[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI: PERSONA 3 W A L K T H R O U G H AUTHOR: PAUL MICHAEL (VHAYSTE®) CONTACT: vhayste@gmail.com V 1.0 -------------- Finished the text faq. V 2.0 1:17 PM 10/4/2007 ----------- Added reader tips ----------- Made some minor corrections v 3.0 8:46 AM 2/13/2008 ----------- Corrected 2nd semester answers ----------- Included additional reader tips Disclaimer: Reader tips that are featured in this guide are not edited. They don't represent my opinion as the author and their tips are entirely what they used during gameplay. The author reserves the right to choose which tip or hint to include in this guide because I dont have quite the luxury of time to update my faq often. I. COPYRIGHT II . AUTHOR's NOTE III. INTRODUCTION IV. QUICK START GUIDE (BASICS) ----------------------- QSG100 A. DAYS & TIME ----------------------------------- QSG101 B. THE WORLD ------------------------------------- QSG102 C. THE VELVET ROOM ------------------------------- QSG103 D. PERSONAS -------------------------------------- QSG104 V. QUICK START GUIDE (COMBAT) ----------------------- QSG200 A. BATTLE SYSTEM --------------------------------- QSG201 B. ENTERING BATTLES ------------------------------ QSG202 C. SEES - YOUR TEAM ------------------------------ QSG203 D. EXPLOITING THE ENEMY'S WEAKNESS --------------- QSG204 E. PARTY CONDITIONS AND STATUS EFFECTS ----------- QSG205 F. ENEMY TYPES ----------------------------------- QSG206 G. REWARDS AND BATTLE SPOILS --------------------- QSG207 VI. WALKTHROUGH --------------------------------------- WLK001 VII. POST GAME NOTES ---------------------------------- PST001 VIII. CHARACTERS -------------------------------------- CHA001 IX. THE PLACES ---------------------------------------- PLC001 X SOCIAL LINKS ---------------------------------------- SLK000 A. QUICK Q&A ------------------------------------- SLK001 B. MORE SOCIAL LINK + ATTRIBUTES NOTES/FAQS ------ SLK002 C. CONTACTS SCHEDULES ---------------------------- SLK003 D. MANAGING YOUR TIME ---------------------------- SLK004 E. ESTABLISHING SOCIAL LINKS --------------------- SLK005 XI. ELIZABETH's REQUEST ------------------------------- ELR000 XII. CREDITS ------------------------------------------ CRD000 A. CLOSING NOTES --------------------------------- CRD001 ----------------- |C O P Y R I G H T| ----------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | This document is copyrighted to me, Vhayste®. It is intended for | | ~PRIVATE~ use only. It cannot be used in ANY form of printed or | | electronic media involved in a commercial business, in part or in | | whole, in any way, shape, or form. It cannot be used for profitable | | or promotional purposes, regardless of the situation. 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Thank you for grabbing this faq and enjoy.| | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Illustrated guide with Pics and Help Tips along way! ++++++++++++++++ INTRODUCTION ++++++++++++++++ Upon his arrival to his hometown, the unnamed teenager has encountered several strange phenomena. Everything around stopped and coffins are scattered haphazardly along the way. What is more dumbfounding is when he was greeted by a mysterious boy inside the dormitory that he will be staying. During his stay, the dorm was assaulted by a group of dark creatures called Shadows. He survived the ordeal when his Persona was awakened– a summoned being that is the manifestation of the mind of the user. He also discovers that he is not the only one that has that special ability. He joins a specialized squad of Persona-users and will need to balance school life and combating the evil threat that appears only during the hidden time called the Dark Hour… ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ QUICK START GUIDE (BASICS) QSG100 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ Alright for the basics. At first, Persona 3 may not look like your conventional RPG since aside from the normal dungeon exploring, you also need to increase your relationship with other characters as well as your own attributes. Your choices to most of the questions asked to you will also impact your growth, but not necessarily the progress in the story. The game also features very good anime cutscenes and funky J-Pop music as your background, giving you more backdrop about the environment of the game. |>>>>..........................DAYS & TIME.......................<<<<| [QSG101] Each day in your ‘life’ is divided into several parts, from early morning as you go to school to hours after classes. Most of the time, you can’t freely control the flow of time since the game automatically goes through it. There are certain points in a day however; that you can roam around the location you’re in or through the world map. It is still limited though. In each day during midnight, the Dark Hour occurs. It’s like the 25th hour in the day. It is hidden, and there are only a few select people that can roam freely and experience it – like your character and the members of SEES. It is also when the evil creatures of the night, known as Shadows roam the landscape. Try to maximize it to increase some of your attributes. For example, if you have lectures in school, answer them correctly and you will gain +Charm. Then, you can visit the Shrine, make some offerings (for a chance to increase your Academics) then go out with a friend after school. During evening, if you won’t visit Tartarus, go to the mall. In the early part of the game, there are only two places there that you can either increase your courage (Karaoke Bar) or your Charm (Café). At night, if your condition is good, study before sleeping to increase you academics. |>>>>..........................THE WORLD.........................<<<<| [QSG102] In the world map, you can only select the places where you want to go. These are actually select areas which you can visit, depending on the time of the day. For example, at evening, the only establishment open is the Mall. GEKKOUKAN HIGH SCHOOL ---------------------- This is your school. It is open MON-SAT except during Sundays and Holidays. DORM ------------------ This is your "home". All other SEES members stay here. This is where you stay and the headquarters of SEES. Your allies have their own rooms here. You can save your game by writing in the logbook found in the front desk. Here, you will prepare for new missions, talk to your teammates. In your room, you can study (to increase Academics attribute) before sleeping or just sleep earlier. Note that when exploring the Tartarus during the dark hour, your body gets tired. Sleeping early will immediately recover your body while studying before sleeping can cause sickness or fatigue if do it often. NAGASAKI SHRINE ----------------- This is where you can offer some money that will occasionally increase your Academics. There is also a stand there where you can have your fortune checked. Depending on your luck, your condition could improve or worsen and you could also either gain or lose money. PAULOWNIA MALL ----------------- This is the only mall in the area and contains a lot of shops. In the back door lies an alternate path to the Velvet Room, other than the door in Tartus. There are several establishments here where you can visit and spend your time after school. The shops/establishments you can visit here are as follows: POLICE STATION: This is where you purchase your weapons and equipment ACCESORY SHOP: This is where you purchase your accesorries. ANTIQUE SHOP: Shop where you can exchange gems for cards and rare items MANDRAGORA: Karaoke Bar, 800 Yen; Increases Courage. CHAGALL CAFE: Coffee shop, 500 Yen; Increases Charm CLUB ESCAPADE: Nothing special in the first parts of the game. This is where the strange Monk hangs out if you want to establish a new social link with him. PORT ISLAND STATION ------------------- This is the station nearest to your school. There is a movie theater here and a flower shop too. In the back alleys lie a gambling house and a shadowy bar. Some request items can be acquired there as well. MOVIE THEATER: 1500Y, Attribute increase depends on what movie marathon is showing. FLOWER SHOP: This is where you can buy flowers that can be used as gifts when dating your girlfriends. IWATODAI STATION ------------------- This area has a lot of restaurants and fastfoods where you can spend the rest of your afternoon to increase your attributes. This is also where the Old Couple and Rival Athlete Social Links can be found. Octopia – Takoyaki food stand. You need to buy at least one Takoyaki here that will be needed to establish a social link with the Girl at the Shrine (Hanged Man arcana) Wild-Duck Burger – Eat the specialty here for 500 yen to increase your courage Waketsu Rest – Eat the Prodigy Platter for 680y to increase your academics Hagakure Ramen – Eat the Tuna here for 900Y to increase your charm. |>>>>.......................THE VELVET ROOM ......................<<<<| [QSG103] In the early parts of the game, the Velvet Room may seem like an ordinary, out-of this-world place that only you can enter. But later, you will learn that this is the place where you can fuse your Personas. There are only two ways to access the Velvet room in the game. First is through the door in the ground floor of Tartarus. The second one is in the back alley of Paulownia Mall (Under Mandragora Karaoke) FUSION OVERVIEW ------------------- You will need to revisit this place as you play to gain access to more powerful allies. By default you can just fuse 2 or 3 personas. Later in the game, you will have the ability to fuse 4 or more personas. Most Personas can only be acquired using this method. Fused Personas will be gone forever so remember to register new personas so that you can get them later. ELIZABETH's REQUEST ------------------- Later in the game, Elizabeth (Igor’s assistant inside the Velvet Room) will call you. This will trigger the event where you can now accept sidequests from her. There will be rewards for doing this so make good use of it. You can cancel any request at any time but there is a corresponding fee. Some requests have due dates or technically, deadlines. You’ll need to complete these quests before the due date ends. If not, you will fail the request and won’t get any rewards from it. Another bad thing about failing a request is that new requests won't be unlocked. For those that don’t have any due dates, you can complete it whenever you like. But try not to take too long or the reward may be useless to you or you won’t be able to unlock new requests. The requests has varying dificulties. The harder the request, the better the rewards. COMPENDIUM OVERVIEW ------------------- The Compendium is your persona database. This is where you register new personas so that you can recover/ withdraw them in case you'll fuse them. Note that WHEN REGISTERING, THE "OLD VERSION" of the persona in the compendium will be OVERWRITTEN with the current one you are registering. So be careful not to overwrite an already powerful version of a persona with a default, low level one. The compendium will also allow you to track how many personas have you unlocked already. It can be sorted by Arcana or by level, whatever works for you. |>>>>....................... P E R S O N A S ......................