Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Main Game
- DLC Fusion Guide (Main Game)
- Episode Aigis
- Episode Aigis – Heartless Difficulty
- Resources
- Contributions
- Guide Update Notes
- Legacy Guide (Original Version of the Guide)
Introduction
The Definitive Persona 3 Reload 100% Walkthrough Guide
Welcome to the most comprehensive guide for Persona 3 Reload, Atlus’s masterful JRPG published by Sega. This Persona 3 Guide is meticulously crafted to ensure you experience every facet of this incredible game in a single playthrough, maximizing your engagement with its rich mechanics. By following this walkthrough, you will:
- Unlock every Achievement/Trophy
- Maximize all Social Links
- Experience all Linked Episodes
- Attend all Evening Dorm Hangouts
- Participate in all Evening Study Sessions
- Take Koromaru on all his Walks
- Receive 14 different Day Off Invites
- Attend all 15 Summer Film Festival Hangouts
- Achieve top marks on every Exam
- Engage in every activity at least once (library study, karaoke, etc.)
- Have the freedom to romance any character and invite whomever you choose for date scenes
- View the optional scene on 1/21
- Utilize all Computer Software
- Acquire all Fridge Items
- View all Command Console Scenes
- Complete all of Elizabeth’s Requests
- Complete all Search and Rescue missions
This Persona 3 guide also offers valuable resources:
- End-of-month checklist to help you maintain progress.
- Social Activities Breakdown, pinpointing when each activity occurs within this guide.
- Comprehensive Persona Fusion Guide, including recommended skills for inheritance and retention.
- 100% Persona Compendium with fusion paths for both DLC and Non-DLC Personas.
- In-depth strategy to defeat the Secret Boss, even on Merciless difficulty.
- Gear recommendations throughout the game and instructions on crafting the best equipment.
- General gameplay tips and recommendations to enhance your playthrough.
- Schedule for Tartarus expeditions only on days when all party members are available.
- Spoiler-free walkthrough to preserve your first-time experience.
Episode Aigis Guidance
This Persona 3 guide extends to Episode Aigis with:
- Two distinct guides for Episode Aigis, catering to Peaceful to Hard difficulties and Heartless difficulty.
- Completion of all Elizabeth’s Requests in Episode Aigis.
- Compatibility to carry over both DLC and Non-DLC Persona guides from the main game (Peaceful to Hard), with Persona and fusion suggestions tailored for each guide.
- Recommended equipment progression throughout Episode Aigis.
- General gameplay advice specific to Episode Aigis.
- Detailed strategies for overcoming the Secret Boss on Peaceful to Hard difficulties.
- A specialized 100% Fusion Guide for Heartless difficulty in Episode Aigis, utilizing DLC Personas.
- In-depth tactics for defeating the Secret Boss on Heartless difficulty (forthcoming in a future update).
Pre-Game Essential Information
Prioritizing Social Links and Linked Episodes is crucial, consuming the majority of your out-of-Tartarus and non-story time. These are vital for character development, providing significant EXP bonuses for Persona fusion, and unlocking potent Personas upon maximization. Linked Episodes, a new feature in P3R, exclusively for male party members who lacked Social Links in the original, function similarly to Social Links.
Evening Dorm Hangouts, Koromaru’s Walks, Evening Study Sessions, Day Off Invites, and the Summer Film Festival enrich the narrative, offering supplementary story elements and deeper character insights. They also yield social stat boosts, Social Link points, items, and are largely voiced, making them highly worthwhile.
To accommodate everything within the game’s time constraints, this Persona 3 guide is meticulously structured. Every single day is planned, and you have only 12 spare evenings across the entire game. Precise adherence to this guide is essential, as rectifying missed steps, especially with school Social Links, can be challenging. It’s advisable to save every 4 days and utilize all save slots, allowing you to backtrack up to two months of in-game time if needed.
P3R introduces the “Rewind” feature, a significant quality-of-life improvement. It enables you to revisit any afternoon or evening timeslot from the previous days, simplifying error correction without extensive backtracking. This feature is highly recommended for on-the-fly adjustments.
To aid your progress, this persona 3 guide includes an end-of-month checklist for tracking various in-game elements. A detailed breakdown of all Social Activities is also provided, indicating their occurrence and rank progression dates. If you find yourself behind, this breakdown can quickly pinpoint the last rank-up date. Social Activities Breakdown
Persona 3 Reload offers various difficulty settings, none of which impact the story or achievements. The sole difference is a minor dialogue alteration and an exclusive key item post-credits for completing the game on Merciless. Choose the difficulty that maximizes your enjoyment. Note that Merciless can only be selected at the game’s start but can be freely changed downwards at any point. If you are concerned about the game’s challenge, starting on Merciless is recommended, with the option to reduce difficulty later.
This Persona 3 guide incorporates a Fusion Guide to be utilized throughout your playthrough, designed to achieve a 100% Persona Compendium and create powerful Personas. Fusion paths are provided for both DLC and non-DLC Personas. While Persona builds can be highly specialized, this guide offers a diverse range of Personas to suit various playstyles and party compositions. If you prefer custom Persona builds or are not aiming for 100% completion, this section can be optionally disregarded.
Efforts have been made to keep this guide as spoiler-free as possible. Let’s dive into the game and begin your ultimate Persona 3 Reload experience.
