Octopath Traveler 0 Jobs Guide: Best Jobs And Skills to Use

Octopath Traveler 0 features the series' signature Job system, but with some twists that fundamentally change how it works. Here's everything you need to know about it and the best Skills and Jobs to use.

Job System: Explained

Octopath Traveler 0 Job system allows the protagonist to unlock and use eight different Jobs, which act as traditional RPG classes with unique skills.

To change Protagonist's Jobs:

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1. Press Triangle (PlayStation) / Y (Xbox) / X (Nintendo Switch) to enter the Main Menu
2. Select the Skills tab in the Main Menu
3. Select Protagonist's Jobs
4. Pick your Job

Only the protagonist can change Jobs. Every other traveler belongs to a preset Job that cannot be changed.

JP Cost Progression

The cost to learn Battle Skills is not static; it increases progressively as you learn more skills within a single Job, making later skills significantly more expensive. The first two skills are unlocked automatically.

Skill Learned	JP Cost
1st Learned Battle Skill	30 JP
2nd Learned Battle Skill	100 JP
3rd Learned Battle Skill (Unlocks new Job)	300 JP
4th Learned Battle Skill	800 JP
5th Learned Battle Skill	1,500 JP

Support Skills, on the other hand, are unlocked automatically as you unlock more Battle Skills.

Support Skill Slot	Battle Skills Required to Unlock
Support Skill 1	Unlocked after learning 4 Battle Skills
Support Skill 2	Unlocked after learning 5 Battle Skills
Support Skill 3	Unlocked after learning 6 Battle Skills
Support Skill 4	Unlocked after learning 7 Battle Skills

All Protagonist's Jobs

After playing through most of the intro, you will be allowed to pick your starter Job among eight options. To unlock another Job, you will have to learn three skills for your last unlocked Job. This requires a total of 430 JP (30 JP for the first skill, 100 for the second, 300 for the third).

Job Class	Weapons	Primary Focus
Warrior	Swords, Spears	Physical Attack, High Defense
Merchant	Spears, Bows	Leaf and JP earning abilities, support focus
Thief	Swords, Daggers	Steals HP, SP, items, high speed
Apothecary	Axes, Tomes	Healing focus with decent Physical and Elemental damage
Hunter	Bows, Axes	High agility, great at inflicting status ailments
Cleric	Staves, Fans	Magic focus for healing and damage
Scholar	Tomes, Staves	Elemental damage
Dancer	Fans, Daggers	High speed, support focus

Warrior

Using Swords and Spears, the Warrior focuses on dealing physical damage, countering enemy attacks, and boosting their own physical attack.

The Battle Skill Helmcleaver and Support Skill Peak Performance are great Skills to take advantage of, especially if you have other physical-damage-focused travelers in your party and the means of staying at full health.

Skill Type	Skill Name	SP Cost	Effect / Description
Battle Skill	Cross Strike	12	Deal sword damage to a foe.
Battle Skill	Abide	6	Raise own Phys. Atk. for 3 turn(s).
Battle Skill	Spearhead	9	Deal polearm damage to a foe. Act faster next turn.
Battle Skill	Helmcleaver	8	Deal sword damage to a foe, and lower Phys. Def. for 2 turn(s).
Battle Skill	Counter Posture	36	Counter physical attacks with a sword for 2 turn(s).
Battle Skill	Assault	14	Deal polearm damage to all foes. More potent if attacking from the back row.
Battle Skill	Upending Strike	35	Deal great sword damage to a foe 2 time(s).
Support Skill	Peak Performance	N/A	Raise the equipped character's attack skill potency when HP is at least 100%.
Support Skill	Phys. Atk. +50	N/A	Raise the equipped character's Phys. Atk. by 50.
Support Skill	Phys. Def. +50	N/A	Raise the equipped character's Phys. Def. by 50.
Support Skill	Defiant Spirit	N/A	When the equipped character has an attribute-reducing effect, raise BP recovery by 1 at the start of turn.

Merchant

Using Spears and Bows, the Merchant features a mix of combat and support skills that require a balanced party composition and knowledge of game mechanics to be useful.

The ability to deal guaranteed critical damage with the Battle Skill Piercing Thrust and the ability to pass 1 BP to another ally with the Battle Skill Donate BP are among the best Skills the Merchant can use.

Skill Type	Skill Name	SP Cost	Description
Battle Skill	Deadly Thrust	20	More easily land critical polearm hits on a foe.
Battle Skill	Rest	0	Restore own HP/SP, and cure own status ailments.
Battle Skill	Mystic Shot	18	Deal bow damage to all foes, and restore SP equal to 2% of damage dealt to the entire front row.
Battle Skill	Collect	3	Collect leaves from a foe.
Battle Skill	Piercing Thrust	30	Deal critical polearm damage to a foe.
Battle Skill	Arrow of Fortune	35	Deal great bow damage, and obtain JP based on damage dealt.
Battle Skill	Donate BP	5	Grant 1 BP to an ally.
Support Skill	Extra Leaves	N/A	Receive additional leaves at the end of battle. (The effect is not cumulative).
Support Skill	Phys. Def. +50	N/A	Raise the equipped character's Phys. Def. by 50.
Support Skill	Elem. Def. +50	N/A	Raise the equipped character's Elem. Def. by 50.
Support Skill	Borrow BP	N/A	Borrow insufficient BP for Boost from paired back ally. Neither will restore BP next turn.