<<<<| [QSG104] OVERVIEW ------------------- These are your means of battling Shadows. Without them, you’re dead meat. You will have Orpheus as your starting Persona. As you explore dungeons, you will have the chance to acquire more personas (rewarded as Cards after a victorious battle though you need to select the correct one after it is shuffled), and even have the chance to fuse them into one, more powerful being. If you choose the Persona card of the Persona you already have, the card will disappear. Note that they have their own Arcanas, or basically groups or family where they belong to. This defines the type of the persona. Of course, each has their own strength and weaknesses. Leveling up a Persona will also add bonuses to your stat – which is very important. But leveling them up can be very daunting with the small experience the enemies give and the very limited time you have to explore. In battle, you can use the abilities of the Personas you have with you. They have their attributes, strengths and weaknesses. Keeping different types of Personas during battles will allow you to use multiple abilities. There are also special skills known as ‘Fusion Spells’. These are combined powers of your equipped Persona with another one in your inventory. Note that Social Links provide a great role in the growth of Personas so make sure you take that seriously. FUSING PERSONAS ------------------- As you collect personas, if will be very helpful to fuse them to create more powerful ones. You just need to experiment with the combinations. The resulting persona will be displayed, including the stats and the bonus exp. Bonus experience is awarded when you are fusing Personas whose Arcanas are unlocked and leveled up already. As mentioned in the ‘Social Link’ section above, the higher the level of your SL, the higher ranked Persona will be created. This applies only to the resulting Persona. So it is possible for it to level up a few times past its default level as indicated in the fusion table. This is actually good since as your Persona levels up, your stats increase. The ‘Commu Link’ indicates your SLink level. So, if your Commu Link is higher, it is possible to get a higher level Persona after the fusion. And, you still get the Stat bonuses PER LEVEL increase. It is still possible to fuse Personas whose Arcanas hasn’t been unlocked yet; however, there will be no experience bonuses. The highlighted ability is the carried over ability from the ‘parent’ personas. Also note that some skills won’t be carried over due to the Affinity of the Personas. Example, a light persona can’t learn dark spells. Or a Physical-type Persona can’t learn magical attacks. Defined skills of the resulting persona are NOT DEFINITE. You can change it by cancelling the combination screen and selecting the fusion Personas -basically repeating the process until you get your preferred set of skills before fusing completely. The equipped Persona’s affinity defines your character’s elemental strengths and weaknesses. The skills you can use in battle depend on the equipped Persona as well. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ QUICK START GUIDE 2 (COMBAT) QSG200 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ In this section, I will cover the basics of combat. Knowing how the battle system of the game will give you the edge against enemies and come up with effective solutions in any situation you encounter in battle. |>>>>....................... BATTLE SYSTEM .......................<<<<| [QSG201] You can only enter battles during the Dark Hour and most of them, within the Tartarus. Boss battles may occur outside the Tartarus as well. The battle system is TURN-BASED and you allies act on their own. BASIC BATTLE COMMANDS ------------------- ATTACK : Attack with equipped weapon. THe main character can equip ANY weapon, except for the Gun and Dagger. SPECIAL: Use the abilities of your equipped Persona. If the equipped persona has a "partner" to produce a fusion spell, you can activate it in this menu as well. TACTICS: Tactics is where you can issue commands to the whole team or to specific members. If you are caught by the enemy alone, this is where you can ask for backup as well. PERSONA: This menu will allow you interchange between your Personas. Changing Personas doesnt take a turn yet it can only be done once per turn. View the Personas' status by pressing the SQUARE button. WAIT : You will skip your turn, doing nothing. RUSH : Activate it by pressing the TRIANGLE button anytime. This will force your characters to attack one target at a time physically. Avoid using this if you are facing enemies that has physical immunity or resistance. |>>>>....................... ENTERING BATTLES ....................<<<<| [QSG202] Your enemies in this game are Shadows. They are located inside the Tartarus - this is your school during the Dark Hour. It is a labyrinth itself. Its layout inside changes everyday, so it is impossible to map it. You will need to explore each floors you have already visited before as if it is a new area. Shadows will be shown as orange dots in your radar. If you have visual on them, you can sneak behind and hit them with your blade. This may give you the Initiative in the battle or the game calls, PLAYER ADVANTAGE. Your party will get one full turn. The opposite thing can happen to you if the Shadow rushes and hits you first. Avoid entering a battle with an ENEMY ADVANTAGE since it always means trouble. Note also that shadows can’t always chase you around; they have a very limited range. This means you can lure a Shadow, and run away from it until it stops. Or you can find an elevated place, like staircases and they will just turn around, open for a sneak attack. Now you will have a sure, clean shot (Keep your distance though). |>>>>....................... SEES - YOUR TEAM ....................<<<<| [QSG203] Your exploring party can have up to 4 members, including you. You can’t access their status and equipment menu unless you talk to them personally. You can’t directly control your teammates since they are AI-controlled. However, you can issue specific commands to them like providing healing/support or targeting and attacking a specific enemy. If you have a teammate that has healing abilities, make good use of them. For your starting party, Yukari is the healer. Talk to her to heal the entire party. You can issue commands to your whole party like splitting up and individually exploring the area. But if their levels are low, they can easily fall victim from enemy shadows. |>>>>.................EXPLOITING THE ENEMY'S WEAKNESS.............<<<<| [QSG204] Knowing the enemy's weaknesss is really advantageous in every battle. Just by knowing it, you ensure the survival of your team against stronger foes. Check out the strengths and weaknesses of your allies as well in their status menu. Your party composition will later be useful against bosses with elemental attacks. To know the enemy's weakness, you need to ANALYZE the enemy first. This can be done during a battle only and can be accessed from the battle menu. Just press L1 to open the command. Select the enemy you want to be analyzed. It will take one full turn to fully analyze the enemy. Note that if the target enemy is destroyed before the analysis completes, the analysis will fail. Some enemies can be weak to ELEMENTAL attacks and PHYSICAL attacks. TYPES OF (PHYSICAL) ATTACKS ------------------- SLASH : This damage is inflicted by heavy swords, one-handed swords and daggers. PIERCING: Damage inflicted by bows, guns and spears STRIKE: Damage dealt by Gloves and Axes TYPES OF (ELEMENTAL) ATTACKS ------------------- AGI, MARAGI, AGILAO - Fire attacks BUFU, MABUFU, MABUFULA - Ice Attacks ZIO, MAZIONGA, ZIONGA - Electric attacks GARU, MAGARU, MAGARULA - Wind Attacks MUDO,MAMUDO, MAMUDOON - Darkness attacks HAMA,HAMAON, MAHAMAON - Light attacks ALL-OUT ATTACKS ------------------- If you attack the enemy using a skill it is weak against, it will be "downed". While "down", the enemy cannot move and will be vulnerable to attacks. You will also get another action. In any instance that you "down" all enemies, your party will be able to perform an ALL-OUT attack. This requires at least 2 party members to perform. It will be stronger though, if you have a full party involved. This attack damages all enemies and ignores any resistances. Basically, this is the best way to end the battle as quick as possible. |>>>>..............PARTY CONDITIONS AND STATUS EFFECTS...........<<<<| [QSG205] CONDITIONS ------------------- During battles, there will be always a chance that you will be inflicted with status ailments. Also consider you party's physical conditions before bringing them to battle. :D - GREAT! = The character is on top physical condition. His/her evasion and critical hit rates is increased significantly. :) - GOOD = Character is feeling good and normal. :( - TIRED = The character's offensive and defensive capabilities are decreased. He/She may also have difficulties standing up once knocked down X( - SICK = All stats have decreased significantly. Not to mention that the character is vulnerable to all status ailments. Normally if the main character gets tired or sick, relieving in the restroom or sleeping early will always recover his strength. For party members, they normally take two nights before getting fully cured. STATUS AILMENTS ------------------- CHARMED - Indicates the target is charmed. A charmed target will attack its own allies and will assist the enemy. DISTRESS - Target has lowered defense and will not be able to evade attacks. The chances of making critical hits on the target is increased significantly. PANIC - A panicked character won't be able to summon his/her Persona while a panicked enemy can't use skills against you. Chances of inflicting critical hits on the panicked target is also increased. FEAR - The target has higher chances of getting stunned and its/his her attacks will miss often. Chances of receiving critical hits are also increased significantly. RAGE - Target will go berserk and will continuously use physical attacks. Though his/her/its physical attack rating will increase, defense will decrease significantly. FREEZE - Target won't be able to move and evade attacks. This ailment lasts only for a day. SHOCK - The target is paralyzed from electric attacks. The target cant evade attacks and is prone from critical attacks POISON - A poisoned target will lose a certain amount of HP gradually even when taking turns in battle or just walking around. The effect doesn't go away with time to use an antidote as quickly as possible. |>>>>.......................ENEMY TYPES .........................<<<<| [QSG206] We will classify the types of shadows in this section. This is for better understanding how to deal with them when you face them. COMMON shadows are those normal shadows that you encounter and fight. They come in all shapes and sizes. Normally, a larger shadow means it has several inside it and the smallest ones normally contain one shadow only. Take note of that. STRONG shadows are those glowing with a red/pink aura. These are stronger than normal shadows but pack a lot more experience. RARE shadows are those -hand types. They are pretty rare since they only appear occasionally and they will escape once they spot you. These enemies have a very low HP but has high MAGIC resistance and evasion rates. Fortunately, they are weak to physical attacks. BOSS shadows are self-explanatory. Normally, they are guardians for a set number of floors or the entire block itself. Normally, they are just those stronger shadows located in the upper floors. THE REAPER is a special shadow that will appear only if you have stayed in a floor for too long. It is really impossible to beat at earlier levels, and even at LV99, this boss can still be a pain in the ass. Don't bother fighting this creep until the last parts of the game. |>>>>................ REWARDS AND BATTLE SPOILS ..................