Top 20 Best Confidants in Persona 5 Royal + 19 Tips

hello everybody nitzagamer here who just can't shut up about persona 5 as i am now here to talk about the confidants in persona 5 royal for those who don't know persona 5 royal is the extended version to the original persona 5 which includes extra content extra story lines updated flaws from the vanilla game a playable third semester with an extra palace and so much more now this is going to be a follow-up video on my top 17 best confidants in persona 5. where this time i'm going to be focusing on the top 20 best confidants in the royal version of persona 5. confidants similar to social links from persona 3 and 4 are social events in the real world where increasing your rank will give you experience points for fusion personas based on the arcana your confidant represents but unlike social links confidants will also give you certain perks and advantages to help you progress more efficiently through the game and while most of the confidants remain the same in the royal version from the vanilla version there are differences which will make certain confidants a lot more useful than they were before now i think i should address the three major differences between both versions before i start ranking confidants one there are now two new characters in the game who will become confidants under the faith and counselor arcana two while most of the party member perks remain the same the baton passability becomes unobtainable as it's now added to all party members from the start even if they had just awakened to their persona a definite huge improvement over the original three almost all confidants you interact with will have a royal exclusive follow-up where you have a chance to deepen your bond with them more as you head back to leblanc for the night so now that we got that out of the way i should mention that even though there's 23 confidants in the game in total igor morgana and cyanejema are confidants that rank up through story progression so i will exclude those three characters as their confidant ranks are not by choice and just to spice up this countdown with my own royal exclusive content i will be given one quick tip in between every confidant i rank that will help you level up in the game more efficiently you can think of these tips as a follow-up to the confidants why am i doing this well if i can max out all confidants on my first playthrough and get 10 girlfriends without new game plus i want to make sure that most of you can too also minor spoilers ahead as i will try to keep light on story spoilers these confidants will be ranked purely based on their perks over story so without further ado let's do this follow-up countdown and talk about the top 20 best confidants in persona 5 royal plus 19 useful tips [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] ichiko oya of the devil arcana probably doesn't come as a surprise that everyone's least favorite confidant in vanilla is still everyone's least favorite confidant in royal she is usually the number one confidant that everyone calls useless in the vanilla version you could decrease the amount of security level that would raise when caught by shadows and palaces and lower the level more overnight when you return back to reality however they change it up a little bit in royal in persona 5 royal the palaces automatically start with a 40 security level which i can assure you was no threat whatsoever since you can just lower it anyway after winning an ambush battle at rank 1 the security level decreases when you find yourself a new safe room at rank 3 the security level rises less when caught by shadows and a successful ambush decreases it more at rank 5 the security level at the start of an infiltration is lowered at rank 7 same as 5 but lowered even more and at max rank the ambushing of enemies is a lot easier regardless of how high the security level is now as i said before my vanilla countdown these perks are mostly worthless because the security level is never a threat unless you're very piss-poor at the game and don't go for ambushes which is common sense for more efficiency however i will argue that the max ring perk is somewhat useful if you are grinding out last searchable objects or treasure demons when you're about to steal your target's heart as this can make the insta-kill perk that you get from the chariot confidant less likely to screw up though not by much however despite her being the least best confidant is oya really that worthless of course not she may have worthless perks but that doesn't mean you should avoid her like the plague for one tita kemi is the plague two her story is still really good and it ties into one of the game's later villains and she requires no social stats to rank up or confidant on top of that she can increase your charm stat and give bonus xp bursts when fusing devil personas which was always the intended purpose of doing social links in the previous games to begin with and besides the best part of coming to the crossroads is not to see her but to see the beauty queen that is lala chan how old are you boy sorry lala-chan he's with me oh you picked up a real young one this time just don't let a miner drink alcohol okay this might be the most obvious tip to any veteran persona players or people who have played persona 5 before but if you want to max out all of your confidants you should always and i mean always carry a persona of the arcana that your confidant represents this will assure that you deepen your bond with the more and you will be able to have more of the blue notes that pop out of their heads so anytime you get one point you will get two points instead or anytime you get two points you get three points so if you're bonding with a character say like ryuji you should always carry a chariot persona on you so it's actually more important to remember the arcana of your confidants as opposed to the name of your confidants and if you don't happen to be carrying the persona of the arcana that the confidant represents you can always go to the velvet room on central street and use two personas you don't need or you can purchase the cheapest lowest level persona from your persona compendium however it should be noted that there are certain confidants that don't require you to have a persona of the arcana they represent as they can progress without the need of having blue notes even though yoshida and mishima have them bouncing on their head [Music] goro akechi of the justice arcana pancake joke there i got the most unfunniest meme out of the way so let's talk about pancake [ __ ] i mean a catchy good out whatever you know i could resist the joke anyway akatchi is a fascinating confidant that i hate having to put him low on the list why because in the vanilla version he was one of the four confidants that ranked up through story progression and while you do have those story moments in the game that would usually rank up as confidant akechi's confidant has been reworked to make him a confidant that you have to optionally bond with in person and let me just say while akechi was a good character in the vanilla version they really gave him more depth and made him an even better character in royal how deep do we get with him you know atlas for a company who is [ __ ] at writing gay characters you sure give a lot of homosexual ship and fuel in this game anyway you automatically get rank 1 like you do in vanilla during your social studies field trip after that you can meet a ketchup at kijijoji at night and start your inevitable failed attempt at getting laid at rank 2 you have a chance of revealing an enemy's affinity at the start of a battle at rank 4 you have a chance of revealing all of an enemy's affinity at the start of a battle now before i talk about the second half of his confidant i will say this the reason akechi is low on this list is because while the sleuthing stick is definitely useful i kid you not i only had this perk happen once in my entire playthrough no joke the reason for this is because i ended up fusing a lot of the personas ahead of time before i could meet them in their palace which is a much more efficient way of revealing an enemy's affinity rather than relying on a skill that triggers through rng chances are this may have been a great perk for some first time players but for me it only happened once and that was it now the second half of the catchy's confidant is a little bit of a mild spoiler but i don't think it would ruin the game for you if i say what it is since akechi appears on the posters for persona 5 royal yes at some point he does become a party member on november 2nd you can continue his confidant at rank 7. at rank 7 he gives you the harrison recover ability and when he becomes a party member he already has follow up in smooth talk and this is where akechi's confidant gets complicated at rank 8 he will demand a duel in mementos if you fail his confidant will not progress if you succeed you can get rank 8. kinda stupid but as long as you use a persona with a repel physical ability you should manage fine and you want to get to rank 8 before you complete the six palace or otherwise getting ranks 9 and 10 is impossible both of which rank up through story progression at the exact moment as it does in the vanilla version i really love akechi's confidant and being able to spend more time with him and while his confidant perks are very short-lived he can unlock the jazz club at his fourth rank which becomes one of the most useful places to go to when you have no more nighttime confidants in fact getting him up to rank 4 for the jazz gin is what makes his confidant all the more worth the trouble although you do have to deal with several roblox that either require you waiting for the right moment in the story being a catchy at his eighth rank and doing so before completing the sixth palace and to start rank three you will need level three knowledge and charm and to start rank seven you will need level four knowledge and you need to get rank 7 and 8 anywhere between november 2nd to november 17th i mean holy crap atlas that is a lot of requirements i thought haru had it bad but this is nuts it's obvious that catchy was designed for people who have played the vanilla version before and have already got an idea of how to level up their social stats efficiently so as long as you maximize how you go about your days and raise both your charm and knowledge you should be able to max out a catchy's confidant no problem [Music] is a tradition in the west to throw one's glove at their opponent when demanding a duel should the opponent accept the glove the duel is also accepted [Music] sp is very scarce in the vanilla version and still is to some extent in the royal version the most useful resource to this problem at the start of the first couple palaces is to buy sp drinks from three specific vending machines you'll need 600 yen each for two sp drinks in the school courtyard and in the arcade on central street however the one next to the bath house in yogen jaya can give you 4 sp drinks for 100 yen each and these vending machines will restock every monday so you can get sp drinks on a weekly basis definitely useful if you're going to attempt a one day palace completion or a long mission through mementos so this is a definite must if you plan to do kamashita's palace in one go makoto nejima of the priestess arcana out of all the characters you could have improved atlas makoto apparently wasn't one of them how dare you treat my first playthrough girlfriend like this i could end it here by saying that she is absolutely no different than she was from vanilla but i'll do a quick rundown at rank 1 makoto will allow you to see a shadow skills and potential dropped items on the analysis screen at rank 7 she can display an x mark while highlighting a shadow giving you a higher warden of what attacks will be nullified drained or repelled and any other perks are all companion abilities now that's not to say that her unique perks are useless they're just more convenience perks in helping you prepare for a potential skill used against you as well as a higher warden of what skills not to use this could definitely be useful in making sure you don't have one of your party members get knocked down while making sure that you don't make the worst mistake that could waste your turn if not make things worse and honestly the only reason makoto is above akanchi is because her confidant burgs are used as early as after you beat the third palace and can be used in the metaverse from that point forward whereas a catchy