Alexandre Jollier
Octopath Traveler 0 Guide: All Ranch Animals
In brief
Octopath Traveler 0 features a ranch system that automatically produces essential ingredients like milk, meat, and eggs. This comprehensive guide helps you choose the best animals (chickens, cows, pigs, sheep) and optimize your ranch management to maximize your culinary production.
In Octopath Traveler 0, setting up a ranch is one of the essential elements for obtaining certain cooking ingredients like milk, meat and eggs, instead of continuously challenging the world of Orsterra to recover these goods. So here is a comprehensive guide on which animals to buy and how to optimize your ranch.
The available animals and where to find them
The Wishvale ranch can house four different types of animals, each producing specific resources that are essential for your cooking recipes. Here's how to obtain each animal:
| Animal | Products | Location | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | Eggs, Chicken meat | Automatically obtained when rebuilding Wishvale | Free |
| Cow | Beef, Milk | Purchased from the Unpleasant Merchant in the Cragspear Slums | 4,500/2,300 Leaves |
| Pig | Pork | Purchased from the Sailor-turned-Merchant in Rippletide | 3,000/1,500 Leaves |
| Sheep | Mutton, Milk | Purchased from the Sage King's Admirer in Shepherds Rock, Castle Plaza | 7,500/3,800 Leaves |
Tips
Chickens are the first animals you'll get, but to diversify your production, it would be best to alternate buying the other species afterwards. Each animal has its own production rate and resources, so collecting them all is particularly worthwhile for players exploring the full range of cooking recipes in the game.
How to best manage your ranch
For your ranch to run smoothly, you must first assign a resident to manage it. This is a fundamental step, as it will directly affect how well your production works:
- Go to the construction menu, then select the ranch
- Choose the "housing" option
- Browse the list of characters
- Select a suitable NPC
These characters will significantly boost the ranch's progress: once assigned, they will allow your resources to be produced faster. Once the resident is assigned, they will stand in front of the wooden sign to the right of the pasture, with a chicken icon above their head.
To add animals, you need to talk to the ranch manager and select the "raise" option. You will then see six spots where you can place your animals, but at first, only the first two spots are available. The second and third pairs of spots are unlocked at the first and second ranch upgrade levels.
Note
The production system is similar to the one used in the fields where you grow seeds. Progress increases with each battle, so it's a good idea to check on the ranch between quests. To make collecting easier, you can find a Harvest Box in Wishvale, where you can gather your products as soon as they're ready.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get all the ranch animals in Octopath Traveler 0?
Chickens are obtained for free when rebuilding Wishvale. Cows can be purchased from the Unpleasant Merchant in the Cragspear Slums (4,500 or 2,300 Leaves), pigs from the Sailor-turned-Merchant in Rippletide (3,000 or 1,500 Leaves), and sheep from the Sage King's Admirer in Shepherds Rock (7,500 or 3,800 Leaves).
Why is it important to assign a resident to the ranch?
A resident assigned to the ranch considerably boosts the speed of resource production, which significantly speeds up the harvesting of your ingredients. This is a fundamental step in optimizing your production's efficiency.
How do you add animals to the ranch?
You need to talk to the ranch manager and select the 'raise' option. Initially, only two slots are available, but additional pairs unlock at the ranch's first and second improvement levels, up to a maximum of six animals.
What's the best order to buy the animals in?
It's best to purchase the other species in alternation after obtaining the free chickens, since each animal has its own production rate. Collecting all the animals is particularly worthwhile in order to make use of all the game's cooking recipes.
Key takeaways
- The ranch houses four different types of animals, each producing specific resources essential for cooking recipes.
- Chickens are free when rebuilding Wishvale, while other animals can be purchased from merchants scattered throughout the world for 1,500 to 7,500 Leaves.
- Assigning a resident to the ranch considerably boosts the speed of resource production.
- The production system works like the fields: it progresses with each battle, which is why it's worth checking your ranch regularly between quests.
- Animal slots are gradually unlocked through the ranch's improvement levels, up to a maximum of six animals.
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