<<<<| [QSG207] Occasionally after battle, there will be reward cards that will be shuffled before your eyes. There are different rewards, ranging from additional cash, items, bonus experience, HP recovery and best of all, a new Persona. If you choose a Persona card and you already have that persona in your list, the card will disappear. So if you already have that persona, choose another card instead. Also, you will have the chance to "Double UP" your spoils by going through another shuffle. In any instance that you select a shattered glass card, you will gain nothing. If you are lucky, you can get up to 3 consecutive Double Ups, (preferably a Wand card) and you will get x4 of your normal earnings. NOTE: For the shuffle that brings the cards up and down, take note of the order how the cards are pulled up. They will be brought down according to that order. Just remember the principle, "First in, first out". Once you got hold of that pattern, it will be very easy for you to choose your preferred cards. |>>>>................. E N D O F B A S I C S ...................<<<<| PROLOGUE: Time never waits. It delivers all equally to the same end. You, who wish to safeguard the future, However limited it may be… You will be given one year; Go forth without Falter With your heart as your guide… ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ WALKTHROUGH WLK001 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ NOTE: The game will progress based on your decisions and your actions. Hence, what you’ll experience in your gameplay may be a bit different from what is included in this guide. To make it more easier, entries per day will be in journal-like format, divided to separate parts of the day. I will log here the events and stuff I did in my playthrough. Blank entries/ unmentioned the parts of the day are those skipped automatically. You will not be prompted to save so I suggest you do so whenever you have the chance. Just examine the logbook in the front desk of the dorm or the clock in the entrance of Tartarus. Also, to prevent too much clutter in the main walkthrough, please refer to ELIZABETH's REQUEST section, later in the guide for references and tips about those sidequests. LEGEND: EM - Early Morning AM - Morning LT - Lunchtime AN - Afternoon AS - After School PM - Evening LN - Late Night DH - Dark hour DT - Daytime + + + PRELUDE + + + Watch the very good anime cutscene at the start of the game. You will then find yourself inside the dorm. Just follow the normal course of the story. Meet your new friends and the next thing that you’ll know is that it is morning already. -------. ------- | 4/7 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM – Just the normal early morning chatter AM - Needed to find the faculty room. Explored the area a bit, buy some items as well. Talked to some students in school; Day started after talking to the class adviser AS - Met a new friend. Discovered also that Yukari is a classmate. Guys were just intrigued with the main character hanging around with one of the most popular girls in school, including Junpei the new guy. PM – Akihiko went outside for some ‘training’. LN - Scene DH - Another scene. Just watch through it. -------. ------- | 4/8 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM – Conversation AN - During the lecture, answered correctly (2nd choice) and Charm has increased PM - The school chairman has dropped by the dorm. After some conversation, sleep early. LN - Seems like that this is not an ordinary dorm. Character is being monitored in a highly sophisticated control room DH - Transported to a strange room with a creepy old man and a weird lady. After some introductions, character received Velvet Key. Igor reminded to drop by again. More scenes with Shuji, Mitsuru and Yukari. Day ends… -------. ------- | 4/9 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM – Met Junpei along the way. Had a short conversation beforethe first bell rang. AM - During the morning lecture, felt sleepy. Needed to choose to either stay awake or doze off. Staying awake will increase Academics while dozing off will let you rest and improve overall condition. PM - After arriving, save and go back to your room. DH - Akihiko is chased by something. By the looks of it, it seems that he can’t handle it on his own. You will receive a Short Sword during this sequence. Due to the circumstances, you have no choice but to go upstairs. A few scenes later, you will find yourself and Yukari trapped in the top floor. After being cornered, your ability awakens. You will be thrown into a battle. After that, you will receive your very first Persona in the process, Orpheus. You will also be transported back into the Velvet Room. Here, you will learn more about Social Links. -------. ------ | 4/17 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AN - You will find yourself in the hospital. It has already been several days since the incident and you are just sleeping. In any case, just read through the conversation with Yukari and the game will proceed automatically. -------. ------ | 4/18 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari AM - Morning class’ lecture. Choose 1st answer. Get + Charm. PM - You will join the meeting and will be given the choice to join the team. You will gain the power of the Fool Arcana. DH - Conversation with the weird kid. -------. ------ | 4/19 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- PM - No school. When night comes, an unexpected visitor arrives. He will be staying in the dorm as well. Coincidentally, he too has awakened his own Persona. Other than that, everything is uneventful. -------. ------ | 4/20 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - The usual morning gossip. LN - Mitsuru will visit your class. Short conversation. PM - Evening comes and the meeting starts. After Junpei’s confirmation of joining, you will learn more about what they plan to do. LN - Scene. DH - You will visit the Tartarus for the first time. Read through the scenes. Save using the clock found in the entrance. The door there leads back to the Velvet Room. You may visit it for additional information. Tartarus -------------------- Now, you will have the chance to explore the Tartarus. It is a labyrinth itself and it changes its layout everyday, so creating a map for it will practically be useless. For this day, you will only need to explore the whole 2F. Enemies respawn in the area so be careful. Your objective for this mission is to explore the area and find the transporter in the floor. Save by the wall clock located just past the Velvet Room’s entrance. Follow through the battle tutorials and get a hold of a party battle. Remember that your teammates will act freely by default. You can order them around if you want. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: Make it a habit to analyze enemies when you first meet them.| | Have the advantage in battle by exploiting their weaknesses! | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. Just explore the area normally, defeat a good number of enemies. Mitsuru will provide backup and intel from the entrance. Find the portal and exit the place when ready. This is a good time to obtain the Pixie and Apsaras personas. Before you exit the Tartarus and after the conversation with your team, your Social Link with them will increase by 1 level. You can now also enter the Velvet Room to fuse personas. Make sure you read the basics as well. Once ready, leave the area. -------. ------ | 4/21 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Kenji Tomochika AN - You will feel sleepy because of the exploration of the Tartarus. You will have the chance to recover by dozing off or increase your academics by staying awake, but further tiring yourself. Make a selection. AS - Now you will have some free time to explore the world and the school. Try talking to as much people as possible and get familiar with all parts of the school. Exit and you will have a scene with Akihiko sempai. You will need to meet him by the Police Station in Paulownia Mall. Proceed there. You can check out the shops if you want, but you can do much unless you go to the police station first. In the police station, after a short chat, you will now have the chance to purchase equipment. Akihiko will give you ¥5000 Grab what you can afford and leave the area. Now you can check out all the places. Remember that entering some places that can affect any of your attributes (Charm, Courage and Academics) may spend your time quickly that you’ll be in the part of the day (e.g Evening) once you get out. There are also some other establishment that opens at night only. PM - You can now go out at night. However, the only open place would be the mall. Inside it, the Pharmacy, videoke and club are the only ones you can visit. There will be also an alternate door leading to the Velvet Room, in the exit beneath the Videoke Bar. Back in the dorm, save, and check your status and either decide to explore the Tartarus or go back to your room. LN - You can decide whether you want to study before sleeping or sleep earlier. Choosing the first will increase your academics but will tire you more. -------. ------ | 4/22 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Kenji AS - Kenji will ask you to eat ramen after school. Accept or decline. Accepting his offer will unlock the Magician Arcana. PM - Check status. Visiting the Tartarus tonight will depend on everybody’s health. Save, sleep or study. -------. ------ | 4/23 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - hear the gossip about the school’s athletic teams. They are open for new members. You may consider joining with one soon. AS - You can either join one athletic team of your choice (Kendo, Swimming and Track ‘n Field) and gain the Chariot Arcana (it doesn’t matter which team you’ll choose) or Talk to Kenji inside your homeroom to hang out with him after school. Choose you answers. 1st question: 1-3 answer; 2nd question: 3rd answer. Your Magician Arcana will increase by 1 level. PM - Save, check everybody’s status and talk to Mitsuru to head out to the Tartarus. Your choice. LN - Study or sleep early. (Skip this part when going to the Tartarus) DH - Explore Tartarus. (Skip this part when you decided to stay home.) During this exploration, you will have another set of tutorials about spell fusion and stuff. -------. ------ | 4/24 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- LN - Conversation with Kenji. You may accompany him after the class ends. AS - You will have an option to either talk to Kenji (choosing the correct response in your conversations later on will further increase the rank for the Magician Arcana) or join a club. For the athletic clubs, you can only join either the track and field, swimming and kendo teams. However, no matter which team you choose, you will always get the Chariot Arcana. Also, no matter what team you join, Yuko will always be the manager while Kazushi will always be the leading athlete. Sometimes, you will also find Yuko near the school entrance after practice. You will have the option to talk to her and then walk home with her. You may need to invite her a few times before she eventually gives in. PM - Visiting Tartarus tonight will entirely depend on the status of your characters. If any of you are not well, sleep/ study for the night. -------. ------ | 4/25 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear a conversation about the used books store in Iwatodai Strip Mall. AS - Since it is your free time, you can visit the temple, make some offerings and get your fortune. So far, this will give you chances to increase your attributes, improving your condition and even find some Yen. It doesn’t consume that much time too. Anyways, head to Iwatodai and find Bookworms, the used books store you heard just this morning. Talk to the old couple inside. You will then get a hint about the Persimmon Tree inside the school. If you have managed to explore the school, you should’ve come across to this tree already. If not, it is located in the yard, just before the athletic rooms. Make your way back to the school and examine the Persimmon tree. You will get the Persimmon Leaf from it. If you can still can, bring the leaf to them and you will unlock a new social link for the Hierophant Arcana. From now on, you can just visit them when you have the chance to level up your social link with them. PM - Check everybody’s status and visit the Tartarus if you want. LN - If you decide not to explore that Tartarus, a friend will call you. In this case, Kenji called and offered to hangout tomorrow. -------. ------ | 4/26 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - If you decide to hangout with Kenji, then your whole day will be taken. You will have the chance however, to further increase the Magician social link with him with proper answers during your conversations. PM - You may want to visit the Tartarus during this time. Otherwise, go back to your room, study or sleep. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: If you had your SLink with Kenji leveled at 4, he will then | | give you a hint about the so-called ‘Gourmet King’. This is | | actually a new person you can make friends with but you need to | | have your Charm to be Unpolished at least. (LV2) | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. -------. ------ | 4/27 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Early morning conversation as usual. LT - Mitsuru will arrive in the room. She will then talk to you about a “special request” AN - Another lecture. Answer the question correctly by choosing the first answer. Charm will increase. AS - Accept Mitsuru’s request if you want.. With this offer, you will have the chance to unlock another social link. But go to the faculty area first in the first floor. Anyways, after talking to your advisor, head back to the Student Council room. This is located just across your homeroom. Meet your new friends. You will now unlock the Emperor Arcana. PM - Check status. Decide to stay or explore the Tartarus. -------. ------ | 4/28 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Mitsuru. Will get a reminder from her. LT - If you have stuck with Kenji’s May-December love story, then you will know how is the overall progress. He will approach you during lunchtime to talk about “something” AS - During this time, Kenji will successfully ask his beloved teacher out. Also, just be nice to him and you will increase your Magician Arcana rank by 1. PM - Junpei will ask you if you love to play video games. If you answered yes, then receive a copy of the game called “Innocent Sin”. You will need to play this during weekends. As usual, check status, visit Tartarus if you can. Otherwise, study. -------. ------ | 4/29 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - If you don’t have any appointments, this is the best time to either study or play MMORPG. If you chose to study, then your Academics will increase. Logging in to the PC and playing MMORPG will allow you to meet an online friend named Maya. If you choose your replies carefully, she may trust you at the first instant. This will also unlock a new Social Link; the Hermit Arcana. PM - check status; go back to room to study or explore. (Skip this part if you chose to chat with Maya. Staying online with her will take one whole day) -------. ------ | 4/30 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AN - You will be sleepy at this point. Listen to the lecture (+Academics) or doze off. (Rest to recover condition) AS - You can either talk to Kenji or visit the SC. PM - Your phone will ring. After learning it is a call from Elizabeth, leave the Dorm and head to the Mall. Exit to the door under the Karaoke bar. You should find an alternate path leading to the Velvet Room. Elizabeth will be providing sidequests now. Take note of the ones with deadlines and those free requests. You can only have three requests active at a time. You can cancel them anytime with a fee of course. More details about this info have already been discussed in the ‘Getting Started’ section above. You can also check out the Elizabeth's Requests section further down. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: For the requests that requires you to collect shadow drops, | | you need to accept first the specific request before the target | | enemy drops the needed item. In every visit to the Tartarus, make | | it your personal objective to reach the terminals. This will be | | your checkpoints so that you don’t need to start from the bottom. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. -Tartarus- Inside Tartarus, note that there is always a Mini-Boss in every 5th floor. The main boss is usually located second to the last area. There are also “Terminals” on those floors which acts like checkpoints. You may want to return to the entrance to recover your HP/SP and save as well; however, note that if any of your party members are tired, they will leave the party immediately to return back to the dorm – which will exclusively mean that you need to comeback later. So if you are confident about your character’s abilities, take the gamble and face the boss(es). Also, in floors 6-15, a Grave Beetle will occasionally show up. From the outside, they won’t look any different than ordinary shadows so if you don’t really hunt them, you will have a hard time finding them. Use Garu (wind) against it to win without any hassles. Defeating them will not always guarantee that you will get a Beetle Shell, just like Elizabeth requested but encountering them is better than none. Here are the quick rundown and basic strategies for every boss in Block 1. (5F) Venus Eagle x3 | -------------------- Exp: 40 Item(s): Empress Mask (x3) You should already know that when dealing multiple tough enemies, it is always a good idea to concentrate on one enemy at a time. Their weakness are piercing attacks – so you will want to have Yukari attack often. You may force her to attack a target you specify while you take care of the support/healing. These enemies are weak to ICE. (Bufu, Mabufu) (10F) Dancing Hand x3 -------------------- Exp: 70 Item(s): Mozaro Gem (x3) Just like ordinary “-hand” enemies, these enemies are weak against fire. Consider using Agi against them, coupled with physical attacks. Not much of a problem, just take them on, one by one. (14F) Rampage Drive -------------------- Exp: 210 Item(s): Balm of Life This could be one tough boss. Make sure that you have the best equipments you can afford at the moment. It will be hard to identify its weakness because it can nullify and deflect physical attacks. Using Lightning attacks seems to deal more damage to it than any other spells. Make sure to set Yukari as your healer/support while have Junpei concentrate on attacking. You could do either way. Also if you levels are high enough, low levels enemies will avoid you. Fighting them will be a waste of time since they don’t have that much experience to reward you with. -------. ------ | 5/1 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari AS - Conversation with Junpei. You will have the chance to come or not. After that you the three of you will be inside the hospital. PM - Check status and calendar then plan ahead. There will be a long weekend because of the holidays. Go to the Tartarus if you want or stay home and study. -------. ------ | 5/2 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear a conversation about Tanaka’s Show and the Sunday Sale. AS - Visit any place you want. You will also find Chihiro, one of your colleagues in the Student Council, in front of the billboard. Talk to her and depending on your response, this may be a start of a new err… friendly relationship. You will find her in front of the billboard from time to time, after school, usually every TUE, THU and SAT. Note that if your charm is still LV1, you won’t be able to ask her out. Try to get to LV2 (Unpolished) at least to get her attention. PM - During evenings and you don’t have plans to visit the Tartarus, you can always check out the Mall. So far the Club, Coffee Shop and the Karaoke are the only ones open. You can spend your time there until late night. Also, after visiting those, you can always study before sleeping, further increasing your attributes – as long as you’re not tired. DH - As you are sleeping, you will get a visit from the weird kid. He will warn you about the full moon, one week from now. After that, the next day will start as normal. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: Offering in the Shrine will give you a chance to increase | | your academics. Checking out your fortune will give you a chance | | to improve your overall condition and get some free cash. Just be | | careful since everything is based on luck, things can be opposite | | if you have the worst luck. Some include getting sick immediately | | or losing all your money. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. -------. ------ | 5/3 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - During the daytime, turn on your TV and you will be able to watch TV shopping with Tanaka. This is like your typical Shop TV where you can obtain really good and rare items, so long as you have cash. This won’t consume a day period so make it a “habit” during your free Sundays. It takes two days for your item to be delivered. You can play Innocent Sin to increase your relationship with Maya. (Hermit Arcana) Otherwise, check out the shops and the places. Some shops go on sale on specific days and their inventory may change as well. Plan your destinations well since once you’re out of the dorm, it will always be evening when you return, no matter how short you spent your time outside. -------. ------ | 5/4 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - You will have your free time during this day since it is the start of the consecutive holidays. Spend your time checking out shops. The locations you can visit may be limited since if will always be the next part of the day (evening) after entering in one of them. PM - Check if you have anything you want to do, otherwise save, then go back to your room. LN - You may get a call from a friend at this time. Its up to you to decline the offer or spend the whole day tomorrow with that person. (at this point, it could probably be Kenji) -------. ------ | 5/5 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Spend the day as usual. If you are hanging out with a friend, carefully select your answers during your conversations to further increase your social link rank. PM - As mentioned above, you can visit the Mall, go back to your mall or decide to leave for the Tartarus. You decide. -------. ------ | 5/6 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear a conversation about this kid that is hanging out in the shrine. AM - Lecture; choose the 3rd option to answer the question correctly. + Charm. AS - Free time. I suggest checking out the girl in the shrine. After making some offerings and checking your fortune, talk to her, just by the monkey bars. She will then ask something to eat and drink. Give her a Weird Takoyaki. These can be bought from the Iwatodai Strip Mall, by the entrance. Then, give her a Mad Bull, which can be bought from the dorm’s vending machines. If you don’t have these right now, you can always come back later. She will always be there in the Shrine except Sundays. You will need to come back later for her to completely