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This article is about the Shadow. For the Arcana, see Hermit Arcana.

Arcana Hermit (ハーミット, Haamitto)? is a boss in Persona 3. It is fought on the sixth Full Moon Operation on September 5th.

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Details[]

The Hermit Arcana represents a person who is introspective, reclusive, seeks philosophical searches, and understands one's self. On the other hand, a reversed Hermit Arcana represents a person who is unable to keep to oneself and lacks inspiration or self-awareness. The latter can be seen in how the Arcana Hermit drains the energy of the mall (and perhaps the city in time) to increase its own power. It is also reflected in its unnaturally long charge time for its Giga Spark attack, signifying that it does not realize its great vulnerability during this time, and its extremely predictable movepool that is only consisted of powerful electric and physical attacks, allowing a protagonist that resists or nulls both physical and electric to easily wall it all by itself.

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Persona 3[]

During the Dark Hour on the sixth full moon (September 5th), the team identifies a shadow near Paulownia Mall, but Fuuka has trouble finding its exact location. Apart from that, Ken tells SEES that Junpei seems to be missing, Fuuka remarks that she doesn't detect him nearby, but by request of Ikutsuki does not try to search further.

The team goes to Paulownia Mall and Fuuka begins scanning the place and finds the Shadow in the wiring room of Club Escapade, after Shinjiro remembers that Rise Kujikawa's gig in the club was canceled due to a malfunctioning power supply. The team heads out to confront and successfully defeat it.

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Persona 3 FES The Journey Full Moon Boss Hermit Hard

The boss fight.

The Arcana Hermit uses electrical skills, due to being hooked up to Club Escapade's wiring. It mainly relies on Electricity spells, sometimes backed by a Mind Charge, so keeping Elec-weak partners and Personas away is advisable. Its signature move, Giga Spark, requires three turns to charge, so it's best to hammer it on the first two turns and switch to defensive (and hopefully Elec-proof) Personas for the big hit. Alternatively, knocking it down will completely cancel the charge, however this can only be done with critical hits, and therefore should not be relied upon.

Vision Quest[]

The Hermit rematch in Portable is much harder, as it now boasts a whopping 16,000 HP that will take a while to defeat. In addition to its Electricity skills, it can randomly toss out a Mamudoon to randomly kill the party, or cast Megidolaon after a Mind Charge. Its Giga Spark comes out a lot faster than usual, as it only takes one turn of Charging instead of three. It also gets an augmented version of Spirit Drain to deplete your party's SP, making it difficult to keep up the battle of attrition.

A quick way to blaze through the boss fight is to use Elec Break and Makarakarn the moment it starts Charging. This reflects the augmented elec attack back at it, with Elec Break neutralizing the Hermit's innate Drain Elec property.

Stats[]

Arcana Level HP SP
Strength 25
Magic 30
Endurance 30
Agility 25
Luck 20
Hermit 39 3500
?
Slash Strike Pierce Fire Ice Elec Wind Light Dark Almi
- - - - - Drain - Null Null -
List of Skills
Skill Effect
Pierce Attack Normal attack using the Pierce attribute.
Zionga Deals medium Elec damage / Shocks one foe. (10% chance)
Mazionga Deals medium Elec damage / Shocks all foes. (8% chance)
Ziodyne Deals heavy Elec damage / Shocks one foe. (10% chance)
Mind Charge Doubles magic damage dealt next turn. (2x damage)
Poison Mist Poisons all foes. (35% chance)
Charge Gathers electricity for 3 turns to prepare for Giga Spark.
Giga Spark Deals heavy Elec damage/Shocks all foes.

