The protagonist has obtained the "Diplomacy" ability at Rank 2 of the Sun Confidant.
"But today, you entered a partnership with someone who awoke to the same power, haven't you? Involving yourself with others is an important foundation for your recovery. You've done well. That said, I am not advising the formation of superficial relationships. It must not be of frivolity, but a ring of those who would, by morals or faith, lend you their strength. In other words, they are bonds with those who have been robbed of their places to belong. The expansion of said ring will, in return, help you mature as well."
Confidant, known as Cooperation (コープ, Kōpu)? in the Japanese version, is a game mechanic in Persona 5 and Persona 5 Royal.
This mechanic is almost identical to the Social Links of Persona 3 and Persona 4 and involves the protagonist building relationships with accomplices around the city. Unlike Social Links, however, establishing and improving relationships with Confidants also provides various benefits outside of Persona fusions, many of which can be used in battle. Furthermore, only the events that start them and the ones that maximize them are voiced with the exception of the Fool, Magician, Justice and Judgement Confidants as they progress with the story. In Persona 5 Royal, Rank 8 of the new Justice Confidant is also voiced.
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Appearances[edit | edit source]
Role[edit | edit source]
Persona 5[edit | edit source]
Similar to Social Links, each relationship with a certain character (or possibly a group) is represented by a major Arcana and ranking up each Confidant 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 learn a passive skill for overcoming its weakness. Ranking up each Confidant also unlocks a new ability or benefit which directly affects performance in Palaces or otherwise opens up massive conveniences in day-to-day activities.
A plot point that renders Confidants unique from Social Links is that Confidants are identical to accomplices in committing crimes instead of mere bonds. They are also considered a part of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts regardless of whether they're directly involved in their heists and are thus held accountable for the Phantom Thieves case by the jurisdiction system.
The Confidants are founded by Igor (or more accurately, the impostor) in order to assist the protagonist in his "rehabilitation" and his rebellion against the world's corruption. Therefore, they are the only people who are immune to Yaldabaoth's machinations when they unravel in earnest during the last 3 months of the game.
A majority of maxed Confidants will be capable of:
- Cheering the Phantom Thieves on taking down Shido while the rest of the general public unerringly support him to guide them into ruin.
- Awareness of the Qliphoth World overlaid onto the real world while the public remains completely oblivious to the changes.
- Cheer the protagonist and the Phantom Thieves up for defeating Yaldabaoth.
- Assist the protagonist to get out of his probation once Sae requests that he go to Juvenile Hall to testify against Shido after Yaldabaoth's fall.
| Arcana | Confidants | Benefits† |
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| 0 Fool | Igor |
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| I Magician | Morgana* |
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| II Priestess | Makoto Niijima* |
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| III Empress | Haru Okumura* |
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| IV Emperor | Yusuke Kitagawa* |
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| V Hierophant | Sojiro Sakura |
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| VI Lovers | Ann Takamaki* |
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| VII Chariot | Ryuji Sakamoto* |
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| VIII Justice | Goro Akechi* |
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| IX Hermit | Futaba Sakura |
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| X Fortune | Chihaya Mifune |
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| XI Strength | Caroline and Justine |
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| XII Hanged Man | Munehisa Iwai |
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| XIII Death | Tae Takemi |
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| XIV Temperance | Sadayo Kawakami | |
| XV Devil | Ichiko Ohya |
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| XVI Tower | Shinya Oda |
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| XVII Star | Hifumi Togo |
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| XVIII Moon | Yuuki Mishima |
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| XIX Sun | Toranosuke Yoshida |
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| XX Judgement | Sae Niijima |
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| Unnumbered Faith | Kasumi Yoshizawa |
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| I (E) Councillor | Takuto Maruki |
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| XXI World | None |
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* All party bonuses are as follows, with varied rank requirements:
- Unlocks Baton Pass (P5 only).
- Unlocks Follow-Up Attack.
- Chance to revert to the last negotiation question if the target is enraged by the answer. (P5 only)
- Ability to automatically revert to the last negotiation question if the target follows certain circumstances (P5R only)
- Chance to halt an enemy's attack (P5R only).
- Harisen Recovery: Chance to cure other party members of their ailments.
- Endure: Survive with 1 HP once in a battle when hit by a lethal or instant kill attacks.
- Protects the protagonist before getting hit by a lethal attack (single target only).
- Unlocks ally's ultimate Persona with additional skills and new elemental attributes.
