Octopath Traveler 0 Walkthrough Guides Characters and Companions

New citizens don’t appear out of thin air in Octopath Traveler 0-they hide behind specific quests, side areas, and character interactions. Here’s where to find them and how to bring them into your adventure.

Where to find citizens to invite in Octopath Traveler 0

Citizens for invitation appear across Orsterra’s towns like Valore, Emberglow, Theatropolis, and Rippletide. Use the Inquire Path Action on NPCs showing a house icon to reveal the Invite option, then succeed in a persuasion check based on your Wealth or Power stats. Some require items such as Grape Juice or Cabbage Rolls, and each brings a unique resident skill that activates in matching facilities back in Wishvale.

“Invite” is one of the Path Actions your character can perform when talking to eligible NPCs. Before you can actually invite them, you must use the “Inquire” Path Action to learn more about the character and unlock the “Invite” option.

There are two situations you will face when inviting a character to live in your town. The most common is a kind of persuasion check. The game shows your chances based on your Fame, Wealth, or Power rank. If you fail, you lose one reputation point in the town, but if you succeed, then the character will accept moving to Wishvale. Otherwise, the character will have a specific request to fulfill before they’ll want to move to your town.

Every citizen has a “resident skill,” which is a passive ability that only works as long as they are placed in a house or a facility they have affinity with, indicated by a tag. For example, the Hunter-Like Youth has the tag “Ranch,” so their skill will only work as long as they are one of the people placed on the ranch. To place a character, you must activate the building mode in Wishvale, select the facility, and use the “Housing” command.

You obtain a few other citizens by progressing in the “Kindlers of the Flame” questline as well as by meeting new companions. The latter are still considered citizens, and housing them in facilities does not remove them from your party or prevent you from using them as a member of your group.

Below, you find characters who you can invite to become citizens in Wishvale, organized by where you can find them. Companions aren’t listed here since they become citizens as you recruit them through specific quests.

Recruitable citizens in Valore

	Name	Location	Skill	Requirement
1	Hunter-Like Youth	Market in the lower part	Efficient Breeder – [Ranch] Raises the chance of a bigger yield	None
2	Inarticulate Carpenter	Market in the lower part, beside the large building	Timber Supply – regularly receive a delivery of lumber	None
3	Garrulous Bodyguard	Market in the lower part, inside the large building	Arsenal Supply – regularly receive a delivery of battle items	None
4	Ruffian Chef	Main Boulevard	Cook – [Hub] seldomly increases the number of dishes created	1 Grape Juice
5	Responsible Syndicate Member	Inside the building on the west side of Main Boulevard	Leaf Gift – regularly receive a tiny amount of leaves	None
6	Indomitable Dancer	North side of Main Boulevard	Med Supply – regularly receive a delivery of healing items	None
7	Astute Appraiser	North side of Main Boulevard	Appraiser – [SHOP] Marginally raises the chance of stocking rare trade items	1 Cabbage Rolls

Recruitable citizens in Emberglow

	Name	Location	Skill	Requirement
1	Wandering Apothecary	Near the tavern	Med Supply – regularly receive a delivery of healing items	None
2	Overly Devout Merchant	Church	[Shop] – Marginally lower purchase price	1 Fried Plounder
3	Devout Nun	Church	Abundant Charm – slightly boosts the frequency of deliveries regularly	1 Embershroom Soup
4	Man Suspicious of the Hero	Tavern	Stone Supply – regularly receive a delivery of stone	None
5	Cool hunter	East district	Game Gift – regularly receive a delivery of meat	None

Recruitable citizens in Theatropolis

	Name	Location	Skill	Requirement
1	Smithy Apprentice	Near the Weapon shop	Metal Supply – regularly receive a delivery of metal.	None
2	Pushy Farmer	Central square down the stairs	Harvest Expert – [Fields/Ranch] slightly increases the yield.	1 Tomato Salad
3	Woman Fond of the Coastlands	Tavern	Seasoning Gift – regularly receive a delivery of foods.	None
4	Bibliophile Cleric	Library	Faithful Heart – [Church] adds 1 to the helper’s original use count.	None
5	Earnest Aspiring Actor	Amphitheatre: Entrance	Cloth Supply – regularly receive a delivery of cloth.	None