Arcana Level HP SP
Strength --
Magic --
Endurance --
Agility --
Luck --
Hermit 85 16000
?
Slash Strike Pierce Fire Ice Elec Wind Light Dark Almi
- - - - - Drain - Null Null -
List of Skills
Skill Effect
Pierce Attack Normal attack using the Pierce attribute.
Maziodyne Deals heavy Elec damage / Shocks all foes. (8% chance)
Megidolaon Deals severe Almighty damage to all foes.
Mind Charge Doubles magic damage dealt next turn. (2x damage)
Spirit Drain Drains ~80 SP from one foe.
Mamudoon Darkness: instant kill, all foes (high odds). (35% chance)
Charge Gathers electricity for 1 turn to prepare for Giga Spark.
Giga Spark Deals heavy Elec damage/Shocks all foes.

Persona 3 Reload[]

  • The boss will always start by using Mazio, followed by charging for Giga Spark by spending two turns (it uses Initiate Charging > Charging Complete > Giga Spark). While charging, it might use Dekaja or Tetrakarn.
  • Giga Spark can be stopped from being executed by dealing enough damage to the boss. Offensive Theurgies should do it easily.
  • At a low enough amount of HP, the boss will prepare for Tera Spark before using it on the next turn (Accelerated Charging). Its body will be charged with blue-white electricity on the turn it is telegraphing the attack.
  • Any one-mores will be spent on attacking random party members with High-Volt Current.


Arcana Level HP SP
Strength 55
Magic 90
Endurance 25
Agility 10
Luck 30
Hermit 41 8000
999
Slash Strike Pierce Fire Ice Elec Wind Light Dark Almi
- - - - - Null Null - Null -
Down Dizzy Freeze Shock Poison Charm Distress Confuse Fear Rage
Null Null Null Null Null Null Null Null Null Null
List of Skills
Skill Effect
Mazio Deals weak Electric damage to all foes. Low chance of inflicting Shock.
Initiate Charging Gathers electricity for 3 turns to prepare for Giga Spark.
Charging Complete Prepare for Giga Spark on the next turn.
Giga Spark Heavy Elec damage to all foes.
Accelerated Charging Gathers electricity for 1 turn to prepare for Tera Spark.
Tera Spark Heavy Elec damage to all foes.
High-Volt Current Medium Elec damage to one foe + chance of Shock.
Dekaja Nullify stat buffs for all foes.
Tetrakarn Erect a barrier for 1 ally that repels 1 physical attack.
Null Freeze Protects completely from being afflicted with Freeze.
Null Shock Protects completely from being afflicted with Shock.
Null Dizzy Protects completely from being afflicted with Dizzy.


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Trivia[]

  • In Persona 4, during the Investigation Team's visit to Club Escapade, Rise mentioned a gig she went to at the club, was canceled due to a power failure. In Persona 3, Shinjiro mentions hearing the owner of Club Escapade complaining about the power outage and how he had to cancel "some big event," which suggests this might have been what had canceled Rise's gig.


