- "Embark on an adventure for what you seek. A few years prior to the events of OCTOPATH TRAVELER, Orsterra is ruled by tyrants hungry for “wealth, power, and fame”. While the tyrants’ desires have unleashed a bottomless darkness upon the world…there are those who resist the darkness. You will meet them while traveling the world as “the Chosen Ones of a divine ring”. What will you obtain, and what will you experience through this journey? A journey that will give rise to the champions of the continent..." —Description from the Square Enix Website
Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent (オクトパストラベラー大陸の覇者, Okutopasu Toraberā Tairiku no Hasha) is a single-player, free-to-play RPG set in the continent of Orsterra. It was scheduled to be released in 2019 in Japan, however it was delayed to October of 2020. An English-language beta was announced in February 2022. It was released in North America and Europe on July 27 of 2022.[1][2] A Chinese version was released on November 29 of 2022. The Side Solistia storyline is planned to be released in the Southeast Asia version on January 16 of 2025.[3]
Story[]
Side Orsterra[]
The game takes place in Orsterra, before the events of Octopath Traveler. The Chosen One (a random traveler), bearer of one of the 8 Divine Rings, is given the task of seizing the remaining rings, which are in the hands of people who use the Divine Rings' power for their selfish ends.
There are eight main stories segmented in two arcs, "Master" and "Bestower". It is possible to play four types of stories with the themes of "Wealth," "Power," and "Fame," and "All" of them are densely crafted.
Besides the main story, there are also Side Stories, Emberflame quests and Traveler Stories. The latter focuses on specific tales of the playable characters. Although the prologue of a Traveler Story can be played without you acquiring the character (excepting for Arena Champions), you can only see the continuation of their stories once you obtain said traveler. For Memoirs Travelers, their tales are cutscenes that can be only viewed through the Memoirs.
However there's still on-going story that will be updated every month.
Prologue: The Master[]
The game starts with a female-voice narrating the origin of Orsterra.
After that, a mysterious white-cloaked man is seen on a snowy landscape claiming that he has finally found the Chosen One. He calls them using the Flamebringer's ring. After facing a war wolf, the lured traveler chosen by the ring (that will randomly be Millard, Sofia, Gilderoy, Fiore, Lynette, Theo, Viola or Scarecrow) falls to the ground. The mysterious figure says that it is too soon to rest and asks what the Chosen One seeks at journey’s end. The player then has three options: Wealth, Power or Fame.
(After playing the first chapter of the respective route, the player might concurrently play the other two routes without the need of completing their initial route).
Master of... Storyline[]
The mysterious man warns that the foe of the Chosen One also possess a ring of divine power who fulfills the desire of the bearer. He also says if they seek companions for their travels, they should make their wish be known.
The Chosen One is next seen on the tavern of Valore, Emberglow or Theatropolis, depending on what they answered they seek. There, the tavernkeep asks them if they are all alone. Remembering the words said by the cloaked man, the Chosen One uses the power of their ring to guide three traveler to join their band: Nanna, Jose and Conny. The tavernkeep will be pleased that they are traveling together and ask if their group has a name, which is then chosen by the player. From there, the journey begins.
- Master of Wealth - Deals with the ending "The Covetous Witch"'s reign over Valore with help of the New Family.
- Master of Power - Deals with stopping the ruthless "hero"'s schemes of massing power in Emberglow.
- Master of Fame - Deals with assassinating a genius but sociopathic playwright as part of a victim's revenge scheme.
After clearing all three paths, the Master of All path is unlocked. In it, the ruler of Edoras, the "God of War", threatens to take over the entire world to prove his superiority in wealth, power, and fame.
Bestower of... Storyline[]
Once the Master of... stories are finished, the mysterious man returns to the Chosen One in a dream, congratulating them on their accomplishments, and asking them again what they seek, leading to three new paths opening, containing three new Champions that the Chosen One must deal with. They are:
- Bestower of Wealth - Deals with overcoming the revolutionary "Have-Not", who seeks in wiping the concept of wealth.
- Bestower of Power - Deals with halting the advances of the the ambitious Empress of G'roha who seeks to dominate all of Orsterra.
- Bestower of Fame - Deals with uncovering the conspirations behind certain cult of Galdera, spearheaded by a vengeful "new god".
After clearing all three paths, the Bestower of All path is unlocked. In it, the origins of the Continent, the Gods, and the Ring Bearers come to light as the titular "Bestower of All" threatens to remake the land of one without greed.
Side Solistia[]
Side Solistia is a new story mode set in Solistia. So far there is only main story, The Chosen One.
