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- Create your customizable protagonist and expertise the opening sections of the story.
- Play by the primary three hours of Octopath Traveler 0 from the start, on Xbox Sequence X|S and Xbox on PC.
- Progress carries over to the complete sport, which launches December 4, 2025!
Ready for a sport could be onerous. You sit there in fevered anticipation, watching the clock sloooowly tick tock away. Hours stretch into days, days really feel like years, and also you ponder to your self: “If solely I may play the sport early.”
Nicely, Octopath Traveler followers (and people of you who’re Octopath-curious), right here’s some welcome information. A brand new demo for Octopath Traveler 0 is on the market on Xbox Sequence X|S and Xbox for PC in the present day!
This beneficiant slice of the sport helps you to play by the opening of the sport as much as a sure level, or for as much as three hours relying on the way you play. And sure, progress does carry over to the primary sport, so when Octopath Traveler 0 releases on December 4, 2025, you’ll have the ability to keep on precisely the place you left off!
However what are you able to count on from this demo – and the sport itself? Learn on, and we’ll let you know all about it.
What is Octopath Traveler 0?
Octopath Traveler 0 is an epic RPG that tells a story of retribution and restoration. You play as a resident of the city of Wishvale, a gorgeous settlement within the verdant Woodlands area. However your idyllic house is abruptly destroyed, as purple flames burn it to cinders. Within the aftermath, you set off on an epic journey throughout the land of Orsterra. Your aim: to seek out and convey to justice these accountable – and even perhaps restore your hometown within the course of.
The sport provides a recent new tackle the Octopath Traveler expertise. As a substitute of eight protagonists, with their very own distinct narratives, you create your personal hero, selecting your personal look and elegance.
As you journey the world, you’ll have the ability to recruit greater than 30 potential allies and invite them to dwell in your city – every with their very own tales to find. You can use these allies in thrilling flip-based mostly battles that use the sequence’ acclaimed Break & Increase system.
What’s within the Demo?
The brand new demo helps you to play by the beginning of the sport – so you possibly can basically begin your journey now forward of the complete launch on December 4.
The sport options three foremost antagonists– generally known as ‘masters’ of sure influences – and you may play by their story arcs in any order you want. The demo consists of the primary chapter of all three ‘Grasp of’ tales, in addition to the primary chapter of the ‘Kindlers of the Flame’ story, which introduces the restoration of Wishvale and the city constructing mechanics.
You can play by these chapters, or for 3 hours – whichever comes first.
Create Your Character and Expertise the Explosive Intro
One of many first stuff you’ll do within the sport is create your foremost protagonist. You’ll choose from a variety of visible customization choices to create a glance that’s uniquely ‘you.’
You’ll then expertise the opening of the sport – and the tragic incident that sends you off in your journey for justice. It begins within the city of Wishvale, on the annual Day of Reverence festivities. The central ceremony is supposed to protect peace, however as you’ll uncover, it’s about to take a terrifying flip.
Following this prologue, you’ll set off in your journey!
Discover the World of Orsterra
Octopath Traveler 0 takes place in Orsterra, which followers will acknowledge as the identical world because the very first sport within the sequence. Don’t fear should you haven’t performed that, nevertheless – the brand new sport tells a totally standalone story, set as a prequel to the unique Octopath Traveler.
It’s a gorgeous land to discover – stuffed with secrets and techniques to seek out, cities to go to and characters to have interaction with utilizing Path Actions. You can use these particular actions to probe folks for info, ask to make use of their possessions, invite them to take up residence in your city and extra.
Simply watch out – some persons are not so simply persuaded and should you offend them, your fame could endure…
Get a Style for Battle
The sequence’ acclaimed Break & Increase battle system is again – however with a recent new twist!
Right here’s the way it works: each enemy within the sport has a defend however is weak to particular weapon sorts and elemental assaults. Exploiting these weaknesses reduces their defend factors and when all are depleted, your hapless foe is ‘Damaged’ and surprised for a flip. What’s extra, they’ll take harm from assaults – the right alternative to actually trigger some ache.
The important thing to success is Boosting. Every flip, your heroes will achieve Increase Factors (BP). You can
spend BP to unleash a number of assaults in a single flip, strengthen particular talents and extra. The system makes for some enjoyably tactic fight. For instance, must you use BP to whittle down an enemy’s shields, or wait till they’re Damaged and Susceptible so you possibly can ship the most important hits potential?
