Octopath Traveler 2: How To Beat Any NPC Duel & Defeat Caits Easier | Bottled Nightmares Trick Guide

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One of the best weapons in Octopath Traveler 2 can be purchased very early — the Bottled Nightmare. This special offensive item can be thrown onto an enemy to apply multiple debilitating status effects. You can apply poison, put to sleep, confuse and blind a single enemy, leaving them extremely compromised. These items aren’t cheap for early-game players, but they are extremely useful and available to purchase. Getting them requires a little bit of random chance, but once you make the merchant appear, you can buy as many as you want. And getting the merchant to appear only takes minutes.

Learn how to get Bottled Nightmares and why they’re so useful in the full guide below.

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Dueling is Hikari’s Path Action. During the day, Hikari can challenge many NPCs to a duel. This is a 1vs1 fight — winning a duel will knock the NPC out temporarily, allowing you to access hidden treasure or earn that NPC’s special combat skill.

Sometimes you’ll encounter high level NPCs that are difficult to defeat. If you want to easily win, you’ll need to collect a useful item called Bottled Nightmares. This item is also incredibly useful for defeating rare Caits.

Buy as many Bottled Nightmares as you can. Each Bottled Nightmare, when used against an enemy, deals multiple powerful status effects at a set rate — it doesn’t matter what level you are, the status effects will always have the same chance of effecting the enemy.

You’ll need 5-8 Bottled Nightmares to defeat a powerful opponent. This also will trap Caits — you only need one or two, depending on if the bottle actually affects