open up to you. You will establish the Hanged-man Arcana with Maiko. Increase it by playing with her after school. PM - If you still haven’t finished the second and third quests, then this is the time to do so. Note that the deadline is 5/8. Visit the Tartarus if you want.. Note that you need to defeat the Block 1 boss (Rampage Drive) first before getting the old documents 01 in 16F. -------. ------ | 5/7 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- LT - Kenji and Kazushi will both talk to you. AS - You can either talk to Kenji or Kazushi. Hanging out with Kenji will improve your rank for Magician Arcanan while training with Kazushi will further increase your rank in Chariot Arcana. I suggest balancing it out. After the training, you will see Yuko by the entrance. You may talk to her and walk home with you but if your charm is not that high, she will just refuse. PM - Check status and visit the Tartarus if you want. LN - Study or Sleep early. -------. ------ | 5/8 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- LT - Hidetoshi from the student council will talk to you. You may want to attend the student council meeting after class. AS - Go to the SC room. After a brief conversation, your rank for the Emperor Arcana will increase. PM - Same routine; -------. ------ | 5/9 \ FULL MOON / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Akihiko. AS - The game will automatically take you to the Dark Hour. DH - After a brief conversation, you will need to check out the Monorail. You won’t be able to save here so be careful with your actions. But if you did spent time leveling up your characters, then there should be no problems. Monorail Bridge Just continue forward once you have control. Once you reach the monorail itself, read through the conversation and you will find yourself inside. You will start from the 10th/11th carriage. Continue forth. You will encounter one of the new shadows. After that, you will be ambushed by two enemies. Get rid of them quickly. More enemies will appear. Junpei will chase them. Follow him. Once you caught up with Junpei, defeat the remaining enemies. There will be a 7 minute timer that counts during battle. Make sure to exploit the enemies’ weaknesses so that you guys can perform all out attacks. After some more conversations, make your way to the 1st car. Make sure that everybody is in full health, then face the first ‘chapter’ boss. BOSS: Priestess ---------------- Exp: 304 Item: Diamond The boss is not that hard as long as your level is high enough to endure most of her attacks before having to heal. If you want to play it safe, you can order Yukari to provide the Healing/ Support while Junpei attacks. You can switch between those two roles whenever the situation calls for it. The boss will then summon two Tiaras. She will keep on summoning them, no matter how many you kill. Your allies will tend to attack the tiaras (which are obviously meant as decoys) if their action is set to act freely. Force Junpei to target the boss. Get rid of one Tiara and leave the other. Ignore it since it does not deal that much damage. Just keep on attacking; remember that you still have the timer active here. Just read through the conversation. Your team’s relationship has become stronger with this encounter. New Tactic: Conserve SP Reward: +1 Fool Arcana -------. ------ | 5/10 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - You will receive a call from Elizabeth. You will learn that the previously blocked path in floors 16+ is now accessible. DT - Do whatever you want for this Sunday. You can study, play MMORPG (spends whole day, +1 Hermit Arcana) or go out and visit the shops. PM - You can still go out to the Mall. The shops open here are the Videoke bar (which you can’t access during weekends because it will be full), the pharmacy and the coffee shop. You can also visit the Velvet Room from the Mall’s rear exit first before doing anything. Once you enter the Velvet room, you will learn about some new menus here. One includes the Compendium. On simpler terms, this will be considered as the Persona database. You can register your latest collection of Personas here. The registered personas here can be ‘revived’ or ‘bought’ again with a fee. The price depends on the level of the Persona you are trying to recover from the records. It is recommended to register Personas before Fusing them and after you get a new one, not previously registered in the database. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: Note that they Compendium takes note of EVERY CHANGES. That | | means that it is possible that you will overwrite a Persona with | | good stats with the Persona with the same name but lame stats. So | | be careful on what you want to register. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. LN - Depending on your condition, you can either study or sleep early. If you are tired or sick, don’t bother studying since you won’t learn anything and your condition may get worse. -------. ------ | 5/11 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - You will get a reminder that the midterms are nearing. You will also have a brief conversation with Junpei. AM - You will be in for the lecture. You will have the choice to Stay Awake or Doze off. Make your choice. AS - Free time. Do whatever you want; make some new friends and build up the existing ones. PM - Visit mall/ Go to room study/rest/ Go to Tartarus. You can decide what you can do. -------. ------ | 5/12 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari AS - Free time. Do whatever you want; make some new friends and build up the existing ones. PM - Visit mall/ Go to room study/rest/ Go to Tartarus. You can decide what you can do. -------. ------ | 5/13 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear a conversation. AN - Lecture. You will be asked by your teacher. Choose the 3rd answer. Your Charm will increase. AS - Free time. Do whatever you want; make some new friends and build up the existing ones. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: If you had your S.Link with the Old Couple at the bookstore | | at LV4, you will then meet a new person that carries another | | Arcana you can unlock. You can visit him/her/it after school in | | the Home Economics room. You need to have your Academics @ LV2 | | (Average) before you can talk to him. | | | | Ironically, the name ‘BEBE’ in our language means “little baby” or| | “little girl" XD | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. PM - If you still haven’t completed the second block, make sure that you waste no time doing so. If the boss seems to be tougher than you are right now, you can train harder, gain new levels and leveling up your personas along the way. -------. ------ | 5/14 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - The day was uneventful. You will ‘start’ the day after school. Free time, so do whatever you like. PM - Free time as well. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: If you had your S.Link with Maiko at LV4, you will then meet | | another potential Arcana holder. You need to have your Academics @| | LV4 (Smart) before you get his attention. He will be in the Shrine| | during Sundays. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. -------. ------ | 5/15 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Mitsuru. She will also tell you that if your grades are high, you may receive a reward from her. What could it be? AN - Lecture with Ms. Terauchi’s class. Choose the 2nd option to answer the question correctly. Receive a plus in your Charm. PM - Free time as well. -------. ------ | 5/16 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Akihiko AN - Lecture AS - Free time, so do whatever you like. PM - Free time as well. -------. ------ | 5/17 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - If you don’t have any appointments with any of your friends, you can either stay home and study/ play MMORPG or go out. PM - Try visiting the Tartarus and train there. Note that the next terminal is located in the 25F. It may be a long journey so try to reach the terminal and activate it. -------. ------ | 5/18 \ MIDTERM EXAMS / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation. AM - Start of the exams. The exam lasts for 6 days so you wouldn’t be able to control your character until everything is over. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: The exams here are all the questions that were asked to you | | during the lectures in the last few days. If you have taken note | | of them, then these tests shouldn’t be that hard. If not, then | | treat this as a real exam. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. -------. ------ | 5/23 \ LAST DAY OF THE EXAMS / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Akihiko AM - Last set of the exams. Answer them all. AS - Free time, so do whatever you like. PM - Conversation with Akihiko and the rest of the team. He will now be usable in battle! You may want to check up Tartarus later. You will also learn more about a potential new member of SEES. -------. ------ | 5/24 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free day unless you have planned to meet someone during this time. -Tartarus- Some of the enemies in this block you should be careful when facing are the Beastial Wheel and the Steel Gigas. The first one appears only alone and the latter appears by two’s or worse three of them. They have high endurance, not to mention high attacks as well. A critical hit from them can usually take a character out, even in full HP. Use Zio/Garu attacks vs the Beastial Wheel while use Zio to the Hulk-Hogan wannabes. (25F) BOSS: Crying Table (x3) ----------------------------- Exp: 88 EXP Item(s): Vibrant Cloth (x3) These enemies’ weakness is Ice. Use Bufu, better yet Mabufu. It was a tough battle when using three characters only but this will be better if you are on full force. Don’t bother hitting it with physical attacks since they can nullify it. In a full party, order Akihiko and Junpei to attack the target while Yukari and you provide support attacks and healing. (36F) BOSS: Change Relic ---------------------------- Exp: 236 exp Item(s): Coin of Queen There is really no quick way to defeat this enemy. If you are around LV16, you can endure most of its attacks. Its attacks are mostly party based, which means it can target all party members most of the time. As much as possible, try to equip a Persona with the skill Media. Take care of the healing and recovery and force the other two guys to attack the target. Akihiko will be the one to deal most damage here because of his Persona’s Sonic Punch. Order Yukari to take care of the healing as well. -------. ------ | 5/25 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari LT - You will be checking out the exam results. Depending on how many correct answers you have provided, you should get a high score as well. Your classmates will take notice of this and your Charm will increase. AN - Lecture with Ms. Toriumi’s class. You’ll feel sleepy. Just choose whether you want to stay awake or doze off. AS - Free time. If you still haven’t caught up with the Gourmet King in Paulownia Mall, now is the best time to do so. To go to the mall immediately, just talk to one of your classmates standing near the entrance. Your charm should be at least Unpolished already. If so, talk to the fat kid. You will then need to answer a mini-quiz before convincing him. Note that the questions are not random; they are fixed, so trial-and-error is possible but time consuming. If you answered incorrectly, you will only have one quiz day. Or you can refer to the answers below: Q1: Chagall Café’s specialty? A: Pheremone