Persona 5 Things You Should Do Before Returning To Kamoshida's Castle Palace

[@Flashyyyxx]

how to spend your evening in persona 5, have a cat tell you you're too tired and wont allow you to go anywhere but your bed. sighhh

[@LeoWolfish]

Try to max out the confident link with Sadayo (your teacher) as soon as possible. She will give the mc massages that will nit take up time and then let you do something else that night after having gone through a dungeon. At one point she can also let you make infiltration tools in class as well.

[@Flashyyyxx]

LeoWolfish i am getting her up, and i can make but im at the point of farming items to craft the inifinite lockpick thing so i wont need to bother with that..tho i hate the fact that one activity wastes a day,like i understand if i do something early morning then it passes time to mid day but it moves you up to night...thats basically 2 activities per a day at most then the long ass loading screen disguised as calander switching the day...gets annoying lol

[@AlshepType]

adir alon Fucking this. So many days are just fucking forfeited without any player input. I get that after you hit Mementos or Palaces you kinda should get to bed. I'm on 5/20 and I've had so many days where I just couldn't do shit at night cause Morgana decided I should just fucking hit the sack despite not being in Palaces or Mementos.

[@Thaibiohazard123]

adir alon I suggest that you don't bother with the lock pick that much. Most items found in chests are not that good and you could always just buy them if need to. Chests are safe to be missable. Try not spend holiday daytime in your house and go out socialising someone. In my opinion, Social Link is the top priority since they l won't be carried over to New Game+, and they give you some very useful content later on also.

[@Flashyyyxx]

Thaibiohazard123 im not that crazy about it,but its nice to have an unbreakable one and not worry about it,im a sucker for looooot and selling that huge sums of collected loot lol. i beat the hacker palace just waiting on her to wake up. and i know i do try but the message say it wont increase any time soon and it depress me i mean cmon dude i came to increase our bond :D then increase it now dam you! xD

[@maplesights]

you forgot one more, make as many lockpicks as you can

[@TheWoah]

MapleSight How do you do that? Can’t remember.

[@LIONREV7]

Go to the work bench and make them, if you dont have enough materials you can buy them in the second hand store.

[@TheWoah]

LIONREV7 Thank you! :)

[@Spacefrisian]

Save/reload until Morgana states something different after you make some lockpicks, you get 2 lockpicks when he does (and +3 music not symbols for proficiency)

[@aaron75fy]

I would hold off making too many, your focus will be trying to get the eternal lockpick so find the best place to grind for liquid mercury and aluminum plating. one you've got that one (or two thank you Morgana) locks are cake

[@miketheguy2847]

Persona 3: First (and only) dungeon is a castle-like tower Persona 4: First dungeon is a castle Persona 5: First dungeon is also a castle I smell a pattern...

[@kingdomheartsispeak4724]

Didn't yukiko have a castle?

[@kingdomheartsispeak4724]

@Gabriel Pereira yeah I dunno why shadow yosuke was there though

[@Mystra]

Yukiko's castle is actually the second dungeon,. And P3 is not a castle (nor does it look like one), just a very tall tower at the dark hour, a school for the rest. It's also false that it's the only dungeon, you go to the love hotel which is a dungeon. So there isn't much of a pattern at all.

[@crashpal]

"sorry Mario but your persona is in an another castle"

[@ij7697]

Yeah that they all have a door smh I should’ve seen it coming

[@markmapes854]

I disagree with training. I mean reading books, coffee, curry, hierophant I feel are all better than a few hp. The only times I've died have been instant kill moves.

[@Mannnnnnnn]

Maybe if u had more health it wouldnt be an insta kill move huh

[@pikachucrusher2663]

@@Mannnnnnnn Is English your second language?

[@Mannnnnnnn]

@@pikachucrusher2663 what part of that was hard to understand.

[@pikachucrusher2663]

@@Mannnnnnnn Your complete misunderstanding of the words "Instant Kill".

[@Mannnnnnnn]

@@pikachucrusher2663 yea if he had more health it wouldnt be an “instant kill”

[@mrweatherby]

Not bad suggestions, but here's my take: 1. Raise guts. The best early way to do this is to eat at the diner in the afternoons, since this also raises knowledge, which will help you prep for exams (these take place shortly after the dungeon and can really blindside you.) There's a few incredibly valuable confidants blocked behind your Guts progression. Renting the X-Folders DVD will let you continue Guts training into the night as well. 2. Build lockpicks, there's four locked item chests in the dungeon. The game forces you to build one lock pick, and you can grind out material for three more when you venture into the dungeon. This also raises proficiency. Assuming you have enough parts, you can build three lockpicks in a single sitting, giving you all that you need. 3. Don't bother with SP items. I know that sounds weird, but all the SP recovery you need can be found in the dungeon. If you play smart and exploit weaknesses, you can finish the dungeon in 3 days without ever using a SP recovery item. Technically two days, but since the game forces you out before the boss, three. 4. Before day 2 in the dungeon, flip any excess items for cash and buy armor and a weapon for each party member. The better equipped your party is, the more likely they'll be able to do a deep dive on the second day. You should find a gold breastplate in the dungeon before then, it's worthless to equip this as the stat boost is pathetic, but it sells for 5k yen. 5. Last, buy some plant food. It's hella cheap and feeding your plant is a non-time consuming way to build kindness. Everything the video lists you should do, but these will give you really nice bonuses in the early game. Especially guts. Takemi's is blocked from progressing until you rank up, and afterwards when you participate in her clinical trials, it helps build Guts. Kawakami requires a moderately high level of Guts to begin, but upon unlocking and progressing her confidant chain, you will unlock methods of saving time (letting you make tools with impunity, or completely freeing up nights after dungeon crawling, for example.)

[@cynicismIncarnate]

Blorp Weatherby You should be doing every castle like the world's in P4, so everything is done on day 1. But P5 has you wait another day, so calling card then boss on the same day.

[@mrweatherby]

That's easier on the following dungeons, but the first one is a bit more tough to get through in one go unless you've stocked up on SP restoring items, or run past shadows and try to beat the dungeon at a lower than intended level. If you're going with the former, you're almost certainly going to be wasting multiple days brewing coffee, which is not an even trade. The latter is doable, but since this video is advice on what to do to prep for the dungeon, it's probably not intended for people who are going to be that good at the game right out the gate. You really don't want to waste the initial month away just preparing to go into the dungeon when that time can be better spent grinding out attribute points for earlier access to invaluable confidants. The dungeon itself isn't really hard, just long.

