OCTOPATH TRAVELER

88 Achievements

1,000

100-120h

Xbox One

Xbox Series

Strategist

Discovered every enemy's weaknesses.

0.08%

How to unlock the Strategist achievement in OCTOPATH TRAVELER - Definitive Guide

Jazz Apples

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15 Apr 2021 16:53

Not a guide but I wanted to add that you DON'T need the missable "Cactus Roller (spawn in the 1st tier of the Sunlands)" for this achievement. I just got the achievement and I missed analyzing the Cactus Roller. I'm unsure if the other 3 missable enemies count or not since I was able to analyze those.

Edit - wanted to add this is all on one playthrough. I don't have a second save or anything that I had got the Cactus Roller on.

Edit 2 - Edit - Here's the spreadsheet of the checklist I used for all the achievements (quests, enemy weaknesses, hidden items, chests, etc)., credit to marcv666 on Steam for this:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14Kz5mTAYdxqdgjbkbotA...

Steam guide post where I got the spreadsheet from:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=23094...

15 Apr 2021 16:53

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That feeling when you have all the monsters' weaknesses checked off and the achievement doesn't pop...

EDIT: I gave it the good old college try of trying to re-encounter all enemies in the game that spawn in single locations, along with re-encountering the numbered enemies to make sure I did not make a dyslexic mistake of checking the wrong enemy off.

After having one of the job/shrine achievements not pop (had to reload the autosave to get it to pop), I am hypothesizing that this achievement bugged out on me. I am going to bite the bullet and start a new save file and re-attempt this.

My advice before attempting this is keep a second save file on hand when you are close to revealing all enemy's weakness in case you run into the same error I did, you will have a save file to revert back to in order to re-trigger the final enemy weakness to make this achievement pop.

Good luck and happy hunting!

By Brundz on 23 Apr 2021 19:38

@Brundz I had accidentally checked off one of the monsters ending with VI when instead it was IV and found it again by accident. That's probably where I would start for re-checking things.

By Jazz Apples on 24 Apr 2021 23:28

I’ve been through the list nearly twice now and have no idea what I’m missing. Does anybody know if bosses from side quests count? I’m pretty sure I got all their weaknesses but they are the only enemies I can’t re-battle.

By Purds on 06 May 2021 01:50

I got the achievement! Turns out, at least I’m pretty sure, that side quest bosses don’t count! I somehow missed thunder sentinel mk.II and had it marked off that I had it.

By Purds on 07 May 2021 07:15

Do you have to find all the weaknesses of story bosses to get this achievement? I have all the weaknesses done on the story bosses so far but I'm on Olberik chapter 3 and have to have a lone fight against Erhardt and I dont want to change Olberiks secondary job to scholar. So just want to know if I can get through this fight without getting all of Erhardt weaknesses??

By FF Square Enix on 17 Apr 2021 17:34

No, you don't need to find the weakness of any story bosses or quest bosses, so no need to worry about them on Erhardt. There are a couple monsters that become rare spawns after you kill bosses in the area that you need to find the weaknesses for though, and also any mini bosses:

Forest of No Return:
Carnivorous Plant (kill Devourer of Men to get it to spawn)

Captain's Bane:
Deep One (kill Leviathan to get it to spawn)

By Jazz Apples on 17 Apr 2021 19:21

Thanks for the fast response and putting my mind at ease, I already have deep one and I will make a note of carnivorous plant, thank you so much :)

By FF Square Enix on 17 Apr 2021 19:55

are you sure that you don't need the cactus roller?

By Emperor Hans on 19 Apr 2021 06:26

Positive. I missed it completely and still got the achievement. I did get the other 3 missable ones though.

By Jazz Apples on 19 Apr 2021 16:17

I didn't get Meep or Cactus and no achievement so i'm thinking Meep is a must-get. I'll find out soon enough after finishing Cyrus' first chapter again to verify.

By ATCS on 19 Apr 2021 20:33

You need all the monsters in the same save, why write a guide that isn't a guide?

By Heretic Cain on 20 Apr 2021 17:11

Okay so if I missed getting some of the weaknesses on say chapter bosses do I need to get those somehow or are they excluded?

By Tyrian Callows on 24 Apr 2021 14:07

The chapter bosses are excluded.

By Jazz Apples on 24 Apr 2021 23:20

How do you scan the ancient one in spectre would with haanit?

By Emperor Hans on 21 Apr 2021 23:10

My understanding is that this achievement requires no bosses, which includes gate of finis. It does require mini bosses though.

By Purds on 19 May 2021 19:43

Can confirm you don't need Cactus Roller.
Can also confirm you DO need mini bosses as they can be fought as random encounters after you first fight them (lucky for me. I was missing 1 weakness on Tyrannodrake, encountered him as a random battle and got the achievement).

