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Octopath Traveler 0 (Octopath 0)

Scholar Job Guide: Skills and Weapons

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The Scholar is a job in Octopath Traveler 0 (Octopath 0). See an overview of the Scholar job, the weapons it uses, the characters in this job, and its skills in this guide.

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Scholar Overview

Scholar Job Details

Scholar Scholar Weapons
Staves Tomes
Ever in the pursuit of knowledge, scholars specialize in powerful elemental attacks. Given time, they can harness multiple elements, allowing them to skillfully exploit their foes’ weaknesses.

Scholar is one of the available jobs in the game. This can be chosen by the protagonist at the start of the game, and can be changed in the Skills menu upon unlocking enough Battle Skills.
How to Change Jobs

Scholar Characters

All Scholar Characters

AlexiaAlexia XercXerc CyrusCyrus
AlauneAlaune SolonSolon

These are the characters who have Scholar as their primary job. Feel free to recruit them should you need a Scholar on your team as you progress.
List of All Characters

The Scholar Can Also Be Taken as the Protagonist's Job

Protagonist
The Scholar is also one of the available jobs for the protagonist. If this job fits your character’s playstyle, feel free to change to it or start with it as you progress.
Best Starting Job for the Protagonist

Scholar Skills

Here are the skills you can learn from taking the Scholar job. You can also access these in the Skill menu, and if you need these skills, make sure to keep earning JP to unlock them.

List of All Skills

All Scholar Battle Skills

Skill Type Details
Analyze IconAnalyze Debuff
Damage Type: N/A
SP Cost: 1
Discover 1 weak point(s) of a foe and reveal HP.
Fireball IconFireball Magic
Damage Type: Fire
SP Cost: 12
Deal fire damage to all foes.
Tornado IconTornado Magic
Damage Type: Wind
SP Cost: 12
Deal wind damage to all foes.
Luminescence IconLuminescence Magic
Damage Type: Light
SP Cost: 14
Deal light damage to all foes.
Fire Storm IconFire Storm Magic
Damage Type: Fire
SP Cost: 33
Deal fire damage to all foes 2 time(s).
Maelstrom IconMaelstrom Magic
Damage Type: Wind
SP Cost: 33
Deal wind damage to all foes 2 time(s).
Blinding Light IconBlinding Light Magic
Damage Type: Light
SP Cost: 33
Deal light damage to all foes 2 time(s).

List of All Battle Skills

All Scholar Support Skills

Skill Type Details
Study Foe IconStudy Foe Passive
Damage Type: N/A
At the start of battle, discover 1 weak point of each foe.
Elem. Atk. +50 IconElem. Atk. +50 Passive
Damage Type: N/A
Raise the equipped character's Elem. Atk. by 50.
Lasting Memory IconLasting Memory Passive
Damage Type: N/A
Status effects are not removed when incapacitated.
Mystic Breath IconMystic Breath Passive
Damage Type: 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.

List of All Support Skills

Scholar Weapons

Scholar has Staves and Tomes as its primary weapons. This means these are the only equippable weapons in this job, and other weapons will not be usable.

List of All Weapons

Staff

Weapon Phys Atk Other Stats
Staff of the Sacred Church Staff of the Sacred Church +102 Elem Atk: +230
Laurel Staff Laurel Staff +24 Elem Atk: +52
Quartz Rod Quartz Rod +12 Elem Atk: +38
Eva: +10
Light Staff Light Staff +8 Elem Atk: +24
Stone Rod Stone Rod +4 Elem Atk: +22

List of All Staves

Tome

Weapon Phys Atk Other Stats
Battle-Worn Tome Battle-Worn Tome +198 Elem Atk: +418
Extra Effect: Raise potentcy of all elemental attacks.
Book of Eastern Medicine Book of Eastern Medicine +98 Elem Atk: +240
Spd: +83
History of Osterra History of Osterra +25 Elem Atk: +65
Spirit Tome Spirit Tome +20 Elem Atk: +55
Extra Effect: Small chance to reduce target's Elem. Def.
Secrets of Sleep: Volume 1 Secrets of Sleep: Volume 1 +10 Elem Atk: +40
Extra Effect: Small chance to put target to sleep.

List of All Tomes

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