Everything You Need to Know to Max All Confidants in Persona 5 Royal (NO MAJOR SPOILERS)

[@RozalinGaming]

For even more info besides what I talk about in the video (confidant availability, etc.), please check the video description as I have it all listed there.

[@Enenrau]

Wait I thought akeechi required max knowledge to complete his confidant?

[@motionseven9661]

Maruki is at level 5 and won't let me talk to him. Have I done it 2 fast?

[@scroogy8865]

@@motionseven9661 what date are you on? His social link is locked after rank 5 until after summerbreak

[@doesnormalityexist]

I really need assistance, concerning the new semester, can you still rank up confidants in it? I havent looked into the new story yet, and I only know which confidants I needed to rank up. I also know some will be locked after november and have already taken care of that, but concerning the others like Shinya, your party, Ohya, ect, will you be able to rank them up during the third semester?

[@Accomplish305]

@Rozalin So I have the original persona 5, but I've noticed everyone on the internet is so obsessed with this Royal thing. So I just want to know if there is any reason that could make me want to buy this game when I already have the first one. Is this like a completely new game?? Or is it just like a deluxe edition?? Do I have to pay the full price to get it?? I'm really lost here! *insert confused face *

[@Royy2004]

So that's why Sojiro hates me. I haven't made coffee yet

[@breanna1959]

Roy Stam this comment made me laugh for some reason, thanks

[@jeffreypeters2803]

I wasted so much time on my first playthrough of the original not realizing this

[@Royy2004]

@@jeffreypeters2803 same lmao

[@s.r.7602]

@@Royy2004 right here with you

[@Nex1738]

W com😁

[@garrettmarzo7858]

Man, remember when you needed Level 5 Proficieny just to give Haru Baton Pass?

[@tikijr2204]

I’m so fucking glad that baton pass is just something that’s given to everyone instead of unlocking it through confidants

[@vengfulfate2991]

No. I didn't work on Haru in P5, and I only played it once before Royal released Edit: because I just kept with who already had Baton Pass

[@mysticpebbles9652]

Lmao, yes

[@TheTexasDice]

Not only that, but Morgana and Haru sucked because you couldn't get their elemental weakness evasion skills until very late. Now you get an item that flat out negates all your weaknesses as well as Baton Pass, making these people immediately useful.

[@Kidyungblack12]

Are you deadass. I had max proficiency before that part of the story so I never really noticed.

[@laila4146]

Can we all agree that if you get Kindness to Max in your first playthrough then you deserve a temple devoted to you

[@brandonwithnell612]

i managed to get kindness maxed out pretty easy before saes palce, but guts took me the longest, it definately helps having more free time at night in this version as well as being able to get the speed reader book early

[@user-rr7qf5hq3c]

Laila bow down before me

[@laila4146]

Very well

[@Not_A_Plant2552]

Kindness is not that bad with sojiro and the plant. But Guts... getting guts to rank 5... changes a person...

[@laila4146]

The Great Weebini I got guts up to 5 before Okumura-

[@indiepunkcrow]

The biggest issue is always getting Iwai maxed out first playthrough because getting Guts to 5 is so tedious

[@Pannykun]

JustLemres so is hifumi with max knowledge

[@narukamitrunpet1964]

Pankun knowledge is always the first I get maxed

[@aboxace6701]

@@Pannykun knowledge is the easiest to max out even early on compared to guts

[@mistressminerva3382]

For some reason my charm maxed out before knoweledge this time. But guts is like all stats pretty easy to max out, your options here just start late. At the beginning you have the death arcana as well as the bath house on rainy days, studying in the library or in the cafe. You can also buy a tv and watch dvds or movies in the Theater. Later you also get the video games and the maid cafe i think. As well as the sunday smoothies. Also there are books + speed reading 1. july. and in shinjuku you can buy special books for getting more points when watching a movie or making video games easier.

[@Pannykun]

Narukami Trunpet really? I don’t see it. I get proficiency maxed out and then guts

[@brandonprows]

Note: Akechi becomes locked at rank 5 until September 3rd And locked again at Rank 6 until November 2nd.

[@RozalinGaming]

This info is linked in the description along with all other scheduling info.

[@brandonprows]

@@RozalinGaming I just wrote it down so I can find my comment quickly when I come back to this video! :) Thanks for the amazing information!

[@RozalinGaming]

@@brandonprows Ah, gotcha.

[@grenjasom6002]

Rozalin does this apply to original persona 5 as well? Because if so I didn’t even know you could progress Akechi outside the story

[@RozalinGaming]

GrenjasOM this info is for Royal. Akechi’s confidant was almost entirely reworked for P5R.

[@garrettmarzo7858]

It’s worth noting that some confidant events will increase a social stat a bit, such as Yoshida and Ohya giving a Charm boost, Sojiro and Shinya give Kindness, and so on. It’s worth choosing to hangout with a confidant that can raise a stat you need for another one, as opposed to an activity that that only raises that one stat and takes up a time slot. Edit: Somehow autocorrect wrote Yoshida as Yoshitsune

[@TheTexasDice]

Yoshida gives a *lot* of Charm and Shinja gives loads of Kindness.

[@Cholincy]

I love the yoshitsune confidant

[@ultragamer4465]

@@Cholincy mf wrote yoshitsune so many times the key board memorized it 💀💀💀

[@davidpaw22]

did u just say "Gun Daddy Iwai"?

[@RozalinGaming]

Gun Dad Iwai, to be exact.

