Bards should consider:

Heroic Agility (for evasion AC)
Heroic Stamina (Mitigation)
AC (Armor Class)
HP (Hit Points)
Heroic Dexterity  – Optional
Weapon Augments – Optional
Heroic Strength – Optional
Attack/Haste – Optional
Mana Regen – Optional

This guide will focus mostly on Slot Type 8 Augments (Raid Gear PoTime +) with the occasional Type 7 (Group Gear).

**This Guide is for LDoN Raid Augments ONLY — Vendor Items bought augments for points are mostly not included unless they are ultra important or unique (For example, Warrior Aggro Procs are included)**

Items generally will be listed from best to worst in each section (For example +70 HP augments will be listed above +50).

Everyone prefers something different so get what works best for your setup. Bards are highly flexible and not much is really “required”. Prioritize Heroic Agility, Heroic Stamina, and AC.

 

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Heroic Agility

Bloodstone of Blinding Strikes
+7 Heroic Agility (Type 8) – Butcherblock: Struggles within the Progeny

Heroic Stamina

Enchanted Jewel of Shielding
+3 Heroic Stamina (Type 8) – Everfrost: Folly of Miragul’s Ambition

Enchanted Orb of Defense
+2 Heroic Stamina (Type 8) – Butcherblock: Struggles within the Progeny

AC (Armor Class)

Frosty Gem of Enhanced Protection
35 AC (Multiple Type) – Everfrost: Frozen Nightmare

Guardian’s Stone of Enhanced Protection
30 AC (Type 8) – Butcherblock: Struggles within the Progeny

Experimental Gem of Enhanced Protection
25 AC (Type 8) – Commonlands: Hidden Vale of Deceit

Yenner’s Rock of Enhanced Protection
25 AC (Type 8) – Commonlands: Prison Break

 

HP (Hit Points)

Gauntlet Stone of Fortitude
+70 HP (Type 8) – Everfrost: Folly of Miragul’s Ambition

Slime Covered Stone of Life
+70 HP (Type 8) – South Ro: Ritualist of Hate

Slime-Soaked Jewel
+70 HP (Type 8) – South Ro: The Curse Reborn

Unala’s Jewel of Life
+70 HP (Type 8) – North Ro: Within the Compact

Bloodied Gravestone Fragment
+50 HP (Multiple Type) – Butcherblock: Scion Lair of Fury

Froststone of Health
+50 HP (Multiple Type) – Everfrost: Frozen Nightmare

Lich’s Shard of Vitality
+50 HP (Multiple Type) – South Ro: The Rescue

Scion’s Shard of Death Chants
+50 HP (Multiple Type) – Butcherblock: Scion Lair of Fury

Ancient Ice Shard of Life
+50 HP (Type 7) – Everfrost: Spider Den

Flowkeeper’s Shard of Vitality
+50 HP (Type 7) – North Ro: Sunken Library

Heroic Dexterity

Focused Prism of Accuracy
+3 Heroic Dexterity (Type 8) – South Ro: The Curse Reborn

Glowing Stone of Precision
+3 Heroic Dexterity (Type 8) – South Ro: Ritualist of Hate

Researcher’s Exacting Ore
+3 Heroic Dexterity (Type 8) – Commonlands: Hidden Vale of Deceit

Jagged Froststone of Enchantments
+2 Heroic Dexterity (Type 8) – Everfrost: Folly of Miragul’s Ambition

Warden’s Stone of Prowess
+2 Heroic Dexterity (Type 8) – Commonlands: Prison Break

Damage Augments

 

Enhanced Gem of the First Witness
+2 Damage: 1-Hand Slashing (Type 8) – South Ro: The Curse Reborn

Ritana’s Sandstone of Prowess
+2 Damage: 1-Hand Blunt (Type 8) – North Ro: Within the Compact

Enhanced Gem of the First Witness
+1 Damage/+1 Poison Damage: 1-Hand Piercing (Type 8) – Commonlands: Hidden Vale of Deceit

 

Shard of Eternal Pain
Pet Proc (Type 8) – South Ro: Ritualist of Hate

 

Heroic Strength

Burning Acid Shard
+4 Heroic Strength (Type 8) – South Ro: Ritualist of Hate

Enchanted Orb of Hardened Mud
+4 Heroic Strength (Type 8) – South Ro: The Curse Reborn

Geomantic Compact Chanting Stone
+4 Heroic Strength (Type 8) – North Ro: Within the Compact

Nightstone of the Vampire Slayer
+4 Heroic Strength (Type 8) – Butcherblock: Struggles within the Progeny

Sharp-Edged Pearl Shard
+4 Heroic Strength (Type 8) – Commonlands: Prison Break

Enchanted Stone of Burning Rage
+4 Heroic Strength (Type 3) – South Ro: Ritualist of Hate

Gleaming Sandstone of Deflection
+2 Heroic Strength (Type 3) – North Ro Merchant: 760 Points

Shard of Burning Ooze
+2 Heroic Strength (Type 3) – Butcherblock: South Ro: The Rescue

Shard of Shrunken Bone
+2 Heroic Strength (Type 3) – Everfrost: Frozen Nightmare

Sharp Gravestone Shard
+2 Heroic Strength (Type 3) – Butcherblock: Scion Lair of Fury

 

Attack and Haste

Haste and Attack Augments
+20 Attack/40% Haste – See Screenshot for drop locations

Attack Augments Type 8
+25 Attack (Type 8) – See Screenshot for drop locations

Attack Augments Type 3
+20 Attack (Type 3) – See Screenshot for drop locations

 

Mana Regen

Ooze-Covered Stone
+3 Mana Regen (Type 8) – South Ro: Ritualist of Hate

Smooth Stone of Blissful Tranquility
+3 Mana Regen (Type 8) – Commonlands: Hidden Vale of Deceit

Tweyne’s Condensed Tidal Sands
+3 Mana Regen (Type 8) – North Ro: Within the Compact

Velrek’s Shimmering Thought Stone
+3 Mana Regen (Type 8) – Commonlands: Prison Break