Side Stories

Side Stories are a reoccurring game mechanic that function as short stories that may be resolved either by using a path action, obtaining a specific item, or defeating certain enemies.

• Octopath Traveler
• Champions of the Continent
• Octopath Traveler II

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Octopath Traveler

Champions of the Continent

Octopath Traveler II

There are 101 side stories in total in Octopath Traveler.

• The first side story available is always Kit, the Traveler, and will take place in the same region as the first traveler chosen by the player.
• There are 8 side stories series (one for each region) that take place over three parts. Each series begins at the region's Chapter 1 towns, then to the intermediate towns, and end at the Chapter 4 towns.
• Side Stories in the Chapter 1 towns will not be available until the corresponding traveler's Chapter 1 stories are completed.

List of Side Stories

• Frostlands
• Flatlands
• Coastlands
• Highlands
• Sunlands
• Riverlands
• Cliftlands
• Woodlands

• Frostlands
• Flatlands
• Coastlands
• Highlands
• Sunlands
• Riverlands
• Cliftlands
• Woodlands

Frostlands 

Name	Client	Path Action	Client Location	Reward(s)	Prerequisites / Notes
Kit, the Traveler	Kit	N/A	Northern Flamesgrace Wilds	1,500	Only present if Ophilia is the starting traveler
Sir Miles, Servant of the Flame (I)	Miles		Flamesgrace	1,500 Nourishing Nut x 1	Ophilia's Chapter 1 story completed
Sir Miles, Servant of the Flame (II)			Stillsnow	6,600 Nourishing Nut (M) x 1
Sir Miles, Servant of the Flame (III)			Northreach	11,000 Ardante Attire x 1 Nourishing Nut (L) x 1
The Slumbering Giant	Diligent Student		Flamesgrace	4,500 Calamity Spear x 1	Ophilia's Chapter 1 story completed; Boss - Jötunn
The Innocent Inmate	Accused Man	or	Flamesgrace Cathedral Entrance	1,500 Tough Nut	Ophilia's Chapter 1 story completed
Let There Be Warmth	Ingenious Inventor		Stillsnow	4,800 Nourishing Nut x 1 Sharp Nut x 1
Setting Out	Pensive Girl	or	Stillsnow	3,300 Alluring Ribbon x 1
Here Be Dragons	Traveling Author		Northreach	11,000 Dragon's Scarf x 1
Heirloom of a High House	Byron the Noble	or	Northreach	9,000 Sharp Nut (L) x 1
Lianna and Eliza	Lianna		Flamesgrace Cathedral	11,000 Bishop's Staff x 1	Ophilia's and H'aanit's Chapter 4 stories completed
Arianna Again (I)	Arianna		Stillsnow	None	Primrose's and H'aanit's Chapter 4 stories completed
Arianna Again (II)	Oren		Stillsnow	11,000 Adamantine Dagger x 1
Ogen's Epilogue	Ogen		Northreach	9,000 Double Tomahawk x 1	Alfyn's Chapter 4 story completed

Flatlands 

Name	Client	Path Action	Client Location	Reward(s)	Prerequisites / Notes
Kit, the Traveler	Kit	N/A	East Atlasdam Flats	1,500	Only present if Cyrus is the starting traveler
In Search of Father (I)			Noblecourt	4,500	Kit, the Traveler completed
Theracio's Tutelage (I)	Theracio		Atlasdam	1,500 Invigorating Nut x 1	Cyrus's Chapter 1 story completed
Theracio's Tutelage (II)			East Noblecourt	6,600 Invigorating Nut (M) x 1
Theracio's Tutelage (III)			Wispermill	11,000 Teacher's Hat x 1 Invigorating Nut (L) x 1
Fit for a King	Capable Culinarian		Atlasdam	1,500 Healing Grape (M) x 2	Cyrus's Chapter 1 story completed
City of Gold	Passionate Reader	or	Atlasdam Palace Gate	9,000 Alluring Ribbon x 1	Cyrus's Chapter 1 story completed
The Prodigious Painting	Art Lover	or	Atlasdam Palace	13,000	Cyrus's Chapter 1 story completed
The Price of Vengeance	Luckless Sellsword		East Noblecourt	6,500 Veteran's Helm x 1
The Gravekeeper's Grief	Old Gravekeeper	or	East Noblecourt	4,500 Gravekeeper's Mark x 1
Tilting at Windmills	Slender Farmer	or	Wispermill	22,000	Ophilia's Chapter 4 story completed
Scaredy Sheep	Carefree Shepherd		Western Wispermill Flats	12,000 Elemental Augmentor x 1	Ophilia's Chapter 4 story completed Boss - Mánagarmr
Mikk and Makk Make Good	Mikk[1]		Noblecourt	11,000 Mikk and Makk's Shield x 1	Tressa's and Therion's Chapter 4 stories completed

^[1] While Mikk is indicated as the client, the side story begins by speaking with either Barham or Orlick.