By OnexWingxAngelx on 20 May 2021 13:35

Just finished the last enemy I needed and did not get cactus roller...no achievement pop. Oh boy, this is going to be fun to see what I missed.

EDIT: It actually only took me like 2 hours.

I was missing Sand Lizardking II.

I suggest going over the list of all enemies that have I/II/III/IV/V/VI variants just to doublecheck. Not so much the humans but all the monsters.

Another datapoint that I did get meep on this save but not Cactus Roller.

By FF7 Bryan on 21 Jun 2021 03:38

I've spent almost an hour in the Tomb of Kings searching for the Wind Remnant. About the same time spent looking for the Sticky Slug in The Sewers. Why are the spawn rates soooooo low for some of these enemies. Freaking ridiculous.

By ICE Faux Pirate on 04 Jul 2021 00:23

Anyone have a list with rates of enemies? I can't find the enemy that I need to analyze :(

By Seyji on 05 Jul 2021 18:18

http://octopathtraveler.fandom.com/

If you go to whatever location you're looking for/in, it has the enemy spawn rates

By Jazz Apples on 05 Jul 2021 19:55

Hello I begun the game 1h ago with the thief and I don't understand how the game work when you finish the game with ond character... because I didn't spot all the vulnerability of the butler in the castle should that means that I need to do an other save or when I'll play with an other character it will be an other chance to get it or they additions themself between the characters in the same save ? And which one is the best to get this achievement ? Thank you.

By on 20 Sep 2021 20:03

^ You don't need to find the weakness of any story bosses or quest bosses. If you fight a one-time battle then you don't need to scan for weakness. The spreadsheet I linked in the solution will tell you what the story bosses are for tracking. Hope that helped.

By Jazz Apples on 21 Sep 2021 00:01

Okey thanks that help but ,Is there a character who is better than the others for this achievement? Because I have started with the thief. Should I do an other save ?

By on 21 Sep 2021 19:15

No, you'll be okay starting out as the thief. There are only a couple enemies that can be missed at the beginning but you'll be able to either scan them or if you attack them with what they are weak to then that will also 'scan' the weakness. You'll be able to get more characters before they are missable. Just check the links in the solution if you want to know what and where the missable enemies are.

By Jazz Apples on 21 Sep 2021 21:16

If I understand correctly, I don’t need to scan the guy who owns the dancers for the dancer’s first chapter? Otherwise the achievement is impossible

By GoH Sticky on 25 Sep 2021 16:31

^ Do you mean Helgenish? If so, that's correct. Him or his lackey doesn't need to be scanned since he's a story boss.

By Jazz Apples on 25 Sep 2021 17:37

Just something that I don't see mentioned...if your party dies during battle, and you finished scans during that same battle, the scan will revert (and I am assuming, not count) when you load up the last save.

By SleetyHaddock72 on 30 Oct 2021 15:26

Are there any monsters that don't spawn if you are too high of a level?

By AGxZetaPrime on 07 Aug 2022 20:14

@AGxZetaPrime if I recall yes there is like 3 or 4 of them that won’t spawn if you level up too much. They are very weak early game enemies. But I also recall reading somewhere that people still were able to get the achievement without actually defeating them. I can’t vouch for that but I seem to remember seeing that somewhere.

By Purds on 08 Aug 2022 03:57

These are the missable monsters if you get too high of a level, although the cactus roller doesn't count toward the achievement, I completed it without scanning the cactus roller:

Meep (spawn in the 1st tier of the Flatlands)
Cactus Roller (spawn in the 1st tier of the Sunlands)
Sea Birdian IV (spawn in the 2nd Tier of the Coastlands)
Buccaneer I (spawn in the 2nd Tier of the Coastlands)

By Jazz Apples on 08 Aug 2022 18:34

The kingfishers in West Goldshore Coast are DIFFERENT to the kingfishers in West Goldport Coast.

By Pulzy on 23 Aug 2022 08:12

I'm so frustrated, I can't find the Snow Lizard. I've wandered every inch of the Whitewood for hours now and it just won't appear.

By ALoneWolf42 on 18 Feb 2023 18:36

https://octopathtraveler.fandom.com/wiki/The_Whitewood shows only a 5% of encountering the Snow Lizard. Just keep trying!

By Jazz Apples on 19 Feb 2023 17:04

@Jazz Apples : I had like the absolute worst luck with that Snow Lizard though. I assumed my game had glitched because it made no sense statistically.

Some of the other enemies with low drop rate I found within 10 or 15 minutes. Deep One was 5 minutes. But this stupid Lizard? It took hours...