[@Joltzeria]

@@RozalinGaming sounded 'daddy' to me lol

[@marcusnewbold-rankine1326]

@@RozalinGaming nice

[@andrebaxter4023]

Ah, for the tests, good thing I got a cheat sheet handy and focus on studying a lot for knowledge.

[@mistressminerva3382]

You can max out knoweledge pretty fast if you focus on that but i would recomend focusing on the other stats first because you get often like 1 point in guts and 2 points in knowelege if you go to the cafe or study in the library. and early on it is way harder to raise guts and kindness because the options are locked before may.

[@InquisitorThomas]

Personally I’d recommend grinding kindness since it’s the hardest stat I found to get naturally: You can typically get stats like Knowledge, Proficiency, Charm, and Guts relatively quickly from ranking up confidants like Yoshida, Iwai, and Hifumi, while you can only get Kindness from Sojiro, and even then you can’t progress Sojiro’s confidant past a certain point till you get Futaba and you eventually need max kindness to reach his final rank. And in terms of activities you raise Every stat but kindness but completing ranks in the Big Bang Burger Challenge and can earn earn skills by doing useful things like making coffee at leBlanc for SP items as raises charm, making thieves tools raises proficiency, while cleaning LeBlanc only increases kindness a tiny amount with absolutely no benefit.

[@mistressminerva3382]

@@InquisitorThomas tower gives kindness but he is pretty late game

[@westsherlock5259]

Does anyone have a 100% guide for both confidants and stats? I'm new.

[@milk-el8vq]

connect ur network and school questions are a breeze

[@Rajin90]

Royal makes this MUCH easier, even though there are 2 (effectively 3) new confidants. I've maximized all confidants in early December (except for Fool/Magician for story reasons) and spent like two weeks or so doing whatever I wanted, like hanging out with confidants for interactions/decorations, playing darts or listening to jazz with Yusuke. Feels good, man.

[@Floridamangaming729]

Personally I spend most of my time increasing confidants. When there’s a affection barrier I usually just give then a gift or two. Gifts work really well for sojiro. He has alot of barriers early on. His gifts are pretty pricey though.

[@tylertexas56]

I personally found myself making coffee early on for affection and sp.

[@thoughtsofaleo2916]

How exactly do you give gifts? Do you just buy the item and it prompts you to offer it to them? Apologies if this is a dumb question, it’s my first time playing P5R and the places I’ve looked up about this aren’t very clear about it.

[@VikWax]

@@thoughtsofaleo2916 you get the option if you want to give them a gift whenever you start a confidant event with them. At least thats how it was in P5

[@thoughtsofaleo2916]

DragonGamerV ah okay. That’s what I thought - thank you!

[@jakefox0]

What types of gifts does Sojiro like? I can never kind them.

[@kokutoryuu8312]

it's actually pretty easy, I made some mistakes, didn't use a guide for the dialogues which resulted in me having to hang out with people a bunch of times, and I still ended up maxing everyone as well as my social stats, early december.

[@DummyUrD]

Yes, you have time, the only thing you might have some issues with is if you also want to see all events.

[@OliverJaJaDo]

@@DummyUrD Yeah, it's a bit tougher if you also try to get all room decorations like i did in the original.

[@mistressminerva3382]

@@OliverJaJaDo are the room decorations carrying over to ng+?

[@Pannykun]

Gracus LP no

[@Kisielator]

Did you hang out with the twins as well, or ignored their events?

[@guthetanuki256]

Thank you for this. This helped me clear the confusion with Akechi. Too many guides keep saying wrong information about needing max knowledge. Also unrelated, I thought it was funny you need max kindness for Sojiro but then you still get kindness from him afterward. Anyone else notice that? Perhaps developer oversight?

[@pichutube]

Little late of a reply but I like to think that the developers did that intentionally, mainly because it’s so dumb but so funny.

[@darrylbrostrom4633]

This was causing me alotta stress before cause I'm a Father of two and can really only play through these things once if I'm lucky lol. it's looking like I'm going to have a bit more freedom with my first playthrough than I thought I would...THANKS!

[@StarlingofAzerath]

Also, most of the confidants only have daytime/after school time slots to interact with (Almost 9!). Makoto, Yusuke, Futaba, Ann, Ryuji, Haru, Shinya, Mayruki, and Kasumi are only available during the day and when it's not raining. While Ohya, Chihaya, Iwai, Kawakami, and Mishima, and Akechi are at night slots. in order to max everyone before 12/22, from personal experience, make sure to use your daytime/after school time slots wisely to rank up daytime confidants and focus on social stats at night unless you have no one to hang out with during the daytime. I got to a point in November and December where I had too many free nights and ran out of night confidants to level up, and ended up training, working, and topping off my social stats, but unfortunately left too many daytimes only confidants too far behind to max out before 12/22. I felt I wasted too many daytime slots for trying to boost my social stats (such as studying after school, doing the Big Bang Burger Challenge, or working) when those all can be done on nights where you don't have anything. As a heads up, you have more free nights than you have free days to work with, so night time confidants are not a rush to get through. And in Royal, you want to get your team member confidants at Max 10 before the third semester starts.

[@kikuos]

thank u so much!

[@Stryfe52]

7:45 I think this may be a mistake. Yoshida’s confidant needs you to talk to him during one of his speeches, go to the beef bowl shop to work after the speech, and talk to him after you’ve met each other at the beef bowl shop.

