Iwatodai Dormitory

This article is about the location. For the musical track, see Iwatodai Dorm.

The Lounge

"Formerly a hotel, renovated as a dormitory for Gekkoukan High students. Unlike other school dorms, it is inhabited by both boys and girls."

—Persona 3 Reload town info

Iwatodai Dormitory (巌戸台分寮, Iwatodaibunryou)^? is a location in Persona 3 and the main hub of the game. Every day, the player returns here and they have a multitude of choices for the rest of their evening.

A four-story dormitory founded and sponsored by the Kirijo Group, it is situated in Port Island, located near Naganaki Shrine. While on the surface the dorm appears as a location for students to live, the dorm serves as a second function: the headquarters of SEES, a group of Persona users dedicated in investigating Tartarus and the Dark Hour. Because of the wealth of the Kirijo Group, the desperate situation humanity is in due to Shadows escaping from Tartarus and the limited Persona users that can fight back against them, the members of the dorm are given a lot of room and space. The dorm also has a command room with technology that can function in the Dark Hour to monitor Shadow locations. There are cameras throughout the dorm, including individual dorm rooms.

In The Answer of Persona 3 FES, the dorm was closed briefly by Mitsuru Kirijo since the graduation and the disbandment of SEES. However, SEES becomes trapped in the dorm since it becomes connected to the Desert of Doors and Abyss of Time underneath, and a portal opens to the Paulownia Mall in the past, which can be used to buy weapons and equipment.

A few years later, during the events of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, the dorm was reopened because of the increase of the students in Gekkoukan High School. With the S.E.E.S. equipment removed, the dorm now functions as a normal school dorm with Ken Amada and Koromaru as two of the residents.

Profile

Background music

• "Iwatodai Dorm"
• "Living with Determination -Iwatodai Dormitory arrange-" (after Dec. 31st)

Residents

• Protagonist / Female protagonist
• Yukari Takeba
• Junpei Iori
• Mitsuru Kirijo
• Akihiko Sanada
• Fuuka Yamagishi
• Koromaru
• Shinjiro Aragaki
• Ken Amada
• Aigis

Points of Interest

The Journey

First Floor

• Sign book - Save Point. Opposite of main lounge area.
• Television - View news and other programs.
  • Spend time watching programs with the protagonist's teammates to get a small boost to a social stat. (Reload only)
• Toilet - Random chance of improving condition by one level (Sick -> Tired -> Good -> Great). (Prior to Reload)
• Kitchen - Only seen in Reload and in the movie; where meals are prepared. Shinjiro seems to spend time here.
  • Store Lukewarm Taiyaki for at least a day (if there is space) in hopes of getting Chilled Taiyaki. (Reload only)
  • Create HP or SP restoration items by spending time cooking with the protagonist's teammates. (Reload only)
• Communal PC (Reload only) - Use URLs to get one-time boosts to social stats, enhance the protagonist's performance in Tartarus, or bump up Social Links.

2nd Floor (Boys' Rooms)

• Vending machine - Purchase soft drinks.
• The protagonist's room
  • Study Desk - Increase Knowledge; Play Innocent Sin Online (Hermit Arcana Social Link; not available for female protagonist).
  • Sink - No function.
  • Mini-Refrigerator - No function.
  • Bed - Rest.
  • Television - View news and other programs. Tanaka's Amazing Commodities available on Sundays.
• Junpei's Room
• Akihiko's Room - Social Link events (female protagonist only).
• Shinjiro's Room - Social Link events (female protagonist only).
• Ken's Room - Social Link events (female protagonist only).
• Reading area (Reload only) - Spend time reading with the protagonist's teammates to get a small boost to a social stat.

3rd Floor (Girls' Rooms)

• If the player chooses the female protagonist in P3P, then the protagonist's room will be located at the farthest room of this floor, instead of the second floor.
• Yukari's Room - Social Link events.
• Fuuka's Room - Social Link events.
• Mitsuru's Room - Social Link events.
• Aigis' Room - Social Link events.

Top Floor

• Meeting room - SEES meeting events; view recordings (FES, P3P, Reload only).

Roof

• Roof - Where the Arcana Magician is fought.
  • Plant and harvest vegetables in the garden. Spend time raising the vegetables with the protagonist's teammates to increase and alter your yield. (Reload only)

The Answer

First Floor

• Sign book - Save Point.
• Lounge - Access to the Abyss of Time.
  • The protagonist's room is sealed in The Answer, forbidding players to enter.

Gallery

Concept sketch of Makoto's room in Persona 3 The Movie

Concept artwork of Iwatodai Dormitory from Persona 3 The Movie

Lounge

Protagonist's room

Protagonist's room

Yukari's room

Junpei’s room

Front entrance in The Answer

Lounge seen in Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight

Trivia

• A bulletin board in the lounge refers to the dormitory as "Minatodai Dormitory," as seen in this screenshot.