Merchant Job Guide: Guild, License, and Skills

The Merchant secondary job and class in Octopath Traveler 2 (Octopath 2) can be obtained by getting the Merchant License from the Merchant Guild in Western Crackridge Wild, Wildlands. Read on to learn about the Merchant class, its attributes, best user, guild location, as well as the Merchant License!

Merchant Guild Location

Western Crackridge Wilds, Wildlands

Map	World View

How to Get to the Merchant Guild
1	Move to Cropdale in the Leaflands region.
2	Go right and move to the Eastern Cropdale Trail.
3	Go to the top right and move to Crackridge Harbor: Anchorage.
4	Head up and move to Southern Crackridge Wilds.
5	Go right to reach Western Crackridge Wilds.
6	Follow the Guild Mark on your map and talk to the Merchant Guild Master upon reaching the guild to get the Merchant License.

All Guild Locations: How to Get Secondary Jobs

Merchant License Bonus Requirements

	License Bonus	Requirements
1	A Meeting of Merchants	Pay 100,000 leaves.
2	Mercantile Merit	Pay 300,000 leaves.

Merchant Job Overview

Weapons and Starting Character

Merchant
	Weapon Type/Element
	Polearm Bow Fire
	Primary User
	Partitio

Best User

Recommended Characters	Explanation
Hikari	・Excellent Physical Attacker that can take advantage of "Arrow of Fortune"
Agnea	・Can earn more money and JP if it becomes Agnea's second job
Temenos	・Can give out BP points to other party members ・Can stay healther in battles with "Sidestep"

List of All Characters and Playable Heroes

How to Get Merchant Legendary Arms

Get Fire Dragon's Glaive at the Decaying Temple

Map View	World View
Recommended Level	Lv. 40

The Fire Dragon's Glaive can be obtained by opening a chest inside a Secret Room at the Decaying Temple in Hinoeuma. To get inside the temple, remove all of your party members except one by going to a Tavern. Once alone, head to the temple and make your way to the save point.

There's a set of stairs you can take to the left leading up. Head to the upper right corner of the area and interact with the scroll to reveal the hidden room.

Open the chest inside to get the Fire Dragon's Glaive.

All Legendary Arms Locations and How to Get

Merchant Strengths and Best Use Cases

★ Merchant Attributes ★
Can Employ Powerful Mercenaries Can Give Out BP to Other Party Members Skills Are Very Useful and Suitable for Farming JP Best Job to Farm Money

Can Employ Powerful Mercenaries

Merchants can use their Path Action "Hire" to employ individuals that you can summon to combat. If you have money to spare, hire individuals that could be a powerful asset to your current party.

Can Give Out BP to Other Party Members

The Merchant Job can give out their BP to other party members using the skill "Donate BP". This skill is essential when knowing that your other party members can decisively finish the battle in their respective turn. It can also guarantee a powerful attack when given to an ally who excels as a physical attacker.

Overall Skills Are Very Useful and Some Are Suitable for Farming JP

The overall skills used by the Merchant Job can be advantageous when used in the right situation. For earning JP, "Arrow of Fortune" is the skill to acquire. The support skill "Full Power" is great to have for unleashing high-damage attacks at the very start of battle.

Best Job to Farm Money

The Merchant Job has many skills that revolve around earning and spending money. Hired Help is a skill that helps you employ warrios to fight in your stead, with the right amount of money. If you want to earn money with a powerful attack, the Bifelgan's Bounty is the top skill choice to consider.

The Job Skill Collect and Support Skill Grows on Trees can also help you earn quite a bit of dough.

Merchant Skills

Jump to a Skill Type!
Job	Divine	Support

Merchant Job Skills

Skill	Description	Damage Type	SP
Rest	Restore your own HP and SP, and cure status ailments.	-	0
Hired Help	Pay money to summon hired help to the battlefield.	-	0
Collect	Collect money from a single foe.	-	2
Donate BP	Grant 1 BP to a single ally.	-	6
Ember	Deal fire-based damage to a single foe.	Fire	7
Sidestep	Dodge 1 physical attack with a 100% success rate.	-	10
Arrow of Fortune	Unleash a powerful bow attack on a single foe and receive JP. The more damage you deal, the more JP you receive.	Bow	12

List of All Job Skills

JP Required to Unlock Merchant 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 Merchant 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

Merchant Divine Skill

Skill	Description	Damage Type	SP
Bifelgan's Bounty	Unleash a non-elemental attack on a single foe and receive leaf coin (money) equivalent to the damage dealt.	-	30

List of All Divine Skills

Merchant Support Skills

Skill	Description	Req. Skills
Grows on Trees	Receive additional leaves after battles. (Equipping multiple characters with this skill will have no added effect.)	4 (130 Total JP)
Boost-Start	Grants the equipping character 1 BP at the start of battle.	5 (630 Total JP)
Hang Tough	When the equipping character is not near death, otherwise lethal attacks will instead leave them with 1 HP.	6 (1,630 Total JP)
Full Power	Completely fills the equipping character's latent power gauge at the start of battle.	7 (4,630 Total JP)

List of All Support Skills

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List of Jobs and Classes

Primary Jobs

All Primary Jobs
Warrior	Dancer	Merchant	Scholar
Cleric	Thief	Hunter	Apothecary

Secondary Jobs

All Secondary Jobs
Inventor	Arcanist	Armsmaster	Conjurer