sleuthing stink was only used once for me and if you know the amount of palaces you get to do with the keji yeah it's no secret that makoto is far superior of a confidant than akechi the only roblox with makoto is that you will need to complete the third palace as well as have level 3 knowledge to start her confidant along with max charm to start her sixth rank it's a shame that makoto hasn't really changed from vanilla but she's still a really great confidant and a more efficient healer than on and like i said before in my vanilla countdown the priestess who should be the empress deserves to be higher on this list honestly it's a little strange that i found the true meaning of my studies outside of my studies thank you for all your help it must have been difficult babysitting the uptight mr president right there are multiple places to buy books and some books will take two or three time slots to read however you can increase joker's reading speed by 2 by reading the speed reading book from the school library the earliest you can rent this book is on july 1st so be sure to get this book on canada day so that way you can read the books more efficiently [Music] on to kamiki of the lovers arcana i bet all of you panther fans hate me for putting your girlfriend this slow well if it makes you feel better i hate myself for putting my queen below on anyway in the royal version they change one of her perks at rank 4 the sexy technique now with a heart has a chance of cancelling an enemy's action through seduction at rank 5 you will get the crocodile tears which increases the chances to force enemies to ask for less during negotiations in the vanilla version sexy technique would have originally seduced the enemy during the negotiation to increase the chances of you obtaining it easier but with sexy technique in royal it is updated to be a lot more useful and different since you're not going to be obtaining personas all the time and any other abilities outside of these two perks are just companion perks for ourselves while i do consider her more useful than she was in vanilla i will make the argument that she is not as useful as other players make her out to me i mean don't get me wrong she's a really great party member at the start of the first few palaces and totally op when she gains the concentrate skill at level 62 but both her sexy technique and crocodile tears only activate by chance and only when you have her in the front lines of battles unlike makoto whose skills are still used even when she's a backup member but odd in comparison is definitely a more efficient confidant to rank up with and only requires level 2 kindness to start her second rank and is definitely the easiest romantic interest to get in the game so go [ __ ] block morgana and steal the love of his life away from him thank you for enjoying our ferris wheel experience the gondola will arrive at the platform shortly huh it's over already we went all the way around but i didn't see any scenery all i saw was you on every sunday that you can walk around shibuya you can gain one social stat point from the drink stand by drinking a questionable drink that costs 500 yen per sunday sure this is expensive as heck but drinking here every sunday can raise your social stats closer to the next rank without taking up a time slot this will mean that you will have to grind out some money by winning battles in the metaverse to make this manageable while being able to purchase other requirements to 100 the game also this drink stand can grant you two social stat points if you use the luck reading perk that you get from your fortune confidant so grind money and have a drink every sunday haru akumara of the empress arcana originally ranked below on in makoto the changes to royal definitely make karu more reliable than she ever was before one of the major problems with her brew is that you were unable to get rank 2 unless you had max proficiency and in the vanilla game her baton pass would be unlocked at rank 2 which means most players were at a disadvantage with haru since most couldn't baton pass with her so yeah you needed max proficiency to get baton pass with haru that's why thankfully with all party members having baton pass at the start in the royal version haru is a lot more useful as a party member and you need max proficiency at her third rank instead which is somewhat better but since the game provides you extra chances of increasing your social stats in the blog after a day in the metaverse maxing out your proficiency is a lot easier than it was before at rank 1 haru will grow specific vegetables on the school rooftop for you to use in the metaverse at rank 5 you can gain more vegetables from a single harvest and at rank 7 you can decrease the amount of time it takes for the vegetable to grow in the vanilla version you could plant two different kinds of sp recovery foods which is mostly great for first-timers attempting a one-day infiltration in the last few palaces of the game and while these vegetables are still in the royal version they actually add two more vegetables which i find a lot more useful a plant that can repel physical attacks to one ally and a plant that can repel magical attacks to one ally the addition of these two plants makes horus confidant abilities all the more useful however it does suck that you can't start her confidant until october 30th in the game so you are left with only two or three months of whatever palaces remain to put these arms to use which is only one third of the game the additions of these two items changing the social stat requirement from rank two to three and having all party members with the baton pass ability definitely makes haru more useful than she was before even more so than makoto went on to some extent and for once outside of new game plus i can actually give more of a damn about her character as she has more screen time and opportunities than she did before as long as you're by my side it feels like everything's going to be okay and if you're ever in trouble i will be there for you after all you are there for me when i needed it i can help you now i have the strength to do so i can sense it this may not be the most obvious to newcomers but every time you find yourself a safe room you should always try to go to the velvet room to fuse stronger personas especially if you're full on stock or have a fusion alarm going you should by all means can serve certain personas with unique affinities and skills but being able to carry over your best skills while making the most out of the fusion alarm can be very beneficial to your overall rehabilitation just make sure you lean more towards the aircon as that you still have yet to max out or arcanas with the highest confidant rank for bigger bonus xp and every time you get 25 in your persona compendium you will get a discount the next time you purchase a persona in your persona compendium hifume togo of the star arcana absolutely nothing has changed with ufumei her confidant perks and the fact that she was originally going to be a party member early in development but even in the royal version hiv-may will never shine as a phantom thief anyway hifume is available as early as june 26 which you will be recommended to by yusuke at a christian church you can start a confidant with a shogi player as long as you have level 3 charm at rank 1 you can swap current party members with backup members whenever it's joker's turn at rank 3 a backup member can sometimes do a follow-up attack if joker downs an enemy at rank 5 you can attempt an escape even when you're surrounded by enemies at rank 7 you can earn double the amount of money if a battle is one in one turn after an ambush at rank 9 you can instantly escape a battle without having to wait for your opportunity to do so and at max rank you can have your party members swap themselves out with backup members looking at all these perks you could tell that bonding with tufume will help you out a ton it can actually put backup members into use if you need to swap to a character who has a skill who can weaken the enemy you can earn extra yen if you do everything within one turn which is a great backup for the money reading perk that you get from the fortune arcana and escaping a battle can sometimes be useful in scenarios where you are severely underpowered by an overpowered enemy hifume really increases your strategy and tactics and is what makes the battles more fun the only downside with uvume is that while you do need level 3 charm to start your confidant you will need max knowledge to get her mementos request which is required to progress or confidant past rank 7. overall hifume really adds more to the battles even if you don't find yourself using it a lot it can really save your ass in the latter part of the game after all sp does not last forever at first this was just a deal you help me develop new moves and i give you shogi lessons but before i knew it you became someone i couldn't do without i'm not gonna pay attention to all the criticism anymore this time i'll earn everyone's praise with my own skills now getting awards in the thieves den does not help you in your main progress in the game but rather give you p tokens for all the features and collectible extras within the thieves den it should be noted that it will require at least two playthroughs to 100 all rewards three of them are only possible on new game plus and most of these rewards like spending 15 times in the bath house or getting 30 home runs in the bank cage is absolutely ridiculous in a wasted time however the thieves dead uses a separate save that tracks the progress on all of your files and not just the one you're using meaning if you were to save before doing an activity you can do the activity and then once you're done you can reload your save file and rinse and repeat this process until you get the reward it should be noted that when you do laundry the game tracks which clothes you wash so be sure to wash 10 different pieces of clothing and once you get your reward you can reload your save and focus your time on confidence which should be your top priority so by saving and reloading your save file you should be able to complete most of your school life and confident awards this way so take advantage of it and do this so that way you don't waste any time in your playthrough [Music] kasume yoshizawa of the faith arcana kisume is the new royal exclusive character who is both a confidant as well as a party member her first rank is automatically gained on may 30th during the park cleanup event which was not in the vanilla version and as you can see with the faith arcana her card seems very different from the other confidants and she only has five ranks or that's what it may seem like at first spending time with kuzume on certain ranks can sometimes increase joker's hp by 5. at rank 2 you can dodge an ambush attack from a shadow and end up gaining the upper hand instead definitely useful if you're collecting treasure loot or treasure demons when you're about to steal your target's heart at rank 4 you can use the grappling hook from a distance as an alternative to ambushing your enemies which is not only an award in the thieves den but also a bigger advantage as using the grappling hook against your enemies can give them a random status element at the start of a battle very useful and a better chance of getting technical damage on an enemy so why is kusume only at 5 ranks and only has two abilities well that is because you need to unlock the second half of her confidant during the third semester the third semester is a royal exclusive edition that continues where the vanilla version would usually have its final boss fight but if you maxed out the counselor confidante this will not only unlock the third semester but this is the only way to play as kazume as well as complete the second half of her confidant along with having her as a possible girlfriend to avoid spoilers of what happens in the third semester her later perks are all companion burps even though she may seem very last minute addition kazume is a great confidant to bond with especially for the grappling hook ambush ability it should be noted that the second half of her confidant will not be available unless you a max out the counselor confidant before november 17th and b get all five ranks with kasume before december 23rd as long as you maximize your opportunities and carry a faith persona on you the cheapest being phoenix you should be able to max her out no problem there's a lot of spoilers around kazume so i highly recommend not