Confidant

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."

—Igor, Persona 5

Confidant, known as Cooperation (コープ, Kōpu)^? in the Japanese version, is a game mechanic in Persona 5, Persona 5 Royal, and Persona 5: The Phantom X.

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 provides various tangible benefits outside of improving fusion results of their associated Arcana.

Generally, only the initial and final events are voiced with the exception of the Fool, Magician, Judgement and, in 5 only, Justice, Confidants which progress based on the story are all voiced. Story events tied to the Justice Confidant in 5 remain in Royal, but they no longer progress the confidant, and the new Rank 8 event is voiced.

Appearances

• Persona 5 / Royal
• Persona 5: The Phantom X, as Synergy

Role

Persona 5 / Royal

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 to newly-fused Personas, and shorter in-game days required for training a Persona in the Velvet Room to learn a resistance. 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 simply being 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.
• Realizing the Qliphoth World being overlaid onto the real world while the public remains completely oblivious to the changes.
• Cheering the protagonist and the Phantom Thieves up for defeating Yaldabaoth.
• Assisting the protagonist to get out of his probation once Sae requests that he goes to Juvenile Hall to testify against Shido after Yaldabaoth (P5 ending) / Maruki (Royal ending)'s fall.
• Give a special key item on 3/19 before the protagonist leaves for home. In New Game Plus files, these items allow the protagonist to use either a specific, select amount, or all perks from a Confidant as long as said Confidant has at least been initiated.

Arcana	Confidants	Benefits†	Farewell Gift	Ultimate Persona
0 Fool	Igor	Unlocks Shadow negotiation. Bonus EXP for fusion. Unlocks Third Eye. Increases Persona stock capacity.	N/A	Vishnu
I Magician	Morgana*	Unlocks craftable infiltration tools. Chance for the protagonist to steal items when using his melee attack.	Morgana's Scarf	Futsunushi
II Priestess	Makoto Niijima*	Provides additional information on the analysis screen (item drops/skill list/enemy stats/enemy resistances). Indicates when an attack is completely ineffective on an enemy.	Buchi Calculator	Cybele
III Empress	Haru Okumura*	Unlocks horticulture for growing vegetables with various useful effects.	Dyed Handkerchief	Mother Harlot
IV Emperor	Yusuke Kitagawa*	Unlocks Skill Card replication.	Desire and Hope	Odin
V Hierophant	Sojiro Sakura	Allows the protagonist to make SP recovery items.	Recipe Notes	Kohryu
VI Lovers	Ann Takamaki*	Bargains in negotiation. Chance to cancel an enemy's attack. (Royal)	Fashion Magazine	Ishtar
VII Chariot	Ryuji Sakamoto*	Ambushing (P5) or dashing into (P5R) enemies at least 10 levels lower than the protagonist instantly kills them, giving a free Persona. but without other battle rewards (EXP/money/items) In Royal, EXP/Money/Items are given along with the Persona. Reduces the chance of being detected while dashing. (Royal)	Sports Watch	Chi You
VIII Justice	Goro Akechi*	Chance to uncover unknown enemy affinities before battle. (Royal)	N/A	Metatron
IX Hermit	Futaba Sakura	Chance to cast any of the following between party turns: Moral Support (Matarukaja, Marakukaja, Masukukaja, all three at once akin to a party-wide Heat Riser, or Mediarama.) Active Support (all-targeted Charge+Concentrate, or recover SP.) Reveals maps on Mementos. Chance to prompt Hold Up at start of a battle. Chance to switch out incapacitated party members. Nullifies the first lethal attack.	Promise List	Ongyo-Ki
X Fortune	Chihaya Mifune	Bonus point gain on social stats. Increases monetary rewards from battles for the day. Bonus affinity point gain on Confidant activities. Reveals possible benefits from other Confidant characters. Reveals favorable responses during Confidant events. (Royal) Triggers and improves the rate of fusion alarms. (Royal)	Fortune Tarot Card	Lakshmi
XI Strength	Caroline and Justine	Allows the protagonist to fuse multiple Personas at once. Allows the protagonist to detain Personas into Lockdown to learn resistances. Allows the protagonist to fuse higher-level Personas in exchange for money. Payment depends on level difference.	Cell Key	Zaou-Gongen
XII Hanged Man	Munehisa Iwai	Unlocks firearm customization.	Gecko Pin	Attis
XIII Death	Tae Takemi	Offers new medicine and recovery-based accessories at her clinic.	Dog Tag	Alice
XIV Temperance	Sadayo Kawakami	Additional free time during school to read or craft items. Performs household tasks at night (cooking, laundry, crafting) without spending time. Allows activities at night even after spending time in the Metaverse.	Unlimited Service	Ardha
XV Devil	Ichiko Ohya	Reduces security meter penalty in Palaces.	Interview Notes	Beelzebub
XVI Tower	Shinya Oda	Unlocks and improves Down Shot. Unlocks and improves Bullet Hail. Unlocks Warning Shot in negotiation. Increases ammo capacity. (P5) Improves the chance of gun attacks inflicting ailments. (P5R) Allows Joker's gun attacks to pierce resistances.	Gun Controller	Mada
XVII Star	Hifumi Togo	Allows swapping teammates mid-battle. Improves escape chance. Unlocks gun-based follow-up attacks from backup members. Gain bonus money for defeating enemies after an ambush.	Kosha Piece	Lucifer
XVIII Moon	Yuuki Mishima	Unlocks Mementos Requests. Grants partial or full EXP for allies on standby. Permanent bonus EXP from battles.	Documentary Notes	Sandalphon
XIX Sun	Toranosuke Yoshida	Improves negotiation rewards during Hold Up. Can recruit Personas of higher level than the protagonist.	Fountain Pen	Asura
XX Judgement	Sae Niijima	"True Justice" indicates the protagonist has survived the recollection and reached the present.	Business Card	Satan
Unnumbered Faith	Sumire Yoshizawa	Allows the protagonist to ambush Shadows with the grappling hook. Allows the protagonist to avoid being ambushed by Shadows from the front.	N/A	Maria
1 Councillor	Takuto Maruki	Chance for the protagonist to instantly snap out of any status condition. Chance to grant the protagonist Charge and Concentrate at the start of battle. Chance to restore a large amount of SP to the protagonist at the start of turn. Unlocks third semester events upon completion.	N/A	Vohu Manah

