Apothecary Job Guide: Guild, License, and Skills

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

Apothecary Guild Location

Conning Creek, Harborlands

Map	World View

How to Get to the Apothecary Guild
1	Go to Canalbrine in the Harborlands and go left until you reach Canalbrine Bridge.
2	When you reach the Canalbrine Bridge, go down until you reach Western Conning Creek Coast.
3	Go right to reach Conning Creek.
4	Talk to the Apothecary Guild Master to receive the Apothecary License.

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Apothecary License Bonus Requirements

	License Bonus	Requirements
1	Obtain a Rare Plant	・Head for the Black Market in New Delsta Flats, Brightlands. ・Buy 3 Herb-of-Grace-Buds for a total of 5,940 leaves. ・Bring the items back to the Apothecary Guild Master to get another Apothecary License.
2	Obtain a Peculiar Horn	・Head for House Wellows Manor in the Leaflands region. The Manor is northwest of Wellgrove. ・Roam around the manor until you encounter a Devil Deer. Defeat it or steal from it using the Thief's skill Steal to get a Primeval Horn Elixir. ・Repeat the process until you have 3 Primeval Horn Elixirs. ・Take the 3 elixirs back to the Apothecary Guild Master to get another Apothecary License.

Apothecary Job Overview

Weapons and Starting Character

Apothecary
	Weapon Type/Element
	Axe Poison Ice
	Primary User
	Castti

Best User

Recommended Characters	Explanation
Throne	・Poisoning your opponents can be lethal when taking many turns as a speedy Thief ・"Vigorous Victor" and "Life in the Shadows" support skills are effective when winning battles
Partitio	・The Apothecary Job is the ideal Secondary Job for Partitio so he can collect BP and give them to allies if a battle drags out for too long
Agnea	・Agnea's "Dance Session" talent can help spread out the Apothecary's Job Skills to multiple allies or foes when needed

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How to Get Apothecary Legendary Arms

Open the Chest in the Southwestern Area of the Sundering Sea

Map View	World View
Recommended Level	Lv. 40

To get the Double Tomahawk, you first need to complete Partitio's Scent of Commerce in Tropu'hopu. Completing it will reward you with a ship so your party can travel across the sea.

Once you have the ship, fast travel to Canalbrine, Harborlands and ride the ship to the southwestern area of the Sundering Sea.

Look for a chest near the desert and open it to get the Double Tomahawk.

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Apothecary Strengths and Best Use Cases

★ Apothecary Attributes ★
A Healer That Can Inflict Poison on Your Opponents Grants Recovery Upon Winning Battles Dohter's Charity

A Healer That Can Inflict Poison on Your Opponents

The Apothecary Job is a natural healer in the party. Additionally, the Apothecary job can dish out damage that can also poison your opponents.

This job also makes foes very susceptible to poison, turning them to easy prey with poisonous concoctions.

Grants Recovery Upon Winning Battles

Skill	Description	Damage Type	SP
Vigorous Victor	Restores 30% of the equipping character's max HP and SP upon winning the battle.	-	-

The "Vigorous Victor" support skill enables the recovery of HP and SP when winning a battle, which is crucial when no healing items can be accessed and no nearby towns can be found.

Dohter's Charity

Skill	Description	Damage Type	SP
Dohter's Charity	Extend the reach of a single ally's items to affect all for 3 turns.	-	30

A vital skill that turns items with singular targets affect multiple allies, which is great for overall recovery and augmented buffs.

Apothecary Skills

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Job	Divine	Support

Apothecary Job Skills

Skill	Description	Damage Type	SP
Weak to Poison	Make a single foe weak to poison for 2 turns.	-	4
Healing Touch	Restore HP to or revive a single ally.	-	6
Icicle	Deal ice-based damage to a single foe.	Ice	7
Sweeping Cleave	Unleash an axe attack on all foes.	Axe	9
Replenish Health	For 3 turns, grant HP to a single ally after they perform an action.	-	9
Rehabilitate	Grant a single ally immunity to status ailments for 2 turns.	-	10
Poison Axe	Unleash a powerful axe attack on a single foe, and poison them for 2 turns.	Axe	12

List of All Job Skills

JP Required to Unlock Apothecary 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 Apothecary 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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Apothecary Divine Skill

Skill	Description	Damage Type	SP
Dohter's Charity	Extend the reach of a single ally's items to affect all for 3 turns.	-	30

List of All Divine Skills

Apothecary Support Skills

Skill	Description	Req. Skills
Vigorous Victor	Restores 30% of the equipping character's max HP and SP upon winning the battle.	4 (130 Total JP)
Hale and Hearty	Raises the equipping character's max HP by 500.	5 (630 Total JP)
Inspiriting Break	Restores the equipping character's SP when breaking a foe.	6 (1,630 Total JP)
Preventive Measues	Grants the equipping character immunity to enfeebling effects for 3 turns at the start of battle	7 (4,630 Total JP)

List of All Support Skills

Octopath Traveler 2 Related Guides

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