The Minstrel III: The Bard

The Minstrel III: The Bard is a Legendary Weapons collection achievement to gain the precursor weapon, The Bard, for the legendary focus, The Minstrel. This collection is the third step to obtain the precursor.

Achievement

The Minstrel III: The Bard	Legendary Weapons	3
From the forge of criticism emerges the glory of performance, where one learns of the vast wonder of the world of music. Tyria is alive with music if one only takes the time to focus upon it. Gather these songs in your journey to create the legendary precursor The Bard. Prerequisite: Historian of the Armaments Unlock Item: Perfected Focus Reward: Chest of Performance Collection	Collected 1 Items	1
	Collected 33 Items	2

Collection items

	Collectible	Type	Subtype	Zone	Notes
1	Quaggan's Pearl	Item	Trophy	Caledon Forest	Play the Quaggan Pipe Organ of Soggorsort in the Caledon Forest perfectly, and collect this pearl from the clamshell chest.
2	Sky Performance	Item	Trophy	Mount Maelstrom	Perform a Flip-Spin-Double-Flip using the Cantle of Sky diving goggles in Mount Maelstrom.
3	Sun Performance	Item	Trophy	Mount Maelstrom	Perform a Double Flip, Spin, Flip using the Cantle of Sun diving goggles in Mount Maelstrom.
4	Mausollus Performance	Item	Trophy	Cursed Shore	Perform a Spin-Flip using the Mausollus Sea diving goggles in Cursed Shore.
5	Verdance Performance	Item	Trophy	Cursed Shore	Perform a Flip using the Cathedral of Verdance diving goggles in Cursed Shore.
6	Zephyrs Performance	Item	Trophy	Malchor's Leap	Perform a Flip-Spin-Triple-Flip using the Cathedral of Zephyrs diving goggles in Malchor's Leap.
7	Vizier's Performance	Item	Trophy	Straits of Devastation	Perform a Flip using the Vizier's Tower diving goggles in Straits of Devastation.
8	Shattered Performance	Item	Trophy	Frostgorge Sound	Perform a Spin-Flip using the Shattered Ice Ruins diving goggles in Frostgorge Sound.
9	Sipedon Performance	Item	Trophy	Timberline Falls	Perform a Flip-Spin-Flip using the Sipedon Deeps diving goggles in Timberline Falls.
10	Learn the Minstrel's Song	Item	Trophy	Cursed Shore	Learn the Minstrel's Song from Maklain the Minstrel in Cursed Shore.
11	Ode to Mai Trin	Item	Trophy	Fractal	Perform the Minstrel's Song after defeating Mai Trin in her boss Fractal.
12	Ode to the High Wizard	Item	Trophy	Cursed Shore	Perform the Minstrel's Song after defeating the Risen High Wizard in The Narthex in Cursed Shore.
13	Ode to Ascalon	Item	Trophy	Plains of Ashford	Perform the Minstrel's Song in the chest room of Human's Lament in the Plains of Ashford.
14	Ode to the Shiny	Item	Trophy	Caledon Forest	Perform the Minstrel's Song after breaking the Sacred Skritt Shiny, deep in the Ruins of the Unseen in Caledon Forest.
15	Ode to Morgan	Item	Trophy	Caledon Forest	Perform the Minstrel's Song on the landing at the top of Morgan's Spiral in Caledon Forest.
16	Ode to Ironhammer	Item	Trophy	Snowden Drifts	Perform the Minstrel's Song in the treasure room of King Jalis' Refuge in Snowden Drifts.
17	Uzolan's Song	Item	Trophy	Divinity's Reach	Talk to Serra Birdsong about Uzolan's Mechanical Orchestra in Divinity's Reach.
18	Covington's Sea Song	Item	Trophy	Bloodtide Coast	Collect the sheet music for Covington's Sea Song from her treasure chest in Bloodtide Coast.
19	Jackdaw's Shanty	Item	Trophy	Gendarran Fields	Collect the sheet music for Jackdaw's Song from Jackdaw Pirates.
20	Wiley's Work Song	Item	Trophy	Gendarran Fields	Collect the sheet music for Wiley's Work Song from Wiley Pirates.
21	Captain Penzan's Song	Item	Trophy	Bloodtide Coast	Listen to Captain Penzan perform his song after defending him while he recovers his hidden treasure in Bloodtide Coast.
22	Coddler's Song	Item	Trophy	Timberline Falls	Collect the sheet music for the Coddler's Song from the Coddler's Cove chest in Timberline Falls.
23	Anya's Song	Item	Trophy	Diessa Plateau	Collect the sheet music for Anya's Song by talking to the charr cub hiding in the junkyard at the Town of Nolan in Diessa Plateau.
24	Peneloopee's Song	Item	Trophy	Lion's Arch	Collect the sheet music for Peneloopee's Song by talking to her in Lion's Arch.
25	Song of the Moletariate	Item	Trophy	Fractal	Collect the sheet music for the Song of the Moletariate from the Underground Facility Fractal chest.
26	The Evening Song	Item	Trophy	Lornar's Pass	Read the book in the Durmand Priory basement.
27	Weather the Storm	Item	Trophy	—	Complete the History Buff achievement to receive the Sea of Sorrows book.
28	Burrisson's Ditty	Item	Trophy	Wayfarer Foothills	Collect the sheet music for Burrisson's Ditty by talking to him at the Zelechor Hot Springs in Wayfarer Foothills.
29	Song of the Zephyrites	Item	Gizmo	Dry Top	Find a Zephyrites Music Box in a Buried Locked Chest in Dry Top and listen to some of the Song of the Zephyrites.
30	Song of the Pale Tree	Item	Trophy	The Grove	Kneel in front of the Avatar of the Pale Tree and listen to her song.
31	The Alluring Song of Meat	Item	Trophy	Diessa Plateau	Collect the sheet music for the Alluring Song of Meat by defeating Roj the Rowdy Butcher on the Blasted Moors of the Diessa Plateau.
32	The Minstrel Vol. 3	Item	Trophy	—	Purchased from Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs after training the Historian of the Armaments ability in the Legendary Crafting Mastery Track.
33	Perfected Focus	Item	Focus	—	Salvage this weapon to receive its spirit, needed to craft the next tier of this legendary precursor.

Notes

• The Prototype Position Rewinder or Jade Tech Waypoint can save you a lot of time for the performance parts of the collection, as you won't have to run back to the diving goggles everytime you fail.

Related collections

• The Minstrel I: The Experimental Focus
• The Minstrel II: The Perfected Focus