Only check the fridge / eat items on the days this guide says — eating off-schedule can burn an evening timeslot or shift later events.
If a step doesn't name a response, the choice has no effect on the game — pick whatever you like. Only options that raise a Social Quality (Courage, Diligence, Understanding, Knowledge, Expression) or give Social Link points are called out.
April 11
April 12
April 13
April 14
April 15
🏆 The Other Self (1/49) — Win your first battle
April 16
Magician Social Link established automatically (Rank 1) — Yosuke.
April 17
For this dungeon run: grab Pixie (Magician) and Slime (Chariot) from Shuffle Time before the boss. Optional: farm 1F (go up to 2F and back to reset) for money and chest items.
🏆 Advantage Mine (2/49) — Get an advantage in battle
When she glares at a party member, guard — it's an incoming Mazio hitting Yosuke's Electric weakness, followed by Bottomless Envy (can inflict dizzy). At low HP she stops telegraphing the glare, so count turns from her Green Wall.
Fool Social Link established (Rank 1) on defeating Shadow Chie.
🏆 Displaying Adaptability (3/49) — Switch Personas 5 times in one battle
April 18
Chariot Social Link established automatically (Rank 1) — Chie.
🏆 Lucky Me! (4/49) — Win a free drink from a vending machine
Aeon Social Link established (Rank 1) — Marie.
April 19
Strength Social Link established (Rank 1) — football club (Daisuke).
April 20
Bring a matching-arcana Persona to hangouts for a 1.51× point bonus. You can't fuse an Aeon Persona for Marie until level 18, so today's Marie hangout uses an extra activity to make up the points.
April 21
Decline any lunchtime Social Link hangout invites — they lock your day. Equip a Strength Persona for Daisuke.
April 22
Equip a Magician Persona (Pixie) for Yosuke. From now on, always bring a matching-arcana Persona to hangouts.
April 23
April 24
Evening hangouts are unique, time-limited scenes that build points toward the next daytime rank-up. This guide focuses on the girls' hangouts (plus Daisuke) for the first playthrough.
April 25
Temperance Social Link established (Rank 1) — day care (Eri).
April 26
Join the Music Club for the Sun link (Ayane) — not Drama. Ayane gives the most Social-Trait points, has the fewest evening/festival restrictions, and is required to reach Expression Rank 5 before summer.
Sun Social Link established (Rank 1) — Ayane.
April 27 — Yukiko's Castle (Dungeon 1)
Today is a rainy day. Complete the rainy-only purchases below before entering the TV World.
🏆 Seize the Moment (5/49) — Buy the Super Croquette on a rainy day
Persona stock for this dungeon (by the final boss): Strength, Chariot, Justice, Hierophant, Sun, Magician, and Temperance arcana (e.g. Valkyrie, Eligor, Archangel, Omoikane, Cu Sith, Orobas, Apsaras). You can only hold 7+ once you hit level 15.
🏆 Grasping at Greed (6/49) — Defeat a Golden Hand
Optional farming: keep a Gentlemen's Tux (locked chest, 3F–4F / 6F–7F) and Golden Cloths (Phantom Mage, 4F–6F) for later quests. Golden Dishes (Heat Balance, 6F–7F) are only for an optional Artisan Apprentice cosmetic weapon.
🏆 The Nose Doesn't Always Know (7/49) — Trigger a fusion accident
🏆 Persona Shopper (8/49) — Buy a Persona from the Compendium
🏆 A Favour for Marie (9/49) — Register a Skill Card
Reach level 15 with ~25,000 yen (30,000 on Very Hard) and at least one gemstone before the 8F boss.
At 50% HP she summons a Prince (silence / fear / heals her) that flees once hurt enough. Main danger is Burn to Ashes (fire AoE): guard everyone the turn after she "passionately stares," and late in the fight she stops telegraphing it — count turns, it lands when her White Wall expires. Terror Voice + Shivering Rondo can one-shot a feared ally.
🏆 A Prince Appears (10/49) — Defeat Shadow Yukiko
April 28
Equip a Sun Persona for Ayane.
April 29
🏆 It's Working Today (11/49) — Use the capsule machine on the rainy day
April 30
MAY
May 1
May 2
May 3
Justice Social Link established (Rank 1) — Nanako.
May 4
May 5
Hermit Social Link established (Rank 1) — the Fox.
May 6
Hierophant Social Link established (Rank 1) — Dojima.
May 7
May 8
May 9–11 — Midterm Exams
May 12
Making a boxed lunch lets you spend the next lunchtime with a school Social Link for bonus points; 5 perfect lunches earns a later trophy.
May 13
Jester Social Link established (Rank 1) — Adachi.
May 14
May 15
May 16
May 17
Priestess Social Link established (Rank 1) — Yukiko.
May 18
Fool Social Link → Rank 3 (automatic).
Nanako is available today, but hold her next rank-up until you reach Courage Rank 3.
May 19
Empress Social Link established (Rank 1) — Margaret. She ranks up by fusing the specific Persona/skill she requests, not by spending time.
May 20
May 21
May 22 — Steamy Bathhouse (Dungeon 2)
Buy Tomato Seedlings from the Housewife and plant them — planting and harvesting cost no time and yield SP items; harvest within a couple of days before they wilt.
Pet the Fox on his good-mood days for hidden costumes (the first one needs two pets across good-mood days).
Save your Ice Cubes for the Bathhouse's Golden Hands — don't spend them on Yukiko's Castle Golden Hands.
If you still need the Gentlemen's Tux, farm locked chests on 3F–4F (rng — save before farming keys). This is your second-to-last shot before the quest needs it.
🏆 Tactical Fighter (13/49) — Exploit enemy weaknesses 100 times
Persona stock for the boss — Priestess, Jester, Magician, Chariot, Sun, Hierophant, Justice, Moon, Temperance arcana (e.g. Gurr, Anzu, Principality, Andra, Phoenix, Jack Frost, plus Saki Mitama, Eligor, Xiezhai). Reach level 25 before the boss to hold 10 Personas.
Optional boss: skip the Contrarian King (atop Yukiko's Castle) this visit — its Rampage can one-shot the party on Hard/Very Hard. It's covered next month.
Reach level 25 with ~85,000 yen (after selling loot) before the 11F boss.
He drains Wind — don't use Yosuke's Wind skills, they heal him. Two adds join him: kill Tough Guy (weak Fire) and Nice Guy (weak Ice) first. Guard everyone on Power Charge, and watch for Fanatical Spark (party-wide Electric at HP thresholds) which KOs an unguarding Yosuke; Roar of Wrath enrages the girls — cure it with Me Patra.
🏆 A True Man's Stand (14/49) — Rescue Kanji (defeat Shadow Kanji)
May 23
May 24
May 25
Moon Social Link established (Rank 1) — Ai.
May 26
May 27
May 28
May 29
May 30
May 31
JUNE
June 1
Adios Shoes arrive today — equip them on Chie.
June 2
Daidara Metalworks is open late tonight. Only buy gear (focus on Armor) if you farmed extra money — the accessories from locked chests are usually better than Daidara's basic stat ones, and you have other ways to get weapons.
Reading a book while it's raining gives an extra point in that book's main stat. For example, reading English Made Easy (which boosts the Expression you gain from translating) on a rainy day grants an extra Expression point.
June 3
June 4
Mr. Edogawa's TV Classroom Episode 3 is now available.
June 5
The Housewife's seed rotation now includes Wheat Seedling (opens a locked treasure chest; yield 2, ¥1,000, matures in 6 days) and Cabbage Seedling (cures all ailments besides Down and Unconscious on one ally; yield 2, ¥1,800, 5 days). You need 3x Hiranya Cabbage (grown from Cabbage Seedling) for a quest, so plant and harvest two batches — start the first today and keep checking back daily if she's sold out. Keeping a few Cabbage Seedlings on hand is useful for curing a healer's ailments, and Wheat Seedling helps if you run low on Chest Keys.
June 6
June 7
June 8
Vending machines have been refilled.
June 9
🏆 Bug Hunter (15/49) — Catch a bug by swinging the net with perfect timing
Now that you have a net, you can catch bugs any time it isn't raining (once per day, day or night, with different bugs by time of day), and the bugs double as fishing bait. Bug-catching is mostly optional but is needed for a couple of quests, and it's the only source of Ryugu Stones until very late in the game — those combine with dungeon gemstones to trade for gear at Shiroku Pub.
Emperor Social Link established (Rank 1) — Kanji.
Watch the ripples from the bait — each fish has a unique pattern, so you can tell which is biting before it takes the hook: the Red Goldfish repeats a one-ripple pattern, the Genji Ayu a two-ripple pattern. You can reel in before a fish bites to retry without using a fishing attempt.
June 10
June 11
June 12
Tanaka's Amazing Commodities airs tonight, but it's worth skipping this week — money is tight and neither combo has anything you can't easily get elsewhere.
Optional farming: if you farmed 5x Iolite, 5x Blue Quartz, and 5x Smoky Quartz earlier, you can now claim the Bowling Pin (a strong Yosuke weapon with high accuracy and Auto-Sukukaja, great against Golden Hands), the Inline Skates (high accuracy, Resist Panic — though the Adios Shoes are about as good), and the Festival Fan (a good Yukiko weapon, +3 magic). Don't worry if you can't get them yet; comparable weapons come soon, and if you've already beaten the Contrarian King you'll already have the Festival Fan.
June 13
Vending machines refill today.
If you can't hand over the Super Croquette today, something went wrong earlier — you can still continue, but you'll have to find the dog manually each day until you can complete it.
Revolution is a direct upgrade to Rebellion — it raises the crit rate of physical attacks for everyone on the field (enemies included). It makes Golden Shadows much easier and helps against Golden Hands; the upside far outweighs the higher crit chance it also gives enemies.
June 14
June 15
June 16
June 17
June 18
Around now is when the author harvested the second batch of Cabbage Seedlings — a reminder that you have plenty of time left to finish the cabbage quest.
June 19
From here the guide stops daily bug-catch/trade reminders, since you have the Titanium Club. To keep earning Ryugu Stones, trade 6 of a given bug type to the Shiroku Pub Hostess for one stone (you already did 6x Tatsuhime Ladybug, and got the next stone from your first Yaso Locust trade). Work down the list at your own pace: Tatsuhime Ladybug, Yaso Locust, Meiou Cricket, Inaba Jewel Beetle, Daimyo Grasshopper, Heike Stag Beetle, Genji Beetle. The Inaba Jewel Beetle and Genji Beetle are locked behind later requirements, and some bugs have low catch rates that certain books can improve.
Dekaja is very useful on Golden Hands — if one casts Sukukaja on itself, Dekaja strips it.
June 20
Vending machines have been refilled.
June 21
Today is a great fusion day — there are no time-specific triggers, and every fusion grants bonus Social Link EXP, bonus stats, and a bonus recovery skill (this is why fusions were held back after the last dungeon). With your higher Social Link levels, you can build some strong Personas.
Reminders: any Persona obtained from Shuffle Time must be registered in the Compendium before you can use it in a fusion. In a triple fusion, which Persona is highest-level matters — if your highest-level Persona doesn't match the guide's, re-fuse the one that's too high (you can't level it now, since you're not in the TV world). In the table below, the Notes column tells you which skills to replace or forget.
Replace Tarunda with Invigorate 2 Replace Blue Wall with Media (Bonus Skill, may differ) Replace Growth 1 with Garula* *If Nigi Mitama reaches that level
Eligor + Nigi Mitama → Hua Po
Auto-Tarukaja, Invigorate 2, Growth 1, Maragi
Dodge Ice (Lv 29) Fire Boost (Lv 30)
Forget Makajam Forget Bonus Skill Replace Rakukaja with Dodge Ice* Replace Re Patra with Fire Boost* *If Hua Po reaches those levels
Replace Growth 1 with Resist Fire Forget Bonus Skill Replace Resist Fire with Anima Freeze* Replace Auto-Tarukaja with Ailment Boost* *If Narcissus reaches those levels
The Personas you should have on you now are: Shiisaa (Hierophant), Phoenix (Sun), Hua Po (Magician), Gurr (Jester), King Frost (Emperor), Principality (Justice), Narcissus (Aeon), and Andras (Moon). You now have a Persona for each of the four main elements carrying a tier-2 single-target spell, a tier-1 multi-target spell, and Invigorate 2 (restores 5 SP per turn), so you can rely less on physical skills for SP and go for more All-Out Attacks for guaranteed Shuffle Times.
"Don't worry you can do it" isn't the best response for Social Link points, but it's the only one that grants an Expression point — you can make up the missing link points elsewhere.
June 22
June 23
June 24
Star Social Link established (Rank 1) — Teddie.
Spoiler — who to talk to (tap to reveal)
Talk to the Risette fan in the Practice Building 2F. Talk to Rise's grandmother at Marukyu Tofu. Talk to the Kind man in Samegawa Flood Plain.
When spending time with Ai today, do not pick option C — it reverses the Moon Social Link (this is the first rank where a wrong choice can do that, costing a day to fix). Any other option is fine.
June 25 — Marukyu Striptease (Dungeon 3)
The Housewife's seed rotation adds Wall Paprika (resists Fire/Ice/Electric/Wind skills for 3 turns; 1 of each, ¥2,300, matures in 7 days) and Barrier Corn (lets one ally reflect a physical attack and one ally reflect a magical attack; 1 of each, ¥2,300, 8 days). You need to plant and harvest one Barrier Corn for a quest — check back daily if she's out. Wall Paprika is great for shielding a party member's elemental weakness on bosses, and reflect items can break certain later bosses.
You can choose your party for the first time. Use everyone fairly evenly rather than a core four — it gives you more SP to work with (swap out members who run low) and lets you match each member's strengths to a situation. You also need to use everyone to earn a later achievement, which requires hearing enough battle lines.
From today the Skill Level Up Card can appear in Shuffle Time. It randomly upgrades one skill on your equipped Persona — very powerful, but it adds RNG, so this guide avoids using it (and the fusion skills assume you do too). If you do use it, note which skills you changed so you can substitute them in the fusion guide. Saving periodically lets you reload an upgrade you don't want.
🏆 Fashion Plate (16/49) — Fight a battle while wearing a costume
Last chance for the Gentlemen's Tux — you must get one today before it becomes quest-needed. Also farm at least 6 Golden Cloths today (drop from Phantom Mages on Yukiko's Castle 5F–6F), as this is your last chance before they're quest-needed too.
You may also unlock a battle trophy around now for reaching 50 Sweep Bonuses — don't worry if it doesn't pop today, it comes easily by the end of the game.
🏆 Fill Your Hand (17/49) — Earn 50 Sweep Bonuses
Grab any new Personas you like from Shuffle Time, but don't delete the 8 you're carrying — they're needed for the upcoming fusions. You have two free slots to fill.
Steamy Bathhouse quest drops: Old Key (Bribed Fuzz, 1F–4F); 4x Curious Line (Cloudgirl Pot, 3F–5F & 8F–10F); Coal (Selfish Basalt, 5F–7F); 5x Thick Hides (Dancing Hand, 1F–2F & 5F–8F, including what you farmed earlier); Crooked Cross (Tranquil Idol, 3F–4F & 6F–8F); Reflecting Board (Crying Table, 8F–10F); Grand Horn (Grave Beetle, 8F–10F).
Optional (Artisan Apprentice): 8x Pure Iron Lump (Iron Dice, 1F–2F / 5F–7F / 9F–10F) and 10x Cloth Wings (Monopolizing Cupid, 1F–4F) — counting whatever you farmed here last time.
