Crossing the sea by boat in Octopath Traveler 2.

Octopath Traveler 2: How to Cross the Sea

Travel across the sea to get new characters to join your party.

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One of the new additions added to this game from the first Octopath Traveler is the ability to travel by sea. To reach some of the new characters, you must find ports and pay a fee to travel across the sea to new lands.

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    Where to Find Ports

    A port in Octopath Traveler 2.

    There are four ports total that you can use to travel the sea in Octopath Traveler 2. These ports can be found in the following locations:

    • Beasting Bay (connects to New Delsta Harbor and Canalbrine)
    • Canalbrine (connects to Beasting Bay)
    • Crackridge Harbor (connects to New Delsta Harbor)
    • New Delsta Harbor (connects to Crackridge Harbor and Beasting Bay)

    How to Cross the Sea When Starting With Throné

    Port location from New Delsta.

    Throné’s first chapter ends in or near New Delsta. After completing her Chapter One, you can cross the sea to get other characters in different parts of the world.

    How to Get From New Delsta to Canalbrine (Castti Starting Location)

    1. To get to Canalbrine from New Delsta, you’ll first need to travel to the New Delsta Harbor. To get here, you’ll want to first head east out of New Delsta into the Eastern New Delsta Highroad. From here, head north towards the Winterlands, into the New Delsta Flats. From here, you can head directly west towards the New Delsta Harbor. When you reach the harbor, choose to travel to Crackridge Harbor. You must pay 2,500 leaves to complete this journey.
    2. Sadly, you aren’t able to travel directly to the Canalbrine port from New Delsta, so you have a bit of a journey to reach Castti’s starting location. Head west into the Eastern Cropdale Trail. Next, you’ll want to go south to the Southern Cropdale Trail. Follow this east until you get near Oresrush. Bypass Oresrush into the Southern Orserush Wilds. From here, head south into the Northern Ryu Sands. Finally, from here, you can keep heading directly west all the way until you reach Canalbrine, where you can find Castti.

    How to Get From New Delsta to Oresrush (Partitio Starting Location)

    1. Complete step one from Throné’s first section above to sail to Crackridge Harbor from New Delsta.
    2. From Crackridge Harbor, you can reach Oresrush by heading south. Unfortunately, you cannot go straight south, so you’ll have to first head west to the Eastern Cropdale Trail. From here, you can go south into the Southern Cropdale Trail. Finally, head east until you reach Oresrush.

    How to Get From New Delsta to Cropdale (Agnea Starting Location)

    1. Complete step one from Throné’s first section above to sail to Crackridge Harbor from New Delsta.
    2. Cropdale is extremely easy to find from Crackridge Harbor. Simply follow the path west, and you will reach Agnea’s starting lcoation.

    How to Get From New Delsta to Ryu (Hikari Starting Location)

    1. Complete step one from Throné’s first section above to sail to Crackride Harbor from New Delsta.
    2. To get to Ryu, you’ll need to head west from Crackridge Harbor into the Eastern Cropdale Trail. Next, go south into the Southern Cropdale Trail. Once here, head west to Oresrush, but bypass it and head into the Southern Oresrush Wilds. Finally, from here you can go straight south until you reach Ryu, where you can find Hikari.

    How to Get From New Delsta to Beasting Village (Ochette Starting Location)

    1. Complete step one from Throné’s first section above to sail to New Delsta Harbor. But this time, do not choose to go to Crackridge Harbor. Instead, opt to travel to Toto’haha Beasting Bay. This trip will cost you 1,500 leaves.
    2. When you land, head directly south, and you’ll find Ochette in Beasting Village.

    How to Cross the Sea When Starting With Temenos

    Port location from Flamechurch.

    Temenos’ first chapter ends in or near Flamechurch. After completing his Chapter One, you can cross the sea to get other characters in different parts of the world.