[@cynicismIncarnate]

Blorp Weatherby Well, you only need to get to the treasure in one day, it's not hard to just run away for enemies. Besides, you really just need a few Personas and a knowledge on Atlus games to easily destroy the game.

[@mrweatherby]

No argument there, but my point is I don't think this video is really intended for people who have intimate knowledge of Atlus games, and neither is my advice. Odds are if you're already famliar enough to knock out the first dungeon in a day, you're gonna just do it.

[@cynicismIncarnate]

Blorp Weatherby Besides, on Merciless Persona 5 isn't even that hard compared to SMT 4F's normal difficulty

[@calvintorilla1313]

Buy SP sodas in the courtyard and shibuya central street vending machines. They restock every monday.

[@sadeva6532]

What I found really annoying is how often you don't get the option to do anything at all. I've been wanting to make lock picks for days now, but due to the story line I couldn't. And Morgana won't let me make any, saying I'm too tired to do so. I find that really annoying. Leaving the locked treasure chests in the castle is frustrating.

[@sadeva6532]

I had no choice, the deadline was the next day. And before that they kept pushing me to do all sorts of stuff... and not knowing when the scripted days are I ran out of time.

[@sadeva6532]

Yeah, I'm still learning to come to grips with the game. On the next playthrough I'll be wiser

[@WintersMinion]

When I did that dungeon I got to the last save point and left the dungeon only to find out next time I came back that there wasn't a boss battle right away I had to send the calling card so I spent that trip going back to the beginning and getting the gold objects again as well as farming exp and yen

[@sofaris576]

Well Joker goes to bed when Morgana assumes he is tired becuse he is tired. He is a human and humans need sleep. I know from real live how sleep effects well being and work qualaty. That stuff is kind of importend. Also there are no scriptet early going to bed betwen the start of a mission and the end of the deadline. You know the game says the mission to steal (insert name) heart has begun. From that moment to the deadline the time is all yours. You just need to go to bed early after visiting the metaverse. Oh considering how old this comment of yours is you probably know that alrady.

[@dustinrausch5008]

@@WintersMinion Glad that I'm not the only one who did this.

[@ocelotslime]

Weapons are actually quite unimportant this early on. Not to say that it isn't a good tip, if you find yourself struggling the small bit of extra damage is definitely worth trying. But for the most part, all money should go to the healing/SP items. Also, I know the game encourages the weakness system, but Mona get Media quite early on. Basically as soon as this happens, switch Ryuuji/MC to spamming their phys moves in normal combat. You SP is better saved for challenging sub-bosses/bosses.

[@SapphirosCZ]

Also great source of weapons is Electric chair, especially during alerts. The cane i got for Ren by executing Arseine lasted me to Sae´s palace.

[@内田ガネーシュ]

I just started playing this. I was able to complete the palace 60% on day one that is after the heavenly punisher. I finally died near the guillotine. Thus game is superb!! and a lot of fun on merciless. I also seem to have wasted a lot of days after that by hanging out and doing nothing too productive. Really nailed the humongous lead I had.

[@andou013]

I'm not so sure these are particularly good tips. If you level up the clinical trials (Death arcana) she will sell accessories that restore SP every round in battle, the sooner you get this the better. The accessory makes completing the palaces trivial in on sitting and also Money and SP items become irrelevant as you can grind indefinitely in palaces/mementos, so i wouldn't ignore that arcana, i would actually raise it asap. As there is no way to get more bullets in Palaces and there are far more effective ways to attack upgrading guns is a waste of money, i'd only ever use guns to exploit enemy weaknesses and initiate a hold up. Weapons and armor also aren't super helpful as you can get nice items as drops, but they are still better than guns. I'd also never waste time on training in your room, the 5hp boost is nothing, there are plenty of other useful things to do even early game that raise your social stats, Studying, reading and DVDs are available inside the cafe, and the bathhouse in the neighborhood give a 2-3 boost to charm. One thing i agree with is cleaning the room asap, it'll reveal a plant that you can feed every 16 days for a 1-3 boost (dependent on plant food used) to kindness, feeding the plant also doesn't use up time. As for jobs, you have to do them a couple of time each to unlock missions for Mementos, but these aren't available until a while later and there are other activities that are far better to spend your time on. Some lockpicks are nice but don't stockpile them, eventually you can craft an item that is an infinite lockpick

[@AlexisSandovalParkourMatrix]

Also like to add that if you got the bonus content, many of the accessories you get grants SP and HP vary the situation, soul torch grants SP after a baton pass, and the camera strap grants HP and sp when surrounded, good beginner items while you grind for the better ones

[@tvann4060]

I would strongly suggest, especially early in the game, to only buy melee weapons. You only use guns when they are weak to them, and they'll grant a 1 More no matter the how strong/weak the gun. Using a stronger melee weapon allows you save save a lot of SP too. You'll find several Soma medicine throughout the game, they sell for 50k each, to your model gun dealer. That will buy each character the best melee weapon, and will make you strong enough to complete the castle in 1-2 days. Lock picks are a early must have too. As soon as you can the confidant No Spoilers! with the roof garden is your best SP recovery medicine, and it's free.

[@SapphirosCZ]

And you get one of the best pistols (IMO) for early to mid game for free. The gun you stowe for Iwai has only 4 bullets instead of basic 8, but with pretty high chance to proc Shock, granting you technical on next hit.

[@catalyst539]

Yes, I am late, but: You absolute idiot! Selling Somas is the worst way to use them- they are way, WAY TOO VALUABLE to be selling. You’re better off hoarding them for the endgame, as they are a partywide full recovery of HP and SP. And Master Coffee and Master Curry from Sojiro’s confidant are the best (accessible) SP recovery items. Not Haru’s vegetables.

[@catalyst539]

@@SapphirosCZ That gun is terrible. It has no special effects. You’ll rarely ever be using your guns or melee weapons- you want melee weapons and guns with special effects, as the damage given by guns and melee weapons don’t affect Physical and Gun skills. For Joker, the best melee weapon is Paradise Lost, from itemizing Satanael (NG+ only), as it has the effect of “Reduce Curse dmg (high)”. The best gun is either Tyrant Pistol, from itemizing Lucifer (requires Hifumi maxed, gives +15 to magic), or Nataraja, from itemizing Metatron (requires Akechi maxed, gives +6 to all stats) I know I talked about late-to endgame stuff, but there are alternatives: Helper Knife (from Futaba’s palace, forgot the effect but apparently it’s good) I don’t remember the gun but here’s an accessory you can use instead: Any Treasure Demon itemized will give you an increase to all stats, of varying numbers.