Coffee Q2: Color of the Wild-Duck Burger Mascot A: Green Q3: Hagakure secret dish A: Hagakure Dumplings After you answered the questions correctly, you will also need to give him something that he hasn’t tasted before. Give him the Odd Morsel found in Tartarus’ 15F+. You will be able to unlock the Moon Arcana. Now, if you want to hangout with Nozomi, he will be sitting in the bench in Paulownia Mall after school. Since this won’t consume a part of the day, you can go back to school and strengthen the other links you have. I suggest going to practice with your athletic team for this day. (+1 Chariot Arcana) After the practice, you should find Yuko by the entrance. If you have tried this before and she turned you down, try asking her out this time. After hanging out in the Chagall Café and depending on your responses, you will gain Yuko’s trust and friendship. You will unlock the Strength Arcana. PM - Mitsuru won’t be there so depending on your condition, you can visit the Mall and spend some time in the Videoke or the Café again or just sleep early. -------. ------ | 5/26 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Junpei AS - You’ll find Chihiro outside. Ask her out and she will politely decline the offer. Don’t worry; it’s a start. This is your free time also, so do whatever you like. PM - Junpei won’t be here so decide whether you’ll want to push through exploring Tartarus with only Aki and Yukari. -------. ------ | 5/27 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time. PM - Decide if you want to visit Tartarus. If you still haven’t completed the time-restricted quests, try finishing it now. -------. ------ | 5/28 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Junpei. LT - Visit from some friends. AN - Lecture; Doze off or Stay Awake. AS - Free time. If you have asked Chihiro out the last time you talked to her, talk to her again and she will then agree to walk home with you.... Yes! Just be nice to the shy chick and you will be able to unlock the Justice Arcana. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: Depending on who you hangout with often and to your responses| | you can have a more ‘intimate’ and serious relationship with | | either Yuko or Chihiro. Note that once it comes to that point, | | the girl you are ‘seriously’ dating will get upset if you go out | | with another girl. The same goes with Yukari, Fuuka and Mitsuru | | later on | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. -------. ------ | 5/29 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear a conversation about a bullied kid. AS - Scene with Yukari overhearing some gossiping girls afterschool. You will then gain control. Free time! PM - Do whatever you like. -------. ------ | 5/30 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear another conversation AM - Conversation again AS - Free time. You can even go out with Chihiro if you want. PM - Do whatever you like. -------. ------ | 5/31 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - If you have appointments now, you will be hanging out with that person for the whole day, with the chance to increase your social link level with them. Otherwise, just do the usual Sunday stuff. Buy from home shopping TV/Study/ Go out alone/ Play Innocent Sin. -------. ------ | 6/1 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Mitsuru LT - Visit from some friends. AS - Free Time. PM - Watch Junpei’s “Believe it or don’t”; Nah, just a ghost story. DH - The mysterious boy visits again. Warns you about the full moon. -------. ------ | 6/2 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari AM - Lecture. Stay awake or Doze off. LT - Invitations from some friends. AS - Free time! -------. ------ | 6/3 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Junpei AM - Lecture. Stay awake or Doze off. LT - Invitations from some friends. AS - Free time! -------. ------ | 6/4 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari AM - Lecture. Stay awake or Doze off. AS - Free time! PM - Decide what you want to do. -------. ------ | 6/5 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari AS - After a short conversation with Yukari, you will have your free time. !! If your academics attribute is Average, then go to the Home Economics room and make friends with Bebe. PM - Yukari will invite you to investigate. Choose whether you will join or not. Either choice will still yeild the same results. If you still haven’t acquired the Old Document 02 and old Lanterns, be reminded that the deadline is just two days from now (06/07) -------. ------ | 6/6 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free Time PM - Team investigates. After getting to trouble, Shinjiro, Aki’s friend, arrives to help. Learn new info from him. You can take time to visit the mall as well. -------. ------ | 6/6 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - If you don’t have anybody to meet today, just stay and play Innocent Sin with Maya. Once you get your S.Link with her increased to LV3+, she will then give out a hint about this ‘man who talks like a woman at the train station’ PM - The ‘Big Night’ will be tomorrow, so if you are in good shape, visit Tartarus to train some more. Or if you are confident about your character’s levels, then sleep early to have some rest. -------. ------ | 6/8 \ FULL MOON / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- LT - Scene at the faculty room. Meet Natsuki, the "B" AN - More scenes. Emergency meeting for tonight’s operation AS - Free time. More scenes. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: If your Charm level is Smooth, then you can talk to the man | | in suit by the Port Island Station. He will ask you to invest | | 20000¥. For the heck of it, just give him the money. Come back and| | talk to him later. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. PM - Operation starts. Make your way to the Faculty office to find the Gym Key DH - After a few more scenes, you will find yourself inside Tartarus, separated from the others. The mysterious boy will appear. -Tartarus- After having the control, I suggest avoid fights for the meantime. Collect the items if you want. Just make your way to the third floor. You will meet Junpei and Akihiko. After a few conversations, you will then meet Fuuka. After some more scenes, learn that there is trouble in the ground floor. During this event, Fuuka’s Persona will awaken. You will also need to fight these two bosses. Fuuka will aid you in this battle, as support. Her Analyze skill is much powerful and effective compared to Mitsuru. BOSS: Empress and Emperor Exp: 1525exp Item(s): None This battle is easy. Take note that the empress is immune to ANY magic attacks but is weak to ANY physical attacks. The opposite is true for the Emperor. To make this battle quicker, you need to use All-out attacks whenever you can.To do this, (which you can do the other way around as well) Attack the Emperor with a magic attack to knock down. Once you get one more action, attack the Empress with physical weapons. The battle should be over in no time. After a few more conversations, DH will end. New Tactic: Knock Down -------. ------ | 6/9 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Mitsuru LT - Conversation/ Invites with friends AS - Free time!** (Level up some existing social links!) PM - You can spend some time in the mall here since you can’t visit Tartarus at the moment. Your character could be tired as well. The Antique Shop has opened! LN - Sleep early to regain strength -------. ------ | 6/10 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Mitsuru AM - Lecture (Stay awake or Doze off) LT - Conversation/ Invites with friends AS - Free time! (You can also check out the Antique Shop in the mall. You can trade the gems/stones you collected from enemies to trade with stat enhancing cards and other stuff.) PM - You can’t still go to Tartarus for the meantime. So spend some time in the mall (Café or Karaoke to increase Charm and Courage respectively.) -------. ------ | 6/11 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time.Conversation with team. Fuuka has been released from the hospital. PM - Conversation with the team. You will learn the patterns of powerful shadows. You can also visit the Tartarus now if you want. -------. ------ | 6/12 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari AM - Overhear some conversation. Scene with Fuuka. AS - Free time! PM - Can’t visit Tartarus at the moment. Just spend your night in the mall. DH - The mysterious boy will visit you. He will ask you to be his friend. Agree and you will unlock the Death Arcana. You will also learn his name. Pharos. -------. ------ | 6/13 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - conversation with Mitsuru AS - Free Time. PM - Call from Elizabeth, regarding the changes within the Tartarus. (You can explore the upper floors) Talk to Fuuka if you want to visit the Tartarus this night. Check out the new requests once you have the chance. -Tartarus- You can now use Mitsuru as an active party member! Again, find your way to the terminals first, save then either continue up or hunt the specified shadows in the requests. Make sure that all your party members are well equipped and don’t forget to analyze each new enemy you’ll encounter. This will greatly help you in battle. You can also store 10 Personas once you get to level 20. (47F) BOSS: Golden Beetle (x3) ---------------------------- Exp: 190 Item(s): Beetle Horn (x3) Nothing much about these bosses; use –zio skills against them, preferably Mazio to hit all of them and to have the chance to perform all-out assaults. (59F) BOSS: Intrepid Knight ---------------------------- Exp: 508 Item(s): Sword of Queen This boss is quite tough, but since he has no elemental weakness or strengths, pummel him with attack skills. As usual, order Yukari to take care of healing/ support while the others are set to act freely or Assign target. -------. ------ | 6/14 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Hangout with friends if you get an invite earlier this week. If not, you can either go out alone by yourself or stay home to study/ play Innocent Sin with Maya PM - Free time -------. ------ | 6/15 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari AN - Lecture; the 2nd option is the correct answer. (+1 Charm for answering it correctly) AS - Free time PM - Free time (Check status, go to Tartarus or hangout in the mall till midnight) -------. ------ | 6/16 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Mitsuru LT - Invites/ Conversation with friends. AS - Free time. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: Depending on how you choose your answers/ options when going | | out with friends, specifically girls, your relationship may become| | more intimate. Be warned though, dating two or more girls at the | | same time is never right. The other(s) may get upset if you do. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. -------. ------ | 6/17 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation; learn more about openings in the Art/ Music/Photography clubs. AN - Lecture; select 3rd answer (+1 charm for answering correctly) AS - Free time. You may want to join any of those clubs mentioned to unlock a new Arcana. But you may want to enter the laboratory first to obtain the Anatomical Model, needed to complete one of Elizabeth’s requests. Join any of the clubs. You will meet Keisuke and Fuuka. After joining, you will unlock a Social Link for the Fortune Arcana. Meetings in the club are held every TUE/WED/THU. -------. ------ | 6/18 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear the conversation AS - Free time! PM - visit Tartarus if you want. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: Occasionally, if you have stayed in a floor for long, a very | | powerful Shadow, called the Death or Reaper will appear and engage| | you into battle. YOU CAN’T WIN AGAINST IT for the meantime. So as | | much as possible, avoid it. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. If you did enter battle with it, hope that your character is not targeted. Most of Death’s attacks are instant-death effects and if your character dies, it’s Game Over. Escape it. Usually, Fuuka will warn you if Death is coming. You will also hear some clattering chains and you should see a moving orange dot in the map, heading towards your position. Find the stairs and portal quickly. -------. ------ | 6/19 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free time! (Just your typical school day) PM - Free time -------. ------ | 6/20 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation AS - Conversation with team; informed about a meeting. Find Yukari and Fuuka playing with a dog in front of the dorm. Believe it or not, this canine will be later a SEES member. PM - Just read through the meeting. After that, you can still go out if want. -------. ------ | 6/21 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Hangout with friends if you get an invite earlier this week. If not, you can either go out alone by yourself or stay home to study/ play Innocent Sin with Maya. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 6/22 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari AN - Lecture AS - Free time!** **If your Charm just turned Smooth at this point, visit the Man in Suit in Port Island station. He will ask you for the initial 20 grand investment. If you already done that earlier, he will ask for another 10K yen. We know that he is a fake but we need to do this to unlock a new Arcana. So, He will ask you to come back again for another day. Do so and he will then ask for another 10K. Just agree to give it to him and he will admit that he is just fooling you. After a few more conversations, he will introduce himself as President Tanaka. Unlock the Devil Arcana. PM - Do whatever you like DH - Scene with some new dudes. -------. ------ | 6/23 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation about a Revenge Request Website. AS - Free time. PM - Scene with Aki and Shinjiro; Do whatever you like after that. -------. ------ | 6/24 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Junpei AS - Free Time PM - Go out to the mall or visit Tartarus .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: If you didn’t know yet, when tired or sick, visit the weirdo | | (nurse) in his office after school. He will make you drink a | | strange concoction. Drink the weird stuff and though you won’t get| | any better, your Courage will increase. If you are good or Great, | | he’ll just ignore you, so just visit him when you’re not feeling | | well. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. -------. ------ | 6/25 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free Time (Nothing special) PM - Go out to the mall or visit Tartarus .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: When you reach the maximum level of a specific Social Link, | | you will be able to forge the Ultimate form of the Arcana attached| | to the link. You will be also forging a “bond that cannot be | | broken”, that basically means that whatever you do, the link won’t| | Reverse. And that also means that your “time” with them is over, | | which means when you talk to them from now on, they will just be | | normal NPCs. Some will leave for good as well. It may be sad but | | at least you will have more time to concentrate on your other | | links. Or getting a new girlfriend. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. -------. ------ | 6/26 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free Time (Nothing special) PM - Go out to the mall or visit Tartarus -------. ------ | 6/27 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation about people found unconscious. AS - Free Time. You can find Fuuka standing by the hallway, near the stairs. You need to have your courage leveled up to Badass to be able to assist her. PM - Go out to the mall or visit Tartarus -------. ------ | 6/28 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Hangout with friends if you get an invite earlier this week. If not, you can either go out alone by yourself or stay home to study/ play Innocent Sin with Maya. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 6/29 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari AM - Lecture; Give the 2nd option to answer correctly (+Charm). You will also learn about the exam for next week. AN - Free Time PM - Scene with Fuuka and Yukari. Since they won’t be in the lobby, you won’t be able to go to Tartarus tonight. -------. ------ | 6/30 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free Time PM - Free time DH - Visit from Pharos. Warning about the coming full moon. -------. ------ | 7/1 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Mitsuru AS - Free Time PM - Free time; you may want to visit Tartarus and complete some tasks if you still haven’t at this point. -------. ------ | 7/2 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- AS - Free Time PM - Free time -------. ------ | 7/3 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation AM - Lecture; Choose first option to answer the question correctly. (+Charm) AS - Free Time -------. ------ | 7/4 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Yukari AS - Free Time** If your Social Rank with Yuko is at least level 4, she will mention a monk that hangs out in night clubs. Since there is only one night club in the city, go there after school. Make sure that your courage is at least level 3 or Tough. Find the monk inside Club Escapade, upstairs in the VIP lounge or something. Talk to him first, then go down and talk to the bartender. He will ask for your help to get all the orders of the customers inside the club. There are only four orders you need to take; however, the customers will tend to change their minds, the game’s attempt to confuse you. If you want, you can just jot it down in a piece of paper. But if you want it quick, you can just refer to the orders below. I don’t know if this is randomized in other game files though… (Just ignore the girl sitting near the bartender) Dancing Girl – Screwdriver Dancing Guy – Oolong Tea Sitting Girl at the back – Bloody Mary Girl in front of the table - Margarita Talk to the bartender and give the correct orders. Once you got them all correctly, talk to the Monk. You will be able to unlock the Tower Arcana! The monk is in the club during THU, FRI, SAT, SUN. -------. ------ | 7/5 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Free time if you don’t have plans with any of your friends. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 7/6 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Junpei AS - Free Time; but since the full moon is tomorrow, I suggest visiting the officer Kurosawa in the Police Station in Paulownia Mall. Upgrade all your team mate’s equipment and try to stock some healing items as well. If you have some gems to spare, try to exchange it for some useful items and cards inside the antique shop. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 7/7 \ FULL MOON / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Fuuka DH - The day will pass by and you will enter the Dark Hour immediately. After a brief scene, choose your party members and head out. Yukari will be a fixed member in this mission. You will start inside a motel in Shirikawa Blvd. Not much to do here for the meantime so just find the stairs and head to the 3rd floor. Once there, find a large door. The boss is there. BOSS: Hierophant Exp: 3026 Item(s): None Nul: Light, Darkness Repel: Lightning This boss can Charm your party members which can cause a lot of problems if not taken care of immediately. If you some Me Patra Gems, they will prove handy in this battle. Just attack it with everything you got, except for the elements mentioned above. This battle is easy, actually; but I hope you won’t be surprised to know that this is not the only boss here. After the battle, examine the large mirror in the wall. Another weird thing will happen and a sexy cutscene will take place. After that, you will find yourself inside one of the sleazy rooms of the hotel. A voice in your head will entice you about some really “tempting” stuff. Well, even if you give in with the choices, the story won’t proceed unless you resist. So goes for the choices… Go through a few more scenes and some awkward moments. After gaining control, head out the room, then head to the second floor to find the others. Well, the same thing happened to them and you after a moment of gauche between your party members you will now need to get over with your next task. Apparently, another Shadow is lurking nearby and has the capability to play with the minds of its victims. You won’t be able to face it unless you get rid of the Seals protecting it. These are mirrors inside each rooms. But randomly breaking those mirrors will just transport you to your starting room. Just look out for the mirrors where you have NO REFLECTION. I found those mirrors in rooms 205 (2F) and 304 (3F). Some minor shadows will be roaming the area as well. After destroying all the mirrors, you can just enter the same large room where you defeated the Hierophant earlier. Prepare for the last battle of the night. BOSS: Lovers Exp: 3277 Item(s): None Nul: Light, Darkness This boss is pretty much the same as the Hierophant. Just attack normally and have some Me Patra gems ready. This boss can Charm characters as well so as much as possible heal them quickly once inflicted. After defeating the boss, watch through some scenes, including the appearance of Stregga members. Your Fool Arcana rank will increase by 1. New Tactic: Full Assault -------. ------ | 7/8 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation regarding the incoming exams. AM - Lecture; reminder about the exams. - Choose 2nd answer. (+Charm) AS - You can visit the Velvet Room and check out the new requests as well. You can also check out the new equipments, courtesy of Officer Kurosawa. PM - after the mission, all of you could be tired. So after going out in the mall, sleep early. TIP: If you didn’t visit or hangout any of your friends for the whole TWO MONTHS, they may get upset and may refuse to talk to you. When that happens, your Social Rank with them will be set on REVERSE. Try to avoid this by at least going out with them once in a while. This will be a challenge specially to the guys that you can only meet during Sundays. (Fortunately, they don't get reversed that easily, unless you force them to.) The only way to get things back to normal is to find your friend and reconcile. Depending on how close you were, he/she may turn you down at first but keep on trying and they’ll agree. -------. ------ | 7/9 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Overhear conversation. Learn about those missing students, 10 years ago AM - Lecture; Choose 2nd answer***. (+Charm) AS - Free time; since some of your friends won’t be there because of the exams. So, take your time to visit some places or hangout with some of your off-school friends. PM - Call from Elizabeth. The blocked area before is now accessible. Fuuka and Mitsuru won’t be in the dorm so you can’t go to Tartarus for now. ***Take note of the questions here since they will be asked during the finals. -------. ------ | 7/10 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Choose 3rd answer. (+charm) AS - Free time; Same thing; some of your friends won’t be there because of the finals. PM - Free time; -------. ------ | 7/11 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Junpei AM - Lecture; (3rd answer, +charm) AS - Text message from Akihiko; Free Time PM - Meeting room. After some revelations, you will have your free time. Just go out to the mall since you guys can’t go to Tartarus for the meantime. -------. ------ | 7/12 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - You will see scenes with each of your characters. The conversation last night left them thinking. So after that, you will have your usual free time. PM - Can’t go to Tartarus for the meantime. Just go out till midnight. DH - Scene with Pharos. After he leaves, you will have +1 Death Arcana -------. ------ | 7/13 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation about the finals tomorrow AM - Lecture; (Stay awake or doze off) AS - Free time PM - Scene with your team. Learn about your team’s out of town trip. Mitsuru and Yukari will get along again. -------. ------ | 7/14 \ FINAL EXAMS / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- Just like the last time, the game will automatically continue until the exams are finished. You won’t be able to do anything until the exam ends. AM - Start of the finals. Select 2nd choice to answer the question correctly. 