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Cooperation is a game mechanic in Persona 5.

This mechanic is similar to the Social Links of Persona 3 and Persona 4 and will involve the protagonist building relationships with helpers around the city. However, the improvement of Cooperation over Social Links is that there are now various benefits, many of which can be used in battle.

Appearances

 * Persona 5

Persona 5
Similar to Social Link, each relationship with a certain character (or possibly a group) is represented by a major Arcana, ranking up each Cooperation grants bonuses to Personas of correlated Arcana: Experience bonus for fusion result; shorter in-game days required for training a Persona in Velvet Room to overcome its weakness or learn new skill. Ranking up each Cooperation also unlocks new ability or benefit which directly affect battle performance.

* All party combatants bonus as follow with varied rank requirements:
 * Unlocks Baton Touch.
 * Protects Protagonist before getting hit by a lethal attack (single target only).
 * Unlocks Follow-up Attack.
 * Chance for extra turn if negotiation fails.
 * Chance to recover status ailment afflicted to other party members.
 * Endure: Survive with 1 HP once in a battle when hit by a lethal or instant kill attacks.
 * Unlocks ally's Ultimate Persona with additional skills and new elemental attributes.

Trivia

 * Unlike the rest of the Persona series, the Tarot Cards which are used to symbolize these relationships are notably written in French instead of English. Also "La Mort" (Death) is not written on its card, so is the.