Octopath Traveler 2 Inventor guide: How to unlock every skill
Octopath Traveler 2 has four secret jobs for you to find during your adventure but by far the easiest to track down is the Inventor job, which is available in one of the early-game areas. This job is unique, as rather than unlocking its abilities using JP you must instead gather items from around the world to create the new inventions that will aid you on your journey.
Due to all the work required to get these skills, they’re extremely powerful, so we’ll tell you where to get the Inventor job and how to craft all of its abilities.
If you're looking to get started in the game, check out our Octopath Traveler 2 tips and tricks for help along the way.
Octopath Traveler 2: Inventor job location
Inventor is the first advanced job you'll likely find in Octopath 2.
You’ll be able to get to the Inventor job as soon as you’ve completed Chapter 1 of your starting character, although life will be easier if you pick a character that starts on the Eastern Continent, like Throné, Osvald, or Temenos. You’ll want to head south to the Eastern New Delsta Highroad – the area directly outside New Delsta.
In the southern part of the area, you’ll find a lake, go along the path to the north of this lake and you’ll be taken over a wooden bridge and find a large wooden house. Enter it and you’ll meet Arkar, the Inventor.
He’ll explain what he’s all about (spoilers: it’s inventing) and let you look at the list of items he needs for each invention. This will unlock the Inventor job and its starting abilities.
Octopath Traveler 2: Inventor item locations and skills
Inventor's skills are extremely powerful in Octopath 2.
Here is a full list of every Inventor skill, what items they need, and where you can get your hands on them.
Changeable Catapult
Unleash an attack on all foes with a selected weapon. This is a starting ability, so you don’t have to unlock it.
Springy Boots
Cause a single ally to act first for 5 turns. This is a starting ability, so you don’t have to unlock it.
Hastening Hammer
Unleash a highly powerful attack on a single foe and reduce the crafting time of an invention by 1 turn. You’ll need the following items:
- Soldier’s Bow – Purchasable from the weapon shop in Clockbank
- Great Blade – Obtainable from a guard in Stormhail
- Guardian’s Axe – Purchasable from the weapon shop in Stormhail
Arkar’s Coil
Restore 40% of a single ally’s HP and SP and grant them 1 BP. Incapacitated allies will also be revived. Here are the items you’ll need:
- Scrap Metal – Obtainable from a Factory Worker in Clockbank
- Ancient Cog - Obtainable from a Factory Worker on Roque Island
- Natural Magnetite - In a red chest in the Unfinished Tunnel in Southern Crackridge Wilds
Tin Horn
Fill the Latent Power gauge of all allies. Craft it with these items:
- Empowering Lychee – A consumable item found in chests and shops all over the world
- Tin Toy - Obtainable from a Merchant in the Wellgrove Department Store - You must have finished Partitio's Chapter 3 to access it.
- Mythical Horn – In a chest behind a Beastling in the Nameless Village
Critical Scope
Turn all damage dealt to a single foe into critical damage for 4 turns. You’ll need these items:
- Unerring Earring – Purchasable from the weapon shop in New Delsta
- Critical Earring – Purchasable from the weapon shop in Canalbrine
Elemental Bomb Bottle
Deal the same type of damage as a single foe’s exposed elemental weak point 1 time. Gather these items to unlock it:
- Fire Soulstone – A consumable item found in chests and shops all over the world
- Ice Soulstone – A consumable item found in chests and shops all over the world
- Thunder Soulstone – A consumable item found in chests and shops all over the world
- Rainbow Glass Bottle – In a chest in Conning Creek
As you can see we're still trying to track down the last couple of items but check back regularly as we'll update it as soon as we find them.
Octopath Traveler 2: Inventor Support Skills
Inventor's support skills can let you have a full extra turn before a battle starts.
As you unlock skills you’ll start to unlock the job’s Support Skills. Like any other job, they unlock once you’ve acquired a certain amount of regular skills, starting at four, and unlocking one with each new skill.
Here’s a full list of all four:
- A Step Ahead – The equipping character will act first in battle
- Upgraded Accessories – Raises the attributes of the equipping character’s accessories
- BP in Adversity – Grants the equipping character 2 BP when near death
- Fruits of Labor – Raises the physical defense an elemental defense of the equipping character by 1 for every job skill learned.