    How to Get From Flamechurch to Canalbrine (Castti Starting Location)

    1. To reach Canalbrine from Flamechurch, you’ll first need to get to the New Delsta Harbor. To reach the New Delsta Harbor from Flamechurch, head east out of Flamechurch onto the Eastern Flamechurch Pass. From here, go south to the Western Clockbank Highroad. Next, you’ll be heading west to the Eastern New Delsta Highroad. From here, head far north until you get to New Delsta Flats. Finally, you’ll head west again from here and reach the harbor. Once you get to the harbor, choose to travel to Crackridge Harbor, which will cost you 2,500 leaves.
    2. Once you’re at Crackridge Harbor, you’re on the right continent to reach Canalbrine. Sadly, you can’t travel directly to the port in Canalbrine, so you’ll have a bit of a journey to get there. First, head west into the Eastern Cropdale Trail. From here, go south into the Southern Cropdale Trail. Next, you will want to head east towards Oresrush. However you’ll want to bypass Oresrush and head into the Southern Oresrush Wilds. From here, you can head south into the Northern Ryu Sands. Lastly, just keep heading straight east all the way until you reach Canalbrine.

    How to Get From Flamechurch to Oresrush (Partitio Starting Location)

    1. Complete step one from Temenos’ first section above to sail to Crackridge Harbor.
    2. Once here, you’ll need to make a bit of a loop to reach Oresrush. Head west from Crackridge Harbor, south at the Eastern Cropdale Trail, and then east again at the Southern Cropdale trail. This will lead you to Oresrush.

    How to Get From Flamechurch to Cropdale (Agnea Starting Location)

    1. Complete step one from Temenos’ first section above to sail to Crackridge Harbor.
    2. From Crackridge Harbor, head straight west, and you will find Cropdale, Agnea’s starting lcoation.

    How to Get From Flamechurch to Ryu (Hikari Starting Location)

    1. Complete step one from Temenos’ first section above to sail to Crackridge Harbor.
    2. From Crackridge Harbor, follow the same instructions to get to Oresrush, but instead of going into the town, head straight south to Ryu instead.

    How to Get From Flamechurch to Beasting Village (Ochette Starting Location)

    1. Complete step one from Temenos’ first section above, but don’t choose to travel to Crackridge Harbor when you reach the New Delsta Harbor. Instead, select to travel to Toto’haha Beasting Bay. This trip will cost you 1,500 leaves.
    2. Once you land, head directly south to Beasting Village. This is where you will find Ochette for the first time.

    How to Cross the Sea When Starting With Osvald

    Port location from Cape Cold.

    Osvald’s first chapter ends in or near Cape Cold. After completing his Chapter One, you can cross the sea to get other characters in different parts of the world.

    How to Get From Cape Cold to Canalbrine (Castti Starting Location)

    1. To travel from Cape Cold to Canalbrine, you’ll need to first get to the New Delsta Harbor. From Cape Cold, head south into the Southern Cape Cold Snows. From here, you’ll head south again, this time to the New Delsta Flats. From here, keep heading west, and you’ll reach the New Delsta Harbor. Once you get here, you can pay 2,500 leaves to travel to Crackridge Harbor.
    2. Once you’ve reached Crackridge Harbor, you’ll have a long journey to get to Canalbrine, as you cannot travel directly from the New Delsta Harbor to the harbor in Canalbrine. From Crackridge Harbor, head west into the Eastern Cropdale Trail. Next, head south into the Southern Cropdale Trail. You’ll then head west towards Oresrush, but bypass this and go into the Southern Oresrush Wilds. You’ll need to then head south into the northern Ryu Sands. Finally, from here, you can head straight east all the way to Canalbrine.

    How to Get From Cape Cold to Oresrush (Partitio Starting Location)

    1. Complete step one from Osvald’s first section above to sail to Crackridge Harbor.
    2. Once at Crackridge Harbor, head west, and follow the loop until you have headed back east again into Oresrush. Here, you’ll find Partitio for the first time.

    How to Get From Cape Cold to Cropdale (Agnea Starting Location)

    1. Complete step one from Osvald’s first section above to sail to Crackridge Harbor.
    2. Keep heading directly west, and you will find Agnea in Cropdale.

    How to Get From Cape Cold to Ryu (Hikari Starting Location)

    1. Complete step one from Osvald’s first section above to sail to Crackridge Harbor.
    2. Head west into the Eastern Cropdale Trail, and then head south into the Southern Cropdale Trail. From here, continue east towards Oresrush, but bypass the town, and head into the Southern Oresrush Wilds. Next, you can head straight south until you get to Ryu.

    How to Get From Cape Cold to Beasting Village (Ochette Starting Location)

    1. Complete step one from Osvald’s first section above, but do not choose to travel to Crackridge Harbor. Select Toto’haha Beasting Bay as your travel destination, and pay the 1,500 leaves to get there. Once there, you can journey directly south, and you’ll find Ochette in Beasting Village.

    How to Cross the Sea When Starting With Castti

    Port locations from Canalbrine.

    Castti’s first chapter ends in or near Canalbrine. After completing her Chapter One, you can cross the sea to get other characters in different parts of the world.

    How to Get From Canalbrine to New Delsta (Throné Starting Location)

    1. To get from Canalbrine to New Delsta, you’ll need to travel all the way to Crackridge Harbor, as Canalbrine’s Harbor unfortunately doesn’t connect with the New Delsta Harbor. To get to Crackridge Harbor, head west out of Canalbrine into Western Canalbrine Coast. From here, head west again to the Canalbrine Bridge. Head west one more time into the Northern Ryu Sands. From here, you can start heading north, into the Southern Oresrush Wilds. You’ll then need to head west yet again into the Southern Cropdale Trail. Go north until you reach the Eastern Cropdale Trail. Once here, you can head west, directly to Crackridge Harbor. Once you’ve reach Crackridge Harbor, you can choose to travel to the New Delsta Harbor for 2,500 leaves.
    2. From the New Delsta Harbor, head east into the New Delsta Flats. From here, head south to the Eastern New Delsta Highroad. Then, you can head directly west into New Delsta to find Throné.

    How to Get From Canalbrine to Flamechurch (Temenos Starting Location)

    1. Complete the first step from Castti’s section above to sail to the New Delsta Harbor.
    2. From the new Delsta Harbor, head east into the New Delsta Flats. From here, you’ll head south into the Eastern New Delsta Highroad. Next, you will turn east again into the Western Clockbank Highroad. After this, head north into the Eastern Flamechurch Pass. Lastly, go west, and you’ll find Flamechurch, which is where Temenos is located.

    How to Get From Canalbrine to Cape Cold (Osvald Starting Location)

    1. Complete the first step from Castti’s section above to sail to the New Delsta Harbor.
    2. Yet again, you’ll start by heading east into the New Delsta Flats. To get to Cape Cold, you’ll then head north into the Southern Cape Cold Snows. Head north again, and you’ll reach Cape Cold.

    How to Get From Canalbrine to Beasting Village (Ochette Starting Location)

    1. Luckily, Canalbrine’s port connects directly to Beasting Bay. Simply head to the port that’s in town and pay the 1,000 leaves to get to Toto’haha.
    2. Once you’ve landed, you can head directly south until you reach Beasting Village, which is where you’ll find Ochette.

    How to Cross the Sea When Starting With Partitio

    Port locations from Oresrush.

    Partitio’s first chapter ends in or near Oresrush. After completing his Chapter One, you can cross the sea to get other characters in different parts of the world.

    How to Get From Oresrush to New Delsta (Throné Starting Location)

    1. To get from Oresrush to New Delsta, you must first travel to Crackridge Harbor. Exit Oresrush to the south into the Southern Oresrush Wilds. From here, go west until you reach the Southern Cropdale Trail. Head north to get to the Eastern Cropdale Trail, and then go straight east until you reach Crackridge Harbor. From here, pay the 2,500 leaves to travel across the sea to the New Delsta Harbor.
    2. Once at the New Delsta Harbor, you’ll want to head east into the New Delsta Flats. Next, you’ll want to take the path to the south into the Eastern New Delsta Highroad. Head west from here, and you’ll reach New Delsta.

    How to Get From Oresrush to Flamechurch (Temenos Starting Location)

    1. Complete step one from Partitio’s first section above to sail to the New Delsta Harbor.
    2. Once at the New Delsta Harbor, exit east into the New Delsta Flats. Next, you’ll need to go south into the Eastern New Delsta Highroad. From here, travel east to the Western Clockbank Highroad. You can follow this north to the Eastern Flamechurch Pass. Go a bit to the west from here, and you will reach Flamechurch.

    How to Get From Oresrush to Cape Cold (Osvald Starting Location)

    1. Complete step one from Partitio’s first section above to sail to the New Delsta Harbor.
    2. From the New Delsta Harbor, travel east into the New Delsta Flats. This time, you’ll next want to head north into the Southern Cape Cold Snows. Travel a little further north from here, and you will reach Cape Cold.