Your choices enhance as your occasion does – within the full sport, you’ll have the ability to go into battles with as much as eight characters at a time! This new eight-character occasion signifies that Octopath Traveler 0 now provides you extra choices than ever. You have two swappable rows in fight – a vanguard and a rearguard. Double the heroes – and double the BP – makes for a lot sooner, much more strategic skirmishes! To not point out, characters within the again row slowly replenish HP and SP, including an additional degree of technique to switching characters between rows.
Start to Rebuild Wishvale
Your adventures in Octopath Traveler 0 aren’t nearly revenge and battle – they’re additionally about bringing your loved one house again to life.
The sport options sturdy city-constructing mechanics that allow you to create your personal, personalised settlement. You can construct and organize buildings, place decorations and far more. Within the demo, you’ll have the ability to begin building and take the primary steps in direction of creating the city of your goals.
As you play by the complete sport, you’ll achieve assets and potential residents you should utilize to develop the city, and as your city grows, and new amenities are added, you’ll have entry to higher gadgets, meals and extra to help in your adventures. And naturally, you’ll have loads of alternative to precise your self creatively too. The demo’s an ideal alternative to put the foundations for what your city may grow to be!
We hope you’re excited to begin exploring the world of Octopath Traveler 0. For followers, the demo is an effective way to begin your journey earlier than launch – and should you’re a brand new participant, it’s a tremendous (and free!) approach to uncover what the sport and sequence is all about.
The demo is on the market to obtain in the present day for Xbox Sequence X|S consoles and Xbox on PC.
Octopath Traveler 0 launches on December 4, 2025 and is on the market to pre-order. Doing so provides you some bonus in-sport gadgets, which you’ll get when the sport releases:
- 5 Therapeutic Grape (M)
- 5 Inspiriting Plum (M)
- 2 Revitalizing Jam
- Motion Ability: Icewind Mastery
Save knowledge bonuses are additionally obtainable for gamers which have saved knowledge on their Xbox Sequence X|S consoles for the next titles!
Blue Cait Statue: A statue depicting a cait demihuman. Barely will increase EXP and leaves obtained whereas positioned.
*Results from decorations of the identical kind don’t stack.
Blue Octopuff Statue: A statue depicting an octopoid demihuman. Barely will increase JP obtained whereas positioned.
*Results from decorations of the identical kind don’t stack.
- DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D REMAKE
Nourishing Nut (M): Enormously will increase max. HP.
- DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake
Invigorating Nut (M): Enormously will increase max. SP.
Go to the Microsoft Retailer to seek out out extra:
OCTOPATH TRAVELER 0 Prologue Demo
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A free demo is now obtainable! You can create your personal character, play for 3 hours, and carry over your saved sport to the complete sport. Journey past beginning areas is restricted, however you possibly can discover these corners of Orsterra as you would like. Play by the story, construct your city, or seek for allies to accompany you. Embark on an journey all your personal.
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[Product Summary]
Begin from zero and uncover the most recent entry within the OCTOPATH TRAVELER sequence. Expertise a narrative of restoration and retribution over the divine rings—an epic saga that unfolds throughout the realm of Orsterra.
Embark on an journey of your personal creation.
Get pleasure from acquainted options such because the sequence’ HD-2D graphics, a fusion of retro pixel artwork and 3DCG; the participant’s means to roleplay utilizing Path Actions of their selection; and the Break and Increase system that may flip the tide of battle. Moreover, model-new options reminiscent of character creation and city constructing will let you create your personal character and restore your hometown.
[Key Features]
1. You are the protagonist of the story. Select your look, voice, motions, and favourite dish with the brand new character creation function!
2. Restore your hometown by city constructing. Invite companions and allies to dwell in a city of your creation!
3. Have interaction in exhilarating and strategic command battles. Select from over 30 allies to type a celebration comprised of as much as eight characters!
4. Use Path Actions to ask folks to your city, have interaction in battle, and procure gadgets. The place you go and what you do is fully as much as you.
5. Equip motion expertise with the brand new talent system. These expertise could be discovered by allies and handed on to others.