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Octopath Traveler 2 (Octopath 2)

Scholar Job Guide: Guild, License, and Skills

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The Scholar secondary job and class in Octopath Traveler 2 (Octopath 2) can be obtained by getting the Scholar License from the Scholar Guild in Western Winterbloom Snows, Winterlands. Read on to learn about the Scholar class, its attributes, best user, guild location, and how to get the Advanced Magic Master skill!

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Scholar Guild Location

Western Winterbloom Snows, Winterlands

Map World View
Octopath Traveler 2 Scholar Guild Western Winterbloom Snows
Octopath Traveler 2 - Scholar Worldview
How to Get to the Scholar Guild
1 Skip travel to Cape Cold in the Winterlands
2 Go down and move to the Southern Cape Cold Snows.
3 Go down and move to the Eastern Cape Cold Snows.
4 Go right to reach Western Winterbloom Snows.
5 Find a house atop a hill that's near a bridge. Enter the house and talk to the Scholar Guild Master to get the Scholar License.

All Guild Locations: How to Get Secondary Jobs

Scholar License Bonus Requirements

License Bonus Requirements
1 Research Materials, Part I
Octopath Traveler 2 Wandering Wood, Toto
・Make sure you have a Thief in your team and head for the Wandering Wood in Toto'haha. It can be found north of Nameless Village.
・Roam around the area until you stumble upon a Remnant - a monster that resembles a dinosaur.
・Break the Remnant and steal an Ancient Sentinel Core from it. You can also get an Ancient Sentinel Core by defeating them!
・Rinse and repeat until you get 5 Ancient Sentinel Cores.
・Once you have 5 of the items, talk to the Scholar Guild Master again to get another Scholar License.
2 Research Materials, Part II
Octopath Traveler 2 Western Winterbloom Snows, Winterlands
・Equip one of your travelers with the Support Skill More Rare Monsters from the Hunter Job and mae sure you have a Thief in your party.
・Roam around the area outside of the Scholar's Guild until you encounter an Elemental.
・Break the Elemental and steal an Almighty Soulstone from it.
・Rinse and repeat until you get 5 Almighty Soulstones.
・Once you have 5 of the items, talk to the Scholar Guild Master again to get another Scholar License.

Scholar Job Overview

Weapons and Starting Character

Scholar
Scholar
Weapon Type/Element
Staff Staff
Lightning Lightning
Ice Ice
Fire Fire
Primary User
Osvald Osvald

Best User

Recommended Characters Explanation
Temenos Temenos ・Can both be an elemental attacker and a healer if Scholar is equipped as a Secondary Job
・The Scholar job's access to "Elemental Barrage" makes coercion battles easier
・Defense stat is not up to par with other party members
Partitio Partitio ・Can deal powerful elemental attacks at the beginning of the turn with the "Full Power" support skill

List of All Characters and Playable Heroes

How to Get Scholar Legendary Arms

Defeat the Dreadwolf in the Infernal Castle

Steps to Get the Scholar Legendary Arms
1
Octopath Traveler 2 Beneath the Wall, Winterlands
Fast travel to Stormhail, Winterlands and use Agnea's, Temenos', Ochette's, or Partitio's Path Actions to add 3 NPCs to your party.
2 Exit Stormhail and continue walking south until you see a set of stairs on the left. Go down the stairs to reach Beneath the Wall.

Upon reaching the area, go to the bridge and wait for it to break down. This will take you to the Infernal Castle.
3 Before venturing deeper into the ruins, get the Blizzard Amulet from the chest to the east of where your party fell down.

Equip the amulet to your main healer so they can keep the party healthy in the upcoming fight.
4 Venture deeper until you see another save point and an open area with a chest in between two pillars. Approach the chest and fight the Dreadwolf.

Do not use boosts when Dreadwolf's Heightened Senses is active. Else, your attacks will miss. Play it safe and go for the long game. Bring powerful healers and make sure you have characters that can exploit his weaknesses - Polearm, Axe, Bow, Fire, and Wind.
5 After defeating Dreadowlf, open the chest between the two pillars to get the Legendary Arms Stone of Truth.