* All party bonuses are as follows, with varied rank requirements:

• Unlocks Baton Pass. (P5 only, as Baton Pass is provided automatically in P5R)
• Unlocks Follow-Up attack.
• X Talk: Ability to automatically revert to the last negotiation question if the target is enraged by the answer by chance (5) or at all times under certain circumstances. (Royal)
• 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 attack.
• Protects the protagonist before getting hit by a single-target lethal attack.
• Unlocks ally's ultimate Persona with additional skills and improved elemental affinities.

Persona 5: The Phantom X

Confidants (called Synergy) function relatively close to how they do in Persona 5 with a few changes. The Rank number for each Confidant is higher, however only 10 of these ranks have events. Also because this game is constantly updated with new characters, the Confidants are not tied to a specific Arcana card. Upon completion of a confidant, stickers for the associated character are unlocked.

List of Confidant Guides

The following pages contain comprehensive guides for each individual Confidant dialogue options and skills.

0 Fool	I Magician	II Priestess	III Empress	IV Emperor
V Hierophant	VI Lovers	VII Chariot	VIII Justice	IX Hermit
X Fortune	XI Strength	XII Hanged-Man	XIII Death	XIV Temperance
XV Devil	XVI Tower	XVII Star	XVIII Moon	XIX Sun
	XX Judgement	Faith	1 Councillor

Availability

This topic is in need of research for the following reasons: * There's statements of a cooldown effect that lasts a few days after spending time with someone once. Test it out to confirm. Takemi's the most straightforward choice. * Ranked up several Confidants and they were available immediately (Shinya.) Does the cooldown apply when: A, the Rank Up event is failed to be maxed out; B, the Confidant is invited but fails to receive enough points; C, the Confidant is invited and enough points are received. * There's statements of party members refusing to hang out with you if the deadline of a Palace is falling short (10 days or 1 week.) Verify. * Rework availability table as per suggestion in Talk. This can be discussed on the article's talk page.