looking her up on the internet and just take my word for how to max her out because the third semester will be a real treat for those who have played the vanilla version beforehand i don't like gossip or rumors and the like and i know this will sound strange since i just met you but you don't seem like the kind of person they describe it'd be a different story if all those rumors were actually true though what were all the crimes i'd heard burglary murder and elephant tusk trafficking was it even i can tell you're joking cafe leblanc has plenty of activities for you to do either at the start of the game or after you complete an infiltration and are too tired to do anything else however in cafe leblanc there are three ways to raise your knowledge and kindness without a time slot passing by one is with the crossword puzzles which would usually have a time slot pass by in the original but in this version it can give you one free knowledge stat and on these specific days if you interact with the tv during a game show if you get the answer to a question right you can gain a free knowledge stat and if you go upstairs you can feed your plant nutrients every 16 days you want to go with the bionutrients that you get from the flower shop starting as early as april 19th the bionutrients will give you two kindness points just don't go with the garden energy as that will only give you one kindness point and once you have access to shinjuku you can buy a mega fertilizer at their flower shop which will raise your kindness by three points it should also be noted that you can get the mega fertilizer earlier on the home shopping program on may 8th along with five ways to garden energy items but hey whatever gives you one extra stat ahead right definitely take advantage of these opportunities as it can save you from wasting your time on a confidant that you can't deepen your bond further with and to get the answer to the tv questions and crossware puzzles right you should always look it up online as sometimes the answers are not always obvious it ain't cheating if the opportunity is there for you sajiro sakura of the hierophant arcana sujiro has not changed from the vanilla version so i'll make this quick sajiro is the first nighttime confidant and the only nighttime confidant available during the two weeks for kamashita's palace spending time with sajiro can give joker two stats of kindness since he's not the one who's going to give you any kindness at rank 2 you can make coffee that slightly restores sp to one ally at rank 4 you can make curry that slightly restores sp to all allies and any further ranks increases the amount of sp you gain from making coffee and curry i'll be honest when i say even though i did make curry at least once i don't think i've ever actually used it in my playthrough although for first time players some might actually find this perk incredibly useful and when you're stuck in leblanc during the first two weeks of kamashita's palace or after you come back from the metaverse you can choose to pass time by making coffee which not only gives you two items of coffee but it can also raise your charm by one stat which was not in the vanilla version and sometimes you can deepen your bond with jiro by one point while getting some coffee trivia it should be noted however that making coffee or curry will have a nighttime slot pass by so if you don't intend to read a book or bathe with old man i would recommend making coffee over curry and use it as rarely as possible however the benefit of making coffee and curry is not for the fact that you get sp recovery in the metaverse but the fact that another confidant can make the coffee and curry for you without wasting your time slot and the temperance confidant who i will mention eventually is what makes bondi with sajiro all the more worth it there are however three roadblocks when bonding with sejiro the first is that you can only get sajiro up to rank four before you have to wait until sometime after the deadline of the fourth palace when futaba joins the phantom thieves the second world block is that you need max kindness in order to start his seventh rank so be sure to keep up on feeding that plant upstairs and the third roadblock is that after rank 8 you will get sajiro's momentous request that cannot be completed with any other mementos request and only has joker and futaba going after the target plus this momentous request will put a halt on futaba's confidant which is not good so be sure to prepare for a one-on-one battle after the eighth rank sajiro is overall a great character very strict sometimes an ass but impossible not to like so whenever you feel like it let the master coffee man teach you how to make the perfect cup of joe so you can go from making basic coffee to master coffee i'll teach you everything i can you're a full-fledged man now that might not be enough to return the favor that's all i can do [Music] kicha joshi is one of the newest additions to persona 5 a whole new area you can explore with a lot of new opportunities here's a rundown of some of the most useful things in kijijoshi there's a secondhand clothes shop that can be used as a great alternative to your dirty clothing so instead of having a daytime slot pass by washing them you can sell them for yen and use points to buy some helpful items across the street there's a fried food shop that sells some delicious ground beef that always has a lot lineup in the day time and is always sold out at night except on sundays and on sunday evenings you can buy a thing to me to restore 30 sp to one ally for only 150 yen over to your right is an old temple where you can meditate for sp growth the amount increases depending on how many times you visit however i would advise coming here once so you can at least get the trophy for it as coming here will be a huge waste of time and maxing out your confidance which should be your top priority however the stats gained in the days spent here do carry over to new game plus so it's not a complete loss coming here in the latter part of the game or during new game plus through the alleyway you can find a trader who will request you to give him specific items to trade for another item and one item to get from this guy who is one step to social distancing than everyone else is to trade the mre ration that you get from the airshop vending machine for a factorization guidebook which can boost your knowledge if you choose to pass time by study in and the fact that this is only available between july 23rd to july 30th is unbelievable since i actually got this on my first playthrough without this knowledge then there's a jazz club which is unlocked after completing akechi's fourth confidant rank every night you come here you can increase a party members stats hp sp or even level them up by inviting them on certain days and the effects are doubled when a senior is performing live sunday cocktails however are special as each day can give a party member a certain skill futaba however has a different system where inviting her here on a sunday four times can give her some very useful abilities including a chance for her support skills to activate more frequently and the sunday cocktail skills can be relearned on new game plus when you take that party member to the confessional booth in the church which is like the really only good use for this ability as the confessional booth will have a nighttime slot pass the jazz club is a great way to pass time when you have no nighttime confidants to spend time with and you can deepen your bond with your party members this way and then there's the penguin sniper you can play darts to increase your baton pass rank with your individual party members by increasing their attack power hp recover and gain in sp recover i'll talk more about darts in another tip as there's actually a very useful way to get the third rank instantly and then there's the billiards which has 4 ranks to increase your technical damage and down rate rank 1 for doing it the first time rank 2 if you have read the expert billiards book that you get from the sports shop rank 3 if you buy the jump queue from the sports shop and rank 4 if you read one more book given to you by an employee and playing billiards will increase your bonds by 1 point for all available party members it's completely possible to max out all confidants while maxing out your baton pass ranks and technical damage rank in one playthrough but be sure to use these advantages wisely and follow some of my other tips to do this all more efficiently kicha joshi is a great addition to royal and i highly recommend taking advantage of it and probably wait until you're closer to maxing out all of your confidants shinya oda of the tower arcana the youngest confidant who has this abomination and a demon sitting on the toilet under his arcana huh such that there's a bigger picture to why we never see his dad in the game yikes anyway shinya is connected to a momentous request that you get on september 4th called winners don't use cheats it should be noted that you will have a school field trip on september 7th so i highly recommend completing this request as soon as you can and upon attempting to complete it it will lead you to shinya in akihabara and the abilities you gain from shinya will increase the amount it uses for your gun battle before i talk about the perks i should address the one major difference between this version and the vanilla version when it comes to guns in vanilla you have a limited amount of ammunition that never restores itself after battle once you use it up it's gone for the rest of your infiltration until the next day but in royal you have a smaller amount of ammo but it restores itself after combat so it can be used in every battle and never run out during an infiltration a definite huge upgrade as they do balance it out in royal pretty well anyway spending time with shinya can increase your kindness along with gaining some awesome gun abilities at rank 1 you can perform a down shot once per infiltration which will down an enemy instantly at rank 2 you can sometimes perform a gun based all out attack called bullet hail after a successful ambush at rank 3 you can use a warning shot to scare shadows during negotiation for a chance to obtain it at rank 5 the success rate of the status ailment gun is increased at rank 6 you can use the down shot three times per infiltration at rank 8 you can increase the damage dumped by bullet hail and at max rank joker's gun can damage an enemy normally despite being resistant to gunfire so yeah it's pretty similar to vanilla except instead of an ammo pouch you get an increased success rate in the status element guns and while i recall people saying that xinius perks are now all mighty in the royal version i would have to say that the dow shot is downgraded in this version the reason being is because of vanilla you could use the downshot if you had enough bullets and there is an infiltration tool that can restore your ammunition to one ally so you could use more than three downshots in the original whereas in royal you're limited just down to three or one but i guess it beats running out of ammo all the time xenia's gun perks are a huge advantage regardless of how little you use them and since he requires no social stats to max out he's a very efficient confidant to spend time with as well as a good source of kindness to max out sajiro's confidant so get smoked and kick ass using a move only three times i wonder will that help me become a member of the phantom thieves that's why i'm asking you when it comes to completing the palace it requires three specific days usually one day for a full infiltration route to the treasure the second day to plan out the calling card and the third day to steal the heart of the palace ruler the game does give you an option of returning to reality if you are completely drained while using safe rooms for fast travel however if you want to maximize the amount of days you have to max out your confidants and other stats in the game you should always go for a one day infiltration route it can be quite a challenge but it will save you on wasting your time the hardest palace to do this is ironically the first palace since you are very limited on resources and are down to only four party members you can watch my playthrough on how i manage kamashita and moderame's palace in one shot the simple tips is to stock up on sp drinks always equip the strongest weapon and protector available to you and for kamashita's palace just sneak past most of the enemy encounters and worry