How to easily farm EXP and JP in Octopath Traveler 2
Like the previous game in the series, Octopath Traveler 2 requires large amounts of EXP and JP to power up your party. You will likely have to do a significant amount of grinding to get all eight of your party members powered up. Thankfully, there are a few ways to make this process easier, depending on your party makeup, and what strategies you want to employ.
Whether you want to leave it up to chance, grind away in random encounters, or try to pick out specific targets to do battle with, there are quite a few options available to you as a Octopath Traveler 2 player.
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Farming for Caits and Octopuffs is a solid strategy for farming both EXP and JP, although it can feel incredibly random. While both of these enemy types can appear anywhere on the map, there are certain spots where they seem to appear far more often than others. Caits provide more EXP, and Octopuffs drop more JP.
Personally, Caits generally seem to show up in areas similar to the Octopuffs, but I also found them more near Crackridge, specifically in the Western Crackridge Wilds. Similarly, Octopuffs can be found anywhere, but appear to show up more near bodies of water like lakes or rivers.
If you want to battle the King and Queen Octopuffs, be prepared for more difficult areas. Although they typically appear in the level 40+ zones, Queens have been known to appear elsewhere. The more challenging areas tend to be a player's best chance to find this particular Octopath Traveler 2 enemy variant.
However, what makes these enemies so frustrating is that they’re 'Metal Slime' enemies. This means that they have incredibly high defense, low HP, high evasion, and generally flee battles quickly. Furthermore,
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