

After tracking down the Gate's location in Hornburg, Lyblac fully resurrects Galdera and is absorbed into him. This forced Lyblac to seek out Graham's only living son Kit to complete the ritual. Lyblac required Graham Crossford, the man who wrote Tressa's journal and saved Alfyn as a boy, as an ideal vessel for Galdera to gain corporeal form due to his bloodline's ties to the god Graham escaped from her clutches, but was mutated into Redeye. Revealed to be Galdera's daughter, Lyblac orchestrated the acquirement of From the Far Reaches of Hell and the dragonstones, along with the destruction of Hornburg, to unseal the Gate of Finis while using the Obsidians as her personal army to eliminate threats like Primrose's father.

The player follows the stories of eight heroes as they journey through Orsterra: Ophilia, a cleric of the Sacred Flame who undertakes a religious pilgrimage Cyrus, a scholar and teacher at the Royal Academy seeking a stolen tome of dark arts called From the Far Reaches of Hell Tressa, a merchant who goes on a journey after acquiring a journal detailing a past adventurer's travels Olberic, a former knight of the Kingdom of Hornburg seeking purpose after his kingdom was destroyed in an attack by a sellsword named Werner Primrose, a dancer and former noble seeking revenge against the Obsidians, a criminal organization that murdered her father Alfyn, a traveling apothecary inspired to take up his trade after a stranger saved him from a fatal disease as a child Therion, a thief tasked by a noble family to recover a set of dragonstones belonging to them and H'aanit, a hunter tracking down her mentor who was hunting a beast named Redeye.Īfter progressing through all the characters' various stories, the heroes' quests become intermingled as Ophilia's enemy Mattias, Cyrus' enemy Lucia, the Obsidians, and Werner are all revealed to have been under the employ of the immortal witch Lyblac. Set in the land of Orsterra, the Order of the Sacred Flame believed their world was created by thirteen deities before twelve were forced to seal the fallen god Galdera, who refused to relinquish what they created, within the afterworld that can be accessed through the sealed Gate of Finis.


When the counter is depleted, they enter a stunned state where they can receive more damage and lose a turn. Enemies have a shield counter that lowers whenever they are attacked with a weapon or element they are weak against. A Boost Point is not gained the turn after using them. During their turn, a player can use up to three Boost Points to boost a command, allowing their character to attack multiple times, raise their defense, or increase the potency of an ability. Playable characters receive a Boost Point at the end of every turn, of which they can store up to five at a time. The game features a turn-based battle system, in which the player can attack using different kinds of weapons or elemental attacks, as well as use abilities and items. For example, Olberic and H'aanit can challenge characters, Cyrus and Alfyn can inquire about certain bits of information that can be used for completion of quests or in the form of hidden items, Tressa and Therion can acquire items directly from NPCs, and Ophilia and Primrose can guide NPCs and use them as guest summons. When the player loses enough reputation in a given town, they can no longer use their Path Actions on any NPCs in that town. Each character has a unique "Path Action" command that can be used when interacting with NPCs that are divided into two categories: Noble, the ability's effectiveness dependent by the character's level or amount of in-game currency, and Rogue, which has a risk of its user losing credibility upon other NPCs. Each character comes from different parts of the world, each of which determines their job or attribute. The game puts players in the role of one of eight adventurers, each of whom begins their journey in different ways. Octopath Traveler is a role-playing game that sports a graphical aesthetic known as "HD-2D", defined by the developers as combining retro Super NES-style character sprites and textures with polygonal environments and high-definition effects. Octopath Traveler features an aesthetic termed "HD-2D" by the developers.