Confidant Points[edit | edit source]
To be able to rank up a Confidant, the protagonist will first need to spend time with them or perform certain activities to bond with them. This is organized in points and a certain amount are required for each individual Confidant for each individual stage. Upon meeting the criteria to rank up, the points will be reset (even if they exceed the number) and the points received from the dialogue options of the next event will be accumulated for the next rank.
Generally, the protagonist can receive points from hanging out with Confidants, stating the correct dialogue options or giving gifts. However, there are more ways Confidant points can be received such as consulting Chihaya Mifune for Luck Reading, visiting the shrine and sometimes when resting early in bed. These activities differ in one way or another.
There are several multipliers that help boost the amount of points that are received while hanging out. If the protagonist has at least a single Persona with the same Arcana as the recipient, the points received will be multiplied by x1.5. The protagonist's performance in an exam will grant a boost to specific Confidants until the next exam week: if the protagonist scores 1st place, the multiplier will be x1.5, if top 10, it'll be x1.2. If the protagonist does not withhold invitations until later, the event will grant an x1.2 multiplier. Aside from the Invitation multiplier, these factors apply to many instances where Confidant points can be received such as during Fortune Telling rather than just when directly hanging out. However, in certain cases and events, such as when Sojiro tastes the protagonist's coffee, the point gain cannot be influenced by these multipliers.
The number of notes displayed when receiving points can imply how many points have been received. For example, 1 note is the default value. If there are any multipliers at play, there will be at least 2 notes. If the multipliers surpass double the amount of the initial value, then it'll display 3 notes. For example, if the default value were to be 5 (1 note), 2 notes would indicate 6-10 points, and 3 notes would indicate 11 and up. This means, theoretically, that the protagonist needs to have both a matching Arcana and to score 1st place on exams to go from 1 to 3 notes. If he scored in top 10, the early invitation multiplier will need to be made use of to make up for it.
In the case that more than 1 note is received when there are no multipliers present, such as in dialogue options, then 2 notes indicate double the normal value, and 3 notes indicate triple. For example, if the default value is 5, then 2 notes would indicate 10 points, and 3 notes would indicate 15.
List of Confidant Guides[edit | edit source]
The following pages contain comprehensive guides for each individual Confidant dialogue options and skills.
Confidants' Availability[edit | edit source]
This is the general weekly schedule of the Confidants. Sometimes the availability of each Confidants can change due to certain circumstances separate from their schedule such as the requirement to level up certain Social Stats or having to complete a certain Mementos Request. Party Confidants will not be available if the Palace has not been completed within a week before its deadline or after the option to send a Calling Card to a Palace owner has been made available leading up to the boss fight.
| Availability | |||||||||||||||
| Character | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Rain | |||||||
| Day | Night | Day | Night | Day | Night | Day | Night | Day | Night | Day | Night | Day | Night | Day/Night | |
| Igor | Auto | ||||||||||||||
| Morgana | Auto | ||||||||||||||
| Makoto | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Haru | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Yusuke | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Sojiro | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ann | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Ryuji | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Akechi | Auto | ||||||||||||||
| Futaba | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chihaya | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| The Twins | Confidant Rank Up after completing The Twins's request. | ||||||||||||||
| Iwai | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Takemi | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Kawakami | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Ohya | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shinya | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Hifumi | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mishima | Available every day after completing his Mementos requests, even on rainy days. | ||||||||||||||
| Yoshida | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Sae | Auto | ||||||||||||||
| Availability | |||||||||||||||
| Character | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Rain | |||||||
| Day | Night | Day | Night | Day | Night | Day | Night | Day | Night | Day | Night | Day | Night | Day/Night | |
| Igor | Auto | ||||||||||||||
| Morgana | Auto | ||||||||||||||
| Makoto | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Haru | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Yusuke | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Sojiro | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ann | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Ryuji | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Akechi | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Futaba | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chihaya | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| The Twins | Confidant Rank Up after completing The Twins's request. | ||||||||||||||
| Iwai | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Takemi | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Kawakami | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Ohya | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shinya | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Hifumi | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mishima | Available every day after completing his Mementos requests, even on rainy days. | ||||||||||||||
| Yoshida | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Sae | Auto | ||||||||||||||
| Yoshizawa | Protagonist must accept hangout requests via text. | ||||||||||||||
| Maruki | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
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Trivia[edit | edit source]
- With the exception of those directly affiliated with the Phantom Thieves of Hearts or residents of the Velvet Room, any Confidant that becomes maxed will eventually discover the protagonist as a Phantom Thief due to them revealing the names of those they are troubled by to him.
