In Octopath Traveler 2, Ochette can capture monsters and prepare them as Jerky. Read on and check out all the best ways you can farm Jerky fast and find out where to use Jerky!

How to Get Jerky Fast

How to Get Jerky Fast
Capture Monsters in Low-Level Areas Use Mercy Strike Job Skill Use the Changeable Catapult Job Skill Capture Monsters That Attack All Foes

Capture Monsters in Low-Level Areas

One of the best ways to get more jerky is to go to a low-level area once you are at a decent level with Ochette and capture the monsters that inhabit there.

Low-level area means that the monsters are generally weaker and receive more damage from attacks, meaning that they will be easier to catch if they hit low HP.

Afterward, prepare the monster that you do not need and they will turn into Jerky. Note that only some monsters turn into Jerky when you prepare them.
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Use Mercy Strike Job Skill

Skill	Description	Damage Type	SP
Mercy Strike	Unleash a bow attack on a single foe. Otherwise, lethal attacks will instead leave the target with 1 HP.	Bow	4

Since you need the monsters alive to capture them, use the Hunter's job skill Mercy Strike which will unleash a bow attack on a single foe and will leave them with 1 HP if the attack will otherwise kill them.

Hunter Skills

Use the Changeable Catapult Job Skill

Equip the Inventor Job for Ochette as it has a job skill called Changeable Catapult that unleashes an attack on all foes with your selected weapon without using any SP. This saves you a lot of time going back and forth at inns to replenish your SP.
Inventor Job Skills

Capture Monsters That Attack All Foes

Alternatively, you should also capture a monster that deals damage to all enemies and summon them in a battle to quickly defeat enemies. This also works well with Ochette's ability to have a 25% chance of automatically capturing a defeated monster.

This means you can clear horde of monsters quickly and possibly capture one of the monsters automatically, saving you some time farming Jerky.

Best Monsters to Capture

Where to Use Jerky

Used as a Currency at Beastling Shops

In Ochette's route, the Beastling Village shops charge with Jerkys instead of Leaves. So whenever you go to the Beastling Village in the Toto'haha region, make sure that you have enough Jerky in your pocket.
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Jerky Restores HP and SP

Jerky is also used to heal your traveler's HP and SP, so if you do not have any normal healing items in your inventory, you can never go wrong with eating some Jerky.
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