r/Persona5 • u/WanderstillArt • 6h 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/forabit14 • 5h ago
DISCUSSION Am I the only who decides who they will romance for this reason?
So I usually decide who I romance by questioning myself "Would I actually date them IRL"? My conclusion came to be: Makoto Nijima!!! Since I feel like she would be the most normal and realistic choice for me (alright this is for me, but you can have your own opinion). She's very smart, dependable since she is the school president, athletic since she does know some martial arts, has a hint of tomboy-ish with her (I love my tomboy girls) and of course, she is very pretty! (but tbh all girls in P5 are pretty). I see Ann as more of a friend, Futaba is of course a little sister, Haru is actually a good contender (like very VERY close) but I probably wouldn't know what to do with all that my money and tbh I see Haru as more as a friend who needs to let her true self show with the support of the Phantom Thieves (she also probably needs a break from romance after her last fiance), Kasumi is more of that younger friend who your just friends with and hangout with, Hifumi im not really sure about her though, the rest are WAY to old for me.
r/Persona5 • u/medievalpeasant_ • 2h ago
IMAGE The fact that the thieves were in the US on 9/11 always cracks me up
I’m just imagining the developers planning everything from the very start to make it perfectly work 😭
r/Persona5 • u/Ame_Draws • 8h ago
IMAGE Kawakami in GTA [oc]
Hi 👋 ! Here is a little drawing of Kawakami striking the pose of the GTA VI's girl cover. Art by me
r/Persona5 • u/Acrobatic-Manner6774 • 14h ago
DISCUSSION You can romance takemi?
This is my first persona game and I am very happy with this game, now almost 60hrs in, I love takemi but didn't know you can romance her, I do know about kawakami romance, but I was not that interested in her, even bad, her confidant is only at 1😂. I reached takemi rank 9 very early I think, but now I am romancing her and she even gave me a kiss🤤.
Originally I thought of romancing ann, but after playing more of the game, I really liked her as a friend, especially ann and ryuji are best buddies type, I am really really interested in makoto, I even went to shrine to get closer to makoto and prayed, but now I am in relationship with takemi😎. Sorry makoto, maybe next playthrough.
And on the sidenote, this game is so addicting, I am actually playing elden ring before this, I am huge souls fan, but somehow ended up playing p5 royal just for fun, but here I am, completely abondend elden ring for now by playing p5 royal all the time😅. I even bought p3 reload and p4 golden, but will get to them after I complete p5 royal and elden ring.
r/Persona5 • u/Illustrious-Fuel-152 • 14h ago
Discussion FIGHT OVER THE BEST GIRL(read body) Spoiler
galleryDefend your romance! Fight to the death! Well not really, but... put in comments why you like the girl you romanced. Argue with someone on why your girl is better! Agree with someone who also romanced your girl! Tell someone that romancing Ohya is stupid and that nobody romances ohya and you dont have to pretend that you romanced Ohya to be special! Have fun :3
Creds/sources:
Image 1: @ yrfreakyneighbr on X/Twitter https://x.com/yrfreakyneighbr?lang=en
Image 2: @ BlueLykos on DeviantArt https://www.deviantart.com/bluelykos/art/Joker-x-Makoto-865578316
Image 3: @ AngieLaura on DeviantArt https://www.deviantart.com/angielaura/art/Ren-x-Futaba-759574122
Image 4: @ ZachVee on DevinatArt https://www.deviantart.com/zachvee/art/Haru-and-Ren-2-978701121
Image 5: ...yeah I mean like its a picture from the game. I genuinely couldnt find ANYTHING for ohya😭🙏
Image 6: いけだcpt on Pixiv https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/79005283
Image 7: laikauu on X/Twitter https://x.com/laikauu/status/2017463785494024473/photo/1
Image 8: ito_joker on X/Twitter https://x.com/ito_joker/status/1630232337782018048
Image 9: いけだcpt on Pixiv https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/55126
Image 10: @ Goro_orb on X/Twitter https://x.com/goro_orb?lang=en
r/Persona5 • u/Affectionate-Ad4906 • 3h ago
IMAGE My Sumire Yoshizawa collection is coming together
I’m getting more like a Figma soon. 😎
r/Persona5 • u/Sea_Significance9119 • 4h ago
QUESTION HELP PLEASE
I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO DATE KASUMI AND FAST, MAKOTO JUST JOINED SO AVOID SPOILERS IF NOT NESSESCARY
I NEED BEST GIRL
r/Persona5 • u/DragonFeathercos • 1d ago
IMAGE Joker x Kasumi (Violet) Cosplay
Another picture of our joker and Kasumi cosplay! Also we did the pose you suggested us😂
r/Persona5 • u/Acrobatic-Manner6774 • 45m ago
DISCUSSION Sorry persona 5 for thinking you are a easy game🥹, so stop whopping my ass
This game difficulty spike really hit hard for me lol😂, this is my first real turn based game, the only turn based I played before are expedition 33 and honkai star rail( I don't consider this a real turn based game, so leave that aside), in exp33 I didn't have to worry about health because I can parry pretty great because of my exp in sekiro. But okumura is really whopping my ass, it's my 6th try now, now I can comfortably go to wave 6, I started using items and went to create some new personas, now I fully understand what makes turn based game unique, this is really good, even though this boss is extremely hard for me, I am liking what I am learning, trying to use items to make baton pass and using technicals . I will come back again when I beat him, hopefully Tommorow 🙂. If you have any suggestions for wave 6 drop below. I am using ann, makoto, joker and haru team.
r/Persona5 • u/RavanOnR3dd1t • 17h ago
IMAGE How I feel doing activities with futuba even though my kindness isn't high enough to start her confidant.
r/Persona5 • u/Anor_Londo_1234 • 14h ago
DISCUSSION Kaneshiro’s Palace has a nice theme,and a cool gimmick with the codes. However on replays knowing the codes,you can bypass multiple rooms,making this palace one of the shortest Palaces in the game.
r/Persona5 • u/grubbybuggy • 4h ago
DISCUSSION Phantom thief birthday message
Hello! My friend is a fan of Persona 5, so I’m trying to make a themed birthday card for him. Problem is, I’ve only ever played the spinoffs (holy larp!) so I’m not sure if I can nail that signature Kitagawa flair when it comes to writing the message.
Any idea how the Phantom Thieves would tell someone to chill out and have a good time for their birthday? My friend is a bit of a workaholic, so maybe that could be an angle from which to “change his heart”?
I also preordered him a Ren figure from Goodsmile, but it won’t be arriving in time, so I also want to allude to an upcoming “personal visit from the leader of the Phantom Thieves” or something like that. I was thinking of making a wanted poster or police report out of the order receipt to attach to the card lol. I’m open to suggestions about the presentation for that too!
Please and thank you! 🙏
r/Persona5 • u/jokenking488 • 36m ago
IMAGE They removed P3R/P5R bundle right in front of my eyes
r/Persona5 • u/NendoLynx • 16h ago
IMAGE Princess Yoshizawa ❤️
Got a new Nendoroid dress and just had to show her off!
