Scholar Job Guide: Guild, License, and Skills

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!

Scholar Guild Location

Western Winterbloom Snows, Winterlands

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Scholar License Bonus Requirements

	License Bonus	Requirements
1	Research Materials, Part I	・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	・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
	Weapon Type/Element
	Staff Lightning Ice Fire
	Primary User
	Osvald

Best User

Recommended Characters	Explanation
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	・Can deal powerful elemental attacks at the beginning of the turn with the "Full Power" support skill

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How to Get Scholar Legendary Arms

Defeat the Dreadwolf in the Infernal Castle

	Steps to Get the Scholar Legendary Arms
1	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 ★
Access to Multiple Elemental and AoE Attacks Alephan’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

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 Ice Fire	10
Fireball	Deal fire-based damage to all foes.	Fire	14
Icewind	Deal ice-based damage to all foes.	Ice	14
Lightning Bolt	Deal lightning-based damage to all foes.	Lightning	14
Advanced Magic	Boosts the intensity of a single ally's spells 2 times	-	15

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JP Required to Unlock Scholar Job Skills

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.

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Scholar Divine Skill

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Scholar Support Skills

How to Get Advanced Magic Master Skill

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.

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List of Jobs and Classes

Primary Jobs

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Warrior	Dancer	Merchant	Scholar
Cleric	Thief	Hunter	Apothecary

Secondary Jobs

All Secondary Jobs
Inventor	Arcanist	Armsmaster	Conjurer