Thief

Using Swords and Daggers, the Thief is all about sabotaging the enemies with attribute-reducing skills and dealing Dark and Dagger damage multiple times without spending additional BP, all the while often acting first thanks to its superior Speed.

The Thief's very high Speed can also offset the low speed of a paired character, allowing them to act much sooner than their Speed stat would allow by switching them to the front row in place of the Thief.

Skill Type	Skill Name	SP Cost	Description
Battle Skill	Steal	3	Steal an item from a foe.
Battle Skill	HP Thief	9	Deal dagger damage to a foe 2 time(s), and steal HP equal to 50% of damage dealt.
Battle Skill	Shadow Bind	8	Deal dark damage to a foe, and lower Speed for 2 turn(s).
Battle Skill	Level Slash	14	Deal sword damage to all foes.
Battle Skill	SP Thief	9	Deal dagger damage to a foe 2 time(s), and steal SP equal to 5% of damage dealt.
Battle Skill	Master of Shadows	8	Deal dark damage to a foe 2 time(s).
Battle Skill	Tri-Edge	27	Deal dagger damage to a foe 3 time(s).
Support Skill	Extended Enfeeblement	N/A	When the equipped character inflicts an attribute-reducing effect, extend duration by 1 turn.
Support Skill	Evasion +50	N/A	Raise the equipped character's Evasion by 50.
Support Skill	Speed +50	N/A	Raise the equipped character's Speed by 50.
Support Skill	Entrap	N/A	When the equipped character takes physical damage, gain a 50% chance to inflict a random status-reducing effect on the foe.

Apothecary

Using Axes and Tomes, the Apothecary provides a mix of powerful Axe-based skills, restoration spells, and altered status-inducing attacks.

By themselves, these skills make the Apothecary a somewhat average Job to use compared to the others, but Inspiring Break, which restores SP when breaking a foe, can be taken advantage of a lot with the proper Masteries, which can be used to specialize this Job in either Physical Damage or Elemental Damage.

Skill Type	Skill Name	SP Cost	Description
Battle Skill	First Aid	6	Restore HP of an ally.
Battle Skill	Amputation	12	Deal axe damage to a foe.
Battle Skill	Enshroud	9	Gain a chance to inflict blindness on a foe for 2 turn(s).
Battle Skill	Rehabilitate	15	Grant an ally immunity to status ailments for 2 turn(s).
Battle Skill	Vivify	24	Revive an ally.
Battle Skill	Heal All	15	Grant HP regeneration to the entire front row or entire back row for 3 turn(s).
Battle Skill	Cross Cleave	30	Deal great axe damage to a foe.
Support Skill	Resist Ailments	N/A	Improves resistance to ailments like poison, bleeding, sleep, paralysis, blindness, silence, and terror.
Support Skill	Max. SP +50	N/A	Raises the equipped character's max SP by 50.
Support Skill	Max. HP +500	N/A	Raises the equipped character's max HP by 500.
Support Skill	Inspiriting Break	N/A	Restore the equipped character's SP when breaking a foe.

Hunter

Using Bows and Axes, the Hunter comes with skills focused on dealing Bow damage multiple times in a single turn, and manipulating the turn order with Ensnare, which causes a single enemy to act last.

However, the one skill that makes the Hunter a very powerful Job is the Sniper Support Skill, which makes the protagonist unleash a special attack with their equipped Bow if in the back row, providing a tactical option to take better advantage of the back row position.

Skill Type	Skill Name	SP Cost	Description
Battle Skill	Stray Arrows	14	Deal bow damage to random foes 2 time(s).
Battle Skill	Boomerang Toss	14	Deal axe damage to random foes 2 time(s).
Battle Skill	Trade Tempest	15	Deal wind damage to all foes.
Battle Skill	Ensnare	9	Cause a foe to act last for 2 turn(s).
Battle Skill	First Shot	30	Deal bow damage to a foe. Next attack is guaranteed to be a critical hit.
Battle Skill	Rain of Arrows	12	Deal bow damage to random foes 5 to 8 time(s).
Battle Skill	Two-Tiered Shot	30	Deal bow damage to a foe 2 time(s), then move to the back row. At the end of turn, deal special bow damage to a foe 2 time(s).
Support Skill	Extra Experience	N/A	Receive additional EXP at the end of battle. (The effect is not cumulative).
Support Skill	Invigorating Break	N/A	Restore the equipped character's HP when breaking a foe.
Support Skill	Crit. +50	N/A	Raise the equipped character's Crit. by 50.
Support Skill	Sniper	N/A	At the end of turn, the equipped character will unleash a special attack with their equipped weapon when in the back row.