[@AjZeph]

Am I the only player here who knew nothing but raided the palace and finish it in 1 day until you're on the last part then realized "oh so you can go back to reality, I thought you'll be stuck in the palace till you finish it" smh

[@scar5612]

Nope your not the only one.. Restarted the whole game because I thought I wasn't prepared and that you had to finish it in one go and ended up running out of SP and medicine 💔

[@Pangster]

I feel training for HP is a complete waste of time. I never used it and o get by hard mode without difficulty. I'd rather spend the time on social links and stats building.

[@morganadays3530]

Daryl Pang same lol

[@sofaris576]

There was 1 time where ended up in leblac with no other option but to train. It was early in the game so I could not leave Leblac yet and I did not had enough materials to craft tools. But when Joker survived an attack with 5 HP I was grateful fore this training season.

[@gamerprince-tl5hg]

I did it once but never again. You already gain HP by leveling up. Maybe I'll do it again but i want to focus on social links

[@neonet310]

especially since lvl 99 just bumps everything to 999

[@classiest]

@@neonet310 you'd be surpised

[@MariNate1016]

So I followed this guide and ended up missing the deadline in kamoshida’s palace. Keep in mind that the palace requires at least 3 days to complete with sending a calling card. Now I have to redo it from the start lol.

[@tyairrboyd5388]

I ran into into this last night. I was livid. I deleted the game lol

[@tokyzghoul4968]

This just happened, man in not playing that for months

[@Jay-xj7sw]

Is it just me or is the conveince store a waste of time? I make 5 times more yen with one trip to a palace or momentos. I focus on social skills but I'm trying my hardest to level them up as fast as possible.

[@Xiaolruc]

The convenience store is only a waste of time if used more than 3-4 times: 1st time for the introduction, 2nd time for a normal work day (required to enable advancing on a Request; it will only advance on following visits), and 3rd/4th time should be the final use of this location for the acquisition of the associated Request.

[@m_arz]

Hey can anyone help me please, I bought this game like 3 days ago and went into the castle with only a few items and thought I had to go into the palace the next day. I saved already and am stuck at one part in the palace and keep dying. I played like 6 hours already and I don't know what to do .

[@kaitotties]

marz how far are u in?

[@m_arz]

@@kaitotties I was far in and got kicked out the castle because of something think it was because I wasn't fighting enemies enough. Time limit caught up and got killed has to restart the whole week over, I quit the game since then

[@kaitotties]

marz maybe the suspicion was too high? u can check the levels by activating the vision thing unless u knew that already. dont give up, its a great game and thats barely the beginning-- maybe try again at an easier mode?

[@sombrego2260]

I'm sorry to say but I don't see the points of the video, at all. I mean first of all you can do the boss and send the calling card way before the date and still do theses activities after doing so since you still have to wait for the deadline for the change of heart. Second since it's the very beginning of the game the choices are so limited that you can hardly do anything wrong and lastly you recommend among other things to do training in the room. I think it's by far the worst way to spend any evening in the game. A +4hp increase on Joker is just not worth it at all, spending time with all confidants is so much more important.

[@TheTsunaru]

I dont think there are any confidants you can spend time with at night before clearing the first dungeon (since you're stuck in the area around the cafe) except for Sojiro, and he very quickly gets locked behind a wall that prevents you from progressing with him until after the fourth dungeon meaning any time you spend with him is time wasted. I don't necessarily disagree that training for one night isn't really worthwhile, but since there's so little you can actually do at night this early in the game, you can end up doing it several times over. And that +4HP you get on the one day you do it can turn into +30 or +40 if you do it over the course of a full week. There's certainly BETTER things you can spend that time doing, like raising your social stats (studying or reading books), but a full week of training will give you the extra HP to survive a couple hits in the first dungeon, so it's not completely worthless, especially in a game where the incapacitation of your MC results in an immediate gameover.

[@Tvdiet]

TheTsunaru but your gonna be levelling up a lot which increases you max HP anyway you training in your room is pointless to me anyway I have not had any trouble

[@TheTsunaru]

Tvdiet In the grand scheme of things, it's insignificant. But for the first dungeon, it has it's benefit. Like I said, there's better things to do, but training isnt a complete waste of time this early in the game when you dont have any confidants you can work on.

[@Supre3m3Kai]

The point of the video was to give advice to people that may not know what to do during the time before the first dungeon boss fight. These are just suggestions, you don't have to like them.

[@gamerprince-tl5hg]

No you can spend time with Takemi at night before clearing the 1st dungeon

[@xnoobyx]

Ummm quick tip coffee aren't the only recovery items, every week vending machine restock, the machine next to laundry and school court yard has two types of soda that recovers sp, shibuya and later Akiba also has sp recovery vending machine

[@t.n.9508]

iLLumines the thing about these sp cans is that they recover 5sp. I mean wtf!! not to mention there's few supplies and only come out once a week, plus they cost dam high early in the game. fkn developers based the game on magic use and give us hard time managing sp.

[@xnoobyx]

i never had problem with money they only cost 100-400 yen each anyways

[@t.n.9508]

At the beginning i had money problems, now it's cool. But still, 5sp for a can? that's some cheapskate sp recovery rite there. Making coffee waste an evening, so i learned how to manage sp in dungeons.

[@ajustice90]

I can't seem to get option to make coffee yet and I'm on 4/18

[@t.n.9508]

Ajustice90 u'll eventually get to. help out sojiro and he'll let u. jus learn how to manage sp in dungeons and u dont gotta waste an evening makin coffee.

[@Aspi3Gam3r]

As somebody who just beat the game for the first time, you do NOT want to mess around whenever the deadline for a new palace comes up. Annoying as it may seem at first, its better to focus solely on getting to a Palace's treasure room from Day 1 and 2 then stealing it ASAP so that you have oodles of free time to spend with friends and raising your stats/preparing for future palaces. So long as you don't waste too much SP in one trip, you should be making substantial progress even this early in the game when not many options exist for restoring SP.

[@Ardith50]

Another way for sp recovery drinks is the 100¥ drinks next to the bath house. They only recover 5sp each, but you don't use up time so those are good early game as well.