about leveling up later once you have a full infiltration route saki mitama can gain a 25 percent xp if you are not using that persona in battle well slime can give you a resistance to physical attacks you definitely want to complete kamashita's palace within the first week so you can get to the movie theater to raise your guts up to level 2 for the death confidant plus read a book from shinjuku later on and complete modorami's palace as early as possible to get the temperance confidant with further palaces you might be held back on bonding with a confidant or getting a mementos request but i will say that you can save infiltrating palaces 3 and up for later and use this time to bond with confidants for higher confidant ranks for more skills gained through persona fusions plan ahead and strategize wisely otherwise always do a palace in one go and never at the last couple of days [Music] futaba sakura of the hermit arcana originally number five on my vanilla countdown futaba for the most part hasn't changed when it comes to her confidant perks despite having some royal exclusive abilities gained through the jazz gin on sundays however when i did my original countdown i actually somehow forgot to mention a skill so now will be my chance to bring it up at rank 1 futaba has a chance of casting kaja or healing up party members in a battle at rank 2 futaba can sometimes scan an entire floor of mementos which will help you find the treasure chest the exit and a hidden sacked star podium that may or may not be on that floor at rank 4 butaba has a chance to instantly cause a hold up at the start of the battle at rank 6 futaba has a chance of casting charge or sp recovery during a battle at rank 7 futaba has a small chance of reviving searchable objects on the floor of mementos or the entirety of a palace after winning a battle at rank 9 futaba has a chance of swapping two or three ko members with backup members and at max rank futaba has a chance of nullifying a fatal attack on any party member while most of her perks activate by chance which is more than less likely than likely being able to have these backup abilities can be a huge advantage in battle or make the navigation of mementos all the more convenient and if you take futaba to the jazz gin four times on a sunday you can gain a skill that increases the chances of her rank 1 and rank 5 perk happening now when i did my vanilla countdown i actually completely overlooked one skill to mention and that's the treasure reboot ability this ability is in both versions of the game so if you notice that i neglected to mention it on my vanilla countdown just know that this was a mistake on my part and i'm not sure how i overlooked it and i guess everyone else overlooked it too since people seem to criticize my name pronunciation of one character over a skill i forgot to talk about now when it comes to futaba there are three roadblocks when progressing are confidant one you must have level four kindness to start her second rank so keep up on feeding that plant some mega fertilizer two she is the only phantom thief who comes with a momentous request so be wary that you can't progress or confidant past rank eight until you complete that request and three when you get sajiro sakura's memento's request at his eighth rank you will be locked out of progressing not only his confidant but futaba's as well until you complete sajiro's mementos request overall futaba is definitely a character you should bond with not just for her perks but because she is without a doubt the best and most developed character in the game even outside of her confidante so if you want a bigger advantage in the miniverse i say max the inkling out [Music] i feel kind of calm when we're this close you're okay being like this right [Music] you don't have to a common mistake that first time players make is passing time in the most inefficient way possible hey i can gain more hp by training in my room don't do it hey i can increase my guts with the big bang burger challenge even if i fail don't do it hey a new movie is out i should totally watch it don't do it hey i can gain useful protectors by doing laundry don't do it hey i could gain one social standpoint by cleaning up a blog wow definitely don't do this except for one trophy okay now that's not to say that these advantages can't be useful but you should always prioritize your time on activities that will raise your social stats efficiently and most importantly focus on maxing out your confidants more during your first playthrough you will need to waste time in order to increase your social stats like increasing your guts is necessary for three different confidants and it's highly recommended that you get your guts up to level three as soon as possible for the temperance confidant and level four for the heyman confidant during my let's play i showed that i could increase my guts by one point by spending time in the diner a necessary step i do have to take once in a while and while i needed to max out my guts i was out of options and gaining social stats so what i did was go and rent a dvd by purchasing the royal exclusive annual subscription fee and using the dvd on a day that i can't leave the cafe which helped me get my guts up to the next rank so while something like dvds can be useful it is a waste of time and is not required for an award or trophy if you want to increase your social stats focus on reading books playing video games or spending time with confidants who can raise your social stats and don't forget those extra social stats points in leblanc or at the drinks down on sundays plan ahead for more efficiency [Music] ey of the hangman arcana i want to thank everyone for correcting me by confirming that my mispronunciation of iwa in the vanilla countdown is actually ey as an english speaker with little to no knowledge on japanese i could totally see the e out of the eye and the y out of the way so thank you so much for making sure that i know that name pronunciations are more important than the perksy offers i'm i'm actually in tears guys but just to piss you ey fans off i'm just gonna call him geico the gecko you brought this on yourselves anyway geico the get-go was a confidant who i ranked as the second least best confidant only being slightly better than oya but as you can see here royal has not only updated geiger the gecko's confidants but atlas made gun customization a lot more useful than before to start his confidant you have to get level 4 guts and start bonding with him almost any time after the deadline for kamashita's fallout and getting to level 4 guts will take a good long while to get to on your first playthrough and when you finally got him in vanilla it was disappointing but when you got him in royal it was a great opportunity in vanilla you would have four different ranks which would allow you to customize a gun depending on their overall grade the major downside to this is that you would likely be unable to customize your current gun by the time you get the first rank in persona 5 royal on the other hand they said screw the grade restrictions let's update it to where you can customize any gun at rank 1 regardless of how weak or powerful it is this alone makes guy go the get-go a better deal for your car insurance i mean gun customization damn it guys so if you can customize any gun at the first rank what do the later ranks provide well at rank 3 you can add camouflage to your guns which can add status elements like shock freeze and burn at rank 5 you will get a 50 discount when customizing a gun at rank 7 you can unlock more parts for customization and at max rank you can customize your guns for free on the house there are so many reasons why this is far superior than it was in the original in the original your guns had a disadvantage of running out of ammo permanently but since your ammo restocks between battles and royal you can use your guns more optionally when you couldn't before also the interface in the vanilla version for customizing a gun seems very last-minute edition that it's honestly laughable just change it to blue and we're good done but here it's more stylized and feels more fleshed out on top of that when you purchase a gun in royal you will be instantly brought to the customization options right away and when it comes to customization you have several options as opposed to one dumb option in the original in royal you have a choice of increasing your attack power while decreasing your accuracy increasing your accuracy while decreasing your attack power or you can slightly improve your attack power with no effect on your accuracy or you can have a high status ailment with a lower attack power with so many options between increasing your attack power adding status ailments for technical damage or delaying an enemy's turn and the bullets restoring itself between battles gun customization is very useful and a huge advantage in battle even more so than shinyu's gun perks to some extent and while you could get a 50 discount in the vanilla version as well being able to customize a gun for free is completely royal exclusive and makes max and geico the get-go out all the more worth it the only two roblox is that you will need level 4 guts to start his confidant and max guts to get his mementos request after rank 7. otherwise unlike the vanilla version i will say that the hane man confidant is very much worth your time if you want to customize the best firearms for the harder enemies to come interesting all right i'm gonna put all my effort into that special menu we talked about i don't like to owe nobody nothing so i'll do my best for you because that's the kind of support i can provide [Music] stamp podiums are one of the new additions to mementos with the addition of jose and let me just say they really updated mementos from one of the most okay aspects of the vanilla game to one of the most efficient places to level up and grind money jose and before anyone cracks me in says that the correct pronunciation is jose the characters in the game call him jose with a j my name is jose i'm looking for flowers so don't bother correcting me you gekko lovers anyway jose will request star stamps that you get at the end of every single floor plus one additional podium that sometimes shows up behind a locked door or a breakable wall however it should be noted that even if you do go through the entire section of mementos you will not be able to get all stamps in one shot sometimes you will have to go through the area two or three times to get all stamps which will definitely take a good couple to a few hours of playtime to collect them all but is it worth the trouble i say yes if you collect these stamps before completing the mementos request you can ask jose to change the cognition of mementos for more xp or money this is perfect if you want to get the most out of your mementos requests and use the fortune arcana's perks on a daily basis and while going through the floors multiple times sounds tedious this could be a good way of using personas in the velvet room you still have yet to fuse through a fusion alarm and you don't have to enter battles if you have gained the insta kill ability that i will talk about eventually but say if you're at level 99 with all your party members and you only need to max out the boost for xp is it still worth getting all stamps the answer is yes there's a total of 172 stamps and you need that amount exactly to max out the exp money and item buffs and even though the thieves stand only requires 150 for an award getting all 172 or any that you collected on your first playthrough will be carried over to new game plus meaning if you go to jose you can max out the bus from the very first time you optionally visit mementos a massive advantage if you want to get through new game plus as efficiently as possible it may take hours of time on your first playthrough but it will save you lots of time on your new game plus playthrough so be sure to collect all stamp podiums before you finish the game yusuke katagwa of the emperor arcana still can't date the artist but just like the get-go yusuke as well has been updated as a confidant and is far more useful than he was in the vanilla version how so well at rank 1 you can have yusuke duplicate skill cards as long as you have a copy of the card you want to duplicate and a blank card for him to draw on at rank 5 yusuke can recreate any skill card that he has duplicated before regardless if you have that skill card in your inventory or not and at rank 7 yusuke can duplicate or create a skill card on the