7/15, WED - Answer #2 7/16, THU - Answer #4 7/17, FRI - Answer #2 -------. ------ | 7/18 \ LAST DAY OF EXAMS / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Junpei AM - Last part of the exam. This will go on automatically. AS - Scene with team. Meet your new prospective member, the kid named Ken Amada. PM - If you still haven’t done so, visit Tartarus and complete some quests. You don’t want to run out of time before the next full moon so maximize your time there. - Tartarus - As usual, new enemies will be here. I will run down some of the enemies’ weaknesses. This will help in surviving the upcoming battles as you clear each floor. At this point, your character should reach or already around level 30. You will be able to carry 12 personas once you gain that level. Wild Drive – Zio/ Lightning Silent Book – Agi/ Fire Mah Wheel – Zio/ Lightning Indolent Maya – Piercing Attacks Creation Relic*** – Mudo/ Darkness Killer Twins – Agi/ Fire Avenger Knight – Hama/ Light. Dogmatic Tower - none Try to make your way to the first terminal in this block. It is okay if you can’t defeat the boss here at the moment. Activating the terminal and saving is more important. (72F) BOSS: Furious Gigas (x3) -------------------------- Exp: 235 Item(s): Golden Beard (x3) These guys are just like the previous Hulk-Hogan look-alikes you previously fought. This time, they are weak against wind/ Garu attacks. Use all-out attacks as often as possible to defeat them quickly. (85F) BOSS: Fanatic Tower (x3) -------------------------- Exp: 628 Item(s): Magic Mirror (x3) Repel: Lightning, Fire and Ice Since this boss has no weakness, you may resort to just the basic attacking. Just keep one of your characters take care of the healing. You will find the Old Document 04 in the 89th floor. The path is blocked so just go back for now. -------. ------ | 7/19 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Summer break will start soon. You won’t be able to see your school mates for the meantime but from time to time, they will call you from time to time and invite you to go out. So, do whatever you want until then. Try to raise your attributes as much as possible during this free period. PM - Free time. -------. ------ | 7/20 \ TRIP TO YAKUSHIMA / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Your trip to Yakushima starts now. You will be staying there for 4 days and 3 nights. Once you reach Kirijo family’s mansion, read through a few scenes. After that you will find yourself in the beach. Junpei will pretty much start getting excited and act like a drooling perv, after seeing the girls in their swimsuits. Talk to Aki to save the game. Talk to everyone first then exit once done. PM - In the evening, watch some more scenes. Learn more about the incident 10 years ago and the truth behind the Shadows and the Tartarus. Yukari will get emotional after learning the bitter truth. You will be given the option to chase after her and comfort her. Not until Junpei comes in and ruins the magic moment. LoL. ;D -------. ------ | 7/21 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - The girls and the boys will have their own trips for today. The girls went out to the woods while the boys hang out in the beach. After learning an emergency from the chairman, the control switches over to the main character. As Junpei suggested, you may initiate his self-dubbed “Operation: Babe Hunt”. For the sake of it, just agree. :D It doesn’t matter how much you try hitting on those girls. You are really destined to fail somehow. Just have fun in the operation. The last girl you’ll invite is really hilarious. Just find it out yourself. The very last girl you guys will attempt to hit is somehow mysterious and cute. In the game of “Rock-Paper-Scissors”, you will always lose; thus you will take your turn last. It is scripted actually. The girl will somehow recognize you and will run out in the forest. Chase after here. You will find her hiding behind the sign by the tree. After some conversation, you will learn that she was the weapon the girls are looking for. PM - You will learn that the girl is actually a battle droid by the name of Aigis. Somehow, she shows some attachment to the main character with no particular reason. She is now an official member of SEES. You can bring her to the Tartarus once you get back. -------. ------ | 7/22 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - This is the last day of your trip here. You can’t do anything since the day will be spent automatically. Watch the scenes. PM - Back in the city, watch the scene with Shinji. -------. ------ | 7/23 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- PM - It will be automatically evening when you arrive at the dorm. You can’t go to Tartarus just yet since everybody’s tired. Just go out to the mall and sleep early to recover your energy. -------. ------ | 7/24 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Aigis will sneak into your room and wake you up. After a few more conversations, you will be on your way to school. You will have a conversation with Junpei along the way. LT - Exam results will be posted. If you have high grades, you classmates will look up to you. Your charm will increase as well. AS - Free time PM - Free time; I suggest taking Aigis for some excursion in the Tartarus and learn of her abilities. - Tartarus - Some things you need to know about Aigis: + Her persona specializes in frontal/ physical attacks. Due to that, most of her attacks consume her HP instead of SP. Make sure you keep an eye on her HP during battles. Make sure a healer is with the party or you have a good number of healing items on stock. + Her support skills are most of the time, party buffs. + Her attack type is Piercing and she has high defense against Piercing attacks. However, she is weak to lightning. She also has a high critical rate. + Orgia Mode is her unique tactic or command. Orgia Mode ------------- This removes the limiter in Aigis’ system. This can be considered as her Hyper mode or the like. Though it boosts her attack, defense and speed significantly, once active, you can’t give orders to her and she can’t use recovery items to the others. Also, a few turns after using it, she will enter “Cooldown mode”. In this mode, she will just wait out until she recovers. This option can be accessed from the “Tactics” menu Also, after reaching a few levels, Fuuka’s persona will learn the skill “Third Eye”. This will enable you guys to know whether the attack will work on the enemies or not. However, it can’t show the enemies’ weaknesses without scanning them first. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: When Fuuka analyzes the whole floor and states that there are| | no enemies there, examine all rooms thoroughly. Most of the time, | | they contain chests. | | | | There is also a very rare occurrence when the whole floor has only| | rare shadows. I just got into this floor once. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. -------. ------ | 7/25 \ / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- EM - Conversation with Junpei AS - Your coach from the athletic club will approach you about the tournament on Aug 2. You will be spending your days in the school for the special training from July 27 to Aug 1. Once you gain control of your character, you can check out some new equipment in the Police Station. Also, if you have accepted the request where Elizabeth is requesting for a platinum watch, you can buy one from the accessory shop. Your reward will be Aigis’ LV3 armor. .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | TIP: If you still haven’t found out, (to complete Elizabeth’s | | request for the Funky School Music), enter the PA room in front of| | your homeroom and after a few conversations, you will get the | | Gekkoukan Boogie. Bring it to Elizabeth to claim your reward. | .-------------------------------------------------------------------. PM - Scene with Shinji and Stregga. Ken will be staying in the dorm from now on as well; Free time. LN - You may receive an invitation from one of your friends if you decide to stay at the dorm for the night. -------. ------ | 7/26 \ / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - If you have plans with someone, then your day will be automatically be spent with him/her. If not, you have the option to play with Maya or to go somewhere else. PM - Free time. You can visit the Tartarus if you want; you will start training starting tomorrow. -------. ------ | 7/27 \ SPECIAL TRAINING FOR ATHLETIC TEAM / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Training* PM - Free time This routine goes on until Saturday. I suggest to take time to increase your attributes during the evening. -------. ------ | 7/28 \ / TUE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Training PM - Free time -------. ------ | 7/29 \ / WED | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Training PM - Free Time; Can’t go to Tartarus for the meantime. DH - You will receive a notification from Fuuka. After some scenes, you will discover that the stray Shadow was defeated already… by a dog. -------. ------ | 7/30 \ / THU | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Training PM - Free time; Can’t go to Tartarus for the meantime. DH - Visit from Pharos. He will warn you again about the incoming full moon. -------. ------ | 7/31 \ / FRI | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Training PM - Free time -------. ------ | 8/1 \ LAST DAY OF TRAINING / SAT | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Training PM - Free time -------. ------ | 8/2 \ REGIONAL TOURNAMENT / SUN | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Regional Tournament Watch the scenes. After the tournament, the star player from the rival school will approach you and invite you to hang out with him. Meet Mamoru Hayase. Find him in Iwatodai Strip Mall, in front of Bookworms used book store. You can only invite him if your courage is LV4 or Tough. PM - Free time -------. ------ | 8/3 \ / MON | ----------------------------------------------------------------- DT - Training PM - Free time; If you have nothing to do, go to Iwatodai strip mall and meet Mamoru. If you have met the required courage level, he will talk to you. Unlock Star Arcana! -------. ------ | 8/4 \ / TUE | ---------------