[@widowmaker5641]

to play this game isn't a relaxed one since there are so many things to do before the deadline hits you.. and that's the charm of this game.. oh gosh this brings back old memories of old Shin Megami Tensei series..

[@callum.n2612]

My first persona game and I feel like such a noob 😂 but thank you for the tips 👍

[@pharsyded]

What's the recommended level? I've gotten to the tower in the palace at level 8 and it was a bit tough but the enemies afterwards are kicking my ass. I would try grinding but the exp is so small that I'll be grinding for hours

[@pharsyded]

Awesome thanks! Ended up fighting him at level 9 last night with ease.

[@sombrego2260]

Just use Tarunda with Ann and you will have a much easier times against these enemies.

[@GrubKiller436]

Awesome! Tell us how you got through the parts you had trouble with!

[@ZeldaFan940]

@@pharsyded I'm level 7 and have little recovery atlus games like to bs you in the worst way possible never should have made this first dungeon I gave up and try to play again but still bs

[@AGGSab]

@@ZeldaFan940 ? What difficulty are you playing on? Even on merciless being level 11 you can beat him no problem. And it doesn’t take long to grind to that level

[@jacobmarcelo9805]

I delayed doing this dungeon almost to the deadline, damn I feel stupid, my knowledge level is oblivious, barely have any guts, proficiency, kindness and charm... plus I heard there were exams shortly after beating the dungeon, which I will most likely fail. GO ME!!! WOOOHOOO!

[@gamerprince-tl5hg]

I did the same mistake lol all my stats were low except knowledge which was on rank 2. best thing to do early on is raise stats if you ask me

[@Tamagotchi321]

i really had fun exploring the palace and fighting. i mightve grinded too much and was a bit OP when it came to the boss fight. still a fun fight though

[@LeoWolfish]

This isn't a bad thing since if you were op then it means you have less grinding to do for the next dungeon. And can focus on raising other things. Sometimes, like with previous games it pays you to over grind one dungeon so you have less need to do it for later ones.

[@megodynamite]

I got destroyed by some mini bosses trying to get to Kamoshida’s treasure, I’m going to prep some more and try again.

[@Kurapica07]

It makes sense you have a lot of free time before May 2nd butI storm into the castle first to reach Kamoshida's meda at lvl 7 on normall. lol But I guess I could always spend the extra days to boost up stats and party before facing Kamoshida himself.

[@samurizzy]

Appreciate your advice here. Please be careful though, because Atlus, is handing out channel strikes like candy over this game.

[@XTHbros]

Yeah I heard, thanks for the heads up

[@sombrego2260]

Well Poxo is respecting Atlus rules which are basically not to show any "long" session of the game past the 7th of July and not spoil anything story related.

[@ColeZoar]

I didn’t know you could leave the palace and did the entire thing in one game day with very little healing on merciless. All the way to the calling card.

[@lhumanoideerrantdesinterne8598]

I disagree with most of these advises. The coffee brewing especially is an extremely bad time investment. Brewing one cup takes one time slot and only gives back 30 SP. On the other hand, going to the dungeon takes 2 slots, meaning that, as long as you need to brew 2 or more cups to finish in one go, it's more efficient to simply take one more day to finish the dungeon. And sure, it gives a small relationship boost with Sojiro, but since the coffee isn't gonna make much of a difference, it's more effective to simply spend time with him. Training is also pretty bad. The health gain can make the difference in a battle, but even if you lose, you're just sent back to the latest Safe Room and don't lose any in game time, only RL one. Training should really be your absolute lowest priority all through the game. Making tools is a more efficient use or your time (notably lock picks) but the other social stats buffs are also a better use of your time in prevision for later. Reminder for the new players : study when it rains and go to the bath on monday and friday. Jobs are also pretty iffy, especially the convenience store one, which is probably the only one available to you at this stage of the game. The pay isn't nearly good enough to justify a time slot and unlike the others, you don't get social stats. The only interest is that a later request requires you to work twice there to get the name of your target, so you can work there once if you really feel that the money will make a difference so that finishing that request is easier once you get it. Still, this is very skippable. The only good point is that the clinic isn't the right place to buy healing items. In fact, I'd go farther than the video and say that you should never buy anything there until you get the half price reduction at confidant rank 7 (except for the SP patches 3 if you can afford them at full price). Sure, these items heal for more at once, which can be useful in battle, but dia heals for roughly 50 which is more than enough at this stage of the game. Instead, your money is better invested in melee weapons and armors which will help you finish fights quicker and save you the SP on healing. I'd say even for a beginner, finishing the castle in two days (tutorial parts excluded, of course) is reasonably easy even without spending too much time on preparation and should be your goal but taking three days isn't an issue. Finishing it in one day is possible, although really hard if you don't know precisely what you're doing and will force you to skip a lot of fights, leaving you under-leveled, which might make further encounters needlessly difficult. There is no need to rush too much early on, especially if you're new to the game.

[@gamerprince-tl5hg]

Money was a bit hard to come around for me before gaining access to Mementos. I think the best thing to do early on is to raise social stats to at least rank 2. especially guts so you can do Takemi's social link. And also get kindness up so you can do Ann's after the Kamoshida. Getting to rank 2 doesn't take long at all so I think it's good to focus on that first

[@gamerprince-tl5hg]

It's ridiculous how much social links the game blocks you off from early on based on your social stats. I couldn't progress Takemi or Ann till the 2nd dungeon cuz of my stupidity lol.

[@xdhwowbob]

Well, these advises are quite bad. 1st dungeon is not that difficult, no need to waste so much time on increasing HP and brewing coffee. focusing on improving social stat and confidant level is the real deal.

[@WintersMinion]

Yeah I find making coffee worthless until you can have kawakami do it for you. Since making coffee just gives you one coffee but takes up your evening time when you could be spending time doing other things.

[@peterquiambaojr.7132]

Awesome tips, but I gotta ask, why spend time on a part time job making money when you could make money progressing through the dungeon and selling the treasure you find? I just started P5, but have played P3 and P4, so I'm still trying to get a hold of the new systems. Awesome tip about the cheap medicine though, had no idea that existed.

[@LeoWolfish]

I think the part time job is so you can raise the mc's social stats (guts, kindness etc) and make early game money at the same time. Doesn't really do much for bosses this early in the game though.