This is the general weekly schedule of the Confidants. Normally, they're only available during specific days of the week, as well as only during a certain time of day (either day or night.) Additionally, during Rainy Days, some Confidants will not be available.

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.

Persona 5

Availability
Character	Time of Day	Weekday							Rainy OK
		Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Igor	Auto
Morgana	Auto
Makoto	Day	✗	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
Haru	Day	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗
Yusuke	Day	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Sojiro	Night	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Ann	Day	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓
Ryuji	Day	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Akechi	Auto
Futaba	Day	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗
Chihaya	Night	✗	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗
The Twins	Confidant Rank Up after completing The Twins's request.
Iwai	Night	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
Takemi	Day	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Kawakami	Night	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓
Ohya	Night	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Shinya	Day	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓
Hifumi	Night	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
Mishima	Night	Available every day after completing his Mementos requests.							✓
Yoshida	Night	✗	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗
Sae	Auto

Persona 5 Royal

Availability
Character	Time of Day	Weekday							Rainy OK
		Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Igor	Auto
Morgana	Auto
Makoto	Day	✗	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
Haru	Day	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗
Yusuke	Day	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Sojiro	Night	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Ann	Day	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓
Ryuji	Day	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Akechi	Night	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓
Futaba	Day	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗
Chihaya	Night	✗	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗
The Twins	Confidant Rank Up after completing The Twins's request.
Iwai	Night	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
Takemi	Day	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Kawakami	Night	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓
Ohya	Night	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Shinya	Day	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓
Hifumi	Night	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
Mishima	Night	Available every day after completing his Mementos requests.							✓
Yoshida	Night	✗	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗
Sae	Auto
Yoshizawa	Day	Protagonist must accept hangout requests via text.
Maruki	Day	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗	✓

Persona 5: The Phantom X

Availability
Character	Time of Day			Rainy OK
	Day	Evening	Night
Lufel	Auto
Merope	✗	✓	✗	✗
Motoha	✓	✗	✗	✗
Shun	✓	✗	✗	✗
Riko	✓	✗	✗	✗
Tomoko	✓	✗	✗	✗
Yaoling	✗	✓	✗	✗
Kotone	✗	✓	✗	✗
Kiyoshi	✓	✗	✗	✗
Kayo	✗	✓	✗	✗
Yui	✗	✗	✓	✓
Miyu	✗	✓	✗	✗
Yumi	✗	✗	✓	✗
Ayaka	✓	✗	✗	✗
Kira	✗	✗	✓	✗
Masaki	✓	✗	✗	✗
Runa	✗	✗	✓	✗
Mio	✗	✓	✗	✗
Mayumi	✓	✗	✗	✗
Manaka	✓	✗	✗	✗
Ichigo	✗	✗	✓	✗

Confidant Points

This topic is in need of research for the following reasons: * See where Arcana/Exam multipliers apply in minor activitites. I got 2 notes after brewing for Sojiro early with a Hiero Persona. * Does the exam multiplier activate if new confidants have been unlocked only afterwards? This can be discussed on the article's talk page.

Generally, 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 Confidant's points will be reset back to 0 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, responding with the correct dialogue options or giving gifts. However, there are more ways Confidant points can be received, such as specific events, consulting Chihaya Mifune for Affinity Reading, visiting the shrine and sometimes when resting early in bed. These activities differ in one way or another.

In dialogue options that can grant more than a single note, 2 notes indicate double the normal value, and 3 notes indicate triple. For example, if the default value is 5 points, then 2 notes would indicate 10 points, and 3 notes would indicate 15. In between these values, 6 points would instantly leap to 2 notes.

The confidants for Yuuki Mishima and Caroline & Justine do not require any points to rank up as their progression is reliant on fulfilling requests.