spot without you having to wait a day for him to do so there are three major reasons that yusuke is a lot more useful as a confidant in the royal version than he was in the vanilla version for one similar to geico the gekko originally yusuke would have only been able to duplicate three different ranks of skill cards so you would have to have them at rank 7 so he could duplicate any skill card in vanilla and while you're able to get rank 1 and 5 without any social stats required you would need level 4 proficiency in order to get a 6 rank locking you out of the 7th rank for a good chunk of the game whereas in royal you can duplicate any skill cards once you get rank 1 though you will still need level four proficiency to get a sixth rank but still this is far superior than it was in the original the second reason is that as i stated in my original countdown it's not clear on where you can get blank cards that are required to duplicate a skill card and even if you do get them they are pretty rare making use case perks almost useless in the vanilla version in royal however there are two clear ways of getting a whole bunch of blank cards by either defeating a disaster shadow which is a new enemy type not in the original or purchasing them from jose and mementos for 15 flowers each thanks to the addition of jose in particular the blank cards are no longer rare items so you could use use case perk almost on a daily basis if you wanted to and the third reason he's improved is because the rank 5 and 7th perk actually does something different with his duplication skills other than just doing the same thing but better instead you start off with better and get two more convenient options with these three advantages you can over prepare yourself and carry the best personas with drain rappel skills for the latter part of the game the third semester and battling caroline and justine and new game plus and the advantage of over preparing yourself is that all skill cards carry over to new game plus so be sure to see yusuke when he's available in the underground walkway or in a safe room when doing an infiltration and be sure to stock up on some playing cards from jose and itemize skill cards in the velvet room with the electric chair during a fusion alarm you may not be able to date the artist but if stroking his brush in front of you means anything i would say that yusuke as a confidant has had a huge upgrade i am not moderate i won't be stained by desire after all i can see hope if i am lost they will extend their hands if i am wrong they will chastise me as long as i have my rays of hope to guide me i will be fine a common mistake that i see first-time players do is that they try to raise their guts every day by taking the big bang burger challenge don't do it what you should do is rely on the drink stand books video games the diner once in a while and tied to kemi's confidant instead not only is the big bang burger the least efficient but you should only use it three times when taking the big bang burger challenge there are three challenges in total and these stats are required to complete a challenge upon completing it you'll gain points for all social stats except for kindness completing all three challenges while you're at the required skill level not only helps raise four social stats but it can get you an award in the thieves den so only take the challenge if you know you will beat it tied to kemi of the death arcana originally ranked at number 11 on my original countdown i will admit she is the number one confidant that i rank too low why well let's talk about her take me hasn't changed as a confidant though the one major difference is that she has a different voice actress in royal so i'll provide you the medicine for your entrance exams and in exchange you'll be my guinea pig so i'll provide you the medicine for your entrance exams and in exchange you'll be my guinea pig i couldn't find the reason for the change but anyway let's talk about our perks at rank 1 you can increase the selection of healing items at the clinic at rank 3 you can add more healing items at rank 5 you can add more support items at rank 7 you can get a 50 discount and at max rank you can increase the selection of revival items tied to kimmy is the very first confidant that you can optionally bond with the moment the deadline for your first palace starts and i highly recommend getting her at rank 1 on april 18th as not only can you get the xpr carnivores for fuse and death personas in the velvet room but you will need level 2 guts to start her second rank and you can get level 2 guts very soon by renting the pirate legend book from the school library clean up your room on april 18th so you can have access to the plant read the book at leblanc on the 19th to cover the first chapter and then read the second chapter when you take the train ride to school on the 20th this will increase some of your guts but not enough to get to level two after that you have to complete the entirety of kamishita's palace as early as you can do it a one day infiltration route if possible on april 20th steal kamashita is hard on the 22nd then on the 23rd you can go to the movie theater which morgana will forbid you to do unless you complete kamashita's palace first and not only will watching a movie at this time increase your guts to level 2 but it will also give you access to the craft of cinema book in shinjuku and once you're at level 2 you can continue her confidant up to rank 7 before needing level 4 charm to continue the rest of her confidant and get her mementos request anyway as i mentioned before there is a good reason why i believe i rank tied to kimi too low on my original countdown and the reason comes down to the support items when you get to rank 5 you have three different options of sp and hp recovery accessories using sp adhesives can help you massively in progressing through a full infiltration route as wearing it can regain you some sp every turn definitely useful so you don't have to keep buying sp drinks on a weekly basis though be warned that sp adhesive is not cheap and you can only get the best one at rank 5 and get a 50 discount at rank 7. so yeah because of the sp adhesive which i've completely overlooked tied to kemi can be one of your major factors in helping you do a one day palace infiltration route easily and bonding with her can increase your guts by one point so bonding with her is very much worth your time sorry i ranked you too low to kemi but you are a lot better than i gave you credit for then it's just the two of us really then would you like a thorough examination i guess i'll start off by examining your eyes i'll just have to take my time examining you hmm [Music] there's going to be moments in the game where confidants particularly your party members will invite you to a place to hang out this is a great opportunity to not only deepen your bond with that confidant but with another confidant who just happens to be there this happens mostly on sundays or days that you have off of school like during summer break but is there another benefit to hanging out with confidants other than deepening your bond with them yes most of these hang out spots are unlocked in one of two ways by either reading a book about it or accepting an invite to a place you've never been to before it's beneficial to accept these requests because then you will automatically consider these books read without having to read them saving you a time slot for better uses of your time so be sure to spare books that teaches you about these hangout spots and reserve your time to read in books that increases your social stats you'll find it more efficient that way tauranosuke yoshida of the sun arcana yoshida has not changed in this version though one of his confidant perks has been fixed as it only sometimes worked in the original on may 6 sajiro will give joker the key so he will be allowed to walk around tokyo at night from here you can check out this politician at station square where he will later go to the beef bowl shop so you can apply for the job or nabeko in the underground walkway and work at the beef ball shop as you have to do this job twice so yoshida can notice you once done you can visit yoshida on the third night and volunteer to help him you do this once on one night then a second time on the next night to start his first rank of the sun arcana at rank 2 you can quote unquote occasionally ask for more items or money during negotiation with a possible gamble of having the shadow attack back at you at rank 3 you can ask for a large amount of money during negotiation at rank 5 you can occasionally ask for a rare item at rank 8 you can skip answering questions and instantly obtain a persona and at max rank you can obtain a persona at a higher level who would usually turn you down for being a lower level embodied with yoshida can increase your charm stat now i think this is all self-explanatory but i will say yoshida's perks can help a ton in gaining personas and gaining a lot of money as i play my favorite game of asking for money for a shadow's life then asking for more and then defeating it anyway in an all-out attack so i can still gain the exp that i would otherwise miss out on without this perk however the thing with the diplomacy perk is that in my experience it only sometimes worked in the vanilla version which can be a bummer when it doesn't work as you could be missing out on some exp or extra money but they seem to fix this in royal so it works no matter what which is odd because it still says that it occasionally works when it seems to work all the time for me and royal so you can gamble your chances of either getting attacked gaining more money or still get in your exp after gaining more money than usual and it's awesome that this perk is no longer a chance activated ability and if it still is to some people be jealous that i got a game with good rng now when it comes to bonnie with yoshida there are three factors you should know one despite the blue notes appearing at the top of his head you do not need a sun persona to deepen your bond with him as every interaction will increase your rank so your responses don't matter at all and the follow-ups are 100 percent pointless 2. aside from some holidays yoshida is only available on sunday nights so be sure to provide some time on sunday to bond with him just don't forget to grab your drink from the drink stand before meeting up with yoshida three yoshida is one of the three confidants who will no longer be available after the first half of november for story related reasons so make sure you max them out before november 17th also yoshida is one of the few non-party member confidants who doesn't have a mementos request so he's a very efficient confidant to max out so if you have nothing to do on a sunday night go hang out with an old man and talk about politics apparently it does more good to joker than it does in real life you're doing a good job of cheering me up but you may be right the most important part about giving a good speech is believing in yourself perhaps one day i will believe in myself again but you sure got me there you're a strange young man the bookstore in shinjuku is one of the many places you can buy books however these books will only be available if you participated in a certain activity at least once you must do your part-time job at the flower shop at least once to get the flowerpedia book you have to do the batting cages at least wants to get the bataan science book and then there's also fishing watching a movie at the movie theater playing video games playing darts and crafting out of all these books the ones i recommend is anything from essence of and below as these can help you either increase your stats or make certain activities easier and more efficient however it should be noted that the expert billiards book is only available at the sports shop in the underground mall and is required to level up your technical rank these books will help you out a ton so if you have the time read them catching better fish and making all seven video games easier to beat will help you in the long run caroline and justine of the strength arcana also ranked at number six on my original countdown the twin wardens are heavily improved upon in royal bonding with caroline and justine requires you to complete a penal labor where you must bring them a specific persona with a specific ability such as jack frost with mabafu so just like yoshida you do not need a strength persona to deepen your bond with them and for those who are wondering no