P3 Bosses
Guardians Venus Eagle (3) - Dancing Hand (3) - Rampage Drive - Crying Table (3) - Change Relic - Golden Beetle (3) - Intrepid Knight - Furious Gigas (3) - Fanatic Tower - Magical Magus (3) - Natural Dancer - Arcane Turret (3) - Sleeping Table - Hell Knight (3) - Mythical Gigas - Judgement Sword (3) - Stasis Giant (3) - Phantom King - Royal Dancer (3) - Reckoning Dice - Noble Seeker (3) - Carnal Snake (3) - World Balance - Fierce Cyclops (3) - Jotun of Grief
Full Moon Operation bosses Arcana Priestess - Arcana Emperor and Arcana Empress - Arcana Hierophant - Arcana Lovers - Arcana Chariot and Arcana Justice - Arcana Hermit - Arcana Fortune and Arcana Strength - Arcana Hanged Man - Death
Other Takaya Sakaki and Hypnos - Jin Shirato and Moros - Chidori Yoshino and Medea - Reaper - Elizabeth
P3P Exclusive Theodore - Margaret
P3 FES Bosses
Guardians Immortal Gigas + Visceral Maya (3) - Brilliant Cyclops - Death Castle + El Dorado Beast (2) - Harem Dancer + Merciless Maya (2) - Judgement Sword + Ice Raven + Brave Wheel - Primitive Idol + Shouting Tiara + Wrathful Book - Wondrous Magus + Crying Table + Cowardly Maya - Neo Minotaur - Spastic Turret + Slaughter Drive (2) - Conceited Maya - Rebellious Cyclops + Acheron Seeker (2) - Tenjin Musha + Kaiden Musha + Onnen Musha
Other Metis and Psyche - ??? - Akihiko Sanada and Caesar + Ken Amada and Kala-Nemi - Junpei Iori and Trismegistus + Koromaru and Cerberus - Yukari Takeba and Isis + Mitsuru Kirijo and Artemisia - Erebus
P3 Reload Bosses
Monad Shadow of the Void
Characters
Playable Male protagonist - Female protagonist - Yukari Takeba - Junpei Iori - Akihiko Sanada - Mitsuru Kirijo - Fuuka Yamagishi - Aigis - Koromaru - Ken Amada - Shinjiro Aragaki - Metis
Social Link Kenji Tomochika - Hidetoshi Odagiri - Bunkichi and Mitsuko - Kazushi Miyamoto - Chihiro Fushimi - Isako Toriumi - Keisuke Hiraga - Yuko Nishiwaki - Maiko Oohashi - Pharos - Bebe - President Tanaka - Mutatsu - Mamoru Hayase - Nozomi Suemitsu - Akinari Kamiki - Rio Iwasaki - Saori Hasegawa - Ryoji Mochizuki
Major Igor - Elizabeth - Theodore - Shuji Ikutsuki - Officer Kurosawa - Takaya Sakaki - Jin Shirato - Chidori Yoshino - Takeharu Kirijo - Kouetsu Kirijo - Eiichiro Takeba - Natsuki Moriyama - Nyx - Erebus - Margaret
Minor Kiyoshi Sakuma - Mr. Edogawa - Mr. Ekoda - Ms. Miyahara - Ms. Ounishi - Mrs. Terauchi - Kikuno Saikawa - Yuu Kimijima - Souta Aizawa - Kyouka Sayama
Cameo Yukiko Amagi - Noriko Kashiwagi - Man Drinking Alone
Location
Port Island Gekkoukan High School - Paulownia Mall - Iwatodai Station - Port Island Station - Naganaki Shrine - Dorm - Moonlight Bridge - Velvet Room
Tartarus Blocks: Thebel - Arqa - Yabbashah - Tziah - Harabah - Adamah - Monad Depths
Abyss of Time Malebolge - Cocytus - Caina - Antenora - Ptolomea - Judecca - Empyrean
Other Kyoto - Great Seal
Music
Albums Original Soundtrack (JP / US / FES / Portable) - Bonus CD - Burn My Dread -Reincarnation- - Spring of Birth OST - Midsummer Knight's Dream OST - Falling Down OST - Winter Of Rebirth OST - Persona 20th Anniversary All Time Best Album
Songs "Burn My Dread" - "Aria of the Soul" - "Want To Be Close" - "When the Moon Reaches for the Stars" - "Iwatodai Dorm" - "Mass Destruction" - "Color Your Night" - "Deep Breath Deep Breath" - "The Meaning of Armbands" - "Deep Mentality" - "It's Going Down Now" - "Changing Seasons" - "Current Net Price Tanaka" - "Battle Hymn of the Soul" - "Kimi no Kioku" - "P3 FES" - "Mass Destruction -P3fes version-" - "Heartful Cry" - "Brand New Days" - "Soul Phrase" - "A Way of Life" - "Time" - "Wiping All Out" - "More Than One Heart" - "Fate is In Our Hands" - "One Single Word" - "One Hand, One Heartbeat" - "One Determination" - "Sound of the Beast" - "Storm for a Butterfly" - "Light in Starless Sky" - "My Testimony" - "Self Redemption"