Coastlands 

Name	Client	Path Action	Client Location	Reward(s)	Prerequisites / Notes
Kit, the Traveler	Kit	N/A	East Rippletide Coast	1,500	Only present if Tressa is the starting traveler
In Search of Father (II)			Moonstruck Coast	9,000	In Search of Father (I) completed
Le Mann, Explorer Extraordinaire (I)	Le Mann		Rippletide	1,500 Fortifying Nut x 1	Tressa's Chapter 1 story completed
Le Mann, Explorer Extraordinaire (II)			Goldshore	6,600 Fortifying Nut (M) x 1
Le Mann, Explorer Extraordinaire (III)			Grandport Markets	11,000 Adventurer's Hat x 1 Fortifying Nut (L) x 1
Love Unrequited	Mathilda	or	Rippletide	1,500 Critical Nut (M) x 1	Tressa's Chapter 1 story completed
Left Behind	Former Sailor		Goldshore	4,500 Elemental Ward x 1
The Merchant's Path	Merchantry Master	or	Goldshore Manor District	11,000 Slippery Nut x 1 Light Nut x 1
Scourge of the Seas	Fledgling Fisherman		Goldshore Manor District	7,000 Leviathan Shield x 1	Boss - Leviathan
An Exotic Aroma	Woman from Quaragosa	or	Grandport Markets	11,000 Revitalizing Jam x 1
Princess Mary, Redux	Princess Mary		Rippletide	9,000 Absolute Zero Staff x 1	Cyrus's Chapter 4 story completed
Keeping Up with the Wyndhams	Cordelia Ravus		Grandport	12,000 Blessed Blazon x 1	Tressa's and Therion's Chapter 4 stories completed
The Diarist's Desire	Ing		Grandport Markets	6,500 Alluring Ribbon x 1	Tressa's Chapter 4 story completed

Highlands 

Name	Client	Path Action	Client Location	Reward(s)	Prerequisites / Notes
Kit, the Traveler	Kit	N/A	South Cobbleston Gap	1,500	Only present if Olberic is the starting traveler
At Journey's End	Impresario	N/A	Ruins of Hornburg[1]	100,000 Spurning Ribbon x 1	Alphas and the Impresario completed
Noelle, Seeker of Knowledge (I)	Noelle		Cobbleston	4,800 Tough Nut x 1	Olberic's Chapter 1 story completed
Noelle, Seeker of Knowledge (II)			Stonegard Heights	6,600 Tough Nut (M) x 1
Noelle, Seeker of Knowledge (III)			Everhold	11,000 Historian's Hat x 1 Tough Nut (L) x 1
Fertile Fields	Kindly Farmer		Cobbleston	1,500 Inspiriting Plum (M) x 1	Olberic's Chapter 1 story completed
Never Forget	Melancholy Youth	or	Cobbleston	9,000 Sharp Nut (M) x 1	Olberic's Chapter 1 story completed
Up to No Good	Elderly Shopowner	or	Stonegard Valleys	5,000 Guardian Amulet x 1
Lost in Translation	Bookbinder		Stonegard Heights	6,500 Exotic Garb x 1
A Royal Secret	Inquiring Youth	or	Stonegard Heights	5,000 Royal Crest x 1
Star of the Stage	Impresario		Everhold	15,000 Revitalizing Jam x 1
Performance Art	Ardent Actor	or	Everhold	22,000
Russell's Repentance	Russell		Stonegard	9,000 Confessional Armor x 1	Cyrus's Chapter 4 story completed

^[1] While the location is the Ruins of Hornburg, the Impresario is found on the West S'warkii Trail.