Curious Line isn't quest-required, but it unlocks a strong armor for the girls (high evasion plus Auto-Sukukaja, useful well into the endgame). Its source, the Cloudgirl Pot, only appears on rainy days — and rainy dungeon days also raise Golden Hand spawn rates.
Aim for level 31 with at least 80,000 yen before the next fusions and the 7F mini-boss. Farm Golden Hands for fast EXP and money; keep swapping floors to respawn them.
Items to grab as you work through Marukyu Striptease: 1x Silver Lump (Silver Dice, 5F–8F & 10F) and 3x Fashionable Dishes (Sky Balance, 9F–10F). Both are quest materials — don't sell them to Daidara by accident.
Optional farming for the Artisan Apprentice / Shiroku Pub weapons (needs extra money, and can be spread across later visits): 6x Steel Collar (Enslaved Beast, 3F–10F); 8x Tortoise Shell (Large Basalt, 3F–6F & 7F–8F); 6x Sharp Thorn (Mighty Cyclops, 7F–10F); 5x Fluorite (any mob in the Steamy Bathhouse or Marukyu Striptease, Kanji weapon); 5x Lepidolite (any mob in Marukyu Striptease, Yukiko weapon).
Register your Personas individually rather than using "register all" — it can overwrite a Persona you fused (and its added skills) with a Shuffle Time copy.
Replace Mind Slice with Spirit Drain* Replace Growth 1 with Ghastly Wail* *If Incubus reaches those levels
Matador + Ikusa → Ganga
Auto-Tarukaja, Growth 1, Mabufu, Dekunda
Mediarama (Lv 33)
Forget Panic Boost Replace Mind Slice with Mediarama
Personas you should be carrying now: Shiisaa (Hierophant), Gdon (Sun), Gurr (Jester), King Frost (Emperor), Narcissus (Aeon), Ose (Fool), Incubus (Devil), Ganga (Priestess), Principality (Justice), Ares (Chariot), Nigi Mitama (Temperance), and Ikusa (Hanged). These cover the arcana you'll work on this coming month, except Ose, which is purely a battle Persona — it has Power Charge (2.5x your next physical), Power Slash, and Atom Smasher, making it your go-to physical Persona. Get Ose to learn Auto-Sukukaja before leaving today, and get Ganga to learn Mediarama before the final boss.
Your Persona stock is full, so don't pick up any more from Shuffle Time for the rest of the dungeon.
Amorous Snake is weak to Ice but hits hard with physical attacks that inflict ailments, and it uses Stagnant Air to raise its ailment chance. Equip Ose on Yu (it resists physical and brings Rakunda, Power Charge, and Power Slash); have everyone attack physically and use Chie's Revolution for crits. The main danger is Panic landing on several members at once — Yukiko can clear it, but if she's hit you'll need an item or to switch Yu's Persona. When Yukiko isn't healing, she can chip in with Agilao.
Contrarian King (Level 17) drains Ice and nulls Light and Dark. Use Chie, Kanji, and Yukiko. Its Rampage hits very hard on Hard/Very Hard — soften it with Diamond Shields and/or Tarunda, keep Ose on Yu so physical attacks are resisted, and guard with Yukiko when she isn't healing. Have Chie use Revolution and farm crits and All-Out Attacks; Chie's Counter can reflect Rampage for big damage.
Intolerant Officer (Level 27) is weak to Wind and nulls Dark, but uses Wind and Ice attacks that Kanji and Yukiko are both weak to. Guard with Kanji and Yukiko to bait physical attacks instead (which Chie can Counter), and the Chie + Yukiko pairing can trigger Twin Dragons after an All-Out Attack. Knock it down with Kanji's Electric, then cancel the AOA to guard. Use Shiisaa on Yu (Rakunda, Zionga, resists Ice), and Ganga's Mediarama to heal without exposing Yukiko's weakness.
Before the Marukyu boss, recheck your Personas, that you have ~130k (including loot to sell), and that Ose has learned Auto-Sukukaja. Make sure you're carrying Personas of these arcana: Priestess, Jester, Sun, Chariot, Hierophant, Justice, Temperance, Aeon, Hanged, Emperor, and Devil.
Shadow Rise has no weakness and can use tier 1 and 2 single- and multi-target spells of every element plus Break spells and Mind Slice, so expect to get hit on weaknesses — just keep your HP up. She has low HP; use Rakunda, physical attacks, and Chie's Revolution. You can only take her to 50%, where she casts Supreme Insight and your attacks stop connecting — simply guard for the three turns until it ends.
Shadow Teddie drains Electric and resists Almighty. It's a long fight but very predictable. Keep Ganga's Mediarama ready (Yukiko's Media can't keep up on Hard/Very Hard); attack physically with Rakunda and skip Revolution (you can't crit him). Standard patterns: Mind Charge then Mabufula (guard with everyone on Mind Charge), Marakunda then Heat Wave, and Foolish Whisper to silence. Scripted attacks: around 75% HP he uses Ultra Charge then Nihil Hand (fully negated by guarding, but it insta-kills anyone dizzy); around 50% he uses Nulity Guidance (inflicts dizzy) then Ultra Charge and Nihil Hand — the dizzy wears off before it lands, so guard; around 25% he uses Nulity Guidance on two members, then Ultra Charge and Nihil Hand.
🏆 The Lounge is Closed (18/49) — Clear Marukyu Striptease (defeat Shadow Teddie)
June 26
Tanaka's Amazing Commodities airs today, but skip it this week — the Myth-like Sword is no better than the Diamond Club, and you'll get another chance to buy it soon, so skipping saves money.
Don't sell your Fashionable Dishes or Silver Lumps — they're quest materials, so sell your loot individually rather than all at once.
If you've sold 6x Golden Cloth, 5x Thick Hides, and 4x Curious Line, you can buy the Iai Katana (Yu) and Hard Boots (Chie) — both quest items — plus the Miori Shirt, a great Auto-Sukukaja armor for the girls. Buy these when Daidara is next open late for the 20% discount.
June 27
June 28
Vending machines have been refilled.
Recipe → Result
Skills to Pass On
Skills to Learn
Notes
Gurr + King Frost → Power
Auto-Tarukaja, Invigorate 2, Growth 1, Rakunda
Power Slash (Lv 30) Hama Boost (Lv 31) Survive Dark (Lv 32)
Replace Tentarafoo with Power Slash* Replace Zionga with Hama Boost* Replace Growth 1 with Survive Dark* *If Power reaches those levels
Principality + Jack Frost → Rakshasa
Auto-Tarukaja, Tarunda, Growth 1, Rakunda
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June 29
Hanged Man Social Link established (Rank 1) — Saki Konishi's Brother.
June 30
JULY
July 1
If drops have been unkind and the boys are short on armor, you can buy them 2 pieces tonight since the next dungeon's boss hits hard — but only if you must and have money to spare. Much better boys' armor is available after the next dungeon.
Artisan Apprentice (optional): if you've been collecting for it, you can start trading tonight for the Nanman Gusoku (Chie), Zweihander (Yu), Silk Fan (Yukiko), Masquerade (Yukiko), Kris Naga (Yosuke), and Photon Plate (Kanji). Even discounted these add up fast — only buy what you can spare, and trade in any order once the apprentice sees the base weapon on you.
July 2
Mr. Edogawa's TV Classroom: Episode 4 is now available.
July 3
Tanaka's Amazing Commodities airs today (Armada Bustier + 2x Giant Candy, ¥20,800; or 30x Peach Seed + 10x Soul Drop, ¥2,980). Skip this week — you just bought female armor, and Soul Drops are easy to find in dungeons.
July 4
It isn't raining today, but you need an extra Ayane rank to reach Expression Rank 5 before August.
Vending machines have been refilled.
July 5
You can only dig if you've completed Quest 25 (the cabbage quest) and received the Sharp Shovel. If not, complete it before the next dungeon — you'll want a sub-effect on the Sharp Shovel to complement your Personas' skills.
July 6
July 7
The alternative first option requires Courage Rank 4 and gives no Social Link points.
Devil Social Link established (Rank 1).
July 8
July 9
July 10
New fusion types unlock today, letting you fuse with 4, 5, and 6 Personas at once. Some of the most powerful Personas can only be made this way, though most remain unavailable at this stage of the game.
July 11
Tanaka's Amazing Commodities airs today (Blessed Hands + 2x Giant Candy, ¥39,800; or 1x Growth 2 + 2x Hell Magatama, ¥24,800). Buy the Growth 2 combo — you can hand the skill card to Marie and then buy as many copies as you want, which makes unlocking certain skills easier later.
🏆 Granter of Your Desires (19/49) — Unlocks today if you bought Tanaka's recommended commodities on the days advised.
July 12
Vending machines have been refilled.
You can study with Yosuke, Chie, or Yukiko today, but there's no room in the schedule for it — if you want those scenes, save first, view them, then load your save and continue with the guide.
Okina City systems now available: the Crane Game (left of 30 Frame) wins display dolls for ¥100 a try, with bonus days on dates ending in 0, 2, and 6 (two grabs per try) and a 5-attempt daily cap; Croco Fur sells optional TV-World outfits for your party; and Chagall Café coffee converts a skill from your equipped Persona into a Skill Card (or teaches a new skill if there's no card icon), though it costs a day.
The Crane Game is optional and takes no time. If you want the Jack Frost doll, the source advises winning it by 07/25, though 07/26 is later given as the last day before the machine updates — treat 07/26 as the hard cutoff. Collecting and displaying all 6 dolls grants a point to each Social Trait, though your traits will likely be maxed by then anyway.
🏆 An Acquired Taste (20/49) — Drink coffee at Chagall Café.
July 13
July 14
July 15
July 16
July 17
July 18
Tanaka's Amazing Commodities airs today (Purple Suit + 2x Giant Candy, ¥20,800; or 2x Diamond Shield + 6x Heavy Soup, ¥8,800). Buy the Diamond Shield combo — it raises the whole party's defense for 3 turns — unless poor chest RNG has left the boys short on armor, in which case take the Purple Suit combo instead.
This is the guide's first relationship decision. You can romance no one, one person, or several — the guide accounts for the Social Link point differences at each rank either way. Note that to take Chie or Yukiko to the summer film festival you must be in a relationship with her (other romanceable characters have no such restriction for the festival), and later date scenes (Christmas Eve, Valentine's Day, etc.) also require being in a relationship with that character.
🏆 A Special Lady (21/49) — Enter a relationship with a romanceable character. To grab it without committing, save first, pick the Relationship response, then reload and choose the other option.
July 19–22 — Summer Exams
July 23
Rise also asks you one of her exam questions during the cutscene; your answer has no effect, but the correct one is "Formaldehyde."
Lovers Social Link established (Rank 1) — Rise.
July 24
Tanaka's Amazing Commodities airs today (Kitchen Knives + 2x Giant Candy, ¥11,800; or 24x Second Maid + 24x Dr. Salt NEO, ¥7,800). Skip this week — the Kitchen Knives come up again soon in a combo with the Myth-Like Sword you skipped earlier, and the consumables aren't worth it at this stage.
The Housewife adds the Eggplant Seedling to her seed rotation today (survives instant-death skills, yield 1, ¥3,000, 9 days to mature). It's pricey and slow for a single payoff — skip it if you're getting Endure on your Personas, which does the same thing and resets each battle.
Vending machines have been refilled.
July 25
🏆 Head of the Class (22/49) — Place top of the class on the summer exams.
July 26
Last day to win the Jack Frost doll from the Crane Game before the machine updates.
"Comfort her" isn't the best response for Social Link points, but it's the only one that gives an Expression point, which you need to reach Expression Rank 5.
July 27
You can obtain Pyro Jack from today onward; you have until 09/11 to get it.
Save before translating — you can earn up to ¥15,000, and you can reload to try again if you get less.
July 28
July 29
July 30
July 31
Tanaka's Amazing Commodities airs today (Maneki Neko + 2x Giant Candy, ¥7,980; or 2x Smart Bomb + 2x Super Sonic, ¥6,980). Buy the Smart Bomb combo — Smart Bomb deals 100 damage to all enemies (handy on Golden Hands) and Super Sonic raises the party's accuracy and evasion for 3 turns. The accessory is weak and turns up in locked chests anyway.
Death Social Link established (Rank 1) — the old lady in black.
AUGUST
August 1
Vending machines have been refilled.
Today is an ideal fusion day — fusing now grants bonus Social Link EXP, and you're about to enter the next dungeon, so you want your battle Personas ready first.
Important: you'll reach 25% Compendium completion today (you may already have, depending on Shuffle Time pickups). When you hit 25%, back all the way out to the start of the Velvet Room and Margaret grants a permanent 10% discount on summoning Personas.
Recipe → Result
Skills to Pass On
Skills to Learn
Notes
Rakshasa + Incubus → Lamia
Auto-Tarukaja, Invigorate 2, Maragi, Growth 1
Null Poison (Lv 29)
Replace Nervundi with Null Poison
Ose + Lamia → Oni
Auto-Sukukaja, Growth 1, Power Charge, Rakunda
Endure (Lv 34)
Forget Resist Physical Replace Cruel Attack with Endure
Oni + Power → Mithra
Auto-Sukukaja, Growth 1, Invigorate 2, Endure
Dodge Elec (Lv 35) Hama Boost (Lv 36)
Replace Tetra Break with Dodge Elec Replace Seal Bomb with Hama Boost Forget Null Mute* *If Mithra reaches that level
Mithra + Gdon + Ghoul → Sati
Auto-Sukukaja, Growth 2, Invigorate 2, Endure
Maragion (Lv 36)
Forget Trafuri Replace Maragi with Maragion* *If Sati reaches that level
Sati + Principality → Undine
Auto-Sukukaja, Growth 2, Invigorate 2, Endure
Mediarama (Lv 36) Ice Boost (Lv 37)
Replace Posumudi with Mediarama* Replace Growth 2 with Ice Boost* *If Undine reaches those levels
Undine + Nigi Mitama → Unicorn
Auto-Sukukaja, Growth 2, Invigorate 2, Endure
Recarm (Lv 33) Mazionga (Lv 34)
Forget Trafuri Replace Mahama with Recarm Replace Nervundi with Mazionga* *If Unicorn reaches that level
Replace Counter with Counterstrike Replace Garula with Mudoon Forget Survive Light* *If Pale Rider reaches that level
Ganga + Ikusa → Nozuchi
Auto-Tarukaja, Growth 1, Dekunda, Dekaja
Null Poison (Lv 31) Null Enervate (Lv 32)
Forget Rakukaja* Replace Zionga with Null Poison* Replace Growth 1 with Null Enervate* *If Nozuchi reaches those levels
Shiisaa + King Frost → Titania
Auto-Tarukaja, Invigorate 2, Growth 1, and Resist Fire / Dodge Fire / Rakunda (whichever the Persona knows)
Regenerate 2 (Lv 31) Mind Charge (Lv 32)
Replace Red Wall / Rakunda with Regenerate 2* Replace Diarama with Mind Charge* *If Titania reaches those levels
The Personas you should be carrying now are: Pale Rider (Jester), Mithra (Temperance), Undine (Lovers), Oni (Strength), Sati (Aeon), Unicorn (Hierophant), Narcissus (Aeon), Nozuchi (Moon), and Titania (Empress). Every battle Persona now has a tier-2 single-target and multi-target attack, or is close to it — Titania is the exception (it learns no tier-2 multi-target spell, but it does eventually learn Mind Charge).
Endure was passed in place of Auto-Tarukaja because the Sharp Shovel already carries Auto-Tarukaja — equip the Sharp Shovel on Yu (from completing the cabbage quest). Endure saves a character from a KO blow once per fight.
