Octopath Traveler - Jobs
The twelve jobs of Octopath Traveler: the eight base jobs that the travelers start with, each tied to a patron deity and a skill board of its own, and the four advanced jobs unlocked from hidden shrines in the late game. Any traveler can equip a second base job after visiting its shrine, and the adv...
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| Name | Type | Description | Role | Patron Deity | Weapon Proficiencies | Signature Skills | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleric | Base Job | The Cleric is the party's dedicated healer, built on light-element damage and recovery magic. | Healer / Light Magic | Aelfric, the Sacred Flame | Staff | Heal Wounds Holy Light Sheltering Veil Aelfric's Auspices (divine) | Ophilia's main job; secondary job unlocked at the Cleric shrine in the Frostlands |
| Scholar | Base Job | The Scholar is the elemental nuker, carrying fire, ice and lightning spells in both single-target and multi-target forms. | Elemental Caster | Alephan, the Great Sage | Staff | Fireball Icewind Lightning Strike Alephan's Enlightenment (divine) | Cyrus's main job; secondary job unlocked at the Scholar shrine in the Flatlands |
| Merchant | Base Job | The Merchant fights with polearm and bow and mixes wind magic into a support kit built on money. | Hybrid Support / Wind Damage | Bifelgan, the Trader | Polearm Bow | Tradewinds Rest Hired Help Bifelgan's Bounty (divine) | Tressa's main job; secondary job unlocked at the Merchant shrine in the Coastlands |
| Warrior | Base Job | The Warrior is the straightforward physical job, built on sword and polearm techniques with self-buffs that trade defence for output. | Frontline Physical Damage | Brand, the Thunderblade | Sword Polearm | Level Slash Cross Strike Abide Brand's Blade (divine) | Olberic's main job; secondary job unlocked at the Warrior shrine in the Highlands |
| Dancer | Base Job | The Dancer works through buffs, debuffs and dark-element attacks, using dagger and staff strikes between songs. | Buffer / Dark Magic | Sealticge, Lady of Grace | Dagger Staff | Lion Dance Moonlight Waltz Bewildering Grace Sealticge's Seduction (divine) | Primrose's main job; secondary job unlocked at the Dancer shrine in the Sunlands |
| Apothecary | Base Job | The Apothecary is the second healing job, but it plays nothing like the Cleric. | Healer / Axe Damage | Dohter, the Charitable | Axe | First Aid Amputation Concoct Dohter's Charity (divine) | Alfyn's main job; secondary job unlocked at the Apothecary shrine in the Riverlands |
| Thief | Base Job | The Thief fights with sword and dagger and survives by taking resources from the enemy. | Debuffer / Sustain Damage | Aeber, the Prince of Thieves | Sword Dagger | Steal HP Steal SP Shackle Foe Aeber's Reckoning (divine) | Therion's main job; secondary job unlocked at the Thief shrine in the Cliftlands |
| Hunter | Base Job | The Hunter is the multi-hit job, using bow volleys and axe swings to chip shields quickly and to fish for critical hits. | Multi-hit Physical / Summons | Draefendi, the Huntress | Bow Axe | Rain of Arrows True Strike Capture Draefendi's Rage (divine) | H'aanit's main job; secondary job unlocked at the Hunter shrine in the Forestlands |
| Warmaster | Advanced Job | The Warmaster is the physical advanced job, the only one that can equip every weapon type and the only one whose skill board is built entirely around hitting a single target with all of them. | All-physical Damage | Winnehild, the Warbringer | Sword Polearm Axe Bow | Lionheart Warmaster's stance skills Winnehild's Battle Cry (divine) | Advanced job shrine unlocked after the eight base job shrines, guarded by a boss fight |
| Sorcerer | Advanced Job | The Sorcerer is the elemental advanced job, upgrading the Scholar's role into three-hit spells for every element. | Elemental Nuker | Dreisang, the Archmagus | Staff | Ignis Ardere Glacies Claudere Ventus Sanguinem Dreisang's Spell (divine) | Advanced job shrine unlocked after the eight base job shrines, guarded by a boss fight |
| Starseer | Advanced Job | The Starseer is the support advanced job, built on star and light magic plus buffs that the base jobs cannot provide. | Support / Buffing | Steorra, the Stargazer | Staff | Starsong Moon Tear Steorra's Prophecy (divine) | Advanced job shrine unlocked after the eight base job shrines, guarded by a boss fight |
| Runelord | Advanced Job | The Runelord is the melee-magic hybrid, enchanting a weapon with an element so that ordinary attacks hit that weakness. | Hybrid Melee / Rune Magic | Balogar, the Runeblade | Sword | Rune enchantments Balogar's Blade (divine) | Advanced job shrine unlocked after the eight base job shrines, guarded by a boss fight |
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