[@mufarrijlukman21]

You need to work TWICE at the bowl shop btw, but yeah its pretty much smooth sailing from there

[@KellyJoule]

When I first played P5 in 2017, I was so friggin pissed to find out Sojiro rank 5 was locked until after august, because I spent SO MUCH TIME with him trying to rank up and couldn't figure out why he didn't want to!!! I wish the game put some kind of subtle hint in the dialogue that explained the date specifc deadlines/delays for the confidants, like how you can't even visit Maruki past rank 4 until September in Royal

[@cleydsonsandro4531]

@Tyrese Wright there are fewer changes, i just know about akechi changes because im in my first playthrough of vanilla p5. Im in the end of august.

[@michaeli5018]

My 1st playthrough is basically my "for fun." Playthrough like I did with the original. So just playing to enjoy it. My 2nd is gonna be a ng+ to beat the optional bosses. I might try this on my third playthrough. If I don't max them all in my current one. Which I probably won't.

[@mistressminerva3382]

Social Stats carry over to NG+, so even if you play the first round for fun, it is super easy to max out all confidants on your second playthrough

[@keystonelyte]

So does your MONEYYYYYYY

[@Westy90_]

@@mistressminerva3382 Im about to start my first playthrough and after watching this im left slightly overwhelmed. If I can just relax on my first playthrough then thats good to hear.

[@mistressminerva3382]

@@Westy90_ sure thing, if you dont have a challenge in mind, just relax and do the more challanging stuff in ng+

[@realanger1543]

@@Westy90_ just remember to have a persona of the same arcana and use a guide. You don't need to hang out with each confidant more than 10 times if you do that.

[@bobincognito]

You sound like james charls whispering into my ear while hes taking me bareback

[@mynameisviktorreznov]

Wtf lmao

[@fiel81]

Oh hell no

[@bobincognito]

@@fiel81 :-)

[@bodelo4447]

sus

[@Bufubarion]

hi sisters

[@anastasishatzakis5752]

Hearing their names pronounced correctly sounds so weird. I have gotten so used to saying KaSUmi and MaKOto that hearing them as KAsumi and MAkoto is so weird.

[@ivygirao]

I refuse to say makOTO instead of maKOto

[@totallynormal.4842]

Since when did this game turn into a dating sim

[@RozalinGaming]

Since Persona 3.

[@cethlucas3536]

Thank you for making this video! I personally wanted to max all confidants on my first playthrough, so thanks!

[@littlerepera79]

I have a question. I am in the ends of November, and since I can't go to school due to certain reasons.I can't trigger Kawakami's event, can I rank her up in the 3rd semester or am I doomed?

[@syedsaadqain5518]

Yeah you can and the evenings are mostly free from what I can see

[@VikWax]

I have heard that if you dont get her to rank 5 before november 18th her social link locks and you cant progress. But I cant confirm this as I just saw it in some video or comment before. Just checked, it said rank 4 before december 22 if you want to romance her, and rank 5 before january 13th of the second year.

[@Percy0412]

@@VikWax I believe you're thinking of Kasumi. Kawakami is the teacher

[@VikWax]

@@Percy0412 aw shit I read that wrong haha xD

[@ramuelrosales3217]

Your voice is so soothing man lol

[@RozalinGaming]

Thanks. Just before reading this I got hit by a, "your voice is like nails on a chalkboard" so I really appreciate your comment.

[@Ch1l1C0nCarnag3]

How To Max All Confidants. Step 1: Chihaya. This woman is a fucking saint; that affection boost from her reading is almost always enough to break through any barrier in place, and if it's not? Don't bother spending time with the person, just do something more productive like a Social Stat and then visit Chihaya again the next day and you'll be ready. I made LOTS of mistakes in my playthrough, wasted tons of time early on doing unneccessary things and I still maxed all confidants, social stats and baton passes with time to spare. Towards the end I was spending 90% of my free time at the gym or Jazz club.

[@mattpkc34xx]

Bringing a specific persona when doing confidants early on is so tedious since you only start with 6 persona and more times then not you just dont have a persona of the correct arcana

[@Senyuno]

Drat, I thought this was going to be a fast and loose guide to the order of Rank Up based on the most efficient order with the resources available to you at each stage of the game. I realize that is detailed in walkthrough guides but I'd much prefer a video on the general guidelines to keep in the back of my head. I'll never sit down with a Persona game and a step-by-step guide I have to consult every minute. I much prefer to figure out what I want to do and the best way to go about doing it in real time. That's the fun of it to me.

[@Kiefster]

Thats a good way to do it. In vanilla P5 I pretty much had to figure things out. For Royal I'm following guides specifically for certain confidants. I plan maxing out all my stats to make any threshold easier.

[@RozalinGaming]

I mean, I dedicate the first half of the video to giving tips on raising your confidant ranks. There really isn't any faster way.

[@koimnm2168]

Well im stuck with vanilla P5 until i get my hands on a ps4 or atlus ports royal both of wich wont be happening these days, soooo max social stat farm it is

[@Sputnik_Man]

I have a few questions: 1, Can you finish party member confidants during the new semester? 2. How much free time do I have to do so? 3. How do you get third tier personas? (Answer it in a way that doesn't spoil major plot)

[@mindmaster323]

You can rank up confidants as normal, so yes. You get the month of January starting from the 13. You get tier 3 Persona's by talking to teammates during the third semester, but I'm pretty sure they have to be max rank for that.

[@RozalinGaming]

1. You can if they don't lock beforehand. 2. Not a lot for daytime slots; maybe like a week or so. You have much more freedom at night. 3. Assuming your party member's confidants are rank 10 going into the 3rd semester, talk to them as part of the story for the first few days of the 3rd semester.

[@Sputnik_Man]

@@RozalinGaming I've already maxed out Temp and Sun, I just need to finish Haru and Futaba's. Futaba is at rank 7 while Haru is rank 4. Would I still be able to finish them before getting their 3rd tier personas?