    How to Get From Oresrush to Beasting Village (Ochette Starting Location)

    1. To reach Beasting Village from Oresrush, you’ll need to travel to Canalbrine’s port. Exist Oresrush to the south, into the Southern Oresrush Wilds. Head south to get to the Northern Ryu Sands. From here, keep traveling east all the way until you reach Canalbrine. The port you need is to the east of town. Pay the 1,000 leaves to set sail for Toto’haha Beasting Bay.
    2. Once you’ve landed, just head directly south until you reach Beating Village, where you will find Ochette.

    How to Cross the Sea When Starting With Agnea

    Port locations from Cropdale.

    Agnea’s first chapter ends in or near Cropdale. After completing her Chapter One, you can cross the sea to get other characters in different parts of the world.

    How to Get From Cropdale to New Delsta (Throné Starting Location)

    1. To get to New Delsta from Cropdale, you’ll need to find Crackridge Harbor. To get to Crackridge Harbor, exist Cropdale to the east, into the Eastern Cropdale Trail. Simply keep heading east, and you’ll reach Crackridge Harbor. Pay the 2,500 leaves to travel to the New Delsta Harbor.
    2. Once you’ve reached the New Delsta Harbor, you should exit east into the New Delsta Flats. From here, head south into the Eastern New Delsta Highroad. Take this to the west, and you’ll reach New Delsta, where Throné is waiting.

    How to Get From Cropdale to Flamechurch (Temenos Starting Location)

    1. Complete step one from Agnea’s first section above to sail to the New Delsta Harbor.
    2. From the New Delsta Harbor, you can get to Flamechurch by first heading east into the New Delsta Flats. From here, you’ll need to head south into the Eastern New Delsta Highroad. Next, head east into the Western Clockbank Highroad. Once here, head north into the Eastern Flamechurch Pass, and then head west into Flamechurch where you can find Temenos.

    How to Get From Cropdale to Cape Cold (Osvald Starting Location)

    1. Complete step one of Agnea’s first section above to sail to the New Delsta Harbor.
    2. Once you’ve landed, head east into the New Delsta Flats. Next, you’ll want to travel north into the Southern Cape Cold Snows. Continue north from here, and you will find Osvald in Cape Cold.

    How to Get From Cropdale to Beasting Village (Ochette Starting Location)

    1. To get to Beasting Village from Cropdale, you’ll need to travel to Canalbrine’s port. To get here, exit Cropdale to the east, into the Eastern Cropdale Trail. Next, head south into the Southern Cropdale Trail. From here, you’ll want to go west towards Oresrush. Pass up Oresrush and instead enter the Southern Oresrush Wilds. Head south from here into the Northern Ryu Sands. Finally, from here, you can keep traveling west until you get to Canalbrine. The port is on the east side of the town. Pay the 1,000 leaves to sail to Toto’haha Beasting Bay.
    2. From this port, you can get to Beasting Village by heading straight south.

    How to Cross the Sea When Starting With Hikari

    Port locations from Ryu.

    Hikari’s first chapter ends in or near Ryu. After completing his Chapter One, you can cross the sea to get other characters in different parts of the world.

    How to Get From Ryu to New Delsta (Throné Starting Location)

    1. To get from Ryu to New Delsta, you’ll need to first travel to Crackride Harbor. First, exist Ryu to the north, into the Northern Ryu Sands. Keep heading north, into the Southern Oresrush Wilds. From here, you’ll want to head west into the Southern Cropdale Trail. Next, head north into the Eastern Cropdale Trail. Lastly, you can head straight west, and you’ll reach Crackridge Harbor. Pay the 2,500 leaves to sail to the New Delsta Harbor.
    2. To reach New Delsta, first head east into the New Delsta Flats. You can then head south into the Eastern New Delsta Highroad. From here, travel west, and you’ll reach New Delsta.

    How to Get From Ryu to Flamechurch (Temenos Starting Location)

    1. Complete step one of Hikari’s first section above to sail to the New Delsta Harbor.
    2. To get to Flamechurch, head east into the New Delsta Flats. Travel south into the Eastern New Delsta Highroad, and then east into the Western Clockbank Highroad. From here, go north into the Eastern Flamechurch Pass. Finally, you can head west into Flamechurch, where you will find Temenos.

    How to Get From Ryu to Cape Cold (Osvald Starting Location)

    1. Complete step one of Hikari’s first section above to sail to the New Delsta Harbor.
    2. Once you’ve landed, head east into the New Delsta Flats. From here, head north into the Southern Cape Cold Snows. Keep heading north, and you’ll reach Cape Cold, where you can find Osvald for the first time.