Modifiers

There are several additional 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. Additionally, if the protagonist does not withhold invitations from Confidants until later, the event will grant an x1.2 multiplier. These factors apply to many instances where Confidant points can be received without having to be directly spending time with them, such as having Sojiro taste the protagonist's coffee.

The number of notes displayed also implies the growth rate of any present modifiers. If there are any multipliers at play, there will always be at least 1 additional note. If the multipliers surpass double the amount, then it'll display 2 more notes rather than 1. 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.

Additionally, if a confidant obtains enough points for their next rankup, multicolored stars will appear around any note icons, as well as an extra shimmer jingle playing when points are obtained.

Innate		Modifiers				Result
Notes	Points	Arcana	Exams (1st)	Exams (Top 10)	Invitation	Modifier	Notes	Points
♪	5	✘	✘	✘	✘	1	♪	5
		✔	✘	✘	✘	1.5	♪♪	7.5
		✘	✔	✘	✘	1.5	♪♪	7.5
		✘	✘	✔	✘	1.2	♪♪	6
		✘	✘	✘	✔	1.2	♪♪	6
		✔	✔	✘	✘	2.25	♪♪♪	11.25
		✔	✘	✔	✘	1.8	♪♪	9
		✔	✘	✘	✔	1.8	♪♪	9
		✘	✔	✔	✘	1.8	♪♪	9
		✘	✔	✘	✔	1.8	♪♪	9
		✘	✘	✔	✔	1.44	♪♪	7.22
		✔	✔	✘	✔	2.7	♪♪♪	13.5
		✔	✘	✔	✔	2.16	♪♪♪	10.8
♪♪	10	✘	✘	✘	✘	1	♪♪	10
		✔	✘	✘	✘	1.5	♪♪♪	15
		✘	✔	✘	✘	1.5	♪♪♪	15
		✘	✘	✔	✘	1.2	♪♪♪	12
		✘	✘	✘	✔	1.2	♪♪♪	12
		✔	✔	✘	✘	2.25	♪♪♪	22.25
		✔	✘	✔	✘	1.8	♪♪♪	18
		✔	✘	✘	✔	1.8	♪♪♪	18
		✘	✔	✔	✘	1.8	♪♪♪	18
		✘	✔	✘	✔	1.8	♪♪♪	18
		✘	✘	✔	✔	1.44	♪♪♪	14.4
		✔	✔	✘	✔	2.7	♪♪♪	27
		✔	✘	✔	✔	2.16	♪♪♪	21.6
♪♪♪	15	✘	✘	✘	✘	1	♪♪♪	15
		✔	✘	✘	✘	1.5	♪♪♪	22.5
		✘	✔	✘	✘	1.5	♪♪♪	22.5
		✘	✘	✔	✘	1.2	♪♪♪	18
		✘	✘	✘	✔	1.2	♪♪♪	18
		✔	✔	✘	✘	2.25	♪♪♪	33.75
		✔	✘	✔	✘	1.8	♪♪♪	27
		✔	✘	✘	✔	1.8	♪♪♪	27
		✘	✔	✔	✘	1.8	♪♪♪	27
		✘	✔	✘	✔	1.8	♪♪♪	27
		✘	✘	✔	✔	1.44	♪♪♪	21.6
		✔	✔	✘	✔	2.7	♪♪♪	40.5
		✔	✘	✔	✔	2.16	♪♪♪	32.4

Romance Confidant Rewards

If the protagonist has maximized a Confidant and has entered a romantic relationship with them (as long as they're romanceable), he can spend time with one of them on December 24th, at which point they'll gift him a key item which increases the multiplier of having a Persona with a matching Arcana from x1.5 to about x10. The multiplier only applies to the Confidant that gifted the item, but it carries over to New Game Plus.

In Royal, Yoshizawa cannot give a Christmas item as the protagonist cannot enter a romantic relationship with her before then.