Recruitable citizens in Rippletide

	Name	Location	Skill	Requirement
1	Exhausted Broker	Entrance	Savy Shopper – [Shop] marginally lowers purchase price	1 Bean Salad
2	Le Mann	Pier	Seafood Gift – regularly receive a delivery of seafood	1 Pepperoni Pizza
3	Traveling Writer	Tavern	Bean Expertise – [Fields] slightly increases the river bean yield	None
4	Marjim	Pier (complete “The Queen Orse” side story)	Seafood Gift – regularly receive a delivery of seafood	None
5	Chiara	Pier (complete “The Queen Orse” side story)	Med Supply – regularly receive a delivery of healing items	None

Recruitable citizens in Cragspear

	Name	Location	Skill	Requirement
1	Mid-Tier Noble’s Servant	In front of the item shop	Wholesale Expert – [Shop] slightly shortens time between trade item deliveries	None
2	Brigand Boss	Northeast side of the town	Leaf Gift – regularly receive a tiny amount of leaves	None
3	Retired Military Leader	North side, near the statue of the king	Technical Skill – [Training Ground] marginally increases JP obtained	1 Sautéed Veal
4	Friendly Server	Tavern	Savvy Shopper – [Shop] marginally lowers purchase price	None
5	Volunteer Soldier	Castle Edoras gate – north of Cragspear	Arsenal Supply – regularly receive a delivery of battle items	1 Milk Soup
6	Punching Bag	Slums – East of Cragspear	Practical Skill – [Training Ground] marginally increases EXP	None

Recruitable citizens in Clearbrook

	Name	Location	Skill	Requirement
1	Cloudy-Eyed Fisherwoman	Near the entrance	Seafood Gift – regularly receive a delivery of seafood	1 Paella
2	Hotheaded Rancher	Near the tavern	Efficient Breeder – [Ranch] raises the chance of a bigger yield	None
3	Magg the Cook	Tavern	Cook – [Hub] seldomly increases the number of dishes created	1 Fried Plounder

Recruitable citizens in Sunshade

	Name	Location	Skill	Requirement
1	Market Patrolman	Right side of the city	Savvy Shopper – [Shop] marginally lowers purchase price	None
2	Traveling Desert Chef	Tavern	Seasoning Gift – regularly receive a delivery of foods	None
3	Former Working Dancer	Tavern	Leaf Supply – regularly receive a modest amount of leaves	1 Curry with Rice
4	Unsociable Recruiter	Tavern	Fixer – [Hub] lowers cost to restore reputation	None
5	Brave Tavern Maid	Tavern	Abundant Charm – slightly boosts the frequency of deliveries regularly provided by residents with whom you live	1 Grape Ice Cream
6	Red-Faced Miner	Tavern	Metal Supply – regularly receive a delivery of metal	None

Recruitable citizens in Shepherds Rock

	Name	Location	Skill	Requirement
1	Cultivation Researcher	Last house on the left side of the entrance	Green Thumb – [Fields] marginally raises production speed	1 Tomato salad
2	Stern-Looking Carpenter	Mid-level	Timber Supply – regularly receive a delivery of lumber	1 Lucky fried egg
3	Famous Mason	Near the entrance to the castle square	Top Stone supply – regularly receive a delivery of quality stone	None
4	Once-aspiring Knight	House beside the church	Technical Skill – [Training Ground] marginally increases JP obtained	None
5	Sociable Antique Dealer	Castle square	Appraiser – [Shop] marginally raises the chance of stocking rare trade items	None
6	Wise King’s Admirer	Near the fountain in the castle square	Wholesale Expert – [Shop] slightly shortens time between trade item deliveries	None

Recruitable citizens in Flamesgrace

	Name	Location	Skill	Requirement
1	Stern Knight	Near the save point	Practical Skill – [Training Ground] marginally increases EXP	None
2	Striving Squire	In front of the Cathedral	Faithful Heart – [Church] adds 1 to the helper’s original count	None
3	Fastidious Seamstress	Inside the house on the right side of the Cathedral’s entrance	Top Cloth Supply – regularly receive a delivery of quality cloth	1 Potage
4	Novice Cleric	Inside the cathedral in a room to the right of the entrance	Harvest Expert – [Fields/Ranch] slightly increases the yield	None
5	Virtuous Cleric	Cathedral	Master Salesman – [Shop] raises selling price	None
6	Generous Noble	Cathedral	Leaf supply – regularly receive a modest amount of leaves	1 Lamb Bourguignon