[@exiaedges]

I think you can still rank up Haru's, but from my experience Futaba seems to be locked out and I couldn't find her in the overworld to progress toward her own confidant and Sojiro's. You only get around three weeks max, since the first week is cutscenes and mandatory exploration. Everyone except for Morgana, Kasumi, and Akechi required you to talk them again to unlock their third tier Persona. You can talk to Kasumi again and invite her to events after you max out her Confidant, but you are not going unlock her third tier until a certain date, and it's something that I would avoid doing if you still have confidants that required a daytime slot.

[@sora6748]

@@Sputnik_Man in your case you can but its tricky to do, Haru at 4 you most likely won't max her unless you neglect your party members 3rd tier personas

[@xeroh9894]

*PSA* to those that do not know, takuto MUST be maxed to unlock the 3rd semester

[@dennisspelt6551]

Can you still do confidants in the third semester?

[@RozalinGaming]

As long as the don't lock before hand, yes.

[@mistressminerva3382]

@@RozalinGaming yeah but if you want to max out the faith arcana and unlock 3rd forms for your team personas you just have time at night.

[@ThomBaws]

@@mistressminerva3382 Exactly, so maxing out the confidants of the main party members and Shinya's confidant before the third semesters is very much recommended, as those are during the day, which is when you'll have the least amount of time

[@Koomoee]

@@RozalinGaming Oh thank god

[@linkthoy]

@@mistressminerva3382 Does that mean you can't get party members 3rd tier personas at all if don't max them by 12/24? Cause I barely got Yusuke in, but I still need one more for both Haru and Futaba.

[@DaxmanG]

Almost did this on my first play through but Shinya was the only one I didn’t max out 😭

[@sev1120]

Yoshida is (from what I know) the only optional confidant that lacks a social stat requirement and a mementos request

[@Chris-iw1iz]

Can anyone help me out? I’m trying to start working at the Beef Bowl to start the Sun Confidant, but I don’t see the job pamphlet for it at the pamphlet outlet in Shibuya. I read online that in Royal, the only day you can start working there is 5/6. I’m well into June at this point and am really hoping I didn’t miss the singular opportunity to start the Confidant line. Can anyone help? Also, I’m only at Proficiency 1, I know you need Proficiency 2 to get the job but I have to assume they’d at least show the option for Beef Bowl then say you don’t have a high enough Proficiency.

[@rossedwardmiller]

Other vids “take your time and just enjoy the game” Finally a video with some worthwhile information.

[@greta_jkrn]

I'm currently on my first gameplay ever so I probably won't level up all of them :(

[@f.prince6642]

Lol I’m not gonna lie I hit this video and I was shocked to hear Goro talking to me lol

[@samus88]

I gotta say, I have no idea how people had a hard time maxing them all (and the social stats) before 12/24. I just finished the game for the first time, without using any guide, and I had no issue completing them. I mean, all I did was hang out with whoever was available and prioritez whoever would rank up, and by the time I unlocked affinity reading, it became even easier...

[@NoNameNoWhere]

If your prioritize confidants who are close to ranking up, it's easy. If you focus on raising social stats instead, you tend to "over invest" in social stats and screw yourself over. That's what happened when I played P5 for the first time.

[@SirBumRush]

I feel like it’s best to go for the non party members for the first two palaces since we already have baton pass unlocked. I boosted my social stats up to the 4th palace and now I can get past most of the confidant social status gates from now on. One more big play that I personally did was to only do mementos runs when I have at least two confidant requests, so I can knock more out in less runs. It is possible!

[@jakethecaked2789]

Thank you for the video! It was really informative. Could anyone tell me what New Game Plus does? I want to know if I should replay it with new game plus. Thanks In advance!!

[@krishsingh1035]

Panda Man basically all your previous personas, money, accessories and other key items are transferred over to a new save also you transfer the amount of hours you had that play through and some bosses will be accessible through ng+

[@Percy0412]

When you start New Game Plus you keep everything you've logged in the Persona Compedium, social stats, a majority of your items including equipment and rank 10 Confidant items (possibly even the perma-pick but I haven't confirmed that), any money that you had by the end, as well as permanent stat changes. What this means is that any additional points you give to your party from the Jazz Club will carry over, and the moves you teach them at the Jazz Club will be available in the confessional as soon as you unlock Kanda. I believe that also includes the HP and SP buffs on Joker from various sources, but I'm not certain on that. There may be other things that carry over, but as I haven't finished my first run of P5R just yet I can't be sure what they are.

[@mistressminerva3382]

ng+ gives i think 1 optional new boss and you can fuse satanael. the rest is the same, so not realy a reason to play ng+ because there is no real challenge here anymore.

[@steam-powereddolphin5449]

​@@mistressminerva3382Fast Forward exists if you simply want to rush through NG+. ;)

[@mistressminerva3382]

@@steam-powereddolphin5449 yeah but you could also just rush through a ng in merciless wich is more challenging than ng+

[@justnetz4504]

The amount of confidants in Persona 5 Royal is really overwhelming

[@RoachDoggJR.-]

Holy crap, it's like one big math problem. It's too much like real life. I love it.

[@thoughtsofaleo2916]

Thanks as always for doing these! I’m on my first run and trying to max everyone out. I have a vague idea of how to manage it because I watched a pretty thorough LP of P5 and a lot of the social links have similar, if not the same, requirements as then, but I really appreciate you explaining exactly who needs what; it helps me figure out what I need to focus on next!

[@bencegodina3923]

I noticed that when you have reached the amount of affection needed to raise a confidant's rank, the affection notes make a little sound.