You only have 9 Personas in stock, so feel free to swap in new ones from Shuffle Time as you find them — just don't replace any you fused.
Optional: if you collected 5x Fluorite and 5x Lepidolite and kept trading bugs at Shiroku Pub, you should have another Ryugu Stone by now, letting you get the Half-Sized Tatumi (Kanji) and Duchess (Yukiko). These are cosmetic alternatives — no real upgrade over your optional-boss weapons.
August 2 — Void Quest (Dungeon 4)
Rise now serves as your navigator and Teddie joins as a front-line fighter. Rise is one of the strongest party members in the game once her support skills are unlocked.
The Hardcore Risette Fan trophy requires hearing 250 unique Rise navigation lines in a single playthrough — general lines, character-specific lines, lines for taking damage, knocking enemies down, weaknesses/immunities, and so on. Leaning only on physical skills and a fixed party makes this hard, so from now on use a mix of all your skills and party members. Review the trophy's full requirements before progressing.
The advantage / neutral / ambush battle lines (39 of them, just under 16% of the total) are easiest to hear today, before Rise learns Weakness Scan at Social Link Rank 2 — after that she mostly comments on weaknesses/immunities instead. You won't lock yourself out permanently, but they get much harder to farm, so aim for 80%+ of them before leaving the dungeon today. If the ambush lines won't trigger, drop the difficulty or visit an earlier dungeon for weaker mobs.
If you farmed 6x Electric Rock (and extra money), you can also get Kanji the Thunder Plate, whose 25% Elec sub-effect matches his Elec Boost — letting you drop that skill for something else. His ultimate weapon also has 25% Elec, so the game expects you to replace Elec Boost eventually. The weapon costs about 24k extra to buy.
Optional farming (Artisan Apprentice / Shiroku Pub weapons; needs extra money and can be spread across later visits): 6x Trial Obsidian (Leading Idol, 3F–4F / 6F–7F / 9F); 6x Electric Rock (Almighty Hand, 3F–4F / 6F–9F); 6x Shiny Scale (Whimsical Papillon, 5F–7F); 10x Blade Metal (Ardent Dancer, 5F–9F); 5x Lepidolite (any mob in Marukyu Striptease / Void Quest, Kanji weapon); 5x Lemon Quartz (any mob, Teddie weapon); 10x Milky Quartz (any Void Quest mob, Chie / Yukiko weapon); 5x Howlite (any Void Quest mob, Yu weapon). Drop rates are low, so you'll likely finish collecting these over later visits.
7F has cross-section traps that spin you around if you run straight through — hug the edges to avoid them. Don't run past the mini-boss by accident; you need its Orb of Darkness to open the boss room.
Killing Hand has no weakness and nulls Dark and Almighty. It usually spends its turn summoning Almighty Hand (weak to Ice) — kill the summon before Killing Hand's next turn and you can lock it into re-summoning, leaving you free to buff and debuff. If the summon survives, it uses Deathbound for heavy damage, so keep a healer ready. Use Rakunda to lower its defense.
The recommended money totals don't include anything for Coco Fur costumes or Artisan Apprentice items — farm extra if you want those.
Register Personas individually rather than "register all" if you've collected from Shuffle Time, so you don't overwrite one — and manually register any you fused that originally came from Shuffle Time.
🏆 Fusion Expert (23/49) — Fuse 50 Personas. Following the fusion guide to here totals 51 fusions, so this unlocks now.
The Personas you should be carrying now are: Oni (Strength), Undine (Lovers), Unicorn (Hierophant), Sati (Aeon), Mithra (Temperance), Nozuchi (Moon), Setanta (Emperor), Makami (Hanged Man), Vetala (Devil), Gdon (Sun), Hua Po (Magician), and Power (Justice). These cover the Social Links you'll work on this month. The fusions should have cost about 50k, leaving you around 180k (including loot to sell). Your stock is full, so don't pick up Personas from Shuffle Time for now — you need these for Social Links and future fusions.
Momentary Child is weak to Ice — run Chie, Teddie, and an Ice Persona to land a 3x All-Out Attack most turns. It has a sizeable HP pool and hits hard physically, so use Rakunda and end the fight quickly. It buffs with Tarukaja/Rebellion and uses Assault Dive, Rampage, and Herculean Strike; use Tarunda or a Diamond Shield if you're taking too much. Watch for the text "Momentary Child is Indignant" — that means Deathbound is coming next turn, so guard with everyone.
Shadow Mitsuo has no weakness and nulls Dark and Almighty. Recommended party: Teddie (level 42+ for Matarukaja), Chie, and Yukiko, with Oni on Yu for Power Charge, Rakunda, and Fatal End. You can't damage Mitsuo until you destroy his blocky outer shell. Equip your strongest armor on Yu and Teddie, give Teddie the Bear Claw for its Counter, and stack your best Fire/Ice-boosting accessories. Each time the shell breaks he drops for an All-Out Attack — re-apply Rakunda, then watch which Wall he raises, as it sets his attack element (Fire Wall → Fire, White Wall → Ice, and so on). Shield the matching weakness with a grown paprika (Wall Paprika).
At roughly 75%, 50%, and 25% HP, Mitsuo tries to rebuild his shell — interrupt it before he finishes or he levels up and gains a devastating AOE. The rebuild runs Whisper → Chant → Prayer (complete); during it he uses Stagnant Air to inflict Fear and follows with Ghastly Wail to insta-kill anyone afflicted, so cure Fear immediately. At 25% he chains Whisper and Chant back-to-back, leaving very little time to react. Hitting an HP threshold late (after his Wall expires) can rush the rebuild stages, so time your big hits — for example, hold a Power Charge — to interrupt at the right moment. Keep Undine (Yu) healing and Unicorn's Recarm ready for revives.
🏆 Game Over (24/49) — Clear Void Quest (defeat Shadow Mitsuo).
August 3
August 4
Don't sell your Fashionable Dishes — they're quest materials. Sell your loot individually rather than all at once.
You can now catch Inaba Jewel Beetles when bug-catching — they have a higher spawn rate at night, so hunt bugs at night from here on and grab at least 3 or 4. They're the next bug you can trade at Shiroku Pub.
If you're collecting the Shiroku Pub weapons, you'll need 2x Ryugu Stone: one from trading your first Inaba Jewel Beetle, the other from your first Daimyo Grasshopper — both by 09/21.
August 5
August 6
Mr. Edogawa's TV Classroom: Episode 5 is now available.
If you farmed 6x Electric Rock and the extra money, grab Kanji the Thunder Plate while you're here.
August 7
Tanaka's Amazing Commodities airs today (Paladin Armor + 2x Longevity Pill, ¥20,800; or Kitchen Knife + Myth-like Sword, ¥12,800). Buy the Kitchen Knife combo — it's the two weapons you skipped earlier, and the Kitchen Knife gives Yosuke +10 Strength.
August 8
August 9
Vending machines refill today, but by this point the SP they restore is minuscule next to your pool, so this is the last vending-machine reminder.
August 10
August 11
August 12
Summer is one of the few times you can read during the day when it's raining — a good chance to clear some books and pick up Diligence points, since that trait is lagging a little.
August 13
The Midnight Trivia Miracle Quiz — Prelims unlocks today on channel 3 (a game show testing your game knowledge). It can be done whenever, but you'll eventually need to win the Finals for a trophy. There are 168 possible questions, some of which can spoil later events — if you want to stay spoiler-free, leave the Miracle Quiz until after you've finished the game.
August 14
Tanaka's Amazing Commodities airs today (Wooden Bat + 2x Longevity Pill, ¥14,400; or 6x Segaki Rice + 4x Purifying Salt, ¥8,800). Skip this week unless you want the Wooden Bat — its accuracy is terrible, but this is your only chance to get it.
The Housewife adds a new seed from today: Melon Seedling (fully restores one ally's HP and SP; yields 1; ¥5,000; matures in 10 days). It's the priciest, slowest seed, but planting and harvesting a few gives you a useful stock of full-SP-restore items.
The Death Social Link (Hisano) is unique in P4G — every rank needs 0 points, so any answers rank it up and no matching Persona is required.
August 15
August 19
Save your game tonight if you want to view all the festival date scenes.
August 20
August 21
You'll get festival invites from the girls today. Decline the ones you don't want until the right invite comes up — or go by yourself, or stay home. You'll only receive an invite from Yukiko or Chie if you're in a relationship with her.
August 22
Tanaka's Amazing Commodities airs today (3x Genji Beetle + 2x Longevity Pill, ¥9,800; or 5x Hiranya Cabbage + 1x Tiny Soul Tomato, ¥4,800). Buy the Genji Beetle combo — you'll need them for a quest later.
August 23
August 24
August 25
August 26
Your party members start appearing on their scooters in Shopping District, South. You can take a member to the hot springs or the beach to relearn an old skill or learn a new one — each member can learn up to 5 new skills, unlocked in sequence (Rise instead gets an increase to her All-Out Attack bonus). There isn't time to do all of them, but you'll do some to unlock a few important skills.
August 27
August 28
August 29
August 30
August 31
SEPTEMBER
September 1
September 2
If you brought the Thunder Plate for Kanji, you can trade it with the Artisan Apprentice for the Feather Shield.
🏆 Movie Buff (25/49) — Watch all the rental DVDs to the end
September 3
September 4
Tanaka's Amazing Commodities airs today (1x Charm Drape + 2x Heavy Soup, ¥21,800; or 2x Chest Key + 5x Prize Sticker, ¥6,800). Buy the Chest Key combo — the Charm Drape drops from Locked Chests anyway.
September 5
From today Teddie starts appearing in your classroom and around school. You can talk to him as he moves around if you like.
You'll spend time with Kanji at the beach today; do this hangout twice (today and 09/13) so he learns Atom Smasher — his only multi-target physical attack. He also learns Media today, which is best forgotten.
September 6
Sun (Ayane) reaches the relationship decision at Rank 8. As with the earlier branches, the points you gain vary by route — but this guide accounts for either path, so pick whichever you like and you'll still keep pace. Only the relationship route unlocks her Christmas Eve and Valentine's Day date scenes. If you want to see both versions of the scene, save first and reload.
September 7
September 8
September 9
Spoiler — who each order favors (tap to reveal)
#1 rests on my lap (Rise +3); #2 sits on my lap (Chie +3); #3 hugs me (Yukiko +3); #4 gets a piggyback ride (Yosuke +3).
September 10
September 11
Tanaka's Amazing Commodities airs today (1x Fuuma Bundou + 2x Heavy Soup, ¥27,800; or 4x Inaba Trout + 2x Dry Ice, ¥6,980). Buy the Inaba Trout combo — you'll need them to feed the Cat.
Today is your last chance to get the Pyro Jack doll.
Prize Sticker rewards — Plentiful: 5x each of Muscle Drink, Odd Morsel, Rancid Gravy, Firecracker, Ice Cube, Ball Lightning, Pinwheel. Rare: 1x each of Bead Chain, Snuff Soul, Chewing Soul, Amrita Soda, Homunculus.
September 12
From today you can get the Neko Shogun doll; you have until 11/05 to get it.
September 13
September 14
September 15
September 16
September 17
🏆 A True Bond (26/49) — Max out a Social Link
Now that you've maxed a Social Link, an album is added to the Sofa menu, letting you re-view any completed rank of a Social Link.
September 18
Tanaka's Amazing Commodities airs today (1x Reprisal Chain + 2x Heavy Soup, ¥21,800; or 1x Soma + 2x Purifying Water, ¥14,800). Buy the Soma combo — Soma fully restores the party's HP and SP.
You'll be fishing in a couple of days — make sure you have at least 1x Bread Crumbs, 1x Tatsuhime Ladybug and 2x Inaba Jewel Beetles, as you'll need these to catch the required fish.
September 19
From today, don't plant anything new in the garden until the guide tells you to.
In twelve days you'll maintain the garden, which gives enough Social Link points to rank up both Nanako and Dojima the next time you hang out with them. You'll need a seed planted by then, but it doesn't matter which — the guide will tell you to plant one the day before. Warning you now gives you time to harvest anything currently planted first.
September 20
Tonight you'll catch a Guardian and a Red Goldfish — the Guardian gets you a deep-sea rod, and the Red Goldfish is for an upcoming quest. If you're collecting the Shiroku Pub weapons, also catch a Huge Fish and a Genji Ayu. Otherwise, catch whatever you like for the rest and feed them to the Cat — the Inaba Jewel Beetle at least gets a Huge Fish, which feeds the Cat faster.
Guardian tip: you don't need rain. Using the Inaba Jewel Beetle, watch the ripples — if they aren't glowing, it isn't a Guardian. Reel in before the fish bites (you usually get at least 3 sets of ripples first) so you don't waste an attempt, then recast until you get one.
Bait — Red Goldfish: Bread Crumbs; Genji Ayu: Tatsuhime Ladybug; Huge Fish and Guardian: Inaba Jewel Beetle. Save first; you can fish four times, so reload if you don't land the fish you need. If you have a Gyosen Stone and a Yazu Stone and you farmed 5x Lepidolite / 10x Milky Quartz / 5x Howlite / 2x Ryugu Stone, you'll want one more Gyosen Stone and a Taisui Stone — which means catching a Genji Ayu and a Huge Fish for those stones. If you aren't getting the Shiroku Pub weapons, the only fish you must catch tonight are the Red Goldfish and the Guardian.
September 21
The fish-trading below is only for players getting the Shiroku Pub weapon who also farmed the required gemstones in the TV World. Head to the Shrine and speak to the Lady in White (you may need to speak twice) and trade for a Gyosen Stone and a Taisui Stone. You can then get: Bodyboard (Kanji — though the Thunder Plate / Feather Shield is better if you farmed it), Cute Assassin (Teddie), Tambourine (Yukiko), Beach Parasol (Yu), and Steel Slippers (Chie). Cute Assassin and Steel Slippers each need a Ryugu Stone; you can have up to 4 by now from regularly trading bugs at Shiroku Pub.
September 22 — Secret Laboratory (Dungeon 5)
Today's fusion forecast is bonus Social Link EXP, making it a great day for fusions — it's why the guide had you farm extra money. You'll need to be at least level 47 with ¥120,000 for the first batch; do them early once you have both.
Register your Personas individually rather than using "register all" — and manually register any fused Persona that was originally a Shuffle Time pickup, or you may overwrite a Persona you fused.
Recipe → Result
Skills to Pass On
Skills to Learn
Notes
Mithra + Setanta → Yatagarasu
Auto-Sukukaja, Invigorate 2, Endure, Growth 2
Diarahan (Lv 45) Cool Breeze (Lv 46)
Replace Nervundi with Diarahan Replace Invigorate 2 with Cool Breeze
Forget Dodge Wind Replace Recarm with Endure Replace Growth 2 with Power Charge
Sati + Gdon → Parvati
Auto-Sukukaja, Invigorate 2, Growth 2, Endure
Divine Grace (Lv 43)
Forget Dodge Elec Replace Nervundi with Divine Grace
Oni + Parvati → Dominion
Auto-Sukukaja, Invigorate 2, Growth 2, Endure
Mazionga (Lv 42) Null Dark (Lv 44)
Replace Resist Exhaust with Mazionga Forget Survive Dark Replace Growth 2 with Null Dark
Yatagarasu + Hanuman → Seiryuu
Auto-Mataru, Auto-Sukukaja, Cool Breeze, Endure
Elec Boost (Lv 52)
Forget Elec Break Replace Poison Mist with Elec Boost Forget Resist Exhaust* *If Seiryuu reaches that level
Ganga + Power → Mothman
Auto-Tarukaja, Invigorate 2, Growth 1, Dekunda
Mazionga (Lv 37)
Replace Elec Break with Mazionga
Mothman + Seiryuu → Rangda
Auto-Mataru, Auto-Sukukaja, Cool Breeze, Endure
Mustard Bomb (Lv 51)
Replace Tentarafoo with Mustard Bomb Forget Repel Physical* *If Rangda reaches that level
Unicorn + Makami → Samael
Auto-Sukukaja, Invigorate 2, Growth 2, Endure
Megido (Lv 39) Mudo Boost (Lv 40)
Replace Poison Mist with Megido Replace Matarunda with Mudo Boost* Forget Survive Light* *If Samael reaches those levels
The Personas you should have on you are: Rangda (Magician), Dominion (Justice), Undine (Lovers), Samael (Death), Narasimha (Sun), Seiryuu (Temperance), Hanuman (Strength), and Titania (Empress).
