r/Persona5 • u/Gorotheninja • 1h ago
r/Persona5 • u/-MANGA- • May 03 '24
DISCUSSION Persona 5's Subreddit FAQ
1. There's a lot of Persona 5 games! Which ones do I get?
It is recommended to start with Persona 5 Royal. Please note Royal specifically, not "Persona 5." While a different game, it is missing content compared to Royal.
If you want to read more about the different games, please read below:
Persona 5 (P5) is the vanilla game, often called P5 Vanilla or base game. It goes from April to December in-game.
Persona 5 Royal (P5R) is the updated game, released after Persona 5. It has the base game + Royal contents, which is sprinkled within the base game and then has another semester in the January month.
Note that you can't use saves from P5 for P5R.
There are requirements to getting to the bulk of the Royal content, ie Third Semester/January.
It is best to save for P5R instead of P5. If you're still around Palace 4, then it's recommended to redo P5R instead.
Persona 5 Strikers (P5S), or Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers, is a sequel to P5/P5R, but it doesn't mention P5R characters. It is a musou game similar to Dynasty Warriors.
If you want more P5 after beating the game, you can buy this next if the other Persona games don't interest you.
Persona 5 Tactica (P5T) is an SRPG compared to the previous games. It's set somewhere during February but before P5 Strikers.
You can play this game before or after P5S. This does not narratively affect P5S.
Persona 5 Dancing (P5D), or Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight, is a rhythm game where you watch characters dance.
It's not narratively connected to anything, but it is best played after P5/P5R.
Persona Q 2 (PQ2) is a dungeon crawling game in the vein of the Etrian series that includes the Persona 3 (both the original [Remake a good one to play] and Portable) and Persona 4 casts.
Best played after the P3, P4, and the base game, but it is set around November, so you can play it after the 7th Palace.
It is only playable on the 3DS.
Persona 5 X (P5X) is a mobile gacha-game based on an alternate world. Its main cast is another set of Persona users in the P5 timeline, and the OG cast does make cameos. It first came from China is slowly releasing in Taiwan and Korea.
No official English version yet.
2. How do I access P5R's new content: Third Semester?
You only need to get Councillor to Rank 9 by 11/17. On 11/18, you'll get Rank 10 automatically as a cut-scene.
You may have heard Justice and Faith are required, but that's based on old news when P5R was just released. They give cutscenes, fleshing their characters.
For the True Ending, you do not need Justice nor Faith, but they give extra scenes.
For more information on Councillor, Faith, and Justice requirements for extra content, check this spoiler comment.
For more tips:
If you want to access both the Vanilla ending and Third Semester without replaying the game:
- Create a back-up save file on 11/17 afternoon while Councillor is Rank 8. DO NOT LOSE THIS FILE.
- DO NOT DO Councillor Rank 9 on 11/17. Instead, do something else on the main save file.
- Proceed with the game into the Vanilla Ending.
- Return to the save file from Step 1, and do Councillor Rank 9 on 11/17.
- Proceed to Rank 10 on 11/18 and towards the Third Semester.
It's X-month! Will I make it to the Third Semester?
- Unless it's very late into November, October and November has a lot of availability. Theoretically, there are 9 days in November before 11/17, but I highly suggest not to do this.
3. I need help on 5th Palace/Okumura's Boss!
Use the command !OkumuraGuide. You can also check the Guides on the sidebar for the same guide.
Here is an example of how it works
4. I need help on the Royal/Third Semester Boss!
Check this spoiler comment.
5. Guides
I typically use GameFaqs for guides.
Thank you, u/ZOLTANstudios, for google doc that contains a list of Personas for tracking, traits, itemizations, etc.
Thank you, u/lazy_bread442, for an optimized P5R NG+ Builds guide.
Thank you, u/bryanktr, for a guide testing P5R's Battle Mechanics.
6. Fusion Calculators
There are 2 main Royal calculators:
I prefer using aqiu384's calculator since it also gives the level ranges for Treasure Demon fusions, which Chinhodo is missing. aqiu384's calculator also has itemizations, skills, and they recently added a way to calculate how to get a specific Persona.
If you want to have a deeper understanding of the fusion mechanic, you can check this out.
7. Need help with Maxing Confidants without a day-to-day guide?
Try reading this guide.
8. Overpowered Personas in the beginning of P5R
You might notice Personas that are over your level available for free for you in the beginning of the game. These are DLC Personas, and you can buy them once for free, and then you're required to pay if you want to summon them from the Compendium after.
There are no rules as to their use. You decide how to use them or if you even want to use them. If you think they're overpowered, don't use them. Don't care? Use them. This is your playthrough.
9. Progress of Confidants
So long as you're doing them, you'll be fine for the most part.
For Councillor specifically, , check point 2.
r/Persona5 • u/The_Zombi_Kid • 5h ago
DISCUSSION Why is Ann the only "Arcana lover" in the modern trilogy who didn't develop an emotional attachment to the protagonist?
The Lovers Arcana route will always be my favorite in the franchise, but one thing I noticed that sets Ann apart from Yukari or Rise is that she didn't develop an emotional attachment to Joker...
Yukari in Persona 3, for instance, was extremely attached to Makoto because of how important he became to her (basically, her first love was a blue-haired emo guy); with Rise in Persona 4, it’s glaringly obvious (she was constantly calling Yu "Senpai").