the outings with caroline and justine are not required for their confidant in fact i only did two of these outings on my first playthrough as it's not really that useful outside of unique character interactions in a skill card so honestly these outings are something that you can skip in your first playthrough anyway you start their confidant during your infiltration of the second palace on may 18th at rank 1 you can unlock the advanced fusion which will enable you to fuse three personas for a powerful persona at rank 3 you can put a persona in lockdown for days so it can learn a resistance skill while burning incest to increase their stats at rank 5 you will be able to fuse a persona at a higher level than your current level at the cost of thousands of yen at rank 8 you can increase the amount of personas you fuse in advanced fusion by fusing four or more personas and at max rank you can get a discount for the special treatment ability when fusing higher level personas there are so many reasons why caroline and justine are improved upon as a confidant as the newer additions to the velvet room also provide so many opportunities in creating more powerful personas for one the special treatment ability would usually be gained at the max rank perk when you fuse a level 51 persona in the vanilla game and by the time you get to level 51 you should either be at the end of the 6th or 7th palace in royal however gaining this perk as early as rank 5 with a level 26 persona can offer so many advantages so you could theoretically complete the entirety of the confidant as early as level 26 but only if you had enough yen to fuse the higher level personas which is less than likely and since caroline and justine are the only confidant who rank up without any time advancement there should be no excuse to not max them out on your first playthrough the second reason they are improved is the lockdown ability the lockdown ability would offer a resistance skill to a persona with a couple of their five stats increased in royal however you can add incest which will add specific stats to your personas increasing their overall ability and the effects of incest are doubled when you put a persona in lockdown during a fusion alarm this could be one of the three methods in increasing your persona stats while also gain in the all-powerful award in the thieves den and the third reason they are improved is because in the original you would always have to rely on fusing the right set of personas to get the exact persona and skill you need which would require you to research online to figure out how to complete the twin wardens request and while you still have to do that sometimes at royal royal has the advantage of making blank cards more accessible so you can itemize a persona in the electric chair to gain the ability that is required for the request as an alternative and while this alternative can be available in the vanilla version it's not as accessible as it is in royal so it feels less restrictive in the royal version so you can either wait until late october to get the high counter card from one of mishimo's memento's request or you could itemize the boner wielding tiger during a fusion alarm to get a heist counter skill card a skill required for the last request while caroline and justine can be a pain in the ass to rank up and will require grinding and researching on your phone they are a lot less specific in how you go about your pinot labor and getting the special treatment perk earlier can be such a huge advantage in the latter part of the game just make sure you max them out before you get to the end of your eighth palace on december 24th it may sound like a lot of work but it's a lot more convenient in this version and it's still very much worth it to work towards your rehabilitation hey are you laughing at us know your place inmate treasure demons are rare personas that may not fight in battle but can be very beneficial in so many ways every single palace except for kamashitas has a treasure demon and yes this includes both the eighth and third semester palace as well they have a higher chance of appearing during a high security level but not by much to be honest and if you want these treasure demons to appear you're best capturing them when you're about to steal the heart of your target when the security level is already through the roof or the best method is when you use a treasure trap at the start of your infiltration which can be crafted as early as the fourth palace with morgana's sixth rank each treasure demon will have certain weaknesses which is always best to look it up online capturing them can sometimes give you the lowest level persona in one of your arcanas such as regent with the emperor arcana and defeating them will give you a ton of xp and money so they are very worth your time and if for whatever reason you missed out on a treasure demon during an entire palace you can sometimes find them within mementos especially on days with bad weather there are a total of 9 different treasure demons with hope diamond and the 4th indiana jones movie being the rarest they can't be fused so collect them all so you can 100 your persona registry and your persona compendium yuki mishima of the moon arcana you know what's one thing i hate in rpgs grinding now that's not to say that grinding can't be fun once in a while but when you spend countless hours grinding just so you can be in a boss fight it can get very very repetitive and while persona 5 does a great job of making it feel like that grinding is optional the game has so many advantages to reduce the amount of grinding you do case in point mashima at rank 1 backup members will earn some exp after battle at rank 3 you can increase the exp earned after battle at rank 5 backup members will gain more exp at rank 7 you can greatly increase the amount of exp earned after battle and at max rank all backup members will gain the exact same amount of exp as current party members mishima was ranked as number three on my original countdown and you can see why even in royal he has top 5 easily being able to gain an extra bit of exp can reduce the amount of grinding and allow backup members to earn some if not only xp is such a huge relief it's great because when rpgs don't allow party members to level up it sucks and the grinding becomes more of a drainage slog than something that you want to do with persona 5 thanks to mishima's perks and the cognition changed in mementos which is royal exclusive you can level up in no time okay maybe not in no time but your time grinding will be heavily reduced and with the max rank perk you could just stick to your favorite party members or the ones needed for the enemies with a particular weakness for more efficiency as in the earlier part of the game when you get yusuke you will need to balance out who becomes a backup member so that the characters stay neck to neck with each other but once you get the max rate perk it really doesn't matter who you have in the back lines or the front lines now when it comes to mishima you will automatically gain rank 1 and 2 within the week after kamashita's fallout so you will get the rank 1 perk before you even get yusuke in your party and despite the blue notes appearing out of mishima mashima just like yoshida does not require a moon persona as mishima does not level love based on the correct responses you major in his confidant but rather he levels up based on the momentous requests that he provides throughout the game and how much of them you have completed he provides a total of 16 mementos requests and you will need to complete a certain amount to level up his confidant if you completed one request you can get the interaction for rank 3 and to get his max rank you will need a total of 10 requests completed that are specifically given to you by him mishima is a great confidant that i highly recommend maxin out not only because he makes grinding less tedious but because you will get a certain get from him at the end of the game which will provide you all the perks once you get rank 1 with him in new game plus i'll talk more about these gifts later i don't know who can hate mishima but i'm certainly not one of them after all we love the guy so much that we even help him go on a date with the beautiful oya yep that would be me why don't you make your way over here and spill the doots about shujin academy i'm gonna get you for this between september 1st to october 10th the discount store will sell phantom thief merchandise the most useful being the calling postcard which were stocks every monday you can buy this item up to 6 times in total and also on september 25th during the home shopping program on sunday you can get three more call-in postcards with the thief fun set which will arrive by monday evening but what are these calling postcards for you may ask well if you send a postcard through the mailbox that you find in young jaya you can increase your bond with any confidant by one point sure you may only be able to do this nine times and having a persona of the arcana doesn't increase the effects but this can be a good way to deepen your bonds without having to spend time with them just so you can get the upsign on their confidant card it's a good opportunity and if you're at this point of the game buy the call-in postcard every monday your last chance will be on monday october 10th chihayan buffoon of the fortune arcana originally ranked as the second best confidant jahaya mafun offers some of the most useful perks and she is thankfully even better in royal with two new additional abilities now chihaya takes the longest confidant to start as you have to give five days of your time just to start rank one the first interaction can be initiated as early as june 22nd the second interaction will require you to have a hundred thousand yen so make sure you get more than this amount during a mementos trip or whenever you go to the metaverse the third interaction will give you a memento's request and you must spend at least one day just to complete this memento's request along with hopefully several other requests that you've been saving up and then on the fifth day you prove your worth to her as you can start the fortune arcana despite how much of a pain it is for her confidant to start her perks are very much worth the hassle and loads of money you will be spending at rank 1 you can get a luck rated that will increase your growth rate of a selected social stat for one day at rank 3 you can increase the amount of money you earn from battles in one day at rank 5 you can deepen your bond with a confidant of your choice at rank 7 you can get a full preview of every ability a confidant will give you at rank 8 you can instantly cause a fusion alarm in the real world while increasing the chances of a fusion alarm happening after battles in the metaverse and at max rank the best responses will be highlighted during a confidant interaction to guide you in deepening your bond further with them joha's perks are some of the most useful perks in the game but without a doubt the most expensive but very much worth it as you can have all readings done once per day and the readings can be done during the daytime or night time with the exception being on rainy days the luck reading is useful for certain activities but i seem to find that this doesn't increase your stats when doing confidant interactions or reading a book i wouldn't be able to tell you what activities this reading can be used for exactly but one example where this perk can be useful is when you go for the sunday drinks you first find out what they serve in ask for an increase in that stat with the luck reading perk and you can use the drink stand to gain two social stat points instead of one of course if you're able to spend the extra money for it but it's very much worth it the money read and perk can be used just before you jump into the metaverse and this is perfect if you plan a long day of mementos or a one day infiltration route in a palace however you can only gain an extra amount of money if you end a battle in an all-out attack the affinity readin originally gained at rank 7 in the vanilla version is without a doubt the most useful perk not just with her confidant but in both versions of persona 5. throughout the game you will need to spend time with a confidant to get the blue notes as a certain amount is required to rank them up and while having a persona under their arcana can save a lot of time the affinity reading can deepen your bond further with them without wasting a time slot potentially