Octopath Traveler 2 - Looting Conning Creek

There is a pretty important accessory you get here, one that increases the encounter rate of Octopuffs. I will put this on Temenos to try to find more of them as we journey, but I do not know how much the numbers differ from before to after or if it is more influential in day or night.

There are also the usual sidequests here and there, and we are getting to the point where we may be carrying the needed item with us already instead of needing to add something to our watch list. The important thing is that we start accumulating money as we are about to hit a location where we will need as much as we can get...