[@kenkaneki3873]

Rank the Death confidant up as soon as possible and buy your team some SP regeneration acessories.

[@kenkaneki3873]

JAJAvsWORLD Bruh XD

[@jameshwang9512]

You can buy SP items from 3 vending machines (Near the bathhouse, Shujin Academy Courtyard, and Central Street Arcade) every Monday. They're only restore 5 SP, but it's better than nothing

[@cookieofseduction4205]

James Wang To be 100% honest, I spotted those not long after I started Kamoshida's Palace, and bought all the cans I could. Then forgot about all of it once I started making coffee and started getting the "soul" items. Did end up using all of them mid way into a later palace, so it helped Morgana get enough sp before a mini-boss battle to heal my team enough to not get their asses handed to them :p

[@jameshwang9512]

However, the alternative to making coffee is that you miss out on raising your other confidant ranks during evenings. So there are trade offs

[@megascizor8275]

How do i leave a dungeon?

[@XTHbros]

From any of the safe rooms inside the dungeon press R1 and select the Palace entrance and from there simply walk out

[@mrweatherby]

You can also craft Goho-M at your work station. Consuming these pops you back to the entrance no matter where you are. They're handy if you've taken a ton of damage, are low on SP, and just don't think you can risk a trek back to a safe room.

[@erzabryantara9004]

Blorp Weatherby it's funny how Goho-M means Go home

[@wayfarer6464]

@@erzabryantara9004 SHIT. I never noticed that!

[@MayuLoid]

@@XTHbros omg ty

[@harbindergarcha8557]

Man I made a mistake I went into the castle without any sp

[@Rawkit_Surgeon]

Special massage does wonders.

[@AlexisSandovalParkourMatrix]

Strange I've beat this game twice and i was told the opposite, i was told to find the treasure as soon and defeat kamoshida as soon as the palace was available so you can use the remaining days working on stats, confidant,etc. And to never train unless Mona doesn't allow you to leave Leblanc, it's quite refreshing to hear a different point of view

[@jinhunterslay1638]

Why *BEFORE* ? Couldn't I just beat Kamoshida's palace (which is easy) and then take my sweet time to do all these things?

[@catalyst539]

you can this dude’s just an idiot, a buffoon, a fool

[@unknownhuman2049]

Actually, you can get the treasure in the first 2 days after you got ann in your party. Proper conservation of SP + the full sp on party item midway will suffice in merciless mode. You'll be under level though.

[@aaron75fy]

the thing is you don't need to do everything the first time through, if you grind through the game the first time and work on maxing out specific confidants (recommended ones Ann and Mishima for later) when they rejoin the list you get bonuses that definitely help with Sojiro as well since the coffee (and later curry) has a greater effect

[@-we3zy602]

this was the video I was looking for, awsome tips for beginners

[@MAJIMAXKIRYU69]

Good guide I’m waiting to buy persona 5 royal because I was done playing and almost completed the first dungeon then I didn’t save so my only save is as a level 1

[@DarkPhoenix89]

Never knew you did this video Oli. Not bad tips. Having to fight some powerful shadows at a low level makes this palace tough IMO. Stock up on as many healing items as possible from Takemi and always try to exploit shadow's weaknesses as much as possible!

[@Blackemperess]

If anyone wants a more detailed breakdown on how to maximise your time, KillScotKill's guide is better for a more optimal playthrough. He also explains why he structured it that way which is why I am baffled that the channel owner would suggest wasting time on doing pull ups and doing the convenience store job over the beef bowl shop or florist. If you have the free DLC item pack, sell the Soma item for 50k if you are strapped for cash. As for healing items, keep an eye on the convenience store near the cafe as certain items dedicated to the season will be available and will also be discounted on Sunday (I think). I bought the strawberry seasonal packet (spring) for around 700-800 when it is usually 1,200 or so and will restore up to 70-80hp for the entire party. You can only buy one during the sale however.

[@sombrego2260]

I agree, the pullups is like totally useless. I don't think the jobs are worth doing that early, specially the beef bowl shop (unless it already works towards unlocking the confidant ? if that's the case then it's definetly a priority to have it as early as possible since he's rather annoying to do)

[@Blackemperess]

+Sombrego If I'm remembering correctly doing jobs on certain days can net you +3 points to a corresponding stat. The guide I mentioned will tell you when to work either the beef bowl job or the florist job in order to maximise your return so there is no fear of having time wasted. At the start of the game you don't qualify for either job until you up specific stats, but the guide covers that and directs you to them when you are ready and is at the most beneficial. Of all the stat boosting activities doing pull ups is the most useless. The only way I could possibly think this would matter is if you've gone into NG+ and don't have to worry about stat boosting quite as much as the first time round. The video also failed to mention that money is hard to keep because of how expensive a everything is, especially stat boosting activities like the smoothie stand or attending the cinema. At least until you get a few ranks in the sun arcana. (I think it's that one at least) The guide also won't spoil events, just point you to where to go and when.

[@sombrego2260]

Yeah the pull-ups is clearly only for NG+ I'm in my NG+ and do pull-ups when I have no confidant to do and no need to make coffee or such but I'm only early game still and there's so many night confidant in the end so not sure I'll do a lot of pull-ups until my 3rd playthroygh

[@Blackemperess]

+SovaLXXV He had put up videos of it on twitch and youtube when he was streaming the game explaining in detail various aspects of the game, what changed and what was and was not worth your time when deciding how to build up the characters stats. But then Atlus took them down. He does have the walkthrough up on gamefaqs though. I'm hoping that when Atlus Japan unclenches their arsehole and eases up on the copyright hammer that he can reupload the videos again.

[@GrubKiller436]

His channel is filled with spoilers.

[@user-su6js9po4l]

my dumbass went straight to the castle without preparing 💀

[@catalyst539]

good on you (i’m not joking you did good), everyone should aim for day one palace routes secured

[@Jawminn83]

Thanks this really helped me

[@marquesterry3585]

They pressured me and I folding. Now I'm low on SP and I'm here

[@FinnSuzune]

How do you get home after school? Morgana keeps stopping me so how did you get to the clinic during the day?

[@Gang3rs]

Appreciate your advice here. the biggest problem i had was it a good or bad idea to hurry up and finish the castle. I am not fully familiar with

[@smartguyjaja]

ideally when you go into a palice you'd want to do as much as possible before the game forces you to do something in the real world. this way you'll havr plenty of extra days to do other things like building relationships and life stats

[@wack9492]

This should be called what to do after Kamoshida’s castle

[@bebopthe22nd17]

Well... I should have watched this before the palace. I'm just vibin in the palace now.