Sunlands 

Name	Client	Path Action	Client Location	Reward(s)	Prerequisites / Notes
Kit, the Traveler	Kit	N/A	Southern Sunshade Sands	1,500	Only present if Primrose is the starting traaveler
Ria, Born to Roam (I)	Ria		Sunshade	1,500 Magic Nut x 1	Primrose's Chapter 1 story completed
Ria, Born to Roam (II)			Wellspring	6,000 Magic Nut (M) x 1
Ria, Born to Roam (III)			Marsalim	11,000 Magic Nut (L) x 1
Her Time to Shine	Blue Dancer	or	Sunshade	1,500 Wind Amulet x 1	Primrose's Chapter 1 story completed
The Bouncer	Hired Barkeep		Sunshade Tavern	1,500 Fortifying Nut x 1	Primrose's Chapter 1 story completed
Shadow over the Sands	Staid Soldier		Wellspring	8,000 Transcendent Bow of Shadows x 1	Boss - Snake Charmer and Giant Python
In Search of Sweets	Sweet Tooth		Wellspring	4,500 Gourmet's Charm x 1
In Search of the Unknown	Old Aristocrat	or	Marsalim	11,000 Alluring Ribbon x 1
The Prisoner's Plea	Kevin		Marsalim Palace	300 Revitalizing Jam x 1
The Adventures of Ali	Ali		Sunshade	9,000 Tradewinds Spear x 1	Tressa's Chapter 4 story completed
Back with Bale	Bale		Wellspring	9,000 Captain's Badge x 1	Ophilia's and Olberic's Chapter 4 stories completed
King Khalim's Conundrum	King Khalim		Marsalim Palace	30,000	All travelers' Chapter 4 stories completed

Riverlands 

Name	Client	Path Action	Client Location	Reward(s)	Prerequisites / Notes
Kit, the Traveler	Kit	N/A	West Clearbrook Traverse	1,500	Only present if Alfyn is the starting traveler
Daughter of the Dark God (II)	Alphas		Saintsbridge	10,000	Daughter of the Dark God (I) completed
Meryl, Lost then Found (I)	Meryl		Clearbrook	1,500 Resistant Nut x 1	Alfyn's Chapter 1 story completed
Meryl, Lost then Found (II)			Saintsbridge	6,600 Resistant Nut (M) x 1
Meryl, Lost then Found (III)			Lower Riverford	11,000 High House's Armor x 1 Resistant Nut (L) x 1
For Want of Fish	Angler	or	Clearbrook	1,500 Mighty Belt x 1	Alfyn's Chapter 1 story completed
A Sweet Reunion	Lost Grandfather		South Clearbrook Traverse	2,000	Alfyn's Chapter 1 story completed
A Corpse with No Name	River Dweller	or	East Saintsbridge Traverse	5,000 Gentleman's Charm x 1
The Worrywart	Worrywart		Saintsbridge	6,600 Invigorating Nut x 1 Resistant Nut x 1
The Pilgrims' Plight	Kindly Cleric		Saintsbridge Cathedral	6,600 Refreshing Jam x 1
The Adventuring Life	Servant	or	Riverford	11,000 Critical Nut (L) x 1
Zeph and Mercedes (I)	Nina		Clearbrook	None	Cyrus's and Alfyn's Chapter 4 stories completed
Zeph and Mercedes (II)	Mercedes		Atlasdam Palace Gate	11,000 Memorial Axe x 1
Friends Again	Nate		Saintsbridge	Badge of Friendship x 1	Ophilia's Chapter 4 story completed
The Hidden Hoard	Passionate Youth	or	Riverford	15,000 Revitalizing Jam x 1	Ophilia's Chapter 4 story completed
Hello Again, Harald	Reggie		Riverford	8,000 Harald's Sword x 1	Olberic's Chapter 4 story completed

Cliftlands 

Name	Client	Path Action	Client Location	Reward(s)	Prerequisites / Notes
Kit, the Traveler	Kit	N/A	North Bolderfall Pass	1,500	Only present if Therion is the starting traveler
Daughter of the Dark God (I)	Alphas		Ravus Manor Gate	5,000	Therion's Chapter 1 story completed
Kaia, Mother of Dragons (I)	Kaia		Bolderfall	1,500 Light Nut x 1	Therion's Chapter 1 story completed
Kaia, Mother of Dragons (II)			Quarrycrest	6,600 Light Nut (M) x 1
Kaia, Mother of Dragons (III)			Orewell	11,000 Robe of the Dragon Princess x 1 Light Nut (L) x 1
Sparks of Revolution	Stern Guardsman	or	Bolderfall	2,000	Therion's Chapter 1 story completed
The Bandits' Code	Veteran Brigand	or	Lower Bolderfall	2,400 Blazon of Protection x 1	Therion's Chapter 1 story completed
The Weaver's Predicament	Gendy	or	Quarrycrest	6,500 Weaver's Charm x 1
A Miner Dilemma	Miner		Quarrycrest Mines	9,000 Sharp Nut x 1 Critical Nut x 1
On the Precipice	Struggling Merchant	or	Orewell	11,000 Refreshing Jam x 1
The Wayward Son	Miserable Mother		Orewell	9,000 Olive of Life (L) x 1
Heathcote's High Jinks	Heathcote		Ravus Manor Gate	12,000 Heathcote's Dagger x 1	Therion's Chapter 4 story completed
Revello and Odette	Revello		Quarrycrest	9,000 Revello's Helm x 1	Primrose's and Cyrus's Chapter 4 stories completed