Besides the main story, there are also Side Quests and Cross Events. For Memoirs Travelers, their tales are cutscenes that can be only viewed through the Memoirs in the solistian Codex of Salvation.
The Chosen One[]
The story takes place before the events of Octopath Traveler II. Sail, a Chosen One of a divine ring, embarks on an adventure to find her lost mother and uncover the secret of his birth.
The story can be unlocked upon completing Chapter I of Master of... storyline.
Gameplay[]
- Like its predecessor, the game features HD-2D graphics.
- Playable and non-playable characters are categorized in influences: Wealth, Power and Fame. Player must level their influence ranks by gaining influence points to advance in the game.
- Path Actions are returning. The player can obtain possessions, recruit allies and learn information depending of the NPCs' influence and the rank level.
- Travelers can be obtained through:
- Guidance of the Sacred Flame: The gacha system. The currencies used for drawing in the gacha are Rubies and Traveler's Sacred Seals, requiring 30 rubies / 1 sacred seal for a single draw and 300 rubies / 10 sacred seal for a 10-part draw.
- There are specific sacred seals for specific characters with a 100% rate. Those are obtainable in the Exchange.
- Arena: Exclusive champions who only can be recruited by defeating them on Arena.
- Guidance of the Sacred Flame: The gacha system. The currencies used for drawing in the gacha are Rubies and Traveler's Sacred Seals, requiring 30 rubies / 1 sacred seal for a single draw and 300 rubies / 10 sacred seal for a 10-part draw.
- Most travelers have a Traveler Story . Completing them will reward the player with rubies, experience nuts and said traveler's Guidestone.
- Every traveler possees a unique skill called Ultimate Technique. The requirements for unlocking them differ by character rarity.
- Daily/Weekly Task system is implemented. The player can be rewarded with rare objects by performing daily and weekly activities like defeating a certain type of enemy, vanquishing number of enemies, adquiring new items, selling materials, etc.
- For items, those can be accessed anywhere in the Player Menu. For Weapons and Armors, there is a smith in every town that sells them. To unlock and buy new equipments, materials such as bones, leathers and ores are required.
- Weapons, Armors and Accessories can be only equipped if the character level matches or is higher than the equipment level.
- Battle system using 4 characters in Front and 4 characters in Back for a total of 8 characters is tested.
- Player controls the Front members. Back party members recover HP and SP every turn.
- Front and Back members can be freely switched.
- The party formation can be changed anywhere in the map.
- The player can name and change the party's name by talking to the bartender.
- Each job only uses one weapon. Fan and Tome weapons have been added for the Dancer and Scholar jobs, respectively.
- JPs are necessary for learning Battle and Support Skills. Those can be obtained by leveling a traveler.
- Travelers can only equip up to 4 active skills in battle. The 4th slot must be unlocked by Awakening.
- Enemies' HP is displayed though a health bar. Analyze skills doesn't reveal their HP numbers.
- Foes recovering from a break will always attack first in said turn.
- Elite Enemies are introduced. They may be stronger variations of common enemies who refuse to hide themselves and appear on the map. They drop more EXP, leaves and uncommon rewards unlike their common counterparts when defeated. In the living world, the "Mighty" versions respawn every 12 hours while the "Menacing" ones every 24 hours. Elites enemies in Hell and the Domain of the Gods respawn every hour.
For Side Solistia, as the new story develops in another continent, new features has been implemented:
- Like in Orsterra, playable and non-playable characters are categorized in influences: Opulence, Dominance and Prestige. Player must level their influence ranks by gaining influence points to advance in the game.
- Weapons, Armors, Leaves, Party Formation and Allies cannot be transfered between continents. Only obtained travelers (and their skills), keepers, accessories and rubies are allowed.
- Like in Octopath Traveler II, Day/Night cycle is available. Path Actions vary according the time and some quests can only be done in a certain time.
- Blessing of the Latern is a separate job board where units can be strengthened further. To unlock the enhancements, TP (Torch Points) are needed. Those can be obtained through battles.
- Overclass is introduced. This feature allows to upgrade certain travelers (including 3★ and 4★) up to 6★. 6★ Travelers:
- Have their level cap up to 120.
- Learn EX Skills. Like Ultimate Techniques, those skills unique to each traveler.
Music[]
Like the first game of the series, the music album is composed and arranged by Yasunori Nishiki. It contains original themes as some of the Octopath Traveler ones.
Travelers[]
- Main article: Champions
Protagonists/Main Characters[]
- Main article: CotCMainChars
Antagonists/Villains[]
- Main article: CotCMainVillains
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Development for a new console game for the Octopath Traveler series was announced alongside Champions of the Continent on the official Twitter account.