    How to Get From Ryu to Beasting Village (Ochette Starting Location)

    1. To get to Beasting Village, you’ll first need to get to Canalbrine’s Harbor to cross the sea. To reach Canalbrine from Ryu, head north into the Northern Ryu Sands. From here, just keep going straight west until you reach Canalbrine. The port will be on the east side of the town. Pay the 1,000 leaves to travel to Toto’haha Beasting Bay.
    2. Once you’ve hit land, you can just travel straight south to find Ochette in Beasting Village.

    How to Cross the Sea When Starting With Ochette

    Port locations from Beasting Village.

    Osvald’s first chapter ends in or near Beasting Village. After completing her Chapter One, you can cross the sea to get other characters in different parts of the world.

    How to Get From Beasting Village to New Delsta (Throné Starting Location)

    1. From Beasting Village, head straight north until you reach Beasting Bay. From here, you can choose to sail to New Delsta Harbor for 1,500 leaves.
    2. When you’ve reached New Delsta Harbor, you can get to New Delsta by first heading east into the New Delsta Flats. From here, travel south into the Eastern New Delsta Highroad. Finally, head west, and you’ll reach New Delsta.

    How to Get From Beasting Village to Flamechurch (Temenos Starting Location)

    1. Complete step one of Ochette’s first section above to get to Beasting Bay to sail to New Delsta Harbor.
    2. From New Delsta’s harbor, you’ll first need to head east into the New Delsta Flats. From here, head south into the Eastern New Delsta Highroad. Travel east into the Western Clockbank Highroad next. From there, you’ll want to head north into the Eastern Flamechurch Pass. You can get to Flamechurch by heading west from here.

    How to Get From Beasting Village to Cape Cold (Osvald Starting Location)

    1. Complete step one of Ochette’s first section above to sail to New Delsta Harbor.
    2. Once you’ve landed, head east into the New Delsta Flats. Next, travel north into the Southern Cape Cold Snows. Keep heading north and you’ll reach Cape Cold, where you can find Osvald.

    How to Get From Beasting Village to Canalbrine (Castti Starting Location)

    1. Complete step one of Ochette’s first section above to get to Beasting Bay, but this time choose to sail to Canalbrine. Pay the 1,000 leaves. This trip will take you directly to Canalbrine, so no extra traveling is required.

    How to Get From Beasting Village to Oresrush (Partitio Starting Location)

    1. Complete step one of Ochette’s first section above, but choose to sail to Canalbrine.
    2. Once you’ve landed, head west into the Western Canalbrine Coast. Continue west through Canalbrine bridge, all the way through the Northern Ryu Sands. From here, you can head straight north, and you will reach Oresrush.

    How to Get From Beasting Village to Cropdale (Agnea Starting Location)

    1. Complete step one of Ochette’s first section above, but choose to sail to Canalbrine.
    2. When you arrive, head west into the Western Canalbrine Coast. Keep heading west from here all the way until you’re in the Northern Ryu Sands. From here, head north into the Southern Oresrush Wilds. Pass by Oresrush and continue west into the Southern Cropdale Trail. Head north into the Eastern Cropdale trail, and then go west to Cropdale.

    How to Get From Beasting Village to Ryu (Hikari Starting Location)

    1. Complete step one of Ochette’s first section above, but choose to sail to Canalbrine.
    2. Once there, head west into the Western Canalbrine Coast. Keep heading west all the way until you’re in the Northern Ryu Sands. From here, you can head south, and you’ll reach Ryu, where you can find Hikari.

    How to Get Your Own Ship

    Boat you can own in Octopath Traveler 2.

    To get your own ship, you’ll need to have Partitio in your party. You’ll also need to have completed various side quests for Partitio, until you have unlocked “The Scent of Commerce” side quest. Head to Toto’haha, the island where you first recruit Ochette. Once you’ve reached the island, head east until you get to Tropu’hopu. By the docks, you’ll trigger a cutscene for Partitio’s side quest. Afterward, you can find Terry, a person who owns a ship but refuses to sell it for anything less than 100,000 leaves. Once you’ve collected enough leaves, you can purchase this ship from Terry.

    Benefits of Getting Your Own Ship

    Considering how expensive it is to buy your own ship, you might be wondering whether it’s worth it. The short answer? It is. With your own ship, you’ll gain access to new islands and locations to explore, leading to new items and rewards that you’ll want to have—especially later in the game.