Persona 5 Royal: 10 Tips for Completing Confidants

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Like its predecessors, Persona 5 Royal runs on a calendar-based system, where Joker has in-game deadlines for major bosses and Confidants/Social Links. If players are aiming for 100% completion or want to receive benefits to make gameplay easier, they'll have to Rank Up Confidants. Of course, not every Confidant will be available, so players are advised to use their limited time wisely.

Persona 5 Royalhas 24 Confidants for the Protagonist to max out. The number alone may be intimidating, but it is indeed possible to max out all of them on a single playthrough. Here are several tips that Persona 5 Royal players should remember when meeting with a Confidant.

Persona 5 Royal: How to Increase Guts

There are several Confidants that require high Charm, Intelligence, and Guts. Ann Takamaki is the first Confidant with a Social Stat requirement to unlock Rank 2. Players will need Considerate-leveled Kindness (level 2). Players should use their in-game spare time to read, clean the cafe, craft tools, or watch movies to gain Social Stat points.

Some Confidants such as Munehisa Iwai and Tae Takemi will give a point towards Proficiency and Guts respectively for spending time with them.

While it may be tempting for players to get their favorite Confidant to Rank 10 as soon as possible, it's not wise to neglect other Confidants to focus on just one. Each Confidant offers different Abilities for Joker, and sometimes the better Abilities are locked behind higher Ranks. Splitting time between Confidants will make it easier to get them to Rank 10 when P5R's story starts to draw to an end.

Confidants like Igor (Fool), Morgana (Magician), and Sae Niijima (Judgement) don't require free time to Rank Up. Their Confidants will grow along with the