Items & Equipment Overview
Effective use of items and equipment is crucial for success in Persona 5 Royal. This section provides essential tips, from managing social stats and earning money to optimizing Persona fusions and crafting tools like the Perma-Pick. Understanding how to leverage these mechanics will significantly enhance your gameplay and efficiency.
General Tips & Tricks
- Social Stats: Prioritize boosting your social stats to unlock new Confidant ranks and dialogue options.
- How To Earn Money: Learn efficient methods to acquire yen, which is vital for purchasing equipment and items.
- Max Out All Confidants: Maximizing Confidant relationships offers powerful benefits, including new abilities and Persona fusion bonuses.
- Guide to Fusion Alarms: Master Fusion Alarms to create powerful Personas with enhanced stats and skills.
- How To Build A Perma-Pick: Crafting a Perma-Pick allows for unlimited lockpicking in Palaces and Mementos.
- Using Guns & Items: Understand the strategic use of guns and consumable items in combat to exploit enemy weaknesses and manage battles.
- How To Get Max Stats For Personas: Learn techniques to optimize your Personas' stats, making them more effective in battle.
Starting Items from Persona 5 Save Data
If you have existing Persona 5 save data, you will receive bonus items when you return home at the start of Persona 5 Royal. These items are stored in the box with your belongings.
| Persona 5 Save Data Items |
|---|
| Hogyoku Apple x 3 (full team heal) |
| Band-Ace x 3 (single use revive) |
| 50,000 yen |
Early Game Purchases & Activities (April 17th-18th)
On April 17th, Ryuji will take you to the Airsoft Shop in Shibuya to buy weapons. If you have Persona 5 save data, you will receive 50,000 yen, providing a significant financial boost. Otherwise, Ryuji gives you 5000 yen. Focus on buying better guns for Joker, Ryuji, Morgana, and Ann to conserve SP in early Palace floors. A new melee weapon for Ryuji is not a priority as a better one is found early in Kamoshida's Palace.
On April 18th, you have freedom to act. Consider these early purchases and activities:
- Sell items at Airsoft Shop for money.
- Pay for DVD Store membership (-4800 yen).
- Rent 'The X Folders' (free).
- Go to Bookstore to buy Tidying the Heart, Buchiko's Story & The Art of Charm (700 yen each for a total of 2100 yen).
- Inspect Big Bang Burger, Velvet Room, & Theater for fast-travel (optional).
- Buy Earth Burger from Big Bang Burger (-780 yen, optional).
- Buy Recover Oil from Cosmetics Shop (-5000 yen, optional).
After returning home on April 18th, Sojiro allows night exploration in Yongen-jaya, granting access to the Batting Cages, Laundromat, and Bathhouse, as well as shops for item stocking.