You've started passing on Auto-Mataru (party-wide attack up for the first 3 turns) and Cool Breeze (restores 8% HP and SP after each battle, scaling as you level). Because Auto-Mataru buffs the whole party, you can eventually drop Auto-Tarukaja from Chie for another skill. You've also stopped passing Growth on the physical/fire/electric/light Personas, since your Social Links are now high enough to unlock most skills on fusion; Hanuman doesn't really need Cool Breeze as it uses little SP.
Samael's Megido is very useful against Golden Hands — it's the one skill they never resist. Be careful: if you can't kill them the same turn, one is guaranteed to flee. If Titania has Mind Charge, use it for a 2.5x boost to one-shot Golden Hands with Megido.
The Secret Laboratory descends through basement floors instead of climbing. You'll backtrack: head down to B6F for the Researcher Key (in a treasure chest), which lets you reach the B4F mini-boss; beating it gives the Leader's Card, which opens the locked door on B6F.
Farm these now — these mobs carry quest items next visit and won't drop the items below until that quest is cleared: 8x Power Rocks (Power Castle, B3F–B4F / B6F–B7F); 3x Proof of Passion (Furious Gigas, B1F–B2F / B3F–B4F).
Dominating Machine mostly alternates Power Charge and Herculean Strike — guard with everyone when it uses Power Charge to soak the follow-up, or tank it on Yu if Hanuman has made him physical-resistant so you can attack more often. It has no weakness, so use anything; Rakunda + Power Charge + Mighty Swing is a reliable boss combo. It has a large HP pool, and when it stops attacking at low HP you must burst it down fast — otherwise it uses Last Resort and self-destructs, likely KO'ing the party.
On B8F you'll find a regular shadow that is also named Dominating Machine — this is a different enemy from the B4F mini-boss, and you can hit much bigger numbers on it, making it the easiest place to land 999+ damage in one hit. Seiryuu's Ziodyne should clear 999; if you're just short, use Rakunda on it first.
🏆 Going Nova (27/49) — Deal more than 999 damage with a single attack
These are your first special fusions — you'll find these Personas in the Cross and Pentagon sections of the fusion list. Register Personas individually, and manually register any fused Persona that was originally a Shuffle Time pickup so you don't overwrite it.
Recipe → Result
Skills to Pass On
Skills to Learn
Notes
King Frost + Hua Po → Kushi Mitama
Bufula, Agilao, Growth 1, Invigorate 2
Survive Dark (Lv 32)
Replace Soul Break with Survive Dark Forget Traesto Forget Exhaust Boost
Kushi Mitama + Saki Mitama + Ara Mitama + Nigi Mitama → Neko Shogun
Bufula, Invigorate 2, Growth 1, Agilao, Garula
Mediarama (Lv 34)
Replace Growth 1 with Mediarama Forget Matarukaja
🏆 Special Fusion Expert (28/49) — Use four or more Personas in a special fusion
Recipe → Result
Skills to Pass On
Skills to Learn
Notes
Samael + Rangda → Thoth
Auto-Mataru, Auto-Sukukaja, Cool Breeze, Endure
Growth 2 (Lv 48) Ziodyne (Lv 51)
Replace Mahama with Growth 2 Forget Null Mute* Replace Growth 2 with Ziodyne* *If Thoth reaches those levels
Mind Charge (Lv 40) Fire Amp (Lv 42) Agidyne (Lv 43)
Replace Growth 1 with Mind Charge Forget Masukunda Replace Invigorate 2 with Fire Amp Replace Agilao with Agidyne Forget Mudoon* *If Black Frost reaches that level
Recipe → Result
Skills to Pass On
Skills to Learn
Notes
Black Frost + Neko Shogun → Gabriel
Bufula, Mind Charge, Ice Boost, Auto-Sukukaja
Heat Wave (Lv 48)
Replace Energy Shower with Heat Wave
Hanuman + Gabriel + Cu Sith → Skadi
Auto-Mataru, Auto-Sukukaja, Endure, Growth 1
Repel Fire (Lv 59) Spell Master (Lv 60)
Forget Repel Ice* Replace Endure with Repel Fire* Replace Growth 1 with Spell Master* *If Skadi reaches those levels
Cu Sith + Pixie + Izanagi → Fortuna
Magaru, Growth 1, Rakunda, Sukunda
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The Personas you should have on you are: Skadi (Empress), Seiryuu (Temperance), Narasimha (Sun), Girimehkala (Moon), Orthrus (Hanged Man), Fortuna (Fortune), Rangda (Magician), Thoth (Emperor), Dominion (Justice), Sati (Aeon), Unicorn (Hierophant), and Undine (Lovers) — these are the Arcana you'll work on this coming month. Skadi is the exception: she's purely a battle Persona, kept in stock so she can learn Spell Master.
Raise Skadi to level 60 so she learns Spell Master, which halves spell SP cost — important once you start learning severe-tier spells. You don't need to level her today, but you'll want her at 60 for the next dungeon's fusions. Your new Dark and Ice Personas also double as strong physical attackers.
There's still no new Wind Persona — that's deliberate. You'll fuse a level 57 Persona on a specific date so it can learn the bonus skill Spell Master, which is why you needed to reach at least level 57 before leaving today.
Leave with at least ¥150,000 for the coming month (including what you make selling loot, duplicate gear, and expendables at Daidara Metalworks). Save before the boss so you can reload and farm more Golden Hands if you come up short after selling.
Whether or not you follow the fusion guide, make sure you have Personas from these Arcana before the final boss: Temperance, Sun, Moon, Hanged Man, Fortune, Magician, Emperor, Justice, Aeon, Hierophant, and Lovers.
Escapist Soldier is resistant to physical, so bring your strongest magic users — Yosuke and Yukiko (their heavy single-target spells by now) are ideal, plus Teddie or Chie for Ice (Teddie is usually the stronger Ice user by this point). It mostly uses physical attacks; watch Blade of Fury, which can KO someone if it crits on a full four-hit. Foul Breath and Stagnant Air raise the insta-kill chance of its Mudoon — Yu's Endure covers the insta-kill, and Chie and Yukiko can each survive one via their Social Link rank. Keep your HP up and be ready to revive.
Bring Yukiko (Diarama/Mediarama + Divine Grace), Yosuke (Dekaja), and Chie (Power Charge); Kanji works but tends to get focused. Shadow Naoto has Brave Blade (severe single-target physical) and heavy single- and multi-target spells in all four elements, plus Dekaja, Dekunda and Heat Riser (buffs all its stats), and three unique moves — Element Zero (strips resistances), Mute Ray (drains HP/SP and silences an ally), and Galgaim Eyes (drops an ally to 1 HP, may inflict Enervation). Early on it favors single-target hits at your weaknesses; if it lands a weakness and gets a Once More it tends to use Heat Riser — strip that with Dekaja immediately. Keep Rakunda up (Fortuna has it); Girimehkala has Power Charge, and a Power-Charged Skadi Aeon Rain on a defense-lowered target hits very hard. Below about 60% HP it adds Element Zero, Galgaim Eyes and multi-target spells; after an Element Zero it locks onto one element's multi-target, so cover that weakness with a Paprika, keep healing, and keep stripping Heat Riser.
🏆 Boarded-Up Lab (29/49) — Defeat the boss of the Secret Laboratory
September 23
Don't sell your Proof of Passion — you'll need them for a quest.
From now, hold onto a few different fish types for the end-game cat-feeding quest (which needs five different fish), so you don't have to spend an extra day fishing later.
Save before feeding in case you feed the wrong fish. If you didn't collect the Shiroku Pub weapons, you'll have spare fish you can also feed the Cat — just make sure you keep 1x Red Goldfish and 1x Inaba Trout afterward.
When you spend time with Marie the game says your relationship will deepen, but you don't actually rank up yet — you first get a scene that must be viewed.
September 24
September 25
Tanaka's Amazing Commodities airs today (1x Death Scudetto + 2x Wasabi Jelly, ¥28,800; or 8x Diet Food + 8x Odd Morsel, ¥5,980). Skip this week — Kanji's weapon has very low accuracy and can be found in Locked Chests.
September 26
If you're collecting weapons for the Artisan Apprentice, tonight's late opening is a good chance to buy them too, if you have the cash to spare.
September 27
September 28
In the Ai hangout below, the final choice has an Option B that reverses the Social Link — pick (A) No problem, not B. (The earlier (B) Have a little confidence is a different, safe choice.)
September 29
September 30
OCTOBER
October 1
Mr. Edogawa's TV Classroom: Episode 7 is now available.
October 2
Tanaka's Amazing Commodities airs today (1x Peach Battlesuit + 2x Wasabi Jelly, ¥29,800; or 10x Red Goldfish + 10x Bread Crumbs, ¥9,800). Buy the Red Goldfish combo — you'll need them for the cat-feeding quests.
Maintaining the garden tonight gives enough Social Link points to rank up both Nanako and Dojima without two separate hangouts, plus a Diligence point and one less activity on the list.
October 3
Both of those responses are also needed to see a scene in the next rank.
October 4
October 5
October 6
Miracle Quiz – Playoffs is now available. Giants of P also unlocks today (early character and Persona designs with development notes) — it contains spoilers, so finish the game before viewing it.
October 7
October 8
October 9
Tanaka's Amazing Commodities airs today (1x Nice Shoes + 2x Wasabi Jelly, ¥28,800; or 2x Huge Fish + 4x Dry Ice, ¥19,800). Buy the Huge Fish combo — it's needed for the cat-feeding quests. You'll get another, cheaper chance at the Nice Shoes later, bundled with a nice piece of armor.
October 10
October 11
October 12
Another study-with-a-party-member day if you wish (Yukiko or Kanji) — save first, as you'll need to reload to do today's activity.
October 13
You can study with Yosuke and Chie today if you wish.
Today you feed the Red Goldfish and Huge Fish (from Tanaka) to the Cat. Completing Quest 21 immediately unlocks Quest 22: Cat Needs Food Badly. Since the end-game cat quest needs five different fish, save one of each type — feed only 9x Red Goldfish and 1x Huge Fish. You should have 1x Inaba Trout saved from before; after today, keep 1x Inaba Trout, 1x Red Goldfish and 1x Huge Fish in your inventory. Save before feeding in case you feed the wrong fish.
October 14 — Midterm Exams
October 15
October 16
Tanaka's Amazing Commodities airs today (1x Red Battlesuit + 2x Diet Food, ¥29,800; or 3x Physical Mirror + 3x Magic Mirror, ¥19,800). Buy the Physical Mirror combo — those items can completely break an upcoming boss in the next dungeon. You can also get them from chests, so if you already have at least 4x Physical Mirror and 8x Magic Mirror you can skip this week; Barrier Corn items count too, as they do the same thing. (The Red Battlesuit reduces physical damage by 20% but comes later bundled with the Chie weapon you skipped, and drops from Locked Chests.)
October 17
October 18
October 19
October 20
Ai's Social Link works differently — the platonic/relationship choice happens at Rank 6 instead of Rank 9, and the later ranks differ completely by route. Picking the platonic option locks you into the platonic route; picking the romance option keeps both choices open later on. The responses are counterintuitive: the platonic pick makes the game tell you you've entered a relationship, but that's a fake-out and is the correct choice for locking in the platonic route.
October 21
October 22
Fortune Social Link established (Rank 1) — Naoto.
Tower Social Link established (Rank 1) — Shu Nakajima, the middle-school boy you tutor.
October 23
Tanaka's Amazing Commodities airs today (1x Pure Assassin + 2x Diet Food, ¥29,800; or 2x Chest Key + 5x Prize Sticker, ¥6,800). Buy the Pure Assassin combo — it's a decent weapon for Teddie and your only chance to get it.
October 24
October 25
Today's fusion forecast lets the Persona Garuda learn Spell Master, a very useful skill.
Forget Amrita Replace Diarama with High Counter Forget Repel Wind Replace Cool Breeze with Spell Master
Garuda + Unicorn + Black Frost → Quetzalcoatl
Auto-Mataru, Auto-Sukukaja, Spell Master, Endure, Mind Charge
Garudyne (Lv 52) Wind Amp (Lv 57)
Replace Masukukaja with Garudyne Forget Heat Wave Forget Mahamaon Replace Growth 2 with Wind Amp* *If Quetzalcoatl reaches that level
The Personas you should have on you are: Quetzalcoatl (Aeon), Girimehkala (Moon), Orthrus (Hanged Man), Narasimha (Sun), Rangda (Magician), Thoth (Emperor), Undine (Lovers), Skadi (Empress), Seiryuu (Temperance), and Clotho (Fortune).
Quetzalcoatl is your new Wind Persona, carrying the powerful Spell Master passive, which replaces Cool Breeze — Rise already restores 10% of your HP party-wide and will soon learn a skill that also restores SP, so the Cool Breeze healing is no longer needed.
Still get Skadi to learn Spell Master as well — it makes passing the passive onto other Personas during future fusions much easier.
You don't need to summon back a Hierophant Persona — you'll earn enough Social Link points in the next hangout to reach Rank 10 even without one.
October 26
You'll get different scenes with the Moon Social Link depending on the route you chose (Platonic or Relationship) — pick the responses for your route.
October 27
October 28
October 29
October 30
October 31
NOVEMBER
November 1
November 2
This begins a run of Yukiko beach trips to relearn skills — she learns the powerful Mind Charge on her 5th visit, so the skills forgotten along the way can all go freely.
November 3
You can optionally land a Bus-Stop Sign while fishing today (Attack 179, Hit 84, high-odds Rage). It isn't an upgrade over your current gear, so only bother if you're collecting weapons.
🏆 Fishing Master (30/49) — Catch the Sea Guardian
Along with the Red Goldfish, Inaba Trout, and Huge Fish you already have, the Sea Guardian and Meguro Tuna complete the 5 distinct fish needed for the end-game cat quest. The Hachiro Octopus doesn't count — the cat won't eat it.
November 4
Today is the last day to get the Neko Shogun doll.
November 5
November 6
Mr. Edogawa's TV Classroom: Episode 8 is now available. The King Frost doll also becomes available today — you have until 12/31 to get it.
Tanaka's Amazing Commodities airs today (1x Eagle Eye + 2x Diet Food, ¥49,800; or 1x Meguro Tuna + 1x Hachiro Octopus, ¥12,800). Skip this week — the Eagle Eye is overpriced for what it does, and you should already have one of each fish from catching the Sea Guardian.
November 7
November 8 — Heaven (Dungeon 6)
Quest-item drops in the Secret Laboratory: Crystal Ball — Constancy Relic (B1F–B2F); Fine Coal — Power Castle (B3F–B4F / B6F–B7F); High-Speed Gear — Mach Wheel (B6F); Training Shell — Wicked Turret (B5F–B8F); Branch Headband — Elegant Mother (B7F–B8F).
