OCTOPATH TRAVELER II
33 Achievements
1,000
80-100h
PC
Xbox One
Xbox Series
Worth the Detour
Finished all side stories.
100
0.65%
How to unlock the Worth the Detour achievement in OCTOPATH TRAVELER II - Definitive Guide
There are 67 total side quests. I have listed them below, underneath their respective regions and towns.
Toto'haha Region Side Quests
Beastling Village
Cape Cold
Cropdale
Oresrush
New Delsta
Flamechurch
Canalbrine
Sai
Toto'haha Region Side Quests
Beastling Village
- Building Bridges
- Culinary Cunning
- Pearl Hunt
- The Late Riser
- Stage Actors
- Ghormf!
- Shirlutto's Next Chapter
- A Gate Between Worlds
Cape Cold
- The Baby's Coming
- Ruffians' Redoubt
- Sword in the Stone
- A Present for My Son
- Melia's Next Chapter
- A Disquieting Shop
- Lingering Love
- The Washed-Up Letter
Cropdale
- Crop Revival
- The Soused Nobleman
- Useless Fruit
- Through a Child's Eyes
- Misha's Next Chapter
- Mira and the Elderly Guard's Next Chapter
- A Forced Hand
- Proof of Innocence
- Proof of Guilt
- Proof of Justice
Oresrush
- Stolen Goods
- Wanted: A Good Joke
- The Cave Monster
- In Search Of The Divine Weapons
- Reaching for the Stars
- The Missing Girl
- Alpione's Next Chapter
New Delsta
- A Genius Inventor
- A Gambling Man
- A Devilishly Delicious Dish
- The Bourgeois Boy
- Utterly Exhausted!
- Veronica's Next Chapter
- My Beloved Catharine
- Descended from Royalty
- For whom the Clock Tower Tolls
Flamechurch
- Pilgrim Protection
- Cathedral Window Repair
- Ort's Next Chapter
- Will Research for Money
- Tourney Champion
- Procurring Peculiar Tomes
- From the Far Reaches of Hell
- A Mysterious Box
- Laila's Next Chapter
Canalbrine
- Waiting All Day and Night
- Traveler's Lost and Found
- Lighthouse Restoration
- Goading the Grapes
- The Fish Filcher
- A Young Girl's Wish
- Lady Clarissa's Next Chapter
- Floyd and Thurston's Next Chapter
Sai
- Plans from a Ruined Nation
- Sword Hunter in the Decaying Temple
- The Treasures of Ku
- The Strongest
- The Runaways
- A Tower of Trials
- Mikka's Next Chapter
- The Travelers Bag
The Neoseeker guide has all of the side-quests pointed out during the main walkthrough, though a large portion of them will not be able to be completed when you first find them. Take a peek at their pages when you come to them, but if they require a character you haven't recruited yet, or require a trip to a high-level dungeon just move on with the story. I would suggest prioritizing quests that give XP-boosting accessories, or accessories that increase the spawn rate of rare monsters (Octopuff Pot and Cait Powder). After you complete the story, you can run through the list of side-quests by region starting HERE.