saving you dozens of days bonding with a confidant that you can't rank up with this perk is so useful that i highly recommend using it every day not once in a while but every single day so you can get the extra amount of time in the latter part of the game while the colored postcard can help you can only buy that up to nine times but with the affinity reading you can increase your bond once per day for five thousand yen each and if you're lucky you could finish all of your nighttime confidants before the end of the sixth palace and you could finish all of your daytime confidants before infiltrating the seventh palace giving you lots of time for justin drinks or training in the gym just don't use the affinity read and perk with yoshida or mushima now the special fate reading is interesting as in the vanilla version you would only gain a portion of this at the fifth rank and the actual ability at your max rank and while it's cool that you can see every ability that a confidant can give you the problem is that not only is it a huge waste of money but it doesn't actually help you progress through the game this perk is obviously designed for first-time players so they can figure out who to max out before the end of their playthrough however it's information that you can find for free on the internet or through videos like this but i also understand avoidance spoilers especially for the new confidants so while i consider the fate read reading perk useless i could definitely see some people using it to figure out who to bond with more the celestial reading is royal exclusive as it ties into the royal exclusive fusion alarm it is quite expensive reading but activating this perk can instantly cause a fusion alarm in the real world and when you go to the metaverse the fusion alarm will activate more frequently usually after only two or three battles and if you know the effects of a fusion alarm then you know that this perk will be very useful for long runs in the metaverse and finally we get the special bond reading a royal exclusive perk that highlights what dialogue option will deepen your bond with a confidant the most for one day this could be used for two confidants in a row one in the daytime and one in the night and while this can definitely be helpful the downside is that it does waste a lot of money and it can take you emotionally out of a confidant story so your responses may come off less genuine and to be honest i really only use this perk once just to capture this footage so that's six different readings in total which can be used once per day each i can let you be the judge on which ones will be the most useful but i will definitely say that you want to bond with jahaya for the affinity reading the most the sooner you get it the sooner you can bond with confidance more efficiently without wasting your time slots whether you believe in fortune telling or not i can assure you jahaya is no rip off she is hands down the second best nighttime confidant in persona 5. i will no longer be swayed by names like monster or maiden i am simply a fortune teller who provides advice to people with broken spirits so that they will have conviction and face their future without getting pushed around by fate that's the fate i've chosen for myself [Music] i'll be honest i really didn't bother with the darts game at the penguin sniper till the last week of the six palace when i was out of confidants to bond with during the evening at first i thought it was just to increase your baton pass level but apparently it turned out more useful than i was expecting you can choose who to play darts with and two other random team members will come when this happens you can have a second player step in to play with you so not only can you increase your baton pass with two party members if you play the game correctly but you can rank up a party member's baton pass from rank 1 to 3 instantly to do this you have to let them have the winning shot at the end when the score is low and if you choose the right dialogue option to make them win the game then they will be able to have the winning shot and this can get them from rank 1 to 3 instantly and you could do this twice in one day saving you one extra day of having to come here and on top of that the three party members who come here will increase their bond with you by one point you can also gain proficiency depending on your overall skill and yes you can even have morgana play as well [Music] of the chariot arcana okay if going from the ninth best confidant to the third best confidant doesn't give her yuji a girlfriend i don't know what will anyway ryuji is without a doubt the best party member for multiple reasons one he is one of your first three confidants that you bond with during the two weeks for kamashita's palace two he is the only party member that requires no social stats to rank him up three he is the only party member to automatically gain a rank two baton pass when you're first introduced to the darts at the penguin sniper four he is without a doubt the best party member for physical attack abilities and completely op when he gains the charge ability at level 63 and five his seventh ranked perk at rank 5 you can gain a royal exclusive ability called stealth dash which makes you less likely to be spotted by shadows when dashing and at rank 7 you get the insta kill where you automatically defeat an underleveled shadow without engaging in a battle and this ability is why ryuji is the third best confidant and party member the insta kill is also in the vanilla version as well but there's a major difference in vanilla if you ambush an underleveled enemy you have a chance of obtaining a persona from that shadow instantly but with the hindrance of being able to gain experience points money and items unless you do a non-ambush attack in persona 5 royal ambushing an enemy either by stealth or grappling hook does not trigger the insta kill so you do have that option to go for an ambush attack and still fight them as usual however to trigger the insta kill you have to dash into an underleveled shadow where show me a true form holy crap yes not only do you get a persona from that shadow like you do in the vanilla version but you also gain the money experience points and items without having to engage in a battle and if you already have the mask of said persona you can gain the experience points from that persona without it going to waste and since this will count as going into a battle you can still trigger the fusion alarm as a faster method this ability completely obliterates the difficulty of the game this is such a useful skill and not only gaining persona so you can fill up your persona compendium but to overpower your party members so you can use the skill to get through the floors of mementos quickly to get to the stamps and with the change in cognition you can gain more money and experience points than usual with this ability you can dash through most of the later palaces and only have to engage in battles with mini bosses and main bosses and mementos requests so if you're not a fan of one day infiltration routes or long runs through mementos the insta kill can speed up your progress in an already long enough game as is however for as extremely useful as this ability is it is argued by fans to be a bad perk as it it's way too overpowered and completely ruins the experience to which i can fully understand the drawback with this perk is that it takes away any challenge or severely reduces the challenge but that's not really a consequence on the gains part as it doesn't hold you back from leveling up it does reduce the amount of grinding it does make getting all rewards easier it does save on your health and sp and make buying drinks from the vending machines now useless and overall it just saves hours of your real life because god damn it you should be doing dishes right now in my fellow viewer but in the end regardless if the insta kill is overpowered ryuji is still without a doubt the best and most efficient party member to max out on your first playthrough and if offensively red and gay stereotypes can get into ryuji so easily i'm sure with his royal exclusive abilities he can find himself a girlfriend no problem this is like you know one of those strikes of a good luck a stroke of good luck why would it be a strike who would protest having good luck one of the things i hate in this game is how they downgraded the gift system in the original you could give the female confidants who can't rank up a gift so you can deepen your bond further with them in royal however they quote unquote update this by allowing you to give gifts to your male confidants as well that you can never be in a relationship with anyway but downgraded by not allowing you to give a gift unless they are unable to rank up so most of the time you will not be able to give your confidants a gift i kid you not i only gave two gifts away to deepen my bond with a confidant and one of the rewards in the thieves dent is to give 10 gifts to your confidants so what do i have to play this five times to get the reward well no even after you've maxed out a confidant you can still spend time with them and always give them a gift afterwards and using the same save and reload method that i mentioned before you can complete this reward without ever having a save file where you wasted a time on a maxdog confidant such a shame that ryuji will never remember our romantic date together sadeo kawakami of the tambourine sarkana kawakami is who many fans included myself in my original countdown considered to be the best confidant in persona 5 vanilla and in royal well she's still the best nighttime confidant so this should tell you just how useful her abilities will be anyway colin kami is available as a confidant the sooner you complete the second palace the operation main watch event is what triggers the starter kawakami's confidant as she turns out to be the maid that you hired out of pressure from an obvious straight ryuji seriously ryuji that line is like so assumptuous this event can happen as early as may 24th so completing the psychic palace right away when it's available is definitely a high recommendation as kawakami has some of the most useful perks in the game so useful that i highly recommend bonding with her every single time she is available at rank 1 kawakami will occasionally allow you to slack off in class at rank 3 you can request kawakami to make coffee or do laundry for you at rank 5 you can gain free time in other classes with a distraction from kawakami at rank 6 you can request kawakami to make curry or craft infiltration tools for you and at max rank you can request a free special massage from kawakami after a day in the metaverse allowing you to do activities outside of leblanc and to bond with confidants at night where do i begin with kawakami her perks are freaking awesome the ability to slack off in class offers joker extra time slots to craft infiltration tools read a book listen to the lecture anyway for a knowledge stat or fall asleep for a random social stat increase depending on the dream which i honestly don't recommend choosing and this can be triggered on 5 different days for the rank 1 perk and 9 days for the rank 5 perk which is a total of 14 extra time slots the ability to gain extra time in class is a huge advantage so you can increase your social stats read every book in the game or craft an infiltration tool you desperately need and since you have more than 40 books in the game this is such a great perk so make sure you always have more than a few unread books on you at all times and the housekeeping services to make coffee curry infiltration tools or do your laundry for you will help you get a nighttime activity done while you go and do something else so you can go get naked with a celebrity that treats the fan thieves like crap while she makes bombs on a school night totally not suspicious there and the amount of infiltration tools that you would normally be able to make yourself she will craft at only half of what you request her and it should be noted that almost every interaction with kawakami will cost 5 000 yen per visit and this includes her doing the housekeeping abilities however once you get the ninth rank you can request the housekeeping services for free and when you get the max rank you will get what is considered the most useful perk in the vanilla version of the game allowing joker to do an activity at night after a day in the metaverse in the vanilla game joker would be too exhausted to do any nighttime activities so you