Confidant	Arcana	Item
Makoto Niijima	Priestess	Wristwatch
Haru Okumura	Empress	Hat
Ann Takamaki	Lovers	Earmuffs
Futaba Sakura	Hermit	Headphones
Sadayo Kawakami	Temperance	Pen Case
Tae Takemi	Death	Muffler
Chihaya Mifune	Fortune	Cologne
Ichiko Ohya	Devil	Camera
Hifumi Togo	Star	Gloves

Trophies & Awards

Trophy	Icon	Description	For	Reward
A True Confidant		Max out one Confidant.	P5 trophy
Great Phantom Thieves Convene		Max out all Confidants.
My Closest Partner		Entered a special relationship.	P5R trophy
True Confidence		Maxed out one of your Confidants.
Phantom Thief Grand Union		Max out all 23 Confidants.	Thieves Den	50P
Ladies' Man		See the Rank 10 event for all 10 romanceable confidants on the romance route.		60P
We Stand as Equals		Start a platonic relationship with each of the 10 romanceable Confidants, then reach Rank 10 with the Platonic relationship.		60P

Gallery

Persona 5 Arcana

The Fool

The Magician

The Priestess

The Empress

The Emperor

The Hierophant

The Lovers

The Chariot

Justice

The Hermit

Fortune

Strength

Hanged Man

Death

Temperance

The Devil

The Tower

The Star

The Moon

The Sun

Judgement

The World

Faith (Ranks 1-5)

Faith (Ranks 6-10)

The Councillor

Trivia

• 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 is a Phantom Thief as the group only figured out their target's identity from revealing it to him directly.
  • The Hierophant, Sun, and Councillor Confidants, Sojiro Sakura, Toranosuke Yoshida, and Takuto Maruki are different from the other Confidants as they conclude based on general observations, rather than having the protagonist inadvertently leak his identity by fulfilling a request.
• 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 sterner face.
  • When Sumire accepts her true self during the events of the third semester, Kasumi's portrait will be replaced by Sumire's.
  • While Kawakami is doing chores for the protagonist, 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 like certain Social Links in Personas 3 and 4 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."
• Morgana, Yusuke and Haru are the only Confidants in Persona 5 to have a Confidant ability unlocked with each rank.
  • In Royal, as Baton Passes are no longer a Confidant ability, they no longer fill that criteria. However, their Confidants still grant the most abilities in the game.
• The formatting of the progression of the Confidant characters also differs: although the Social Links of Persona 3 and 4 tackled the characters' immaturity, differentiated by the theme of their Arcana, Persona 5's Confidants are instead quite literally "bound" by their circumstances, and rather by maturing, they use the protagonist's help to rediscover themselves and escape their circumstances.
  • For example, the Temperance Arcana, although it represents hobbies, is in this case a binding force, as the representative Sadayo Kawakami is forced to live a dual life as a part-time maid.
  • Ironically, Morgana of the Magician Arcana, which quite literally tackled immaturity and before acted as an introduction to the Social Links, instead tackles his problems from the perspective of mental illness involving his amnesia.
• 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 said Tarot deck and referred to as such.
  • There are, however, alterations to the Tarot Cards' original designs:

Arcana	French	Focus of illustration/Alteration
0 Fool	Le Mat	A traveler bitten by the dog, which is also black instead of white.
I Magician	Le Bateleur	A magician performing a bloody experiment and the field on the bottom is scorched.
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 and is forcefully opening the lion's jaw.
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	The maiden appears to be prancing with her mouth open, instead of standing impassively.
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.
1 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 tarot cards also appear in blue in the game as markers when using the Third Eye in the real world. For example, it will mark Sojiro with a blue tarot card of the Hierophant Arcana floating over his head.
• 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.
  • There are also unused files that represent ignored phone calls on all Confidants save for Fool. The list includes the World, despite it 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.

While Confidants do not exist for the Persona 5: The Phantom X cast, during the first beta all of the new playable characters (Ruferu, Motoha, Seiji, Kotone and Yuki) as Reo had arcana listed for them. This was removed as of the second beta.

