Leveling up is important in Octopath Traveler 2 as it allows you to progress the story and challenge higher-level enemies.
Since you can’t change the game’s difficulty, it’s important to always be on the same (or higher) level, as the Danger Level of an area.
To help you with that, in this Octopath Traveler 2 guide, I will provide some of the best tips in the game for leveling up fast.
This way, you will be able to progress the story without issues and without having to grind for more hours than needed.
Best Tips to Level up Fast in Octopath Traveler 2
Here are the best tips to level up fast in Octopath Traveler 2 to ensure you’re on par with a chapter’s Danger Level.
1. Farm Octopuffs and Caits
Octopuffs and Caits are rare enemies that can be encountered anywhere on the map. They are hard to find, even harder to defeat, and will flee if you don’t kill them fast enough.
Defeating these enemies awards very solid amounts of Leaves, EXP, and JP.
Specifically, Cait enemies award 1,000 EXP, while Octupuff Travelers award 500 EXP.
Make sure to use the “More Rare Monsters” support mentioned in tip #3 below to increase their encounter rate.
2. Fight Enemies at Night
This tip is fairly straightforward: enemies are stronger at night and thus award more EXP.
To change the time of day from day to night and vice versa, press R2/ZR/F9, depending on whether you are on PlayStation/Nintendo Switch/PC.
Turn the time to night and go fight enemies at the highest level area that you can manage.
3. Equip Skills that Increase EXP
There are three support skills in Octopath Traveler 2 that allow players to level up fast. Here are all of them:
| Skill | Effect |
| 1. Extra Experience (Osvald) | Increases total EXP gained after every battle. |
| 2. Life in the Shadows (Throne) | Increases total EXP and JP earned after every battle at night. |
| 3. More Rare Monsters (Ochette) | Increases the spawn chance of rare monsters, which award extra EXP when defeated. |
Keep in mind that you should have only one character with each skill. Equipping one skill on multiple characters won’t increase its effects as they don’t stack.
However, you should equip all three skills once, as they stack with each other.
4. Equip EXP Augmentor – How to Get
The EXP Augmentor is an accessory in Octopath Traveler 2 that increases overall EXP gained.
To get the EXP Augmentor, players will need to travel to the east side of Frigit Isle.
To travel there, they will first need to unlock the ship by completing Partitio’s quest “Scent of Commerce”.
5. Increase Party Members
Lastly, make sure to have as many members as possible at your party at all times. More members equals facing more enemies in combat. Facing more enemies in combat equals gaining more EXP afterward.
Thus, try and recruit as many characters as you can early on and apply all the previous tips while having a full party for maximum rewards.
Wrapping up – How to Level up Fast in Octopath Traveler 2
To wrap up this guide, players can level up fast in Octopath Traveler 2 by defeating rare enemies at night, while having equipped the right support skills and items, and while having a full party.
With all these together, you’ll be able to challenge the chapter you want without worrying constantly about Danger Level.
If you’re still struggling with combat, make sure you’re always utilizing your Latent Powers and have equipped each character with the best secondary jobs.
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