Once you choose Musician as your Culture Life Skill you gain the ability to 'play music' under your Life Skill Menu.
Starting playing opens a new screen with a timed mini game that is similar to Guitar Hero. Two groups of keys will be randomly generated: one group will be chosen from the letter combinations I+J, O+K and P+L and the other from A+Z, S+X and D+C (as you can see, they are keys that are vertical to each other on each side of your keyboard).
When the blue musical notes pass through these letter combinations, you must press the correct key on the keyboard and the notes will disappear; failing to do this will be counted as a mistake.
The 5 green lights at the bottom of the playing interface indicate how many times players are allowed to miss targets; when all lights are off, players will fail the mini game. These lights will turn off under 2 circumstances:
- missing 1 note (1 light goes off)
- blank shots accumulated up to a certain number, depending on the difficulty level of the tune; blank shot = pressing a wrong key or pressing a key when there are no notes. (1 light goes off)
To the right of the playing interface there is a time bar which shows the progress of the current song. The bar will fill blue as time goes on; when it is full and provided you didn't use up your miscounts, you will be successful in playing the tune.
There are two ways of playing music:
- Practice Mode (large Qin): activated by clicking 'Play music' next to the tune in your music book. Once you complete playing the score you gain experience and rank points as a Musician.
- Battle Mode (small Qin): activated by playing a tune from the shortcut bar. This adds Buffs to teammates or Debuffs to enemies but does not increase musical experience. To add a song to your shortcut bar, drag the song icon from the music book to an empty slot on the bar.
Upon learning the skill, the player will receive the title Music Novice and can perform the Musician Daily Task. To use the life skill, the player must have a qin (more accurate guqin = ancient long chinese zither without frets and bridges) in the backpack. The quality of the Qin will not affect the amount of XP gained from practising (or the strength of the buff/debuff), only how much durability it has (how many songs you can play before it falls to pieces).
Note: At the current time (05 June 2013) it appears that debuff songs (those that affect the enemy) do NOT work. extensive testing within the guild (using duels, Jianghu mode PKs, guild war, and school war) has been unable to land a debuff on anyone. This includes letting the songs play to completion. As such, it is best to focus on songs that buff your team mates.
Abilities[]
Play Music
Identities[]
Identity Name | Life Skills XP Needed |
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Music Novice | 1 |
Music Apprentice | 1200 |
Music Journeyman | 4080 |
Music Expert | 9840 |
Music Artisan | 19440 |
Illustrious Musician | 36600 |
Master Musician | 65400 |
Grand Master Musician | 113400 |
Legendary Musician | 188400 |
Hint: Reaching a certain identity will activate additional effects for songs. These include:
- stronger effect
- play song automatically
Which identity if any will trigger these effects is dependant on the song, and is stated in the tooltip for the song (hover the mouse cursor over the song icon).
At this time, many (all?) of the skills that state the the music can be played automatically in battle, and the player may still use skills do not actually allow for the use of combat skills. The mini game must still be played to give the buff or debuff effect.
