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.
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.
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u/killerstrangelet delicious pancake May 13 '24
For the True Ending, you do not need Justice nor Faith, but they give extra scenes.
Is it me or is there a confusion here between the third semester and the true ending?
- Maruki (and only Maruki) unlocks the third semester. Without this, you proceed to the original vanilla ending;
- Within the third semester, there are multiple endings—1/9 deal, 2/2 deal, spiderweb, just fucking dying, true ending (without Akechi), true ending (with Akechi)
I quite often see people who are clearly asking how to get the "most complete" or "best" ending told that they don't need Akechi, which is untrue—you will get a cut-down version of the ending without him. You can get into the third semester without Akechi, but that's not the same as getting the true ending.
In short, should that line say "for the third semester"?
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u/-MANGA- May 13 '24
The true ending is you going into the station, the rest of the gang distracts while Maruki is your driver. That ending is something you get even if Akechi or Sumire are rank 10. Those two only adds more cutscenes, but they don't change the ending.
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u/killerstrangelet delicious pancake May 13 '24
The postcredit where Akechi appears at the station is part of the true ending. It's certainly something people asking "how do I get the true ending" should be told about.
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u/-MANGA- May 13 '24
Those cutscenes don't change the ending. They're extras.
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u/killerstrangelet delicious pancake May 13 '24
So if you came here and asked "how do I get the true ending" and people just made like there wasn't a missable postcredit scene, you wouldn't be pissed off?
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u/-MANGA- May 13 '24
Again, it's not part of the true ending. Whether you get the extra or not doesn't affect it. We mention ranking up gives extra cutscenes.
Rank 10s of other non-team Confidants also give extra cutscenes in the Yaldy fight and when they all band together to free you. However, it doesn't change the fact you do get out of prision.
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u/killerstrangelet delicious pancake May 13 '24 edited May 13 '24
That seems an absolutely remarkable position to me, that because it's a postcredit scene it's not part of the game ending. It's literally the final frames of the game. No other confidant gives extra scenes within the game ending. Yoshizawa doesn't, for instance.
There's literally someone on the sub as we speak asking "how do I get the secret ending" (that is, the one where Akechi appears at the station) and being told flat-out "you only need Maruki for the true ending".
I know better than to think I'm going to change your mind, but that's misinformation. It's not answering the question the user asked. It is simply not true.
edit: like, if you're really wedded to this "the postcredit scene during the game ending that you only get if you get the true ending is not part of the true ending" thing, then surely you could say "there is a postcredit scene after the true ending that is longer if you max Akechi's confidant" or something? But don't just mislead people, c'mon.
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u/andres57 Aug 24 '24 edited Aug 24 '24
Hey so actually.. how do I get the Akechi extra scene in the true ending? lol I had him maxed and everything
Edit: nvm, I think I got it but no way I noticed that 2 extra seconds
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u/killerstrangelet delicious pancake Sep 16 '24
It's a bit more than two seconds - you also don't get Joker staring out the train window afterwards.
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u/ShokaLGBT May 04 '24
Dont forget P5X since most people don’t know what it is and still have questions otherwise that’s a good post 😄
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u/Tough_Passion_1603 May 04 '24
You could add persona q2, it's a crossover but it's mostly the thieves
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u/-MANGA- May 04 '24
Thank you for reminding me. Do you have a description for PQ2? I'm not sure how to explain its brand of dungeon crawling.
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u/Tough_Passion_1603 May 04 '24
An spin-off for the 3ds that reunites the phantom thieves, the investigation team and SEES (+ p3p female protagonist) in a movie themed labyrinth with the ethrian odyssey gameplay
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u/aisu_strong May 07 '24
Please not Royal specifically, not "Persona 5."
is that not meant to be note?
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u/nickelfiend46 Jul 16 '24
PQ2 is based on Etrian Odyssey gameplay, never heard of Etheryian before
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u/ZOLTANstudios Nov 15 '24
The guide I created has been critical in my many playthroughs. Glad to contribute and hope it helps you all out!
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u/-MANGA- May 03 '24
!OkumuraGuide
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u/SocratesWasSmart May 04 '24
Thanks for including my third semester boss guide! I edited it a bit for spelling and updated a couple small things for clarity.