You won't do much fusing today — save the bulk of your persona upgrades for a date with a better fusion forecast. It's worth getting Skadi to learn Spell Master before you leave the Secret Laboratory, though, so it's available to pass on in upcoming fusions.
Armor-upgrade farming: 10x Ayanishiki — Blossom Nyogo (3F–4F / 6F–9F); 8x Bloody Hide — Jotun of Blood (8F–9F). You'll be passing the party-wide Auto-Sukukaja passive Auto-Masuku onto the team in an upcoming fusion batch, which makes the girls' current Auto-Sukukaja armor passive redundant — these materials build its replacement.
World Balance alternates Mind Charge with a single-target heavy spell in one of the four core elements. It has no real weakness — it nulls Light and Dark and takes normal damage from everything else — so use Rakunda, then have the rest of the party fire off Power Charge/Mind Charge-boosted attacks to try to burst it down in one turn. Most party members should survive a crit, and your Personas' Endure passives cover the rest, so defense isn't a major concern here.
Replace Deathbound with Mind Charge* Forget White Wall* Forget Endure Dark* Replace Matarukaja with Garudyne* Replace Growth 2 with Wind Amp* *If Cu Chulainn reaches those levels
The Personas you should have on you are: Narasimha (Sun), Girimehkala (Moon), Seiryuu (Temperance), Thoth (Emperor), Skadi (Empress), Quetzalcoatl (Aeon), Orthrus (Hanged Man), Clotho (Fortune), Succubus (Devil), Cu Chulainn (Tower), Rangda (Magician), and Undine (Lovers).
Extreme Vessel resists Physical and Almighty, nulls Light and Dark, and is weak to both Ice and Wind — exactly why Teddie (Ice), Yosuke, and Naoto (Wind, plus Mind Charge to boost it) are the recommended team, with Teddie doubling as healer and buffer. It opens with either Virus Wave or God's Hand, then alternates heavy single- and multi-target spells across the four core elements while buffing itself with Mind Charge, Power Charge, or Rebellion. Manage your own buffs and debuffs, heal as needed, guard when it's clearly winding up something big, and attack when it's safe. One useful trick: canceling out of an All-Out Attack with Naoto gives her a free extra turn to immediately cast Mind Charge — and if you leave it Knocked Down right after it uses Mind Charge itself, it won't attack on its next turn, instead using Power Charge or Rebellion and handing you a free turn to heal or rebuff.
Kunino-sagiri nulls Light and Dark and takes normal damage from everything else, so there's no elemental weakness to exploit — the fight is really about managing its three escalating phases. Above roughly 70% HP it spams heavy single- and multi-target elemental spells and strips your buffs/debuffs after landing a weakness hit; using Tetrakarn or Makarakarn on a party member instead baits Life Drain or Spirit Drain (a minor single-target HP/SP loss) rather than an elemental attack. Around 70% HP it switches to Quad Coverage, tripling the damage of one random element while crushing the rest — this can one-shot anyone hit on their weakness. Around 35% HP it adds Control, temporarily turning one or more party members against you (play defensively until it wears off), and below roughly 10% HP it spams the heavy almighty Unerring Justice on repeat until it dies.
To skip the Control and Unerring Justice phases entirely: have Naoto bait a Life Drain with Tetrakarn on a party member, then set up Makarakarn on someone else (which only provokes a Tetra Break, not an attack) — alternating the two lets you stack Makarakarn on the whole party while losing only about 100 HP per turn. Once it switches to Quad Coverage around 70% HP, the Makarakarn you've built up reflects the tripled-damage attack straight back at it; a multi-target Quad Coverage bouncing off four Makarakarn-protected allies does massive damage and can take it from 70% to near death in a single hit, especially on harder difficulties where its own attack power is higher.
🏆 The Return of the Angels (31/49) — Defeat the boss of Heaven
November 9
November 10
🏆 Mr. Perfect (32/49) — Max out all five Social Stats
November 11
It doesn't matter which Social Stats you raise today — you're eating to complete the book and unlock a trophy.
🏆 Food Fighter (33/49) — Beat the Mega Beef Bowl Challenge
Daidara Metalworks is open late tonight — buy the Rune Dress armor for Chie, Yukiko, and Naoto. If you're collecting weapons for the Artisan Apprentice, this is also a good chance to buy them while you have the cash.
November 12
November 13
Tanaka's Amazing Commodities airs today (1x Reisen Brace + 2x Diet Food, ¥19,800; or 1x Nice Shoes [Chie weapon] + 1x Red Battlesuit [male armor], ¥19,800). Buy the Nice Shoes combo — a solid Chie weapon and a decent piece of armor for one of the boys.
November 14
You'll go fishing again in a few days to catch more fish for the cat — make sure you have at least 6x Inaba Jewel Beetles.
The Haikara Shirt is a great piece of armor for any party member who's falling behind level-wise — it gives a 50% EXP boost.
November 15
Naoto has a relationship-flag response coming up at this rank. It's not the optimal pick for raw Social Link points, but skipping it means you won't get the later scene at Rank 8 that lets you romance her. You don't have to take it if you don't want to — you just lose access to that route.
November 16
November 17
November 18
November 19
It's raining today, which makes the Guardian's glowing-ripple tell easier to spot — a good day to stock up. You need 2 more Guardians to finish the cat quest and 2 more for later quests, so aim for at least 4.
November 20
Tanaka's Amazing Commodities airs today (1x Angel Skirt [female armor] + 2x Diet Food, ¥59,800; or 1x Soma + 1x Amrita Soda, ¥19,800). The Soma combo is the better buy — Soma fully restores the party's HP and SP, and the Angel Skirt (great defense, evasion, and 20% physical reduction) also drops from locked chests if you'd rather save the cash.
November 21
November 22
You'll finish feeding the cat today — it should only take 2 more Guardians (or Huge Fish, depending on what you have spare). The game will try to offer your other fish first, so decline those until you reach the right one. Once the quest is done, make sure your inventory still has 1x Red Goldfish, 1x Inaba Trout, 1x Huge Fish, 1x Meguro Tuna, 1x Sea Guardian, and 2x Guardian — the first five complete a cat-feeding quest at the very end of the game, and the 2 spare Guardians cover later quests. Save before feeding in case you grab the wrong fish.
November 23
November 24
🏆 Big Bro is Worried (34/49) — Have all party members visit Nanako while Yu is away
November 25
November 26
November 27
From here, exams carry the end-of-month checklist into December.
November 28 — Final Exams
November 29
November 30
DECEMBER
December 1
December 2
December 3 — Endings Begin
The game offers a save point today. Save to a separate slot you won't overwrite — you're about to start unlocking P4G's many endings, and you'll likely want to reload this save more than once to see different ones. This is also a long story section; you may want to start it with a couple of free hours ahead of you.
The choice sequence tonight determines your ending. Picking "Push him in" at the very first prompt leads straight to Bad Ending 1. Any other combination that doesn't match the sequence below leads to Bad Ending 2 — follow it exactly to stay on the main path.
Reveal the exact answer sequence
Select "I can't stay here." Then, in order: "Wait a second here...", "We're missing something", "Namatame's true feelings", "Something's bothering me", "We're missing something", "Calm the hell down!", then any.
Mr. Edogawa's TV Classroom: Episode 9 is now available.
December 4
December 5 — Identifying the Culprit
Save to a separate slot from your December 3 ending save — another major ending choice is coming today.
Guessing wrong 3 times here leads to Bad Ending 3.
Reveal the correct culprit
The answer is Adachi.
The next choice is critical and the two paths diverge completely. Choosing "Don't tell friends, protect Adachi" leads to Main Ending 1 [Accomplice] — a short alternate sequence that jumps the calendar to March and ends the game within a couple of days, skipping the rest of this checklist entirely (the final dungeon, Margaret's Social Link, Christmas Eve, New Year's). Choosing "Tell friends about Adachi" continues the main story this checklist follows.
✦ Aside — picking "Protect Adachi" instead leads to Main Ending 1 [Accomplice]: on 03/20, go see Adachi, then choose "Did you do it?" → "No" → "No" → "I'm on your side" → "Yes" → "Set fire to the letter." Jester maxes to Rank 10 and the game ends on 03/21. This checklist follows the main continuation instead.
December 6
December 7
December 8
December 9
December 10
December 11
December 12
December 13
December 14
December 15
December 16
Don't pick option C on the Platonic route's last prompt — it reverses the Social Link.
December 17 — The Big Fusion Day
You'll get bonus Social Link EXP from fusing Personas today, and there's a lot of fusing to do — save periodically in case of a fusion accident, and register any Personas you picked up from Shuffle Time before using them as ingredients below.
Recipe → Result
Skills to Pass On
Skills to Learn
Notes
Skadi + Thoth → Sui-Ki
Auto-Mataru, Spell Master, Ice Amp, Mabufula
Enduring Soul (Lv 62)
Forget Tetra Break Replace Regenerate 2 with Enduring Soul
Forget Marakukaja Forget Cool Breeze Replace Megidola with Megidolaon Replace Elec Amp with Debilitate Replace Ziodyne with Heat Riser* *If Trumpeter reaches that level
This fusion chain should put you around 49-50% Compendium completion (more if you've been picking up Personas from Shuffle Time).
🏆 Moderate Bookkeeper (35/49) — Fill 50% of the Compendium
The Personas you should have on you are: Trumpeter (Judgement), Cu Chulainn (Tower), Atropos (Fortune), Hell Biker (Hanged), Thor (Chariot), Siegfried (Strength), Byakko (Temperance), Daisoujou (Hierophant), White Rider (Death), and Ukobach (Devil). They all carry Auto-Mataru, Auto-Masuku, Spell Master, and Enduring Soul — a strong balance of accuracy/evasion, attack, SP management, and survivability. Unless you're planning a full NG+ run for the last few Compendium/superboss-related trophies, this batch is strong enough to finish the rest of the game as-is.
White Rider and Hell Biker each need a level or two before their final skills kick in, and Trumpeter levels naturally from fighting Golden Shadows. If you have spare cash, buying Growth 2 from Marie (¥40,000 each) speeds up the first two — optional, only worth it if money isn't tight. Ukobach covers the Devil Arcana for one more hangout before the next dungeon.
December 18
🏆 Bond Maniac (36/49) — Max out 10 Social Links
December 19
December 20
✦ Sun Social Link (Ayane) complete — max rank reached.
Today's dungeon spans two connected zones: Magatsu Inaba (a shadow-warped version of the town) and Magatsu Mandala (a separate vertical climb).
Drops needed: Animal Guide — Prime Magus (1F–2F); Old Ore — Revelation Pesce (3F–4F / 6F–9F); Modest Lamp — Phantom Lord (5F–7F); Classy Lumber — Angry Table (5F–7F).
Quest-item farming inside Magatsu Mandala: 1x Orichalcum — Solemn Machine (5F–6F); 3x Golden Chains — Minotaur II (3F–6F); 8x Magatsu Xandrite — Golden Hands (any dungeon). Make sure you have these before leaving today.
Optional farming, for Shiroku Pub and the Artisan Apprentice: 4x Silver Claw — Change Relic (4F–5F, Teddie weapon); 4x Orichalcum — Solemn Machine (5F–6F, Yu weapon — an additional 4 on top of the quest copy, for 5 total); 4x Golden Barrel — Conceited Panzer (5F–6F, Naoto weapon).
The first couple of floors are Magatsu Inaba, then it switches to Magatsu Mandala. On Magatsu Inaba 2F, Rise will note there are no visible exits — jump down a hole at one of the path intersections to drop into Magatsu Mandala 1F.
Don't fight or get caught by shadows on Magatsu Mandala 3F, including ambushes triggered by opening chests — getting caught kicks you out of the dungeon entirely. The game gives you a clear path through, so just follow it.
Chaos Fuzz has no resistances or special tricks — it spends its opening turns summoning copies of itself, which gives you time to set up Power Charge/Mind Charge before wiping the whole group out with multi-target attacks.
Envious Giant resists or absorbs most elements — it absorbs Elec and resists Fire, Ice, Wind, and Light — and has a 20% chance to reflect physical attacks back at you. It spams Megidolaon and likes to confuse multiple party members with Tentarafoo. Mind Charge plus Almighty attacks are your most reliable damage, and Debilitate (lowering its attack/defense/accuracy/evasion) helps a lot. Recommended party: Yukiko, Naoto, Kanji — Kanji's Matarukaja keeps everyone buffed, and he can land good damage as long as it doesn't get reflected; Yukiko mainly handles healing and ailments.
Today's fusions are just to finish Margaret's Social Link, since you already built your main fighting stock on December 17. Save the true end-game fusions for after you've finished all your Social Links.
This will be your second time fusing Yatagarasu — register it to the Compendium afterward, or it won't retain Megido and you'll have to fuse it again in NG+. Dismiss it after showing it to Margaret to free up space for the Yatsufusa fusion below.
Recipe → Result
Skills to Pass On
Skills to Learn
Notes
Lamia + Samael → Yatagarasu
Megido, Auto-Sukukaja, Endure, Invigorate 2
Growth 2 (Lv 44) Diarahan (Lv 45)
Replace Null Fear with Growth 2 Replace Nervundi with Diarahan
You'll need to dismiss any Personas you picked up from Shuffle Time, and Cu Chulainn too — even though it's one of your battle Personas — to free up enough stock space for the 5-Persona Yatsufusa fusion below. White Rider is the cheapest to summon back afterward.
Replace Growth 1 with Megidola Replace Matarunda with Fire Amp Replace Evade Physical with Resist Physical* *If Decarabia reaches that level
Decarabia + Cu Chulainn → Ganesha
Tetrakarn, Auto-Sukukaja, Auto-Mataru, Endure
Magarudyne (Lv 56)
Forget High Counter Replace Auto-Sukukaja with Magarudyne* *If Ganesha reaches that level
You already have a Trumpeter with Mind Charge from December 17, so the final step is just leaving and re-entering the Velvet Room.
The Personas you should have on you are: Trumpeter (Judgement), Cu Chulainn (Tower), Atropos (Fortune), Hell Biker (Hanged), Thor (Chariot), Siegfried (Strength), Byakko (Temperance), Daisoujou (Hierophant), White Rider (Death), Ukobach (Devil), Pixie (Magician), and Oberon (Emperor).
Lost Okina (Lv 67) nulls Physical and absorbs Ice. It has multi-target physical attacks that can inflict Silence, Exhaustion, or Enervation, plus single-target spells in all four elements and Megidola, and it can buff itself or clear its own debuffs. The fight is easy once you know the trick: spam Debilitate and the AI gets baited into spamming Dekunda on itself over and over instead of attacking, freeing the rest of the party to attack non-stop. Recommended party: Yukiko, Kanji, and either Naoto or Yosuke — Kanji's Matarukaja keeps the team buffed throughout.
The true end-game fusions for the strongest Personas in the game are optional, and best saved for after all your Social Links are finished. You'll be back in the TV World later to farm Golden Hands and mop up any remaining combat achievements anyway, so there's no rush.
Make sure you have Personas covering the Temperance, Emperor, Devil, Magician, and Hanged Man Arcana before leaving.
Shadow Adachi mostly uses physical, Wind, and Electric attacks, with occasional Mudoon and attempts to inflict Silence or Fear. He buffs himself with Heat Riser or Power Charge and can clear buffs/debuffs with Dekaja/Dekunda. Aside from nulling Dark and Almighty (as every boss does), he has no resistances among your usable elements and no physical reflect, so the fight comes down to keeping him Debilitated while staying buffed yourself — Kanji's Matarukaja and Yosuke's Masukukaja (plus Dekaja if you need to strip his buffs) do most of the work, while Yukiko alternates between healing/ailments and attacking. He has a lot of HP, so Power Charge/Mind Charge speeds things up. Recommended party: Yukiko, Yosuke, Kanji.
Ameno-Sagiri has nearly every kind of attack available: physical, all four core elements, multiple Almighty attacks, self-buffs, debuffs, and the ability to clear buffs/debuffs on either side. Most of it isn't too dangerous as long as you keep it Debilitated and stay buffed — the main things to watch for are Agneyastra (a physical attack that can hit up to 3 times and hurts badly on a crit) and Mind Charge, which usually telegraphs an incoming Nebula Oculus that can wipe the party if you aren't guarding. It periodically casts Bewildering Fog, during which your attacks simply won't connect — use those turns to buff, heal, and defend instead of attacking, then strip its buffs as soon as the fog lifts, since it spends fog turns buffing itself up for what comes after.
🏆 Breaking Through the Fog (37/49) — Defeat Ameno-Sagiri
You're given the option to save after the cutscene. Take it — the Christmas Eve date scenes coming up require reloading this save to see all of them.
December 23
You'll only receive Christmas Eve date invites from people you're currently in a relationship with — you'll need to decline the ones you don't want. Marie doesn't have a Christmas Eve date scene even if you romanced her.
✦ Accept Ayane's invite to follow this guide's route.
December 24
December 25
December 26
From here, story events carry the end-of-month checklist into the New Year. It's also worth saving now — this is the closest save point to the New Year's date invites.
December 31 — New Year's Eve
JANUARY
January 1
You'll only receive New Year's date invites from the girls you're in a relationship with. Marie doesn't have a date scene even if you romanced her.
January 2 — Golden Ending Flag
How you respond to Margaret determines whether you trigger the Golden Ending flag. Save before speaking to her.
Reveal the Golden Ending flag responses
To Margaret, answer: any, then "Why did she leave?", "Where did she go?", and "I don't care about danger. I'll go."
January 3
January 4
January 6
January 9
January 10 — Quest Turn-In Day
Quest 61 needs the cat fed five different fish across the coming days. If you saved the recommended set you should have 1x Red Goldfish, 1x Inaba Trout, 1x Huge Fish, 1x Meguro Tuna, and 1x Sea Guardian. Order doesn't matter — just don't feed it the Guardian, which is needed for a later quest.
The Black Frost doll becomes available today; you have until 02/05 to get it. If you've collected all the Persona dolls, display them all on the shelf in your room once you have Black Frost to earn a Social Trait point for each attribute.
You can no longer raise vegetables from today, but you can dig for bugs instead if you like. Tanaka's Amazing Commodities also returns today (1x Auto-Mataru + 2x Wasabi Jelly, ¥49,800; or 3x Tetracorn + 3x Makaracorn, ¥9,800) — buy only if you need the items and have the cash to spare.
January 11
January 12
January 13
The quest is supposed to take five different fish, but the Sea Guardian seems to count as two, so you may complete it today.
January 14
January 15
Tanaka's Amazing Commodities airs today (1x Book of the Void + 2x Giant Candy, ¥21,800; or 2x Bead Chain + 2x Cyclone Magatama, ¥12,800). The Book of the Void combo is the pick — Unshaken Will protects against ailments.
January 16
🏆 Cooking with Gas (38/49) — Make all five boxed lunches
January 17
January 18
January 19
This is your first party-member hangout that unlocks their final Persona form and ultimate skill.
January 20
January 21
This is the 5th Yukiko beach trip — she finally learns Mind Charge, the skill the whole sequence was building toward.
January 22
Tanaka's Amazing Commodities airs tonight (4x Soul Food + 2x Diet Food, ¥24,800; or 2x Ryugu Stone + 3x Amrita Soda, ¥21,800). Both are good — Soul Food fully restores one ally's SP, and this is one of the few chances to buy Ryugu Stones outside of feeding bugs to the fish at Shiroku Pub.
January 23
✦ All 69 quests complete.
January 24
Dragon Hustle buffs the whole party's Attack, Defense, and Hit/Evasion for 3 turns — an excellent skill, though it costs a steep 150 SP. Equipping the Chakra Ring (from the Heaven optional boss) halves that to 75 SP. That, plus Chie's strong physical attacks, makes her one of the best boss-fight party members.
January 25
January 26
January 27
January 28
January 29
Tanaka's Amazing Commodities airs today (1x Wizard's Mark + 3x Longevity Pill, ¥69,800; or 1x Masuda Stone + 1x Kaiou Stone, ¥39,800). Skip the Wizard's Mark combo — ¥70,000 for a 7-SP-restore accessory you can find in locked chests is a rip-off. The Stones are only worth it if you want a 50% EXP weapon from Shiroku Pub, and note they don't carry over to NG+.
January 30
Naoto doesn't have a favorite movie like the other party members, and no party member prefers Obatar, so this is the best time to take her to a movie.
January 31
Two options today. Gazing out to sea at Shichiri Beach is the last unticked activity — it teaches one Persona in your stock an unlearnt skill (nothing if all are maxed), and is essentially a waste of time, worth doing only for completionists wanting every activity in one playthrough. The more useful option is taking Rise to the Hot Springs, which boosts the strength of her All-Out Attack cheer damage.
FEBRUARY
February 1
You have two spare nights (tonight and tomorrow) to see each girl's final evening hangout — half are available tonight, half tomorrow. You get different scenes depending on whether you're in a relationship with them; save and reload if you want to view both versions. Responses don't matter, as all their Social Links are maxed.
February 2
February 3
🏆 Compulsive Reader (39/49) — Finish reading every book
February 4
February 5 — Endgame Cleanup
Tanaka's Amazing Commodities airs today (1x Sonidori Wear [male armor, +100 SP] + 2x Slimming Food, ¥79,800; or 3x Homunculus + 5x Chest Key, ¥19,800). The Sonidori Wear is decent if you have cash spare, but skip it if you plan to farm the Reaper for better endgame gear today. If you are farming the Reaper, stock up on Goho-M first (about 30 is plenty), or carry a Persona with Traesto.
Today's three goals — defeat the Reaper, register 100 skill cards in the Velvet Room, and finish hearing 250 of Rise's unique battle lines — each unlock a trophy. Depending on how diligently you've tracked skill cards and battle lines, you may already have the latter two.
Reaper trigger method: the Reaper only appears after opening 21 chests, and even then has just a 10% chance per chest. Yukiko's Castle is ideal for farming it. Climb to 5F without opening any chests, Goho-M back to the entrance, and save — this gives you a 5F fast-travel point with a 0-chest count. Re-enter and check the 1F map: you want a layout with 4 chests (if it shows 3, exit and reset). Open only 1F chests, then leave via the entrance (or Rise fast-travel to entrance) — neither resets your 5F point or chest count. Five 1F trips of 4 chests each = 20 opened; save again. Then fast-travel to 5F (a fixed floor with exactly 2 chests): opening the first is your 21st chest and triggers the flag, leaving exactly one chest with the 10% Reaper spawn. If it doesn't appear, reload and retry the 5F chest.
🏆 The Reaper Becomes the Reaped (40/49) — Defeat the Reaper
Endgame gear (completely optional, NG+-oriented): each Reaper kill drops one piece below. You only get weapons for the party members who took part in the fight, and the accessory drops only once every participating member has their endgame weapon and armor equipped. None of this gear carries over to NG+, so it's only worth farming now if you intend to fight the secret boss later this playthrough. The game is fully beatable without any of it.
Character
Gear
Stats & Effect
Yu
Blade of Totsuka (Weapon)
Attack 408, Accuracy 096 — Critical Rate up (high)
Yosuke
Malakh (Weapon)
Attack 398, Accuracy 098 — Evade Phys (high)
Chie
Moses Sandals (Weapon)
Attack 412, Accuracy 095 — Critical Rate up (high)
Hardcore Risette Fan: all 250 battle lines must be heard in one playthrough, and the next dungeon has special rules that make line-triggering awkward, so finish this today. The richest line categories are knocking down enemies, defeating enemies, and ailments — focus there, especially for Chie and Naoto (no multi-target elemental attacks), using multi-target attack items to help trigger them. Ailments are RNG-heavy but there are 77 across the party, so they'll close out any gaps.
🏆 Hardcore Risette Fan (42/49) — Hear all of Rise's battle lines
Get Rise to at least level 79 before leaving today — she'll learn Vigor Song, which is very useful in the next dungeon. The next big batch of optional fusions is best saved for the next dungeon (you'll want level 79+ and at least ¥750,000); there are no more Social Link bonus-EXP days, but doing them then still earns a stat bonus.
February 6 — Final Exams
February 7
February 8
February 9
February 10
Save here if you want to view the various date scenes.
February 11
February 12
February 13 — Hollow Forest (True Final Dungeon)
Register any Shuffle Time Personas before using them as fusion ingredients below. If you farmed the money (level 79+, at least ¥750,000), do this optional batch before the dungeon — there are no more Social Link bonus-EXP days, but you'll still get a stat bonus.
Recipe → Result
Skills to Pass On
Skills to Learn
Notes
Decarabia + Ose + Izanagi → Shiki-Ouji
Power Charge, Power Slash, Endure, Auto-Sukukaja
Null Physical (Lv 62)
Forget Growth 2 Replace Matarunda with Null Physical* *If Shiki-Ouji reaches that level
Replace Rakukaja with Ice Amp Forget High Counter Replace Sharp Student with Mabufudyne Replace Null Physical with Null Fire Replace Bufudyne with Niflheim* *If Loki reaches that level
Replace Mediarahan with Maziodyne Replace Samarecarm with Mind Charge Replace Spell Master with Elec Amp Forget Salvation* *If Kohryu reaches that level
Thor + Garuda → Hachiman
Auto-Mataru, Auto-Masuku, Enduring Soul, High Counter
Dekunda (Lv 74) Revolution (Lv 75)
Replace Matarukaja with Dekunda Replace Elec Break with Revolution
Surt + Hell Biker + Decarabia → Masakado
Auto-Mataru, Auto-Masuku, Enduring Soul, High Counter, Absorb Fire
Arms Master (Lv 74)
Forget Hama Boost Replace Mahamaon with Arms Master
Megidola (Lv 76) Mind Charge (Lv 77) Die for Me! (Lv 79)
Replace Endure Light with Megidola Replace Dekunda with Mind Charge Replace Mamudoon with Die for Me!* *If Alice reaches that level
That batch gives you fresh top-tier Personas for all four core elements plus a new physical (Yoshitsune) and darkness (Alice) one; you already have the best Light Persona. With no more bonus-EXP days, they're all a couple of levels short of their best skills — Yoshitsune in particular is one of the best in the game once it learns Hassou Tobi. Kohryu actually out-damages Thor on Electric thanks to easy Mind Charge/Elec Boost/Elec Amp access and a high Magic stat. Buying Growth cards from the Velvet Room (then swapping them out for the final recommended skill) speeds up skill learning if you have cash to spare.
Hollow Forest plays by unique rules: each active party member has their remaining SP halved after every battle; you can't use any gear or items you brought in (you're given gear at the start, and anything found inside can't leave); only Sacred Branches (found in chests) let you exit; shadows drop no money except Golden Hands, and money earned can't be taken out; and once you beat the main boss you can't return.
SP-drain strategy: counterintuitively, ignore it. The drain takes 50% of remaining SP, so the less you're holding, the less you lose — at 50 SP it only takes 25. Your starter accessory restores 10 SP/turn (later accessories up to 24), and if Rise has Vigor Song (10% max SP back per battle) while you keep SP low, you'll regain more than you lose. Don't waste turns topping SP up between fights; just use a 50-SP item mid-battle if you actually run dry. Only restore SP outside battle right before a mini-boss or the final boss.
The floors use names instead of numbers: Memories of Parting (1F), Memories of Pain (2F), Memories of Grief (3F), Memories of Sorrow (4F), Memories of Love (5F), Memories of Suffering (6F), Memories of Anger (7F), Memories of Loneliness (8F), Memories of Invitation (9F), Memories of Meeting (10F). Fights are triggered by removing the barriers around each map.
Gorgeous King is weak to Physical, resists Fire/Ice/Elec/Wind, and nulls Light/Dark. It constantly resummons mobs when you clear them, and otherwise inflicts a wide range of ailments, casts Tetrakarn/Makarakarn on its summons, drains SP, or chains Mind Charge into Megidolaon (guard against it). Most of your damage comes from All-Out Attacks, so knock down or defeat its summons to set those up — and since its Physical weakness still doesn't take much damage, use normal attacks just to get the knockdown and save HP. It has a lot of HP, so the fight runs long; a Phys break item may be another damage avenue.
Heaven's Giant resists Physical and Almighty and nulls all six elements (Fire, Ice, Elec, Wind, Light, Dark), so break items are essential — break its Fire affinity in particular so Yukiko can tear into it with a Mind Charge / Burning Petals combo. It has assorted physical and single-target elemental attacks, buffs itself with Power Charge and Heat Riser, debuffs with Debilitate, and inflicts ailments. Otherwise a simple fight: keep HP up, clear ailments, break its resistance, and hit hard with charged attacks.
Marie's Alienation Wall passive reflects all physical attacks (her base chart already resists Physical); she repels Light and Dark, and is Normal to Fire, Ice, Elec, Wind, and Almighty. She uses Mind Charge (guard the follow-up — it can KO), Megidolaon, and the unique Hot Lightning (heavy Almighty to the party, knocking down 2 random members). At 50% HP she casts Shield of Denial, repelling everything except physical — combined with Alienation Wall reflecting physical, you effectively can't damage her after that, so just guard and heal until the phase ends. Recommended party: Chie, Teddie, Yukiko.
Kusumi-no-Okami repels everything except Almighty unless you use the elemental break items you found in the dungeon. There's no Physical break, so Chie supports with Fire/Ice break items and keeps the party buffed with Dragon Hustle; Teddie heals; Yukiko attacks. Putting Surt on Yu with a Debilitate / Mind Charge / Ragnarok combo lets two members hammer the broken Fire resistance. She has multi-target physical, four-element, and Almighty attacks, drains party SP, and can inflict Dizzy or Silence on two members via Hot Lightning or Cry of Denial. Keep her debuffed, stay buffed, rotate Mind Charge attacks — and note you start this fight with half the SP you ended the Marie fight on, so Chie may need to throw an SP-restore item.
🏆 Welcome Back! (43/49) — Complete Hollow Forest
Save here — the Valentine's Day date scenes are coming up.
February 14 — Valentine's Day
February 15
From here, story events carry the end-of-month checklist forward. The month closes at trophy count 43/49.
MARCH
March 20 — The Ending
There's a very easy-to-miss choice today that decides whether you get the Good Ending or the True/Golden Ending. Save here so you can view both, or reload if you pick wrong.
Save again before the next step. The Nanako/Dojima cutscene can be tricky to trigger — the game may keep telling you to go speak to everyone even after you have. Just keep trying and it'll eventually fire.
This is the ending fork. After the Nanako/Dojima scene you'll be prompted: "You should return to your house to prepare for tomorrow…" — (A) Yes leads to the Good Ending; (B) No leads to the True/Golden Ending.
About the Good Ending branch (not followed here)
Choosing (A) "Yes" gives the Good Ending — there's nothing else to do, just watch the closing cutscenes and the game ends. This checklist follows the True/Golden Ending instead.
✦ Hunger → Rank 10.
🏆 Legend of Inaba (44/49) — Reach the True/Golden Ending route
Investigation-mode steps (source hides these — reveal if you want them)
Speak to Dojima at the Samegawa Flood Plain (Riverbank); enter the Velvet Room to obtain the Orb of Sight; speak to the Gas Station Attendant and keep asking questions until a cutscene triggers.
TV World — Yomotsu Hirasaka
Neo Minotaur has no elemental weakness — it's Normal to Physical and all four elements, and nulls Light and Dark. Keep it debuffed with Debilitate and hit it with your strongest combos (Mind Charge / attack, Power Charge / attack) while keeping HP up, as it has some strong physical attacks.
Same affinities as Neo Minotaur (Normal to Physical and all elements, nulls Light/Dark) and the same approach — but immediately remove Fear if anyone is inflicted, since it follows up with Ghastly Wail to instantly kill that party member.
Final Checks & NG+ Preparation
This is your very last chance for the Hardcore Risette Fan trophy. If you don't have it yet, finish hearing Rise's battle lines now — beating the final boss locks it until you start over in NG+.
If you still need Card Collector, this dungeon drops a lot of high-rank skill cards you're likely missing. Registered skill cards carry over to NG+, so you can keep working on it there if you prefer.
Sell every piece of gear and every item you won't use for the final boss. Gear and items don't carry to NG+, but money does — so selling everything gives you a strong financial head start (Daidara's unlocked stock and your Persona compendium also carry over, letting you buy powerful gear and Personas immediately in NG+). Keep a few emergency items: a Soma, a couple of Soul Foods for SP, and stat-boosters like Diamond Shield and Super Sonic. The guide recommends carrying at least ¥750,000 into NG+; don't grind money excessively here, as you'll earn plenty in NG+ anyway. Use the TV in the starter area to reach Daidara Metalworks.
Fuse Magatsu-Izanagi now — it's the Persona from reaching Hunger Rank 10, and if you don't make it here you can't until the very end of NG+. Register your Personas in the Velvet Room first: the Personas you're carrying don't transfer to NG+, only what's registered in the compendium.
Recipe → Result
Skills to Pass On
Skills to Learn
Notes
Alice + Loki + Surt → Magatsu-Izanagi
Maragidyne, Mabufudyne, Mind Charge, Spell Master, Enduring Soul
Magarudyne (Lv 78) Megidolaon (Lv 80)
Replace Ghastly Wail with Magarudyne Replace Atom Smasher with Megidolaon Forget Power Charge Forget Heat Riser* Forget Vorpal Blade* *If Magatsu-Izanagi reaches those levels
Magatsu-Izanagi makes a strong all-purpose magic Persona — paired with Yoshitsune for Physical and Trumpeter for Heat Riser/Debilitate, you have an answer for any situation with minimal swapping (though a single-element Persona still hits harder on its element).
Final Boss
Izanami (first form) resists Physical and repels Light and Dark; Fire, Ice, Elec, Wind, and Almighty are all Normal. It uses single- and multi-target attacks of the four main elements plus Almighty and Light (no Physical or Darkness), can strip buffs/debuffs, and buffs itself with Mind Charge — guard when you see it. Chie is along mainly for Dragon Hustle (Physical is resisted, but her chip damage still adds up); Teddie heals; Yukiko attacks with Mind Charge / Burning Petals; Yu runs Debilitate / Mind Charge / element of choice. Keep HP up and guard the Mind Charge follow-up. At 0% HP it becomes impervious — just wait out the scripted sequence to the cutscene. Recommended party: Teddie, Chie, Yukiko.
The second form is far more dangerous — it acts twice per turn and now adds Physical and Darkness attacks plus Fury of Yasogami, Kuro Ikazuchi, and Oho Ikazuchi. Affinities: resists Physical, drains Electric, repels Light and Dark; Fire, Ice, Wind, and Almighty are Normal (keep Kanji's Elec off it). Fury of Yasogami is heavy Almighty that can outright KO a member as a follow-up, so keep HP topped. It also debuffs your Defense and Hit/Evasion — counter with items or Chie's Dragon Hustle. Stay buffed, keep it Debilitated, and push Debilitate / Mind Charge / attack to end it quickly, as it has a lot of HP. At 0% HP it spams Thousand Curses, after which everything is scripted.
🏆 The Truth In Your Hands (45/49) — Defeat the final boss
Congratulations — that's the game! Sit back and enjoy the epilogue; if you completed Hollow Forest, you'll also get the Golden Ending epilogue.
Post-Game
🏆 A New Quiz King (46/49) — Win all three rounds of the Miracle Quiz
The final three trophies (47–49) are NG+ only: complete the Persona compendium, fuse the NG+-exclusive Persona, and defeat the secret superboss. Make a clear-game save so you can load into NG+ from the main menu.
APRIL (NG+)
April 11
April 12
You already have max Social Traits, so lecture and dialogue answers don't matter this run except where they earn Social Link points (the classmate questions, which are called out). Pick whatever you like otherwise.
April 13
April 14
April 15
April 16
✦ Magician Social Link established (Rank 1).
April 17
Any gear you unlocked at Daidara in your first playthrough is available to buy immediately in NG+ — buy the strongest you can afford to blow through the early dungeons. What's available depends on how much you farmed last run.
✦ Fool Social Link established (Rank 1).
Costumes you unlocked in your first playthrough are available from the start in NG+.
April 18
✦ Chariot Social Link established (Rank 1).
You can buy back endgame Personas right away. A strong physical Persona (Siegfried or Yoshitsune) carries NG+ well, since HP-based skills scale by percentage while high-level magic burns SP fast even with Spell Master — Yoshitsune with Hassou Tobi shreds anything that doesn't null/repel/absorb physical. Don't over-summon high-level Personas, though, as it drains money you'll want for the endgame compendium. Recommended loadout: 3 battle Personas (a physical attacker; Magatsu-Izanagi for multi-element spells + Megidolaon; a healer like Parvati) and the other 9 slots filled with the cheapest Personas for the Social Links you're working on.
✦ Aeon Social Link established (Rank 1).
April 19
Since you joined the football club in your first playthrough, you join the basketball club this run. This playthrough also focuses on the guys' evening hangouts and the alternate Strength and Sun Social Links.
✦ Strength Social Link established (Rank 1).
April 20
NG+ dungeons omit boss/enemy strategies, item-farming and money targets, fusion suggestions, and level recommendations — refer to the base-game sections if you need any of that. With your carried-over gear and Personas you can breeze through; just be strong enough to beat the boss and move on quickly, saving farming for the endgame where rewards are far higher.
Make sure you have a Peach Seed on you before leaving — it's needed for the Hermit Social Link later.
Personas to keep on hand for the upcoming Social Links: Strength, Chariot, Justice, Hierophant, Sun, Magician, Temperance, and Aeon.
April 21
April 22
April 23
April 24
Since you accepted all the day-off invites in your first playthrough, they're mostly ignored this time unless they give a rank-up or you need the Social Link points.
April 25
April 26
April 27
A dead day: because the first dungeon was moved up to reach the bento box, the only rainy-day Social Link available (Sun) can't be done today. The quickest way to pass time is to head home.
April 28
✦ Sun Social Link established (Rank 1).
April 29
April 30
✦ Fool → Rank 2.
MAY (NG+)
May 1
May 2
May 3
✦ Justice Social Link established (Rank 1).
May 4
The girls' evening hangouts are left in for NG+ given how many free evenings you have — feel free to skip them if you wish.
May 5
✦ Hermit Social Link established (Rank 1).
May 6
Outside this first reminder, the guide won't flag Marie's poems again — you've seen them and they aren't needed for anything, but enter the Velvet Room at least once a month if you'd like to see them.
✦ Hierophant Social Link established (Rank 1).
May 7
May 8
May 9 — Exams
Pick the correct exam answers — exam results have a multiplier effect on your school Social Links, so you always want the best result possible.
May 10
May 11
May 12
May 13
✦ Jester Social Link established (Rank 1).
May 14
May 15
May 16
May 17
✦ Priestess Social Link established (Rank 1).
May 18
✦ Fool → Rank 3.
May 19
✦ Empress Social Link established (Rank 1).
Empress batch-max: if you saved the right Personas with the right skills to your compendium in your first playthrough, you can knock out all 10 Empress ranks now — summon the Personas below, then leave and re-enter the Velvet Room. If you're missing a skill, you may be able to teach it with a skill card, otherwise re-fuse the Persona or wait for the card later. You don't need all 10 ranks now, but it must be done before finishing this playthrough.
Rank
Persona
Skill
Rank 2
Ippon-Datara
Sukukaja
Rank 3
Matador
Mahama
Rank 4
Gdon
Rampage
Rank 5
Neko Shogun
Bufula
Rank 6
Black Frost
Auto-Sukukaja
Rank 7
Yatagarasu
Megido
Rank 8
Yatsufusa
Mediarama
Rank 9
Ganesha
Tetrakarn
Rank 10
Trumpeter
Mind Charge
May 20
May 21
Speak to Ai in Classroom Building, 1F and ask her out (Moon Flag).
Fortunes can earn Social Link points when you don't have enough for a rank up. There are three: Small Blessing (50% chance, 3 CP), Mild Blessing (30% chance, 4 CP), Great Blessing (20% chance, 5 CP). It doesn't matter which you get — all give enough for a rank up the next time you spend time with Eri.
May 22
The Housewife (in Junes, or outside the Dojima Residence) currently sells two seeds: Tomato Seedling (recovers 20 SP for one ally; yield 3; ¥500; 5 days to mature) and Daikon Seedling (leave the dungeon; yield 2; ¥500; 5 days).
NG+ dungeon approach: just clear it, beat the boss, and make sure you have the right Social Link Personas on you for the next part of the game. Farming and fusions are saved for the endgame; refer to the base-game sections for enemy strategies or optional-quest farming.
Social Link Personas to have on you when you leave: Priestess, Jester, Magician, Chariot, Sun, Hierophant, Justice, Moon, Temperance, and Aeon.
May 23
May 24
May 25
✦ Moon Social Link established (Rank 1).
May 26
May 27
May 28
May 29
Tanaka's Amazing Commodities starts airing today and is mostly ignorable, but buy at least one item — you'll need a prize sticker for the Hermit Social Link. Today's offerings: Combo 1 — Adios Shoes (Chie weapon; Attack 110, Accuracy 082, Agility +3) + 2x Slimming Food, ¥5,980; Combo 2 — 1x Medical Kit + 4x Medicine, ¥2,980.
May 30
May 31
JUNE (NG+)
June 1
June 2
Buy a Super Croquette from Souzai Daigaku in Shopping District, North today — you'll need it for the Hermit Social Link.
The Housewife's seed rotation changes today: Wheat Seedling (opens a locked treasure chest; yield 2; ¥1,000; 6 days) and Cabbage Seedling (cures all ailments besides Down and Unconscious for one ally; yield 2; ¥1,800; 5 days).
Do Yukiko's evening hangout tonight — you need the Social Link points.
June 6
✦ Fool → Rank 4.
June 7
June 8
June 9
Now that you have the fishing rod and Butterfly Net, you can catch the various bugs needed for each fish. In NG+ the only weapons maybe worth getting are the +50% EXP ones, for faster leveling — though on modern hardware you can simply turn up the EXP earned instead. If you want them the old-fashioned way, here are the materials. Magatsu Xandrite drops from all Golden Hands; Ryugu Stones come from feeding bugs to Akihiko in the pub and from Tanaka's. You'll also need to catch a Red Goldfish, a Genji Ayu, and an Amber Seema to open the Lady in White's shop at the Shrine, which lets you trade fish for the required stones.
Character
Materials
Weapon (+50% EXP)
Yu
8x Magatsu Xandrite, 8x Ryugu Stone
Musashi Shinai — Attack 042, Accuracy 098
Yosuke
8x Magatsu Xandrite, 1x Mondo Stone (Guardian)
Happy Maracas — Attack 025, Accuracy 092
Chie
8x Magatsu Xandrite, 1x Kaiou Stone (Sea Guardian)
Spring Boots — Attack 050, Accuracy 070
Yukiko
8x Magatsu Xandrite, 1x Mondo Stone (Guardian)
Santa Fan — Attack 045, Accuracy 085
Kanji
8x Magatsu Xandrite, 1x Kaiou Stone (Sea Guardian)
Christmas Wreath — Attack 048, Accuracy 084
Teddie
8x Magatsu Xandrite, 1x Mondo Stone (Guardian)
Animal Paw — Attack 040, Accuracy 080
Naoto
8x Magatsu Xandrite, 1x Kaiou Stone (Sea Guardian)
Rubber Band Gun — Attack 035, Accuracy 095
Speak to Saki Konishi's Brother in Classroom Building, 1F and choose "I just wanted to talk" (requires Understanding Rank 3) (Hanged Man Flag).
✦ Emperor Social Link established (Rank 1).
June 10
June 11
June 12
Tanaka's Amazing Commodities (watchable in your room tonight): Combo 1 — 1x Fire Suppressor (Accessory, Dodge Fire) + 2x Herbal Pill, ¥4,980; Combo 2 — 1x Balm of Life + 4x Curse Paper, ¥2,980.
June 13
If you can't give the Dog the Super Croquette today, you've made a mistake somewhere — reload an earlier save from 06/09 and redo the steps.
June 14
June 15
You don't need the social trait points, so you only need to talk to two of the listed NPCs to make the Beautiful Lady appear, then speak to her to end the scene.
June 16
June 17
June 18
June 19
Tanaka's Amazing Commodities today: Combo 1 — 1x Power Belt (Accessory) + 2x Herbal Pill, ¥4,980; Combo 2 — 1x Huge Fish + 4x Ice Cube, ¥9,800.
June 20
June 21
June 22
June 23
June 24
✦ Star Social Link established (Rank 1).
NPCs to help Teddie find Rise (source hides these — reveal if you want them)
Talk to the Risette fan in the Practice Building, 2F; Rise's grandmother at Marukyu Tofu; and the Kind man in Samegawa Flood Plain.
During the Ai hangout, do NOT pick option (C) — it will reverse the Social Link. Any other option is fine.
June 25
The Housewife's seed rotation changes today: Wall Paprika (resist Fire/Ice/Electric/Wind skills for 3 turns; yield 1 of each; ¥2,300; 7 days) and Barrier Corn (lets one ally reflect one physical attack / one ally reflect one magical attack; yield 1 of each; ¥2,300; 8 days).
Have a Peach Seed on you before leaving today — you'll be using it soon in a quest.
Personas to have on you before leaving: Priestess, Jester, Chariot, Hierophant, Justice, Temperance, Hanged Man, Emperor, and Devil.
Do Yukiko's evening hangout tonight — you need the Social Link points.
July 4
Responses C and A here are needed to unlock an additional scene in the next rank up.
July 5
July 6
July 7
July 8
July 9
You likely collected all the dolls in your first playthrough; getting them again (and all the models) in this run is entirely optional. If you do want them, you have until 07/25 to get the Jack Frost doll. Also, each party member sometimes has unique dialogue for certain movies even if you've taken them before — invite party members on any Free Day to see it, and you can save just before and reload to rotate through them all.
Both Quest 18 and Quest 20 must be completed to make the cat appear outside the Dojima Residence so you can progress the Hermit Social Link. Make sure you have 1x Red Goldfish.
The Housewife adds a new seed today: Eggplant Seedling (survive instant-death skills; yield 1; ¥3,000; 9 days to mature).
If you want every doll and model in the same playthrough, you'll need to spend basically every free evening making models. There are 6 dolls from the crane machine, 6 model robots, and 6 scooters; the robots and scooters each take 3 time slots to complete (36 slots total). Use any free daytime slots at home for models too, so you finish before the game ends. Each time you complete a model, return to the model store in the evening for a new one.
July 25
July 26
Last day to get the Jack Frost doll (if you're collecting them this run).
✦ Star → Rank 3.
July 27
✦ Fool → Rank 7.
You can get Pyro Jack from today onwards; you have until 09/11 to obtain it.
July 28
This unlocks Inaba Jewel Beetles for the bug-catching minigame. Catch a few — you'll need to catch a Guardian for the Hermit Social Link. The best time to catch Inaba Jewel Beetles is during the evenings.
To unlock the secret boss, every optional boss (the one that appears at the top of each dungeon after it's cleared) must be defeated this playthrough. They can be done anytime, but all must be done before you complete the main story dungeon in December — otherwise you lose the secret boss, which gates the final trophies.
Personas to have on you: Tower, Priestess, Lovers, Hierophant, Aeon, Temperance, Emperor, Hanged Man, Devil, Magician, and Justice.
✦ Star → Rank 4. Social Link Skill: Recarm.
August 3
August 4
August 5
Make sure you have at least 1x Inaba Jewel Beetle — you'll be fishing for the Guardian tomorrow.
August 6
You can use the same trick as your first playthrough to catch a Guardian — if you don't get the glowing ripples, just reel in your line and try again.
Genji Beetles now appear in the bug-catching minigame — catch a couple, as you'll be fishing again in a couple of days. For the Death Social Link with Hisano, you don't need a matching Persona or the best responses; it ranks up regardless of what you pick.
August 8
August 9
August 10
If you don't have a Genji Beetle yet, save before the bug-catching minigame and reload until you get one.
The Housewife adds a new seed today: Melon Seedling (fully restores one ally's HP and SP; yield 1; ¥5,000; 10 days to mature). It's worth harvesting a few — the secret boss can be a lengthy fight, so a good supply of full-SP-restore items is useful.
August 15
The game now advances through a forced week with no daily input: you work at Junes from 08/16 through 08/18 (or, if you did poorly on exams, you study with Rise and Kanji instead). The schedule resumes on 08/19, when the work pays out ¥40,000 and you prepare for the Summer Festival.
August 19
Save your game tonight if you wish to view all the festival date scenes.
August 20
August 21
You'll get festival invites from the girls today. Decline the ones you don't want until you get the invite you're after (you can also go alone or stay home). You'll only get invites from Yukiko or Chie if you entered a relationship with them; Yumi is the only one you didn't have the chance to see in your first playthrough.
Today is your last chance to obtain the Pyro Jack Doll.
September 12
From today through 11/05 is the window to obtain the Neko Shogun Doll.
Bike ride plan for this playthrough: Rise (5 rides — All-Out Attack cheering bonus each time), Chie (5 rides — learns Bufudyne on Ride 5), Yukiko (5 rides — learns Mind Charge on Ride 5), Naoto (5 rides — Bufudyne on Ride 1, Myriad Arrows on Ride 4, Angelic Grace on Ride 5). The guys' bike skills are not worth the slots in NG+.
September 13
September 14
September 15
September 16
September 17
Before leaving the dungeon, make sure you have active personas for: Temperance, Sun, Moon, Hanged Man, Fortune, Emperor, Aeon, Hierophant, Lovers, Devil, and Tower.
Don't forget to defeat all optional bosses — they are required to unlock the secret boss.
September 18
September 19
🏆 #34 — Big Bro is Worried — Maxed the Justice Social Link.
September 20
September 21
September 22
September 23
September 24
September 25
September 26
September 27
September 28
September 29
September 30
OCTOBER (NG+)
October 1
October 2
October 3
October 4
October 5
October 6
October 7
October 8
October 9
October 10
October 11
October 12
October 13
October 14–15 — Midterm Exams
October 16
October 17–19 — Final Exams
October 20
October 21
October 22
October 23
🏆 #36 — Bond Maniac — Maxed the Hierophant Social Link.
October 24
October 25
October 26
October 27
October 28
October 29
October 30
October 31
NOVEMBER (NG+)
November 1
November 2
November 3
November 4
Today is your last chance to obtain the Neko Shogun Doll.
November 5
November 6
From today through 12/31 is the window to obtain the King Frost Doll.
November 7
November 8
November 9
November 10
On this day, do NOT pick option B for Ai's final response — it will reverse the Social Link.
November 11
Before leaving the dungeon, make sure you have active personas for: Sun, Moon, Temperance, Emperor, Aeon, Hanged Man, Fortune, Devil, Tower, and Lovers.
November 12
November 13
November 14
November 15
Choosing option (A) here sets the relationship flag required to romance Naoto later. If you don't pick it now, the additional scene at Rank 8 won't be available.
November 16
November 17
November 18
November 19
November 20
November 21
November 22
This quest rewards the Mokoi Doll if you are collecting all dolls and models.
The next response only appears if you chose both relationship flag responses (11/15 and this one). Relationship Route: (A) Because I love you / Platonic Route: (B) Because we're friends.
November 23
November 24
November 25
November 26
November 27
November 28–30 — Final Exams
DECEMBER (NG+)
December 1–2 — Final Exams (Continued)
December 3
The following evening sequence determines the true ending. All six responses must be chosen correctly — any wrong answer locks you out of the true ending.
December 4
December 5
🏆 #26 — A True Bond — Maxed the Star Social Link.
December 6
December 7
December 8
December 9
December 10
December 11
December 12
December 13
December 14
December 15
December 16
Platonic Route: do NOT pick option C for Ai's fourth response — it will reverse the Social Link.
December 17
December 18
December 19
December 20
December 21
December 22
Complete all optional bosses in previously cleared dungeons before entering Magatsu Inaba — they are required for the secret boss.
Make sure to pick up the Chakra Ring by the pillar at the top of the Heaven dungeon after defeating the optional boss there — it will be very useful for the secret boss.
Complete the Empress Social Link before finishing this dungeon if you haven't already.
December 23
December 24
December 25
December 26
Save here — this is the closest save point to the New Year's date invites.
December 31
JANUARY (NG+)
January 1
January 2
The Margaret responses below trigger the Golden Ending flag. Save before visiting the Velvet Room.
January 3
January 4
January 6
January 9
January 10
From today through 02/05 is the window to obtain the Black Frost Doll.
January 11
January 12
January 13
January 14
January 15
January 16
January 17
January 18
January 19
January 20
This evening hangout may not appear if you are not in a relationship with Yumi.
January 21
January 22
January 23
January 24
January 25
January 26
January 27
January 28
January 29
January 30
January 31
FEBRUARY (NG+)
February 1
This is the final bento box — you've now made every bento box in the game.
February 2
February 3
February 4
This is a full-day grind session. Before entering the TV World, make sure Yoshitsune is at least level 83 so it has learned Hassou Tobi.
Reaper method: Enter Yukiko's Castle and check the 1F map — you need exactly 4 chests. If only 3 appear, exit to the lobby to reset the floor. Open all 4 chests on 1F, then exit via the entrance (don't use stairs) — this preserves your 5F fast travel point. Repeat for 5 trips (20 chests total), then save. Return to 5F: opening the 1st chest triggers the Reaper flag; the 2nd chest has a 10% chance to spawn the Reaper. If it doesn't spawn, reload and retry. Each Reaper kill drops one piece of endgame gear.
Endgame gear: Yu → Blade of Totsuka (ATK 408, ACC 96, Crit Rate high). Yosuke → Malakh (ATK 398, ACC 98, Evade Phys high). Chie → Moses Sandals (ATK 412, ACC 95, Crit Rate high). Yukiko → Boundless Sea (ATK 395, ACC 98, Exhaust high). Kanji → Perun Plate (ATK 432, ACC 92, +25% Elec damage). Teddie → Seireiga (ATK 406, ACC 94, Reduce spell damage 30%). Naoto → Black Hole (ATK 406, ACC 96, All ailments high). Everyone → Godly Robe (DEF 375, EVA 15, All stats +10). Final accessory (once all equipped gear is in place) → Omnipotent Orb (Null all except Almighty).
Izanagi-no-Okami fusion chain (register all personas before starting — you'll need all 12 slots clear for the final fusion):
Seiryu + Clotho + Pixie → Lachesis. Pass on: Magarula, Wind Boost, Auto-Mataru, Endure. Learns: Absorb Wind (lv55). Replace Masukukaja with Absorb Wind. Forget Red Wall.
Clotho + Lachesis + Atropos → Norn. Pass on: Auto-Mataru, Spell Master, Enduring Soul, Mind Charge, Wind Amp. Learns: Auto-Masuku (lv74). Replace Diarahan with Auto-Masuku. Forget Invigorate 3. Forget Insta-Heal.
Lachesis + Siegfried → Kartikeya. Pass on: Auto-Masuku, Power Charge, Enduring Soul, God's Hand. Learns: Growth 2 (lv70), Primal Force (lv75, if it reaches that level). Replace Maziondyne with Growth 2. Replace Growth 2 with Primal Force if applicable.
Norn + Clotho → Anata. Pass on: Auto-Mataru, Auto-Masuku, Spell Master, Enduring Soul. Forget Green Wall. Forget Invigorate 3.
Anata + Daisoujou → Tzitzimitl. Pass on: Auto-Mataru, Auto-Masuku, Spell Master, Enduring Soul. Learns: Dekaja (lv72), Maziodyne (lv76, if applicable). Replace Silence Boost with Dekaja. Forget Regenerate 3. Replace Mustard Bomb with Maziodyne if applicable.
Ose + Izanagi → Obariyon. Pass on: Auto-Tarukaja, Auto-Sukukaja, Power Charge, Rakunda. Learns: Silence Boost (lv15). Replace Sonic Punch with Silence Boost. Forget Resist Physical. Forget Single Shot.
Ose + Obariyon → Legion. Pass on: Auto-Tarukaja, Auto-Sukukaja, Power Charge, Rakunda. Learns: Panic Boost (lv24), Foul Breath (lv25), Survive Light (lv26). Replace Mudo with Panic Boost. Replace Auto-Sukukaja with Foul Breath. Replace Auto-Tarukaja with Survive Light.
Izanagi + Sandman + Nata Taishi + Girimehkala + Norn + Oukuninushi + Orthus + Kartikeya + Mithra + Tzitzimitl + Cu Chulainn + Legion → Izanagi-no-Okami. Skills: your choice. Optional skill levels: Agidyne (lv92), Bufudyne (lv93), Ziodyne (lv94), Garudyne (lv95), Fire Amp (lv96), Ice Amp (lv97), Elec Amp (lv98), Wind Amp (lv99).
🏆 #47 — The Power of Truth — Fused Izanagi-no-Okami.
Today is the last day to obtain the Black Frost Doll.
February 6–9 — Final Exams
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Hollow Forest is a unique dungeon with special rules — read the note below before entering.
Hollow Forest rules: Every active party member has their remaining SP halved after each battle. You cannot use gear or items from outside the dungeon. You are given starting gear and find additional gear inside. You can only leave via Sacred Branches (found in chests). Shadows don't drop money (except Golden Hands), and money earned inside cannot be taken out. Once the main boss is defeated, you cannot return.
SP strategy: Counterintuitively, ignore the SP drain entirely. The drain takes 50% of your remaining SP, so keeping SP low means losing less. If Rise has Vigor Song (restores 10% Max SP after battle) and you keep SP low, she restores more than you lose. Use SP-restoring items only just before mini-bosses or the main boss. Trying to restore SP constantly makes the drain worse.
Floor order: Memories of Parting (1F) → Memories of Pain (2F) → Memories of Grief (3F) → Memories of Sorrow (4F) → Memories of Love (5F) → Memories of Suffering (6F) → Memories of Anger (7F) → Memories of Loneliness (8F) → Memories of Invitation (9F) → Memories of Meeting (10F).
Mini-boss 1 on 4F — Gorgeous King (Lv77): Weak to Phys. Resistant to Fire, Ice, Elec, Wind. Null Light and Dark. Focus on All-Out Attacks for damage. Uses Mind Charge → Megidolaon — guard when you see Mind Charge.
Mini-boss 2 on 7F — Heaven's Giant (Lv77): Resistant to Phys and Almighty. Null Fire, Ice, Elec, Wind, Light, Dark. Use break items to remove resistances. Recommended: break Fire resistance for Yukiko's Mind Charge / Burning Petals combo. Keep HP up and hit hard with charged attacks.
Main boss on 10F — Marie (Lv77): Resistant to Phys. Normal Ice, Elec, Wind, Light. Repel Dark. Passive: Alienation Wall (reflects all Phys). Uses Mind Charge, Megidolaon, and Hot Lightning (heavy Almighty, knocks down 2 random members). Guard when you see Mind Charge. At 50% HP, uses Shield of Denial (repels all non-Phys) — combined with Alienation Wall, you cannot deal damage. Just guard and heal until the fight ends. Recommended: Chie, Teddie, Yukiko.
Final boss — Kusumi-no-Okami (Lv77): Repels all elements except Almighty unless broken with dungeon items. No Phys break item exists — have Chie throw Fire and Ice Break items and keep party buffed with Dragon Hustle. Teddie heals, Yukiko attacks. Recommended Yu persona: Surt with Debilitate → Mind Charge → Ragnarok. Uses multi-target Phys, elemental, and Almighty attacks; can drain SP and inflict Dizzy or Silence with Hot Lightning / Cry of Denial.
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MARCH (NG+)
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Save before starting the NPC tour — it is easy to miss the secret boss trigger.
After visiting everyone, triggering the Nanako and Dojima cutscene at the Dojima Residence can be finicky — the game may keep prompting you to speak to everyone even after you have. Keep trying and the cutscene will eventually trigger. Save again before attempting this.
Immediately re-enter the Velvet Room after receiving the Orb of Sight. Margaret will be there alone and will give you the Aqua Invitation — this is required to trigger the secret boss. Do not leave the area first.
Secret Boss Preparation
Persona setup: Yoshitsune with Power Charge and Hassou Tobi is your primary damage dealer. Trumpeter with Heat Riser and Debilitate handles buffs and debuffs. Bring a healer persona. For Auto-skills: Yoshitsune already has Auto-Mataru and Auto-Masuku — to add Auto-Maraku, fuse any persona that has both Auto-Mataru and Auto-Masuku with one that has Auto-Maraku. The resulting persona doesn't matter since you'll swap off it on turn 1.
TV World: Yomotsu Hirasaka → Heaven 10F
Margaret (Lv??): Resistances to Fire, Ice, Elec, Wind, and Light change based on her currently equipped persona — never attack with the element she just used. Null Dark. Normal Almighty. She gets two actions per turn and cycles through multiple personas with a wide range of attacks including physical, elemental, Almighty, Mind Charge, and Power Charge. At roughly two-thirds HP lost she will fully heal herself once — that is the only time she heals. There is a 50-turn time limit; if the timer expires she uses a Megidolaon that will wipe the party unless you have Enduring Soul.
Strategy: Keep the party buffed with Dragon Hustle / Heat Riser, maintain Power Charge / Mind Charge / Revolution on Yu, and keep Margaret debuffed with Debilitate. Watch for her Power Charge — if she uses it, guard or hope for a dodge, as Hassou Tobi follow-up can be devastating. Yukiko can deal strong damage with Mind Charge / Burning Petals, but guard or heal with her if Margaret just used a fire attack. Recommended party: Yu, Kanji, Chie, Yukiko.
🏆 #49 — One Who Has Proven Their Power — Defeated the secret boss. All 49 trophies unlocked — guide complete!