[@xX12intheairXx]

Unless I missed it you should have told people about the special bond lvl 10 ability for Chihaya, and the massage ability for kawakami.

[@bonniethepiratebunny8808]

Does this give enough time for things like training to max out health and spirit?

[@RozalinGaming]

No. That requires NG+.

[@bonniethepiratebunny8808]

@@RozalinGaming ah, ok

[@Joyoboyogomu]

It’s super easy to max out confidants this time. You don’t need to try that hard and I’m so grateful. Everything royal has done has been for the better aside from Okumura’s Palace. It only got worse

[@Some__Guy]

Only the boss fight was worse for me. Everything else was about the same, or even slightly better for me. But the boss... Holy shit, did they over correct from super easy and anti-climactic, to just completely infuriating. That was the first boss in the series that made me rage quit and lower the difficulty just to stand a chance of winning.

[@Joyoboyogomu]

Some Guy same

[@darknesswave100]

I cheesed that fight by saving about 3 days beforehand and seeing what it was about and then making the 50 point items that knocked the robots down. Then all you have to do is have joker go first and use concentrate then have your other teammates knock the enemies down with the appropriate item then baton pass till it maxed out ending with joker. Then you just use the appropriate multi target weakness and you can almost one shot every round. The only one I didnt was the green ones and the big guy that uses that bs challenge attack

[@joseMgarcia0711]

On my first playthrough I maxed out my stats, but I failed to max out the social confidant stats. I thought I would have enough time after maxing out my stats first, but I was wrong because I didn't plan for certain lockouts from hanging out with certain people and didn't know about having Arcana persona boosts. I was like God damn, there's a lot more confidants than I thought by the end.

[@RozalinGaming]

Ah, yeah, if you just focus on one you'll run out of time; gotta do both at the same time. If you do, you'll find that the game actually gives you plenty of time to do both in a single run.

[@almasBFF]

What personas r good for end game and skill set up? I’m always lost when it comes to the best personas

[@uncledeath69]

Doesnt matter much you can littlerly make every persona OP with the right setting up

[@fiwwy2314]

Almighty pixie

[@SasaLunafey]

Fiwwy so, the pixie that the player gets in Nocturne

[@jrd1519]

Can someone tell me how to get op ass attacks like almighty or severe damage

[@fadhrigabestari4963]

for end game i suggest fusing every persona that have the trait reduce 75% magic skill in each element, i.e. fuse odin to make him your thunder damaging persona, beelzebub for curse, chi you for psy, and so on. that way you can manage every enemy without the need of complicated fuse path for spell mastery which only grant 50% reduction on magic skills. i say this because the last palace in the third semester requires you to have a diverse persona composition, and only focusing on one op persona like making one invulnerable like yoshitsune is useless with almost every enemy repelling physical attacks. if you want a one stop shop persona for your endgame try making lucifer with drain/repel bless and just spam almighty skill of your choice, but i recommend not to do that since it would get really boring real quick.

[@kellyb7561]

wish i had seen this before i was 70 hours in the game!! i’m not doin too bad tho just started palace 6 and i maxed sun, moon, lovers, chariot, priestess, devil, and death. just worried i won’t finish justice before the time limit because he keeps telling me he’s busy!!! thanks for the guide so i know when he’s available!! also i think akechi needs rank 5 knowledge to max!

[@TheMarshmelloSquid]

Im already in kaneshiro palace and i haven’t finished ryuji confidant

[@damientheincin]

Me watching this on New Game +: Ah, yes, mhm, interesting, definitely useful to know

[@rjverafy4802]

Thank you for this! Very new to the persona series and after failing to max all the social links I wanted in P3P, I was racking my brain to make sure I got Royal right. This and your other videos will be a big help!

[@gavinfoster1135]

What’s the max level for confidants? Someone told me you have to prestige them after you hit level 10 with them. They said you do this tree times for each of them. Help!

[@gavinfoster1135]

Three*

[@RozalinGaming]

Rank 10 is max.

[@MrBarklus1]

Currently October 10th: Confidants: Fool 9 Magician 9 Priestess 5 Emperor 6 Hiero 6 Lovers 7 Chariot 6 Justice 6 Hermit 1 Fortune 7 Strength 1 Hanged 2 Death 7 Temper 7 Devil 6 Tower 1 Star 6 Sun 7 Judge 5 Faith max Councilor 9 Social stats are all tier 4. Am I on track to have all max by end of 3rd semester?

[@guthetanuki256]

Yeah I would say that you are since there seems to be an even spread. But you may just come out short since you shouldn't be rank 1 with any confidant at this point if you managed time wisely. However, don't neglect Futaba. That Hermit rank 1 is troubling. Her skills are extremely useful. Also, prioritize Kawakami, Akechi, and Yoshida. Those are extremely limited. Kawakami especially saves you so much time than you normally wouldn't have.

[@MrBarklus1]

@@guthetanuki256 I didnt wanna neglect her either but I didnt have tier 4 kindness until recently due to the fact i kinda grinded tier 5 charm for best girl. I need to start harus line too. Thanks for the advice

[@RozalinGaming]

You should technically already have at least a few maxed but I still think you should be fine.

[@RentabaAmakura]

I have Mishima, Ann, Takemi ,Ryuji and Kasumi 5 Max and i am at the Shido Palace

[@fierytigergaming8112]

@@guthetanuki256 Especially Mementos Scan

[@gbekeleshebioba3111]

Haru is not appearing at all in the third semester for me. I have 8 days left for the palace and other teammates appear but her. She’s the last one I need. Help?