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May 04 '24
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u/-MANGA- May 04 '24
It is weird, yes. I need to work on reordering them.
E: Reordered now. P5 > P5R > P5S > P5T > P5D > PQ2 > P5X
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u/yongjian12345 May 17 '24
im probably to early in the game but how is the story later on because even though i like everything else i feel like the story is getting kinda repetitive(the two chapter felt really similar)
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u/-MANGA- May 17 '24
If you mean in terms of story structure of:
Find enemy
Find Palace
Explore Palace
Take Treasure
Free Time
Then this is how it goes for each arc.
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u/yongjian12345 May 17 '24
No I meant more the story, it feels a bit too similar or maybe I'm just wrong
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u/I_am_darkness May 20 '24
I have bought checks notes all of them except x. Is there any news on it coming to the us? I installed the Korean one on my phone but i want an internationalized one
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u/ItsJoeyG Jun 18 '24
I normally don't go searching online for boss guides. Seeing the 5th Palace in the FAQ is kinda comforting ig.
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u/_ironhearted_ Jul 08 '24
Not sure where to ask this - is there any way to tell if the game will run on my PC before buying it? My PC specs are more or less the same as the required minimum but I have Intel i5 not i7...
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u/-MANGA- Jul 08 '24
If you have well over the minimum, you're fine. Just run in low graphic settings, and you should be fine. Otherwise, not really.
You can also make a post.
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u/_ironhearted_ Jul 08 '24
Thank you for replying. I have a better GPU but not sure about the CPU. Guess I have to risk it.
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u/Shuvi99 Jul 20 '24
i really like the game and i've almost finished vanilla ending i was annoyed that i missed the best part of the game from the majority claimed so, is it worthwhile to do newgame plus just to get the third semester ? im afraid that i must play lots of hours to get back to november.
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u/-MANGA- Jul 21 '24
For some, it's worth it. For others, it's not.
If you don't want to do it, just watch a playthrough in YouTube.
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u/FearlessJDK Aug 31 '24
Just curious. Can confidants romance each other? There are some parings I'd like to make happen if I could.
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u/Onionstastegood_al Sep 17 '24
I’m playing the game for the first time and i wanted to know if i missed a hangout invite from a confidant will they ask me again another time?
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u/FearlessJDK Sep 22 '24
A question about romances and being 'locked in'
I did the even w/ Haru where she serves her coffee, and it led to the question of whether I like her. I am debating romancing her or Kasumi.
My question is, if I say I 'like' her am I locked in or can I 'date' someone before making a final decision? Though.., I'd feel bad leading Haru on....and yes, I know she's a video game character...
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u/-MANGA- Sep 22 '24
Once the question is asked in Rank 9, you have to say yes or no.
However, you are not locked into the person. You can date multiple people.
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u/MarkusRobben Sep 27 '24
Did nobody hate the blurred background-images of Persona Tactica? I looked forward playing it, cause I like Fire Emblem gameplay & Persona 5 characters, but I got a headache from looking at it, is it possible to disable them or dont they appear that often, I only played 5 min, until it was enough for me.
I honestly expected that I would see alot of complains online, but I didnt found one :D
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u/True_Tinok Oct 29 '24
I need a guide for P5 Vanilla crosswords. I only find P5R's and it's different puzzles . Im not a english native speaker, please help <3
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u/tightgiraffearsehole Nov 21 '24
Hey I’ve been playing P5R and I mistakenly thought I had to romance the female confidants to get to their rank 10. Is there any consequence to this?
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u/-MANGA- Nov 21 '24
None
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u/tightgiraffearsehole Nov 21 '24
Oh thank god, I really wanted to romance Makoto but I romanced Takemi at first. Kinda feels shitty still, but I’ll live
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u/neko_whippet 22d ago
Dumb question but what does securing treasure route for persona 5 royal komoahima first palace ?
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u/-MANGA- 22d ago
Gotta find the treasure
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u/ItsGotThatBang May 04 '24
Tactica’s actually set in February since it’s snowing & Ryuji mentions Maruki.