In the world of RPGs, leveling up is crucial, and Persona 5 Royal is no exception. If you don't keep your team's levels up, you'll find yourself struggling against the game's formidable late-game bosses, forcing you to spend extra time grinding in Mementos. As an enhanced version of Persona 5, Persona 5 Royal offers numerous quality-of-life improvements and an additional 20 hours of gameplay.
The game introduces a new semester for the Phantom Thieves and tweaks some of the existing boss battles. With all this new content, it's essential to keep your team's levels high and know the most efficient ways to gain experience.
Updated January 13, 2025 by Renri Seong: While being over-leveled can make Persona 5 Royal too easy, it's crucial to match the levels of Palace Rulers, especially when starting a new game. There are several strategies to make experience farming easier in P5R, from leveraging Confidant Skills to utilizing Jose in Mementos. Additionally, Joker can earn EXP for his non-active Personas with a specific passive skill. This guide has been updated to include a new section on how to quickly farm experience using the Insta-kill ability.
In Persona 5 Royal, players can enhance their EXP gain by downloading the free Team Glasses accessory from the PlayStation Store. Equipping these glasses on each character will boost their EXP gain by 15% during battles. However, only Joker and three other Phantom Thieves can participate in battle at once, meaning those on the backline receive less experience.
To address this, players can increase the Moon Confidant (Yuuki Mishima) to Rank 3 and Rank 5, allowing backup team members to gain EXP. Reaching Rank 10 with Mishima's Confidant ensures that backup members receive the same amount of EXP as those on the front lines.
Advancing Mishima's Confidant is straightforward; simply choose dialogue options that resonate with him. It's also beneficial to bring a Persona of the Moon Arcana when spending time with him. In Persona 5 Royal, Mishima's Mementos Missions are now linked to his Confidant progression, so neglecting these missions will hinder your ability to rank up.
Persona 5 Royal introduces Jose, a character who, while not central to the plot, significantly aids in gameplay. Throughout Mementos, players can find "flowers" and "Stamp Stations." Collecting these allows you to trade with Jose for items or to alter the Cognition of Mementos. In Jose's Shop, under the Cognition menu, you can choose to increase EXP, Money Rewards, or Item Rewards, but these boosts are exclusive to Mementos. Upgrading EXP gain to 110% costs 5 Stamps, while reaching the maximum of 200% requires 12 Stamps.
There are 165 Stamps in total in Persona 5 Royal, but you'll need 85 to max out the EXP Up. Stamp Stations are located in "dead ends" on Mementos floors, often behind breakable walls. You might encounter Jose when transitioning to a new floor.
The Reaper, a formidable foe in the Persona series, appears in Mementos if players linger too long on a floor. Warning signs include a blinking red screen, the sound of chains, and alerts from Morgana or Futaba about an ominous presence.
Early in the game, defeating the Reaper is nearly impossible unless you're on a New Game+ file. The Reaper wields -dyne tier spells and Support skills like Concentrate and elemental Breaks. At level 85, with exceptionally high stats, his Agility, though the lowest at 75, is still enough to outpace the Phantom Thieves if they're not adequately prepared.
However, defeating the Reaper yields a massive amount of experience and money, often resulting in a level up for all characters. It's advisable to challenge the Reaper at level 60 or higher, equipped with Defense-raising Support skills and Makarakarn to reflect his magic. Alternatively, if you've purchased the Persona DLC featuring Izanagi-no-Okami (Picaro), you can stack Concentrate, Heat Riser, and use Myriad Truths to deal heavy Almighty damage three times.
Treasure Demons, unique Shadows that first appear in Madarame's Palace, start spawning in the Metaverse after your initial encounter. Unlike typical Shadows, they are harmless and will flee after a few turns.
Each type of Treasure Demon has different Affinity Weaknesses and Immunities, but all are vulnerable to Almighty attacks. The most effective way to defeat them before they escape is by using Shinya's Rank 1 Ability, Down Shot, to down them and initiate an All-Out Attack. Alternatively, you can use a high-crit attack like Morgana's Miracle Punch, provided the Treasure Demon doesn't nullify Physical attacks.
Treasure Demons appear in Palaces when security is high. You can also craft the Treasure Trap infiltration tool to increase encounters with them. The materials needed for the Treasure Trap are:
Typically, Personas that Joker doesn't use in battle won't earn EXP. However, equipping them with the Growth Passive Skill allows them to gain a percentage of the battle's experience even when inactive. There are three levels of Growth Skills:
The following Personas learn Growth at specific levels:
Once you unlock the Electric Chair in the Velvet Room, you can turn Personas into Skill Cards. However, in Persona 5 Royal, only Izanagi Picaro can be transformed into a Growth 3 Skill Card. Growth 1 Skill Cards are unavailable in P5R.
To obtain the Growth 2 Skill Card, you must take Caroline and Justine to Miura Beach between September 2nd and September 29th, after clearing event 6 (Sky Tower). You can spend time with them during evenings by speaking to them near the Velvet Room Door outside Mementos.
Insta-kill is a powerful skill that allows Joker to instantly defeat a Shadow without engaging in battle. To use it, you must ambush the enemy, and Joker's level must be at least 10 levels higher than the Shadow's. In Persona 5 Royal, a successful Insta-kill not only defeats the Shadow but also rewards you with items, yen, experience, and, if you have space, a Persona.
You can identify Shadows susceptible to Insta-kill using Joker's Third Eye ability; those with a green outline are vulnerable.
To unlock Insta-kill, you need to reach Rank 7 with Ryuji's Confidant. Fortunately, advancing Ryuji's Confidant doesn't require any Social Stat prerequisites, making it one of the easiest to max out. To get Insta-kill as quickly as possible, spend time with Ryuji and choose the dialogue options that yield the most points, ideally before you start unlocking other Confidants.
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