Cait (pronounced "kate") is a rare enemy in Octopath Traveler and Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent. For more information on its family, see Caits.
Battle[]
Caits have low HP, but high physical defense, elemental defense, and evasion. Boosted attacks are thus excellent at dealing significant damage to Caits. Soulstones and elemental attacks, which will never miss, are also effective.
Caits have a high chance to flee, but will also use the skill Grooming if it or another accompanying enemy is wounded.
A strategy to kill Caits is to use attacks that hit multiple times like Arrowstorm or Thousand Spears. Or you can always use M or L Soulstones. Magic always hits.
- Flee - Cait flees the battle, providing no Leafs, Experience or JP.
- Make It Rain -
- Body Armor -
- Grooming - Heals random foe for 20% max HP (rounded down).
- Vigilance -
Toss -
Toss -Encounters[]
Cait can be found in the following areas around Orsterra:
Beast Lore[]
Luck of the Cait
When summoned by H'aanit's Beast Lore talent, Caits will use the skill Luck of the Cait. Luck of the Cait functions in a similar way manner to the Dancer skill Bewildering Grace with the notable distinction that all possible effects are beneficial to the party.
The possible effects are as follows:
| Name | Effect |
|---|---|
| Offence/Defense Cross | Applies the following buffs to all party members: |
| Heterogeneous Cross | Applies the following buffs to all party members: |
| Offence/Defense Break | Applies the following debuffs to all foes: |
| Heterogeneous Break | Applies the following debuffs to all foes: |
The number of effects and their duration is dependent upon how many BP is spent to summon the Cait:
| BP Spent | Duration (Turns) | No. of Effects |
|---|---|---|
| Base | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 (Max) | 5 | 4 |
The same effect can trigger multiple times, stacking durations up to a maximum of 9 turns.
In Champions of the Continent, Cait(s) can appear as a random encounter or as an Elite Enemy. As Elite Enemies, they wouldn't run away from the battle. The rewards are still the same.
Battle[]
- Leaf Toss - Deal physical damage to single target.
- Big Leaf Toss - Deal physical damage to random target 3 time(s).
- Flee - Escapes from the battle.
Encounters[]
Cait can be found in the following areas around Orsterra:
| Location | Rate | Cait | Coy Cait | Cultured Cait | Coy Cultured Cait | Chubby Cait | Coy Chubby Cait | Danger Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valore Trail | 100% | (Elite) | 7 | |||||
| Emberglow Wilds | 100% | (Elite) | 7 | |||||
| Theatropolis Plains | 100% | (Elite) | 7 | |||||
| Auguste's Villa | ?% | Y | 12 / 14 / 16 | |||||
| Snowbloom Ruins | ?% | Y | 12 / 14 / 16 | |||||
| Knights Ardante Garrison | ?% | Y | 12 | |||||
| Herminia's Manse | ?% | Y | 18 / 20 / 21 | |||||
| Cathedral of Tytos | ?% | Y | 18 / 20 / 21 | |||||
| Amphitheatre: Backstage | ?% | Y | 18 / 20 / 21 | |||||
| Forest Ruins | ?% | Y | 16 | |||||
| Snowshard Grotto | ?% | Y | 16 | |||||
| Serpent's Burrow | ?% | Y | 16 | |||||
| Rippletide Coast | ?% | Y | 23 | |||||
| Isle of Orsa | ?% | Y | 23 | |||||
| Radiant Reefs | ?% | Y | 25 | |||||
| Cragspear Pass | ?% | Y | Y | 32 | ||||
| Abandoned Mines | ?% | Y | 32 | |||||
| Clearbrook Traverse | ?% | Y | 35 | |||||
| Waterpool Caves | ?% | Y | 37 | |||||
| Shadowflow Grotto | ?% | Y | 40 | |||||
| Sunshade Sands | ?% | Y | 40 | |||||
| Finesand Ruins | ?% | Y | 45 | |||||
| Shepherds Rock Pass | ?% | Y | 47 | |||||
| Valley of Death | ?% | Y | 49 | |||||
| Cavern of Mists | ?% | Y | 51 | |||||
| Victors Hollow Trail | ?% | Y | Y | 61 | ||||
| Subterranean Arena | ?% | Y | Y | 61 | ||||
| Great Tree's Tears | ?% | Y | Y | 61 | ||||
| Donescu Traverse | ?% | Y | Y | 62 | ||||
| Cyphlo Banks | ?% | Y | Y | 62 | ||||
| Misty Falls | ?% | Y | Y | 62 | ||||
| Cathedral of Tytos: Underground | ?% | Y | Y | 63 | ||||
| Sufrataljah Sands | ?% | Y | Y | 64 | ||||
| Sufrataljah: Palace | ?% | Y | Y | 64 | ||||
| Whitesand Cave | ?% | Y | Y | 64 | ||||
| Grandport Coast | ?% | Y | Y | 65 | ||||
| Grandport Sewers | ?% | Y | Y | 65 | ||||
| Sea Cavern | ?% | Y | Y | 65 | ||||
| West Theatropolis Plains | ?% | Y | Y | 66 | ||||
| Atlasdam Flats | ?% | Y | Y | 66 | ||||
| Fort Wold Ruins | ?% | Y | Y | 66 | ||||
| Valley of the Flame | ?% | Y | Y | 66 | ||||
| Path to the Cave of Origin | ?% | Y | Y | 66 | ||||
| Cave of Origin | ?% | Y | Y | 66 | ||||
| Herminia's Former Manse | ?% | Y | Y | 68 | ||||
| Golden Palace | ?% | Y | Y | 68 | ||||
| Middlesea: En Route to Orsa (Isles) | ?% | Y | Y | 69 | ||||
| Isle of the Cats | 100% | (Elite) | ||||||
| Berecain Pass | ?% | Y | Y | 70 | ||||
| Mt. Berecain | ?% | Y | Y | 70 | ||||
| Forbidden Temple | ?% | Y | Y | 70 |
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Gallery[]
Cait Battle
Cait Rewards screen
Trivia[]
- In banter during Therion's Chapter 3, Tressa thinks to herself, "I guess this is why they say, 'curiosity killed the cait.'"
- In Octopath Traveler, the Maw of the Ice Dragon is the only location where all three Cait variants, (Cait, Cultured Cait, and Chubby Cait), may be fought in the same encounter.
- During Octopath Traveler's development, this special enemy took some real doing to get to its final design. A cat combined with the image of a noble fleeing with his riches, Chubby Cait ended up plump in the final design, accentuating both its charm and noble presence in one fell swoop.[1]
- In one piece of concept art, Caits wore plumed feathers on their heads. The sketch includes a note, "Make the claws a bit exaggerated if you want it to look more monstrous," suggesting that Caits were considered as more serious enemies at one point.[2]