Scholar Strengths and Best Use Cases

★ Scholar Attributes ★
CheckmarkAccess to Multiple Elemental and AoE Attacks
CheckmarkAlephan’s Wisdom Greatly Buffs Spells

Access to Multiple Elemental and AoE Attacks

The Scholar Job has many elemental attacks in its arsenal. In addition, most of its offensive skills target multiple opponents in battle. The only downside to its formidable skillset is the high consumption of SP it needs to execute even during a single attack.

Alephan’s Wisdom Greatly Buffs Spells

In addition to having access to all elemental attacks, the Scholar Job further hones the potential of spell users in your party by granting the ability Alephan's Wisdom to a single ally. This Divine Skill makes even the most basic spells lethal.

Scholar Skills

Jump to a Skill Type!
Job Divine Support

Scholar Job Skills

Skill Description Damage Type SP
Analyze Reveal the HP and 1 weak point of a single foe. - 1
Stroke of Genius Grant yourself 2 attribute-raising effects at random. (Effects will stack.) - 5
Elemental Barrage Deal either fire-, ice-, or lightning-based damage to random foes 3 to 5 times. Lightning Lightning Ice Ice Fire Fire 10
Fireball Deal fire-based damage to all foes. Fire Fire 14
Icewind Deal ice-based damage to all foes. Ice Ice 14
Lightning Bolt Deal lightning-based damage to all foes. Lightning Lightning 14
Advanced Magic Boosts the intensity of a single ally's spells 2 times - 15

List of All Job Skills

JP Required to Unlock Scholar Job Skills

Skill Purchase Order JP (Job Points) Required
3rd Skill 30
4th Skill 100
5th Skill 500
6th Skill 1,000
7th Skill 3,000
8th Skill 5,000
Total JP to get all skills 9,630

Unlock Scholar Job Skills by going to the Skills menu and spending the required amount of JP. You can unlock job skills in any order but keep in mind that each skill's cost increases as you unlock more job skills.

Refer to the table above to see how many job points are needed for each job skill you unlock.

How to Get JP Fast

Scholar Divine Skill

Skill Description Damage Type SP
Alephan's Wisdom Greatly boosts the intensity of a single ally's spells 3 times. - 30

List of All Divine Skills

Scholar Support Skills

Skill Description Req. Skills
Evasive Maneuvers Reduces the rate of random encounters. (Equipping multiple characters with this skill will have no added effect.) 4
(130 Total JP)
Elemental Augmentation Raises the equipping character's elemental attack by 50. 5
(630 Total JP)
Extra Experience Receive additional EXP after battles. (Equipping multiple characters with this skill will have no added effect.) 6
(1,630 Total JP)
Advanced Magic Master Raises the number of times the equipping character can use more intense spells by 1. 7
(4,630 Total JP)

How to Get Advanced Magic Master Skill

Octopath Traveler 2 - Advanced Magic Master

Players can obtain the Scholar's final Support Skill, Advanced Magic Master, by unlocking 7 Job Skills, which amounts to 4,630 JP.

Advanced Magic Master increases the number of times a character can use intense spells by 1, allowing for devastating damage against foes.

List of All Support Skills

Octopath Traveler 2 Related Guides

Octopath Traveler 2 - Jobs and Classes

List of Jobs and Classes

Primary Jobs

All Primary Jobs
Octopath Traveler 2 - WarriorWarrior Octopath Traveler 2 - DancerDancer Octopath Traveler 2 - MerchantMerchant Octopath Traveler 2 - ScholarScholar
Octopath Traveler 2 - ClericCleric Octopath Traveler 2 - ThiefThief Octopath Traveler 2 - HunterHunter Octopath Traveler 2 - ApothecaryApothecary

Secondary Jobs

All Secondary Jobs
Octopath Traveler 2 - InventorInventor Octopath Traveler 2 - ArcanistArcanist Octopath Traveler 2 - ArmsmasterArmsmaster Octopath Traveler 2 - ConjurerConjurer

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