[@seijitheicedrake9487]

Started my second playthrough and all i know is that summer will be a godsend for a majority of the confidants

[@Ieatrabies123]

This is completely unrelated but I swear to fucking God that one time when leaving class, I saw ryuji in the loading screen, is that rare?

[@bbh1136]

Thank you so much for this video! I got Royal a few weeks ago and have been enjoying it very much! I'm very glad this video didn't have any major spoilers (or any I think LOL) because I've already been spoiled about some characters :( In my vanilla Persona 5 playthrough, I was only able to max out Igor, Morgana, Makoto (the girlfriend), Akechi, Takemi, Kawakami, Mishima, Yoshida, and Sae, with Igor, Morgana, Akechi, and Sae being automatic. I didn't even meet Shinya since I didn't know how to start his Confidant, and I think I was stuck at Rank 1 with the twins, Haru, and Futaba. This time I'll definitely be careful on what to do!

[@jjcreviewsbdamanbdajjcrevi6509]

Wondering if you can still do your confidant in 3rd semester?

[@sora6748]

Yes you can your nighttime ones will be easier to finish, your daytime ones are tricky because of 3rd tier persona for your team and kusumi maxing her out. In my experience get all day ones done before 12/22.

[@ej69420ej]

this is the most thorough guide I’ve seen so far, super helpful, keep grinding my man!

[@sxchneiler806]

I know I am too late, but do you have to "equip" that Persona that corresponds the Confidant Arcana or do you only need it on your party for the boost? Thanks for the help!

[@RozalinGaming]

You don't need to equip it; only have it on you.

[@mijofalco6355]

Increasing stats just takes so long and I never know what gives the most points

[@fadhrigabestari4963]

Mijo Falco books give you the most by giving you 3 in its corresponding stat. make sure to have an unread book every night to read when morgana wont let you out at night. read the fast reading book so that you read twice as fast. remember that doing certain confidants also improve your star, so focus on doing confidants until their progress is stopped by stat requirements. watching cinema and juice stand on sundays is also a great boost that you shouldnt overlook knowledge -> getting the correct answers in class, studying when raining and studying before exams with friends proficiency -> making tools, iwai confidant, darts kindness -> sojiro and shinya, watering plant charm -> ohya, doing good on exams guts -> ur fucked on this one

[@mijofalco6355]

@@fadhrigabestari4963 I think I've bought every book in the book store in shibuya. I know there's a book store in that other place but it's only for other things.

[@fadhrigabestari4963]

Mijo Falco the library at school also have a lot of books. rent cds if you run out of books. playing game is also helpful

[@mijofalco6355]

@@fadhrigabestari4963 I always rent CD's. Idk where to go to buy games.

[@fadhrigabestari4963]

Mijo Falco iirc you can buy the console in second hand store and the games from a game store in arahabaki. before reading cds and playing games make sure to read the books that increase stat gain from watching cds and a book that makes the minigame easier while playing games.

[@makototakara7025]

It is okay to boost your unfinished confidants in third semester?

[@ij7697]

Thank you man, I needed this since I do want to try to get all the confidants maxed on my first run. If I don’t I’ll simply replay it, since I want to platinum this game.

[@bryangonzalez7184]

I don't think you need to max all for royal, that was only in vanilla p5

[@cheddardog2094]

Bryan Gonzalez You do

[@mistressminerva3382]

@@cheddardog2094 actually i think you do need just the confidants from your teammates and not the others

[@bryangonzalez7184]

@@mistressminerva3382 yeah only for the awakens!

[@cadequillion5276]

My best advice for kindness is cleaning cafe: +2 kindness, +1 sojiro boost Charm, make coffee: sp coffee, +2 charm and 1-3 sojiro boost And guts: Big Bang burger, win a challenge and you get +1-3 on everything except kindness, doing Takemi confident first bc +1 with everything rank

[@brandonwithnell612]

i think i actually might get all my confidants maxed out on my first run, just got all my stats maxed and most confidants done by the time i caught up to the prologue scene, just need to finish futaba, haru, shinya, iwai, ohya, and hifumi, and this is without using a guide and just relying on memory, and im still way ahead of my original p5 run lol

[@mistressminerva3382]

maxing out social stats and confidants is way easier than it was in p5. but there is also additional stuff that you can do now like darts, billiard, jazz club, temple that give different bonis so it is also wise to check that out as well.

[@cadequillion5276]

Brandon Withnell that’s cause you can’t actually do things in the cafe even after a palace instead of just sleep.

[@Linkforlife199]

For some reason, it is exremely easy to fall behind on Takemi.

[@blacknerdtalks7921]

Can anyone confirm if this information also applies to the original P5?

[@RozalinGaming]

Some of the info applies to the original, but the video was specifically made for P5R and there were numerous changes.

[@blacknerdtalks7921]

​@@RozalinGaming​ Wow, thanks for the reply, yeah your guide seems the most comprehensive, so I'll stick to it, with a grain of salt.

[@erikfinlin8110]

see its almsot impossible since guts and kindness are so hard to get to 5

[@RozalinGaming]

It's definitely not almost impossible; in fact, P5R gives you so much time that you can literally do everything and have over a month of in-game time left over with nothing to do.

[@GreenWolf2k]

I was able to max out my social stats but I couldn't do the same for confidants.

[@s-wo8781]

Damn, how'd that person get 9 million yen? I thought I was balling with my 2 mil.

[@RozalinGaming]

My tip on putting stamps towards money is how. Do that and you will have more money than you know what to do with.

[@dustyw8771]

@@RozalinGaming Yea I was like wow was this a new game plus run 😅 so just use stamps for money and nothing else?

