[Octra 0 The strongest earning revolution in the early stages]Gentle Catman's one-shot hunt to quickly mass produce experience points, JP, and leaves! Complete reproduction guide including automated town build

In the early stages of Octopath Travelers 0, commonly known as Octora 0, the biggest obstacle is the lack of resources. More and more players are suffering from the triple troubles of not being able to level up due to lack of experience points, delay in acquiring abilities due to lack of JP, and not being able to get equipment due to lack of leaves. However, there is an ultimate earning spot that wipes out such early pain. That's Gentle Catman's hunting. Just by defeating this rare enemy, you can earn 500 experience points, 50 JP, and 12,000 leaves, which is further topped up with a 1-turn defeat bonus.

In this guide, we will cover the low appearance rate with the optimal route, and deliver a complete strategy covering everything from 25% JP boost with grape ice, the merchant hero's Lucky Arrow & Conversion Spear combo, BP passer support, and town build automation. If you put it into practice, you can earn hundreds of JP and hundreds of thousands of leaves in an hour, and build a force that can instantly defeat mid-game bosses. Let's get through the early stages of Octra 0 as quickly as possible with detailed steps that anyone can reproduce.

1. Gentle Catman's revolutionary resource explosion effect in the early stages

Gentle Catman is the strongest single enemy in the early stages. In normal small fry battles, the limit is a few dozen experience points, JP, and hundreds of leaves per battle, but this enemy alone drops 500 experience points, 50 JP, and 12,000 leaves. Furthermore, if you defeat it in one turn, you will receive an additional bonus and your efficiency will skyrocket.

In terms of experience points, the recommended level in the early stages is around 5-10, but if you hunt 5 Gentle Catmen, you will get the equivalent of 2500 experience points, which will raise the entire party's level by 2-3. This will stabilize the boss fight in Chapter 2 of The Torchbearer, and dramatically speed up the story progression from then on.

On the JP side, JP50 is a treasure in the early stages. It takes several dozen JP to learn one battle ability, but you can earn 250 JP with 5 characters. You can instantly unlock key abilities such as Lucky Arrow and build the foundation for job changes. Combined with grape ice, it can be raised to 75 JP/body.

Leaf 12,000 is the god of money strategy. The initial equipment is a few thousand leaves, but you can get 60,000 leaves with 5 units. You can purchase full physical defense and elemental defense equipment at Sufratarcha's shop, and your survival rate will skyrocket. At the same time, you can earn more leaves by selling sheep materials.

The appearance rate is low and there is a risk of escape, but it can be completely covered by the preparation and route described below. If you master this hunt, you will be able to clear the early stages three times faster than normal play.

Tips:Please make sure you are at least level 8 before your first hunt. Adjustments will be made with the small fish on the Rippletide Road. There is also a catlin type as an alternative, but it is not recommended because the reward is inferior.

2. The key to increasing JP efficiency by 25%: Complete manual for infinite production of “grape ice cream”

The premise of The Gentle Catman Hunt is Grape Ice. When used, this dish increases JP gain by 25% for 20 turns and increases JP50 to 62.5. Ingredients are grapes x 2 and milk x 1. It can be automatically generated at the cooking facility in Town Build.

1. Step 1:Obtain grapes. Purchased from Valore's “old woman who knows the town'' (grape seeds also purchased at the same time). The price is 750/380 leaf. After releasing the field, please plant grape seeds in the Town Build field. Multiple grapes are produced in one cycle.
2. Step 2:Get milk. After arriving at Shepherd's Rock, place the sheep in the pasture. One milk production per day. The sheep is purchased from a merchant who admires the Wise King. You can also sell it for money by obtaining wool at the same time.
3. Step 3:Cooking facilities released. The base bar will be opened upon clearing Chapter 1 of Torchbearer. Recipes are automatically registered. Set 2 grapes + 1 milk and turn on automatic cooking. We can stock dozens of items per day.

Lasts for 20 turns, allowing you to cover multiple battles. Production volume can be increased by arranging multiple fields. If you don't have enough milk, buy grapes that can restore all HP at the Shepherd's Rock tool shop (also used as a training center material). There are commercially available grape ice creams, but they are inefficient.

