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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
AnalyzeAnalyze Debuff SP Cost: 1
Discover 1 weak point(s) of a foe and reveal HP.
FireballFireball Magic
Damage Type: Fire
SP Cost: 12
Deal fire damage to all foes.
TornadoTornado Magic
Damage Type: Wind
SP Cost: 12
Deal wind damage to all foes.
LuminescenceLuminescence Magic
Damage Type: Light
SP Cost: 14
Deal light damage to all foes.
Fire StormFire Storm Magic
Damage Type: Fire
SP Cost: 33
Deal fire damage to all foes 2 time(s).
MaelstromMaelstrom Magic
Damage Type: Wind
SP Cost: 33
Deal wind damage to all foes 2 time(s).
Blinding LightBlinding 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 FoeStudy Foe Passive At the start of battle, discover 1 weak point of each foe.
Elem. Atk. +50Elem. Atk. +50 Passive Raise the equipped character's Elem. Atk. by 50.
Lasting MemoryLasting Memory Passive Status effects are not removed when incapacitated.
Mystic BreathMystic Breath Passive 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 ChurchStaff of the Sacred Church +102 Elem Atk: +230
Laurel StaffLaurel Staff +24 Elem Atk: +52
Quartz RodQuartz Rod +12 Elem Atk: +38
Eva: +10
Light StaffLight Staff +8 Elem Atk: +24
Stone RodStone Rod +4 Elem Atk: +22

Tome

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

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