[@RozalinGaming]

@@dustyw8771 Some of my footage is from my NG+ run, but I have max money by around the end of October on my first playthrough. It's all about putting stamps towards money then items, using Chihaya's confidant when you go to Mementos or a Palace for extra from AoA kills, and selling sooty armor in Kichijoji.

[@dustyw8771]

@@RozalinGaming ok thank you! That helps alot I only got like 200 thousand right now and I'm in August it feels like I should have more and I haven't paid to the 100,000 to get her stone yet probably should hurry and do that

[@expert8632]

I got every social stat max except for guts, which ended on rank 4/5 😢

[@Ldenlord]

I fucking hate sun confidant , he ruined my all max confidants trophy on the OG because of him, at rank 8 and in November too late to realize

[@mishkofrydrysek7445]

Is there a video that indicates many of the most pertinent benefits to each social stat and corresponding rank?

[@onyx7ven10en5]

All my stats are already at 4 I’ve just reached the deadline for medjed and I always beat my Palaces in 1 to 2 in-game days anyway to have more time to hang out, but my Kindness is at 3 still and I’m working on that rn kasumi is already maxed because she’s not hard to max but I’ve also been putting a little more time into doc and akechi and I’m already spending my time evenly with everybody so I should be good I’m pretty smart with time management also, and I always get the right dialogue option

[@cadequillion5276]

Onyx 7ven10en clean the cafe, gives you +2 kindness and sojiro boost

[@Rynoverse]

I should’ve watched this video before playing holy shit

[@AmeDark]

for me doing the hamburger challenge and doing luck reading helped me max out social stats fast, but sadly i discovered that method late in the game and didnt get to max them all out in persona 5, but i think taking the challenge with your proficiency around 4 rank will be pretty good if used from early on

[@chadderbug7587]

Now, I myself am still trying to beat the OG game (I did only get it half a year ago) but I wonder, will the achievement for maxing all the confidants still be unlocked even after you've done one playthrough or will you have to rank out every since one in one go?

[@enid22ful]

Thank you for the advice but I a different idea. First play through only focus on social stats with only doing mishima and kawakami. The second one is when I'll do all the confidants. It'll take more time I know but it feels much easier to do for me with the calander sistem.

[@fortinovazquez1031]

I have three confidants I have yet to max out (Shinya, Iwai and Chinya) can you still max them out in the 3rd semester?

[@youngblood7308]

Love your tutorials but I don’t know why you say we have enough time in game to max everything out first playthrough

[@RozalinGaming]

I say you have enough time to max everything on the first playthrough because you do. I personally maxed all social stats and confidants, and completed all requests with about 3 weeks of free time during the day and almost 2 months of free time at night. The game provides ample time to do everything so long as you plan accordingly and maximize all the systems available to you.

[@Mr_DragonXD]

Best video I’ve seen so far and has no spoiler thank you very much

[@Zarkator]

My makoto and yusuke are both at rank 7, and I have no mementos requests pertaining to them (either ive finished them already or never got one, i dont recall) but they havent been available to rank up since the september school trip. Are they locked during the okumura arc or something? All of my social stats are maxed. Also my mishima is only rank 5 as of 9/30, and all of my mementos requests from him are done so far, am I on the right track with him? I have sun, strength, temperence, lovers, chariot, and faith all maxed, and counciller and justice are caught up until the rest of their events are unlocked later.

[@TheBeebub]

I’m just before the third palace but can’t seem to hang out with Maruki? I know it’s only Mondays and sometimes Fridays but he never seems to be about? Any help would be appreciated

[@jordanjackson2812]

James have you been able to hang out with kasumi yet? i can’t find her anywhere

[@TheBeebub]

Jordan Jackson I’ve been hanging out with her when she texts me, got her to Rank 3 atm !

[@Brumak3000]

How much time do you have to max all confidants? I am at late November and still need to max 7 confidants.

[@darknesswave100]

Some have time limits like the sun and justice and the councilor that need to be either maxed out or at a certain rank by a certain date. Once you know that you can prioritize them. Like a soon as the councilor showed up I did his immediately since you only have till 11/18 to get his up to 9

[@elpayaso4744]

Me compraron persona 5 cuando ya habia salido persona 5 royale :,v

[@JayIceColdD]

I have a question: If you max a confidant, some of their perks carry over to NG+, right? Well... If you don't max them out in the NG+ playthrough, would their perks still carry over to a 3rd playthrough (2nd NG+), or does it effectively reset? Thanks in advance!

[@NoNameNoWhere]

You get a keepsake from them that carries over. Failing to max confidants in NG+ is challenging, though. You have to intentionally not max them all at that point.

[@sora6748]

To all who posted, first good job Rozalin on this vid makes perfect sense. As to every new gamer you can max all confidents and social stats in one playthrough, I did that also maruki is only needed to reach max by that Nov date, akechi you want max to get the good ending and his 3rd tier persona it will happen on Feb 3rd as for kusumi getting her to 5 is easy, however neither is required for you to get into 3rd semester only maruki needs to be completed. ALso in my experience confidants you have yet to rank up to 10 you have plenty of time to rank up your night confidents in 3rd semester, your day ones get tricky if you want everyones 3rd tier persona and kasumi 2nd maxing her out. I would recommend you getting all daytime confidential maxed before 12/22 as you have less free time in 3rd semester doing the day unless you neglect 3rd tier personas. ALso remember maxing out confidence when you say goodbye to each of them will give an item that will unlock some or all of their abilities when you gain them again in NG+. My advice focus on day confidents before 3rd semester, as you have more free time at night.