Woodlands 

Name	Client	Path Action	Client Location	Reward(s)	Prerequisites / Notes
Kit, the Traveler	Kit	N/A	North S'warkii Trail	1,500	Only present if H'aanit is the starting traveler
Alphas and the Impresario	Impresario	N/A	West S'warkii Trail	10,000	In Search of Father (II), Daughter of the Dark God (II), and all travelers' Chapter 4 stories completed Boss - Azure-eyed Tiger
Ashlan the Beastmaster (I)	Ashlan		S'warkii	1,500 Slippery Nut x 1	H'aanit's Chapter 1 story completed
Ashlan the Beastmaster (II)			Victors Hollow: Arena Gate	6,600 Slippery Nut (M) x 1
Ashlan the Beastmaster (III)			Duskbarrow	11,000 Monster Trainer's Hat x 1 Slippery Nut (M) x 1
Rite of Passage	Aspiring Hunter	or	S'warkii	1,500 Refreshing Jam x 1	H'aanit's Chapter 1 story completed
Way Through the Woods	Genteel Madam		S'warkii	1,500 Magic Nut x 1 Critical Nut x 1	H'aanit's Chapter 1 story completed
Into Thin Air	Laconic Father		Victors Hollow	9,000 Deathly Blade x 1	Boss - Devourer of Men
Arena Aspirations	Listless Gladiator	or	Victors Hollow	4,800 Refreshing Jam x 1
A Promising Venture	Gambler		Victors Hollow: Arena Gate	4,800 Healing Grape Bunch x 3
A Cub with No Name	Fearful Mother	or	Duskbarrow	7,000 Beastly Scarf x 1
Looting Grave Robber	Obliging Merchant		Duskbarrow	4,000 Energizing Pomegranate (L) x 1
Again with Alaic	Alaic		Victors Hollow	9,000 Primeval Bow of Storms x 1	H'aanit's Chapter 4 story completed