[@beastygotskilllz4470]

new game plus safe mode best weapons defeat Kamoshida in half an hour level up confidents done

[@Screwz_HT]

Myriad Truths go brrr

[@29Sephiroth]

im in 1st dungeon, when using 3rd eye to highlight enemies, is it better to avoid the red ones??

[@duckerz7826]

No they will still have a weakness you can exploit, they wouldn't put in an enemy you could never kill would they? They are harder to kill but you shouldn't be affraid :) you could also just use their weakness and then ask for money or items to end the battle quickly if they are too hard to kill though!

[@29Sephiroth]

i struggle against the guys on horses-they tear me apart so i cant get further, im only level 7 and its my first ever persona game

[@duckerz7826]

Indeed its mine as well so I can see where you are coming from :) But they have a weakness to Ice so you are in look! Later on their are enemies with no weaknesses so are tougher to kill... I would suggest though that before entering a palace make sure you can deal damage in all forms of elements so you don't have to struggle killing enemies you don't have the element for! :)

[@dbrokensoul]

Are you playing in Hard, because in Hard difficulty, the game is REALLY hard. In Normal, I don't think the Red enemies is any problem in the first dungeon.

[@captainzen1883]

Fuck, I should have watched this before playing. But I never got the option to train doe, nor brew coffe

[@NarfiRef]

You can complete the palace by Friday of the second week (first unscripted week), choosing to search for the treasure room on Wednesday. You don’t need to have too many SP items.

[@duynguyen-rw1kt]

if u follow the bad advice here by wasting time working jobs for money or training for hp, the game will be just more difficult later. Persona game are about social link and character stat, wasting time on other activities just make u fall behind the schedule. I play on hard difficulty and can finish dungeon in 1 day, the trick is know weakness and train a lot on weak enemy so u lv up without wasting any sp (by alot expect 6-10 hour kill monster). It is boring at first, but later on the game just become easier even on playing hard difficluty on 1 st playthrough

[@duynguyen-rw1kt]

there are many tricks in persona 5. like the 1st dungeon, there is a maid that make u sleep which recover your sp. so if u can manipulate it, u can have enough sp to heal and stay in dungeon forever. (u will get bored fighting the same monster instead of having to leave and come back another day)

[@duynguyen-rw1kt]

also, delay doing the dungeon is a very bad idea as it prevent u doing some other activities like watching cinema to get 3 guts.

[@t.n.9508]

duy nguyen I learned that the hard way as this is my 1st persona game. I waited almost til deadline to raid dungeon (luckily it took me only 2 days). I sent callin card and missed a class exam the next day. I didnt get to open up movie theater. I couldn't do the ramen eating social link with ryuji since it was blocked. So much wasted opportunities...

[@t.n.9508]

duy nguyen I learned that the hard way as this is my 1st persona game. I waited almost til deadline to raid dungeon (luckily it took me only 2 days). I sent callin card and missed a class exam the next day. I didnt get to open up movie theater. I couldn't do the ramen eating social link with ryuji since it was blocked. So much wasted opportunities...

[@chipsleftwing]

if u work at the beef bowl shop you meet the confidant that let's you get personas way easier, so that's useful

[@oriongear2499]

Would this guide also apply to Persona 5 Royal?

[@SpectrumByte]

I have cleared Komoshidas palace early and have now 8 days left.

[@yumih3art]

I honestly didn't start buying weapons until the 4th palace XD but I did fine honestly

[@twooceans9196]

I think it's things you really don't need to do in first palace (except many lockpicks - 4 for first palace, more for future Mementos and start part of second palace before mission). Seems author like player too hasty one. All listed you can do after completing first palace. Still you need Takemi and Sojiri confidants before fusing personas. If you want use fused personas in first palace's tower then get confidants before tower. You can farm money (and ingredients for lockpick and sp recovery) in palace, when lvl up initial personas (Jack-o-Lantern, Pixie to start, Arsen to level 5) to maximize their skill count. More money then at job and not use timeslot. When fuse 2 personas with 5 skills you can inherit 3 skills instead of one. And get arcana burst experience bonus for agathion and mandragora they learn extra 1 skill, so you get personas with 6 skills. Level up them to learn 7th skill (and Arsen to level 7 for 5th skill) so you can inherit 4 skills in next fuses and get more powerful personas. For example (and for fun), I fused Berith (for longer usage with Sojiro confidant) with 3 healing skills and Growth 1; Succubus with zio, bufu, garu, Growth 1 skills (learn agi with level up). You can easily heal Joker using Jack-o-Lantern persona vs Jack-o-Lantern shadows. Bargrain with agathions for soul drops (coffee replace - less sp but not using timeslot). Usually they give fruit but have chance give soul drop. Kelpi can summon friends so really useful to farm tin things for lockpics. When your sp run dry don't return from palace. Instead, go to beginng of palace and use basic melee attacks and healing items to level up without spending sp. Level up adds your SP. More max SP you have when return from palace - more SP when you go to palace next time. So earlier you level up - more SP for palace visits. More tips: searchable items (but not chests) has respawn time. If you visit palace again in 2-3 days you can get more items to sell. You not get them if storm palace in one day or skip beginning of palace. Entrance hall also has 2 unlocked treasure chests so dont't skip examine it. School food for 10/20 hp costs less, buy at least 30-40 for lvl up farm. Using healing items with 50 hp recovery in first palace more like critical action, better load last save and replay if happens.

[@pcharl01]

So it's normal to go to k's palace on multiple days? Cuz I got demolished by the green horse after he created 7 multiples of itself.

[@Andri-op7hv]

But how I get the chair for training in the cafe leblanc?

[@theblackreaper1179]

Great video however I would argue against grinding for weapons as you get a new weapon for joker and ryuji in the dungeon...

[@stealthyj4542]

Thank you for this video I really need it!!😁

[@cyb3r188]

Thx i was so lost on how to get a job and there's so many things to do like I wasted my time studying until the 25 th this help

[@ericwilliams7945]

Thanks for the video i haven't played a persona game since persona 4 golden

[@adityasharma742]

I've just started playing P5 Royal, this helps a lot thank you

[@thehavocmiranda]

How can i start brewing coffee?