But Ann’s case is different; she doesn't follow that same pattern (she isn't constantly glued to the protagonist, nor does she get jealous or anything like that). The only thing is that she is quite flirtatious, subtle, sure, but flirtatious nonetheless. I’m not saying Ann is a bad Confidant or that the ShuAnn ship is invalid, far from it; Ann is one of my favorite Confidants, and I do ship her with Joker (actually i am a user from r/cuckthecat).
I just wonder why she is the only Lovers Arcana character who doesn't have that same level of emotional attachment to the protagonist that Yukari or Rise did.
r/Persona5 • u/DashingCards • 11h ago
IMAGE Persona 5 X Zenless Zone Zero All Out Attacks (by ZM--W)
r/Persona5 • u/Voidkirby9 • 3h ago
QUESTION Who is your GOAT party member that help you in battle?
r/Persona5 • u/Elxvra • 5h ago
IMAGE i wish they kept this 😭
seeing these two early game when walking around in school felt so nice for some reason it was absolutely my favorite detail but then it got removed after unlocking makoto i think 💔💔
r/Persona5 • u/VermilionX88 • 9h ago
DISCUSSION Nijima Sisters... also, now I picked a romance choice. I feel like I should never reveal I'm a Phantom Thief.
Bec yeah....how can you truly trust someone who has the power to manipulate your emotions.
You will never know for sure if the feelings you're feeling is your own, or was a result of manipulation.
Btw... I picked Hifumi on this game
And yeah, I don't think I should ever reveal to her. Esp how she saw how easily it is to change her mom's feelings.
Same argument for telepaths... but NGL, ill take the risk with Emma Frost lolz ...she's my fav marvel character.
r/Persona5 • u/jackthe_ripper27 • 9h ago
IMAGE What yall think bout this tattoo
Just got it done yesterday, I think it looks great
r/Persona5 • u/The_Zombi_Kid • 1h ago
QUESTION Things that don't make sense in Persona 5?
The question sounds ridiculous, since it’s essentially a game about teenagers who are superheroes in a cognitive parallel dimension... But there are certain things that don't make sense if you think about them twice (for example, bathing and doing laundry are optional; you can't brush your teeth yet still date the prettiest girl in school, Ann, despite the lack of personal hygiene... I know that stuff is implied to happen off-screen, but it’s funny to imagine it. Or the simple fact that when you buy weapons like swords or rifles at Iwai’s shop, no matter how big they are, they fit into your tiny school backpack, like Arthur Morgan’s satchel or Doraemon’s pocket). Just funny little things like that which don't make sense upon reflection, do you have any examples?
r/Persona5 • u/AdEnvironmental4177 • 7h ago
IMAGE I made a joker plushie
Hehe he's so cute
r/Persona5 • u/Inside_Employment615 • 19h ago
IMAGE Is that Makoto up the stairs with the blue coat?
It was on the day where Ren and Ryuji head over to Kichijoji.
r/Persona5 • u/TheLongMapleDrekkar • 8h ago
IMAGE Queen vs... Queen? (@Jiggernut)
r/Persona5 • u/operator-60 • 48m ago
IMAGE Photo's outside the Ginza line ticket games at Shibuya Station (2019) before the redevelopment
r/Persona5 • u/VermilionX88 • 21h ago
IMAGE After much choice paralysis... I have made my decision.
i heard the story never officially recognizes your pick
plus, i came up that i like the idea of not getting involved romantically with a teammate for this particular game would make a lot of sense RP and lorewise.
plus, she's also from a diff school. makes more sense in keeping the relationship lowkey and never mentioned in story
and of course, goes without saying, i like hifumi... there's just so many good options but i went with her thinking it makes the most sense for my RP
r/Persona5 • u/Low_Jicama2205 • 8h ago
QUESTION Just beat P5R finally after 200p hours...
As the title says... finally beat P5R, this was my first ever persona game. Holy crap I loved it. Ive never been big on turn based battle games but I played the crap out of this, even added music to my regular station.
My heart hurts after the ending. Im moving onto p3Reload currently. I wanted to ask yall what things I should expect, not expect, be open to in comparison to p5r while playing this one. I barely started, just awakened my persona, going through a bunch of cutscenes currently. Would you say that confidants and stats wise is this game more forgiving or less forgiving than persona 5 Royal? What sorta changes *spoiler free please* should I expect? Thanks in advance! Can't wait to have my heart broken all over again from what ive been told l
r/Persona5 • u/Fluid_Emu_1546 • 33m ago
DISCUSSION Favourite & least favourite confidant?
For me I really enjoyed Ryujis confidant! There are others I really liked such as Makoto, Ann, Futaba and Akechi but for me Ryuji and Ren are a good pairing that is a mix of entertainment and fun as well as exploring some pretty serious topics!
I haven’t played persona 4 (and I know everyone likes to talk about Yu and Yosuke being the best of the 3 games so I’m excited about that) but having played persona 3 after finishing 5 I feel like Junpei and Makoto don’t have the same connection that Ryuji and Ren share and it sort of makes me appreciate ryujis social link more.
My least favourite may be one of the links like Kawakami, ohya chihaya. I never really liked them from the offset considering they were all significantly older than Ren. I thought the dynamic was really weird and I put off doing their social links for a lot of the game. No hate on people who like Kawakami or some of those confidants I just think the whole dynamics are weird from the perspective of Ren.
r/Persona5 • u/jactinglim • 10h ago
IMAGE Sophia
Next on my Ko-fi supporter art request #Persona5 series is Sophia)! Watch us stream #Persona5Strikers on our Twitch channel EvaWally!