Overview
Music guide
Music is part support role, part atmosphere, and part community chaos.
Musicians used to be mostly about accuracy and reload buffs. Current 5.x notes changed that: musicians now provide movement-speed support, can buff every class, and have a much larger instrument and song ecosystem.
Current buff2.5% movement speed, stacking up to 5% with multiple musicians.
Current reachMusicians can buff all classes, including ship crew.
Instruments
The enum page currently lists these instrument types:
| Instrument | Where It Appears |
|---|---|
| Marching Drum | Musician class. |
| Fife | Musician class. |
| Violin | Musician class. |
| Bagpipes | British musician class. |
| Accordion | Naval factions / Age of Sail music. |
| Banjo | DLC unlockable musician instrument. |
| Bugle | DLC unlockable musician instrument. |
| Piano | Sapper buildable / world instrument. |
| Cello | Sapper buildable / later made available in Nations At War and American Revolution modes. |
| Gramophone | In-world Frontlines music. |
How musicians fit into the wider support role group.
Shouts, roleplay lines, naval phrases, and player communication.
Events, regiments, music, voice, community play, and custom servers.
Song Groups
The song enum list is long, so this page groups it by use instead of dumping every ID.
| Group | Examples / Notes |
|---|---|
| Nations At War marches | British, French, Prussian, Russian, Italian, Austrian, and general fife/drum pieces. |
| Bagpipe tunes | British bagpipe set including classics such as Scotland The Brave and related Highland tunes. |
| Violin, Cello, Piano | Chamber-style pieces, Frontlines pieces, and later Nations At War/American Revolution additions. |
| Frontlines gramophone | Allied and Central gramophone tracks. |
| Age of Sail accordion | Wellerman, Drunken Sailor, Randy Dandy Oh, and Leave Her Johnny. |
| Bugle | Alarm, Cavalry Charge, Fall In, General Salute, Reveille, Tattoo calls. |
| Banjo / American Revolution | Yankee Doodle, Girl I Left Behind Me, Cumberland Gap, Liberty, Revolutionary Tea, Koromanti, Soldier's Joy, and American fife/drum tunes. |
If you need the exact song ID, use Instrument Songs on the enum page.
Midi & Custom Music
Age of Sail added a custom musical note system and midi playback through the in-game instruments using /playsong. Later 5.x updates expanded the interface with:
- A UI panel to play midi songs.
- Drone key selection for bagpipes.
- Midi channel assignment for band playback.
- A separate audio slider for custom music.
- Improved midi band syncing.
- Fixes for custom music notes interfering with other sounds.
Use these tools with some restraint. They are great for events and roleplay, but they can become noise if they drown out officers, captains, or VoIP.
Etiquette
Good musicians make the round better.
- Stay near the group you are supporting.
- Do not block doors, cannons, ladders, spawn exits, or ship wheels.
- Keep VoIP music and external audio under control.
- In events, follow the organizer's music rules.
- On ships, listen for the Captain before turning the deck into a concert.
Release Notes Check
Important music updates reflected here:
- 0.40: Older musician accuracy bonus was raised to 8%, stacking to 12%.
- 1.x: New faction tunes and seasonal piano music appeared across several updates.
- 3.x: Music player UI fixes landed for Steam Deck and controller navigation.
- 4.00: Accordion, sea shanties, karaoke, custom notes, and midi playback were added.
- 5.00: Musician buffs changed to movement speed, stacking up to 5%, and now affect all classes including ship crew.
- 5.00: Cello songs, banjo, bugle, midi panel, custom music slider, and band playback options were added or expanded.
- 5.10-5.20: Musician assist score, midi restart, custom notes, and band sync issues received fixes.