[v · t · e · ?] Octopath Traveler Characters Travelers: Ophilia  •  Cyrus  •  Tressa  •  Olberic  •  Primrose  •  Alfyn  •  Therion  •  H'aanit Ophilia's Path: Lianna  •  Archbishop Josef  •  Mattias  •  Guardian of the First Flame  •  Bishop Bartolo  •  Emil  •  Derryl  •  Nate  •  Hróðvitnir  •  Daniel  •  Donovan  •  Lysa  •  Mystery Man and Shady Figure Cyrus's Path: Therese  •  Princess Mary  •  Mercedes  •  Yvon  •  Lucia  •  Russell  •  Odette  •  Gideon  •  Dominic Tressa's Path: Olneo Colzione  •  Marina Colzione  •  Leon Bastralle  •  Mikk  •  Makk  •  Ali  •  Morlock  •  Omar  •  Baltazar  •  Venomtooth Tiger  •  Noa  •  Aston Wyndham  •  Esmeralda  •  Ing Olberic's Path: Erhardt  •  King Alfred  •  Philip  •  Gaston  •  Cecily  •  Ned  •  Victorino  •  Conrad  •  Wallace Wildsword  •  Bernhard  •  Grieg  •  Joshua Frostblade  •  Archibold  •  Gustav  •  Bale  •  Reggie  •  Harald  •  Werner Primrose's Path: Geoffrey Azelhart  •  Yusufa  •  Helgenish  •  Arianna  •  Oren  •  Rufus  •  Revello Forsythe  •  Simeon  •  Anna Forsythe  •  Albus  •  Jan Forsythe Alfyn's Path: Zeph  •  Nina  •  Lily  •  Blotted Viper  •  Ellen  •  Flynn  •  Marlene  •  Vanessa Hysel  •  Ogen  •  Miguel  •  Timothy  •  Ogre Eagle Therion's Path: Darius  •  Heathcote  •  Cordelia Ravus  •  Barham  •  Orlick  •  Gareth H'aanit's Path: Z'aanta  •  Linde  •  Eliza Woodward  •  Ghisarma  •  Natalia  •  Lord of the Forest  •  Alaic  •  Susanna Grotoff  •  Dragon  •  King Khalim  •  Redeye Side Stories: Miles  •  Theracio  •  Le Mann  •  Noelle  •  Ria  •  Meryl  •  Kaia  •  Ashlan  •  Mathilda  •  Tony  •  Professor Bastete  •  Mont d'Or  •  Estadas  •  Professor Paul  •  Maruf Other: Kit  •  Graham Crossford  •  Alphas  •  Impresario  •  Lyblac Orsterra Frostlands: Flamesgrace  •  Cave of Origin  •  Hoarfrost Grotto  •  Stillsnow  •  Secret Path  •  Obsidian Parlor  •  The Whitewood  •  Shrine of the Flamebearer  •  Tomb of the Imperator  •  Northreach  •  Lorn Cathedral  •  Maw of the Ice Dragon Flatlands: Atlasdam  •  Subterranean Study  •  The Whistlewood  •  Noblecourt  •  Orlick's Manse  •  Obsidian Manse  •  Shrine of the Sage  •  The Hollow Throne  •  Wispermill  •  Ebony Grotto  •  Forest of Purgation  •  Shrine of the Starseer Coastlands: Rippletide  •  Caves of Maiya  •  Undertow Cove  •  Moonstruck Coast  •  Goldshore  •  Caves of Azure  •  Seaside Grotto  •  Shrine of the Trader  •  Captains' Bane  •  Grandport  •  Grandport Sewers  •  Loch of the Lost King Highlands: Hornburg  •  Cobbleston  •  Brigands' Den  •  Untouched Sanctum  •  Stonegard  •  The Spectrewood  •  Yvon's Birthplace  •  Shrine of the Thunderblade  •  Tomb of Kings  •  Everhold  •  Amphitheatre  •  Everhold Tunnels  •  Shrine of the Runeblade  •  Ruins of Hornburg Sunlands: Sunshade  •  Sunshade Catacombs  •  Whistling Cavern  •  Wellspring  •  Lizardmen's Den  •  Black Market  •  Shrine of the Lady of Grace  •  Quicksand Caves  •  Marsalim  •  Grimsand Ruins  •  Marsalim Catacombs Riverlands: Clearbrook  •  Cave of Rhiyo  •  Twin Falls  •  Saintsbridge  •  The Murkwood  •  Rivira Woods  •  Farshore  •  Shrine of the Healer  •  Riverford  •  Hidden Path  •  Lord's Manse  •  Refuge Ruins  •  Shrine of the Warbringer Cliftlands: Bolderfall  •  Ravus Manor  •  Carrion Caves  •  Quarrycrest  •  The Sewers  •  Morlock's Manse  •  Shrine of the Prince of Thieves  •  Derelict Mine  •  Orewell  •  Forest of Rubeh  •  Dragonsong Fane Woodlands: S'warkii  •  The Whisperwood  •  Path of Beasts  •  Victors Hollow  •  The Forgotten Grotto  •  Forest of No Return  •  Shrine of the Huntress  •  Duskbarrow  •  Ruins of Eld  •  Moldering Ruins  •  Shrine of the Archmagus Other: The Gate of Finis  •  Journey's End Enemies Ophilia's Path: Guardian of the First Flame  •  Hróðvitnir  •  Mystery Man and Shady Figure  •  Mattias Cyrus's Path: Russell  •  Gideon  •  Yvon  •  Lucia Tressa's Path: Mikk and Makk  •  Omar  •  Venomtooth Tiger  •  Esmeralda Olberic's Path: Gaston  •  Joshua Frostblade  •  Archibold  •  Gustav  •  Lizardman Chief  •  Erhardt  •  Werner Primrose's Path: Helgenish  •  Rufus  •  Albus  •  Simeon Alfyn's Path: Blotted Viper  •  Vanessa Hysel  •  Miguel  •  Ogre Eagle Therion's Path: Heathcote  •  Orlick  •  Gareth  •  Darius H'aanit's Path: Ghisarma  •  Lord of the Forest  •  Dragon  •  Redeye Optional: Jötunn  •  Giant Python and Snake Charmer  •  Leviathan  •  Devourer of Men  •  Mánagarmr  •  Azure-eyed Tiger  •  Behemoth  •  Devourer of Dreams  •  Dreadwolf  •  Gigantes  •  Lord of the Sands  •  Manymaws  •  Monarch  •  Throne Guardian  •  Tyrannodrake Gods of Orsterra: Winnehild  •  Steorra  •  Balogar  •  Dreisang  •  Galdera Game Mechanics General: Achievements  •  Side Stories  •  Travel Banter Battle: Experience  •  Skills  •  Status Effects  •  Support Skills Path Actions: Guide/Allure  •  Scrutinize/Inquire  •  Purchase/Steal  •  Provoke/Challenge Inventory: Items  •  Weapons  •  Shields  •  Headgear  •  Body Armor  •  Materials 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