Songs and their Effects[]
Name | Effect | Experience | Length |
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Gong, Shang, Jue, Zhi, Yu | Increase teammates' Brawn by 13 | 32 | 0:43 |
Qing Yue | Increase teammates' Balance by 13 | 32 | 0:43 |
Grace and Joy | Increase teammates' Breath by 13 | 32 | 0:43 |
Yan Music | Increase teammates' Spirit by 13 | 32 | 0:42 |
Pound The Clothes - Prelusion | Increase teammates' Stamina by 13 | 42 | 1:52 |
Pound The Clothes - Interval | Increase teammates' Internal skill defense by 400 | 42 | 1:51 |
Pound The Clothes - Postlude | Increase teammates' External skill defense by 1400 | 42 | 1:52 |
Dialog between Fisherman and Woodcutter - Prelude | Increase teammates' Movement speed by 20% | 42 | 2:06 |
Dialog between Fisherman and Woodcutter - Interlude | Increase teammates' Hit Rate by 15% | 42 | 2:06 |
Dialog between Fisherman and Woodcutter - Coda | Increase teammates' Dodge Rate by 11% | 42 | 2:07 |
Liezi Controls The Wind - Prelude | Increase teammates' Critical Hit Rate by 9% | 42 | |
Liezi Controls The Wind - Interlude | teammates' HP recovered by 20 per second | 42 | |
Liezi Controls The Wind - Coda | teammates' Internal force recovered by 14 per second | 42 | |
The Seagull Forgets Deception - Prelude | Increase teammates' basic HP Max by 400 | 57 | |
The Seagull Forgets Deception - Interlude | Increase teammates' basic Internal force Max by 200 | 57 | |
The Seagull Forgets Deception - Coda | decrease enemy's Brawn by 10 | 57 | 1:22 |
Pei Lan - Prelude | decrease enemy's Balance by 10 | 57 | |
Pei Lan - Interlude | decrease enemy's Breath by 10 | 57 | |
Pei Lan - Coda | decrease enemy's Spirit by 10 | 57 | |
Song of Chu - Prelude | decrease enemy's Stamine by 10 | 65 | |
Song of Chu - Coda | decrease enemy's Internal skill defense by 500 | 65 | |
Huaxuyin | decrease enemy's External skill defense by 1100 | 65 | 2:07 |
The Song of Kan - Prelude | decrease enemy's Movement speed by 16% | 65 | |
The Song of Kan - Interlude | decrease enemy's Hit Rate by 10% | 65 | |
The Song of Kan - Coda | decrease enemy's Dodge Rate by 7% | 65 | |
Deer Calling - Prelude | decrease enemy's Critical Hit Rate by 6% | 65 | |
Deer Calling - Coda | decrease enemy's Internal force by 14 every 3 seconds | 65 | |
Fall of The Plum-Blossom - Prelude | Increase teammates' basic HP Max by 300, Stamina by 8 | 87 | |
Fall of The Plum-Blossom - Coda | Increase teammates' basic Internal force Max by 150, Breath by 8 | 87 | 1:45 |
Autumn Song - Prelude | Increase teammates' basic HP Max by 300, HP recovered by 16 per second | 87 | |
Autumn Song - Interlude | Increase teammates' basic Internal force Max by 150, Internal force recovered by 13 per second | 87 | |
Autumn Song - Coda | Increase teammates' Movement speed by 15%, Dodge Rate by 10% | 87 | |
Plant Leaves In Autumn Wind - Prelude | Increase teammates' Brawn by 8, Critical hit rate by 7% | 87 | |
Plant Leaves In Autumn Wind - Code | Increase teammates' Balance by 8, Hit rate rate by 12% | 87 | |
Xiaoxing Water And Cloud - Prelude | Increase teammates' Spirit by 8, Energy by 13 per second | 10 | |
Xiaoxing Water And Cloud - Interlude | Increase teammates' External Parry by 1100, HP by 16 per second | ?? | ?? |
Xiaoxing Water And Cloud - Coda | Increase teammates' Brawn by 8, Balance by 8 | 110 | |
Returning Home - Prelude | Increase teammates' Balance by 8, Stamina by 8 | 110 | |
Returning Home - Interlude | Increase teammates' Stamina by 8, Brawn by 8 | 110 | |
Returning Home - Coda | Increase teammates' Breath by 8, Spirit by 8 | 110 | |
Solitary Orchid In Stone Tablet Mode - Prelude | decrease enemy's basic HP Max by 130, Stamina by 7 | 132 | 2:07 |
