When is the major time skip?

[Heroshi]

I've heard there's a point where if you complete a dungeon, you lose a lot of time that could have been spent on doing more s.links.

What dates should I be wary of?

[CPT Chthonbeard the Pirate]

I was not aware of this. So far I haven't had anything like this occur, in fact the opposite occurs for the first two dungeons. I have more than enough time for social links. More time than I know what to do with almost.

[1337Walrus]

It's not until very, very late in the game.

To put as few spoilers as possible, if you are on path to the True/Golden Ending, a dungeon will open on December 8th. If you want as much time as possible to spend with Social Links and still have the Christmas Date, you want to hold off on completing it until December 22nd.

[Heroshi]

Originally posted by CPT Chthonbeard the Pirate:

I was not aware of this. So far I haven't had anything like this occur, in fact the opposite occurs for the first two dungeons. I have more than enough time for social links. More time than I know what to do with almost.

I thought the same for awhile but even with clearing dungeons in just 1 or 2 days I don't think I'll be able to max everyone. Oh well, that's what NG+ and a guide playthrough is there for.

As for the dungeon I'm not entirely sure, I think I'm coming up on the end of the base game, but the huge skip probably happens around then, or for the Golden content dungeon.

[Heroshi]

Originally posted by 1337Walrus:

It's not until very, very late in the game.

To put as few spoilers as possible, if you are on path to the True/Golden Ending, a dungeon will open on December 8th. If you want as much time as possible to spend with Social Links and still have the Christmas Date, you want to hold off on completing it until December 22nd.

Thank you! Glad I held off then, I should definitely be able to finish up a few other links before then.

[CPT Chthonbeard the Pirate]

Originally posted by 1337Walrus:

It's not until very, very late in the game.

To put as few spoilers as possible, if you are on path to the True/Golden Ending, a dungeon will open on December 8th. If you want as much time as possible to spend with Social Links and still have the Christmas Date, you want to hold off on completing it until December 22nd.

Good to know, and I assume that this is the same dungeon requiring a certain social link to be maxed by December 23?

[1337Walrus]

Originally posted by CPT Chthonbeard the Pirate:

Originally posted by 1337Walrus:

It's not until very, very late in the game.

To put as few spoilers as possible, if you are on path to the True/Golden Ending, a dungeon will open on December 8th. If you want as much time as possible to spend with Social Links and still have the Christmas Date, you want to hold off on completing it until December 22nd.

Good to know, and I assume that this is the same dungeon requiring a certain social link to be maxed by December 23?

No. The dungeon that opens on December 8th is Magatsu Mandala/Magatsu Inaba. If you're thinking of the Aeon link and the Hollow Forest, that happens after assuming you have it maxed by December 24th.

Bare in mind that the deadline for December's dungeon is actually December 24th. You CAN hold off on completing December's dungeon until that specific day, but then you'll miss spending Christmas Eve with your love interest as well as an accessory depending on who you dated.

We complete December's dungeon on the 22nd because this is the last day that lets you still attend the events (they occur on 12/23 and 12/24 only if the dungeon is clear.)

Although it's worth noting that if you hold off until December 24th you can fuse a Yosh*tsune with Debilitate, a move only two other Personas get naturally (Norn and Trumpeter.) It's really not that big of a deal, though.