Thief Job Guide: Guild, License, and Skills

The Thief secondary job and class in Octopath Traveler 2 (Octopath 2) can be obtained by getting the Thief License from the Thief Guild in Clockbank: Industrial District, Brightlands. Read on to learn about the Thief class, its attributes, best user, guild location, as well as the Thief License!

Thief Guild Location

Clockbank: Industrial District, Brightlands

Map	World View

The Thief guild is in the north of Clockbank, with its entrance being under a pathway. The guildmaster only appears at night time.

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Thief License Bonus Requirements

	License Bonus	Requirements
1	No Honor	・Steal Thieves' Gem from Old Man by the entrance of Clockbank, Brightlands during the day. ・Bring the item back to the Thief Guild Master to get another Thief License.
2	Master Thief's Treaure	・Complete Partitio's Scent of Commerce in Tropu'hopu, Toto'haha to get the Grand Terry. This allows your party to traverse the sea. ・Once you have the ship, sail to the Shipwreck of the Empress in the Sundering Sea. It can be found at the western area of the Wildlands region. ・Explore the shipwreck and get the Master Thief's Sapphire Stone from one of the chests in the area.

Thief Job Overview

Weapons and Starting Character

Thief
	Weapon Type/Element
	Sword Dagger Dark
	Primary User
	Throne

Best User

Recommended Characters	Explanation
Agnea	・The Thief Job works well with a default support like Agnea that can buff allies
Hikari	・The support skill "Ensnare" works well with the Warrior's "Incite" skill

List of All Characters and Playable Heroes

How to Get Thief Legendary Arms

Steal from NPCs at the entrance of Lost Seed

Map View	World View
Recommended Level	Lv. 40

The Mooneater Dagger can be obtained by stealing it from the Ruined Vessel's possessions at the entrance to the Lost Seed in Brightlands. You'll need Throne at level 60 to get the success rate of stealing the dagger at 80%.

Keep in mind that you'll need to progress and complete Throne's Chapter 4 to unlock this region of the eastern continent.

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Thief Strengths and Best Use Cases

★ Thief Attributes ★
Steal Is a Very Useful Skill to Have Surprise Attack Works Well With Fleetfoot Aoe Attack That Leaves Foes in the Dust

Steal Is a Very Useful Skill to Have

As the name suggests, the skill "Steal" allows you to steal items from the enemies.

This is a great way to obtain valuable items from certain enemies. Try boosting the skill using BP to increase the chances of it being executed.

Surprise Attack Works Well With Fleetfoot

The skill "Surprise Attack" becomes more powerful depending on how early you can unleash it during a turn. It works best with the Inventor's skill "Spring Boots" which allows the equipped user to act first for 5 turns from the next turn.

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Aoe Attack That Leaves Foes in the Dust

The Thief Job has a Divine Skill called Aeber's Reckoning that unleashes a single dagger attack to all your foes. It is recommended to have the Thief Job equpped to an ally who excels in speed to further capitalize on this Divine skill, as the damage dealt is based on the speed stat of the user.

Thief Skills

Thief Job Skills

Skill	Description	Damage Type	SP
Steal	Steal an item from a single foe.	-	2
Swift Step	Raise your speed for 3 turns.	-	4
Armor Corrosive	Reduce the physical defense of a single foe for 2 turns.	-	4
Shackle Foe	Reduce the physical attack of a single foe for 2 turns.	-	4
HP Thief	Unleash a dagger attack on a single foe 2 times, and steal HP equivalent to half of the damage dealt.	Dagger	6
Darkest Night	Deal dark-based damage to a single foe.	Dark	7
Surprise Attack	Unleash a sword attack on a single foe. The sooner your action comes during a turn, the more potent the attack.	Sword	12

List of All Job Skills

JP Required to Unlock Thief Job Skills

Unlock Thief 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

Thief Divine Skill

Skill	Description	Damage Type	SP
Aeber's Reckoning	Attack all foes with a dagger, dealing damage proportional to your speed.	Dagger	30

List of All Divine Skills

Thief Support Skills

List of All Support Skills

Octopath Traveler 2 Related Guides

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