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Persona 5 Royal

  • PlayStation 4

Automatic Confidant Guide

Persona 5 Royal Guide

This is our unofficial guide for the Confidants that automatically progress as you go through the main story line of Persona 5. Most of the time, it does not matter which choices you make during these events, but a few of them will impact which ending you will receive.

Confidant

Fool Arcana: Igor

Confidant

Rank 1

Date Acquired: 12th April 20XX

Abilities Unlocked: Wild Talk & Arcana Burst

Ability Descriptions:

  • Wild Talk – Allows you to negotiate with Shadows
  • Arcana Burst – Allows you to gain bonus experience during fusions relative to the current Confidant rank of the resulting Persona’s Arcana.

Rank 2

Date Acquired18th April 20XX

Ability Unlocked: Third Eye

Ability Description: Allows you to see action icons on screen whilst you are holding the L1 shoulder button.


Rank 3

Date Acquired5th May 20XX

Ability Unlocked: Power Stock

Ability Description: Allows you to store 8 Personas for use during battle.


Rank 4

Date AcquiredAfter You Have Finished Madarame’s Palace.

No additional Ability is gained at this Rank.


Rank 5

Date Acquired11th June 20XX

Ability Unlocked: Super Stock

Ability Description: Allows you to store 10 Personas for use during battle.


Rank 6

Date AcquiredAfter You Have Finished Kaneshiro’s Palace.

Ability Unlocked: High Arcana Burst

Ability Description: Allows you to gain a lot more bonus experience during fusions relative to the current Confidant rank of the resulting Persona’s Arcana.


Rank 7

Date Acquired22nd August 20XX

No additional Ability is gained at this Rank.


Rank 8

Date Acquired31st August 20XX

Ability Unlocked: Ultra Stock

Ability Description: Allows you to store 12 Personas for use during battle.


Rank 9

Date Acquired10th October 20XX

No additional Ability is gained at this Rank.


Rank 10 (MAX)

Date Acquired24th December 20XX

Ability Unlocked: Max Arcana Burst

Ability Description: Allows you to gain a great amount of bonus experience during fusions relative to the current Confidant rank of the resulting Persona’s Arcana.


Magician Arcana: Morgana

Confidant

Rank 1

Date Acquired: 15th April 20XX

Ability Unlocked: Infiltration Tools

Ability Description: Allows you to craft infiltration tools at specific places.


Rank 2

Date Acquired: After reaching the Treasure Room of Kamoshida’s Palace.

Ability Unlocked: Baton Pass

Ability Description: Allows you to pass your attack turn to another party member with this ability.


Rank 3

Date Acquired: After completing Madarame’s Palace.

Ability Unlocked: Follow Up

Ability Description: Allows this character to possibly use an attack that will knock down an enemy if the party misses the chance to do so.


Rank 4

Date Acquired: 20th June 20XX

Ability Unlocked: Kitty Talk

Ability Description: Occasionally allows you a second chance to negotiate with a Shadow should you fail to reach a compromise.


Rank 5

Date Acquired: After completing Kaneshiro’s Palace.

Ability Unlocked: Pickpocket

Ability Description: Occasionally allows you to gain an item from an enemy Shadow if it is hit by a melee attack from the Protagonist.


Rank 6

Date Acquired: 25th July 20XX

Ability Unlocked: Ace Tools

Ability Description: Allows you to craft every infiltration tool available in the game at specific places.


Rank 7

 

Date Acquired: 29th August 20XX

Ability Unlocked: Harisen Recovery

Ability Description: Allows Morgana to occasionally heal a party member of a negative status ailment.


Rank 8

Date Acquired: 29th August 20XX

Ability Unlocked: Endure

Ability Description: Occasionally allows Morgana to retain 1HP after a fatal blow during battle.


Rank 9

Date Acquired: After completing Okumura’s Palace.

Ability Unlocked: Protect

Ability Description: Occasionally allows Morgana to take a fatal blow during battle for the Protagonist.


Rank 10 (MAX)

Date Acquired: 23rd December 20XX

Ability Unlocked: Second Awakening

Ability Description: Transforms Morgana’s Persona from Zorro into Mercurius.


Judgement Arcana: Sae Niijima

Confidant

Rank 1

Date Acquired: 9th July 20XX

No additional Ability is gained at this Rank.


Rank 2

Date Acquired: 24th July 20XX

No additional Ability is gained at this Rank.


Rank 3

Date Acquired: 9th July 20XX

No additional Ability is gained at this Rank.


Rank 4

Date Acquired: 13th September 20XX

No additional Ability is gained at this Rank.


Rank 5

Date Acquired: 12th October 20XX

No additional Ability is gained at this Rank.


Rank 6

Date Acquired: 28th October 20XX

No additional Ability is gained at this Rank.


Rank 7

Date Acquired: 20th November 20XX

No additional Ability is gained at this Rank.


Rank 8

Date Acquired: 20th November 20XX

No additional Ability is gained at this Rank.


Rank 9

Date Acquired: 20th November 20XX

No additional Ability is gained at this Rank.


Rank 10 (MAX)

Date Acquired: 20th November 20XX

Ability Unlocked: True Judgement

Ability Description: Allows you to gain bonus EXP when creating Judgement Arcana Personas through fusion.


Justice Arcana: Goro Akechi

Confidant

This Confidant has been altered for Persona 5 Royal. The guide on how to complete the new Justice Confidant will be uploaded in the next few days.

Rank 1

Date Acquired: 10th June 20XX

No additional Ability is gained at this Rank.


Rank 2

Date Acquired: 25th July 20XX

No additional Ability is gained at this Rank.


Rank 3

Date Acquired: 28th August 20XX

No additional Ability is gained at this Rank.


Rank 4

Date Acquired: 24th October 20XX

No additional Ability is gained at this Rank.


Rank 5

Date Acquired: 26th October 20XX

No additional Ability is gained at this Rank.


Rank 6

Date Acquired: 29th October 20XX

Abilities Unlocked: Baton Touch, Follow Up, Detective Talk & Harisen Recovery

Ability Descriptions:

  • Baton Touch – Allows you to pass your attack turn to another party member with this ability.
  • Follow Up – Allows this character to possibly use an attack that will knock down an enemy if the party misses the chance to do so.
  • Detective Talk – Occasionally allows you a second chance to negotiate with a Shadow should you fail to reach a compromise.
  • Harisen Recovery – Allows Akechi to occasionally heal a party member of a negative status ailment.

Rank 7

Date Acquired: After you have completed Niijima’s Palace.

No additional Ability is gained at this Rank.


Rank 8

Date Acquired: After you have completed Niijima’s Palace.

No additional Ability is gained at this Rank.


Rank 9

Date Acquired: When you encounter Goro Akechi inside Shido’s Palace.

No additional Ability is gained at this Rank.


Rank 10 (MAX)

Date Acquired: After you have defeated Goro Akechi’s second form inside Shido’s Palace.

No additional Ability is gained at this Rank.