"
Endwalker BRD
Endwalker Lvl90 Bard
Kathryn Brd hotbar
Somewhat adjusted in game
Bard Level 73 setup
Have Sprint, Peleton, Mount, Return, and Teleport on separate hidden hotbars utilizing hotbars 1-10 for Stream Deck.
BRD 3*4 MMO Mouse Hotbar Layout
Description
Core / Frequent Action items focused on Hotbar 1 (ST 1-6 & AoE 7-12)
Secondary Actions/Buffs/Debuffs found on Hotbars 2 and 3Keybinds
- HB1: 1-9, 0. -. =
- HB2: Ctrl + 1-9, 0, -, =
- HB2: Shift + 1-9, 0, -, =
BRD from Bun Boss
From bun boss video but slightly modified
Bard
Bars 1-2 are on the number row (1 through =), with 2 being Ctrl+[key]. The general idea being either that the action on bar 1 leads to that on bar 2, or bar 2 is bar 1 but AoE or stronger or something of the sort. Bars 3-4 are on the numpad, and doubly so mapped on the side buttons on my mouse, with 4 being Ctrl+[key], although bar 4 is generally just assorted things for all classes to use.
Noko Steamdeck Bard
How I set up my crossbars as a bard on steamdeck (Currently level ~65)
I try to play every classes/jobs, thus I tend to reuse same slots for same "functionality" across jobs.
BRD Lv90
Bard Cross Hotbar setup based from Bun Boss FFXIV on Youtube as of Jun 30, 2022 (except expanded XHB which I regularly access).
Rainbows BRD XHB
I'm a small streamer that loves FFXIV and many other things. The XHBs I publish are solely how I personally like to organize my Hotbars when on the controller! Feel free to use them if you too like them! Some are thrown together and some are planned out.
BRD - Baseline
BRD as of 6.4
Bard
Bard in progress
Kreeger's Bard
The XHB setup I use for my Bard. 1-3 are unique to BRD, all else are shared between all jobs. XHB4's LT->RT pane is a selection of emotes. XHB7 is my job selector.
EW BRD
6.3
bard
1