Archives
Terminology Persona (Initial / Prime / Ultimate) - Persona user - Shadow - Wild Card - Evoker - Attack Properties - Tactics - All-out Attack - Shuffle Time - Dark Hour - Moon Phase System - Full Moon Operations - SEES - Kirijo Group - Nanjo Group - Strega - Artificial Persona user - Suppressants - Apathy Syndrome - The Fall - Death - Who's Who - Phoenix Ranger Featherman R - Plume of Dusk
P3RE: Shift - Theurgy - Combat Characteristics
Lists Arcana - Personas (P3 - FES - P - R) - Shadows - Bosses (P3 - FES) - Skills - Items (Heart Items / Vending Machines) - Status Effects - Elizabeth's Requests - Activities - Calendar - Trophies (Portable / Reload) - Steam Profile Items - Patches and Updates
School Life Daily Life - Seasons - Social Link - Social Stats - Yen - Class - Studying - Movie Theater - Bed - Part-time Jobs - Shrine - Tanaka's Amazing Commodities - Crane Machine - Chagall Café - School Club - Linked Episode - Computer - Refrigerator - Gardening / Books / DVDs / Cooking - Studying - Fortune Telling
Other Media
Games FES - Portable - Reload - Dancing in Moonlight
Productions The Movie - The Movie: Escape from the Dark Hour - the Weird Masquerade: -Ao no Kakusei- / -Gunjou no Meikyuu- / -Souen no Kesshou- / -Ai no Seiyaku- / -Hekikuu no Kanata e- - Persona Stalker Club - 「PERSORA AWARDS」 - PERSORA AWARDS 2 - PERSORA AWARDS 3 - Persora -The Golden Best-
Drama CDs A Certain Day of Summer - Daylight / Moonlight - Character Drama CD Vol. 1 / Vol. 2 / Vol. 3 / Vol. 4 / Vol. 5 - New Moon / Full Moon - Portable Vol. 1 / Vol. 2
Publications Manga - Shadow Cry - Memento Mori - Owari no Kakera - Alternative Heart - Velvet Blue - Persona Magazine - Dear Girls Comic Anthology - Dengeki Comic Anthology - Tartarus Theater - Persona VS
Mobile Games The Night Before - Persona Ain Soph - Social - Escape - Illust Puzzle - Broken Shadow - Aegis: The First Mission - Qix - Chaining Soul - Em
Events Music Live 2008 - Music Live 2009 - Music Tour 2010 - Music Live 2012 - Music Fes 2013 - Music Box 2014 - Super Live 2015 - Livehouse Tour 2015 - Super Live 2017 - Super Live 2019- 25th Anniversary Symphonic Concert
20th Anniversary Festival - 25th Anniversary - 25th FES
Miscellaneous Merchandise
Major Arcana
0. Fool Arcana - I. Magician Arcana - 1(E). Councillor Arcana - II. Priestess Arcana - III. Empress Arcana - IV. Emperor Arcana - V. Hierophant Arcana - V(T). Apostle Arcana- VI. Lovers Arcana - VII. Chariot Arcana - VIII. Strength Arcana/Justice Arcana - IX. Hermit Arcana - X. Fortune Arcana - XI. Justice Arcana/Strength Arcana - XI(T). Hunger Arcana - XII. Hanged Man Arcana - XIII. Death Arcana - XIV. Temperance Arcana - XV. Devil Arcana - XVI. Tower Arcana - XVII. Star Arcana - XVIII. Moon Arcana - XIX. Sun Arcana - XX. Judgement Arcana - XX(T). Aeon Arcana - XXI. World Arcana - XXI(T). Universe Arcana - (VS) Faith Arcana - (VS) Hope Arcana
Minor Arcana
Suit of Coins - Suit of Cups - Suit of Swords - Suit of Wands
Shadow Arcana
I. Arcana Magician - II. Arcana Priestess - III. Arcana Empress - IV. Arcana Emperor - V. Arcana Hierophant - VI. Arcana Lovers - VII. Arcana Chariot - VIII. Arcana Justice - IX. Arcana Hermit - X. Arcana Fortune - XI. Arcana Strength - XII. Arcana Hanged Man - XIII. Death
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