Reaper (Persona)

This article is about the Shadow. For the demon race, see Reaper (race).

Reaper
Japanese Name	刈り取る者
Romaji	Karitoru-mono
Also known as	Death
First Appearance	Persona 3
Arcana(s)	Death

"Me no want to talk to you! Me just want to hear your screams!"

—The Reaper, Persona 5

The Reaper is a Shadow that appears in most games in the Persona series with exploration-based elements since Persona 3.

Appearances

• Persona 3 / FES / Portable / Reload: Death Arcana, Optional Boss
  • Persona 3 (Manga): Enemy
  • Persona 3 The Movie: Enemy featured very briefly
• Persona 4 / Golden: Death Arcana, Optional Boss
  • Persona 4 (Manga): Enemy
  • Persona 4 The Animation: Enemy
• Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth: F.O.E
• Persona 5 / Royal: Optional Boss
• Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth: F.O.E
• Persona 5 Strikers: Ultimate boss

Profile

The Reaper of the Persona series has several features that distinguish it from other "grim reapers" in popular culture. The Reaper, instead of carrying a gigantic scythe, wields two long-barrel revolvers. Its face is shrouded in a blood-stained cloth sack, with only one white eye exposed to see its surroundings. It wears two long chains across its left and right shoulders, forming a cross.

The Reaper acts as a security system for areas where Shadows infest, such as Tartarus and Mementos. It either actively pursues threats as they linger in an area for too long or ambushes them inside treasure chests or other objects that might otherwise contain valuable items, such as Power Spots. In Persona Q, however, it does not act any different than other F.O.Es. In all of its appearances, it is incredibly powerful. Boasting basically every elemental magic available, sometimes various physical skills, as well as instakill moves, it is highly unpredictable and difficult to beat via normal means. Despite its low HP compared to most end-game bosses, its other stats are abnormally high while also boasting high resistances and no weakness, making it incredibly fast, durable and hard-hitting.

Unlike most other on-field Shadows where it is encountered, the Reaper uses its own model upon spawning on the map.

The Reaper's origins are largely unknown. However, in Persona Q alone, they are said to be deployed by Chronos to wipe out any threats against divine providence.

Persona 3

Original, FES / Portable

The Reaper lurks in Tartarus or the Abyss of Time, and will spawn when the party stays on one floor for too long; the time it takes for the Reaper to spawn is random depending on which floor the party is in though it seems to correlate with the floor's size, ranging from three minutes on the smallest floors (such as the floors closest to the next Tartarus block) to over 12 minutes on the largest floors (such as those in Monad Depths).

Once Mitsuru or Fuuka say a warning quote, they will speak again within another 30 seconds to either repeat their first warning quote or finally alert the party that the Reaper has spawned. When it approaches the party, a sound of rattling chains can be heard which grows louder the closer the Reaper is to the party, and it also appears on the mini-map. Unlike any other Shadows on the field, it can even climb up small ramps in floors. The Reaper cannot follow the party to the stairs that lead to the next floor, making the stairs a safe haven from it.

The Reaper's appearance is hastened when:

• Choosing a cursed card in Shuffle Time
• On a floor with no Shadows besides Gatekeeper and border floors (random occurence)
• On a floor with powerful (red-glowing) Shadows
• There are "more Shadows on the floor than normal," which is filled exclusively with golden Shadows or rare chests

The last three conditions can cause the Reaper to show up as soon as under a minute in small floors.

Because the Reaper is a very challenging opponent, the party should come prepared before running into it. Unless the party's level is 70 or higher, the Reaper will most likely instantly kill all party members in a single turn, doing over 400 damage when striking a resistance, while barely taking any damage himself. During the battle, equipping the whole party with Omnipotent Orbs or casting either Makarakarn or Tetrakarn triggers the Reaper to use Megidolaon, which can be fatal unless characters are at Level 99. The Reaper is also able to act twice a turn, and makes heavy use of Break skills and instakills to thin down the party or give itself more options.

The Reaper is affected by status conditions like paralysis and will waste a turn to recover if it gets hit by one, making attacks such as Odin's Thunder Reign optimal. It can also be downed for an All-Out Attack by critical hits. As it has below 9,999 HP, Armageddon can take it out instantly.

As one of Elizabeth's Requests (#53), the protagonist must defeat the Reaper. If the request is active, the Reaper will drop the Bloody Button upon its defeat, which the protagonist can turn in to unlock the Monad Depths.

