Hollow Forest

For other uses, see Magatsuhi.

Hollow Forest
Japanese Name	虚ろの森
Rōmaji	Utsuro no Mori
Appearance	Persona 4 Golden
Type	Reality within the Midnight Channel
Floors	10
Background Music	記憶 (lit. "Memories")
Owner	Marie
Form	Graveyard
Available	February 13
Deadline	February 13
Previous	Magatsu Inaba
Next	Yomotsu Hirasaka

"This is the Hollow Forest. The "closed realm" created by her in the TV world, the "world of the human mind...""

—Margaret, referring to Marie, Persona 4 Golden

Hollow Forest is a dungeon exclusive to Persona 4 Golden, only available after completing the Aeon Social Link (Marie) before December 31st.

Profile

"The place that gave birth to those who answer the "desires" and "wishes for lies" of humans... was that it?"

—Naoto, Persona 4 Golden

The Hollow Forest is Marie's reality within the Midnight Channel, created when she enters the TV world after regaining her memories. The Investigation Team is first taken to the Hollow Forest by Margaret, who explains that she has formed a unique path between the TV in the cottage storage shed and this world, after finally locating Marie's whereabouts. Margaret informs them that Marie has sealed herself into this dungeon for reasons unknown, and also explains that this world is currently on the verge of collapsing. Therefore, if the team does not save Marie quickly, she will disappear along with the Hollow Forest, and all memories of her will disappear from everyone's minds.

Hollow Forest takes an appearance similar to Yomotsu Hirasaka, as a world apparently shrouded in fog. However, there are bits and pieces of the real world seen throughout this dungeon, such as Junes signs and benches, along with haniwa and ancient Japanese artworks. This represents Marie's origin, as a spirit from ancient Japanese times, as well as her hidden desire to stay in the real world. Each of the Hollow Forest floors are named "Memories" - Memories of Parting (1F), Pain (2F), Grief (3F), Sorrow (4F), Love (5F), Suffering (6F), Anger (7F), Loneliness (8F), Invitation (9F) and Meeting (10F).

Unlike the other dungeons in the game, the Hollow Forest features several special restrictions while traversing the dungeon. First of all, the player is only allowed to use items that were found within the Hollow Forest. Secondly, only specific equipment may be used and most importantly, the party's SP will be halved after each fight. There is, however, special equipment that can be found within the dungeon in order to restore SP and to gain other beneficial effects.

It may also be noted that on the floors Memories of Parting (1F), Sorrow (4F) and Anger (7F), the player might encounter Shadows when breaking the "seals" to continue. Shadows may also appear from both regular chests and locked chests. Also, there are two "mini-bosses" that the player must face prior to the final boss, instead of the usual one.

After Marie is rescued, the dungeon begins to disappear as it no longer needs to fulfill its purpose. When the party escapes through the TV connected to the dungeon, it breaks.

Treasure

Locked Chests

Item	Floors	Item	Floors	Item	Floors	Item	Floors	Item	Floors
Fire Joue	2, 3, 4	Ice Joue	2, 3, 4	Lightning Joue	2, 3, 4	Wind Joue	2, 3, 4	Sorrow Stone	2
Fire Repel Joue	5, 6 ,7	Ice Repel Joue	5, 6 ,7	Elec Repel Joue	5, 6 ,7	Wind Repel Joue	5, 6 ,7	Love Stone	3, 4

Regular Chests

Item			Armor		Accessory
Sentou Seed	Sentou Petal	Sentou Fruit	Fire Joue	Ice Joue	Parting Stone	Pain Stone
Sacred Branch	Revival Bead	Chest Key	Lightning Joue	Ice Joue	Grief Stone	Sorrow Stone
Fire Bell	Ice Bell	Lightning Bell	Fire Repel Joue	Ice Repel Joue	Love Stone	Suffering Stone
Wind Bell	Fire Breaker	Ice Breaker	Elec Repel Joue	Wind Repel Joue	Anger Stone
Lightning Breaker	Wind Breaker