[@Ikcatcher]

I’m going to be referring to this video a lot when I finally get Royal

[@juju-ul8uu]

I'm in September, and all of my social stats are maxed so its definitely possible. I also was kinda curious if you had any tips for trying to max out all of a person's stats to 99?

[@mistressminerva3382]

same as in Persona 5, so if you want to max out on Specific stats just search for the persona 5 guide for that.

[@steam-powereddolphin5449]

@@mistressminerva3382 The normal guide can only get you 3 maxed stats at most; I'm pretty sure you will need incense and/or Gallows fusion during Fusion Alarms in order to max all 5.

[@mistressminerva3382]

@@steam-powereddolphin5449 i know that with 3 stats, thats why i used the wording specific stats. but good point with the incense, i never thought about that. and yes fusion alarm is new but i cant think of a way how to fuse something to gain more stats, cause the stats in fusion gained are lvl bound

[@fadhrigabestari4963]

use incense, it can be used even on persona that have reached lvl 99. use chihaya to force an alarm and make the incense double its effect

[@steam-powereddolphin5449]

@@fadhrigabestari4963 The reason I mentioned using the Gallows during an alarm is because the Persona (apparently) won't gain any levels or skills, but it *will* gain 10 stat points!

[@faytatreides6894]

Not possible. My 1st play of the game i maxed out my stats. New game+ I've gone from confidant to confidant who i can rank up with. 70% of the time i took the right persons for each confidant. I'm just past the school festival before you start the next palace and still have a long way to go. So far I've maxed out. Kawakami,mishima,ryuji,yoshida,ann,sojiro,yusuke,ohya,hifumi and makoto. Maruki i'm at rank 9 but he does not show up. I've not even started ranking up haru or the gamer king. I do every persona game the same way (p3,p3 fes,p3p,p4, p4 golden and persona 5).So you stream on twitch maybe i'll look you up on it.

[@RozalinGaming]

Not possible to max confidants and social stats in one run? It's more than possible. If you're using your time wisely you can max social stats by 9/22 and confidants (except Kasumi) by 12/5; and that's while not focusing on just those things specifically.

[@Geechee_Chick]

Its October 2nd in my game. I only maxed out two social skills. And none of my confidants are maxed out. Akechi is at rank 4, Kasumi at rank 3 and Maruki at rank 7. I know I only have to like the second week of November to max out Maruki and Akechi. Do I still have a chance at beating the game? Or is it too late?

[@RozalinGaming]

Beating the game, of course; maxing all confidants, no. No confidant is required for the original P5 ending, and ONLY Maruki is required to unlock the new content and new ending.

[@jazminakarainy]

i did unlock the 3rd semester... so i might as well get the most out of ng+ and max out every confidant

[@deku_g26]

about the "max out all confidants" trophy, Do I need to do it in one playthrough or I can finish the ones that I didn't get on NG+?

[@RozalinGaming]

You can do it either on a fresh run or NG+ but you do need to max all in a single playthrough for the trophy.

[@JohnDoe-kv4ef]

So if I don't have the correct arcana in my stock when hanging out with them, do I have to add that persona from the velvet room and pay to summon them? and then pay again to summon the persona back on my team?

[@RozalinGaming]

You don't have to, but you will get fewer affinity points with whoever it is you're hanging out with. I wouldn't worry too much though as money is extremely easy to come by in P5R; just make sure you put all of your stamps in Mementos towards money first, then items, and you'll end up with more than you can spend.

[@hollowfiedkyubi]

Confused with the gift system. I'm 46 hours in and the game hasn't told me how to give gifts and I can't find the answer online. What counts as a hangout event? I've had multiple instances when they invite me to hangout but then there isn't an option to ever give a gift so I'm lost.

[@RozalinGaming]

Hangout events are when you spend time with a confidant but they won't rank up; if they will rank up, then that series of dialogue will take precedence. After hanging out with a confidant in a hangout event, you will be presented an opportunity to give the confidant a gift.

[@clownavenger0]

Too much Min/maxing in this game that I wonder if ill have time to actually enjoy it. Bought the Take Your Heart special edition on release but have yet to open it. Should I try playing that on my PS4 or get the PC port for the game? Is Royal worth it? I do run a 3080 so I know performance will be much better on my PC.

[@arithedragon6198]

So I'm sitting here, mid/end of May, and none of my confidants want to rank up past 3 or 4. I feel like I'm doing something or everything wrong. Any help?

[@arithedragon6198]

Mind you, I HAVE been using personas of matching arcanas to get max points

[@freindmaker4473]

Some of them are locked and cannot be ranked any higher until certain dates

[@carpalini]

As I'm a funny boy and you are not!!!! said, some get locked behind a certain date, and Sojiro is the biggest offender of this. Some may also be locked behind a social stats.

[@fadhrigabestari4963]

remember that even if you have matching personas, it wouldnt do you much good if you pick the wrong answers and choose dialogue that gives you +0 connection

[@arithedragon6198]

@@fadhrigabestari4963 oh yea, this isn't my first time with Persona 5, and I'm using a guide... but it just felt like noone was ranking up, or wanted to rank up for a good 20 hours of the game. Unlike Persona 5 base game where I got Ryuji up to maxe in like... 2 months

[@SergioTheSurge]

How about Maruki? Or is that a spoiler in there? NO SPOILERS PLEASE!

[@RozalinGaming]

He unlocks via the story and doesn't require any social stats.

[@missasyan]

wait, ranks can be locked? so you're telling me my non-stop dates with akechi in kichijoji nearly every night i'm free was useless? ahaha he still cute doe