Reload

Fuuka warning about the Reaper in pursuit

Unlike in the previous versions of Persona 3, the Reaper will only begin spawning in Tartarus once the party has reached 62F (which can be done as early as June 14th) where Fuuka will warn the party about a Reaper that wanders around Tartarus looking for the intruders. Lingering on a floor for about three minutes will lead to Fuuka warning the party about a powerful enemy approaching, with the Reaper appearing shortly afterward. In a Dark Zone (where there is limited visibility on the floor due to darkness), the Reaper spawns within a shorter amount of time. Once the Reaper is present, a unique indicator for the Reaper appears on the map and a red haze similar to Fuuka's Jamming effect will cover the screen. If the player engages a battle with the Reaper then escapes the battle by using Trafuri or a Trafuri Gem, the Reaper will reappear on the floor and begin pursuing the party again shortly afterward. Any closed room partitions such as the vines in Arqa will open as soon as the Reaper arrives on the floor.

The Reaper can now chase the party through stairs and across multiple floors, making it highly unsafe for exploration. There will be a short cinematic where Fuuka alerts the party to the Reaper having followed them up to the next floor and the Reaper coming through the entrance to the floor and firing its gun. The pursuit will be canceled after a few floors, when the party reaches a Gatekeeper/Border floor, or when a teleporter is used to travel to another location. If the Reaper appears on the same floor as a Monad Door, entering and leaving the door will cause the Reaper to despawn, preventing it from reappearing until the next floor.

On the first round of combat, the Reaper will take 4 actions on its turn. On subsequent rounds, it will take only 2.

The Movie

The Reaper appears briefly in the final movie, being the last obstacle to obstruct Makoto Yuki from reaching Nyx. When Orpheus' regular skills fail to destroy it, Elizabeth gives him the ability to use Megidolaon in order to defeat it and move on.

Persona 4

The Reaper is an exclusive boss that can only be fought in the second playthrough of the game, where it can be found in trap chests during a second cycle. Upon examining it, the protagonist is forewarned that a powerful force dwells within the chest and repeatedly asked whether he is ready to open it. Should the protagonist choose to open it, the Reaper will attack the party and engage them in a battle. Similar to its predecessor, the Reaper can be challenged multiple times as long as the protagonist manages to locate the treasure chest he dwells within.

Defeating the Reaper may grant the respective characters their strongest weapons per defeat; however, should all of the in-battle characters have received their strongest weapons, the Reaper instead drops the strongest armor. If all of those have already been received as well, the Reaper drops the Omnipotence Orb, an accessory which voids all attacks excluding Almighty. These items will be in the chest instead of being a direct drop.

It will only drop a character's weapon if they are in the team that fights him. One must re-organize their team if they want to gain every weapon.

Golden

The Reaper works the same way as the original Persona 4, except that it can be encountered on the first playthrough of the game. In order to make it spawn, the protagonist has to open a total of twenty-one chests. Should this number of chests be reached, the sound of rattling chains will echo throughout the dungeon.

If the protagonist opens a chest where a normal Shadow would otherwise stay in during this instance, they will be warned of an ominous presence; should they ignore the warning, a fight with the Reaper will be triggered. However, if the protagonist opens a normal chest instead, the chest counter will be reset and the sound of rattling chains will disappear. Leaving the dungeon or moving up/down floors also applies to this.

Should one seek to "farm" the Reaper for its weapon and armor drops, one can open a total of twenty chests, exit the dungeon, and then save the game. Even if one's first attempts at spawning the Reaper is unsuccessful, one can reload the save and try again, so as to not have to open twenty chests all over again and save time farming.

The Animation

Three Reapers show up when the Investigation Team confronts Adachi in his own reality, Magatsu Inaba. The first one confronts Kanji and Naoto at the central shopping district, the second one fights Chie, Yukiko and Rise at the Amagi Inn and the last one battles Yosuke and Teddie at Saki Konishi's house. The Reapers prove to be powerful opponents for the Investigation Team, but eventually, the Investigation Team managed to beat the Reapers after banding together.

Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth

The Reaper is an F.O.E who appears on the second floor of the Clock Tower and all floors above it. Unlike most other games where the Reaper is simply a security guard patrolling areas related to the collective unconsciousness and removing lingering threats, it is explicitly stated to be one of Chronos' servants. It appeared to remove Zen for upsetting the natural providence of the world by creating the world from Rei's memories and preventing her soul from returning to the Sea of Souls.

While the party is in the same room as the Reaper, it will pursue them for two steps before resting for one step. The Reaper can pursue the party over empty spaces, but not through columns. Noting the columns' locations or impeding its movement with the various block-like pistons scattered through the dungeon becomes critical in trying to avoid it.