Shuffle Time Personas

Level	Persona	Arcana	Level	Persona	Arcana	Level	Persona	Arcana
70	Alilat	Empress	65	Barong	Emperor	68	Belial	Devil
70	Hachiman	Hierophant	66	Hell Biker	Hanged Man	68	Horus	Sun
67	Kartikeya	Star	66	Melchizedek	Justice	63	Siegfried	Strength
68	Seth	Moon	69	Surt	Magician	65	Thor	Chariot
70	Tzitzimitl	Priestess	71	Vasuki	Hanged Man	69	Yurlungur	Temperance

Shadows

Shadow	LV	HP	SP	Weak	Strong	Null	Drain	Repel	Floor
Lying Hablerie	73	125	328	Fire, Ice, Elec, Wind, Light, Dark	-	-	-	-	1,2,4,5
Snowfall Musha	73	330	129	-	Physical	-	-	-	3-5,7-9
Praying Papillon	73	150	511	Elec, Wind	-	Fire, Ice	-	-	5,7,9
Stupendous Relic	73	50	485	Physical	-	Light, Dark	Fire, Ice, Elec, Wind	-	7,9
Spectral Raven	74	150	445	Elec, Wind, Light, Dark	-	-	-	-	1,2,4,5
Reverent Table	74	200	231	Fire, Ice, Elec, Wind	Physical	-	-	-	2,3,5,6
Superstitious Okina	74	400	519	Ice, Wind	-	-	-	-	4,5
Lawless Fuzz	74	400	344	Fire	-	-	-	Ice	6,7
Emaciated Garcy	74	500	629	Fire, Ice, Elec, Wind	-	-	-	Dark	7,8
Praying Nyogo	75	175	256	Fire, Wind, Light, Dark	-	-	-	-	1,2,4-6
Wheeled Bambino	75	70	245	Ice, Elec, Light, Dark	-	-	-	-	1-3,5
Gauntlet Hand	75	600	354	Elec	-	-	-	-	4-6,8
Stone Panzer	75	300	666	Wind	Physical	-	-	Fire	6,7
Cursed Woman's Pot	75	55	400	Fire, Ice, Elec, Wind, Light, Dark	-	-	Physical	-	*Note
Execution Sword	75	777	234	Light	-	Dark	-	Physical	8,9
Clear Sky Musha	75	1000	555	-	-	-	-	Light	8,9
Calm Machine	76	1000	310	Fire, Ice, Elec, Wind	Physical	-	-	-	1-3,5,7,9
Harmonious Giant	76	250	169	Physical	-	-	-	-	8
Indignant Machine	77	888	385	-	Phys, Fire, Ice, Elec, Wind	Light, Dark	-	-	9
Isolated Hand	80	550	999	-	Physical	-	Fire, Ice, Elec, Wind	Light, Dark	*Note

Note

• box denotes rare Shadow.
• Cursed Woman's Pot appears from regular and Gold chests, and Isolated Hand only appears from Gold chests.

Bosses

Shadow	LV	HP	SP	Weak	Strong	Null	Drain	Repel	Floor
Gorgeous King	77	4000	575	Physical	Fire, Ice, Elec, Wind	Light, Dark	-	-	4
Heaven's Giant	77	3333	3333	-	Physical	Fire, Ice, Elec, Wind, Light, Dark	-	-	7
Marie*	77	5000	-	-	Physical	-	-	Light, Dark	10
Kusumi-no-Okami	77	8000	-	-	-	-	-	Phys, Fire, Ice, Elec, Wind, Light, Dark	10

• The battle with Marie ends roughly 3 turns after getting her down to roughly half health.
• The battle with Kusumi-no-Okami follows right after Marie, once entering the battle with Kusumi-no-Okami, the party's health is not restored and SP will be halved.

Gallery

Marie in Hollow Forest.

Hollow Forest.

Party in front of a Hollow Forest door.

Path to the boss.

Battlefield in the Hollow Forest.

Hollow Forest Entrance in Persona 4 The Golden Animation.

Hollow Forest end in Persona 4 The Golden Animation.

Trivia

• The Hollow Forest's specific gameplay was designed by the team that was responsible for the battles in Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey.