Octopath Traveler - Tressa route (no cait)

Text - quick
Voices - Japanese
Battle cursor is up to you

T = Tressa
C = Cyrus
O = Olberic
P = Primrose
M = Merchant (Tressa OR Cyrus)
X = anyone
EI = Endless Items
EM = Evasive Maneuvers

Open a file and return to title screen to speed up the first load of the run
Time starts when you select Tressa


~ Rippletide ~

Buy Wolf Bow (equip)
Cutscenes then Path to the Caves of Maiya

Either run straight away from fights, or break then run

Caves of Maiya

First pirate encounter
1T  Defend
2T  Bow x1
3T  Tradewinds x4

Run from any other encounters
Thunder Soulstone chest

Mikk & Makk
1T  Spear x2 on Mikk
2T  Tradewinds x1 on Makk
3T  Tradewinds x1 on Makk (swap with 4T if Tressa is going last next turn)
4T  Healing Grape on T (or 3T)
5T  Tradewinds x1 on Makk (if you healed on 3T and Tressa is last next turn, swap with 6T)
6T  Healing Grape on T (or 5T)
7T  Tradewinds x4 on Makk
8T  Thunder Soulstone
9T  Tradewinds x4 on Mikk


~ Atlasdam ~

Cutscenes then leave Rippletide
Run (or break and run) from all encounters before Atlasdam
Talk to Cyrus in Atlasdam
Subterranean Study

Kill 2 encounters on the way to Russell

Ice Sentinel
1T  Defend
 C  Staff x1
2T  Tradewinds x3

Fire Sentinel
1C  Icewind x2
 T  Tradewinds x2
    (if Tressa goes first, break with Spear then continue)

Black Bat x2
1C  Icewind x1
 T  Tradewinds x1
2C  Fireball x3
 T  Tradewinds x1

Ambling Bones
1T  Defend
 C  Staff x2
2T  Tradewinds x3

Get the Old Coin left of the save point
Tressa - learn Hired Help

Russell
1T  Ice Soulstone M
 C  Defend
2C  Staff x3
 T  Hired Dancers x3


~ The Whistlewood + Trader Shrine ~

Scrutinize the little girl for Light Soulstone M
Kill 2 encounters on the way to the Whistlewood
1T  Hired Bandits x2

(*) If you get a Cait in any of these encounters, use Light Soulstone M and skip to the Whistlewood menu (you don't need to go there)

The Whistlewood
$1500 from chest
Encounter - Light Soulstone M (if you got decent encounters before the Whistlewood, Cyrus should have 130+ JP)
Optional: Silver Sword chest

(*) Whistlewood Menu
Tressa - learn Donate BP
Cyrus - learn Firestorm & Blizzard
Equip Endless Items (EI)
Equip Evasive Maneuvers (EM)
Close the menu with X and open the map with '-'
Teleport to Rippletide

If you're short on JP, just learn Firestorm and kill some encounters later

Scrutinize Tony's Mother and get Thunder Soulstone L
Exit east

Head to North Cobbleston Gap (kill encounters here if you need JP; Fireball breaks Sea Birdians; finish off the menuing (EM))
$1200 from chest; go to Cobbleston and leave
Head to Moonstruck Coast
Save and quit at the save point; reload save
Get the Trader Shrine job


~ Grandport ~

Go to Goldshore and scrutinize guy near the entrance
Thunder Soulstone M near the tavern
Thunder Soulstone L on the beach
Leave Goldshore and head towards Grandport

Get the first chest on West Grandport Coast (Wind Soulstone L)
Reload the screen
Get the $20000 chest
Save and quit; reload
Thunder Soulstone L chest
Go to Grandport and leave

Head to Loch of the Lost King
Get Wind Soulstone L from chest
Get $30000 from chest
Teleport to Grandport

Go to the markets and purchase
  Fire Soulstone M            x1
  Ice Soulstone M             x1
  Thunder Soulstone M         x1
  Energizing Pomegranate L    x2

Get the following from chests
  Silver-Filled Pouch         x1
  Dazzling Artwork            x1
  $20000                      x1

Teleport to Cobbleston


~ Chapter 1 Wrap-up ~

Talk to Olberic and head to the Mountain Pass
Forced fight near Brigands' Den
1T  Hired Mercs x2
 C  Fireball x2  -OR-  O  Level Slash x2

Optional Old Coin
Brigands' Den

Gaston
1T  Thunder Soulstone L
 X  Thunder Soulstone M
    (Tressa uses the Soulstone L in case EI triggers (little sparkle))

Head towards Sunshade
Old Coin outside the town (chest)
Scrutinize guard to the right (Silver-Filled Pouch north of Primrose)
Talk to Primrose