would always have to call it a night after you go in the metaverse in royal however while going into the metaverse is taxing you are still able to do activities inside of leblanc but you would be unable to lead the cafe or bond with any confidants sajiro included so when you get the special massage you can have enough energy to do whatever you want at night which means you can bomb with nighttime confidants after a day in the metaverse without wasting time in leblanc so regardless of how creeped out you are by the concept of your homeroom teacher being a maid and potential girlfriend kawakami is the number one confidant that you want to max out as soon as possible at least before the summer break starts why well because while she can be available during the summer time her memento's request after rank 8 can only be activated while you're still attending school and after you complete the ninth rank you will need an extra day at school to show that kawakami's health has improved which is a cut scene required to activate her max rank interaction this confused me at first when i did my third playthrough of the vanilla game as i couldn't max her out during my entire summer break but you have to try to complete kawakami before the summer break and if you fail to do so before november 17th you will be missing out on one of the most useful perks in the game also another roadblock is that you will need level 3 guts to starter confidant so prioritize your time on getting your guts up to level 3 as soon as possible because kawakami is the number one confidant you just can't miss out on although kawakami is number two in the royal version so the question is who can exceed as the best confidant in persona 5 royal well let's find out after one last tip i was so happy when you shared your feelings the other day i finally realized how i felt but i'm a teacher and you're my student now if you haven't completed your first playthrough you're probably wondering why should i care if i max with all my confidants is there an award in doing so other than awards in the thieves den and the answer is yes there is a huge advantage after you've been in the game once completed you can carry over certain progress to your new game plus play through and one of the items that carries over is farewell gifts that you get from your maxed out confidants when you go to visit them for the last time and these gifts are immediately put into effect when you get rank one with that confidant in your new game plus playthrough here are the following gifts and the perks that they offer makoto nijima will give you the buchi calculator which will unlock shadow factorization usually gained at rank 7. haru akumara will give you a dyed handkerchief which unlocks soil improvement usually gained at rank 7. on tacoma key will give you a fashion magazine which unlocks the rank 4 perk sexy technique and rank 5 perk crocodile tears futaba sakura will give you her promise list which unlocks rank 7's treasure reboot ability and rank 2's momento scan sedeo kawakami will give you an unlimited service so the special massage can be done at the start of her first rank as opposed to the max rank definitely one of the reasons to max her out tied to kemi will give you a dog tag which will allow you access to all items sold at the clinic but this doesn't include the discount jahia mufoon will give you a fortune tariod card which will unlock all of her readings except for celestial reading ichiko oya will give you her interview notes which unlocks all of her mostly useless perks hifume togo will give you a kosher piece which unlocks the ninth ranked perk toward you ryuji sakamito will give you a sports watch which unlocks his rank 6 ability harrison recovery and rank 4 ability stealth dash morgana will give you his scarf which unlocks the rank 5 ability to pickpocket an enemy during a melee attack sajiro sakura will give you his recipe notes so that way you can make master coffee and master curry from the beginning yuki mishimo will give you his documentary plans in which all xp bonuses are unlocked both gay name more xp and backup members gain in an equal amount of xp as current party members geico the get-go will give you a gecko pin in which all customization perks are unlocked the twin wardens will give you a cell key in which all velvet room features are unlocked yusuke katakua will give you his painting desire and hope which unlocks all skill card duplication perks toronto yoshido will give you his old fountain pen which unlocks all of his negotiation perks shinya oda will give you a gun controller which unlocks all of his gun techniques and saini jamal will give you her business card which does absolutely nothing so there's 19 out of 23 confidants who will give you gifts as long as you get the true ending third semester included or not the other four confidants you won't be able to get gifts from for story related reasons looking at all these gifts you could tell that some will be very damn useful or a great convenience in your new game plus play through so if by chance you didn't max out all confidants which is 100 possible on a first playthrough these gifts will definitely give you a huge advantage in doing so while being able to do more that you couldn't do before and now the best confidante in persona 5 royal takatu maruki of the councillor arcana originally i had meruki at number seven but the more i thought about how necessary this confidant is the more i realized he has to be number one the reason because maruki who is a royal exclusive character is the number one confidant that you are required to max out in order to unlock the third semester and extra palace complete the second half of kusume's confidant and 100 certain aspects of the game takatu maruki first appears on the third day of your midterm exams on may 13th he is hired to provide counseling to the students of shujin academy after the abuses caused by kamashita and right away he takes an immediate interest in you on and ryuji and on this exact day you can get 2 ranks with him automatically and then rank 3 and up whenever he's available near the nurse's office which is like the only time you ever go to the practice building aside from the one day that shio missed the swimming pool at rank 2 joker has a chance of recovering from a status ailment instantly when affected at rank 3 joker has a chance of using charge and concentrate at the start of a battle at rank 5 joker has a chance of recovering some sp when his sp is low rank 7 increases the chances of the flow ability happening rank 9 increases the chances of the detox x ability to happen when affected by a status ailment and at max rank the amount of sp recovery increases with the mindfulness ability and spending time with maruki can give you an extra 5sp increase and a snack outside of really thought-provoking conversations that i absolutely loved with this new confidant these perks are definitely very useful in battle even though they activate by chance the sooner you get these perks the better advantage you'll have in battle but maruki is not number one because of his perks he is number one because he unlocks the third semester which provides the player with a ton of opportunities other than just more hours of playtime while i consider kawakami and chihaya's perks a lot more useful when it comes to maxing out your confidants and social stats both of them are nighttime confidants so they don't affect your time when bonding with maruki in the daytime and to be as spoiler free as possible the third semester will give you an extra three weeks to do whatever you haven't done in the normal play through as i said the third semester is required to max out kusume's confidant so right away the top three confidant awards and the thieves dead are unobtainable without the third semester to max out kizumi but not just that you need the third semester to get the last 40 stamps and mementos you need the third semester to complete four mementos requests you need the third semester to get an extra interaction with your maxwell party members for a more powerful skill and between max and al kasume and get in extra skills with your party members this will be your best opportunity to increase your party member stats or futamba sunday skills at the jazz gen duplicate powerful skill cards max out some confidants you didn't max out train in the gym for extra hp and sp get a hundred thousand points doing fishing fight the reaper five times do the senpai in life award at the end of mementos work up your persona stats to get the all-powerful award etc etc you will be given at least over a week to do some of this extra stuff if you maxed out all your confidants while completing what you need to do for the extra palace as you can see while jahia and kawakami are useful in decreasing time wasted maruki provides you with more time to do side stuff and improve your party members along with your own stats and most of it won't go to waste as some of what you will do will carry over to new game plus so yeah maruki is the best confidant because it's impossible to 100 the game without him anything you should know when it comes to maximum amount yes you can get marookie up to rank 5 before the summer break but you'll have to wait until september 20th to continue his confidant at rank 6 and you got to get him up to rank nine before november 17th but you should be able to do this before the deadline of the fifth palace earlier in the game you are told that he will be here till november and once it's november you will be reminded that he will leave on the 18th so the game encourages you to max him out and for a very damn good reason and once you get up to rank 9 his max rank is automatically triggered during lunch time on the 18th and once you've maxed him out the third semester is officially unlocked so yes ma rookie is without a doubt the best confidant because he is mandatory to get the royal exclusive content past the original final boss fight from the vanilla game with more opportunities to pass time and a chance to get 10 girlfriends instead of 9 yes maruki is the best and most recommended confidant that you must max out in persona 5 royal well i was informed of certain students before beginning my tenure here those that had uh previous interactions with mr kamashita it must have been especially tough for you after having just transferred here a castle you idiot [Music] and wow this is without a doubt the most information overload video i have ever made but it was a pleasure to do this and hopefully this video can be a good guide for you when maxing out all confidants and if you have any tips on maximizing your opportunities in the game leave it in the comments down below it is indeed 100 percent possible to max out all confidants and social stats without a new game plus play through we'll read in every book in the game playing all video games ranking baton passes up to three technical damage up to four futaba sunday skills all mementos requests training on the dummy in the gym leveling up to 99 and so much more and when you do new game plus it could be a great opportunity to do what you have it done in your first playthrough like for me i'm gonna friend zone all the ladies and i only did two outings with the twins so i'm definitely gonna take the advantage in new game plus to see them all and if you're someone who unfortunately could not get all confidants or ranks maxed on your first playthrough don't beat yourself up over it when i did my first playthrough in the vanilla version i only maxed out six of the optional confidants so i only got 10 out of 21 maxed out and with the farewell gifts and the knowledge and tips that you've gained from this video hopefully you will be able to max out all confidants on your new game plus play through and if you want to attempt to max out all 23 confidants on a fresh new game file go at it if i could do it on my first try so can you persona 5 is a very special game with not just a unique social simulation system but it has very thought provoking stories and very relatable dilemmas that i like looking back on and even seeing other gamers reactions to certain story elements a lot of the themes stay close to home and i love spending every minute playing both versions of this fantastic game persona is held deep in the hearts of so many players and for a very damn good reason and i and so many other players will always remember the amazing and heart-wrenching moments spent with the phantom thieves [Music] [Music] you

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Published: Sat Jan 23 2021