Changes from Persona 5

Discover the significant changes and new content added in Persona 5 Royal, including the third semester, new confidants, and gameplay updates.

Storyline

• A new third semester is unlocked, locked behind achieving Councillor Rank 10.
• During the third semester, most confidants can continue to rank up.
• Party members gain a Rank 11 third awakening for their personas.
• A new palace must be completed, tied to new endings.

Overworld

• Group messages will now include some photos.
• Most forced-sleep evenings have been converted to Leblanc-only activities.
• Daily Assist can provide feedback on what to do in the overworld (the main map).
• Social stat-boosting activities have been added or changed.
• Shinagawa Aquarium
• Nakano Street
• The Kichijoji area has been added, filled with party-enhancing activities.
• Darts
• Billiards
• Jazz Club
• Temple

Metaverse

• All palace layouts have been altered to accommodate grappling hooks and Will Seed hunting.
• Palace rulers have additional phases where their behavior changes.
• Accessories now function as a 9th equipable skill slot.
• The fusion chart has been altered to accommodate new personas from the Faith and Councillor arcana.
• Old personas have altered arcana, resistances, and skill sets.
• New personas have been added to the fusion pool.
• Fusion types are enhanced under the Fusion Alert condition.
• Mementos (the collective subconscious dungeon) gets new requests and a mysterious vendor named Jose.
• Challenge battles have been added where you aim for a high damage score.
• New palace and battle mechanics have been altered or introduced.
• Disaster Shadows
• Will Seeds
• Showtime Attacks

Confidant Updates

• Kasumi Yoshizawa joins as a new party member and the Faith confidant.
• Takuto Maruki joins as the Councillor confidant.
• Goro Akechi's Justice confidant is now manual, meaning you must choose to spend time with him.
• Most confidants that previously awarded +3 social stats will now only give +2 for most events.
• Some confidant ranks are followed by a phone call which can give additional points.
• Party member movie invites have been moved to the evenings.
• Some confidant abilities have been enhanced.
• Emperor can copy skill cards immediately.
• Lovers can negate enemy attacks.
• Chariot can insta-kill enemies while still getting money, experience points (EXP), and items.
• Justice can reveal unknown enemy resistances.
• Fortune can trigger Fusion Alerts and show optimal answers during confidant events.
• Strength can lower costs for special treatments.
• Hanged can add ailments to guns and customize them for free.
• Devil lets you ambush even during high security levels.
• Tower restricts the number of Down Shots to 3 but improves ailment chances.
• Faith enhances your ambush techniques.
• Councillor teaches chance-based skills to Joker.

Thieves Den

• A hub space that tracks in-game progress across all save files.
• Palace Maker allows you to decorate the space with items encountered in-game.
• It also contains a gallery for playing back scenes, movies, and music as the game progresses.
• These items are purchased through P Medals earned from in-game awards.
• You can watch confidants interact with Palace Maker items and play Tycoon with party members.
• Awards reuse some older trophies combined with new achievements.

DLC (downloadable content — extra missions or items released after launch)

• All DLC originally from Persona 5 are free for Persona 5 Royal in the Western Release.
• This includes the Athena, Orpheus F, Izanagi-no-Okami, and Raoul personas.
• New costume packs and backfill packs for Kasumi are included.
• Additional challenge battles are available, including Persona 3 and Persona 4 protagonists as bosses.

New Game+

• Unlocks:
• Joker's ultimate persona.
• The Twin's ultimate boss battle.
• The third semester hidden ultimate boss battle.
• Carry Overs:
• Money.
• Compendium (list of recruited Personas).
• Fusion unlocks.
• Social Stats.
• HP (Health Points) and SP (Skill Points) increases.
• Jazz club skills.
• Battle equipment.
• Overworld equipment.
• Eternal Lockpick.
• Skill cards.
• Challenge Battle scores.
• Mementos stamps.
• Farewell gifts from Rank 10 confidants.
• Valentine's Day chocolates.
• Christmas gifts.