[@flameingdaethfearies]

Yeah this is really good advice. My thanks!

[@dreamingwitch7543]

Flameing Daeth Fearies it's awful advice, pefering working and training over social links

[@catalyst539]

@@dreamingwitch7543 i think they were being sarcastic

[@radicalshrimp]

wow, never knew this. I'm a p5 first timer. And as being utter dumb i literally went to kamoshida's castle palace to steal his heart without any preparation at all.

[@godkidableable]

Thank you so much! I haven’t played this game in forever because of his damn castle and fantasy’s. This is a fantastic game from the little I played I can’t wait to explore more people castles.

[@guilhermegoes711]

thanks for The tips, dude pls, make this persona 5 videos spoiler-free, cuz i still don't get the game, but I wanna get as much information as possible, and your videos are perfect for that

[@XTHbros]

I'll be sure to keep them as spoiler free as possible, there may be some minor spoilers(like Persona or Confidants names) when I explain "sidequests" guides etc, however I will always make sure to not show any Story related spoilers. Also on a sidenote the game is great so far, I have never been much of a fan of the Persona franchise but I am loving this game so I'd recommend it 100%.

[@DarthNepster]

heres a suggestion: dont grind on hard. Takes too long to level up in the beginning (about 8 hours to be at a decent vs kamoshida). have it on a easier setting for more experience and money gain. Then set the difficulty back to hard or merciless against dungeon boss if you want the challenge.

[@romanemp1985]

pikachu1393 What? 8 hours? What game are you playing? I managed to beat that dungeon in much less than half that time.

[@DarthNepster]

I probably exaggerated a little on the time. Its been three weeks since I played this dungeon, but I do recall the level ups taking a while.

[@DarthNepster]

Mind you, I didn't skip the battle animations either.

[@WhiteZet1]

Btw, is there anything truly useful that part time jobs do? When you go to the dungeon you can kill enemies and get 20k + yen as well as levels and come back home to sleep. Part time job does the same but way less money and no xp?

[@charhoang]

taking the beef bowl job will let you get closer to the politician who can improve your speaking skills, making negotiating with shadows much easier. he'll also improve the drops (money, items) you get.

[@tyairrboyd5388]

New to Persona. Got to the end of the dungeon on 5/1. I Didn’t realize the calling card takes a whole day away. When I saw that the game took me back an entire week and took away all the shit I worked towards, I rage quitted and deleted the game. I was fuming, not sure if I’m pick it up again.

[@catalyst539]

That’s because you have to send the calling card 3 days before the deadline. If you don’t, you’re screwed. It’s on you for ragequitting. You have only yourself to blame.

[@tyairrboyd5388]

@@catalyst539 I actually ended up beating the game. I fell in love with it

[@joshuajackson4742]

great video, really helped me the game can be so confusing sometimes.

[@Ken_Mochi]

It's not too late right? Because I already in madarame's case and almost in the event sending the card

[@matthewwysong644]

If you want to max confidant first run, disregard everything he says bar Takemi, and just grind like hell in the palace when you get low and ask for items from holdups in the first part. Your first job you can get gives you no stat increase, and should be avoided. Training isn't a good idea until you get to the point in Ryuji's or Ann's confidant that the gym is unlocked, and any time that you spend doing for just one thing is a waste of your time unless you have no other options. To put it simply, time is far more valuable than money- don't waste it.

[@marverak]

You can go in whenever. It's not like you have to finish the palace in one go

[@catalyst539]

but you should

[@goldpineapple2178]

I just cut it too close to the deadline. So now I’m having to restart hours of progress. Hate this game

[@ralofdom3332]

Riley Pilgrim not rlly the games fault tbh

[@ralofdom3332]

Rn Tz how so

[@ralofdom3332]

Rn Tz but isn’t that the whole point of the deadline having only a set number of days to beat the castle I think it is there fault for not meeting the deadline and not the game as it gives you a graciously long time to beat it.

[@catalyst539]

@@ralofdom3332 You’re correct. It’s not the game’s fault, but it’s also not their fault. It’s the video uploader’s fault (you should always aim to beat palaces in one day, or even day one)

[@Jemicha]

Thanks man had a hard time on P5R!

[@Galemise]

Love this game I had it two weeks eariler. Amazing

[@gracekim1998]

How do you find the weapons shop?😅

[@NoNameC68]

0:05 "6 things you should do..." *looks at video title* *scratches head*

[@NemoHoes]

Thanks for this

[@Spacefrisian]

Dont forget the 5 sp restore items you get from the school courtyard, life saver in the first dungeon.

[@luig8999]

theres so much shit to know man lmao im scared i wont get the most out of the game cause theres so much to intake

[@GrubKiller436]

You'll experience that a lot, whih is normal. There'd be times where I'd just stand there wondering what to do. You can also press select to see percentages of what other players have decided to do.

[@MaugzSR]

Well crap.... I can still leave the Castle and do this before deadline right???? I actually just entered Kamoshida's Castle

[@MeitoRnR]

This video may be old but I didn't understand a lot of these tips, kamoshida is easy to get through without any of this so it's more of a "do it if you want" thing, SP items aren't really a big deal especially in kamoshida as you don't have any really good persona unless it's dlc which you probably can't handle until after madarame or during madarame but SP items aren't even a big deal as long as you can actually exploit weaknesses and not just spam magic moves repeatedly, the other thing I found that was a bit weird was only having about 500 yen when you just got a part time job and have the ability to mug the shadows which is honestly enough to cover a part time job sense you can get money every visit to the palace during the palace and probably way more than a job will give you if you keep mugging shadows I personally only used jobs for the skills, also training isn't at all useful unless you are desperate to get a bunch of health which either way won't help due to the deadline being there and you will still need atleast maybe 4 days if you don't know how to play very well

[@MeitoRnR]

Please note this is my opinion

[@catalyst539]

@@MeitoRnR no dude you stated facts

[@ThePhantomFox_]

How to get a lot of starting yen in the beginning of the Game: Go to the PlayStore and Get the free Healing item set that includes Soma, go to Untouchable and sell it for 50,00 Yen!

[@louisedmp3457]

tbh shouldnt u be focusing on ur time on the days before the expulsion , if the days are nearer to expulsion then you are more likely to get a bad ending and have more difficulty in the game further on so its better to do it early than wasting it on all these things , all i did was buy weapons increase my stats and buy some goods for the first two days and left

[@treyhebert426]

man i ended up basically fighting the end game boss with almost no sp running off fumes. i had one soma and used it in a fight earlier and screwed myself, but somehow survived to the end XD i think it was like 66% luck and 34% skill lmao. then again i had some op stuff i had prepared a bit beforehand in the metaverse and fusing.

