Leveling past the 3rd dungeon

[TataruTaru]

So, I'm currently level 26, and I know I need to be higher to beat the next dungeon. Am I better to wait for the next dungeon to unlock to grind it out? Since the bath house doesn't feel like its giving a ton of exp anymore.

06/19 is the date atm, so I'm unsure the best plan.

[KornPortable]

difficulty level?


IMO for most of the time I don't go back to grind old dungeon unless I have quests

you can exploit enemy pretty easy with status effect/element weakness

[TataruTaru]

Just playing on normal for now.

[mimizukari]

i beat shadow teddie at 30 and DO NOT ADVISE IT. Get to like level 33-35, have a pack full of items, bring yukiko for heals, and prepare for the long haul.

[Scorpix]

I was 28 during fight with Kanji, so you just need to grind a bit or have luck and kill golden hands which give a lot of exp.

[TataruTaru]

Guess I'll just grind hard in the new dungeon and keep going as long as I have SP. Thanks :D

[Scorpix]

Try to get as fast as you can a Persona with almighty attack, so you will destroy every golden hand on your way.

[Auster]

One thing that might help, but that I don't know if has been changed since the Vita version, is that you can easily grind Skill Level Up and Persona Level Up in the first floor of the first dungeon.

To do that, at least in the Vita version, first you'd need someone with healing skills and an accessory with Invigorate 2 (preferably the main character, since he can have personas with Invigorate as well, and, iirc, Invigorate 3 stacks with 1 and 2). After setting up, get any of your characters, plus the Personas you want to level up, to the first dungeon and auto-battle your way through the first floor enemies.

You'll want to get either Skill Level Up or Persona Level Up when they appear in the shuffle time.

Also, items that recover SP help with the process, so keep an eye for chests ( BUT DO NOT OPEN THE CHEST THAT GIVES AN OMNIOUS MESSAGE, OR YOU'LL FACE A SUPERBOSS )

It may be pretty grindy, but at least it's pretty easy and also helps with recovering SP without needing to return to the real world and, consequently, losing a day. And, for recovering everyone's SP at once, I'd suggest buying 3-4 Invigorate accessories and equiping each character with one.

I hope this helps.

[TataruTaru]

Thanks that's really helpful, I don't seem to have unlocked the invigorate accessories yet, but when I do I'll have to get some :D

[Auster]

Originally posted by Tataru Taru:

Thanks that's really helpful, I don't seem to have unlocked the invigorate accessories yet, but when I do I'll have to get some :D

If you can unlock a persona with native invigorate 1, you can use it as a fusion fodder to get any other persona invigorate. Iirc, the first persona of the Aeon arcana has native invigorate 1, and its base level is somewhere around 12.

Also, give me a few minutes because I don't quite remember how I unlocked the invigorate accessories from the metalworks..

[Auster]

Originally posted by Tataru Taru:

So, I'm currently level 26, and I know I need to be higher to beat the next dungeon. Am I better to wait for the next dungeon to unlock to grind it out? Since the bath house doesn't feel like its giving a ton of exp anymore.

06/19 is the date atm, so I'm unsure the best plan.

Ok, after some digging, it seems you need to go to either 3rd or 4th floor of the 2nd dungeon, Steamy Bathhouse, find a Pursuing Pesce shadow, have a character be inflicted with fear and wait for the Pursuing Pesce to summon a Phantom Master. These Phantom Masters then drop an item known as Magic Cloth. If you sell 10 Magic Clothes to Deidara in Inaba, you'll unlock the Mage's Mark for purchase. According to the Wiki, this is the accessory that gives Invigorate 1/recovers 3 SP per turn.

But mind this is information found with digging FAQs and the Wiki, so take it with a grain of salt.

[mimizukari]

maybe i misunderstood. 6/19 timeframe is for rise dungeon, is it not? i know that one expires on 7/9 and the previous one expired 6/4 or something.

there's no real need to get the invigorate though, because after rise's dungeon practically every dungeon you can just talk to fox and recover and have money to spare

[Auster]

Originally posted by Tataru Taru:

Thanks that's really helpful, I don't seem to have unlocked the invigorate accessories yet, but when I do I'll have to get some :D

Found more info on the Wiki.

Regarding the Pursuing Pesce (looks like a whale):
Pursuing Pesce shadows appear in the floors 1 through 5 and the floor 8 of the Steamy Bathhouse. They will attempt to use Evil Touch to instill Fear in the party and then summon a Phantom Master. Unlike Persona 4, they may summon multiple Phantom Masters per battle.

Regarding the Phantom Masters (tall and slender shadows with a lantern in their torso):
Phantom Masters will be summoned by Pursuing Pesce when at least one character is afflicted with the Fear status, however they may also appear on their own. They may drop Smoky Quartz upon defeat. (this thing about Smoky Quartz got me confused...)

[Auster]

Originally posted by Kurumi Tokisaki:

maybe i misunderstood. 6/19 timeframe is for rise dungeon, is it not? i know that one expires on 7/9 and the previous one expired 6/4 or something.

there's no real need to get the invigorate though, because after rise's dungeon practically every dungeon you can just talk to fox and recover and have money to spare

Since I worked a lot with fusions in my first playthrough, I'd have to grind a lot to get money, and so the fox was kinda useless to me.

[mimizukari]

Originally posted by Auster:

Originally posted by Kurumi Tokisaki:

maybe i misunderstood. 6/19 timeframe is for rise dungeon, is it not? i know that one expires on 7/9 and the previous one expired 6/4 or something.

there's no real need to get the invigorate though, because after rise's dungeon practically every dungeon you can just talk to fox and recover and have money to spare

Since I worked a lot with fusions in my first playthrough, I'd have to grind a lot to get money, and so the fox was kinda useless to me.

just keep an infinite shuffle time chain going and get all the persona you need to goho-m and fuse, rinse and repeat since you can restart from that same level, while getting levels you also get new persona, skills, etc.

[Scorpix]

Im not sure, but there is always 10 level gap between dungeon bosses level. The First one is 15, 2nd 25, 3rd 35, 4th 45. Those are levels which you should have during boss fights.