Octopath Traveler: CotC - Veteran Gear Locations and Strategy Guide

This is strategy information for Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent. With the addition of enhanced weapons that use Veteran Gear as materials, multiple pieces of Veteran Gear are now required. I'd like to summarize each strategy, also as a personal memo. By the way, the first piece is always obtained through the 'Win Over' interaction. If you want multiple pieces, you can defeat the NPC using the 'Entice' interaction command, which has a low chance of dropping the gear.

Note: If an NPC appears but you cannot use interaction commands, please complete the 'Advanced Hunt Request' for that town.

For enhanced weapons, see here→Enhanced weapons surpassing Veteran Gear appear, compare their performance YouTube strategy reference video here:https://youtu.be/dD7hg_xZDkE

Veteran Series Gear Locations

I've compiled a table with only the essential information needed for farming.

Name	Weakness	Characteristic	Town
Veteran's Sword	Spear/Ice	Physical Counter	Shepherd's Rock
Veteran's Spear	Bow/Fire	Instant Speed	Rippletide
Veteran's Dagger	Sword/Lightning	-	Gragspear
Veteran's Axe	Staff/Dark	-	Valerog
Veteran's Bow	Fan/Light	-	Emberglow
Veteran's Staff	Book/Wind	Instant Speed	Clearbrook
Veteran's Tome	Dagger/Wind	Elemental Counter	Siatopolis
Veteran's Fan	Axe/Ice	-	Sunshade

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The characteristics listed are skills that NPCs will use when their HP drops to roughly half or below. Be careful, as counter effects like '〜Counter' (e.g., Physical Counter) can wipe out your party even at high levels if they trigger when the opponent acts first, such as after a Break. Conversely, by dealing with them properly and attacking, the NPC will use that skill to end their turn, making the strategy easier. By the way, counter-type skills like '〜Counter' will not trigger a counterattack if the NPC is broken. 'Instant Speed' can lead to a party wipe from subsequent attacks if your damage output is low. However, I believe it won't be a problem if you can consistently Break them.

Veteran Gear NPC Strategy Basics

All of them can be defeated using the same pattern. Only for counter-types, be careful with your skill choices.

Party Composition

Front Row	Back Row
Breaker	Attacker
Breaker	Attacker
Breaker	Attacker
Breaker	Attacker

The party composition is simple. If many of your characters are not well-developed, you can use the same attackers for all Veteran NPCs. The front row, consisting of breakers, needs to be selected based on each Veteran NPC.

Breaker Character Selection

・Does not die from the Veteran NPC's first attack ・Can act faster than the Veteran NPC ・Can reduce Break points by 8 or more in one turn with four characters' attacks As long as the above conditions are met, 3-star or 4-star characters are fine. The minimum requirement is at least two consecutive attacks per character, so if you have someone with three consecutive attacks, it makes meeting the count easier. Some Veteran NPCs use strong skills from the start, but not every time. If you're tackling them at low levels, it's a good idea to try a few times.

Attacker

・Characters with high attack power above all else ・Even better if they can exploit weaknesses ・Some durability, as they will take hits after a Break For these, exploiting weaknesses isn't strictly necessary, so I recommend characters with high-level, high-power skills. While not high-power, I recommend characters with status ailment attacks like paralysis (e.g., Gilderoy). At lower levels, paralysis is very useful as it creates many opportunities to waste the opponent's turns.

Actual Attack Simulation

Turn 1

Breaker attack (weakness) x8 or more

Veteran NPC attack

Turn 2

Breaker attack (weakness) x8 or more (AllBoost)

Veteran NPC Breaking

Turn 3

Back row attack (AllBoost)

Veteran NPC Breaking

Turn 4

Veteran NPC attack (Back row takes damage)

Breaker attack (weakness) x8 or more

Turn 5

Breaker attack (weakness) x8 or more (AllBoost)

Veteran NPC Breaking

Etc.

YouTube strategy video here:https://youtu.be/dD7hg_xZDkE It's easier to understand in the video, but the front row takes no damage except for the initial attack. I believe most other bosses can also be defeated using roughly the same pattern. When tackling them at lower levels, using 'attack reduction skills' or 'auto HP recovery skills' on the Veteran NPCs should make it relatively easier. If you have a wide selection of characters for detailed party building, it's best to assemble appropriate characters for each Veteran NPC. ::License Information:: © 2020 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved.