[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI: PERSONA 3 W A L K T H R O U G H AUTHOR: PAUL MICHAEL (VHAYSTE®) CONTACT: vhayste@gmail.com V 1.0 -------------- Finished the text faq. V 2.0 1:17 PM 10/4/2007 ----------- Added reader tips ----------- Made some minor corrections v 3.0 8:46 AM 2/13/2008 ----------- Corrected 2nd semester answers ----------- Included additional reader tips Disclaimer: Reader tips that are featured in this guide are not edited. They don't represent my opinion as the author and their tips are entirely what they used during gameplay. The author reserves the right to choose which tip or hint to include in this guide because I dont have quite the luxury of time to update my faq often. I. COPYRIGHT II . AUTHOR's NOTE III. INTRODUCTION IV. QUICK START GUIDE (BASICS) ----------------------- QSG100 A. DAYS & TIME ----------------------------------- QSG101 B. THE WORLD ------------------------------------- QSG102 C. THE VELVET ROOM ------------------------------- QSG103 D. PERSONAS -------------------------------------- QSG104 V. QUICK START GUIDE (COMBAT) ----------------------- QSG200 A. BATTLE SYSTEM --------------------------------- QSG201 B. ENTERING BATTLES ------------------------------ QSG202 C. SEES - YOUR TEAM ------------------------------ QSG203 D. EXPLOITING THE ENEMY'S WEAKNESS --------------- QSG204 E. PARTY CONDITIONS AND STATUS EFFECTS ----------- QSG205 F. ENEMY TYPES ----------------------------------- QSG206 G. REWARDS AND BATTLE SPOILS --------------------- QSG207 VI. WALKTHROUGH --------------------------------------- WLK001 VII. POST GAME NOTES ---------------------------------- PST001 VIII. CHARACTERS -------------------------------------- CHA001 IX. THE PLACES ---------------------------------------- PLC001 X SOCIAL LINKS ---------------------------------------- SLK000 A. QUICK Q&A ------------------------------------- SLK001 B. MORE SOCIAL LINK + ATTRIBUTES NOTES/FAQS ------ SLK002 C. CONTACTS SCHEDULES ---------------------------- SLK003 D. MANAGING YOUR TIME ---------------------------- SLK004 E. ESTABLISHING SOCIAL LINKS --------------------- SLK005 XI. ELIZABETH's REQUEST ------------------------------- ELR000 XII. CREDITS ------------------------------------------ CRD000 A. CLOSING NOTES --------------------------------- CRD001 ----------------- |C O P Y R I G H T| ----------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | This document is copyrighted to me, Vhayste®. It is intended for | | ~PRIVATE~ use only. It cannot be used in ANY form of printed or | | electronic media involved in a commercial business, in part or in | | whole, in any way, shape, or form. It cannot be used for profitable | | or promotional purposes, regardless of the situation. 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Thank you for grabbing this faq and enjoy.| | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Illustrated guide with Pics and Help Tips along way! ++++++++++++++++ INTRODUCTION ++++++++++++++++ Upon his arrival to his hometown, the unnamed teenager has encountered several strange phenomena. Everything around stopped and coffins are scattered haphazardly along the way. What is more dumbfounding is when he was greeted by a mysterious boy inside the dormitory that he will be staying. During his stay, the dorm was assaulted by a group of dark creatures called Shadows. He survived the ordeal when his Persona was awakened– a summoned being that is the manifestation of the mind of the user. He also discovers that he is not the only one that has that special ability. He joins a specialized squad of Persona-users and will need to balance school life and combating the evil threat that appears only during the hidden time called the Dark Hour… ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ QUICK START GUIDE (BASICS) QSG100 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ Alright for the basics. At first, Persona 3 may not look like your conventional RPG since aside from the normal dungeon exploring, you also need to increase your relationship with other characters as well as your own attributes. Your choices to most of the questions asked to you will also impact your growth, but not necessarily the progress in the story. The game also features very good anime cutscenes and funky J-Pop music as your background, giving you more backdrop about the environment of the game. |>>>>..........................DAYS & TIME.......................<<<<| [QSG101] Each day in your ‘life’ is divided into several parts, from early morning as you go to school to hours after classes. Most of the time, you can’t freely control the flow of time since the game automatically goes through it. There are certain points in a day however; that you can roam around the location you’re in or through the world map. It is still limited though. In each day during midnight, the Dark Hour occurs. It’s like the 25th hour in the day. It is hidden, and there are only a few select people that can roam freely and experience it – like your character and the members of SEES. It is also when the evil creatures of the night, known as Shadows roam the landscape. Try to maximize it to increase some of your attributes. For example, if you have lectures in school, answer them correctly and you will gain +Charm. Then, you can visit the Shrine, make some offerings (for a chance to increase your Academics) then go out with a friend after school. During evening, if you won’t visit Tartarus, go to the mall. In the early part of the game, there are only two places there that you can either increase your courage (Karaoke Bar) or your Charm (Café). At night, if your condition is good, study before sleeping to increase you academics. |>>>>..........................THE WORLD.........................<<<<| [QSG102] In the world map, you can only select the places where you want to go. These are actually select areas which you can visit, depending on the time of the day. For example, at evening, the only establishment open is the Mall. GEKKOUKAN HIGH SCHOOL ---------------------- This is your school. It is open MON-SAT except during Sundays and Holidays. DORM ------------------ This is your "home". All other SEES members stay here. This is where you stay and the headquarters of SEES. Your allies have their own rooms here. You can save your game by writing in the logbook found in the front desk. Here, you will prepare for new missions, talk to your teammates. In your room, you can study (to increase Academics attribute) before sleeping or just sleep earlier. Note that when exploring the Tartarus during the dark hour, your body gets tired. Sleeping early will immediately recover your body while studying before sleeping can cause sickness or fatigue if do it often. NAGASAKI SHRINE ----------------- This is where you can offer some money that will occasionally increase your Academics. There is also a stand there where you can have your fortune checked. Depending on your luck, your condition could improve or worsen and you could also either gain or lose money. PAULOWNIA MALL ----------------- This is the only mall in the area and contains a lot of shops. In the back door lies an alternate path to the Velvet Room, other than the door in Tartus. There are several establishments here where you can visit and spend your time after school. The shops/establishments you can visit here are as follows: POLICE STATION: This is where you purchase your weapons and equipment ACCESORY SHOP: This is where you purchase your accesorries. ANTIQUE SHOP: Shop where you can exchange gems for cards and rare items MANDRAGORA: Karaoke Bar, 800 Yen; Increases Courage. CHAGALL CAFE: Coffee shop, 500 Yen; Increases Charm CLUB ESCAPADE: Nothing special in the first parts of the game. This is where the strange Monk hangs out if you want to establish a new social link with him. PORT ISLAND STATION ------------------- This is the station nearest to your school. There is a movie theater here and a flower shop too. In the back alleys lie a gambling house and a shadowy bar. Some request items can be acquired there as well. MOVIE THEATER: 1500Y, Attribute increase depends on what movie marathon is showing. FLOWER SHOP: This is where you can buy flowers that can be used as gifts when dating your girlfriends. IWATODAI STATION ------------------- This area has a lot of restaurants and fastfoods where you can spend the rest of your afternoon to increase your attributes. This is also where the Old Couple and Rival Athlete Social Links can be found. Octopia – Takoyaki food stand. You need to buy at least one Takoyaki here that will be needed to establish a social link with the Girl at the Shrine (Hanged Man arcana) Wild-Duck Burger – Eat the specialty here for 500 yen to increase your courage Waketsu Rest – Eat the Prodigy Platter for 680y to increase your academics Hagakure Ramen – Eat the Tuna here for 900Y to increase your charm. |>>>>.......................THE VELVET ROOM ......................<<<<| [QSG103] In the early parts of the game, the Velvet Room may seem like an ordinary, out-of this-world place that only you can enter. But later, you will learn that this is the place where you can fuse your Personas. There are only two ways to access the Velvet room in the game. First is through the door in the ground floor of Tartarus. The second one is in the back alley of Paulownia Mall (Under Mandragora Karaoke) FUSION OVERVIEW ------------------- You will need to revisit this place as you play to gain access to more powerful allies. By default you can just fuse 2 or 3 personas. Later in the game, you will have the ability to fuse 4 or more personas. Most Personas can only be acquired using this method. Fused Personas will be gone forever so remember to register new personas so that you can get them later. ELIZABETH's REQUEST ------------------- Later in the game, Elizabeth (Igor’s assistant inside the Velvet Room) will call you. This will trigger the event where you can now accept sidequests from her. There will be rewards for doing this so make good use of it. You can cancel any request at any time but there is a corresponding fee. Some requests have due dates or technically, deadlines. You’ll need to complete these quests before the due date ends. If not, you will fail the request and won’t get any rewards from it. Another bad thing about failing a request is that new requests won't be unlocked. For those that don’t have any due dates, you can complete it whenever you like. But try not to take too long or the reward may be useless to you or you won’t be able to unlock new requests. The requests has varying dificulties. The harder the request, the better the rewards. COMPENDIUM OVERVIEW ------------------- The Compendium is your persona database. This is where you register new personas so that you can recover/ withdraw them in case you'll fuse them. Note that WHEN REGISTERING, THE "OLD VERSION" of the persona in the compendium will be OVERWRITTEN with the current one you are registering. So be careful not to overwrite an already powerful version of a persona with a default, low level one. The compendium will also allow you to track how many personas have you unlocked already. It can be sorted by Arcana or by level, whatever works for you. |>>>>....................... P E R S O N A S ......................<<<<| [QSG104] OVERVIEW ------------------- These are your means of battling Shadows. Without them, you’re dead meat. You will have Orpheus as your starting Persona. As you explore dungeons, you will have the chance to acquire more personas (rewarded as Cards after a victorious battle though you need to select the correct one after it is shuffled), and even have the chance to fuse them into one, more powerful being. If you choose the Persona card of the Persona you already have, the card will disappear. Note that they have their own Arcanas, or basically groups or family where they belong to. This defines the type of the persona. Of course, each has their own strength and weaknesses. Leveling up a Persona will also add bonuses to your stat – which is very important. But leveling them up can be very daunting with the small experience the enemies give and the very limited time you have to explore. In battle, you can use the abilities of the Personas you have with you. They have their attributes, strengths and weaknesses. Keeping different types of Personas during battles will allow you to use multiple abilities. There are also special skills known as ‘Fusion Spells’. These are combined powers of your equipped Persona with another one in your inventory. Note that Social Links provide a great role in the growth of Personas so make sure you take that seriously. FUSING PERSONAS ------------------- As you collect personas, if will be very helpful to fuse them to create more powerful ones. You just need to experiment with the combinations. The resulting persona will be displayed, including the stats and the bonus exp. Bonus experience is awarded when you are fusing Personas whose Arcanas are unlocked and leveled up already. As mentioned in the ‘Social Link’ section above, the higher the level of your SL, the higher ranked Persona will be created. This applies only to the resulting Persona. So it is possible for it to level up a few times past its default level as indicated in the fusion table. This is actually good since as your Persona levels up, your stats increase. The ‘Commu Link’ indicates your SLink level. So, if your Commu Link is higher, it is possible to get a higher level Persona after the fusion. And, you still get the Stat bonuses PER LEVEL increase. It is still possible to fuse Personas whose Arcanas hasn’t been unlocked yet; however, there will be no experience bonuses. The highlighted ability is the carried over ability from the ‘parent’ personas. Also note that some skills won’t be carried over due to the Affinity of the Personas. Example, a light persona can’t learn dark spells. Or a Physical-type Persona can’t learn magical attacks. Defined skills of the resulting persona are NOT DEFINITE. You can change it by cancelling the combination screen and selecting the fusion Personas -basically repeating the process until you get your preferred set of skills before fusing completely. The equipped Persona’s affinity defines your character’s elemental strengths and weaknesses. The skills you can use in battle depend on the equipped Persona as well. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ QUICK START GUIDE 2 (COMBAT) QSG200 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ In this section, I will cover the basics of combat. Knowing how the battle system of the game will give you the edge against enemies and come up with effective solutions in any situation you encounter in battle. |>>>>....................... BATTLE SYSTEM .......................<<<<| [QSG201] You can only enter battles during the Dark Hour and most of them, within the Tartarus. Boss battles may occur outside the Tartarus as well. The battle system is TURN-BASED and you allies act on their own. BASIC BATTLE COMMANDS ------------------- ATTACK : Attack with equipped weapon. THe main character can equip ANY weapon, except for the Gun and Dagger. SPECIAL: Use the abilities of your equipped Persona. If the equipped persona has a "partner" to produce a fusion spell, you can activate it in this menu as well. TACTICS: Tactics is where you can issue commands to the whole team or to specific members. If you are caught by the enemy alone, this is where you can ask for backup as well. PERSONA: This menu will allow you interchange between your Personas. Changing Personas doesnt take a turn yet it can only be done once per turn. View the Personas' status by pressing the SQUARE button. WAIT : You will skip your turn, doing nothing. RUSH : Activate it by pressing the TRIANGLE button anytime. This will force your characters to attack one target at a time physically. Avoid using this if you are facing enemies that has physical immunity or resistance. |>>>>....................... ENTERING BATTLES ....................<<<<| [QSG202] Your enemies in this game are Shadows. They are located inside the Tartarus - this is your school during the Dark Hour. It is a labyrinth itself. Its layout inside changes everyday, so it is impossible to map it. You will need to explore each floors you have already visited before as if it is a new area. Shadows will be shown as orange dots in your radar. If you have visual on them, you can sneak behind and hit them with your blade. This may give you the Initiative in the battle or the game calls, PLAYER ADVANTAGE. Your party will get one full turn. The opposite thing can happen to you if the Shadow rushes and hits you first. Avoid entering a battle with an ENEMY ADVANTAGE since it always means trouble. Note also that shadows can’t always chase you around; they have a very limited range. This means you can lure a Shadow, and run away from it until it stops. Or you can find an elevated place, like staircases and they will just turn around, open for a sneak attack. Now you will have a sure, clean shot (Keep your distance though). |>>>>....................... SEES - YOUR TEAM ....................<<<<| [QSG203] Your exploring party can have up to 4 members, including you. You can’t access their status and equipment menu unless you talk to them personally. You can’t directly control your teammates since they are AI-controlled. However, you can issue specific commands to them like providing healing/support or targeting and attacking a specific enemy. If you have a teammate that has healing abilities, make good use of them. For your starting party, Yukari is the healer. Talk to her to heal the entire party. You can issue commands to your whole party like splitting up and individually exploring the area. But if their levels are low, they can easily fall victim from enemy shadows. |>>>>.................EXPLOITING THE ENEMY'S WEAKNESS.............<<<<| [QSG204] Knowing the enemy's weaknesss is really advantageous in every battle. Just by knowing it, you ensure the survival of your team against stronger foes. Check out the strengths and weaknesses of your allies as well in their status menu. Your party composition will later be useful against bosses with elemental attacks. To know the enemy's weakness, you need to ANALYZE the enemy first. This can be done during a battle only and can be accessed from the battle menu. Just press L1 to open the command. Select the enemy you want to be analyzed. It will take one full turn to fully analyze the enemy. Note that if the target enemy is destroyed before the analysis completes, the analysis will fail. Some enemies can be weak to ELEMENTAL attacks and PHYSICAL attacks. TYPES OF (PHYSICAL) ATTACKS ------------------- SLASH : This damage is inflicted by heavy swords, one-handed swords and daggers. PIERCING: Damage inflicted by bows, guns and spears STRIKE: Damage dealt by Gloves and Axes TYPES OF (ELEMENTAL) ATTACKS ------------------- AGI, MARAGI, AGILAO - Fire attacks BUFU, MABUFU, MABUFULA - Ice Attacks ZIO, MAZIONGA, ZIONGA - Electric attacks GARU, MAGARU, MAGARULA - Wind Attacks MUDO,MAMUDO, MAMUDOON - Darkness attacks HAMA,HAMAON, MAHAMAON - Light attacks ALL-OUT ATTACKS ------------------- If you attack the enemy using a skill it is weak against, it will be "downed". While "down", the enemy cannot move and will be vulnerable to attacks. You will also get another action. In any instance that you "down" all enemies, your party will be able to perform an ALL-OUT attack. This requires at least 2 party members to perform. It will be stronger though, if you have a full party involved. This attack damages all enemies and ignores any resistances. Basically, this is the best way to end the battle as quick as possible. |>>>>..............PARTY CONDITIONS AND STATUS EFFECTS...........<<<<| [QSG205] CONDITIONS ------------------- During battles, there will be always a chance that you will be inflicted with status ailments. Also consider you party's physical conditions before bringing them to battle. :D - GREAT! = The character is on top physical condition. His/her evasion and critical hit rates is increased significantly. :) - GOOD = Character is feeling good and normal. :( - TIRED = The character's offensive and defensive capabilities are decreased. He/She may also have difficulties standing up once knocked down X( - SICK = All stats have decreased significantly. Not to mention that the character is vulnerable to all status ailments. Normally if the main character gets tired or sick, relieving in the restroom or sleeping early will always recover his strength. For party members, they normally take two nights before getting fully cured. STATUS AILMENTS ------------------- CHARMED - Indicates the target is charmed. A charmed target will attack its own allies and will assist the enemy. DISTRESS - Target has lowered defense and will not be able to evade attacks. The chances of making critical hits on the target is increased significantly. PANIC - A panicked character won't be able to summon his/her Persona while a panicked enemy can't use skills against you. Chances of inflicting critical hits on the panicked target is also increased. FEAR - The target has higher chances of getting stunned and its/his her attacks will miss often. Chances of receiving critical hits are also increased significantly. RAGE - Target will go berserk and will continuously use physical attacks. Though his/her/its physical attack rating will increase, defense will decrease significantly. FREEZE - Target won't be able to move and evade attacks. This ailment lasts only for a day. SHOCK - The target is paralyzed from electric attacks. The target cant evade attacks and is prone from critical attacks POISON - A poisoned target will lose a certain amount of HP gradually even when taking turns in battle or just walking around. The effect doesn't go away with time to use an antidote as quickly as possible. |>>>>.......................ENEMY TYPES .........................<<<<| [QSG206] We will classify the types of shadows in this section. This is for better understanding how to deal with them when you face them. COMMON shadows are those normal shadows that you encounter and fight. They come in all shapes and sizes. Normally, a larger shadow means it has several inside it and the smallest ones normally contain one shadow only. Take note of that. STRONG shadows are those glowing with a red/pink aura. These are stronger than normal shadows but pack a lot more experience. RARE shadows are those -hand types. They are pretty rare since they only appear occasionally and they will escape once they spot you. These enemies have a very low HP but has high MAGIC resistance and evasion rates. Fortunately, they are weak to physical attacks. BOSS shadows are self-explanatory. Normally, they are guardians for a set number of floors or the entire block itself. Normally, they are just those stronger shadows located in the upper floors. THE REAPER is a special shadow that will appear only if you have stayed in a floor for too long. It is really impossible to beat at earlier levels, and even at LV99, this boss can still be a pain in the ass. Don't bother fighting this creep until the last parts of the game. |>>>>................ REWARDS AND BATTLE SPOILS ..................<<<<| [QSG207] Occasionally after battle, there will be reward cards that will be shuffled before your eyes. There are different rewards, ranging from additional cash, items, bonus experience, HP recovery and best of all, a new Persona. If you choose a Persona card and you already have that persona in your list, the card will disappear. So if you already have that persona, choose another card instead. Also, you will have the chance to "Double UP" your spoils by going through another shuffle. In any instance that you select a shattered glass card, you will gain nothing. If you are lucky, you can get up to 3 consecutive Double Ups, (preferably a Wand card) and you will get x4 of your normal earnings. NOTE: For the shuffle that brings the cards up and down, take note of the order how the cards are pulled up. They will be brought down according to that order. Just remember the principle, "First in, first out". Once you got hold of that pattern, it will be very easy for you to choose your preferred cards. |>>>>................. E N D O F B A S I C S ...................<<<<| PROLOGUE: Time never waits. It delivers all equally to the same end. You, who wish to safeguard the future, However limited it may be… You will be given one year; Go forth without Falter With your heart as your guide… ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ WALKTHROUGH WLK001 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ NOTE: The game will progress based on your decisions and your actions. Hence, what you’ll experience in your gameplay may be a bit different from what is included in this guide. To make it more easier, entries per day will be in journal-like format, divided to separate parts of the day. I will log here the events and stuff I did in my playthrough. Blank entries/ unmentioned the parts of the day are those skipped automatically. You will not be prompted to save so I suggest you do so whenever you have the chance. Just examine the logbook in the front desk of the dorm or the clock in the entrance of Tartarus. Also, to prevent too much clutter in the main walkthrough, please refer to ELIZABETH's REQUEST section, later in the guide for references and tips about those sidequests. LEGEND: EM - Early Morning AM - Morning LT - Lunchtime AN - Afternoon AS - After School PM - Evening LN - Late Night DH - Dark hour DT - Daytime + + + PRELUDE + + + Watch the very good anime cutscene at the start of the game. You will then find yourself inside the dorm. Just follow the normal course of the story. Meet your new friends and the next thing that you’ll know is that it is morning already. -------. ------- | 4/7 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM – Just the normal early morning chatter AM - Needed to find the faculty room. Explored the area a bit, buy some items as well. Talked to some students in school; Day started after talking to the class adviser AS - Met a new friend. Discovered also that Yukari is a classmate. Guys were just intrigued with the main character hanging around with one of the most popular girls in school, including Junpei the new guy. PM – Akihiko went outside for some ‘training’. LN - Scene DH - Another scene. Just watch through it. -------. ------- | 4/8 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM – Conversation AN - During the lecture, answered correctly (2nd choice) and Charm has increased PM - The school chairman has dropped by the dorm. After some conversation, sleep early. LN - Seems like that this is not an ordinary dorm. Character is being monitored in a highly sophisticated control room DH - Transported to a strange room with a creepy old man and a weird lady. After some introductions, character received Velvet Key. Igor reminded to drop by again. More scenes with Shuji, Mitsuru and Yukari. Day ends… -------. ------- | 4/9 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM – Met Junpei along the way. Had a short conversation beforethe first bell rang. AM - During the morning lecture, felt sleepy. Needed to choose to either stay awake or doze off. Staying awake will increase Academics while dozing off will let you rest and improve overall condition. PM - After arriving, save and go back to your room. DH - Akihiko is chased by something. By the looks of it, it seems that he can’t handle it on his own. You will receive a Short Sword during this sequence. Due to the circumstances, you have no choice but to go upstairs. A few scenes later, you will find yourself and Yukari trapped in the top floor. After being cornered, your ability awakens. You will be thrown into a battle. After that, you will receive your very first Persona in the process, Orpheus. You will also be transported back into the Velvet Room. Here, you will learn more about Social Links. -------. ------ | 4/17 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AN - You will find yourself in the hospital. It has already been several days since the incident and you are just sleeping. In any case, just read through the conversation with Yukari and the game will proceed automatically. -------. ------ | 4/18 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari AM - Morning class’ lecture. Choose 1st answer. Get + Charm. PM - You will join the meeting and will be given the choice to join the team. You will gain the power of the Fool Arcana. DH - Conversation with the weird kid. -------. ------ | 4/19 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- PM - No school. When night comes, an unexpected visitor arrives. He will be staying in the dorm as well. Coincidentally, he too has awakened his own Persona. Other than that, everything is uneventful. -------. ------ | 4/20 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - The usual morning gossip. LN - Mitsuru will visit your class. Short conversation. PM - Evening comes and the meeting starts. After Junpei’s confirmation of joining, you will learn more about what they plan to do. LN - Scene. DH - You will visit the Tartarus for the first time. Read through the scenes. Save using the clock found in the entrance. The door there leads back to the Velvet Room. You may visit it for additional information. Tartarus -------------------- Now, you will have the chance to explore the Tartarus. It is a labyrinth itself and it changes its layout everyday, so creating a map for it will practically be useless. For this day, you will only need to explore the whole 2F. Enemies respawn in the area so be careful. Your objective for this mission is to explore the area and find the transporter in the floor. Save by the wall clock located just past the Velvet Room’s entrance. Follow through the battle tutorials and get a hold of a party battle. Remember that your teammates will act freely by default. You can order them around if you want. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: Make it a habit to analyze enemies when you first meet them.| | Have the advantage in battle by exploiting their weaknesses! | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. Just explore the area normally, defeat a good number of enemies. Mitsuru will provide backup and intel from the entrance. Find the portal and exit the place when ready. This is a good time to obtain the Pixie and Apsaras personas. Before you exit the Tartarus and after the conversation with your team, your Social Link with them will increase by 1 level. You can now also enter the Velvet Room to fuse personas. Make sure you read the basics as well. Once ready, leave the area. -------. ------ | 4/21 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Kenji Tomochika AN - You will feel sleepy because of the exploration of the Tartarus. You will have the chance to recover by dozing off or increase your academics by staying awake, but further tiring yourself. Make a selection. AS - Now you will have some free time to explore the world and the school. Try talking to as much people as possible and get familiar with all parts of the school. Exit and you will have a scene with Akihiko sempai. You will need to meet him by the Police Station in Paulownia Mall. Proceed there. You can check out the shops if you want, but you can do much unless you go to the police station first. In the police station, after a short chat, you will now have the chance to purchase equipment. Akihiko will give you ¥5000 Grab what you can afford and leave the area. Now you can check out all the places. Remember that entering some places that can affect any of your attributes (Charm, Courage and Academics) may spend your time quickly that you’ll be in the part of the day (e.g Evening) once you get out. There are also some other establishment that opens at night only. PM - You can now go out at night. However, the only open place would be the mall. Inside it, the Pharmacy, videoke and club are the only ones you can visit. There will be also an alternate door leading to the Velvet Room, in the exit beneath the Videoke Bar. Back in the dorm, save, and check your status and either decide to explore the Tartarus or go back to your room. LN - You can decide whether you want to study before sleeping or sleep earlier. Choosing the first will increase your academics but will tire you more. -------. ------ | 4/22 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Kenji AS - Kenji will ask you to eat ramen after school. Accept or decline. Accepting his offer will unlock the Magician Arcana. PM - Check status. Visiting the Tartarus tonight will depend on everybody’s health. Save, sleep or study. -------. ------ | 4/23 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - hear the gossip about the school’s athletic teams. They are open for new members. You may consider joining with one soon. AS - You can either join one athletic team of your choice (Kendo, Swimming and Track ‘n Field) and gain the Chariot Arcana (it doesn’t matter which team you’ll choose) or Talk to Kenji inside your homeroom to hang out with him after school. Choose you answers. 1st question: 1-3 answer; 2nd question: 3rd answer. Your Magician Arcana will increase by 1 level. PM - Save, check everybody’s status and talk to Mitsuru to head out to the Tartarus. Your choice. LN - Study or sleep early. (Skip this part when going to the Tartarus) DH - Explore Tartarus. (Skip this part when you decided to stay home.) During this exploration, you will have another set of tutorials about spell fusion and stuff. -------. ------ | 4/24 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- LN - Conversation with Kenji. You may accompany him after the class ends. AS - You will have an option to either talk to Kenji (choosing the correct response in your conversations later on will further increase the rank for the Magician Arcana) or join a club. For the athletic clubs, you can only join either the track and field, swimming and kendo teams. However, no matter which team you choose, you will always get the Chariot Arcana. Also, no matter what team you join, Yuko will always be the manager while Kazushi will always be the leading athlete. Sometimes, you will also find Yuko near the school entrance after practice. You will have the option to talk to her and then walk home with her. You may need to invite her a few times before she eventually gives in. PM - Visiting Tartarus tonight will entirely depend on the status of your characters. If any of you are not well, sleep/ study for the night. -------. ------ | 4/25 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear a conversation about the used books store in Iwatodai Strip Mall. AS - Since it is your free time, you can visit the temple, make some offerings and get your fortune. So far, this will give you chances to increase your attributes, improving your condition and even find some Yen. It doesn’t consume that much time too. Anyways, head to Iwatodai and find Bookworms, the used books store you heard just this morning. Talk to the old couple inside. You will then get a hint about the Persimmon Tree inside the school. If you have managed to explore the school, you should’ve come across to this tree already. If not, it is located in the yard, just before the athletic rooms. Make your way back to the school and examine the Persimmon tree. You will get the Persimmon Leaf from it. If you can still can, bring the leaf to them and you will unlock a new social link for the Hierophant Arcana. From now on, you can just visit them when you have the chance to level up your social link with them. PM - Check everybody’s status and visit the Tartarus if you want. LN - If you decide not to explore that Tartarus, a friend will call you. In this case, Kenji called and offered to hangout tomorrow. -------. ------ | 4/26 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - If you decide to hangout with Kenji, then your whole day will be taken. You will have the chance however, to further increase the Magician social link with him with proper answers during your conversations. PM - You may want to visit the Tartarus during this time. Otherwise, go back to your room, study or sleep. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: If you had your SLink with Kenji leveled at 4, he will then | | give you a hint about the so-called ‘Gourmet King’. This is | | actually a new person you can make friends with but you need to | | have your Charm to be Unpolished at least. (LV2) | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. -------. ------ | 4/27 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Early morning conversation as usual. LT - Mitsuru will arrive in the room. She will then talk to you about a “special request” AN - Another lecture. Answer the question correctly by choosing the first answer. Charm will increase. AS - Accept Mitsuru’s request if you want.. With this offer, you will have the chance to unlock another social link. But go to the faculty area first in the first floor. Anyways, after talking to your advisor, head back to the Student Council room. This is located just across your homeroom. Meet your new friends. You will now unlock the Emperor Arcana. PM - Check status. Decide to stay or explore the Tartarus. -------. ------ | 4/28 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Mitsuru. Will get a reminder from her. LT - If you have stuck with Kenji’s May-December love story, then you will know how is the overall progress. He will approach you during lunchtime to talk about “something” AS - During this time, Kenji will successfully ask his beloved teacher out. Also, just be nice to him and you will increase your Magician Arcana rank by 1. PM - Junpei will ask you if you love to play video games. If you answered yes, then receive a copy of the game called “Innocent Sin”. You will need to play this during weekends. As usual, check status, visit Tartarus if you can. Otherwise, study. -------. ------ | 4/29 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - If you don’t have any appointments, this is the best time to either study or play MMORPG. If you chose to study, then your Academics will increase. Logging in to the PC and playing MMORPG will allow you to meet an online friend named Maya. If you choose your replies carefully, she may trust you at the first instant. This will also unlock a new Social Link; the Hermit Arcana. PM - check status; go back to room to study or explore. (Skip this part if you chose to chat with Maya. Staying online with her will take one whole day) -------. ------ | 4/30 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AN - You will be sleepy at this point. Listen to the lecture (+Academics) or doze off. (Rest to recover condition) AS - You can either talk to Kenji or visit the SC. PM - Your phone will ring. After learning it is a call from Elizabeth, leave the Dorm and head to the Mall. Exit to the door under the Karaoke bar. You should find an alternate path leading to the Velvet Room. Elizabeth will be providing sidequests now. Take note of the ones with deadlines and those free requests. You can only have three requests active at a time. You can cancel them anytime with a fee of course. More details about this info have already been discussed in the ‘Getting Started’ section above. You can also check out the Elizabeth's Requests section further down. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: For the requests that requires you to collect shadow drops, | | you need to accept first the specific request before the target | | enemy drops the needed item. In every visit to the Tartarus, make | | it your personal objective to reach the terminals. This will be | | your checkpoints so that you don’t need to start from the bottom. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. -Tartarus- Inside Tartarus, note that there is always a Mini-Boss in every 5th floor. The main boss is usually located second to the last area. There are also “Terminals” on those floors which acts like checkpoints. You may want to return to the entrance to recover your HP/SP and save as well; however, note that if any of your party members are tired, they will leave the party immediately to return back to the dorm – which will exclusively mean that you need to comeback later. So if you are confident about your character’s abilities, take the gamble and face the boss(es). Also, in floors 6-15, a Grave Beetle will occasionally show up. From the outside, they won’t look any different than ordinary shadows so if you don’t really hunt them, you will have a hard time finding them. Use Garu (wind) against it to win without any hassles. Defeating them will not always guarantee that you will get a Beetle Shell, just like Elizabeth requested but encountering them is better than none. Here are the quick rundown and basic strategies for every boss in Block 1. (5F) Venus Eagle x3 | -------------------- Exp: 40 Item(s): Empress Mask (x3) You should already know that when dealing multiple tough enemies, it is always a good idea to concentrate on one enemy at a time. Their weakness are piercing attacks – so you will want to have Yukari attack often. You may force her to attack a target you specify while you take care of the support/healing. These enemies are weak to ICE. (Bufu, Mabufu) (10F) Dancing Hand x3 -------------------- Exp: 70 Item(s): Mozaro Gem (x3) Just like ordinary “-hand” enemies, these enemies are weak against fire. Consider using Agi against them, coupled with physical attacks. Not much of a problem, just take them on, one by one. (14F) Rampage Drive -------------------- Exp: 210 Item(s): Balm of Life This could be one tough boss. Make sure that you have the best equipments you can afford at the moment. It will be hard to identify its weakness because it can nullify and deflect physical attacks. Using Lightning attacks seems to deal more damage to it than any other spells. Make sure to set Yukari as your healer/support while have Junpei concentrate on attacking. You could do either way. Also if you levels are high enough, low levels enemies will avoid you. Fighting them will be a waste of time since they don’t have that much experience to reward you with. -------. ------ | 5/1 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari AS - Conversation with Junpei. You will have the chance to come or not. After that you the three of you will be inside the hospital. PM - Check status and calendar then plan ahead. There will be a long weekend because of the holidays. Go to the Tartarus if you want or stay home and study. -------. ------ | 5/2 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear a conversation about Tanaka’s Show and the Sunday Sale. AS - Visit any place you want. You will also find Chihiro, one of your colleagues in the Student Council, in front of the billboard. Talk to her and depending on your response, this may be a start of a new err… friendly relationship. You will find her in front of the billboard from time to time, after school, usually every TUE, THU and SAT. Note that if your charm is still LV1, you won’t be able to ask her out. Try to get to LV2 (Unpolished) at least to get her attention. PM - During evenings and you don’t have plans to visit the Tartarus, you can always check out the Mall. So far the Club, Coffee Shop and the Karaoke are the only ones open. You can spend your time there until late night. Also, after visiting those, you can always study before sleeping, further increasing your attributes – as long as you’re not tired. DH - As you are sleeping, you will get a visit from the weird kid. He will warn you about the full moon, one week from now. After that, the next day will start as normal. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: Offering in the Shrine will give you a chance to increase | | your academics. Checking out your fortune will give you a chance | | to improve your overall condition and get some free cash. Just be | | careful since everything is based on luck, things can be opposite | | if you have the worst luck. Some include getting sick immediately | | or losing all your money. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. -------. ------ | 5/3 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - During the daytime, turn on your TV and you will be able to watch TV shopping with Tanaka. This is like your typical Shop TV where you can obtain really good and rare items, so long as you have cash. This won’t consume a day period so make it a “habit” during your free Sundays. It takes two days for your item to be delivered. You can play Innocent Sin to increase your relationship with Maya. (Hermit Arcana) Otherwise, check out the shops and the places. Some shops go on sale on specific days and their inventory may change as well. Plan your destinations well since once you’re out of the dorm, it will always be evening when you return, no matter how short you spent your time outside. -------. ------ | 5/4 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - You will have your free time during this day since it is the start of the consecutive holidays. Spend your time checking out shops. The locations you can visit may be limited since if will always be the next part of the day (evening) after entering in one of them. PM - Check if you have anything you want to do, otherwise save, then go back to your room. LN - You may get a call from a friend at this time. Its up to you to decline the offer or spend the whole day tomorrow with that person. (at this point, it could probably be Kenji) -------. ------ | 5/5 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Spend the day as usual. If you are hanging out with a friend, carefully select your answers during your conversations to further increase your social link rank. PM - As mentioned above, you can visit the Mall, go back to your mall or decide to leave for the Tartarus. You decide. -------. ------ | 5/6 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear a conversation about this kid that is hanging out in the shrine. AM - Lecture; choose the 3rd option to answer the question correctly. + Charm. AS - Free time. I suggest checking out the girl in the shrine. After making some offerings and checking your fortune, talk to her, just by the monkey bars. She will then ask something to eat and drink. Give her a Weird Takoyaki. These can be bought from the Iwatodai Strip Mall, by the entrance. Then, give her a Mad Bull, which can be bought from the dorm’s vending machines. If you don’t have these right now, you can always come back later. She will always be there in the Shrine except Sundays. You will need to come back later for her to completely open up to you. You will establish the Hanged-man Arcana with Maiko. Increase it by playing with her after school. PM - If you still haven’t finished the second and third quests, then this is the time to do so. Note that the deadline is 5/8. Visit the Tartarus if you want.. Note that you need to defeat the Block 1 boss (Rampage Drive) first before getting the old documents 01 in 16F. -------. ------ | 5/7 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- LT - Kenji and Kazushi will both talk to you. AS - You can either talk to Kenji or Kazushi. Hanging out with Kenji will improve your rank for Magician Arcanan while training with Kazushi will further increase your rank in Chariot Arcana. I suggest balancing it out. After the training, you will see Yuko by the entrance. You may talk to her and walk home with you but if your charm is not that high, she will just refuse. PM - Check status and visit the Tartarus if you want. LN - Study or Sleep early. -------. ------ | 5/8 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- LT - Hidetoshi from the student council will talk to you. You may want to attend the student council meeting after class. AS - Go to the SC room. After a brief conversation, your rank for the Emperor Arcana will increase. PM - Same routine; -------. ------ | 5/9 \ FULL MOON / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Akihiko. AS - The game will automatically take you to the Dark Hour. DH - After a brief conversation, you will need to check out the Monorail. You won’t be able to save here so be careful with your actions. But if you did spent time leveling up your characters, then there should be no problems. Monorail Bridge Just continue forward once you have control. Once you reach the monorail itself, read through the conversation and you will find yourself inside. You will start from the 10th/11th carriage. Continue forth. You will encounter one of the new shadows. After that, you will be ambushed by two enemies. Get rid of them quickly. More enemies will appear. Junpei will chase them. Follow him. Once you caught up with Junpei, defeat the remaining enemies. There will be a 7 minute timer that counts during battle. Make sure to exploit the enemies’ weaknesses so that you guys can perform all out attacks. After some more conversations, make your way to the 1st car. Make sure that everybody is in full health, then face the first ‘chapter’ boss. BOSS: Priestess ---------------- Exp: 304 Item: Diamond The boss is not that hard as long as your level is high enough to endure most of her attacks before having to heal. If you want to play it safe, you can order Yukari to provide the Healing/ Support while Junpei attacks. You can switch between those two roles whenever the situation calls for it. The boss will then summon two Tiaras. She will keep on summoning them, no matter how many you kill. Your allies will tend to attack the tiaras (which are obviously meant as decoys) if their action is set to act freely. Force Junpei to target the boss. Get rid of one Tiara and leave the other. Ignore it since it does not deal that much damage. Just keep on attacking; remember that you still have the timer active here. Just read through the conversation. Your team’s relationship has become stronger with this encounter. New Tactic: Conserve SP Reward: +1 Fool Arcana -------. ------ | 5/10 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - You will receive a call from Elizabeth. You will learn that the previously blocked path in floors 16+ is now accessible. DT - Do whatever you want for this Sunday. You can study, play MMORPG (spends whole day, +1 Hermit Arcana) or go out and visit the shops. PM - You can still go out to the Mall. The shops open here are the Videoke bar (which you can’t access during weekends because it will be full), the pharmacy and the coffee shop. You can also visit the Velvet Room from the Mall’s rear exit first before doing anything. Once you enter the Velvet room, you will learn about some new menus here. One includes the Compendium. On simpler terms, this will be considered as the Persona database. You can register your latest collection of Personas here. The registered personas here can be ‘revived’ or ‘bought’ again with a fee. The price depends on the level of the Persona you are trying to recover from the records. It is recommended to register Personas before Fusing them and after you get a new one, not previously registered in the database. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: Note that they Compendium takes note of EVERY CHANGES. That | | means that it is possible that you will overwrite a Persona with | | good stats with the Persona with the same name but lame stats. So | | be careful on what you want to register. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. LN - Depending on your condition, you can either study or sleep early. If you are tired or sick, don’t bother studying since you won’t learn anything and your condition may get worse. -------. ------ | 5/11 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - You will get a reminder that the midterms are nearing. You will also have a brief conversation with Junpei. AM - You will be in for the lecture. You will have the choice to Stay Awake or Doze off. Make your choice. AS - Free time. Do whatever you want; make some new friends and build up the existing ones. PM - Visit mall/ Go to room study/rest/ Go to Tartarus. You can decide what you can do. -------. ------ | 5/12 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari AS - Free time. Do whatever you want; make some new friends and build up the existing ones. PM - Visit mall/ Go to room study/rest/ Go to Tartarus. You can decide what you can do. -------. ------ | 5/13 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear a conversation. AN - Lecture. You will be asked by your teacher. Choose the 3rd answer. Your Charm will increase. AS - Free time. Do whatever you want; make some new friends and build up the existing ones. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: If you had your S.Link with the Old Couple at the bookstore | | at LV4, you will then meet a new person that carries another | | Arcana you can unlock. You can visit him/her/it after school in | | the Home Economics room. You need to have your Academics @ LV2 | | (Average) before you can talk to him. | | | | Ironically, the name ‘BEBE’ in our language means “little baby” or| | “little girl" XD | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. PM - If you still haven’t completed the second block, make sure that you waste no time doing so. If the boss seems to be tougher than you are right now, you can train harder, gain new levels and leveling up your personas along the way. -------. ------ | 5/14 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - The day was uneventful. You will ‘start’ the day after school. Free time, so do whatever you like. PM - Free time as well. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: If you had your S.Link with Maiko at LV4, you will then meet | | another potential Arcana holder. You need to have your Academics @| | LV4 (Smart) before you get his attention. He will be in the Shrine| | during Sundays. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. -------. ------ | 5/15 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Mitsuru. She will also tell you that if your grades are high, you may receive a reward from her. What could it be? AN - Lecture with Ms. Terauchi’s class. Choose the 2nd option to answer the question correctly. Receive a plus in your Charm. PM - Free time as well. -------. ------ | 5/16 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Akihiko AN - Lecture AS - Free time, so do whatever you like. PM - Free time as well. -------. ------ | 5/17 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - If you don’t have any appointments with any of your friends, you can either stay home and study/ play MMORPG or go out. PM - Try visiting the Tartarus and train there. Note that the next terminal is located in the 25F. It may be a long journey so try to reach the terminal and activate it. -------. ------ | 5/18 \ MIDTERM EXAMS / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation. AM - Start of the exams. The exam lasts for 6 days so you wouldn’t be able to control your character until everything is over. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: The exams here are all the questions that were asked to you | | during the lectures in the last few days. If you have taken note | | of them, then these tests shouldn’t be that hard. If not, then | | treat this as a real exam. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. -------. ------ | 5/23 \ LAST DAY OF THE EXAMS / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Akihiko AM - Last set of the exams. Answer them all. AS - Free time, so do whatever you like. PM - Conversation with Akihiko and the rest of the team. He will now be usable in battle! You may want to check up Tartarus later. You will also learn more about a potential new member of SEES. -------. ------ | 5/24 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free day unless you have planned to meet someone during this time. -Tartarus- Some of the enemies in this block you should be careful when facing are the Beastial Wheel and the Steel Gigas. The first one appears only alone and the latter appears by two’s or worse three of them. They have high endurance, not to mention high attacks as well. A critical hit from them can usually take a character out, even in full HP. Use Zio/Garu attacks vs the Beastial Wheel while use Zio to the Hulk-Hogan wannabes. (25F) BOSS: Crying Table (x3) ----------------------------- Exp: 88 EXP Item(s): Vibrant Cloth (x3) These enemies’ weakness is Ice. Use Bufu, better yet Mabufu. It was a tough battle when using three characters only but this will be better if you are on full force. Don’t bother hitting it with physical attacks since they can nullify it. In a full party, order Akihiko and Junpei to attack the target while Yukari and you provide support attacks and healing. (36F) BOSS: Change Relic ---------------------------- Exp: 236 exp Item(s): Coin of Queen There is really no quick way to defeat this enemy. If you are around LV16, you can endure most of its attacks. Its attacks are mostly party based, which means it can target all party members most of the time. As much as possible, try to equip a Persona with the skill Media. Take care of the healing and recovery and force the other two guys to attack the target. Akihiko will be the one to deal most damage here because of his Persona’s Sonic Punch. Order Yukari to take care of the healing as well. -------. ------ | 5/25 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari LT - You will be checking out the exam results. Depending on how many correct answers you have provided, you should get a high score as well. Your classmates will take notice of this and your Charm will increase. AN - Lecture with Ms. Toriumi’s class. You’ll feel sleepy. Just choose whether you want to stay awake or doze off. AS - Free time. If you still haven’t caught up with the Gourmet King in Paulownia Mall, now is the best time to do so. To go to the mall immediately, just talk to one of your classmates standing near the entrance. Your charm should be at least Unpolished already. If so, talk to the fat kid. You will then need to answer a mini-quiz before convincing him. Note that the questions are not random; they are fixed, so trial-and-error is possible but time consuming. If you answered incorrectly, you will only have one quiz day. Or you can refer to the answers below: Q1: Chagall Café’s specialty? A: Pheremone Coffee Q2: Color of the Wild-Duck Burger Mascot A: Green Q3: Hagakure secret dish A: Hagakure Dumplings After you answered the questions correctly, you will also need to give him something that he hasn’t tasted before. Give him the Odd Morsel found in Tartarus’ 15F+. You will be able to unlock the Moon Arcana. Now, if you want to hangout with Nozomi, he will be sitting in the bench in Paulownia Mall after school. Since this won’t consume a part of the day, you can go back to school and strengthen the other links you have. I suggest going to practice with your athletic team for this day. (+1 Chariot Arcana) After the practice, you should find Yuko by the entrance. If you have tried this before and she turned you down, try asking her out this time. After hanging out in the Chagall Café and depending on your responses, you will gain Yuko’s trust and friendship. You will unlock the Strength Arcana. PM - Mitsuru won’t be there so depending on your condition, you can visit the Mall and spend some time in the Videoke or the Café again or just sleep early. -------. ------ | 5/26 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Junpei AS - You’ll find Chihiro outside. Ask her out and she will politely decline the offer. Don’t worry; it’s a start. This is your free time also, so do whatever you like. PM - Junpei won’t be here so decide whether you’ll want to push through exploring Tartarus with only Aki and Yukari. -------. ------ | 5/27 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time. PM - Decide if you want to visit Tartarus. If you still haven’t completed the time-restricted quests, try finishing it now. -------. ------ | 5/28 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Junpei. LT - Visit from some friends. AN - Lecture; Doze off or Stay Awake. AS - Free time. If you have asked Chihiro out the last time you talked to her, talk to her again and she will then agree to walk home with you.... Yes! Just be nice to the shy chick and you will be able to unlock the Justice Arcana. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: Depending on who you hangout with often and to your responses| | you can have a more ‘intimate’ and serious relationship with | | either Yuko or Chihiro. Note that once it comes to that point, | | the girl you are ‘seriously’ dating will get upset if you go out | | with another girl. The same goes with Yukari, Fuuka and Mitsuru | | later on | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. -------. ------ | 5/29 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear a conversation about a bullied kid. AS - Scene with Yukari overhearing some gossiping girls afterschool. You will then gain control. Free time! PM - Do whatever you like. -------. ------ | 5/30 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear another conversation AM - Conversation again AS - Free time. You can even go out with Chihiro if you want. PM - Do whatever you like. -------. ------ | 5/31 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - If you have appointments now, you will be hanging out with that person for the whole day, with the chance to increase your social link level with them. Otherwise, just do the usual Sunday stuff. Buy from home shopping TV/Study/ Go out alone/ Play Innocent Sin. -------. ------ | 6/1 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Mitsuru LT - Visit from some friends. AS - Free Time. PM - Watch Junpei’s “Believe it or don’t”; Nah, just a ghost story. DH - The mysterious boy visits again. Warns you about the full moon. -------. ------ | 6/2 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari AM - Lecture. Stay awake or Doze off. LT - Invitations from some friends. AS - Free time! -------. ------ | 6/3 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Junpei AM - Lecture. Stay awake or Doze off. LT - Invitations from some friends. AS - Free time! -------. ------ | 6/4 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari AM - Lecture. Stay awake or Doze off. AS - Free time! PM - Decide what you want to do. -------. ------ | 6/5 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari AS - After a short conversation with Yukari, you will have your free time. !! If your academics attribute is Average, then go to the Home Economics room and make friends with Bebe. PM - Yukari will invite you to investigate. Choose whether you will join or not. Either choice will still yeild the same results. If you still haven’t acquired the Old Document 02 and old Lanterns, be reminded that the deadline is just two days from now (06/07) -------. ------ | 6/6 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free Time PM - Team investigates. After getting to trouble, Shinjiro, Aki’s friend, arrives to help. Learn new info from him. You can take time to visit the mall as well. -------. ------ | 6/6 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - If you don’t have anybody to meet today, just stay and play Innocent Sin with Maya. Once you get your S.Link with her increased to LV3+, she will then give out a hint about this ‘man who talks like a woman at the train station’ PM - The ‘Big Night’ will be tomorrow, so if you are in good shape, visit Tartarus to train some more. Or if you are confident about your character’s levels, then sleep early to have some rest. -------. ------ | 6/8 \ FULL MOON / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- LT - Scene at the faculty room. Meet Natsuki, the "B" AN - More scenes. Emergency meeting for tonight’s operation AS - Free time. More scenes. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: If your Charm level is Smooth, then you can talk to the man | | in suit by the Port Island Station. He will ask you to invest | | 20000¥. For the heck of it, just give him the money. Come back and| | talk to him later. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. PM - Operation starts. Make your way to the Faculty office to find the Gym Key DH - After a few more scenes, you will find yourself inside Tartarus, separated from the others. The mysterious boy will appear. -Tartarus- After having the control, I suggest avoid fights for the meantime. Collect the items if you want. Just make your way to the third floor. You will meet Junpei and Akihiko. After a few conversations, you will then meet Fuuka. After some more scenes, learn that there is trouble in the ground floor. During this event, Fuuka’s Persona will awaken. You will also need to fight these two bosses. Fuuka will aid you in this battle, as support. Her Analyze skill is much powerful and effective compared to Mitsuru. BOSS: Empress and Emperor Exp: 1525exp Item(s): None This battle is easy. Take note that the empress is immune to ANY magic attacks but is weak to ANY physical attacks. The opposite is true for the Emperor. To make this battle quicker, you need to use All-out attacks whenever you can.To do this, (which you can do the other way around as well) Attack the Emperor with a magic attack to knock down. Once you get one more action, attack the Empress with physical weapons. The battle should be over in no time. After a few more conversations, DH will end. New Tactic: Knock Down -------. ------ | 6/9 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Mitsuru LT - Conversation/ Invites with friends AS - Free time!** (Level up some existing social links!) PM - You can spend some time in the mall here since you can’t visit Tartarus at the moment. Your character could be tired as well. The Antique Shop has opened! LN - Sleep early to regain strength -------. ------ | 6/10 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Mitsuru AM - Lecture (Stay awake or Doze off) LT - Conversation/ Invites with friends AS - Free time! (You can also check out the Antique Shop in the mall. You can trade the gems/stones you collected from enemies to trade with stat enhancing cards and other stuff.) PM - You can’t still go to Tartarus for the meantime. So spend some time in the mall (Café or Karaoke to increase Charm and Courage respectively.) -------. ------ | 6/11 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time.Conversation with team. Fuuka has been released from the hospital. PM - Conversation with the team. You will learn the patterns of powerful shadows. You can also visit the Tartarus now if you want. -------. ------ | 6/12 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari AM - Overhear some conversation. Scene with Fuuka. AS - Free time! PM - Can’t visit Tartarus at the moment. Just spend your night in the mall. DH - The mysterious boy will visit you. He will ask you to be his friend. Agree and you will unlock the Death Arcana. You will also learn his name. Pharos. -------. ------ | 6/13 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - conversation with Mitsuru AS - Free Time. PM - Call from Elizabeth, regarding the changes within the Tartarus. (You can explore the upper floors) Talk to Fuuka if you want to visit the Tartarus this night. Check out the new requests once you have the chance. -Tartarus- You can now use Mitsuru as an active party member! Again, find your way to the terminals first, save then either continue up or hunt the specified shadows in the requests. Make sure that all your party members are well equipped and don’t forget to analyze each new enemy you’ll encounter. This will greatly help you in battle. You can also store 10 Personas once you get to level 20. (47F) BOSS: Golden Beetle (x3) ---------------------------- Exp: 190 Item(s): Beetle Horn (x3) Nothing much about these bosses; use –zio skills against them, preferably Mazio to hit all of them and to have the chance to perform all-out assaults. (59F) BOSS: Intrepid Knight ---------------------------- Exp: 508 Item(s): Sword of Queen This boss is quite tough, but since he has no elemental weakness or strengths, pummel him with attack skills. As usual, order Yukari to take care of healing/ support while the others are set to act freely or Assign target. -------. ------ | 6/14 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Hangout with friends if you get an invite earlier this week. If not, you can either go out alone by yourself or stay home to study/ play Innocent Sin with Maya PM - Free time -------. ------ | 6/15 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari AN - Lecture; the 2nd option is the correct answer. (+1 Charm for answering it correctly) AS - Free time PM - Free time (Check status, go to Tartarus or hangout in the mall till midnight) -------. ------ | 6/16 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Mitsuru LT - Invites/ Conversation with friends. AS - Free time. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: Depending on how you choose your answers/ options when going | | out with friends, specifically girls, your relationship may become| | more intimate. Be warned though, dating two or more girls at the | | same time is never right. The other(s) may get upset if you do. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. -------. ------ | 6/17 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation; learn more about openings in the Art/ Music/Photography clubs. AN - Lecture; select 3rd answer (+1 charm for answering correctly) AS - Free time. You may want to join any of those clubs mentioned to unlock a new Arcana. But you may want to enter the laboratory first to obtain the Anatomical Model, needed to complete one of Elizabeth’s requests. Join any of the clubs. You will meet Keisuke and Fuuka. After joining, you will unlock a Social Link for the Fortune Arcana. Meetings in the club are held every TUE/WED/THU. -------. ------ | 6/18 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear the conversation AS - Free time! PM - visit Tartarus if you want. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: Occasionally, if you have stayed in a floor for long, a very | | powerful Shadow, called the Death or Reaper will appear and engage| | you into battle. YOU CAN’T WIN AGAINST IT for the meantime. So as | | much as possible, avoid it. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. If you did enter battle with it, hope that your character is not targeted. Most of Death’s attacks are instant-death effects and if your character dies, it’s Game Over. Escape it. Usually, Fuuka will warn you if Death is coming. You will also hear some clattering chains and you should see a moving orange dot in the map, heading towards your position. Find the stairs and portal quickly. -------. ------ | 6/19 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time! (Just your typical school day) PM - Free time -------. ------ | 6/20 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation AS - Conversation with team; informed about a meeting. Find Yukari and Fuuka playing with a dog in front of the dorm. Believe it or not, this canine will be later a SEES member. PM - Just read through the meeting. After that, you can still go out if want. -------. ------ | 6/21 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Hangout with friends if you get an invite earlier this week. If not, you can either go out alone by yourself or stay home to study/ play Innocent Sin with Maya. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 6/22 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari AN - Lecture AS - Free time!** **If your Charm just turned Smooth at this point, visit the Man in Suit in Port Island station. He will ask you for the initial 20 grand investment. If you already done that earlier, he will ask for another 10K yen. We know that he is a fake but we need to do this to unlock a new Arcana. So, He will ask you to come back again for another day. Do so and he will then ask for another 10K. Just agree to give it to him and he will admit that he is just fooling you. After a few more conversations, he will introduce himself as President Tanaka. Unlock the Devil Arcana. PM - Do whatever you like DH - Scene with some new dudes. -------. ------ | 6/23 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation about a Revenge Request Website. AS - Free time. PM - Scene with Aki and Shinjiro; Do whatever you like after that. -------. ------ | 6/24 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Junpei AS - Free Time PM - Go out to the mall or visit Tartarus .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: If you didn’t know yet, when tired or sick, visit the weirdo | | (nurse) in his office after school. He will make you drink a | | strange concoction. Drink the weird stuff and though you won’t get| | any better, your Courage will increase. If you are good or Great, | | he’ll just ignore you, so just visit him when you’re not feeling | | well. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. -------. ------ | 6/25 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free Time (Nothing special) PM - Go out to the mall or visit Tartarus .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: When you reach the maximum level of a specific Social Link, | | you will be able to forge the Ultimate form of the Arcana attached| | to the link. You will be also forging a “bond that cannot be | | broken”, that basically means that whatever you do, the link won’t| | Reverse. And that also means that your “time” with them is over, | | which means when you talk to them from now on, they will just be | | normal NPCs. Some will leave for good as well. It may be sad but | | at least you will have more time to concentrate on your other | | links. Or getting a new girlfriend. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. -------. ------ | 6/26 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free Time (Nothing special) PM - Go out to the mall or visit Tartarus -------. ------ | 6/27 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation about people found unconscious. AS - Free Time. You can find Fuuka standing by the hallway, near the stairs. You need to have your courage leveled up to Badass to be able to assist her. PM - Go out to the mall or visit Tartarus -------. ------ | 6/28 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Hangout with friends if you get an invite earlier this week. If not, you can either go out alone by yourself or stay home to study/ play Innocent Sin with Maya. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 6/29 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari AM - Lecture; Give the 2nd option to answer correctly (+Charm). You will also learn about the exam for next week. AN - Free Time PM - Scene with Fuuka and Yukari. Since they won’t be in the lobby, you won’t be able to go to Tartarus tonight. -------. ------ | 6/30 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free Time PM - Free time DH - Visit from Pharos. Warning about the coming full moon. -------. ------ | 7/1 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Mitsuru AS - Free Time PM - Free time; you may want to visit Tartarus and complete some tasks if you still haven’t at this point. -------. ------ | 7/2 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free Time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 7/3 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation AM - Lecture; Choose first option to answer the question correctly. (+Charm) AS - Free Time -------. ------ | 7/4 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari AS - Free Time** If your Social Rank with Yuko is at least level 4, she will mention a monk that hangs out in night clubs. Since there is only one night club in the city, go there after school. Make sure that your courage is at least level 3 or Tough. Find the monk inside Club Escapade, upstairs in the VIP lounge or something. Talk to him first, then go down and talk to the bartender. He will ask for your help to get all the orders of the customers inside the club. There are only four orders you need to take; however, the customers will tend to change their minds, the game’s attempt to confuse you. If you want, you can just jot it down in a piece of paper. But if you want it quick, you can just refer to the orders below. I don’t know if this is randomized in other game files though… (Just ignore the girl sitting near the bartender) Dancing Girl – Screwdriver Dancing Guy – Oolong Tea Sitting Girl at the back – Bloody Mary Girl in front of the table - Margarita Talk to the bartender and give the correct orders. Once you got them all correctly, talk to the Monk. You will be able to unlock the Tower Arcana! The monk is in the club during THU, FRI, SAT, SUN. -------. ------ | 7/5 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time if you don’t have plans with any of your friends. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 7/6 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Junpei AS - Free Time; but since the full moon is tomorrow, I suggest visiting the officer Kurosawa in the Police Station in Paulownia Mall. Upgrade all your team mate’s equipment and try to stock some healing items as well. If you have some gems to spare, try to exchange it for some useful items and cards inside the antique shop. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 7/7 \ FULL MOON / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Fuuka DH - The day will pass by and you will enter the Dark Hour immediately. After a brief scene, choose your party members and head out. Yukari will be a fixed member in this mission. You will start inside a motel in Shirikawa Blvd. Not much to do here for the meantime so just find the stairs and head to the 3rd floor. Once there, find a large door. The boss is there. BOSS: Hierophant Exp: 3026 Item(s): None Nul: Light, Darkness Repel: Lightning This boss can Charm your party members which can cause a lot of problems if not taken care of immediately. If you some Me Patra Gems, they will prove handy in this battle. Just attack it with everything you got, except for the elements mentioned above. This battle is easy, actually; but I hope you won’t be surprised to know that this is not the only boss here. After the battle, examine the large mirror in the wall. Another weird thing will happen and a sexy cutscene will take place. After that, you will find yourself inside one of the sleazy rooms of the hotel. A voice in your head will entice you about some really “tempting” stuff. Well, even if you give in with the choices, the story won’t proceed unless you resist. So goes for the choices… Go through a few more scenes and some awkward moments. After gaining control, head out the room, then head to the second floor to find the others. Well, the same thing happened to them and you after a moment of gauche between your party members you will now need to get over with your next task. Apparently, another Shadow is lurking nearby and has the capability to play with the minds of its victims. You won’t be able to face it unless you get rid of the Seals protecting it. These are mirrors inside each rooms. But randomly breaking those mirrors will just transport you to your starting room. Just look out for the mirrors where you have NO REFLECTION. I found those mirrors in rooms 205 (2F) and 304 (3F). Some minor shadows will be roaming the area as well. After destroying all the mirrors, you can just enter the same large room where you defeated the Hierophant earlier. Prepare for the last battle of the night. BOSS: Lovers Exp: 3277 Item(s): None Nul: Light, Darkness This boss is pretty much the same as the Hierophant. Just attack normally and have some Me Patra gems ready. This boss can Charm characters as well so as much as possible heal them quickly once inflicted. After defeating the boss, watch through some scenes, including the appearance of Stregga members. Your Fool Arcana rank will increase by 1. New Tactic: Full Assault -------. ------ | 7/8 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation regarding the incoming exams. AM - Lecture; reminder about the exams. - Choose 2nd answer. (+Charm) AS - You can visit the Velvet Room and check out the new requests as well. You can also check out the new equipments, courtesy of Officer Kurosawa. PM - after the mission, all of you could be tired. So after going out in the mall, sleep early. TIP: If you didn’t visit or hangout any of your friends for the whole TWO MONTHS, they may get upset and may refuse to talk to you. When that happens, your Social Rank with them will be set on REVERSE. Try to avoid this by at least going out with them once in a while. This will be a challenge specially to the guys that you can only meet during Sundays. (Fortunately, they don't get reversed that easily, unless you force them to.) The only way to get things back to normal is to find your friend and reconcile. Depending on how close you were, he/she may turn you down at first but keep on trying and they’ll agree. -------. ------ | 7/9 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation. Learn about those missing students, 10 years ago AM - Lecture; Choose 2nd answer***. (+Charm) AS - Free time; since some of your friends won’t be there because of the exams. So, take your time to visit some places or hangout with some of your off-school friends. PM - Call from Elizabeth. The blocked area before is now accessible. Fuuka and Mitsuru won’t be in the dorm so you can’t go to Tartarus for now. ***Take note of the questions here since they will be asked during the finals. -------. ------ | 7/10 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Choose 3rd answer. (+charm) AS - Free time; Same thing; some of your friends won’t be there because of the finals. PM - Free time; -------. ------ | 7/11 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Junpei AM - Lecture; (3rd answer, +charm) AS - Text message from Akihiko; Free Time PM - Meeting room. After some revelations, you will have your free time. Just go out to the mall since you guys can’t go to Tartarus for the meantime. -------. ------ | 7/12 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - You will see scenes with each of your characters. The conversation last night left them thinking. So after that, you will have your usual free time. PM - Can’t go to Tartarus for the meantime. Just go out till midnight. DH - Scene with Pharos. After he leaves, you will have +1 Death Arcana -------. ------ | 7/13 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation about the finals tomorrow AM - Lecture; (Stay awake or doze off) AS - Free time PM - Scene with your team. Learn about your team’s out of town trip. Mitsuru and Yukari will get along again. -------. ------ | 7/14 \ FINAL EXAMS / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- Just like the last time, the game will automatically continue until the exams are finished. You won’t be able to do anything until the exam ends. AM - Start of the finals. Select 2nd choice to answer the question correctly. 7/15, WED - Answer #2 7/16, THU - Answer #4 7/17, FRI - Answer #2 -------. ------ | 7/18 \ LAST DAY OF EXAMS / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Junpei AM - Last part of the exam. This will go on automatically. AS - Scene with team. Meet your new prospective member, the kid named Ken Amada. PM - If you still haven’t done so, visit Tartarus and complete some quests. You don’t want to run out of time before the next full moon so maximize your time there. - Tartarus - As usual, new enemies will be here. I will run down some of the enemies’ weaknesses. This will help in surviving the upcoming battles as you clear each floor. At this point, your character should reach or already around level 30. You will be able to carry 12 personas once you gain that level. Wild Drive – Zio/ Lightning Silent Book – Agi/ Fire Mah Wheel – Zio/ Lightning Indolent Maya – Piercing Attacks Creation Relic*** – Mudo/ Darkness Killer Twins – Agi/ Fire Avenger Knight – Hama/ Light. Dogmatic Tower - none Try to make your way to the first terminal in this block. It is okay if you can’t defeat the boss here at the moment. Activating the terminal and saving is more important. (72F) BOSS: Furious Gigas (x3) -------------------------- Exp: 235 Item(s): Golden Beard (x3) These guys are just like the previous Hulk-Hogan look-alikes you previously fought. This time, they are weak against wind/ Garu attacks. Use all-out attacks as often as possible to defeat them quickly. (85F) BOSS: Fanatic Tower (x3) -------------------------- Exp: 628 Item(s): Magic Mirror (x3) Repel: Lightning, Fire and Ice Since this boss has no weakness, you may resort to just the basic attacking. Just keep one of your characters take care of the healing. You will find the Old Document 04 in the 89th floor. The path is blocked so just go back for now. -------. ------ | 7/19 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Summer break will start soon. You won’t be able to see your school mates for the meantime but from time to time, they will call you from time to time and invite you to go out. So, do whatever you want until then. Try to raise your attributes as much as possible during this free period. PM - Free time. -------. ------ | 7/20 \ TRIP TO YAKUSHIMA / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Your trip to Yakushima starts now. You will be staying there for 4 days and 3 nights. Once you reach Kirijo family’s mansion, read through a few scenes. After that you will find yourself in the beach. Junpei will pretty much start getting excited and act like a drooling perv, after seeing the girls in their swimsuits. Talk to Aki to save the game. Talk to everyone first then exit once done. PM - In the evening, watch some more scenes. Learn more about the incident 10 years ago and the truth behind the Shadows and the Tartarus. Yukari will get emotional after learning the bitter truth. You will be given the option to chase after her and comfort her. Not until Junpei comes in and ruins the magic moment. LoL. ;D -------. ------ | 7/21 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - The girls and the boys will have their own trips for today. The girls went out to the woods while the boys hang out in the beach. After learning an emergency from the chairman, the control switches over to the main character. As Junpei suggested, you may initiate his self-dubbed “Operation: Babe Hunt”. For the sake of it, just agree. :D It doesn’t matter how much you try hitting on those girls. You are really destined to fail somehow. Just have fun in the operation. The last girl you’ll invite is really hilarious. Just find it out yourself. The very last girl you guys will attempt to hit is somehow mysterious and cute. In the game of “Rock-Paper-Scissors”, you will always lose; thus you will take your turn last. It is scripted actually. The girl will somehow recognize you and will run out in the forest. Chase after here. You will find her hiding behind the sign by the tree. After some conversation, you will learn that she was the weapon the girls are looking for. PM - You will learn that the girl is actually a battle droid by the name of Aigis. Somehow, she shows some attachment to the main character with no particular reason. She is now an official member of SEES. You can bring her to the Tartarus once you get back. -------. ------ | 7/22 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - This is the last day of your trip here. You can’t do anything since the day will be spent automatically. Watch the scenes. PM - Back in the city, watch the scene with Shinji. -------. ------ | 7/23 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- PM - It will be automatically evening when you arrive at the dorm. You can’t go to Tartarus just yet since everybody’s tired. Just go out to the mall and sleep early to recover your energy. -------. ------ | 7/24 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Aigis will sneak into your room and wake you up. After a few more conversations, you will be on your way to school. You will have a conversation with Junpei along the way. LT - Exam results will be posted. If you have high grades, you classmates will look up to you. Your charm will increase as well. AS - Free time PM - Free time; I suggest taking Aigis for some excursion in the Tartarus and learn of her abilities. - Tartarus - Some things you need to know about Aigis: + Her persona specializes in frontal/ physical attacks. Due to that, most of her attacks consume her HP instead of SP. Make sure you keep an eye on her HP during battles. Make sure a healer is with the party or you have a good number of healing items on stock. + Her support skills are most of the time, party buffs. + Her attack type is Piercing and she has high defense against Piercing attacks. However, she is weak to lightning. She also has a high critical rate. + Orgia Mode is her unique tactic or command. Orgia Mode ------------- This removes the limiter in Aigis’ system. This can be considered as her Hyper mode or the like. Though it boosts her attack, defense and speed significantly, once active, you can’t give orders to her and she can’t use recovery items to the others. Also, a few turns after using it, she will enter “Cooldown mode”. In this mode, she will just wait out until she recovers. This option can be accessed from the “Tactics” menu Also, after reaching a few levels, Fuuka’s persona will learn the skill “Third Eye”. This will enable you guys to know whether the attack will work on the enemies or not. However, it can’t show the enemies’ weaknesses without scanning them first. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: When Fuuka analyzes the whole floor and states that there are| | no enemies there, examine all rooms thoroughly. Most of the time, | | they contain chests. | | | | There is also a very rare occurrence when the whole floor has only| | rare shadows. I just got into this floor once. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. -------. ------ | 7/25 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Junpei AS - Your coach from the athletic club will approach you about the tournament on Aug 2. You will be spending your days in the school for the special training from July 27 to Aug 1. Once you gain control of your character, you can check out some new equipment in the Police Station. Also, if you have accepted the request where Elizabeth is requesting for a platinum watch, you can buy one from the accessory shop. Your reward will be Aigis’ LV3 armor. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: If you still haven’t found out, (to complete Elizabeth’s | | request for the Funky School Music), enter the PA room in front of| | your homeroom and after a few conversations, you will get the | | Gekkoukan Boogie. Bring it to Elizabeth to claim your reward. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. PM - Scene with Shinji and Stregga. Ken will be staying in the dorm from now on as well; Free time. LN - You may receive an invitation from one of your friends if you decide to stay at the dorm for the night. -------. ------ | 7/26 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - If you have plans with someone, then your day will be automatically be spent with him/her. If not, you have the option to play with Maya or to go somewhere else. PM - Free time. You can visit the Tartarus if you want; you will start training starting tomorrow. -------. ------ | 7/27 \ SPECIAL TRAINING FOR ATHLETIC TEAM / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Training* PM - Free time This routine goes on until Saturday. I suggest to take time to increase your attributes during the evening. -------. ------ | 7/28 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Training PM - Free time -------. ------ | 7/29 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Training PM - Free Time; Can’t go to Tartarus for the meantime. DH - You will receive a notification from Fuuka. After some scenes, you will discover that the stray Shadow was defeated already… by a dog. -------. ------ | 7/30 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Training PM - Free time; Can’t go to Tartarus for the meantime. DH - Visit from Pharos. He will warn you again about the incoming full moon. -------. ------ | 7/31 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Training PM - Free time -------. ------ | 8/1 \ LAST DAY OF TRAINING / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Training PM - Free time -------. ------ | 8/2 \ REGIONAL TOURNAMENT / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Regional Tournament Watch the scenes. After the tournament, the star player from the rival school will approach you and invite you to hang out with him. Meet Mamoru Hayase. Find him in Iwatodai Strip Mall, in front of Bookworms used book store. You can only invite him if your courage is LV4 or Tough. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 8/3 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Training PM - Free time; If you have nothing to do, go to Iwatodai strip mall and meet Mamoru. If you have met the required courage level, he will talk to you. Unlock Star Arcana! -------. ------ | 8/4 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time. PM - Free time. -------. ------ | 8/5 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time. PM - Free time. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: If you still haven’t found out, (to complete Elizabeth’s | | request for the Drink that shares her name), go to Port Island | | Station and check out the outskirts to the left of the plaza. | | Enter the small bar as shown and after some conversation, you will| | receive the drink called “Queen Elizabeth”. If none of this works | | when you visit, try visiting the place after you accepted the | | request and during holidays or Sundays. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. -------. ------ | 8/6 \ FULL MOON / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DH - Start of another long night. Well, this will actually be short since everything is straightforward. After the scene in the meeting room, your team will visit the underground weapons depot in Iwatodai. Once there, Jin and Takaya of Stregga will make an appearance again and will trap the group inside. The path is straight. Keep heading down. You may encounter a couple of enemies before eventually facing the boss. Try to scan them since they will be the new common enemies in the next block you’ll unlock after defeating the boss here. BOSS: Justice and Chariot Exp: 5001 Item(s): None Str: Light and Darkness Basically, they don’t have any specific weaknesses. So just attack it normally. As usual, make sure that you bring a healer, either Mitsuru or Yukari and set them to support/heal. For the first part, they fight as one. They share one lifebar in this form so make sure you attack them with all you got, except for their strengths. After damaging them a bit, they will separate. When that happens, attack one target at a time. Using group damaging attacks can also make the battle easier while they are separated. After some more scenes, the day will end. New tactic: Same Target -------. ------ | 8/7 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time. PM - Free time; Can’t go to Tartarus for tonight. DH - Pharos will visit you again; (+1 Death Arcana) -------. ------ | 8/8 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Phone call from Elizabeth. You are informed about the change in Tartarus. DT - Conversation with Mitsuru. She will inform you about the meeting tonight. Free time. PM - Meeting. Meet your new member. Koro-chan! You will be informed about the summer classes that you will attend next week I suggest visiting Tartarus tonight. Bring your new ally and familiarize yourself with his attacks and fighting style. - Tartarus - (98F) BOSS: Magical Magus (x3) ------------------------- Exp: 552 Item(s): Sapphire (x1) Weak: Agi/ Maragi/ Fire This boss can be a pain in the butt if left on their own. You need to use Maragi and all-out attacks for best results. (110F) BOSS: Natural Dancer -------------------------- Exp: 1473 Item(s): Cup of Queen (x1) Str: Fire Immune: Wind This boss doesn’t have any particular weakness so you need to attack it the old fashioned way. Using status effects on this boss is quite effective. The only way you can win quicker is by using and all out attack. Having Yukari (she is strong against wind attacks) in this battle will help since she can withstand this boss’ powerful attack and provide healing to the team as well. Find the old document # 05 @ 114F You can actually complete all these requests in one night if you are persistent. Since you have almost a complete set of members, you can go for two full parties even if you are tired already. Just be careful about the main character since you will be very vulnerable when tired. (Enemy – Weakness) Champion Knight*** - Wind Shouting Tiara** - Ice Supreme Hand**** - Slash attacks Minotaur IV – Fire **** - Use normal slash attacks to defeat this rare shadow in one hit. You will obtain the Bronze Medal once from this enemy as long as you accepted Elizabeth’s request. After that, it will drop zero exp and a piece of Supreme coin. These can be sold for a good amount of Yen. *** - This enemy always appears in pairs. They are those “strong” enemies that are glowing pink/red. They are dangerous if they get their turn so make sure you sneak behind them to have an advantage. Their Heat Wave attack could be really devastating. ** - These enemies are frequent in the floors mentioned. They appear by 3’s or 4’s so you can collect their hair quite easily. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: On subsequent visits, make sure to clear each floor and check| | out all chests. You may never know when you’ll get a hefty sum of | | cash or a very rare weapon to boot. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. -------. ------ | 8/9 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 8/10 \ START OF SUMMER CLASSES / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - First day of summer classes; this will go on for one week PM - Free time Same routine goes on until the 15th. -------. ------ | 8/10 \ LAST DAY OF SUMMER CLASSES / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 8/16 \ SUMMER FESTIVAL / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - You may receive and invitation from a girlfriend to go to the Summer Festival. PM - Summer festival, scene with a friend. (Or someone special ;)) -------. ------ | 8/17 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 8/18 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 8/19 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 8/20 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Scene with Junpei and that weird Gothic Lolita from Stregga. Free time. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 8/21 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 8/22 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 8/23 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - I suggest visiting the pale young man in the shrine. If your Academics is already Smart , talk to him. He will get a little emo but you will understand why. He will mention that he has lost his fountain pen. And a creature “with white fur and red eyes” took it. Any ideas? Yeah, its our loyal pet, Koro. He is in the dorm at this time. Unfortunately, returning to the dorm will automatically change the phase of the day to Evening. So before returning, do whatever you need to do for the meantime. Once you reach the dorm. Talk to Koro. You will notice something stuck on his paw. Obtain the Red Fountain Pen Akinari is talking about. But you need to reserve your next Sunday to visit him. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 8/24 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - (Summer Vacation will end soon). Watch the scene between Akihiko and Shinjiro. Free time*** **for this limited period, I suggest leveling up your social link with non-school mates such as Mamoru (Star Arcana), Matatsu (Tower), Maiko (Hanged Man), Maya (Hermit) and Tanaka (Devil). For Akinari, it will be a bit difficult since you can only meet him during Sundays. -------. ------ | 8/25 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 8/26 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 8/27 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 8/28 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Conversation with Mitsuru about another meeting. This is the perfect time to play with Maya since it wouldn’t take one whole day unlike on ordinary days. PM - Meeting; Meet your new team member. Ken!; You will have your free time as well. I suggest checking all your characters and head to the Tartarus to test the kid and learn his attack capabilities. If you haven’t finished all the tasks up to this point, do it now. The next full moon is nearing again. DH - Visit Tartarus. Check all quests that you can handle for this visit. - Tartarus - At level 41, Fuuka will gain new ability for her persona - Healing Wave. This will restore your party’s HP and SP a bit when entering a new floor. This will prove useful in those survival situations where you really need to find the portal. Ken’s fightning style is pretty much similar to Aigis. His attacks are mostly physical. He can use Hama but he uses it rarely. Ken may prove just a so-so ally. Well, I will just suggest to level them up fairly. -------. ------ | 8/29 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Scene with Junpei and that weird girl again. Free time after that. PM - Free time DH - Visit from Pharos. Warning again about the next full moon. -------. ------ | 8/30 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - As I mentioned before, you should reserve this Sunday to visit and talk to Akinari. Visit the shrine and give him his treasured Fountain Pen. You will learn something new from him and you two will get acquainted to each other. Unlock the Sun Arcana. PM - Free time. -------. ------ | 8/31 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Scene again with Junpei and Chidori. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 9/1 \ START OF 2ND SEMESTER / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation. (New soundtrack) AM - Lecture; Choose 1st option to answer the question correctly (+Charm) LT - All pending invites from friends will start flooding in. Try to prioritize which goes first. AS - Free Time. Build up social link ranks. Make sure you prioritize your friends that you haven’t talk to for a long time. This is to prevent your link with them to get sour and REVERSED, as mentioned. PM - Scene with the team. Aigis just decided to go to school with you. Koro will want to join you to school as well but unfortunately, they don’t have classes for dogs. Haha! -------. ------ | 9/2 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Aigis AM - Aigis will be introduced to the class. After sitting beside your character and saying something like she wanted to be by your side, Yukari’s reaction was priceless. (Oh, school drama) LT - You will receive a text message from Akihiko Sempai. He will be waiting at the school gate. AS - After school, the game will automatically take you to the gate. Agree to come with Aki. In Iwatodai, he will attempt to convince/ force Shinji to rejoin SEES again. After mentioning that Ken Amada has volunteered to join, Shinji’s reaction change and joined the team. You can use him in battle from now on. PM - Free time. You can visit Tartarus now to level up and complete some pending tasks if there’s any. It is also a good chance to get to know Shinji more. Or if you want, you can save your strength for the operation on Saturday. (Full Moon) -------. ------ | 9/3 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Mitsuru AS - Free time. -------. ------ | 9/4 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Junpei. AS - Scene with Junpei and Chidori. Free time. -------. ------ | 9/5 \ FULL MOON / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Fuuka. AN - As soon as the school ends, the game will automatically continue to ‘Evening.’ PM - Scene with Junpei. DH - As soon as the operation starts and a short briefing, the team will notice that Junpei is missing. They prioritize taking the Shadow out first before looking for him. -Paulownia Mall- Read through the team’s conversation. You will also discover where Junpei is taken. When you have the control, choose your members. The next boss is an Electric-type. You may want to have somebody with high elec resistance. Make sure also that you don’t bring someone that is weak against electricity as well. Once ready, talk to Fuuka and head to Club Escapade. BOSS: Hermit Exp: 7471 Item(s): None Drain: Lightning Null: Darkness, Light It’s most powerful attack requires at least 3-4 turns of charging up. At those times, you are free to attack it with all you got. You will know that Hermit is ready to release all those charged energy when there a message telling you that it is emitting an odd light. For those times, I usually cast a party-buff, specifically, +defense to make sure nobody gets killed in one shot. As usual, set someone to Heal/Support. You can provide that as well but try switching roles whenever it is needed. Having Mediarama (Persona Skill) in this battle can make it easier. After the boss fight, just watch through the following scenes. Your team will also learn a new tactic, “Attack Fallen.” -------. ------ | 9/6 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Scene with Chidori and your sempais at the hospital. Free Time Since you have no appointments today, I suggest visiting Akinari (Dying young man) at the shrine. Since school has started, your chances of visiting him are very limited. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 9/7 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari AS - Free time. PM - Sempais are not around. Can’t go to Tartarus yet. -------. ------ | 9/8 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Scene again at the hospital. Free time. PM - Sempais are still not around. Can’t go to Tartarus yet. -------. ------ | 9/9 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Junpei. AS - Free time PM - Sempais are still not around. Can’t go to Tartarus yet. -------. ------ | 9/10 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AM - Lecture; Choose 2nd answer. (+Charm) AS - More scenes at the hospital. Free time. PM - You will receive a call from Elizabeth. The blocked path will now be open. The sempais will be home for tonight. You can visit Tartarus and conquer the next area. -Tartarus, 4th Block – Tziah- The enemies here can be tough at first, especially if you still need to scan them before knowing their weaknesses. I will list down their attacks and weaknesses just to save you time and trouble. (Enemy – Weakness) Ancient Turret ** - Elec/ Zio Blue Sigil – Darkness/ Mudo Constancy Relic – Fire/ Agi Ill-Fated Maya – Elec/ Zio and Wind/Garu Hakuro Musha**** – Light/Hama Killer Drive – Light/Hama Tranquil Idol – Darkness/Mudo - From floors 123+ - Brave Wheel - Ice/Bufu Death Twins – Strike attacks Elegant Mother*** - Darkness/Mudo and Elec/ Zio Magical Magus - Fire/ Agi Writhing Tiara – Ice/Bufu ** Drops Armor Plates needed for Elizabeth’s request ***Drops Empress’s Mirror needed for Elizabeth’s request **** Drops Gold Handguards needed for Elizabeth’s request (122F) BOSS: Arcane Turret (x3) -------------------------- Exp: 950 exp Item(s): Massive Wheel (x3) Str: Physical Weak: Ice Use Bufu against these tanks to make the battle easier. They are strong vs physical attacks, not to mention that they can deal massive damage although on one target at a time. Make sure your party gets healed as needed and concentrate on one enemy at a time. (135F) BOSS: Sleeping Table -------------------------- Exp: 2535 Item(s): Megido Gem (x1) Str: Fire Null: Strike Since this boss has no definite weakness, you will really need to plan ahead when facing this boss. Having Mediarama (recover party HP) or better will help a lot in this battle. In the start of the battle, it will cast status ailments such as fear so make sure you have a good stock of Me Patra Gems. Later in the battle, once it has less than 50% HP left, it will use Maragidyne (heavy fire damage/all) on every turn. Don’t bring in members that are weak against fire. Junpei is a good selection here since he is almost immune to this boss’ fire attacks. As long as you keep your party’s HP at full every turn and they are on Full Assault on the enemy, you can win this battle even with just three members. Old document 06 is located in 139F. -------. ------ | 9/11 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari AM - Lecture; 3rd answer (+charm) AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 9/12 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AM - Lecture; Stay awake or Doze off AS - Scene with Chidori and Junpei. Free time.*** ***If your charm is already maxed out (Charismatic), talk to Yukari. After getting a lot closer to her, unlock Lovers Arcana. Now you can get your real chance! Now you can go home with her together after class. Evening - Free time Dark Hour - Visit from Pharos. (+1 Death Arcana) -------. ------ | 9/13 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 9/14 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation about the incoming Typhoon AM - Lecture; 3rd answer (+charm) LT - May get some invitations from friends AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 9/15 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - conversation with Akihiko AS - Free time .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | As you hangout with your friends and increase your S. Link level | | with them, you will go through to some really entertaining | | sub-stories. On your way on maxing your rank (LV10), the scenes | | could be, intense and interesting. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. -------. ------ | 9/16 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation that Yukari will be dressing as maid in the Festival. AS - Free time. PM - Free time. -------. ------ | 9/17 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation about the typhoon again. AS - Free time. PM - Free time. -------. ------ | 9/18 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AN - Typhoon just hit. You will be automatically taken back to the dorm. PM - the whole team will be gathered in the lounge. Since you can’t go out or do anything else, save then return to your room after the conversation with them. LN - You will get ill. You will decide to sleep early. DH - In your dreams, you will find yourself inside the Velvet Room again with Igor and Elizabeth. He will tell you that you can now fuse 4 or more Personas. Cross and Pentagon Spread 101 ----------------------------- Fortunately, both the Cross and Pentagon Spread doesn’t require you to experiment with the combinations. You just need to have all the required personas with you and you can fuse them. Note that if your level is not high enough to handle the resulting persona, you may end up keeping those personas until you have the necessary level to handle the powerful resulting persona. Note that some of the rare personas needed to complete Elizabeth’s request (e.g. Black Frost, Girimekala) can only be acquired using this process. -------. ------ | 9/21 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - The days will be skipped since you rested to recover from your fever. This is also the start of a 3-day holiday. DT - If you want, you can also play with Maya to increase her Social Rank. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 9/22 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 9/23 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 9/24 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 9/25 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation about the increasing numbers of Apathy Syndrome victims. AS - Free time; *** If your courage is maxed out (LV6-Badass), find Fuuka and talk to her. She will ask for your help, particularly to become her guinea pig. After tasting her food, try to encourage her and you will unlock the Priestess Arcana. Only one more arcana to go! So, try to max out your Academics to get, in my opinion, one of the hottest girls in the school. Yup, your Mitsuru-sempai. :D -------. ------ | 9/26 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 9/27 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 9/28 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation about the rise of the lost again. AM - Lecture; Stay awake or doze off AS - Free time. Try to increase your ranks with your new friends. PM - Free time; try to gain a few levels in Tartarus to prepare for the next full moon. You won’t also get any invitations to hang out this coming Sunday since the operation will start then. -------. ------ | 9/29 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time PM - Free time .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: Once you accepted the Elizabeth’s request for “beautiful | | tiles with peacocks on them”, head back to the outskirts of Port | | Island where you obtained the Queen Elizabeth cocktail. Enter the | | gambling building beside it and after some conversations, you will| | receive a Mahjong Tile. Bring it to Elizabeth to complete the | | request. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. -------. ------ | 9/30 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Junpei AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 10/1 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation AM - Lecture; Stay awake or doze off AN - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 10/2 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 10/3 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - conversation with Aigis AM - Lecture (exams in 10 days) AS - Free time PM - Free time (save your strength since the operation will start tomorrow.) -------. ------ | 10/4 \ FULL MOON / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DH - The operation will start. Read through the conversation. Shinji and Ken won’t be here. Your team will head out to the place where the shadows appeared. -Iwatodai Strip Mall- Once there, choose your members and head out. BOSS: Fortune and Strength -------------------------- Exp: 10898 Item(s): None You won’t be able to attack Fortune until you defeat Strength. However, don’t expect it to go down quickly. One new and annoying part of this battle is that Fortune will keep on using Wheel of Fortune for the duration of the battle. This is how it works. The roulette has two colors; blue and red. Above the colors are status buffs, ailments and damage (medium, heavy). When you stop the spin and it stops on the blue spot, whatever effect indicated above the color will take effect on the enemy. So, if you are really lucky (or exceptionally good at timing), then this could make the battle easier. When it stops on red, the effect will affect your entire party. In this battle, have a good number of status healing items and use a persona with Mediarama or Mediarahan. Strength attacks one target at a time but can deal medium-heavy damage. High level attacks (-dyne) works well to this boss. After defeatin Strength, Fortune can now be attacked. Though it may look harmless, don’t be deceived. It is quite powerful compared to the first one you just defeated. It will still use Wheel of Fortune but it has some elemental attacks as well so be careful. When near death, this boss will start cheating. Just endure a few hits/turns more and the battle should be over. After the battle watch a few more scenes. The scenes will switch to Ken and Shinji. Takaya the creep will appear as well. Watch through the scenes and for this night, you just had your team’s very first casualty. Poor guy. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: If you have invested expensive equipment for this short-lived| | character, you can get all those by entering his room on the | | dorm's second floor. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. -------. ------ | 10/5 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Attend the school’s memorial service for Shinji. LT - Mitsuru will barge in your room and will tell you about the meeting later. AS - Aki will get emo. With that, his persona Polydeuces will evolve into a much powerful form, Caesar. / Free time. PM - Meeting. Ken won’t be on his room and run away. The team decides to stay put. -------. ------ | 10/6 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time. Note that some of your school friends won’t be there because of the exams. So spend your free time in any way you want. I just made some offerings in the shrine and stayed in the library. You can also check out the Police Station before that to check out some new equipment. PM - Call from Elizabeth. She will inform you about the unblocked path in Tartarus. You may want to check it out later. Watch some more scenes, including Nemesis’ evolution to Kala-Nemi and his decision to stay with the team and return to the dorm. After that, you will have your free time. DH - Pharos will visit you again. After the conversation, your Death Arcana link will increase by a point. -------. ------ | 10/7 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - overhear conversation AM - Choose option 3 (+Charm) AS - Free time PM - Free time. This is also a perfect time to visit the new area in Tartarus. Check out some of Elizabeth’s new requests as well. -Tartarus Tziah 140F- The new unblocked path is still within the fourth block. As usual, new enemies will be here so take time to find the terminals first before clearing all floors thoroughly. I also suggest accepting the request for collecting those Red Armor Plates and Shadow Crystal. Note that the super rare Shadow Crystal is inside an ordinary chest, and not a gold, rare chest. It will be a good idea to just engage the enemies you are targeting (glowing pink/red shadows) or the ones blocking the path. In that way, you are conserving you energy until you reach the terminal. (Enemy – Weakness) Death Seeker – Light/Hama Flowing Sand – Any physical attack Liberating Idol – Ice/Bufu Order Giant - Ice/Bufu Scarlet Turret*** - Elec/Zio Visceral Maya – Elec/Zio and Fire/ Agi - From floors 147+ - Conviction Sword - Wind/Garu Growth Relic – Strike attacks Mighty Cyclops – Fire/ Agi Regal Mother – Elec/Zio and Dark/Mudo Solid Castle – Wind/Garu Wondrous Magi** – Fire/Agi ** Drops Gold Rings *** Drops Red Armor Plates (146) BOSS: Hell Knight (x3) ---------------------------- Exp: 1126 Item(s): Sword of Queen (x3) Drain: Lightning Weak: Strike Attacks Akihiko will be your best bet. Alternatively, you can just equip a cestus or an axe and take care of attacking but I’d rather take care of the healing. Having Mediarama/Mediarahan will increase your chances of survival since there are three enemies and they have party damaging skills. Order somebody to take care of the healing, and the other two, either on Full Assault or Assign Target – basically you are concentrating on one target at a time. Casting some support buffs will help as well. These enemies are susceptible to status ailments also if you just want to try. (160) BOSS: Mythical Gigas ---------------------------- Exp: 3003 Item(s): Wand of King Drain: Fire This boss is all about physical attacks and it does excel on that. Prepare to heal often. If you can spare an attack mirror or two, that will be great as well. As usual, set one of your characters as healer then the other two on Full Assault. Or, if your characters can withstand its attacks, order your team on Full Assault then. It has a really good HP and def rating so expect the battle to take a bit some time. Old document 07 is located in 164F. -------. ------ | 10/8 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 10/9 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Mitsuru AM - Lecture AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 10/10 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 10/11 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free Time (You might consider visiting the Dying young man) PM - Free time -------. ------ | 10/12 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 10/13 \ MID-TERM EXAMS / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Second Semester, Midterm Exams begins and will last for 5 days. AM - Choose 1st answer -------. ------ | 10/14 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AM - Choose 1st answer -------. ------ | 10/15 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AM - Choose 2nd answer -------. ------ | 10/16 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AM - Choose 3rd answer -------. ------ | 10/17 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AM - Last day of the exams. Depending on how much you studied, the questions should be easy. AS - Free time. (Try to check some new items in the Police Station) PM - Free time, try to visit Tartarus and complete some requests if you still haven’t -------. ------ | 10/18 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 10/19 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- LT - Exam results will be posted. Depending on how much you answered and the level of your Academics, you should be able to get the highest score in your class. AN - Lecture; choose 1st answer. (+charm) AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 10/20 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AM - Scene with Fuuka’s class. Natsuki will announce that she will transfer. LT - The two girls will talk on the rooftop. After some resolution, Fuuka’s persona will change into a much powerful form. Juno. AS - Find Mitsuru just near the faculty office in the first floor. Talk to her to obtain the Queen Card Set. -------. ------ | 10/21 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - conversation with Fuuka AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 10/22 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AM - Lecture; Choose 2nd answer AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 10/23 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AM - Lecture; Choose 2nd answer AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 10/24 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Scene with Yukari and Mitsuru; Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 10/25 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free Time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 10/26 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AN - Lecture; Choose 2nd answer AS - Free time -------. ------ | 10/27 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation, about the rise of the Lost again. AS - Free time PM - Free time DH - Visit from Pharos. -------. ------ | 10/28 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 10/29 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Lecture; Choose 3rd answer AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 10/30 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time PM - Free time (The next full moon is ready; make sure to train and get enough money for some new equipment if you still haven’t upgraded) -------. ------ | 10/31 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 11/1 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free Time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 11/2 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Fuuka AS - Free time PM - Scene with the team. Your Fool Arcana will increase. Free time. SAVE! -------. ------ | 11/3 \ FULL MOON / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - You won’t be able to go out. The day will automatically take you to the Dark Hour DH - The operation begins. Watch through some scenes. In the meeting room, you will need to choose your members. Bring the best with you and commence the operation. You will find yourself in the Moonlight Bridge but as expected, the two remaining members of Strega will confront you. Actually, this is more of a giveaway battle. An appetizer before the main dish. BOSS: Takaya Boss: Jin ---------------- ---------------- Rpl: Fire, Dark Null: Light and Dark Null: Light Exp: 14426 This battle ain’t that hard as it looks. Just concentrate on one target at a time. Use high level –dyne skills, except for fire. Heal as needed. But if your characters are high leveled, then you don’t need to worry about them and just treat this as a normal battle. After their defeat, read through the conversation. The two idiots will just fall off the blood-red river below. The last shadow will be floating in the middle of the bridge. You can also choose your party members for this battle as well. BOSS: Hanged Man ---------------- Exp: 14971 For the start of the battle, there will be three statues on the ground. You can’t attack the main target yet unless you destroy all those statues below. The best way to destroy it is by using Ma-Dyne skills (Maragidyne, Maziodyne) or any powerful group/ all damaging skills. After destroying the first set of statues, the main boss will fall down. Attack it with all you got. You don’t actually need to heal too much in this battle but make sure to do so whenever needed. He will then start summoning a Devious Maya (Null Ice). Still use group attack skills to get rid of the maya and damage the main boss as well. In the later parts of the battle, the boss will start summoning sets of statues and will pull itself out of target range. Get rid of the statues immediately. By destroying all/ or at least two of the statues at the same time, the boss will fall down hard to the ground and will be open for an all-out attack. Take this to your advantage and the battle will be over soon. After the battle, the whole team will start planning for a celebration. Just read through it and the night will end. -------. ------ | 11/4 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Pharos will visit you for the first time in the morning. He will say goodbye to you and subsequently maxing out the Death Arcana link. You can now create the ultimate form of the Death arcana – Thanatos. On your way to school, you will have a short conversation with Junpei as well. AS - The game will automatically take you back to the dorm. PM - Everybody is there except Ikutsuki (Chairman) and Aigis. Mitsuru’s father will arrive as well. The gang will have some fun and take pictures. The Fool arcana link will increase as well. Read through the conversations until… DH - Much to their dismay, there is still the Dark Hour. The team decided to proceed to the Tartarus. After some really annoying twist of things (and I was thankful for that since I don’t want the game to end yet XD), you will discover Shuji and Aigis in the Tartarus. He had somehow reprogrammed Aigis to do his bidding. After some really evil revelations, you guys will about to the sacrificed. Aigis did came to her senses and released you guys instead. So, just watch the following anime scenes. Awesome. After the shocking events, the day will end... -------. ------ | 11/5 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation AS - Text message from Aki. Meeting at the command room. PM - The team will have a brief meeting. You will have your free time after that. You won’t be able to go to Tartarus for the meantime. SAVE! LN - Scene with Yukari. After watching the real video of her father, her Persona will change into a powerful form. DH - You will be taken in your dreams to the Velvet Room; Igor will have a short conversation with you. -------. ------ | 11/6 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Scene with Junpei and Chidori. Free Time. PM - Receive a call from Elizabeth, stating that the new block is open in Tartarus. -------. ------ | 11/7 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation about the increased number of the Lost again. AS - Free time. Check out some new equipment in the Police Station before hanging out with any of your friends. PM - You may now visit Tartarus. -Tartarus Harabah 165F- (Enemy – Weakness) Apostate Tower – Fire/Agi Mighty Beast – Light/Hama Keidin Musha - Light/Hama Imprudent Maya – Ice/Zio Crazy Twins – Fire/Agi and Dark/Mudo Ruinous Idol*** – Ice/Bufu ***Drops Moon Tablet needed to complete Elizabeth’s request. (171F) BOSS: Judgement Sword (x3) ----------------------------- Exp: 930 Item(s): Dense Rock (x3) Drain: Lightning Don’t use Yukari and Aigis in this fight. I suggest taking in Akihiko, since he is immune against lightning attacks and can provide backup healing as well. Basically, the enemies’ attacks are mainly physical and electrical attacks. Most of the time, they will use buffs to increase their stats then hit you with party affecting spells. The hard part of this battle is when the enemies use group damaging attacks consecutively. Having a persona with electrical resistance/ immunity is a good choice here but consider having a persona with Mediarama or better, Mediarahan. It will help a lot if you manually order your team mates to concentrate on one target (Choose “Assign Target” from the Tactics battle menu) at a time. Just keep your party’s HP above 50% and you should do good. Once you were able to eliminate the first two enemies, then the last one shouldn’t be that difficult. (180F) BOSS: Stasis Giant (x3) ----------------------------- Exp: 1044 Item(s): Attack Mirror (x3) Null: Slash attacks These set of enemies can be a pain to fight with as well. They also use buffs and group damaging, physical attacks. Just like before, have a backup healer and you take care of the healing, preferably with the help of a persona with Mediarama or Mediarahan. Using attack mirrors in this battle is practically useless since the reflected damage to the bosses is slash damage –which they are immune from. Though they have no elemental strengths or immunities, I suggest using –dyne attacks against them. It seems that Ziodyne deals a bit more damage compared to the other elements of the same caliber skill. Focus on one target at a time. Just keep your team afloat by keeping their HP near full. Heal when needed, and if you can cast support buffs, don’t hesitate to use it as well. Harabah 181+ Battle Wheel – None/ Str vs Light/Hama Gracious Cupid*** - Strike Attacks Hell Knight – Wind/Garu Immoral Snake – Piercing attacks, Light/Hama and Dark/Mudo Juton of Blood – Dark/Mudo Power Castle – Wind/Garu Red Sigil – Ice/ Bufu ***Drops Pink Feathers to complete Elizabeth’s request (190F) BOSS: Phantom King ------------------------- Exp: 2786 Item(s): Homunculus (x1) This boss has no particular weakness. Most of his attacks are all instant deaths. You need to have some Homunculus stocked so that your character has better chances of surviving. The best way to avoid that much problem is by getting rid of it quickly. Harabah 191+ Angry Table - Wind/ Garu and Slash attacks Curse Dice – Wind/Garu Daring Gigas**** - Wind/ Garu Desirous Maya – Fire/Agi Fate Seeker – Piercing, Light/Hama attacks Pistil Mother – Elec/Zio ***Drops Rainbow Hair for Elizabeth’s request (201F) BOSS: Royal Dancer (x3) ---------------------------- Exp: 1250 Item(s): Broken Heart (x1) Nothing special about these bosses. Just attack and heal as needed. Harabah 202+ Iron Dice – Elec/ zio Judgement Sword – Darkness/Mudo Mad Cyclops – Light/Hama Perpetual Sand*** - Physical Prime Magus – Fire/ Agi Stasis Giant – Ice/Bufu ***Drops Sand of Time for Elizabeth’s request (211F) BOSS: Reckoning Dice ---------------------------- Exp: 3336 Item(s): Sword of King (x1) Null: Ice From time to time, this boss will use attack/magic paling. Don’t hesitate to take damage after it uses it, just to give it an opening for your other team members to attack. It also uses Megido and other physical attacks. Though it does medium-heavy damage to all your party members, just keep on healing when needed and you should do fine. Old Document 08 is located in 214F. At level 62, Fuuka will learn a very useful skill called Escape Route. This will enable your party to be transported back to the entrance of Tartarus. You can use this anytime you want and when you’re within the Tartarus only. You select it from the Party Command menu. -------. ------ | 11/8 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 11/9 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation about a new kid coming in your class. AM - Your class advisor will introduce you your new classmate. Aigis will have a bad impression/ feeling about the new guy. AN - Lecture. You will know about the school trip next week. You will also have the option to stay awake or doze off. AS - Free time PM - Free time (Mitsuru won’t be back yet) -------. ------ | 11/10 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari. Learn that Mitsuru will be coming back today. AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 11/11 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear the conversation about Ryoji. AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 11/12 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AM - Lecture; Choose the 1st option to answer the question correctly. (+Charm) AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 11/13 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation about the trip to Kyoto AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 11/14 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Scene with Yukari and Mitsuru. You have your free time after that. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 11/15 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time. If you don’t have any plans with any of your friends, I suggest taking time to visit Akinari. It will just take 10 Sundays to max your link with him. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 11/16 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation about the school trip the next day AM - Lecture; Stay awake or Doze off. AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 11/17 \ SCHOOL TRIP TO KYOTO / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- PM - Talk to everybody if you want. Otherwise, find your room in the 2nd floor, in the end of the hallway. -------. ------ | 11/18 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Second day of the school excursion. After a summary of what happened during the day, the scene will switch to Yukari and Mitsuru. After some really serious conversation, a new Persona will be available for Mitsuru. PM - Talk to everybody if you want or just return to your room. -------. ------ | 11/19 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - The game will automatically take you through the activities during the day. You will get control once evening arrives. PM - Once you gain control, talk to Aki to save the game. Learn also that Junpei is looking for you downstairs. Go there and talk to him. He will invite you guys to go to the hot spring. Go back to your room to get changed. Once there, just read through the conversations. After a few minutes, the girls will enter. Though you may think that you guys are lucky bastards, you will be thrown into a funny mini game of hide and seek. I tried my best, but I still ended up being caught. Well, even if how many times you try it, you are still destined to be caught. READER TIP: After failing and checking your walkthrough to see if it as possible to not get caught in the hot springs, I am almost decided to give it up, but tried a second time anyways. 1) First, hide on the east side of the central rock, staying close to it. 2) When the girls decide to check the other side, slowly looped around the bottom of the rock and hide on the west side, again close to the rock. 3) When the girls split up, slowly walk to the center "hole" and select hide. Unfortunately, you don't get anything for your efforts, but the following scenes are more amusing than the alternative with Mitsuru joking that Fuuka's detection is worthless without her clothes and Aigis muses about the difference in human bodies... -- Courtesy of Joseph M. -------. ------ | 11/20 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Conversation with the guys before boarding the ride home. After the incident last night, the girls won’t talk to you guys. PM - You will be back at the dorm. You won’t be able to go to Tartarus for tonight so do whatever you want to do. -------. ------ | 11/21 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation about the Career Experience on Monday. AM - Reminder about the Career experience next week. Stay awake or Doze off. AS - Free time. If you still haven’t talked to Mitsuru after maxing out your academics (Lv.6 or Genius), find her in front of the school board near the Faculty office. After some bonding moments with her, you will unlock the Empress arcana. -------. ------ | 11/22 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time PM - The team won’t be going to the Tartarus tonight. So take your time and sleep. DH - Fuuka will wake you up. You will find yourself in the meeting room and the next scenes will follow. Apparently, Chidori will attack you guys. Before deploying, you need to choose your party members. Junpei won’t be there though. When ready, talk to Fuuka and commence with the operation. A few more conversations later, you will find yourself fighting against Chidori. BOSS: Chidori ------------- Exp: 16089 Item(s): None Drain: Fire Str: Dark/Light This battle is rather easy. You can just order your allies to go on Full assault. Chidori also has this innate skill called Spring of Life that restores a good amount of her HP on every turn. Just keep on attacking and heal when needed. Her attacks are fire-based. Watch the following scenes including Junpei’s near death experience with Strega. Chidori gave him her life force and will confess her love for Junpei. After that really heartbreaking scene, Junpei will acquire Chidori’s Spring of Life skill (which works like the passive skill Regeneration) and he will also have a new Persona. After the following scenes, the remaining duo of Strega will leave. You will be back to your dorm automatically. -------. ------ | 11/23 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 11/24 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Career experience will last for 4 days. The game will automatically skip the days. -------. ------ | 11/27 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- PM - Free time -------. ------ | 11/28 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time PM - Scene with the team and Junpei. The Fool arcana will increase by one point. After that. -------. ------ | 11/29 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 11/30 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AM - Lecture; 3rd answer (+charm) AS - Free time PM - Further conversations with the team -------. ------ | 12/1 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time PM - Free timeFree time -------. ------ | 12/2 \ FULL MOON / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Aigis AN - Free time PM - Save your game! DH - Watch the following scenes between Aigis and Ryoji. Things about your main character’s past will be clearer now and what is Ryoji’s relationship with Aigis. After that event, the whole team will arrive. The Dark Hour will end automatically after knowing the harsh truth about what lies ahead… -------. ------ | 12/3 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Mitsuru will inform you guys about the meeting tonight. PM - Ryoji will be at the dorm. He will explain everything and what is waiting. This part of the game is where everything turns serious and dark. You will discover Ryoji’s role about the inevitable occurring of The Fall and this being called Nyx… He will give you another option and time to decide. He will ask for your final answer on New Year ’s Eve, December 31st. This is a shocking revelation for all of you guys and for a long period of time, everybody won’t have the reason to visit Tartarus. -------. ------ | 12/4 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation AS - Free time PM - Since you can’t go to Tartarus this time, you can just talk to your team mates to get some information about what is happening. -------. ------ | 12/5 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation that Ryoji is gone. AS - Free time (your school friends won’t be around because of the exams) PM - Free time. You can’t still go to Tartarus. This will go on for another few days. -------. ------ | 12/6 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 12/7 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - conversation with Yukari AM - Lecture; Reminder of the coming exams next Monday. AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 12/8 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Fuuka. AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 12/9 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Aki. AM - Lecture; Stay awake or Doze off AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 12/10 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Mitsuru. AS - Free time PM - Meeting with the team. Also, you can now go to Tartarus. Aigis won’t be there however. -------. ------ | 12/11 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AN - Lecture; Choose first answer. (+ Charm) AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 12/12 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AM - Lecture AS - Free time PM - Free time .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: Since you have a lot of free time for the next days, I | | suggest either use them to maximize your attributes or social | | links. You may want to visit Tartarus and complete the requests. | | Try to gain a level or two in each of your visits. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. -------. ------ | 12/13 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time (unless you have plans with somebody) PM - Free time -------. ------ | 12/14 \ SEcOND SEMESTER FINALS / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Start of the 2nd semester final exams. This will last for 6 days. If you have paid attention to the questions in the past lectures, then you shouldn’t have that much problems dealing with the exam. The days will pass automatically, one question per day. In the last day, the game will take over and depending on your academics level, you could get a perfect score. -------. ------ | 12/19 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- *Exams end today AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 12/20 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Conversation between Mitsuru and Yukari; Free time after that PM - Free time -------. ------ | 12/21 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- LT - Exam results will be posted. If you scored the highest, see Mitsuru for your reward. AN - Lecture; Choose 2nd answer to increase your Charm. AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 12/22 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 12/23 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Today is a holiday. No school for today. Free time. You will also see a scene between Aki and Ken. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 12/24 \ CHRISTMAS EVE / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AM - Lecture (Stay awake or doze off) LT - You may receive and invitation from a special someone to spend your Christmas Eve with. It depends on who you see often. AS - You and your date will hangout until dark. If you are alone, then this is your free time. -------. ------ | 12/25 \ CHRISTMAS / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 12/26 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - This is the last day of the 2nd semester. Overhear conversation about the winter break. AM - Lecture; Stay awake or doze off AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 12/27 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Start of winter vacation. You will also see scene between Fuuka and Junpei. Free Time after that. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 12/28 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time. If you want, this is one of those days when you can chat with Maya on normal days. PM - Free time (If you decide not to chat with Maya. If you did, the whole day will be spent and you will automatically enter the next day.) -------. ------ | 12/29 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 12/30 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari. You will learn that Aigis is now coming back. DT - Free time. PM - Watch the scene with Aigis’ return. Her persona will change as well. Free time after that. SAVE. -------. ------ | 12/31 \ FULL MOON / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time. (This is your last chance to save if you still haven’t .) PM - Ryoji will be there. This is the crucial moment of the game. Here, your decision will affect the ending, literally. You will need to talk to him in your room. You will have two choices, let Ryoji live or kill him. If you decide the kill him, then that is the easiest way to end the game. The game will automatically take you on Graduation Day with all your memories about your battles and the Dark Hour erased. After some quite “normal” circumstances, you and everybody doesn’t know anything about the inevitable occurrence of the Fall. Now as long as you didn’t overwrite your save game when you are prompted to after the credits, you can still load your latest save game and go with letting him live. By choosing that, you will get another full month of preparation and savoring your “last days”. On the Jan 31st, you will be facing the “Unbeatable One” In this night, the Fool Arcana will be maxed out and the final arcana/ social link will be unlocked as well. This is the Judgement Arcana. Ryoji will bid you farewell and you will start your New Year. -------. ------ | 1/1 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Short scene with the boys. You will decide to catch up with the girls in the Shrine. DT - Read through the conversation between the gals and the boys. After that, talk to everybody if you want, then talk to Mitsuru to leave. Watch the following scenes. You will be back at the dorm automatically. PM - You will get a call from Elizabeth regarding the new floor/block open in Tartarus. You should visit it tonight.. DH - Visit Tartarus tonight. Check out some new requests from Elizabeth as well. The hardest request of all can’t be accomplished by now so just save it for later. -Tartarus, 6th Block Adamah- 215F As soon as you enter the 6th block, your Judgement Arcana will increase by one. - New enemies - Amenti Raven – Elec/ Zio Bigoted Maya – Fire/ Agi Death Castle – Wind/ Garu Death Dice – Ice/ Bufu Glorious Hand** - Physical attacks Green Sigil - Fire/ Agi Slaughter Drive – Elec/Zio Onnen Musha - Fire/ Agi **Drops Platinum Medal (220F)BOSS: Noble Seeker x3 --------------------------- Exp: 1594 Item(s): Bead x15 This is the first out of the five guardians you need to defeat before the 31st. Avoid using elemental attacks against these enemies. As usual, have someone take care of the healing and attack normally. If you have a decent level, then this battle shouldn’t be that hard. Don’t be fooled though, since these enemies have good evasion rates. After defeating the bosses, your Judgement Arcana link will increase by one. Make your way to the next guardian and terminal at the 228th floor. Along the way, on 224F, your Judgement Arcana will increase again. Upon reaching the 228F terminal, go back down and save. Engage the enemies when ready. (228F)BOSS: Carnal Snake x3 --------------------------- Exp: 1711 Item(s): Cup of King x3 These enemies have really good magic resistance and can quickly drain your party’s SP, restricting your offensive and recovery capabilities. Another thing to note is that these guys also cast/use Tetrakarn. Think of it that they just used an Attack Mirror. These enemies also use Mudoon and some -dyne attacks so revive/ heal as often as needed. The battle could be easy or disastrous, depending on your party’s composition. If you are having problems, load the game again, then try bringing party members that can provide support or offense. After defeating the bosses, your Judgement Arcana link will increase by one. - 229F+ - Daring Gigas (LV70) – Wind/ Garu Doom Sword - Ice/ Bufu Light Balance – Elec/ Zio Infinite Sand – Ice/ Bufu Royal Dancer – no weakness (Rpl Wind, Null Light and Dark) Silver Dice – No weakness (Null Phys, Dark) (236F)BOSS: World Balance --------------------------- Exp: 4252 exp Item(s): Megidolaon Gem This boss can be pretty annoying. Though it doesn’t have specific weaknesses, its attacks are always party based so make sure someone has the capability to use Mediarama/han. You can use a Magic Mirror if you want but that won’t be a good idea since it will start using Medigolaon on every turn. Unless you have a strong healer, do not attempt to use a magic mirror. To further help you in battle, use support skills like buffs or the ones that lower the enemy’s stats. After defeating the boss, your Judgement Arcana link will increase by one. - 237F+ - Devious Maya – Elec/Zio Eternal Eagle – Dark/ Mudo Nemean Beast - Dark/ Mudo Jotun of Evil – Phyiscal attacks Wicked Turret - Elec/Zio (244F)BOSS: Fierce Cyclops x3 --------------------------- Exp: 2088 Item(s): Coin of King x3 Null: Elec Str: Fire, Physical attacks Use your most powerful magical attacks here except Elec. Also since these enemies can cast party targeting spells, check your party’s HP and maintain it above 80% always. Bufudyne and Garudyne deals a bit more damage compared to other spells so make sure you use them if you can. Watch out when they start to power charge; there will always be a high probability that they can kill your characters in one hit after power charging. Also, when they have very low HP remaining, they will use a suicide attack called Last Resort that deals medium-heavy damage to all your party members. Just outlast the battle by healing often and assigning one target to your offensive members. After defeating the bosses, your Judgement Arcana link will increase by one. - 245F+ - Emperor Beetle – Strike Attacks Fierce Cyclops – No weakness; Str vs Slash attacks and Fire Harmony Giant - Ice Platinum Dice – Elec/ Zio Wrathful Book – Fire/ Agi (252F)BOSS: Jotun of Grief --------------------------- Exp: 4500 Item(s): Fine Statuette Null: Elec, Wind, Strike Drn: Fire, Ice So all magical attacks doesn’t work. Good thing, piercing attacks can affect this boss. If you want, you can bring in Ken, Aigis and Yukari in this battle. If you can cast non-elemental spells such as Megido, do so. Also, you can nullify the enemy’s resistance by using –Break skills. If you have a persona that can do that, use it. If not, your allies should be able to cast it – though it also depends on the level. This boss also uses Megidolaon which is practically a party-based attack so keep your party afloat by healing often. This boss is not that hard as long as your party can deal damage and past through its defenses. After defeating the boss, your Judgement Arcana link will increase by one. Congratulations! You have just defeated all the five guardians blocking the path towards Tartarus’ top floor. Continue up until you reach the highest floor you can reach for now. Here, your Judgement Arcana will be automatically maxed out. The path won’t be open until Jan 31st so head down for now. Also, after defeating the last guardian, a new surprise is in store for you. - MONAD - In the ground floor of Tartarus, an enormous door will appear on the northeast, behind Aigis and Koromaru. This gives you access to an optional dungeon, known as Monad. The enemies here are extremely powerful and high-leveled so always save before exploring this area. However, if you are able to defeat an enemy here and get a wand oracle (card), @ LV 74, the experience may get as high as 25000 per enemy/group. This is a great place to farm experience and obtain exceptionally rare and powerful equipment. Though you really need to be at least LV90 above to fully navigate the whole 10 floors of Monad, The top floor contains a 1 million Yen chest. If you are just planning to farm experience, stay at the bottom floor. If you are starting at a rather low level, then I suggest saving after every battle or two. You will never know what will happen next. Note that the enemies here have a good combination of strengths and weaknesses so you need to have really high leveled personas here to do the trick. Alice is the persona I used for her Die for Me! skill. However, you still need to use other high level attacks such as –dyne skills. You can reach level 99 in just a few short days. If you want to stay safe, you can order your allies to attack all shadows and you take care of the healing from a distance. Below are the list of enemies and their weaknesses for this dungeon. Divine Mother – Dark/ Mudo and Ice/ Bufu Tenjin Musha – Elec/ Zio Acheron Seeker – No weakness, Str vs elemental attacks King Castle – Wind/ Garu Grand Magus – Fire/ Agi Eternal Sand – Physical attacks Hallowed Turret – Elec/Zio Veterent Idol - Ice/ Bufu White Sigil – Fire/ Agi Void Giant – No weakness - Drains physical attacks - Repels Light and Dark attacks. You have a very limited time from here on so choose what you want to do carefully. If you are planning to play the game again on a second playthrough, I suggest maxing your attributes if you still haven’t. Just spend the days normally until the “Promised Day” -------. ------ | 1/2 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Winter vacation starts. DT - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 1/3 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 1/4 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 1/5 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 1/6 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 1/7 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Last day of Winter vacation DT - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 1/8 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Start of the 3rd semester. Overhear conversation about the cult. AM - Lecture, choose 3rd answer (+charm) AS - Junpei will invite you to the rooftop for some serious talk. Free time after that. PM - Free time. -------. ------ | 1/9 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 1/10 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 1/11 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Holiday DT - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 1/12 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation AN - Lecture; stay awake or doze off PM - conversation with the team. You will go Hagakure with them. Free time after that. -------. ------ | 1/13 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 1/14 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation. AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 1/15 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AN - Lecture; Stay awake or doze off AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 1/16 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 1/17 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 1/18 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AM - Lecture; 2nd answer (+charm) AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 1/19 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - overhear conversation AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 1/20 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 1/21 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 1/22 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - overhear conversation AN - lecture; stay awake or doze off AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 1/23 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time PM - You will be reminded that once you enter the Tartarus on the 31st, you can’t leave until all the battles are over. Free time -------. ------ | 1/24 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 1/25 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- This is the last week... until the Promised Day. I suggest saving a backup now in case you realize that you still need to do something. Make sure that you buy the strongest equipment for your party members. Train if you want and complete all of Elizabeth's requests when you have the chance. EM - overhear conversation AN - Lecture, 2nd answer AS - Career orientation with your class advisor. Scene with Aigis. Free time after that. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 1/26 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 1/27 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 1/28 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AM - lecture; stay awake or doze off AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 1/29 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 1/30 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time (Last day before the final battle!) PM - Free time -------. ------ | 1/31 \ PROMISED DAY: THE END OF THE WORLD / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - The final battle is tonight, at the top of Tartarus. DT - Free time until dark. PM - Team will have their last meeting. Also, they promised each other that they will still remember everything even if the Dark Hour is gone. After that, you can talk to everybody if you like, then talk to Mitsuru to head out. Choose your party members and make sure you give them the best equipment you have acquired. If you want, you can register all your Personas first. Save first, when ready take the portal to the latest terminal you have reached. (252F) Continue further floors up. You still need to wade through enemies and look for the stairs on each floor. The first target is on the 258th Floor. If all your party members are maxed out, then just split up to look for items and the stairs since the enemies will just run away from you. If you cleared these floors earlier, then you just need to make your up. Activate the terminal in 258F, go back down and save. Now go upstairs when ready. BOSS: Jin LV74 -------------------- Exp: 8313 Null: Light and Dark Rpl: Fire Nothing much about this boss. If your level is high enough, then you don’t need to worry about him. Jin has fire attacks but those doesn’t deal considerable damage to be alarmed off. Just attack normally and he should go down after a few seconds. You will have further conversation with Jin before he dies. After the short scene, you can proceed upstairs. Like before, you still need to clear a few basic floors before reaching the next terminal. Takaya is waiting at the 262nd floor. Before facing Takaya, you will have the option to change your members. Activate the terminal here also and save if you want. When ready, head upstairs to face him. BOSS: Takaya LV75 -------------------- Exp: 9068 Null: Dark Rpl: Light Like Jin, Takaya is also a giveaway battle. He has high defense and HP compared to Jin and his attacks are not bad either. You will have a hard time defeating him if you are around at his level. Since all my characters are maxed out, this battle is a breeze. After the battle, continue upstairs or backtrack to the portal and save. There is also an access point upstairs but it is up to you. This is the last part of Tartarus. Upstairs is the final boss. Choose your members for the final battle and go upstairs. BOSS: Nyx Avatar LV76 -------------------- Exp: 5678 So here it is, the final boss. Don’t be intimidated by its size. Last bosses are often large, ugly and menacing. This boss has the ability to change Arcanas; that means that his attributes, strengths and weaknesses change after shifting Arcanas. At max level, you will just laugh off his attacks though he can still kill your guys with Mudo and Hama skills. Just use Balm of Life to revive them at full health. Your consumable items won’t be carried over when you start a new game anyways. You may want to analyze it after every Arcana shift to know its weakness. You will problems defeating this boss if you are just around its level. Nyx Avatar attacks twice each turn, not to mention that he has group damaging attacks. It also inflicts different status effects so have a good number of Me Patra Gems ready. Nyx Avatar will undergo several Arcana shifts, with all the main Arcanas. After that, it will shift into its true avatar, Death… Consider this as its “true form”. Its defense and attacks have increased considerably and its attacks will hit harder. But its nothing to worry about if you are maxed out. Now, beware when it uses the unique skill Moonless Gown. This barrier repels ALL kinds of attacks to the attacker/user. You need to order your allies to be on standby while Moonless Gown is active. Otherwise, they will just kill themselves. One of the main problems you will encounter here is that Nyx activates Moonless Gown AFTER your turn which means it will be too late to order your allies to standby. There is always a chance that they will get severely damaged by their own attacks. Moonless Gown usually stays active for 2-3 turns. Don’t waste too much time or opportunity. Once it lifts, quickly order your allies to attack. Yet be aware that Nyx will bring it up again. That could be the hard part of this battle. (Reader Tip from Larry J:) When Nyx releases his Moonlight Gown you aren't always the first one to act. To counteract his break skills you need to have some Dekunda gems in your inventory which makes the breaks useless. Once its life becomes critical, it will use a devastating attack called Night Queen. It inflicts different status effects and deals severe damage to all members. Just consider it as Nyx’s last attempt to kill you guys off. Just continue attacking until he is finished. Don’t celebrate yet; watch the following scenes, including a few great anime cutscenes. After the cutscenes, you will find yourself back in the Velvet room. Here Igor will help you for the last time, and will invoke you with the power of all those people whom you maxed your social links with. After that and a few more scenes, you will need to face the “true” Nyx.. Don’t worry, this is a scripted battle. You will win. Don’t mind the tremendous attacks unleashed by Nyx. Just skip your turns, and your friends will give you strength until you have full strength. Once full, use the Great Seal (which will be the only action you can do) to end the battle. Watch the remaining scenes. -------. ------ | 3/3 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- Your life will be back to normal. You still go to school but you can do limited things only. Just save, sleep until the 5th. -------. ------ | 3/5 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- Aigis will remember and will tell you about it. Now watch the last few heartwarming scenes and the credits will roll. Congratulations for finishing the game! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ POST GAME NOTES PST001 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ After the credits, you will be prompted to save your clear data. If you still wish to play the old data, don’t overwrite it with a cleared save game. There are some things that will be carried over when you start a new game. Most of these applies to the main character only. + All equipment you have in your inventory will be carried over, including the ones you have equipped. However, all your allies’ equipment will start from default... + All your Yen/money will be carried over. That means you could start the game as a millionaire… Maximum amount of money you can carry is 9,999,999 only. + All your REGISTERED personas in the compendium will be carried over. So it is possible to have a high level persona early in the game. (Orpheus will start at default level but you can get rid of him and summon the Orpheus you have in the compendium) + Ultimate forms of maxed social links can be created through fusion as soon as possible. + Your level and attributes will be carried over as well. That means you can immediately talk to those people that requires high attributes like LV6 Academics, Charm or Courage. (If you didn’t have enough time to make it out with Yukari, Fuuka or Mitsuru due to time constraints in your first playthrough, now you can open a social link with them as early as possible.) + The shops (drug store and police station) will be selling all the items you have unlocked. In case you sold the old equipments of your party members, you can buy high level armors and weapons for them at the start of the game. Equipment for Aigis and Koro will be available once you they join your team. + Gameplay time will be carried over. (I finished my first game file after 110 hours.) + The optional dungeon, Monad will be accessible the first time you can enter Tartarus. You can farm experience as early as possible, so long as you can kill enemies before they can kill you (to be safe, defeat an enemy, exit and save. Return. My starting party of Yukari, Akihiko and Junpei were already @ LV60+ before even finishing first block) + Consumable items (including shadow drops needed for Elizabeth’s request) won’t be carried over. Special items such as those given to you by your friends after maxing their social links will be carried over as well. + Social Links will be reset to default. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ CHARACTERS CHA001 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ MAIN THE OTHER SELF ============== Name: Unknown Persona: Orpheus Arcana: All Weapon: All (except Daggers and Guns) This is the main character. He is unnamed, and he is full of ambiguity. The 13th Arcana, Death has been residing on his body since the incident 10 years ago, which will play a great role in the world’s fate. He has the unique ability to control and interchange multiple personas, even during battle. + PERSONA USER + + OUT OF CONTROL + + CONTRACT + THE PAINED ARCHER ================= Name: Yukari Takeba Persona: Io/ Isis Arcana: Lovers Weapon: Bow and arrow Strength: Wind Weakness: Electric Yukari is one of the first members of SEES. She is pretty bright and cheerful making her popular in her school. Her father died in an accident 10 years ago and her mother has left her alone. She managed to survive and discover her father’s role for the emergence of the Dark Hour, Shadows and the Tartarus. + PANIC + + ARCHERY + + SORROW + THE CLASS CLOWN ================= Name: Junpei Iori Persona: Hermes/ Trismegistus Arcana: Magician Weapon: Heavy Sword Strength: Fire Weakness: Ice Awakened to the Dark Hour and his power by accident, Junpei decided to join SEES after Akihiko found him alone and confused during the Dark Hour. He soon meets Strega member Chidori casually then eventually fell in love with her. He lives life easily with few cares about the world or his future. But when things get serious, he changes from class clown to a caring, honest friend. + MOOD SETTER? + + CLASSMATES + + JUNPEI AND CHIDORI THE LEADER ================= Name: Mitsuru Kirijo Persona: Penthelesia/ Artemisia Arcana: Empress Weapon: Sabre/ Rapier Strength: Ice Weakness: Fire Daughter of the head of the massive Kirijo group of companies and the one of the founding members of SEES. She has awakened her persona since she was a child and has a strong sense of justice and responsibility. She is also a renowned figure in their school and she is also the president of the school student council. + THE LEADER + + FENCING + + THE POWER OF SHADOW THE BOXING CHAMP ================= Name: Akihiko Sanada Persona: Polydeuces/ Caesar Arcana: Emperor Weapon: Boxing Gloves, Gauntlets Strength: Electric Weakness: Wind The captain of Gekkokan’s boxing team. He is a chick magnet but shows little interest in them. He is serious about fighting and seems like he is always training to become stronger. Something drives him to become stronger somehow… + GROUP PICTURE + + BOXING + + HEARTTHROB THE LIVING ANDROID ================= Name: Aigis Persona: Palladion/ Athena Arcana: Chariot Weapon: Guns Strength: Physical Attacks Weakness: Electric The last remaining anti-shadow android created to destroy Shadows. She has just re-activated when the main character and the whole team visited the Kirijo family’s estate on Yakushima. She has faced the then incomplete Death after the incident 10 years ago. Yet the shadow’s power was so immense that she just decided to seal it away in the body of a boy. The one she decided to protect, no matter what. + JUMP + + ARTIFICIAL LIFE + + PERSONALITY + THE TOUGH KID ================= Name: Ken Amada Persona: Nemesis/ Kala-Nemi Arcana: Justice Weapon: Spear Strength: Light, Electric Weakness: Fire The youngest member of SEES. His mother was killed in an “accident” and it seems that Shinjiro and Akihiko knew what really happened. He stays at the dorm with the other members of SEES though he is going to Gekkoukan Elementary school. + SCREAM + + SPEAR-USER + + YOUNG BOY + THE EX-SEES MEMBER ================= Name: Shinjiro Arakagi Persona: Castor Arcana: Hierophant Weapon: Axe Strength: Physical attacks Weakness: Wind One of the original members of SEES, along with Mitsuru and Akihiko. He left the team after the incident involving Ken’s mother. He was living in the past ever since. Akihiko, on the other hand never gives up on convincing him to join the team again. He joins the team later on, after learning that Ken Amada has volunteered. + GANG SPOT + + BLACK ALLEY + + THE PAST + THE LOYAL DOG ================= Name: Koromaru Persona: Cerberus Arcana: Strength Weapon: Dagger Strength: Darkness, Fire Weakness: Ice Koromaru’s owner is a monk in Nagasaki Shrine. When the monk died in an accident, the stray Koro is still walking along the same old path where his master once walked him. He even loyally guards the shrine. One night, the team detected another shadow outside Tartarus but was only surprised to find a bloodied Koromaru and the shadow, gone. He was later adopted by the team and for some reason, only Aigis can communicate with this wonder dog. + DAGGER-USER + + TRANSLATOR + + MEETING + THE FRAGILE SEER ================= Name: Fuuka Yamagishi Persona: Lucia/ Juno Arcana: Priestess Weapon: Strength: Weakness: Fuuka is shy and withdrawn but also a kind, caring and intelligent girl. She is often sick and absent from school because of her fragile condition. She was bullied by some girls in school and was thrown into Tartarus after a painful prank. She is rescued by the team and with her extremely powerful sensory capabilities, she replaced Mitsuru and took the task as the team’s life line or support. + HIDDEN POWER + + FAINT VOICE + + OVERWATCH + OTHER CHARACTERS... Ikutsuki - the chairman and the brain of SEES. He is charismatic, calm and bright. Yet, something is not right about him… Takeharu - Mitsuru’s father and the head of the Kirijo group. Kirijo He was the only remaining survivor of the incident that gave rise to the shadows, 10 years ago. Eiichiro - Yukari’s father. He was the head scientist of the project Takeba that released the shadows to the world. He died in the blast but was able to leave a recording about what happened. Yet, the video was somehow manipulated by someone for some reason… Igor - a mysterious figure that appears only in the main character’s dreams and the dark hour. He is living in a twilight dimension in the form of an elevator room that has no definite stop. He has the power to fuse personas and help the main character with his ordeals through his unique abilities. Elizabeth - Igor’s assistant in the Velvet Room. She is as mysterious as Igor and little is known about her as well. Pharos - the mysterious kid that greeted the main character when he arrived. He appears during the Dark Hour to give his friend warnings and séances about any ordeals waiting for him. Later, he will be discovered as Death’s embodiment. Ryoji - another equally mysterious transfer student that arrived at Gekkoukan during the 2nd semester. Aigis is really cautious and distant to him for some reason. He looked like any playboy that is always chasing around girls but he carries a dangerous secret within…. Takaya - leader of Strega. They are a group of Persona-users that roam the Dark Hour. Their intentions remain unknown until later. It seems that their ability to control personas is artificially enhanced… Jin - One member of the trio that makes up Strega. He is popular in the internet and uses that to manipulate people or cause trouble. He has a strong sense of loyalty and respect towards Takaya and decided to follow him wherever he goes. Chidori - the only female member of Strega. She is silent and cold. She loves drawing by herself and carries her sketchbook during the day. She later meets and falls in love with one of the SEES members, Junpei. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ THE PLACES PLS001 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ This section will cover all the places that you can visit during your free time. Some establishments are accessible only during certain events and times of the day. PAULOWNIA MALL ============== Paulownia Mall is the only place open at night. Here you can find several shops where you can purchase necessary items when exploring Tartarus. The fountain is where the Gourmet King (Moon Arcana) is hanging out. Save money buy buying during their discount days! 1.Club Escapade – Opens only at night. Aside from being the place where the Old Monk (Tower Arcana) is staying, there is nothing worthwhile to be done here. 2.Chagall Café – Open during day and night. Stay here to increase your charm. (Pheromone Coffee – 500Y) 3.Be Blue V – This is the accessory shop. Opens everyday during daytime only. Discounts on Sundays! 4.Police Station – This is your equipments shop. It gets a new inventory every month so make sure you have the strongest equipment you can get before every new mission in Tartarus. Discounts on Mondays! 5. Hallway – Leads to the alternative entrance to the Velvet Room 6.Mandragora – This karaoke bar is where you can increase your courage for 800 yen. However, it will be full from Friday to Sunday. 7.Shinshoudo Antiques – This is the antique shop where you can trade your gems (enemy drops) for Persona-enhancing cards and some rare items. Opens daily until evening. 8. Aohige Pharmacy – The pharmacy is where you can purchase recovery items and different status removal items. Opens daily until evening. Discounts on Saturdays! 9. Power Records – Music store. Accessible only during story scenes. 10. Game Panic – Arcade. Accessible only during story scenes. PORT ISLAND STATION =================== Port Island station is the station nearest to your school. This is also where Tanaka (Devil Arcana) is staying. Rafflesia – The flower shop where you can buy flowers (and actually stock them) to give them as gifts to your girlfriend(s). Opens everyday. Screen Shot – The only movie theater in the area. The attributes that will increase when you visit this establishment depends on the movie marathon that is shown in the theater. (1500Y) The back alley of Port Island is where you can visit to complete some of Elizabeth’s request. (These requests will be covered in a separate section of this guide.) IWATODAI STATION/STRIP MALL =========================== This is another great place to hangout if you have nothing to do. It has a lot of restaurants and fastfood that can help increase your attributes. Octopia – Takoyaki food stand. You need to buy at least one Takoyaki here that will be needed to establish a social link with the Girl at the Shrine (Hanged Man arcana) Wild-Duck Burger – Eat the specialty here for 500 yen to increase your courage Bookworms Used Books – this is where the Old Couple (Hierophant Arcana) is staying. Waketsu Restaurant – Eat the Prodigy Platter for 680y to increase your academics Hagakure Ramen – Eat the Tuna here for 900Y to increase your charm. Sweet Shop - Accessible only during story scenes. Beef Bowl Shop - Accessible only during story scenes. Book On - Accessible only during story scenes. NAGANAKI SHRINE =============== The Shrine is where you can check your fortune and make some offerings. Occasionally, if you have good luck, you will find some yen and your condition may improve. However, the opposite may occur when you have bad luck. When offering to the shrine, your academics may increase. Maiko (Girl on the Shrine) can be found here everyday after school except Sundays. During Sundays, you will find Akinari (Sun Arcana) after you unlock him by increasing Maiko’s social link. GEKKOUKAN HIGH SCHOOL ===================== This is the school where your character goes to. Though you can only see two homerooms here, it is still “complete” in a sense. Classroom 2-F – The main character, Yukari and Junpei’s homeroom. You can also find Kazushi and Kenji inside. Classroom 2-E – Fuuka and Natsuki’s homeroom Student Council Room – Meetings on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Establish and increase the Student Council (Emperor Arcana) social link here. PA Room – Enter here to obtain the Gekkoukan Boogie, needed for Elizabeth’s request. (She should request it first, otherwise the room will be locked.) Rooftop – Though you can access it normally, there is nothing special to do here. Some story scenes will take place here however. Shop – You can buy some snacks here which changes everyday. Athletics area (Kendo, Swim and Track and Field Rooms) – Establish/ increase the Chariot Arcana here. (Or just talk to Kaz in your room) Nurse’ Room – Visit him when you’re tired or sick. Agree to drink the concoction to increase your courage. Faculty Room - Accessible only during story scenes. Laboratory – Enter here once you accepted the Elizabeth’s request for “shell of a man”. Otherwise it will be locked. Home Economics Room – Enter here to establish, increase your social link with Bebe (Temperance Arcana). Or just talk to him just outside of your home room. Music, Arts and Photography/Science Room – Enter to establish/ increase Fortune Arcana social link. Or just talk to Keisuke outside your homeroom. Library – Study here to increase your academics. DORMITORY ========= This is your HQ or home. Save by using the logbook in the lobby. The second floor has all the boys’ room, the girls’ room on the 3rd and the meeting/command room at the 4th. The 5th floor is basically the rooftop but it doesn’t have any use after the first incident when you start the game. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ SOCIAL LINKS SLK000 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ As mentioned in the quick start section at the start of this guide, social links play a vital role in fusing powerful personas. Maxing out a social link will enable you to create the Arcana’s ultimate form. The social link rank also determines how much bonus experience a resulting persona will get during fusion. This section will discuss how to establish all social links in the game and other related info. Establishing new social links can be done by making friends and acquaintances with certain NPCs in the game. They could be your classmates or just any other people from different walks of life. You can also have intimate relationships with certain girls in your school. INCREASING the level of your social link will depend on how much time you hang out with your friends and how you respond to your conversations with them. Best answers will always result in an instant rank up the next time you hang out with that person. For girls, the best answers and giving them the gifts they like will dramatically increase your relationship with them. Having the persona matching your friend’s arcana when you talk to him/her will help a lot on strengthening your relationship faster. REVERSED social links will be the result when that person gets mad or uneasy about you. One most common example is when you go out with another girl whilst you already have a girlfriend. Another thing is that when you keep ignoring or haven’t hanged out with a friend. The easiest way to reverse a social link is to decline an invitation you already accepted to make way to another favored friend. Repair reversed social links by talking to the person and invite him/her out. At first they may decline the offer but keep on trying and they will eventually gave way on the 2nd invitation onwards. Maxing out a social link will enable you to create the Arcana’s ultimate form. Once maxed, you will be able to continue and move on with concentrate maxing out another S. Link. |>>>>........................ QUICK Q & A ......................<<<<| [SLK001] 1.Why do I need to max those social links? Ans: To get the ultimate form of the Arcana based on the social link. If you are aiming for a 100% persona database, then you will be obliged to max all social links. This will also prove useful if you want higher level resulting personas when fusing. 2. Is it possible to max all social links within one year (playthrough)? Ans: Yes, it is possible. BUT you need to follow a VERY, VERY strict schedule, considering every single reply on your conversations with friends, the gifts you give them, the time you’ll spend with them. It should be near 100% accuracy… Not to mention that there are still Tartarus, exams and other events you will need to worry about. Some social links require a specific rank and attributes which will take a while to max out. Another thing is that that will take the fun out from the game since everything needs to be perfect. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: For further details on how to max all Social links in one | | playthrough, please refer to Penguin_Knight’s awesome Social Link | | faq in Gamefaqs. | | (http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/file/932312/49720) | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. 3. I’m already sick with my current girlfriend so I decided to dump her and go out with Yukari/Mitsuru (or any other girl). How can I make sure that our social link won’t go on Reverse? This is just until I max out the link with my preferred girlfriend. Ans: It is still possible to have two girlfriends – BUT up to a single rank. Unless your relationship with the girl is not intimate, you can go out with any of them at the same time. Normally, if your S link level with a girl reaches level 5+, it will become intimate and you will get an in-game warning that she may get upset if you go out with another girl. Technically speaking, you can go out with two or more girls up until each of them reaches intimate level. Once you get to the rank that everything gets steamy and serious, you will need to do everything you can to max out your ‘serious’ girlfriend so that you can forget about her and move into another serious relationship. 4. Help! I reversed a social link! How can I un-reverse it? Why can’t I find anymore? Will it start from zero if I leave it as is? Ans: You will need to talk to that person and invite him/her to hangout with you. Normally, some of them don’t stay on their regular places before. You need to look for them on the day they should be on and from another spot in the school. For example, if you reversed Yukari, she can be located by the school counter/shop. An angry Chihiro can be found in the Library. A pissed off Yuko is staying by the faucets leading to the Athletic clubs’ rooms. Fuuka will be in front of the cultural arts billboard and so on. For the second question, no it won’t. The link will get unreversed once you fix it and you two can start from where you left off. 5. What happens to all the social links I have maxed out when I start a new game? Ans: You will need to start over fresh. For further information on what will carry over when you start a new game, check out the POST GAME NOTES section on this guide, just a few pages before this section. 6. I received some key items from my maxed friends. What good will it do? Ans: As far as practicality is concerned, they don’t do anything . They will just serve as mementos from your friends which you have “unbreakable bond” with. 7. What are the gifts should I give to my girlfriends? Is there any importance in that? Ans: First of all, as I observed, increasing your s.link rank with a girlfriend is harder compared to your normal friend. Just think that each answer you give them has corresponding points, which you need to gather required points to level up the social link Girlfriends normally has higher required points, as far as I experienced in the game. Each of the girls has their own preferences and tastes. One gift may work well on one chick but the other may dislike it. Fortunately, you can use the same gift a girlfriend likes everytime you have the chance. The important thing is that when you give the appropriate gift for your girlfriend, the next time you go out with her means an instant rank up. Here is the list++ of the preferred gifts of the game’s potential girlfriends: Most favored gifts increase your relationship dramatically. Good gifts will still make them happy but with small-average increase with your relationship. Other gifts not on the list won’t make any changes. .-----------------------------------------------------------. | ++ Referred also from Penguin_Knight’s Social Link faq | | (http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/file/932312/49720) | .-----------------------------------------------------------. +----------------------+------------------+ | Most favored gifts: | Good Gifts: | +---------------------+----------------------+------------------+ | Fuuka (Priestess) | Glass Vase | Red Pine Bonsai | +---------------------+----------------------+------------------+ | Brand Bag | Mini Cactus | +----------------------+------------------+ | | Brand Purse | +----------------------+------------------+ | | Brand Watch | +----------------------+------------------+ | | Teddy Bear | +----------------------+------------------+ | | Japanese Doll | +----------------------+------------------+ | | Kaleidoscope | +----------------------+------------------+ | | Book Cover | +----------------------+------------------+ | | Ganesha Bank | +---------------------+----------------------+------------------+ | Mitsuru (Empress) | Japanese Doll | Red Pine Bonsai | +---------------------+----------------------+------------------+ | Goggle-eyed Doll | Perfume | +----------------------+------------------+ | | Brand Purse | +----------------------+------------------+ | | Brand Watch | +----------------------+------------------+ | | Brand Bag | +----------------------+------------------+ | | Teddy Bear | +----------------------+------------------+ | | Kaleidoscope | +----------------------+------------------+ | | Book Cover | +----------------------+------------------+ | | Lucky Charm | +---------------------+----------------------+------------------+ | Yukari (Lover) | Perfume | Rose Bouquet | +---------------------+----------------------+------------------+ | Brand Purse | Glass Vase | +----------------------+------------------+ | Brand Watch | Teddy Bear | +----------------------+------------------+ | Brand Bag | Jack Frost Doll | +---------------------+----------------------+------------------+ | Chihiro (Justice) | Brand Watch | Rose Bouquet | +---------------------+----------------------+------------------+ | Brand Bag | Mini Cactus | +----------------------+------------------+ | Book Cover | Glass Vase | +----------------------+------------------+ | | Perfume | +----------------------+------------------+ | | Brand Purse | +----------------------+------------------+ | | Teddy Bear | +----------------------+------------------+ | | Japanese Doll | +----------------------+------------------+ | | Kaleidoscope | +----------------------+------------------+ | | Jack Frost Doll | +----------------------+------------------+ | | Ganesha Bank | +---------------------+----------------------+------------------+ | Yuko (Strength) | Brand Purse | Mini Cactus | +---------------------+----------------------+------------------+ | Brand Watch | Teddy Bear | +----------------------+------------------+ | Brand Bag | Kaleidoscope | +----------------------+------------------+ | | Lucky Charm | +----------------------+------------------+ 8. Where can I buy these stuff? Antique Shop (You need to trade the gems dropped by shadows) ============ Goggled-eye Doll Kaleidoscope Japanese Doll Teddy Bear School Shop =========== Book Cover Rafflesia (Port Island Flower Shop) ========= Glass Vase Mini Cactus Red Pine Bonsai Rose Bouquet Shrine ====== Lucky Charm (can only be acquired when you have the luckiest draw/ fortune) Jack Frost (Won only during the Summer Festival) Tanaka’s Home Shopping TV Show* ====================== Brand Watch (available on 9/6) Brand Purse (available on 6/14, 7/26) Brand Bag (available on 10/25, 12/6) Perfume (available on 6/7, 6/14) *these are only available on those specified dates. If you are planning to get all of them, you need to avoid going out on those dates. .-----------------------------------------------------------. | ++ Referred also from Penguin_Knight’s Social Link faq | | (http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/file/932312/49720) | .-----------------------------------------------------------. |>>>>..........MORE SOCIAL LINK + ATTRIBUTES NOTES/FAQS:..........<<<<| [SLK002] Due to the games’ very limited time, you will really need to consider everything. Make sure you make the most out of everyday. Like what I mentioned a while ago, if you are planning to max out all social links in one playthrough, you will undergo a very rigid and tight schedule - which I think will take the fun away from the game. Since your compendium data, attributes and other goodies are carried over on your second playthrough, I suggest just max out everything you can in your first run, create the ultimate arcana for those links and on your second playthrough, just max out the other links you were not able to max at all. To better understand on how to efficiently manage your time each day, I will divide all the social links contacts into three groups. First are your SCHOOL contacts, NON-SCHOOL contacts and STORY links. School contacts are your classmates and schoolmates who can only talk/invite during normal school days. They will be available after school. Note that all of them will be unavailable during PRE-EXAM WEEKS. (One week before the semestral examinations) The following NPCs are your school contacts: Yukari Takeba – (Lovers) Fuuka Yamagishi – (Priestess) Yuko Nishiwake – (Strength) Mitsuru Kirijo – (Empress) Chihiro Fushimi – (Justice) Kazushi Miyamoto – (Chariot) Nozomi Suemitsu - (Moon) Bebe – (Temperance) Kenji Tomochika - (Magician) Hitedoshi Odagiri – (Emperor) Keisuke Hiraga – (Fortune) Non-school contacts are self-explanatory. These are those people whom you can visit during pre-exam weeks, holidays and Sundays. The following are your non-school contacts. Maya – (Hermit) Bunchiki and Mitsuko – (Hierophant) Presiden Tanaka – (Devil) Maiko – (Hanged Man) Mamoru Hayase – (Star) Akinari Kamiki – (Sun) Story related links such as Fool, Death and Judgement will automatically increase during certain story elements. |>>>>.................... CONTACTS SCHEDULES ..................<<<<| [SLK003] +-----------+---------+-----------+----------+----------+---------+ | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDSNEDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY| +-----------+---------+-----------+----------+----------+---------+ | Kaz | Kenji | Yuko | Yukari | Kenji | Yukari | +-----------+---------+-----------+----------+----------+---------+ | Yukari | Bebe | Keisuke | Kaz | Kaz | Yuko | +-----------+---------+-----------+----------+----------+---------+ | Fuuka | Kaz | Bebe | Keiji | Bebe | Chihiro | +-----------+---------+-----------+----------+----------+---------+ | Hidetoshi | Chihiro | Yukari | Keisuke | Fuuka | Mitsuru | +-----------+---------+-----------+----------+----------+---------+ | | Keisuke | Hidetoshi | Chihiro | Hidetoshi| | +-----------+---------+-----------+----------+----------+---------+ | | Mitsuru | | Mitsuru | | | +-----------+---------+-----------+----------+----------+---------+ Nozomi – Everyday except holidays, Sundays Mamoru – Everyday except holidays, Sundays Bunchiki & Mitsuko - Everyday except Sundays President Tanaka – Weekends including Mondays Maiko - Everyday except Sundays Akinari – Sundays only Maya – Holidays, Sundays Mutatsu – Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays (night only) Also occasionally, if you didn’t go to Tartarus, you may receive a phone call from one of your friends to invite you to go out on Sundays. This won’t happen if there are restricted events scheduled to happen on Sundays. Accepting this offer will automatically spend your whole Sunday with that person. This will present a chance to strengthen your relationship with a friend though you will still need to go out with them during their regular schedules to increase the rank of the Social Link. Contacts that may call and invite you to go out on Sundays are the following. Chihiro, Yuko, Mitsuru, Yukari, Fuuka Kazushi, Keisuke, Kenji, Bebe |>>>>.................... MANAGING YOUR TIME ..................<<<<| [SLK004] Making the most out of your day is really important if you are planning to max most of the social links. Planning ahead on what you want to do play a great role in increasing your attributes to unlock more Social Links. Doing side events correctly also helps on increasing your attributes. Take note that when a friend invites you during lunchtime to hang out with him/her afterschool, it will be an instant rank up for the social link. Also, lectures only happen once a day. That means that the choices to Doze off or Stay awake or to answer questions will only happen once per day. Refer to the example schedule below: L – Friend may invite you. A - Lecture, give correct answer (+Charm); May happen in the morning AS – Visit Naganaki Shrine first, make some offering or check fortune. (+Academics) Go out with friend. (Rank Up) E – Save, go out to the mall. At night you can either go to the Café to increase your Charm or to the Karaoke Bar++ to increase your courage. LN - Study before going to Sleep. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | ++ Karaoke Bar (Mandragora) is available from Mondays to Thursdays| | only. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. Or, when you’re tired, you can do the following: AS - Visit Nurse’s office, agree to drink concoction* . (+Courage) - Exit school, visit Naganaki Shrine, and make some offerings/ check fortune - Return to school; go out with any of your friends to increase level. E - Visit Paulownia Mall and enter Café or Karaoke. LN - Sleep early.** .------------------------------------------------------------------. | * After visiting the nurse, try relieving yourself in the | | bathroom to have a chance to improve your condition. | .------------------------------------------------------------------. .------------------------------------------------------------------. |** Don’t bother studying when you’re tired or sick. It will just | | be a waste of time. | .------------------------------------------------------------------. Once you unlock Mutatsu (Strange Monk) social link, you can add him to your Evening schedules. As you can see, whether you have school or not, try to visit the Shrine as much as possible. This will help you increase your Academics faster than normal means. To make the most out of your limited time, stick to one rule: " Go out with school contacts during normal school days and go out only with non-school contacts during Sundays or Holidays." (Unless invited by school contacts) Believe me, there are more than enough holidays and Sundays compared to the normal school days so you don’t need to visit a non-school contact when you should be going out with a friend from school. |>>>>.................. ESTABLISHING SOCIAL LINKS* ..............<<<<| [SLK005] FOOL - SEES "Shadow extermination group" +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Requisites : Automatic | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Special Item : None | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ultimate Persona : Susano- O | | (Orpheus + Legion + Ose + Black Frost + Decarabia + Loki) | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Brief Story: Basically since this link only increases during | | certain story events, the story is tagged along the | | main plot. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ LOVERS - YUKARI TAKEBA "Persona-user, junior. Popular and Bright." +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Requisites : Max (LV6) Charm Level | | Talk to her after Yakushima Island event | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Special Item : Yukari’s Strap | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ultimate Persona : Cybele | | (Suzaku + Atropos + Raphael/ Titania +Lilith + Metatron) | | (Titania + Metatron + Kikuri-Hime/ Lilith + Metatron +Raphael) | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Brief Story: Yukari joined SEES in order to discover something | | out of her father’s death. She tells more about her | | life, and how her mother is living at the present. | | She can relate to the main character since they have | | lost their parents. She found new meaning in life and| | how to go on during her relationship with the main | | character. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ MAGICIAN - KENJI TOMOCHIKA (CLASSMATE) "Classmate who likes older women" +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Requisites : Automatic. Very first school friend. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Special Item : Handsome Choker | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ultimate Persona: Surt (Tchernobog + Nebiros ) | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Brief Story: Kenji was the very first school friend the main | | character met. He always talked about this teacher | | in the school that he has his eye on. As things | | started seem to go smoothly, the teacher he was in | | love with decided to transfer. His heart was shattered| | completely when he learns firsthand that the teacher | | is going to be married. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ EMPRESS - MITSURU KIRIJO "Persona-user, Senior; Executive’s daughter" +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Requisites : Academics should be max (LV6) | | Talk to her after the school trip to Kyoto event.| +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Special Item : Motorcycle Key | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ultimate Persona: Alilat (Asura King + Susa-no-O) | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Brief Story: After the death of her father, she realized the great| | responsibility tasked upon her shoulders. One of the | | harsh realities is that she needs to marry someone | | she doesn’t love or know just for the sake of the | | company’s stabilization. After going out with the | | main character and eventually falling for him, she | | discovered what she needs to do and wanted to do | | things by following her own will. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ CHARIOT - KAZUSHI MIYAMOTO (ATHLETIC TEAM) "Strong-willed and dedicated athlete" +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Requisites : Join any of the athletic teams (Kendo, Swim and | | Track&Field); recruitment starts on 4/23. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Special Item : Sports Tape | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ultimate Persona: Thor (Atropos + Throne) | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Brief Story: Kaz is a very competitive athlete. He is dedicated to | | his team and training. After the main character joins | | the team and befriends him, he found a friendly rival.| | One day, he accidentally twisted his leg, damaging it.| | The main character has agreed to keep his secret so | | that he can continue training. Apparently, he was | | doing it to keep his promise for this young nephew | | that had an accident. Later on, he eventually decided | | to resign from training until he completely recovers. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ HIEROPHANT - MITSUKO AND BUNKINCHI (OLD COUPLE) "Friendly bookstore owner, easy going." +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Requisites : | | + Overhear conversation about the opening of a | | bookstore on 4/25. | | + Visit the bookstore, talk to the old couple. | | Learn about the Persimmon Tree in the school yard.| | + Return to school, examine the Persimmon Tree to | | obtain the Persimmon Leaf. | | + Go back to the old couple, give them the Persimmon| | leaf. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Special Item : Persimmon Fruit | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ultimate Persona: Kohryu (Genbu + Seiryuu + Suzaku +Byakko) | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Brief Story: This old couple runs the Used books bookstore in | | Iwatodai. They have lost their only son in an | | accident and were a teacher in Gekkoukan High before.| | The Persimmon Tree growing in the open lot inside the| | school meant so much for them since it was their son | | that planted it there. The tree had to be cut down | | however, to make way for a new school building | | expansion. After getting many signatures to petition | | for the tree not to be cut down, the old couple | | decided to do it otherwise since they “don’t want to | | deprive the next students of new learning | | opportunities”. The main character helped them | | realize this. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ HERMIT - MAYA (ONLINE GAME) "Online gamer who likes chatting" +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Requisites : Receive the game “Innocent Sin” from Junpei on | | the evening of 4/28 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Special Item : Screenshot Data | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ultimate Persona: Arahabaki | | (Omoikane + Take-Minakata + Okuninushi + Kikuri-Hime) | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Brief Story: Maya is an online friend that loves to chat and hang | | out with the main character online. She often talks | | about her stressful job as a teacher and openly | | shares her troubles and all in her day’s work. | | | | When the admins of the game decided to have it closed| | Maya left an everlasting memory of her relationship | | with somebody she didn’t even met. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Side story: In the Social Rank with Maya, the online game, if you| | pay really close attention to the conversations she | | has with you at around lvl. 7-8. You can tell who she| | is. Maya gives away a few facts that tell you exactly| | who she is. First, she's a teacher. Second, she has a| | superior called Mr. E. Third, she, this is the kicker| | to tell you who she is, says she has fallen in love | | with a student of hers and that his parents died ten | | years ago and in the last couple of lines you read | | she says "(charactername)-kun will fall in love with | | me before the weekends over". Also she tells you she | | teaches composition. If you piece all of this | | together you get that her superior is Mr. Ekoda your | | history teacher and that Maya is ta dah da-daaa | | Ms. Toriumi. | | | | (Thanks to reader Larry J for this fun fact)| +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ EMPEROR - HIDETOSHI ODAGIRI (STUDENT COUNCIL) "Disciplinary Committee rep. Very serious" +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Requisites : Get Misturu’s invitation to be part of the | | Student Council on 4/27 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Special Item : | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ultimate Persona: Odin (Surt + Atropos) | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Brief Story: | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ JUSTICE CHIHIRO FUSHIMI (TREASURER) "Shy student council treasurer" +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Requisites : Must be a member of the Student Council first. | | Talk to her at least twice then ask her out. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Special Item : Manga | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ultimate Persona: Melchizedek (Kikuri-Hime x Loki) | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Brief Story: Chihiro may look like a girl that is afraid of males. | | As the main character gets to know her, she slowly | | overcomes her phobia against guys. She will be later | | on accused of stealing the student council fund | | entrusted to her. Her boyfriend (the main character) | | helped her prove her innocence. Mitsuru, the student | | council president called for them and even offered to | | talk to the guy in her room but Chihiro bursted out in| | opposition and confronted the teacher that she handed | | the money too. Apparently, the forgetful old fart had | | used the money but forgot to replace it. It cleared | | her name and she had changed a lot from a timid, shy | | girl to a caring, courageous girlfriend. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ MOON - NOZOMI SUEMITSU (GOURMET KING) "Gourmet King, very choosy about food" +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Requisites : | | + Level 3 link with Magician (Kenji). Talk to | | Kenji and he should mention about the Gourmet | | King hanging around Paulownia Mall. | | + Charm must be at Level 2 (Unpolished) | | + Answer his short Quiz questions: | | ~Chagall Café’s specialty? - Pheremone Coffee | | ~Color of the Wild-Duck Burger Mascot – Green | | ~Hagakure secret dish - Hagakure Dumplings | | + Bring him an Odd Morsel found in Tartarus | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Special Item : Gourmet License | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ultimate Persona: Sandalphon | | (Garuda x Suzaku + Yata-Garasu + Gurr + Horus) | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Brief Story: An “expert” when comes to food, Nozomi tends to eat | | his heart out whenever he feels like it. Nozomi is | | also insecured about his late brother which is clearly| | his opposite. He has this “cultist” belief about some | | Paradise or something and somehow he scams people | | money for such nonsense. After an argument with and | | ended being saved by the main character, he realized | | his wrong and what he can do to amend for it. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ DEVIL - PRESIDENT TANAKA (BUSINESSMAN) "TV Personality who loves making money." +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Requisites : | | + Level 4 S.Link with Maya. (Online Gamer) | | + LV4 Charm (Smooth) | | + 40,000 Yen (To be given on 3 separate days) | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Special Item : Thank You Letter | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ultimate Persona: Beelzebub | | (Lilim + Vetala + Incubus +Succubus + Lilith* + Abaddon)| +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Brief Story: | | Tanaka is a TV entrepreneur that runs the home shopping| | TV that airs during Sundays. Upon meeting the guy | | and seeing that the main character has “potential” he | | advised him to “invest” some yen for his business. | | Eventually, the main character gained his acquaintance | | and Tanaka started giving him business tips and advice | | every time they met. Later on, Tanaka decided to donate| | some of his money to less fortunate children and bid | | farewell to the main character. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ |*TIP: Lilith can only be created through Fusion and must be | | unlocked by completing Elizabeth’s 51st request. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ HANGED MAN - MAIKO (GIRL IN THE SHRINE) "Smart and Energetic 2nd Grader" +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Requisites : | | + Overhear conversation about the girl at the | | shrine on 5/6 | | + Talk to the girl in Nagasaki Shrine. | | + Give her Weird Takoyaki (Buy from Octopia, in | | Iwatodai) | | + Give her Mad Bull (vending machine inside the | | Dorm) | | + Talk to her again the next day | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Special Item : Bead Ring | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ultimate Persona : Attis | | (Inugami +Take-Minakata + Orthrus +Vasuki + Ubelluris) | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Brief Story: Maiko hangs out in the shrine everyday except | | Sundays. She met and befriended the main character. | | She told him about her family problems; that her | | parents are divorcing. She decided to run away so her| | parents would look for her. Her hysterical parents | | did looked for her and with the help of the main | | character, they found her. Her parents still got | | divorced and she would need to move with her mother. | | Before saying goodbye, she proposed to the main | | character and wanted to marry him when she grows up. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ TEMPERANCE - BEBE (TRANSFER STUDENT) "French exchange student that loves Japan" +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Requisites : | | +LV3 Old Couple social link | | + Visit home economics room in the school | | + LV2 Academics | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Special Item : Money Pouch | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ultimate Persona : Byakko (Surt + Barong) | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Brief Story: | | Bebe transferred in Gekkoukan and was the only member | | of the Fashion Club. The main character joins in (for | | the sake of completing social links) and befriends | | him. Later on, her aunt dies and his uncle wanted to | | send him back to France. | | | | The main character helps him create a kimono to somehow| | convince Bebe’s uncle to let him stay. Either way,Bebe | | still leaves but promised to come back as soon as he | | convinces his uncle. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ STRENGTH - YUKO NISHIWAKI (TEAM MANAGER) "Easy going but caring team manager" +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Requisites : | | + LV3 Chariot social link | | + Ask her to walk home with you after training | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Special Item : Kids’ Letter | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ultimate Persona: Siegfried (Atropos + Mother Harlot) | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Brief Story: | | Yuko is a very caring team manager and classmate. One | | day, she coached a group of 4th graders and helped them| | win against some 6th graders bullying them, with the | | help of the main character. Later on, she fell for him | | and started talking about being a good mother and the | | main character as a really good, caring father. She | | decided to be an instructor and was studying hard ever | | since. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ DEATH - PHAROS (MYSTERIOUS BOY) "Mysterious, prophetic boy from your dreams" +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Requisites : Automatic | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Special Item : None | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ultimate Persona: Thanatos(Loa + Pale Rider + Samael + Mot + Alice)| +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Brief Story: | | Pharos is the very first one to greet the main | | character on his way to the dorm. He appears | | occasionally, mostly one week before the full moon to | | warn the main character. He appears to be friend but | | later disappears just before winter. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ TOWER - MUTATSU (UNUSUAL MONK) "Long-winded monk who looks like a gangster" +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Requisites : | | + LV5 Team Manager social link | | + Visit Club escapade at night. Talk to him and learn | | that you need to bring him booze to get his attention.| | + Talk to the bartender downstairs. He will ask for your| | help to get the orders of the customers and deliver | | the drinks to them. | | | | Dancing Girl – Screwdriver | | Dancing Guy – Oolong Tea | | Sitting Girl at the back – Bloody Mary | | Girl in front of the table - Margarita | | + Talk to bartender again. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Special Item : Reserve Tag | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ultimate Persona: Chi You (Ganesha + Saturnus + Seth) | | (Suzaku + Abaddon + Saturnus) | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Brief Story: Mutatsu is an old monk that you shouldn’t see in clubs| | and bars. Apparently, he is just releasing his stress | | from his very troublesome life. His family left him | | and he is living alone as a monk. The main character | | reminded him of his son and soon gained courage to | | find his family and return to them. He decides to go | | after them, apologize and attempt to reunite the | | family again… | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ STAR - MAMORU HAYASE (RIVAL ATHLETE) "Star athlete who is undefeated" +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Requisites : | | + Join the tournament on 8/2 (automatic). Mamoru will | | invite you to hang out with him. | | + The next day, talk to him in Iwatodai Strip mall, | | sitting on the bench | | + Courage level must be at least LV4 or Tough | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Special Item : Car Key | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ultimate Persona: Lucifer (Seth + Kikuri-Hime + Saturnus) | | (Mother Harlot + Abaddon + Shiva) | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Brief Story: Mamoru is an undefeated athlete from a rival school. | | He befriends the main character after meeting during | | an inter-school tournament. He later reveals that he | | belongs to poor family and his father has died due to | | an accident He decided to work far from family to earn| | money and support them. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ PRIESTESS - FUUKA YAMAGISHI "Persona-user, junior; Quiet but kind" +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Requisites : | | + Max Courage (LV 6 or Badass) | | + Find her before the stairs, just past her homeroom. | | Talk to her and agree to try her cooking | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Special Item : ? | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ultimate Persona : | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Brief Story: | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ FORTUNE - KEISUKE HIRAGA (CULTURAL CLUB) "Symphatetic senior in the Club" +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Requisites : | | + Join any of the clubs (Art, Photography and Music) | | on 6/17 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Special Item : Award Letter | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ultimate Persona : Norn (Clotho + Lachesis + Atropos) | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Brief Story: | | Keisuke is a son of a doctor though he didn’t want to | | become one. His father wanted him to quit from being a | | member of a club. After getting the attention of the | | judges in a recent contest, he was given the chance to | | study abroad to fulfill his dreams. He later decides to| | stay and become a doctor instead. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ SUN - AKINARI KAMIKI (DYING YOUNG MAN) "Chronically Ill young man who looks sickly" +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Requisites : | | + LV 4 Social Link with Maiko | | + Talk to him on Sunday and he will inform you that his | | valued fountain pen is taken by a creature with “white| | fur and red eyes”. | | + Once you return to the dorm, talk to Koro. Obtain the | | Red Fountain Pen from him | | + Go back to the shrine on the next Sunday and talk to | | Akinari to establish the social link | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Special Item : Worn Notebook | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ultimate Persona : Asura | | (Yata-Garasu +Quetzalcoatl + Jatayu + Horus + Metatron +Vishnu)| +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Brief Story: | | Akinari is ill and he is taking medications just to | | keep him alive. He has lost hope to live. After | | befriending the main character, he learned to face what| | is coming and decided to live his life with content. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ JUDGEMENT - NYX ANNIHILATION TEAM "The group of former SEES members that vowed to defeat Nyx" +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Requisites : Automatic | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Special Item : None | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ultimate Persona: Messiah (Orpheus x Thanatos) | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Brief Story: | | After learning that the world is going to an end and it| | seemed to be inevitable, all SEES members have decided | | to fight their fate. Driven by this new resolve, they | | stood against destiny. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | * Missing data for ultimate Arcanas/personas referenced from | | Nekoshoujo’s Fusion Chart faq from Gamefaqs. | | (http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/file/932312/44370) | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ ELIZABETH'S REQUEST ELR000 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ These requests are the only sidequests available in the game. Completing them will reward you with rare and powerful items/ equipment. Some requests have time restrictions/ deadlines while most of them can be taken and completed anytime. Requests come in different flavors. The time restricted requests can be completed only within a certain amount of time, normally before the next full moon comes. Most of them require you to collect items dropped by shadows or obtain the old documents. For requests that require you to collect item drops from Shadows, you need to accept the request first; otherwise, those specific enemies will just drop normal items. The opposite is true if you still haven’t surrendered the collected items to Elizabeth to close the request. Even if you have met your quota for that requested item, as long as the request is still active, you will still continue to receive the special item dropped by those enemies – which are pretty useless since they don’t sell that much in shops. The requests are not the verbatim of Elizabeth or how exactly you can see it from the game. I took the liberty of summing it up to make it easier to understand. 1. Retrieve (1) Beetle Shell from Grave Beetles in floors 6-15, 1st block Thebel Deadline : 05/08 Difficulty: XX Reward : 12000 yen TIP: Grave beetles are hard to find. But since enemies respawn, there is always a chance to find them in the specified floors. Look for those shadows that are glowing red/pink. Grave Beetles can be powerful but they pack a bit more experience compared to the normal enemies you face. From the outside, they won’t look any different than ordinary shadows so if you don’t really hunt them, you will have a hard time finding them. Use Garu (wind) against it to win without any hassles. Defeating them will not always guarantee that you will get a Beetle Shell, just like Elizabeth requested but encountering them is better than none. 2. Retrieve the first old document in the top of Tartarus, 1st Block, Thebel. Deadline : 05/08 Difficulty: X Reward : Bead Chain x1 TIP: You just need to get past through the guardian (Rampage Drive) of this block by defeating it. +-------------------- | (14F) Rampage Drive \ | Exp: 210 \ |Item(s): Balm of Life \ | +------------------------------------------+. | This could be one tough boss. Make sure that you have the best | | equipments you can afford at the moment. | | | | It will be hard to identify its weakness because it can nullify and| | deflect physical attacks. Using Lightning attacks seems to deal | | more damage to it than any other spells. Make sure to set Yukari as| | your healer/support while have Junpei concentrate on attacking. | | You could do either way. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ 3. Obtain Muscle Drink then give it to Elizabeth. Deadline : NONE Difficulty : X Reward : Revival Bead x3 TIP: You can immediately complete this request since Muscle Drinks are normal items in chests. If you don’t have it, you can buy it from the Pharmacy inside the Paulownia Mall. 4. Defeat Phantom Mages on floors 17-24 of 2nd Block, Arqa and retrieve (3) Old Lanterns Deadline : 06/07 Difficulty: XX Reward : 31,000 Yen TIP: These are drops from uncommon enemies called Phantom Mages. They usually by two’s and sometimes associated with other shadows. Just hunt shadows down and you should be able to encounter them easily 5. Retrieve the second old document Deadline : 06/07 Difficulty: X Reward : Balm of Life (x1) TIP: Like the first one, you need to defeat the guardian first which is located in the 36th floor. The old document is four floors up, in 40F Arqa. +------------------------ | (36F) BOSS: Change Relic\ | Exp: 236 exp \ | Item(s): Coin of Queen \ | +---------------------------------------+. | There is really no quick way to defeat this enemy. If you are around| | LV16, you can endure most of its attacks. Its attacks are mostly | | party based, which means it can target all party members most of the| | time. | | | | As much as possible, try to equip a Persona with the skill Media. | | Take care of the healing and recovery and force the other two guys | | to attack the target. Akihiko will be the one to deal most damage | | here because of his Persona’s Sonic Punch. Order Yukari to take care| | of the healing as well. | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ 6. Create Jack Frost with (healing skill) Dia. Deadline : NONE Difficulty: XXX Reward : High-cut armor (x1) TIP: It will be hard to create a Jack Frost at this moment. But if you want to, you can combine Orpheus (register him first) and Forneus to get a Jack Frost. Or you can try fusing Pixie and Unicorn as well. There will be other combinations as well so take note of them. Note that sometimes the skills carried over to the resulting Persona are not always the same so you can always exit the screen and come back. 7. Defeat the Wealth Hand in the 1st Block, Thebel and retrieve (1) Lead Medal Deadline : NONE Difficulty: XXX Reward : Toy Bow (x1) TIP: This is a drop from a rare enemy, called the Wealth Hand. It is found in Thebel but occasionally appears in the upper floors. Look for those gold/yellow colored shadows. Be wary though; they will run away and disappear once they see you. It’s better to sneak from behind and attack them. These critters are weak against physical attacks but do escape from battle as well. 8. Create a Valkyrie with the support skill, Tarukaja Deadline : NONE Difficulty: XXX Reward : Torn Black Cloth (to create Pale Rider) TIP: You’ll need to combine any Priestess or Emperor personas with a Hermit persona. At least one of them should carry the skill Tarukaja. Note that it’s possible that the skill won’t be inherited on the preview (resulting persona) screen so cancel, go back to the last screen and press X to enter again. Do this over and over again to shuffle the inherited skills until you get the preferred skill. 9. Defeat Bronze Dice on floors 41-46 of 2nd Block Arqa Deadline : 07/06 Difficulty: XX Reward : Sigma Drive TIP: These are drops from those Bronze Dice enemies that are found in the indicated floors. You won’t find them on floors 47+. Use Electric attacks to get rid of them quickly. 10. Defeat the (red/strong) Lustful snakes in the 2nd block, Arqa and retrieve (3) Snake Scales Deadline: 07/06 Difficulty: XXX Reward: 46,000 yen TIP: This could be a bit trickier since you will need to find those strong enemies (glowing pink) and defeat them. They are tough but give a good amount of experience too. Use Ice attacks against them. 11. Retrieve the third old document. Deadline : 07/06 Difficulty: X Reward : Traesto Gem (x3) TIP: Just like the first two old documents, these are located the top floor of the previous blocks, you need to defeat the guardian to proceed. This is on floor 64. +----------------------------- | (59F) BOSS: Intrepid Knight \ | Exp: 508 \ | Item(s): Sword of Queen \ | +----------------------------------+. | This boss is quite tough, but since he has no elemental weakness or| | strengths, pummel him with attack skills. As usual, order Yukari to| | take care of healing/ support while the others are set to act | | freely or Assign target. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ 12. Retrieve (1) Google-Eyed Idol Deadline : None Difficulty: X Reward : Bladefist TIP: The Google-Eyed idol can be acquired from the Antique Shop. Just trade 2 Turquoises for it. These are normal enemy drops from Phantom Mages. 13. Retrieve Shell of a Man Deadline : None Difficulty: XXX Reward : Land Badge TIP: Visit the laboratory in Gekkokan’s first floor and enter the room. You will get the Anatomical Model. Surrender it to Elizabeth to close the request. 14. Defeat the Treasure Hand in 2nd Block, Arqa and retrieve 1 Steel Medal Deadline : None Difficulty: XXX Reward : Spiked Bat TIP: Like the wealth hand, this rare monster belongs to the same family of golden, hand-shaped shadows. They appear occasionally on any floors of the specified block and they will flee as soon as they get sight of you. As usual, sneak up behind for the kill. 15. Create an Oberon (LV17+) Deadline : None Difficulty: XX Reward : Coin of Knight (x3) TIP: Oberon is an Emperor persona. That means you need to fuse any of the following personas. Magician + Justice/ Fortune/ Lovers Empress + Justice Hierophant + Chariot/ Fortune Hermit + Fortune Note that the available personas under those Arcanas should suffice in creating an Oberon. If your Student Council social link is high enough to get the resulting Oberon to LV17, then that is good. Otherwise, you may need to use him on your battles to level him up sufficiently. If you don’t want to get Oberon via Fusion, it can be won as a reward (Shuffle Time) during enemy encounters in the lower floors (40F+) 16. Retrieve 1 Shadow Shard from floors 65-68 Deadline : None Difficulty: XXX Reward : Scrub Brush TIP: This item is really rare that you may need to visit the specified floors more than once before getting it. Not to mention that there are only four floors you need to search thoroughly and they are located in between transporters. The best thing to do is to finish the whole block first. In that case, you will be able to activate all portals. To save time, clear and search the whole four floors and then after that, return to the entrance and do it again. Depending on your luck, this could take a few tries or a hell lot of them. Note that this rare item is not contained in a rare chest. (Yellow chests) 17. Bring Elizabeth a song that is associated with your school (Funky school music) Deadline : None Difficulty: XXX Reward : Pleiades TIP: Enter the PA room (just across your homeroom) and obtain the Gekkoukan Boogie. Bring it to Elizabeth to complete the request. 18. Defeat Creation Relics on floors 65-77 of the 3rd Block, Yabbashah to retrieve 5 Relic Fragments Deadline : 08/05 Difficulty: X Reward : Medical Powder (x5) TIP: These enemies are weak to Mudo/ Darkness attacks. They are common enemies so you can definitely get 5 fragments easily. 19. Defeat the (red-glowing) Wild Drives in the 3rd Block, Yabbasah to retrieve 3 Greasy Gears Deadline : 08/05 Difficulty: XX Reward : 70,000 yen TIP: Just like those other “strong” monsters, you can quickly spot them since they are glowing red/pink. Be careful not to let your guard down when facing these enemies. They can whack you up real good if you’d let them. Use Zio/Electric attacks to defeat them easily. 20. Retrieve the fourth old document Deadline : 08/05 Difficulty: X Reward : Balm of Life (x3) TIP: Defeat the guardian on the 85th floor. Find the old document in the 89th floor. +------------------------------- | (85F) BOSS: Fanatic Tower (x3)\ | Exp: 628 \ | Item(s): Magic Mirror (x3) \ | Repel: Lightning, Fire and Ice \ | +-------------------------------+. | Since this boss has no weakness, you may resort to just the basic | | attacking. Just keep one of your characters take care of the | | healing. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ 21. Defeat the Supreme Hand in 3rd Block, Yabbashah and retrieve 1 Bronze Medal Deadline : None Difficulty: XXX Reward : Steel Pipe TIP: Just hunt down those yellow shadows and don’t let them escape. 22. Create Vetala with the Fire Skill, Maragi Deadline : None Difficulty: XXX Reward : Sugar Key (King Frost) TIP: Vetala is a Devil persona. So this time, you will need to fuse the following Personas. At least one of the base/ fusion personas should have Maragi. Just “refresh” the combination if you can’t inherit the skill. Chariot + Magician/ Empress Magician + Chariot/ Hanged Man Emperor + Justice Lovers + Death Tower + Strength/ Temperance 23. Create Orthus with the skill Dodge Slash Deadline : None Difficulty: XXX Reward : Tigerhide Belt TIP: Orthus is a Hanged Man persona. To get him, you need to fuse any of the following personas, with the skill Dodge Slash. Strength + Hanged Man/Moon/ Judgement Fool / Emperor + Strength Magician + Empress Chariot + Devil Hermit + Temperance 24. Defeat Shouting Tiaras on floors 102-113 of the 3rd Block Habbashah to retrieve 5 Tiara’s Hair Deadline : 09/04 Difficulty: X Reward : Homunculus (x3) TIP: Find them as normal enemies on the specified floors. Use Ice/ Bufu attacks to defeat them easily. 25. Defeat (red/strong) Champion Knights on the 3rd Block Yabbashah to retrieve 4 Knight’s Reins. Deadline : 09/04 Difficulty: XX Reward : Six-Shot TIP: Use wind attacks against these strong enemies. 26. Retrieve the 5th old Document Deadline : 09/04 Difficulty: XX Reward : 120,000 Yen TIP: You need to defeat the guardian on 110F. The old document is located @ the 114th floor. +----------------------------- | (110F) BOSS: Natural Dancer \ | Exp: 1473 \ | Item(s): Cup of Queen (x1) \ | Str: Fire \ | Immune: Wind \ | +-------------------------------+. | This boss doesn’t have any particular weakness so you need to | | attack it the old fashioned way. Using status effects on this boss | | is quite effective. The only way you can win quicker is by using | | and all out attack. Having Yukari (she is strong against wind | | attacks) in this battle will help since she can withstand this boss| | powerful attack and provide healing to the team as well. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ 27. Buy Elizabeth a Platinum Watch Deadline : None Difficulty: XXX Reward : Aigis Armor LV3 TIP: Buy this watch from the Be Blue V accessory shop in Paulownia Mall, beside the police station. Opens only during daytime. Discounts on Sundays 28. Find a drink that shares Elizabeth’s name Deadline : None Difficulty: XXX Reward : Aroundtight TIP: Visit Port Island station. Go to its suburbs/ alley and enter the shady bar downsairs. After some conversation you will receive the drink named Queen Elizabeth. Bring it to her and complete the request. 29. Create Oumitsunu (LV33+) Deadline : None Difficulty: XXX Reward : Machine Core (To create Nata-Taishi) TIP: Oumitsunu is a Chariot-type persona. To get it, fuse any of the following. If your rank with the Athletic Team social link is high enough, you can get it easily to level 33 due to the bonus experience the social link will provide. Fool + Emperor/ Justice Magician + Hermit Priestess + Heirophant Empress + Strength/ Hanged Man/ Tower Emperor + Hierophant/ Lovers Heirophant + Justice/ Hermit Lovers + Chariot/ Justice Hermit + Star Fortune + moon 30. Retrieve 1 Homunculus Deadline : None Difficulty: XX Reward : Mikazuki Munechika TIP: If you still haven’t used up the Homunculus rewarded to you after completing Request No. 24, then you shouldn’t worry about this. If not, trade some from the antique shop. (Diamond + Sapphire). 31. Bring Elizabeth a beautiful tile. Deadline : None Difficulty: Reward : Berserker’s Seal TIP: Go back to Port Island alleys, where you obtained the Queen Elizabeth drink. Enter the large building beside it instead. After some conversation, obtain the Mahjong Tile. Bring it to Elizabeth and voila! Mission complete. 32. Defeat the Opulent hand in 4th Block, Tziah and retrieve 1 Silver Medal Deadline : None Difficulty: XXX Reward : Bone TIP: Same hunting and fighting strategy mentioned above. 33. Defeat Elegant Mothers on floors 126-138 of the 4th Block, Tziah and obtain 5 Empress Masks. Deadline : 10/03 Difficulty: X Reward : Soma (x1) TIP: Use Mudo/Darkness attacks or Zio/Electric to defeat these enemies. 34. Defeat Hakurou Mushas in the 4th Block, Tziah and obtain 3 Gold Hanguards. Deadline : 10/03 Difficulty: XX Reward : 200,000 yen TIP: Use Light/ Hama attacks to defeat them easily 35. Retrieve the 6th Old Document Deadline : 10/03 Difficulty: X Reward : Bead (x5) TIP: Defeat the guardian first on 135th floor then get the document on the 139th Floor +----------------------------- | (135F) BOSS: Sleeping Table \ | Exp: 2535 \ | Item(s): Megido Gem (x1) \ | Str: Fire \ | Null: Strike \ | +-------------------------------+. | Since this boss has no definite weakness, you will really need to | | plan ahead when facing this boss. Having Mediarama (recover party | | HP) or better will help a lot in this battle. | | | | In the start of the battle, it will cast status ailments such as | | fear so make sure you have a good stock of Me Patra Gems. | | | | Later in the battle, once it has less than 50% HP left, it will use| | Maragidyne (heavy fire damage/all) on every turn. Don’t bring in | | members that are weak against fire. Junpei is a good selection here| | since he is almost immune to this boss’ fire attacks. As long as | | you keep your party’s HP at full every turn and they are on Full | | Assault on the enemy, you can win this battle even with just three | | members. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ 36. Create Black Frost Deadline : None Difficulty: XXX Reward : Wizard’s Mark TIP: Black Frost is a fool. To get him, fuse the following. (Cross Spread) King Frost + Jack Frost + Pyro Jack + Queen Mab 37. Retrieve 1 Shadow Crystal from floors 140-163. Deadline : None Difficulty: XXX Reward : Bust Stop Sign TIP: Just like the Shadow Shard, you can only find the Shadow Crystal on the specified floors. You may need to revisit and clear those floors again if you didn’t get the Crystal on the first run. If you are lucky, you can get two of them on the same floor but that is really, really rare. You can sell the excess Shadow Crystal for 100,000 yen though. 38. Bring sushi to Elizabeth Deadline : None Difficulty: XXXX Reward : Sorcerer’s Mark TIP: (Academic level should be LV6) Visit Naganaki Shrine. Checkout the smaller altar near the big tree. An old lady will approach you and after a small talk, you will obtain the Inari Sushi. Bring it to Elizabeth to complete the request. 39. Defeat Wondrous Magi on floors 151-159 on the 4th Block Tziah and retrieve 3 Gold Rings Deadline : 11/02 Difficulty: XX Reward : 340,000 yen TIP: Use Agi/ Fire skills to defeat them easily. 40. Retrieve 2 Red Armor Plates by defeating Scarlet Turrets (red/strong) in the 4th Block, Tziah Deadline : 11/02 Difficulty: XXX Reward : Spirit Bracers TIP: Use Zio/ Electric attacks to defeat these enemies. 41. Retrieve the 7th Old Document Deadline : 11/02 Difficulty: X Reward : Soma (x1) TIP: Defeat the guardian located in 160F. Find the document on 164F +---------------------------- | (160) BOSS: Mythical Gigas \ | Exp: 3003 \ | Item(s): Wand of King \ | Drain: Fire \ | +---------------------------------+. | This boss is all about physical attacks and it does excel on that.| | Prepare to heal often. If you can spare an attack mirror or two, | | that will be great as well. As usual, set one of your characters | | as healer then the other two on Full Assault. | | | | Or, if your characters can withstand its attacks, order your team | | on Full Assault then. It has a really good HP and def rating so | | expect the battle to take a bit some time. | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ 42. Create Girimehkala Deadline : None Difficulty: XXXX Reward : Marionette (To create Nebiros) TIP: This is a moon Persona. Fuse the following: Gurr + Rangda + Vetala + Taraka (Cross Spread) 43. Create Daisojou Deadline : None Difficulty: XXXX Reward : Space Badge TIP: Fuse the following personas: (Pentagon Spread only) Mithra + Ara-Mitama + Kusi-Mitama + Saki-Mitama + Nigi-Mitama 44. Defeat Gracious Cupids on floors 181-190 on the 5th Block Harabah to retrieve 6 Pink Feathers Deadline : 12/01 Difficulty: XXXX Reward : Berserker’s Seal TIP: Use Strike Attacks against these enemies 45.Defeat (Red/Strong) Ruinous Idols to retrieve 3 Moon Tablets. Deadline : 12/01 Difficulty: XX Reward : Space Badge TIP: Use Bufu/ Ice attacks against these enemies. 46. Retrieve the last old document. Deadline : 12/01 Difficulty: X Reward : 650,000 TIP: Defeat the block’s guardian @ 211F. The last old document is located in 214F +----------------------------- | (211F) BOSS: Reckoning Dice \ | Exp: 3336 \ | Item(s): Sword of King (x1) \ |Null: Ice \ | +---------------------------------+. |From time to time, this boss will use attack/magic paling. Don’t | |hesitate to take damage after it uses it, just to give it an opening| |for your other team members to attack. | | | |It also uses Megido and other physical attacks. Though it does | |medium-heavy damage to all your party members, just keep on healing | |when needed and you should do fine. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ 47. Defeat Luxury Hands, in the 5th Block Harabah to retrieve 2 Gold Medals Deadline : None Difficulty: XXX Reward : Rocket Punch TIP: Apply the same strategies as before. This time, you need to get two medals. 48. Create Alice with the Almighty Skill, Megido Deadline : None Difficulty: XXXX Reward : Lily Petal (To create Lilith) TIP: Fuse the following to inherit the skill Megido. Make sure you refresh the list when fusing until you get the desired skill. Decarabia (Fool) + Principality (Justice) = Nata Taishi (with Megido) Lilim + Pixie + Nata-Taishi + Narcissus = Alice with Megido 49. Defeat the Perpetual Sands on floors 202-210 of the 5th Block Harabah and retrieve 3 Sands of Time Deadline : 12/30 Difficulty: XXX Reward : Charun’s Hammer TIP: Use Physical attacks against these enemies. 50. Retrieve 3 Rainbow Hairs by defeating (red/strong) Daring Gigases on the 5th Block, Harabah. Deadline : 12/30 Difficulty: XX Reward : Omega Drive TIP: Weak vs. Garu/ Wind attacks. 51. Create Lilith with Mabufudyne Deadline : None Difficulty: XXXX Reward : Sacrificial Idol TIP: This can be a little tricky. With all the four base personas (Lilim, Vetala, Incubus, Succubus), none of them can learn Mabufudyne innately. This means you need to create one of them via fusion and inherit Mabufudyne from another persona. With the four base personas, only Succubus can learn Mabufudyne. Consider the following combinations for Succubus. One of the base personas for Succubus SHOULD HAVE Mabufudyne. Magician + Chariot\ Hanged Man Empress + Chariot\ Death Emperor + Justice Lovers + Death Strength + Tower Hanged Man + Death Temperance + Devil 52. Create Loki (LV63+) Deadline : None Difficulty: XXXX Reward : Masakados (to create Masakados) TIP: Fuse Nandi + Saki-Mitama + Succubus or Nrisinha + Nebiros + Quetzalcoatl At this time, your Social Link for the Fool arcana should be maxed already. If you are still a few levels short, bring him into battles until he levels up sufficiently. 53. Retrieve 1 Bloody Button by defeating The Reaper. Deadline : None Difficulty: XXXXX Reward : 5,000,000 Yen TIP: I suggest to be at least level 70+ minimum before facing this Shadow. The higher, the better. This enemy is still a threat even if all your characters are at LV99. First tip, DO NOT USE MAGIC/ATTACK MIRRORs. This will trigger the Reaper to use Megidolaon EVERY TURN. Even with Mediarahan, that will pose a problem. Next: Have a party member or two take care of the support/ healing. When I battled the Reaper, my preferred party was Yukari, Mitsuru and Aigis. Yukari is essential for healing/ reviving allies while Aigis’ party affecting support skills on Heal/Support mode helps a lot in keeping the party afloat. You can replace Mitsuru with any strong attacker you may have. For the offensive, use MEGIDOLAON. This enemy has very strong damage resistance and good evasion rate. Megido skills are almost always accurate (96-99%) and has no attribute (sure to pierce through any resistance) so this is your attack skill of choice. Death is dangerous for having high level attacks, damaging spells and instant death attacks. As long as you have a good supply of Homunculus, you will be safe from these kinds of attacks Don’t hesitate to use your rare consumables such as Balms of Life, Soma, etc. You won’t need them in your last battles since you could be strong as hell that you would laugh out at Nyx. 54. Defeat the Glorious Hands in the 6th Block Adamah to retrieve 3 Platinum Medals Deadline : None Difficulty: XXXX Reward : Jack’s Gloves TIP: Now you need to collect three of those medals. These enemies are hard as ever but since you’ll need to clear Adamah before the final battle, there will always be a good chance to find them along the way. 55. Defeat the Ultimate Opponent (THIS MISSION WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE ON YOUR 2nd WALKTHROUGH) Deadline : None Difficulty: XXXXX Reward : Omnipotent Orb TIP: Climb up to the 10th floor of Monad ALONE. Find Elizabeth on the top floor. READER TIP (1): Elizabeth is really anoying for various things 1-she continuosly changes her persona 2-when she gets low HP she uses diarahan 3-if you have a persona equiped with nul/repel/str she will do 9999 every time she feels anoyed 4-How does igor got stuck with pretty young Elizabeth?.....Well the anoying part its Igors luck. Maybe Philemon knows Anyway, Its quite difficult to beat her, please have in mind that you need to have LV99, then you should have HP999 and SP999. Then the horrorific part, harvest the items form Messiah (judgement max LV), you need the star shoes(120 evade Protagonist only) and star armor (140 DEF protagonist only) To be safe, you should enter battle with personas that dont have weak/repel/nul/str (Kikuri-hime or Anubis) + your attackers (Satan, Lucifer) and a extreme defense (Ananta, vishnu for their mix raid, no damage for one turn) IF you checked the Kouli FAQ, he tells that if you equip berserker seal then what you should do is: (She has 20000 HP) 1-Armageddon her ass 2-Use Soma or something that Heals SP 3- she will attack you and you should counter her 4- Armageddon her ass again. This is nearly impossible He is right in one thing, if her HP falls to 10000 then she will use Diarahan only once so what i did was equip a short sword, try to hit her two times (kikuri hime equiped with a very low stat) then armageddon her, she will use diarahan, try to hit her again a couple of times (Heal of course) and armageddon her again. This was the only way i found to beat her and it took me a couple of hours and a lot of luck If she uses megidolaon then your screwed. -- Courtesy of David G. READER TIP (2): Hi, I'd like to let you know that I think you can easily defeat the ultimate opponent with Lucifer + Satan combo attack. Although it's rather... cheap, it works. Since Armageddon deals 9999 at 100% accuracy -- Courtesy of Skyscrapper ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ CREDITS CRD000 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ + Thanks to you for picking up this guide. I hope that this helped you while playing the game. + Thanks to IGN for sending me the game and entrusting the task of writing an exclusive. + Thanks to my family, friends and God for helping me keep up with my very toxic life. + Thanks also to the other gaming sites that I frequently contribute to. + Thanks also to the following readers: Tidusnake^NFNT - For pointing out the erroneous data on the 144F Boss location David G. ------- For the detailed hint on how to defeat Elizabeth. SkyScrapper ---- For the helpful tip on how to defeat Elizabeth in the fastest way possible. Joseph M. ------ For the tip on how to successfully hide from the girls during the Hot Spring mini-event in Kyoto johnnymoe88 ---- Correction of 7/10 answers Eugenio T. ----- Correction of 10/13 and 10/15 answers Larry J –------- Additional tips for defeating Nyx and some extra info about Maya CLOSING NOTES --------------------------------------------- CRD001 Persona 3 was probably my biggest project so far. After almost 2 months, 160 gameplay hours and more than 80 manhours for encoding and editing pictures and 189 pages in PDF, this has surpassed my text guide for Rogue Galaxy. Not to mention that additional 7 hours of creating this 345KB text faq. I am still looking for additional brief stories and special items for Hidetoshi and Fuuka. If you maxed out their social links and you would like to share it (and of course have your name listed in this guide’s credit section, for all to see) Kindly email me. To know more about my works and what I am currently working on, visit my personal page at http://vhayste.blogspot.com Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation exclusive guide is already available at IGN.com! Signing off Paul "Vhayste" Michael Get to know more about me and my works by visiting my user page in Wikipedia. http://vhayste.blogspot.com