Solitary Orchid In Stone Tablet Mode - Interlude | decrease enemy's basic Internal force Max by 65, Breath by 7 | 132 | |
Solitary Orchid In Stone Tablet Mode - Coda | decrease enemy's basic Internal force Max by 65, Internal force by 11 every 3 seconds | 132 | |
Mania | decrease enemy's Movement speed by 13%, Evasion rate by 9% | 132 | |
The Song of Flying Dragon - Prelude | decrease enemy's Brawn by 7, Critical Hit Rate by 6% | 155 | |
The Song of Flying Dragon - Interlude | decrease enemy's Balance by 7, Hit Rate by 10% | 155 | 1:42 |
The Song of Flying Dragon - Coda | decrease enemy's basic Spirit by 7, Internal force by 11 every 3 seconds | 155 | 2:04 |
Midnight Crow - Prelude | decrease enemy's Brawn by 7, Balance by 7 | 155 | |
Midnight Crow - Interlude | decrease enemy's Stamina by 7, Hit Rate by 10% | 155 | |
Midnight Crow - Coda | decrease enemy's Brawn by 7, Stamina by 7 | 155 | |
Early Spring - Prelude | Increase teammates' basic HP Max by 240, External skill defense by 1000, Dodge Rate by 9% | 185 | |
Early Spring - Interlude | Increase teammates' basic Internal force Max by 120, Hit Rate by 11%, Critical Hit Rate by 6% | 185 | 2:08 |
Early Spring - Coda | decrease enemy's all basic attributes by 5, Brawn by 7 | 185 | |
A Parting Tune With A Thrice Repeated Refrain - Prelude | decrease enemy's Internal force by 2% every 3 seconds | 185 | |
A Parting Tune With A Thrice Repeated Refrain - Interlude | decrease enemy's basic HP Max by 100, External skill defense by 800, Dodge Rate by 7% | 200 |
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Yangguan Sandie End Song | decrease enemy's basic Internal force Max by 50, Hit Rate by 9%, Critical Hit Rate by 4% | 200 | 1:53 |
Mo-Tse's Sadness - Coda (should be Prelude) | Increase teammates' all basic attributes by 7 | 185 | ?? |
Mo-Tse's Sadness - Interlude | Recover teammates' HP 2% every 2 seconds | 185 | ?? |
Mo-Tse's Sadness - Coda | Recover teammates'Energy 2% every 3 seconds | 185 | |
Tall Mounts And Flowing River - Prelude | Recover teammates' HP by 25/second, Energy by 15/second | 200 | 1:57 |
Tall Mounts And Flowing River - Interlude | Increase teammates' HP Max by 360, Energy Max by 180 | 200 | |
Tall Mounts And Flowing River - (3) | Increase teammates' all basic attributes by 10 | 200 | |
Imperial Concubine Xiang's Sadness | Decrease enemy's Breath by 7, Spirit by 7 | ?? | ?? |
Lofty Mountains and Flowing Water - Prelude | Recover teammates' HP 25 each second, recover Energy by 15 each second. | 200 | 2:45 |
Lofty Mountains and Flowing Water - Interlude | Increase teammates' HP Max by 360, Energy by 180 | 200 |
2:20 |
Lofty Mountains and Flowing Water - (3) | Increase teammates' all attributes by 10 | 200 | 2:35 |
Daily Tasks[]
Note: "Pound the Clothes - Postlude" and "Dialog Between Fisherman And Woodcutter - Prelude" can be bought at Musician shifu at Scholars (532,448).
Identity | Song to play (once) | Reward | Life Skill Experience |
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Music Novice | Gong, Shang, Jue, Zhi, Yu | Musician's Letter 1 | 150 |
Music Apprentice | Qing Yue | Musician's Letter 2 | 180 |
Music Journeyman | Grace and Joy - 'Yale' in Task Tracker | Musician's Letter 3 | 240 |
Music Expert | Yan Music - 'Yanle' in Task Tracker | Musician's Letter 4 | 300 |
Music Artisan | Pound the Clothes - Prelusion | Musician's Letter 5 | 390 |
Illustrious Musician | Pound the Clothes - Interval | Musician's Letter 6 | 480 |
Master Musician | Pound the Clothes - Postlude | Musician's Letter 7 | 600 |
Grand Master Musician |
Dialog Between Fisherman And Woodcutter - Prelude |
Musician's Letter 8 | 750 |