[@VegetaEx]

Thank you, I was starting my first Day in Dungeon to grind but after that will do all of that :)

[@samurizzy]

VegetaEx Love your thumbnail, freaking great anime~

[@VegetaEx]

Thank you, its my favorite, love it so much and want Season 2^^

[@cynicismIncarnate]

VegetaEx Gonna have to say it now, you should rush and do all the of the castle in one day. You should horde every SP item and use them rarely, so SP and HP aren't an issue. The calling card will be sent out on the first day the time limit and you will go and take down the boss on the second day, giving you enough time to 100% the Social Links.

[@kontrol42]

I want to disagree with coffee and training. You don't really need SP recovery items if you play carefully, it's much better to move between safe rooms IMO. And it's waste of time to train that early. Link with Sojibro must be prioritised, and if it's not available, make tools, they will increase proficiency which is important. Overall it's better to clear dungeon ASAP, you'll have much more free time

[@luckylucas8596]

Edit: These tips are intended for base Persona 5. Some of them might still apply to Persona 5 Royal, but others of them (like which activities to do to raise social stats) might be done more efficiently some other way in Royal. Tips for people trying to do a high% run (slight spoilers): 1. The first confidant you want to build up is Tae Takemi (the doctor). You need her buffing medicine, party HP recovery, and SP Adhesive 3s if you want to do minimum day Palaces (especially on Hard and Merciless). 2. Pay special attention to Sayado? Kawakami’s confidant. She’ll give you the ability to craft/read in class, make coffee and lockpicks, and even give you an extra action after Palace/Mementos runs. 3. Basically, don’t go to Mementos. All of your Mementos exploration can be done all at once since the “rattling chains” depends on how much time you spend on a given floor, not in Mementos as a whole. Worst-case scenario, you’re too weak to fight a boss right away, so you’ve can get it on a later, required visit. *Exception: If you’re coming close to November and you’ve racked up a bunch of issues that you need to clean up with your confidants, you might need to spend a day so that you don’t run out of confidant time.* 4. Best ways to build each stat (not including spending time with confidants since you’ll already be doing that): Guts: Eat at Big Bang Burger - don’t worry too much about level 5 since you don’t really need it until very late in the game. Knowledge: Cheat in class, on tests, and study with friends given the chance. Confidants and reading should mean you can avoid studying on your own for the most part. Charm: Go to the bathhouse on Mondays and Thursdays and cheat on tests. Kindness: Buy fertilizer for the plant in your room, especially from the Red Light District. Proficiency: Make lockpicks. Once you have an eternal lockpick, make ammo or status related crap. Most of the stuff is useless after getting an eternal lockpick, but still grind out if you need it. 5. Avoid doing the following: spending time with maxed out confidants, training in your room or at the gym (unless you already have 100%), doing activities that increase maxed stats, working at the convenience store or bar unless it’s for Mementos information, working for a place that you’ve already maxed out a stat in, going to the movies unless it’s with an unmaxed confidant, reading about places that you haven’t been yet (you’ll usually fill those in later), and reply with more suggestions. 6. Get good at picking fights. You want lots of EXP and money with minimal resource cost. Prioritize SP, Bullets, and HP (in that order) until you receive the abilities to auto-regenerate SP and reload ammo. Yusuke is great against enemies who are weak to guns since he has the most ammo for single-target damage (because Ann’s gun is inconsistent against multiple enemies). 7. Skills that lower enemy stats (especially Attack and Defense) are very important for bosses, even more so than buffing yourself since a lot of mid-to-late game enemies carry Dekaja. These will help your fights go smoother. 8. Never make coffee yourself. Yes, SP recovery items are extremely important, but you need time to do other things. Buy drinks from vending machines daily/weekly early game and make smart plays around your SP Adhesive mid-to-late game. If SP is becoming a problem for you, refer to tip 6 and avoid fighting enemies that take up your SP.

[@wayfarer6464]

Well. You forgot to add....PROTEIN

[@catalyst539]

If playing Royal: 1. I agree with everything 2. Agree 3. Hard disagree. If in NG+, you can fight the Reaper at level 12. Just ensure he ambushes you because that way he only takes one action per turn. Beating him with maxed out Mementos EXP from the start (because collected stamps carry over) will level everyone alive up to level 42. 4. Knowledge: Study when possible and get every class question right. Guts: Do Big Bang Challenge Proficiency: Play Darts in Kichijoji Kindness: Go to the bar in Shinjuku Charm: Get every test question correct, and Bathhouse 5. Agree 6. No need to worry about ammo because it refills every battle. And also have a Victory Cry persona, like Izanagi no Okami or his Picaro form. 7. Disagree, don’t waste several turns on multiple stat lowering skills, just use Debilitate 8. Agree except SP Adhesive. Those are a waste. Use itemized Treasure Demons as your accessories.

[@luckylucas8596]

These tips were for the base game. Royal wasn’t out yet when I commented this. So, for example, you couldn’t play darts to raise proficiency. Also, refilling ammo between battles was not a thing, unless maybe that was tied to the Tower confidant. I also get what you’re saying about the Reaper, but I think the strategy depends on the difficulty as well as whether you’re playing base or Royal. In summary, I’m sure Royal adds things that make grinding certain skills and exploring dungeons more efficient, but my points are meant to be applied to the base game.

[@catalyst539]

@@luckylucas8596 I was not expecting such a fast reply. Well done. Also, I specifically stated “If playing Royal”. I’m not saying you should only play Royal.

[@luckylucas8596]

@@catalyst539 I gotchu.

[@romanemp1985]

Don't waste your time working. You should grind for money and experience at the same time. You get more money from dungeons than working. Only work when you need to advance a confidant or gather intel on a momento target. Also, the curatives at locals stores heal HP but they also decrease stats, so don't be cheap with your curatives.

[@redwolf1548]

I just got this game and went back at the castle... So upset the game didn't notify me that once u go in u can't go out.... -_- >_>

[@jasp2003]

Is this for royal as well??

[@catalyst539]

no it’s not, it was made with vanilla in mind as royal hadn’t released yet

[@davidlilley2736]

Can do first then do these things?