Musician

For a compendium of the musicians' locations and images, see Musician/locations.

Musician
Release date	9 June 2009 (Update)
Race	? (edit)
Members	No
Quest NPC	No
Location(s)	All across Gielinor
Shop	No
Gender	Male/Female
Actions	? (edit)
Examine	He's playing a mandolin. He's playing a doumbek. She's playing a violin. He plays charming music. She plays charming music. Fiddle de dee! What restful music! It looks like the original musician died a long time ago. She's beautiful. She bangs the drums. She plays music which synchronizes perfectly with the swings of pickaxes. He doesn't appreciate people marching through his district. She'll play the lute for a beer. He welcomes the waves. He only plays 'Wonder Gate'. He's better than Prince Brand. He looks lovelorn. A snake charmer. Chronicler and regaler of your piratical exploits. His music is beautiful. Her music is beautiful. She plays pipes. A call to arms for warriors past. You've heard better lute-playing.
Advanced data
NPC ID	? (edit)
Links	MRND
Infobox • Talk page

An elf plays aback the Isafdarian landscape.

Musicians (also known as bards) are NPCs who can be found in several different locations across Gielinor. They are marked on the minimap with

When listening to a musician, run energy restore rate is increased to 4 energy per second and life points are restored at 3 times the normal rate. In addition, if the player has completed One Piercing Note quest and wears the full set of Citharede robes, Prayer points will also be restored. This can be combined with prayers such as Rapid Heal to restore life points faster.

Locations

Location	Name	Appearance
Abbey of St. Elspeth Citharede South from the Abbey entrance	Valerio
Abbey of St. Elspeth Citharede South from the Abbey entrance	Musician (Abbey)
Abbey of St. Elspeth Citharede South from the Abbey entrance	Musician (Abbey)
Al Kharid Near gem shop	Musician (Al Kharid)
Al Kharid Shantay Pass	Musician (Shantay Pass)
Ardougne North from Port Khazard	Musician (Port Khazard)
Catherby Near the small obelisk	Musician (Catherby)
Darkmeyer In the middle of the second tier	Boris Barrington
Draynor Village Near jail	Musician (Draynor Village)
Edgeville Near monastery	Musician (Edgeville)
Falador Near northern crossroads	Musician (Falador)
Fremennik Province Near Mountain Camp	Musician (Mountain Camp)
Fremennik Province Rellekka	Musician (Rellekka)
Hemenster Near the entrance of Fishing Guild	Musician (Hemenster)
Isafdar In the middle of Isafdar near Hunter area	Elf musician
Karamja Near Tai Bwo Wannai general store	Musician (Tai Bwo Wannai)
Karamja South-west of Shilo Village	Musician (Shilo Village)
Lumbridge Near River Lum	Musician (Lumbridge)
Menaphos In the Worker District	Worker District Musician
Menaphos In the Imperial District	Imperial District Musician
Menaphos In the Ports District pub	Pub Musician
Menaphos In the Ports District	Port district musician
Menaphos In the Merchant District	Merchant district musician
Miscellania Near the wheat field	Musician (Miscellania)
Morytania South-east of Fenkenstrain's castle	Musician (Fenkenstrain's castle)
Morytania South-West of Nature Grotto	Bill Blakey
Piscatoris Near Kathy Corkat	Musician (Piscatoris)
Pollnivneach Near the bar	Badir the Snake Charmer
Port Sarim Near chicken farm	Musician (Port Sarim)
Port Sarim & Mos Le'Harmless The Rusty Anchor inn & The Other Inn	Bard Roberts
Prifddinas Iorwerth district, west of Morvran	Iorwerth musician
Prifddinas Cadarn district, near the max guild garden.	Cadarn musician
Prifddinas Meilyr district, near the harmony pillars.	Meilyr Musician
Prifddinas Hefin district, near the agility course entrance.	Hefin musician
Seers' Village West of Sinclair Mansion	Musician (Seers' Village)
Sophanem Right next to Pyramid plunder pyramid	Musician (Sophanem)
Varrock Near Cooks' Guild	Musician (Cooks' Guild)
Varrock Near Lumber Yard	Musician (Lumber Yard)
Varrock East of Rat Burgiss	Musician (Gower Farm)
Varrock In the south-west of the Grand Exchange	Musician (Grand Exchange)
Wilderness Near Red Dragon Isle	Ghostly Piper
Wilderness Near The Forgotten Cemetery	Drunken musician
Wilderness Near The old stealing creation	Goblin Musician
Yanille West of the city wall	Musician (Yanille)

Songs

Lute players - Harmony

Violin players - Spirit

Drum players

Flute players - Arabian

Accordion players - Norse Code

Drunken musician - Harmony

Ghostly piper

Lyre players - Rellekka

Elf musician - Forest

Dialogue

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Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included - see here for how to help out!

• patch 10 August 2015 (Update):
  • The drum being used by a drummer near the Khazari jungle.

• patch 26 August 2014 (Update):
  • Players will no longer slide if they click 'Listen-to Musician' from a distance.

• patch 5 February 2013 (Update):
  • Musicians no longer mention disease.

• patch 2 October 2012 (Update):
  • The Grand Exchange musician's 'Listen-to' and 'Talk-to' options are no longer the wrong way round.

• patch 19 September 2012 (Update):
  • "Rest" is now the left-click option on Musicians. This now will also work from a short distance away instead of walking the player up to the musician.

• patch 9 August 2011 (Update):
  • Musicians no longer talk about the run button being on the options interface.

• patch 6 October 2010 (Update):
  • Stopped musicians from appearing inside walls on the minimap.

• patch 10 August 2009 (Update):
  • Typo in musicians’ chat.

• patch 16 June 2009 (Update):
  • A rest NPC was confused about its gender in their examine info.

• update 9 June 2009 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

One of the many musicians around Gielinor.

• The musicians tell that the information about the curative effects of music was given to them by "a travelling medical practitioner, selling oil extracted from snakes." This is a reference to a "snake oil salesman," an expression for one who deceives the public by selling false cures. The musician, when asked, expresses clearly that music is not a true cure all, and cannot aid with such ailments as "[p]oison, lack of faith, and dismembered limbs."
• The musicians tell that their music cannot cure "a lack of faith", but with the release of the One Piercing Note quest, it is possible to restore prayer while listening to one.
• The Elf musician could possibly be a reference to Saria of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, as she bears a resemblence and is playing an ocarina. She is also sitting on a tree stump, just like the aforementioned character.
• The examine texts for the musician near the Tai Bwo Wannai general store and the one next to Shilo Village may be an allusion to the Stone Roses song, called She Bangs The Drums.
• The musician south of the Asgarnia Monastery appears to be wearing a similar costume to the lead minstrel in the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
• The Drunken musician near the Forgotten Cemetery in the Wilderness plays a slightly different adaption of Harmony compared to the other lute players. If you listen carefully, he plays a few wrong chords, and near the end of the song, speeds up the tempo erratically.