Recruitable citizens in Victors Hollow

	Name	Location	Skill	Requirement
1	Pleasant Goldsmith	Near the save point	Top metal supply	1 River Bean Patties
2	Eccentric Cook	Tavern behind the bar counter	Seasoning Supply – regularly receive a delivery of quality foods	None
3	Traveling Gourmand	Main street going to the arena gate	Appraiser – [Shop] marginally raises the chance of stocking rare trade items	None
4	Axe-Wielding Gentleman	Down the stairs in the arena gate area	Top Timber Supply – regularly receives a delivery of quality lumber	None
5	Secretive Graybeard	Hidden to the right of the arena entrance	Top Arsenal Supply – regularly receive a delivery of quality battle items	1 Grilled Beef Lettuce Wrap
6	Arena Dancer	Inside the arena	Abundant Charisma – largely boosts the frequency of deliveries regularly provided by residents with whom you live	1 Nourishing Garlic Rice
7	Covert Mercenary	Inside the house down the stairs in the old quarters area	Fixer – [Hub] lowers cost to restore reputation	1 Grilled Fish

Recruitable citizens in Donescu

	Name	Location	Skill	Requirement
1	Patriotic Bard	Tavern	Abundant Charisma – largely boosts the frequency of deliveries regularly provided by residents with whom you live	1 Pepperoni Pizza
2	Injured man	Cemetery	Harvest Expert – [Field/Ranch] slightly increases the yield	None
3	Grieving Dog Owner	Near the cemetery	Fine Breeder – [Ranch] marginally raises production speed	None
4	Hardworking Lumberjack	Near the church	Top Timber Supply – regularly receive a delivery of quality lumber	1 Green Salad
5	Eagle-Eyed Soldier	Near the castle	Elite Technical Skill – [Training Ground] increases JP obtained	1 Sautéed Veal

Recruitable citizens in Atlasdam

	Name	Location	Skill	Requirement
1	Capable Culinarian	Near the item shop	Grand Chef – [Hub] occasionally increases the number of dishes created.	1 Rejuvenating Seafood Sauté
2	Practical Agriculturist	Down the stairs near the item shop	Grand Farmer – [Fields] raises production speed	1 Cabbage Rolls
3	Cow-Loving Farmer	Beside the weapon shop	Fine Breeder – [Ranh] marginally raises production.	None
4	Dutiful Botanist	Right lower street in the Atlasdam Palace Gate area	Fertilizer Procurer – [Fields] use leaves to purchase fertilizer to increase the yield.	None
5	Know-It-All Milo	In front of the Royal Academy of Atlasdam	Master Tradesman – [Shop] Shortens time between trade item deliveries.	1 Paella
6	Theoretical Military Scholar	Inside the Royal Academy of Atlasdam, on the stairs to the right side	Elite Technical Skill – [Training Ground] Increases JP obtained	1 Fruit Yogurt
7	Medicinal herb Student	Inside the Royal Academy of Atlasdam, upper level	Top Med Supply – regularly receive a delivery of superior healing items	1 Grilled Beef Lettuce Wraps

Recruitable citizens in Sufrataljah

	Name	Location	Skill	Requirement
1	Tailor Shelito	House on the lower part of the map	Top Cloth Supply – regularly receive a delivery of quality cloth	None
2	Desert Labor Supervisor	Lower east side of the town	Backdoor Trade – [Shop] Doubles the purchase price of trade items for a chance to stock special items	1 Sausage Stew
3	Spice Mixer	Tavern	Seasoning Supply – regularly receive a delivery of quality foods	None
4	Ahdju Pastoralist	In front of the weapon/item shop	Grand Breeder – [Ranch] raises production speed	1 Stewed Chicken & Tomatoes
5	Mystery-Chasing Explorer	Outside the Inn	Game Supply – regularly receive a delivery of quality meat	None
6	Watchful Merchant	Near the entrance of the Palace	Master Haggler – [Shop] lowers purchase price	1 Apple Pie
7	Versatile Painter	Northwest side of the palace entrance	Grand Appraiser – [Shop] Raises the chance of stocking rare trade items.	1 Good-Luck Omelette

Recruitable citizens in Cathedral of Tytos

	Name	Location	Skill	Requirement
1	Instructor Rhiom	In front of the pillar in the central square	Elite Practical Skill – [Training Ground] Increase EXP obtained.	1 Seafood Acqua Pazza
2	Head of the Artisan’s Guild	Second house to the right of the entrance	Top Metal Supply – regularly receive a delivery of quality metal	None
3	Former Slave of Tytos	Right side in between stairs	Cloth Supply – regularly receive a delivery of cloth	None

Recruitable citizens in Grandport

	Name	Location	Skill	Requirement
1	Traveling Ore Merchant	Item Shop	Top Stone Supply – regularly receive a delivery of quality stone	1 Chicken Skewers
2	Holy Drunkard	Tavern	Grand Faithful Heart – [Church] Adds 2 to the helper’s original use count	1 Fruit Trays
3	Ambitious Investor	Tavern	Patron – regularly receive a large amount of leaves	1 Lamb Bourguignon
4	Diarist	North side of the markets	Nomenclator – [Salon] allows you to change the protagonist’s name and favorite dish	None
5	Award-Winning Farmer	Bazaar	Fodder Procurer – [Ranch] use leaves to purchase fodder to increase the yield	None
6	Robust Broker	Bazaar	Master Salesman – [Shop] raises selling price	1 Milk Soup
7	Veteran Captain	Near the exit to Grandport in the Estate Entrance area	Seafood Supply – regularly receive a delivery of quality seafood	1 Cream Pasta

Recruitable citizens in Berecain

Name

Location

Skill

Requirement

Scholar of Harmony

Beside the inn

Best residents to assign in Wishvale and why

The best residents for Wishvale in Octopath Traveler 0 provide targeted bonuses like boosted production, rare items, discounts, or training gains when assigned to matching facilities (Hub, Fields, Ranch, Shop, etc.). Prioritize them based on playstyle-early-game for resources, late-game for efficiency and profit. Effects often aren’t cumulative, so swap as needed.

Top Ranch Assignments

Assign residents to maximize animal yields and unique drops like sellable “Junk.”

Hunter-Like Youth (Valore Market): Efficient Breeder boosts output early-game.
Former Herd Leader: Upgrades sheep for Junk sales at Shop.

Optimal Shop Setup

With 2-3 slots (Ludo mandatory), mix for buying/selling/rarities.

Resident	Location	Skill	Why Best
Versatile Painter	Sufrataljah Palace	Grand Appraiser [Shop]	Rare trade item chance
Virtuous Cleric	Flamesgrace Cathedral	Master Salesman [Shop]	Higher selling prices
Watchful Merchant	Sufrataljah Palace	Lowers purchase prices	Discount buying

Training Grounds Picks

Focus on EXP/JP for inactive party members.

Viotar/Alexia (mentioned in guides): Boost AP/XP gains.
General: Prioritize EXP/JP enhancers over others.

Other Standouts

Phenn + Cook/Fixer (Hub): More goods, easier Reputation recovery.
Reime (Arena slot): Top bonus for combat/arena utility.
Ophilia (Church): Magnifies helper counts via Amity.

Which resident skills boost income most in Wishvale

Top resident skills for boosting income in Wishvale focus on elevating sell prices at the Shop and maximizing sellable resource yields from the Ranch and Fields. These turn routine drops like Fleece or crops into high-value “Junk” items worth 5,000-6,000 leaves each.

Shop Sell Price Boosters

Assign these to Ludo’s Shop (mandatory base) for direct multipliers on all sales-stacking yields up to 20-30% gains on bulk items.

Skill	Resident Example	Income Impact
Master Salesman	Virtuous Cleric (Flamesgrace)	Highest sell price (+20-30%)
Savvy Seller	Ludo (default)	Base 10% uplift on all sales
Grand Appraiser	Versatile Painter (Sufrataljah)	Rarity chance for premium junk

Ranch/Fields Production Maximizers

Boost output of Fleece (5k+ sell value) via sheep upgrades and fodder efficiency-farm passively over 5-10 battles.

Efficient Breeder/Grand Breeder (Hunter-Like Youth from Valore): Doubles animal yields for steady Fleece stacks.
Award-Winning Farmer (Fields/Ranch): Cheap fodder buys explode crop/livestock profits.
Former Herd Leader (Shepherd’s Rock): Unlocks premium sheep for top Junk sales.

Prioritize Shop for quick flips and Ranch for passive farming; combine with Haggling elsewhere for peak earnings.

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