got any tips?

[Rayburt]

first time playing, im just about to finish the castle, with the gym teacher. also, how do you sell items you find? and where can i get sp recovery items? no stores have them

[Arifufu]

sell items at airsoft gun shop
getting more SP items from Vending Machine

[NijimaXL]

Dont use the DLC personas.

[Coffee Addict]

you can buy SP recovy items from vending machines but they only heal 5 so they are only good when you are empty

when you start the hierophant confidant you'll be able to make coffee which gives SP and later on you'll be able to make curry which gives more, recommend making coffee/curry as often as you can if you got the time to spare

DLC personas can make the game easy so if you dont like a challenge or are having trouble you can us them but they tend to one shot most things so i dont really use them

when you get to the 5th palace make sure to read up on it as it has the hardest boss in the game IMO, if you go in unprepared you will fail, this boss made me lose the will to keep playing for several weeks after i beat it

while you have plenty of time to unlock all confidants i recommend focusing on the counsillor anytime it is available as doing so will unlock the third semester

if you wanna see everything on the first go there are guides you can follow to get all social stats maxed out and all confidants maxed in the first run otherwise if you dont mind doin multiple runs you can save them for NG+ since your social stats carry over

the most important tip is to have fun and enjoy the game and its amazing soundtrack

i had a few other tips i was gonna give but iam having a mental fog right now and cant recall what they were so hopefully others can provide some helpful tips

[Rayburt]

nice thanks for the tips. its strange that ive never played a persona game before, i wish i played them years ago

[Just end trashbag.]

Originally posted by Rayburt:

nice thanks for the tips. its strange that ive never played a persona game before, i wish i played them years ago

Just a prepare tips in case you playing you know for challenge like hard you can change difficulty in the settings. JUST DO NOT CHANGE DIFFICULTY TO SAFE. Once you change to safe you cannot revert it back. Change only to easy. That my tips.

Also for SP once you unlock certain maps you can find another one by capsule machine but have demerit. And airsoft shop have it too. But with cost and rng. it beside the door.

[Exarch_Alpha]

Originally posted by HËLLST✫R:

Dont use the DLC personas.

This.

As for the game itself, play and discover stuff by yourself.

[Konachibi]

I believe you can also buy SP recovery items from the clinic. Increasing your confidant rank with her will also add extra items to purchase too, so it's definitely worth investing time in to during quiet periods.

Originally posted by Rayburt:

nice thanks for the tips. its strange that ive never played a persona game before, i wish i played them years ago

Funnily enough, Persona 5 is one of the most new-player-friendly SMT/Persona games. Previous games in the series, including the Shin Megami Tensei games, of which Persona is a spin-off of, tend to throw the player in at the deep end and do very little to explain how everything works. P5 also has the advantage of being pretty much stand-alone in terms of story and characters, so it's really good as a starting point to get in to the franchise before playing the others. Ideally you'll want to play Persona 3 before Persona 4, since some areas and characters in P4 are connected to P3. I do advise not trying to tackle Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne until you're fully accustomed to how the world of SMT/Persona works, as it easily has one of the steepest difficulty curves compared to the others.
As for the style, Persona 3 was where the franchise really started to find it's feet as a combination life sim/JRPG with artistic and musical flair, the first two Persona games were confusing top-down JRPGs that suffered from poor translation and even more confusing gameplay. Still, if you enjoy Persona 5 and feel the craving for more SMT/Persona, there's plenty of games in the franchise to keep you entertained for a long time.

[Stool(Loose)]

you can cheese infinite single use sp recovery items in the side dungeon (mementos), so dont feel too strong a need to hold on to them.

[King Of Lolis]

Sp is easy, just use the dlc item you get at the start that gives you sp and hp at start of each turn
or just buy them from vending machines that is one in school yard,bath house and in arcade area
theres 2 more vending machines in other maps later on
you can also make sp recovery in caffee by bonding with sojiro

and use dlc personas for ez game, just spam izunami,he 1-2 hit kills all enemies and recovers sp at end of battle

[NecroMaster]

If you don’t ever want to worry about sp the social links you want to work are sojiro and kawakami.

Sojiro gives you the ability to make coffee at night where you can restore your sp in safe rooms.

Now I know what you’re thinking you don’t want to waste your nights making coffee but once you unlock kawakami you won’t have to.

Sojiro and Kawakami have one of the best synergy’s because you can get Kawakami to make the coffee for you every night for free.