Sunshade Catacombs
Possible encounter - Run or Hired Bandits x2

Helgenish
1T  Thunder Soulstone L (EI?)
 X  Thunder Soulstone M
 X  Ice Soulstone M


~ Quarrycrest ~

Head towards Quarrycrest
Wind Soulstone L in Derelict Mine (only need this if no EI on a Soulstone L)

Go to the Prince of Thieves Shrine - possible encounter
  Armor Eater is weak to Sword and Wind
  Lloris is weak to Dagger, Fire, and Wind

Get the Theif job
Go to Quarrycrest and start Tressa chapter 2
Buy the Nondescript Stone from the guy up the stairs
Cutscenes

Go up the stairs
Buy Stone on the left
Buy Stone + Fire Soulstone M from guy up the stairs
Buy Stone from guy to his left
Chest (Fool's Gold Ore)
Go back to the center of town
Cutscenes in center of town + near entrance of town

Road to Morlock's Manse
If you get an encounter on the way to the Manse, use Wind Soulstone L

Manse menu
  Cyrus - Merchant Job - learn Hired Help
  Olberic - learn Thousand Spears (if you got the encounter mentioned above, also learn Incite)
  Primrose - Thief Job - learn Armor Corrosive

Energizing Pomegranate M from chest
Screen transition checkpoint, quit, reload file
Save before Omar?

Omar (luck fight)
1T  Soulstone L
 C  Soulstone L
 O  Defend x2 / Soulstone L
 P  Armor Corrosive x2 / Soulstone L
2T  Defend / Spear x1
 C  Blizzard / Defend
 O  Thousand Spears
 P  Dagger x1 / Armor Corrosive
3M  Hired Veterans x4
 X  Soulstone M


~ Victors Hollow ~

Go to Victors Hollow and start Tressa's chapter 3 (don't select Olberic's ch2)
Talk to Leon near the tavern
Go and buy Edbart's Shield from the shield dude; (**) bring it back to the guy near the entrance
(**) If you don't have a Soulstone L, go to Forest of No Return, get the Shadow Soulstone L, then teleport to Victors Hollow
Talk to Leon in the tavern
Head to the Path to the Forgotten Grotto
Forgotten Grotto

Save and quit; reload
Get the $15000 chest
Save again before Venomtooth Tiger? (fight is very consistent but you might get an encounter on the stairs, then you're probably dead)

Venomtooth Tiger
1T  Fire Soulstone M
 C  Firestorm x1
 O  Defend x1
 P  Armor Corrosive x1
2O  Thousand Spears
 T  Hired Veterans x3
 C  Hired Veterans x3
 P  Defend
3P  Steal x2
 M  Collect (if you fail this the game hates you; might be able to try again depending on turn order)
 X  Soulstone L


~ Grandport Finale ~

Olberic - learn Incite (if you didn't do it earlier)
Teleport to Grandport and start Tressa's chapter 4

Sell items until you have $88,300 (expensive items on top, Omar's Axe, Olive Ls, Jams, Soulstones etc.) (keep Pomegranates, regular Olives)

Market cutscenes
Enter the Grandport Sewers

Thunder Soulstone L chest if you don't have a Soulstone L

Esmeralda
If you can't break turn 1 (bad luck,) revive dead fighters and try to break on turn 2 or 3, then continue fight
The following two scenarios are when Olberic goes before Esmeralda attacks on turn 1 (good luck)
If a merchant goes before Olberic on turn 1, but both of them are before Esmeralda, 3 hit strat is consistent, 4 hit strat is risky but fast

4 spear hits                                           3 spear hits
1O  Thousand Spears (hit 4 times)                      1O  Thousand Spears (hit 3 times)
 T  Donate BP -> C                                      M  Tradewinds
 C  Energizing Pomegranate L -> T                       M  Energizing Pomegranate L -> T
 P  Defend                                              P  Defend
2P  Armor Corrosive x3                                 2P  Armor Corrosive x3
 O  Incite                                              O  Incite
 T  Hired Veterans x4                                   T  Hired Veterans x4
 C  Hired Veterans x4                                   C  Hired Veterans x3
3T  Defend                                             3T  Defend
 C  Firestorm x1                                        C  Firestorm x1
 P  Energizing Pomegranate L -> C                       P  Energizing Pomegranate L -> C
4T  Hired Mercs x4                                     4T  Hired Mercs x4
 C  Hired Veterans x4                                   C  Hired Veterans x4
 P  Energizing Pomegranate M -> T                       P  Energizing Pomegranate M -> T
5M  Collect x3                                         5M  Collect x3
 M  Hired Veterans x3                                   M  Hired Veterans x3
                                                        P  Soulstone L

Run to the back of the Bazaar; cutscenes
Time ends when the bar fills up on the final cutscene (Tressa on the beach)