In Bravely Default 2, you will constantly change jobs and unlock skills and abilities to figure out which settings are best for you in a given situation. Each job has skills that can be equipped outside of that path, and unlocking as many as possible is incredibly useful. Fortunately, farming for Job Point (JP) is much easier in Bravely Default 2 than previous entries in the series.
While you may start farming early in the game, one thing to note is that JP doesn’t scale much between the early game and late game areas, so it’s much more efficient to farm enemies early in the game as they will be much weaker. Here is an easy way to maximize your JP earnings.
Bravely default 2 JP Farming
First of all, we recommend that you prioritize reaching level 12 with the Freelancer job with the cultivation method before deciding to level up any other job.
The Freelancer job has the JP Up (Level 9) and JP Up and Up (Level 12) skills which increase the amount of points earned after the battle. The first increases the JP gained by 1.2 times and the second by 1.5 times. They can also be stacked together for a 1.7x boost and are also equippable outside the Freelancer route.
Where to grow JP
As for the actual farming method, go to the beach area outside the game’s first town, Halcyonia. You should see some gelatinous looking fish and enemies called Sahagin and Flannacotta respectively.
Next, we recommend that you go to the menu, select the Lures section and make sure you have fresh fish. These are launched by aquatic enemies such as the ones mentioned above.
Consuming fresh fish ensures that you fight consecutive waves of these aquatic enemies; doing so adds a multiplier to the amount of JP earned after the battle.
The multiplier threshold is as follows:
- 2 waves: JP 1.2x multiplier
- 3 waves: JP 1.3x multiplier
- 4 waves: JP 1.6x multiplier
- 5 waves: 2x JP multiplier
When you use Fresh Fish, your party leader on the field will shine and attract water-type enemies. You will see a heart icon above them and they will come towards you to start the battle.
Now simply defeat them! The number of waves you get is random and you will most likely fight 2-3 waves, with the occasional 4-wave battle and the rare 5-wave battle.
One last thing to note: try to fight at night as much as possible, because more enemies show up at night during the battle, thus guaranteeing more JP when defeated.
Since Fresh Fish has a chance to fall from these aquatic enemies, the more enemies there are per battle, the greater the chances of it falling. As a result, the longer you can keep continuing this cycle. After all, the Fresh Fish lure is only temporary.
After each battle, you will usually get around 150-250 JP. Combine that with both the consecutive battle multiplier and Freelancer’s skills, and you’ll get massive amounts of JP early in the game with relatively low effort.
And that’s how you farm JP early in Bravely Default 2! For more tips and tricks, consider going to our Bravely Default 2 guides hub, where we have articles on the quest log and each of the game’s endings.