By ALoneWolf42 on 22 Feb 2023 02:11

I was missing the blood remnant, even after going through the list once I couldn't find it. took a break, and finally noticed it while going through half the list lol. FINALLY DONE!

By meep3rmanXD on 19 Jul 2023 02:40

The Ancient One is a boss/unique monster and you don't need to analyze it for the achievement.

By Jazz Apples on 21 Apr 2021 23:50

thanks!

By Emperor Hans on 22 Apr 2021 04:58

thanks!

By Emperor Hans on 23 Apr 2021 04:42

According to everything I read, the easily missable Cactus Roller is needed for this achievement and that monsters count between different saves. Since I got the achievement without the Cactus Roller I thought I'd let everyone know so you didn't have to worry about not getting the achievement if you missed that one. There wasn't a guide up to comment this on.

By Jazz Apples on 20 Apr 2021 21:07

so that means, I can still get the cactus roller to count if I have it "analyzed" on a different earlier save file?

I have a save file when I still have only 3 people on my party.

By Emperor Hans on 21 Apr 2021 12:28

From what I've read on other forums, the analyzed monsters count between saves. I can't 100% confirm this since it didn't happen for me but I read that people that missed a monster just start a new game and the achievement pops when they analyze what they were missing. Sorry I can't be of more help with that.

By Jazz Apples on 21 Apr 2021 15:14

Open discussions in the forums refer to the Steam version and not the Xbox version

For now, no one has confirmed that missing or using another save unlocks the achievement so why risk it when it's super easy to get those four monsters?

By Heretic Cain on 21 Apr 2021 19:49

@heretic cain true that but not all of us play rpg/jrpg with a guide on hand.

Just got it today I can confirm that cactus roller is not needed.

By Emperor Hans on 24 Apr 2021 03:49

I'd also use the Wiki page and start to look for enemies with low spawn rates.

The Revenants golems (especially Thunder Revenant) and some of the sub-bosses have notoriously low spawn rates. You might start with those first (as well as IV vs VI enemies suggested).

http://octopathtraveler.fandom.com/

Does this achievement require any of the Galdera/Gates of Finis enemies completed? I was wondering if this is achieveable before the final boss battle.

By Trevioso on 19 May 2021 18:20

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Heretic Cain

TrueAchievements

20 Apr 2021 17:20

The achievement unlocks after scanning 381 monsters, including side bosses
You can miss 4 of them if you go too fast in the main story

From the guide of Marcv666 :
Meep: found in the main areas of the flatlands, tier 1.
Cactus Roller: found in the main areas of the sunlands, tier 1.
Sea Birdian 4: found in the main areas of the Coastland, tier 2.
Buccaneer 1: found in the main areas of the Coastland, tier 2.

If you need a complete spreadsheet this is Marcv666's guide:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14Kz5mTAYdxqdgjbkbotA...

Some monsters have similar names, be careful when checking them off the list
There is no need to kill them, you can escape after discovering all the weaknesses
As written in the spreadsheet, Bosses and unique encounters do not count towards the Achievement
All scans must be done in the same save file
To save time, discover the weaknesses of the 10 side bosses before killing them, as they have a low spawn rate

For any questions just ask

20 Apr 2021 17:20

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I don't know if it unlocks on multiple save files, I did it in one. Let me know if you can get it in case I update the guide

By Heretic Cain on 23 Apr 2021 07:00

By SleetyHaddock72 on 30 Oct 2021 15:27

Hi there,

Thanks for this help ...
The achievement can be unlock on multiple saves ?
I mean, if I miss one and analysis on an other game with Cyrus as starter, is this count (cumulation ?)

Said that, beacause on my first save I have checked everything except the 4 missables (coz' I look for the achievement too latebefore finding your topic)
Actually I restarted and analyze Meep and Cactus Roller, no achievement for the moment ...

Hope after,
Sea Birdian 4 & Buccaneer 1, this will unlocked

By Nick Masters on 22 Apr 2021 23:13

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Warning: There are four missable enemies for this achievement. Take note of those listed in the Road Map.

For this achievement you must find the weakness of every repeatable enemy in the game. This means you do not need to find the weaknesses of any enemy listed as a Boss or Unique in the Excel spreadsheet. These enemies can not be encountered more than once and do not count toward the achievement. I would highly suggest continuing to fight in an area until all enemies are complete, and mark them off as you go. You'll get more experience this way too, which makes the game much easier overall.

There are three methods to finding an enemy weakness.

Have Cyrus in your party. At the beginning of every battle, he will reveal one hidden weakness from every enemy on screen.
Hit an enemy with a weakness.
Use the "Analyze" scholar skill.

Once you have uncovered every weakness from all 381 available enemies (including the four missables) you will unlock the achievement. You need to make sure no enemy has a question mark (?) in one of their slots.