Cleric

Using Fans and Staves, the Cleric is a great support-focused Job that can heal HP and SP and deal Light damage.

Although the Cleric's Battle Skills are not really exciting by themselves, Celestial Veil works great in conjunction with any Traveler who can aggro enemies to take damage for the rest of the party. The SP restoration effect it grants allows the receiving character to use their most powerful skills without having to worry about limited resources.

Skill Type	Skill Name	SP Cost	Description
Battle Skill	Heal Wounds	6	Restore HP of the entire front row or entire back row.
Battle Skill	Holy Light	11	Deal light damage to a foe.
Battle Skill	Brain Bash	18	Select a weapon and deal damage to a foe.
Battle Skill	Sacred Flame's Protection	16	Grant an ally a small chance to prevent offensive status effects for 2 turn(s).
Battle Skill	Light of Judgment	22	Deal great light damage to a foe.
Battle Skill	Celestial Veil	8	Grant an ally the ability to restore SP equal to 3% of damage taken for 2 turn(s).
Battle Skill	Wondrous Veil	30	Grant an effect that allows an ally to recover with 25% of their max. HP upon being incapacitated (one time only).
Support Skill	HP Recovery Up	N/A	Raise the amount restored by the equipped character's HP recovery/HP regeneration skills.
Support Skill	Elem. Def. +50	N/A	Raise the equipped character's Elem. Def. by 50.
Support Skill	Max. SP +50	N/A	Raise the equipped character's max SP by 50.
Support Skill	Encore	N/A	Grant an effect that allows you to recover with 25% of your max. HP upon being incapacitated (one time only).

Scholar

Using Staves and Tomes, the Scholar is your classic "Black Mage" Job focusing on Fire, Wind and Light Elemental Damage. With the proper Masteries, you can expand the range of elemental attacks to cover the elements not available natively to create the ultimate elemental mage.

The Scholar's Battle Skill Analyze and Support Skill Study Foe are great skills for both random encounters and bosses, making this Job one of the best all-around useful Jobs in the game.

Skill Type	Skill Name	SP Cost	Description
Battle Skill	Analyze	1	Discover 1 weak point(s) of a foe and reveal HP.
Battle Skill	Fireball	12	Deal fire damage to all foes.
Battle Skill	Tornado	12	Deal wind damage to all foes.
Battle Skill	Luminescence	14	Deal light damage to all foes.
Battle Skill	Fire Storm	33	Deal fire damage to all foes 2 time(s).
Battle Skill	Maelstrom	33	Deal wind damage to all foes 2 time(s).
Battle Skill	Blinding Light	33	Deal light damage to all foes 2 time(s).
Support Skill	Study Foe	N/A	At the start of battle, discover 1 weak point of each foe.
Support Skill	Elem. Atk. +50	N/A	Raise the equipped character's Elem. Atk. by 50.
Support Skill	Lasting Memory	N/A	Status effects are not removed when incapacitated.
Support Skill	Mystic Breath	N/A	At the end of turn, raise the equipped character's Elemental. Atk/Elemental. Def. for 2 turn(s) when in the back row.

Dancer

Using Fans and Daggers, the Dancer is another support-focused Job that works best in a party full of damage-dealing travelers.

All status-enhancing skills the Dancer can use are greatly augmented by the Support Skill The Show Goes On, which extends duration of these buffs by 1 turn. As such, prioritize equipping Masteries that grant access to more of these skills to turn your Dancer protagonist into the ultimate party buffer.

Skill Type	Skill Name	SP Cost	Description
Battle Skill	Lion Dance	6	Raise Phys. Atk. of an ally for 2 turn(s). Dance skill.
Battle Skill	Wild Strike	14	Deal fan damage to random foes 2 time(s).
Battle Skill	Coney Caper	6	Raise Evasion of an ally for 2 turn(s). Dance skill.
Battle Skill	Frosty Refrain	11	Deal ice damage to a foe. Song skill.
Battle Skill	Peacock Strut	6	Raise Elem. Atk. of an ally for 2 turn(s). Dance skill.
Battle Skill	Porcupine Stomp	6	Raise Elem. Def. of an ally for 2 turn(s). Dance skill.
Battle Skill	Triple Arc	27	Deal fan damage to a foe 3 time(s).
Support Skill	The Show Goes On	N/A	When the equipped character grants an attribute-raising effect, extend duration by 1 turn.
Support Skill	Extra JP	N/A	Receive additional JP at the end of battle. (The effect is not cumulative).
Support Skill	Speed +50	N/A	Raise the equipped character's Speed by 50.
Support Skill	Boost-Start	N/A	At the start of battle, restore 1 BP.

This wraps up our Protagonist's Job guide. To master combat, learn the Character Creation system, and start your progression through the main story, head back to our Octopath Traveler 0 Complete Guides and Walkthrough Hub.

If you want to learn more about the game instead, check out our Octopath Traveler 0 review.

NOTE: Guide based on a 45+ hours playthrough in the Steam 1.0 version. Screenshots captured from the same version.

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