- The Sun Confidant is different from the other Confidants as while he does intuit that the protagonist is a Phantom Thief based on observations, he was never troubled by anyone enough that they needed to have their heart stolen.
- In Royal, four characters have their confidant portraits changed under certain conditions.
- When Caroline and Justine become Lavenza, a portrait of the latter will replace the former.
- During the third semester, Akechi's portrait will change to give him a more stern face.
- When Sumire accepts her true self, Kasumi's portrait will be replaced by Sumire's.
- While Kawakami is doing chores for the protagonist, such as making tools or cooking, her portrait will change to her maid outfit and a heart sticker with "Becky" on it will be placed over her name.
- For unknown reasons, the Confidant menu refers to some Confidants by a descriptor title instead of their actual name:
- Igor is known as the "Prison Master".
- Caroline and Justine are known as the "Twin Wardens".
- Sae Niijima is known as "Prosecutor".
- Chihaya Mifune is known as "Fortune Teller".
- Tae Takemi is known as "Back Alley Doctor".
- Toranosuke Yoshida is known as "Man of the People".
- Shinya Oda is known as "Skilled Gamer".
- Unlike the rest of the Persona installments, the Tarot Cards which are used to symbolize these relationships are written in French instead of English, as they are based on the Tarot of Marseilles deck. The only exception is Death, which is also unlabeled in Tarot of Marseilles and referred to as such.
- There are, however, alterations to the Tarot Cards' original designs:
| Arcana | French | Focus of illustration/Alteration |
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| 0 Fool | Le Mat | A traveler bitten by the dog. |
| I Magician | Le Bateleur | A magician performing a bloody experiment. |
| II Priestess | La Papesse | A priestess reading porn. |
| III Empress | L'Impératrice | An empress sitting vulgarly. |
| IV Emperor | L'Empereur | An emperor smoking tobacco. |
| V Hierophant | Le Pape | A hierophant doing a thumbs down. |
| VI Lovers | L'Amoureux | The cherub is not focused on the center figure. |
| VII Chariot | Le Chariot | An injured charioteer. |
| VIII Justice | La Justice | The scales are unbalanced by money. |
| IX Hermit | L'Hermite | A hermit blowing a raspberry. |
| X Fortune | La Roue de Fortune | The creature at the top of the wheel is significantly bigger. |
| XI Strength | La Force | The woman has a malicious smile. |
| XII Hanged Man | Le Pendu | A hanged man talking on his mobile phone. |
| XIII Death | L'Arcane Sans Nom | The Grim Reaper is killing the king (original just depicts the Reaper surrounded by body parts). |
| XIV Temperance | Tempérance | A maiden lifting up her right leg, instead of standing with both planted. |
| XV Devil | Le Diable | The man and woman are tied to the devil instead of the pedestal. |
| XVI Tower | La Maison Dieu | Arrows raining down on the tower. |
| XVII Star | L'Étoile | A maiden drinking water from one pot instead of pouring the content onto both water and land. |
| XVIII Moon | La Lune | A man attacked by the crayfish in the lake and the canines looking at the lake instead of howling at the moon. |
| XIX Sun | Le Soleil | A sun drying out the living things on the land. |
| XX Judgement | Le Jugement | A skeleton folding its arms like an "X" instead of praying like the other two people. |
| I (E) Councillor Arcana | Le Consultant | The sun is now the center focus and people are worshiping it. There are also multiple people; the original Consultant only has one. |
| Unnumbered Faith Arcana (False) | La Foi | The Popess is a skeleton and is pulled by a pair of devils. |
| Unnumbered Faith Arcana (True) | La Foi | The Popess is now held by a pair of slaves. |
| XXI World | Le Monde | A maiden playing maracas instead of holding a staff in each hand and is heading towards the northwest of the card. |
- The game's internal data reveals the scrapped concept to reverse (called "doubt" in this game) and break confidants, just like in Persona 3 and Persona 4. However, it seems to be intended only for non-party member confidants with the exception of Fool, Hierophant, Strength, Moon and Judgement.[1]
- There are also unused files that represent ignored phone calls on all confidants save for Fool and including World, despite the World Arcana not being represented by any Confidant.
- Unused dialogue also indicates that it is possible for a Persona corresponding to the Arcana of a doubted or broken Confidant to be fused, unlike in previous installments where they cannot be fused at all.
- Doubted Confidants will prohibit the protagonist from getting its benefits, while broken Confidants will prohibit any Personas of the Confidant's corresponding Arcana from getting Arcana Burst.
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