During the 4.0 Update in Persona 5: The Phantom X, the confidant menu was altered. The features of each character was altered, the weight of all female characters were made a secret, the age of high school and college student was changed to reflect their year as opposed to exact age, and each character’s zodiac sign was removed.

See also

• BOND (mechanic)
• Synergy

Mechanics
General
Dungeon - Combat - Turn - Action - Level - Experience - Party - Stats - Skills - Items - Equipment - Melee Attack - Ranged Attack - Damage (Fixed) - Guard - Escape - Accuracy - Critical - Multi-hit - Insta-Kill - Ailments - Drops - Encounter - Random Encounters - Symbol Encounters - Ambush - Difficulty
Franchise-wide
Demon - Magic (Fusion Spell) - Affinities - Unique skills - Extra Skills - Macca - Yen - Magnetite - Incense - Alignment - Moon Phase System - Demon Summoning Program (COMP) - Cathedral of Shadows (Fusion - Skill Inheritance - Accidents / Special / Three-demon / Sacrificial / Sword) - Demonic Compendium - Evolution - Negotiation (Special conversation) - Rag's Jewelry - Code Breaker - Press Turn - New Game Plus - Ultimate boss - Streetpass - Password - Skill Mutation - Energy Drain - Party Talks
Shin Megami Tensei series
Terminal - Guardian (if...) - Tactical Battle (NINE) - Capacity (NINE) - RTS (NINE) - Reinforcements (NINE) - Race Shift (NINE) - Modules (NINE) - Magatama (3) - Reason (3) - Demon Co-Op (SJ) - EX Missions (SJ) - Challenge Quest (4) - Skill Potential (4/A-5) - Smirk (4) - Barrier (4) - Partners (4A) - Jade Dagger (4A) - Magatsuhi Skills (5) - Essence (5) - Glory (5) - Miracles (5) - Demon Statues (5) - Abscess (5)
Devil Summoner series
Loyalty - Personality - Mystic Change - Nemechi (SH) - Case Files (RKKA)
Majin Tensei series
Rank - Affinity (2) - Arcana (Ronde)
Persona series
Shadows / Personas (Initial / Prime / Ultimate / Ancestor / Reverse / Sub) - Skill Card - Totem (1) - Type/Subtype (1+2) - Affinity (1+2) - Rank (1+2) - Mystic Change (1+2+5) - One More (3-5) - Growth Rate (1+2) - Unknown Power (1+EP) - Personality (1+2, 5) - Material Card (2) - Mutation (2) - Follow Up - All-out Attack (Cut-in) - Heart Item (3) - Shuffle Time (3+4) - Daily Life (3-5) - Activities (3-5) - Calendar (3-5) - Social Stats (3-5) - Social Link (3+4) - Tactics (3-5) - Requests (3-5; Q+Q2) - Clock (3P+3RE) - Linked Episode (3RE) - Great Clock (3RE) - Theurgy (3RE) - Arcana Chance (4) - Forecasts (Fusion / Weather) (4+5) - Boost (Q+Q2) - Power Spot (Q+Q2) - F.O.E (Q+Q2) - Confidant (5) - Technical (5+5S) - Treasure Demon (5+5S) - Party Switch (5+5S) - Baton Pass (5+5S; Q2) - Disaster Shadow (5R) - Fusion alarm (5R) - Persona Traits (5R) - Third Eye (5+5S) - Master Arts (5S) - BOND (5S) - Persona Points (5S)
Devil Children series
Trainer - Bank - BattleNet - Relic Fusion - Power Fusion - Powers
Digital Devil Saga series
Berserk Mode (2)
Devil Survivor series
Devil Auction - Extra Turn Battle - Skill Crack - Titles (DSO / DS2 / RB) - Fate System (2) - Add-On (2)
Other
Equip Type (GMT:TM) - Skill Systems (GMT:TM) - Sword Exchange (GMT:TM) - Class (TMS♯FE) - Class Change (TMS♯FE) - Topic System (TMS♯FE) - Side Quests (TMS♯FE) - Ad-lib Performance (TMS♯FE) - Session (TMS♯FE) - Dual Arts (TMS♯FE)