Tips/Tricks
Mastering Persona 5 Royal involves more than just following the main story; it's about optimizing your time and understanding the game's intricate systems. This collection of tips and tricks offers insights into everything from efficient stat boosting to combat strategies and resource management, helping you make the most of your Phantom Thief experience.
Unlock the secrets of Persona 5 Royal with these essential tips and tricks! Learn how to maximize your time, boost stats efficiently, master combat, and conquer every challenge.
Daily Life & Social Stats
- Prioritize Confidants: Focus on ranking up confidants that offer combat benefits (e.g., Ryuji, Ann, Morgana) or utility (e.g., Kawakami for free time).
- Efficient Stat Boosting: Utilize activities like studying at Leblanc on rainy days, crafting tools with Morgana's help, and working part-time jobs that al with your stat goals.
- Read Books: Always carry a book and read during transit or downtime. Purchase reading glasses from the Shinjuku bookstore to read faster.
- Part-Time Jobs: Choose jobs that provide both money and the social stats you need. The Maid Cafe and Flower Shop are particularly useful.
- Kawakami's Service: Once her confidant is high enough, Sadayo Kawakami can perform chores for you, freeing up your time for other activities.
Combat & Persona Management
- Exploit Weaknesses: Always aim to hit enemy weaknesses to gain "1 More" turns and trigger "Hold-Ups."
- Master Baton Pass: Chain "1 More" turns with Baton Pass to maximize damage and maintain momentum.
- Persona Diversity: Equip Personas that cover a wide range of elemental weaknesses to adapt to any enemy.
- Skill Inheritance: When fusing, prioritize inheriting useful skills like elemental attacks, healing, buffs, and debuffs.
- SP Management: Conserve SP by using physical attacks when effective and utilizing SP-restoring items or skills.
- Third Eye: Use Joker's "Third Eye" ability (R1) to spot enemy weaknesses, hidden paths, and interactive objects.
- Showtime Attacks: These powerful, cinematic attacks can turn the tide of battle. Trigger them when available.
Dungeon Exploration
- Utilize Safe Rooms: Activate Safe Rooms immediately to save progress and reset the Security Level.
- Stealth is Key: Avoid detection whenever possible to keep the Security Level low and prevent unnecessary combat.
- Treasure Demons: Actively hunt for Treasure Demons, especially when the Security Level is high, as they offer valuable rewards.
- Mementos Requests: Complete these side quests for experience, items, and confidant progression.
General Tips
- Save Frequently: Especially before important events, boss fights, or difficult fusion attempts.
- New Game Plus: Carry over your stats, Personas, and money to make subsequent playthroughs easier and to unlock missed content.
- Thieves Den: Earn awards in the Thieves Den to unlock concept art, music, and special items.
- Eternal Lockpick: Crafting an Eternal Lockpick allows you to open any locked chest without consuming a lockpick.