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The Inventor is a secret job and class in Octopath Traveler 2 (Octopath 2) that can be unlocked by talking to Arkar the Inventor at Eastern New Delsta Highroad, Brightlands. Read on to learn how to unlock the Inventor job, how to get inventor job skills, weapons used, its attributes, best user, as well as its Job Skills, Divine Skill, and Support Skills.
| All Inventor Guides | |
|---|---|
| How to Get Inventor Job | Inventor Items Locations |
| Steps to Get Inventor Secondary Job | |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Head for Eastern New Delsta Highroad in the Brightlands region. If you're doing Throne's story first, it should be easy to get to. |
| 2 |  Keep heading southeast until you see a bridge that leads to a house. |
| 3 |  Enter the house and talk to Arkar. After your conversation with him, he will give you the Proof of the Inventor which will let you have the Inventor as one of your character's Secondary job. |
| Inventor Skill | Item | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Critical Scope | Unerring Earring x1 | Weapons Shop - New Delsta, Brightlands |
| Critical Earring x1 | Weapons Shop - Canalbrine, Harborlands | |
| Elemental Bomb Bottle | Fire Soulstone x1 | Black Market - New Delsta Flats, Brightlands |
| Ice Soulstone x1 | Black Market - New Delsta Flats, Brightlands | |
| Thunder Soulstone x1 | Black Market - New Delsta Flats, Brightlands | |
| Rainbow Glass Bottle x1 | Chest in Conning Creek: Harbor, Harborlands | |
| Tin Horn | Empowering Lychee x1 | Chest in North Beastling Traverse, Toto'haha |
| Tin Toy x1 | From Merchant in Department Store - Wellgrove, Leaflands | |
| Mythical Horn x1 | Chest in Nameless Village, Toto'haha | |
| Hastening Hammer | Soldier's Bow x1 | Weapons Shop - Clockbank: Industrial District, Brightlands |
| Great Blade x1 | From Soldier in Sai, Hinoeuma | |
| Guardian's Axe x1 | Weapons Shop - Stormhail, Winterlands | |
| Arkar's Coil | Scrap Metal x1 | From NPC in front of Weapons Shop in Clockbank: Industrial District, Brightlands |
| Ancient Cog x1 | From Factory Worker in Roque Island, Harborlands | |
| Natural Magnetite x1 | Chest in Unfinished Tunnel - Southern Crackridge Wilds, Wildlands |
| Job | Weapon Type/Element |
|---|---|
 Inventor |
| Recommended Characters | Explanation |
|---|---|
 Agnea
|
・Agnea has high physical attack power and can hold her own in combat. ・Inventor skills are compatible with her support skills as a Dancer. |
 Hikari
|
・Hikari has high physical attack power ・Getting the Inventor Job can improve Hikari's stats. |
 Throne
|
・Throne he can have free turns. ・Physical attack power is low. ・Throne's stats are a bit low so having the Inventor as her secondary job can remedy it. |
List of All Characters and Playable Heroes
| Jump to a Skill Type! | ||
|---|---|---|
| Job | Divine | Support |
| Skill | Description | Damage Type | SP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Changeable Catapult | Unleash an attack on all foes with a selected weapon. | Any Weapon | 0 |
| Springy Boots | Cause a single ally to act first for 5 turns from the next turn. | - | 0 |
| Critical Scope | Turn all damage dealt to a single foe into critical damage for 4 turns. | - | 0 |
| Elemental Bomb Bottle | Deal the same type of damage as a single foe's exposed elemental weak points 1 time. | - | 0 |
| Tin Horn | Fill the latent power gauge of all allies. | - | 0 |
| Hastening Hammer | Unleash a highly powerful physical attack on a single foe and reduce the crafting time of an invention by 1 turn. | - | 0 |
| Arkar's Coil | Restore 40% of a single ally's HP and SP, and grant them 1 BP. Incapacitated allies will also be revived. | - | 0 |
| Skill | Description | Damage Type | SP |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-Purpose Tool | Begin crafting all inventions. | - | 0 |
| Skill | Description | Req. Skills |
|---|---|---|
| A Step Ahead | The equipping character will act first at the start of battle. |
4 (130 Total JP) |
| Upgraded Accessories | Raises the attributes of the equipping character's accessories. |
5 (630 Total JP) |
| BP in Adversity | Grants the equipping character 2 BP when near death. |
6 (1,630 Total JP) |
| Fruits of Labor | Raises the physical defense and elemental defense of the equipping character by 1 for every job skill learned (+6). |
7 (4,630 Total JP) |
| All Primary Jobs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Warrior |
 Dancer |
 Merchant |
 Scholar |
 Cleric |
 Thief |
 Hunter |
 Apothecary |
| All Secondary Jobs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventor |
 Arcanist |
 Armsmaster |
 Conjurer |
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