This system has zero material depletion. You can actually get more than JP75 per hunt.

3. Protagonist Merchant Reincarnation: Build JP & Damage Dual Wield with Lucky Arrow & Conversion Spear

The core of the game is to reincarnate the main character as a merchant. Change from the initial job to become a spear/bow user. Key abilities are Lucky Arrow (SP35, major bow damage + damage 2% JP acquisition) and Conversion Spear (SP30, spear critical guaranteed).

1. Unleash the lucky arrow with JP100. Break hits enemy and deals 1000 damage → 20JP bonus.
2. Spear of conversion at JP150. Finished with damage that ignored defense.

You can also use the mysterious arrow (total bow + vanguard SP 2% recovery) for sustained battles. For equipment, obtain the bow from the Valore store and the spear by begging. The support ability “Increase amount obtained” will increase the leaf by 1.2 times.

Job changes will be made after acquiring all Battle Abilities 2 + Support 2. We recommend transitioning from the initial thief. Please ensure thorough SP management. This turns the main character into a solo earning machine. JP Self-sufficiency becomes possible.

4. BP supply revolution: Achieve a one-turn kill with Steer BP Passer

Utilizing the strengths of an 8-person party, secure the main character's BP3 with Steer's BP passer (SP5, ally BP +1). Opening BP Passer → Break → Lucky Arrow → Conversion Spear for 1T kill.

Joining Stier will be automatic after Chapter 1 of Torch. It is fast and reliable. Formation example: Vanguard hero merchant + Steer, rear Alexia scholar (check weaknesses by checking) + fire support.

Rear guard BP can be borrowed from the BP trading support avi (after Merchant 7 avi). If you are not a member of STIA, this is a replacement for Macy. There is also natural BP accumulation, but the bonus will be reduced with 2T.

With this operation, you can withdraw 0% escape rate and 100% bonus.

5. Shortest route to sacred Shepard Rock: Optimal map explanation for going around from Rippletide

The hunting ground is Shepard Rockfield. Directions:

1. Proceed down the Rippletide Road (opened after Chapter 2 of the Restoration Quest).
2. Via North Shepherd Rock.
3. Arrive at the village and go around the surrounding fields.

There are also treasure chests (HP Grapes, Tornado Poetry Secret). The spawn zone is the grassy area northwest of the village.

Circuit route: village → field south → north reset. The encounter rate is high, one encounter per minute. Please equip yourself with support equipment to avoid surprise attacks.

It is 1 minute south of Rippletide, 1 minute north of Shepherd, and 30 seconds from the village. It will be a total of 5 minutes.

6. Battle Ironclad Strategy: Break → Lucky Arrow → Conversion Spear God pattern details

Enemy stats: Medium HP, shield 2, estimated weak point bow/spear. There are 3 escape turns.

Turn 1:

• Steer BP Passer → Main character BP3.
• Break with everyone's weak point attack.
• Lucky arrow (break big damage) → JP bonus.
• Conversion Spear Overkill.

We recommend break-oriented tactics. If it fails, retry and load immediately. Please back up your spirit stones. Magical support is also effective since physical resistance is high.

This pattern is 99% successful and you can get all the bonuses.

7. Secondary gold mine discovery: Leaf and material infinite loop with sheep milk and wool

Shepard lock at the same time:

• Sheep purchase → Farm placement → Milk/wool Nissan.
• Sold 5000 leaves of wool.
• Milk → grape ice circulation.

Loop: Hunting leaf → Increase sheep production → Sell → Equipment. It will be 10,000 units of leaves per day. Combination use with cows is also effective. Please secure breeding space.

8. Summary: With this income, you can instantly solve the mid-stage boss and fully accelerate the town build.

If you combine Grape Ice, Merchant Build, BP Passer, and Automation with Gentle Catman Hunt as your core, you can completely solve the resource problem in the early stages. Over 500 JP per hour, 500,000 leaves, and it is possible to reach level 15. By investing in Leaf, you can fully equip Sufratarcha, clear Torch Chapter 3 instantly, and accelerate Town Build Lv5. There is plenty of room for mid-stage bosses. This system is fully verified. Enjoy Octra 0 in practice at the fastest speed.