In battle, the Reaper can act twice each turn and has a wide array of attacks and ailment-inducing moves. Once it drops below 50% HP, it will start trying to inflict Sleep, Panic and/or Agility Bind to render the party unable to dodge a Power Charged Myriad Arrows or Deathbound. Past 25% HP, it switches strategies and throws party-wide attacks, including Mamudoon and Megidolaon. While resistant to them, the Reaper is still vulnerable to ailments and Binds which can make the battle less aggravating.

When defeated, the Reaper may drop Death's Order or, if the request to hunt one is active, Broken Chain. Death's Order is used to create the Heavy Sword for the P3 hero, the Heavy Longsword for Junpei and the P4 hero, the Heavy Gloves for Akihiko, the Heavy Hammer for Shinjiro, the Heavy Spear for Ken, the Heavy Knife for Koromaru and Yosuke, the Heavy Shield for Kanji, the Heavy Claw for Teddie, the Heavy Bow for Yukari, the Heavy Rapier for Mitsuru, the Heavy Howitzer and Heavy V-Suit for Aigis, the Heavy Shoes for Chie, the Heavy Sensu for Yukiko, the Heavy Gun for Naoto, the Heavy Bullet and Heavy Cloak for Zen and Rei, the Heavy Gi unisex armor, the Heavy Dog-Gi for Koromaru, and the Heavy Wristband accessory.

Persona 5

The Reaper once again appears to hunt the Phantom Thieves while in Mementos from the Path of Aiyatsbus onward, following Morgana's warning about a powerful Shadow in Mementos. It will only appear when the party has remained on the same floor for a full two minutes before appearing in the area, with the sound of rattling chains and a red visual rippling effect indicating its presence. The Reaper will then move through the floor and will chase down the party, even phasing through doors, but not through walls. The party will be safe while standing on the entry or exit platforms, but the Reaper will still be present in the area. Getting back into the Mona car from the platform will reset the Reaper to its original position in the area, and it will start stalking the party again.

The Reaper in battle is incredibly strong; possessing a large variety of attacks and equally sturdy defense. While it does not null, repel, drain or resist any element, it has huge amounts of defense to reduce damage from all attacks and is still immune to instant kill effects. Sometimes it prefers to spend its turns on the various elemental Break skills as opposed to attacking the party, providing random relief turns. The Reaper has a tendency to use instant kill attacks (even if your party is immune to them) so be prepared to revive party members constantly. The Reaper also has a tendency to target the weaknesses of party members; if the weak point is covered up with a passive skill the Reaper will not try attacking the weak spot.

At any point in the fight, if the Reaper detects any party member(s) that have a Physical and/or Magical Wall, the Reaper begin using Concentrate followed by Megidolaon. The Reaper will repeat this pattern until the targets lose the effect, usually through death. At the start of the fight, the Reaper will often open up with Concentrate so be prepared to guard until the Reaper uses a magical attack. At first the Reaper will use single target skills like Bufudyne or Hamaon and will occasionally use Megidola and Riot Gun. Once the Reaper loses around 50% of its health, it will start using using "Ma" versions of skills and will begin to use Megidolaon, Life Leech, Spirit Leech, and Vorpal Blade.

The Reaper can be grinded for large amounts of EXP during the month of November and December, as the Flu Season spreads through Tokyo. Like all other Shadows, the Reaper also has a chance to succumb to Despair and will die after three turns, granting the party an instant win. The Reaper has a chance to drop the accessory Divine Pillar, which halves all incoming damage, but removes the ability to Evade. Unlike most Shadows, the Reaper cannot be recruited or negotiated with in any shape or form, and it does not possess an Arcana (unlike in previous installments).

It is strongly recommended to let the Reaper ambush the party, since if it ambushes them it will only perform one action per turn, and the party can utilize the otherwise-niche Thermopylae to great effect. Since the Reaper will always use Concentrate in its first turn after ambushing the party, the party can escape if the protagonist has Hifumi Togo's Confidant at Rank 5 (or immediately, at Rank 9). If the party manages the break through the ambush by getting a Hold Up (e.g. with a Down Shot), the Reaper will start to act twice per turn as normal.

Royal

The Reaper will no longer be afflicted with Despair during Flu Season. One of the deviations in Mementos can cause the Reaper to spawn immediately on a regular floor. It is also easier to defeat the Reaper on lower difficulties by forcing it to spam Megidolaon via having one party member equip the Ring of Gluttony. Doing so and letting yourself get ambushed makes the Reaper insanely predictable and you can set up buffs and heal up in between each Megidolaon, all while attacking.

Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth

The Reaper returns as one of the strongest F.O.Es in the game despite never appearing as an overworld obstacle. The 4th Block of the Theater District has a unique Treasure Spot that radiates darkness rather than glowing yellow or red in previous districts, and the party expresses trepidation if they attempt to harvest from it. Should the party proceed with trying to gather at the Treasure Spot, the Reaper will ambush the party, though Snake Glare can negate this ambush and have the party start on equal footing with it.

With two actions, no weaknesses on top of immunity to almost every ailment available, the Reaper is a very tough opponent, with party-wide attacks of all varieties. Start by having party members not resistant to Curse defend, as the Reaper always starts the fight by casting Mamudoon which can claim a few free kills.

The one solace the party has is its vulnerability to Agility Bind, which can cause most of its deadly attacks to miss. While it's bound, utilize passives like Bound Arts+ with multi-hitting Physical skills to try and get critical hits as often as possible for easy Boost.

Defeating the Reaper for the first time yields the Infernal Key, a key item that unlocks the special fusion for Lucifer. It may also drop Holy Shard and Wild Card. Holy Shard is used to create the accessories SP Adhesive 3, the Chakra Ring, and the Rudra Ring. The Reaper, despite being an F.O.E., will not reward the party with a Sub-Persona film on defeat.

Persona 5 Strikers

The Reaper is the ultimate boss of this game, which is fought in Okinawa Jail as part of a request titled "Knocking on Death's Door."

The Reaper will attack using -dyne tier skills, Megidolaon and Riot Gun. It may also cast Concentrate and spam Megidolaon, which can kill or cripple multiple party members. However, it is neutral to all elements, rendering it vulnerable to elemental status effects such as Burn, Freeze and Shock and therefore makes Technical damage incredibly exploitable though it is still unaffected by instant-kill skills. Once the Reaper gets to half health, there will be a short pause along with the fact that the Reaper is now glowing yellow, from now on the Reaper can use Megidolaon in a different variation (after a delay, the Reaper will target the character currently being controlled) and Riot Gun (rapidly fires high damage Gun attacks in quick succession).

Completing this request for the first time (except on Merciless) will reward the protagonist with the Paradise Lost S, the second best melee weapon for the protagonist. Talking to Lavenza after defeating the Reaper once more unlocks New Game+.

When fought on Merciless, the Reaper boasts an astronomical amount of HP and its attacks will execute significantly faster than before; it is otherwise vulnerable in the same manner as its non-Merciless counterpart. In addition, several Dire Shadows will begin to spawn as the Reaper's HP continues to deplete below half health; these Dire Shadows being Dark Sun, War-Hungry Horseman, Sun's Emissary and Heavenly Punisher. After the Heavenly Punisher is summoned, no more new enemies will appear, and the only target required to be defeated is the Reaper itself. Due to the amount of high-damage attacks thrown around in the fight by all of these enemies, it is very difficult to win without proper preparation.

Defeating the Reaper on this difficulty rewards an obscene 75 randomized specified Incense and completing the request for the first time on Merciless rewards the Omnipotent Orb. Any subsequent completions of the request reward the player the accessory Steel Brooch, which nullifies any Gun damage.

Stats

Persona 3

• Persona 3
• FES
• Portable

Arcana Level HP SP Strength 66 Magic 66 Endurance 66 Agility 99 Luck 66 Death 99 4,444 9,999 Slash Strike Pierce Fire Ice Elec Wind Light Dark Almi 0.5x 0.5x 0.5x 0.5x 0.5x 0.5x 0.5x Null Null - List of Skills Skill Effect Pierce Attack Normal attack using the Pierce attribute. Vile Assault Deals heavy Pierce damage to one foe. (1.5x to Downed foes) Vorpal Blade Deals heavy Slash damage to all foes. (1.5x "Great" condition bonus) Myriad Arrows Deals medium Pierce damage to all foes. (1-3 hits) Agidyne Deals heavy Fire damage to one foe. Maragidyne Deals heavy Fire damage to all foes. Bufudyne Deals heavy Ice damage / Freezes one foe. (10% chance) Mabufudyne Deals heavy Ice damage / Freezes all foes. (8% chance) Ziodyne Deals heavy Elec damage / Shocks one foe. (10% chance) Maziodyne Deals heavy Elec damage / Shocks all foes. (8% chance) Garudyne Deals heavy Wind damage to one foe. Magarudyne Deals heavy Wind damage to all foes. Hamaon Light: instant kill, 1 foe (high odds). (40% chance) Mahamaon Light: instant kill, all foes (high odds). (35% chance) Mudoon Darkness: instant kill, 1 foe (high odds). (40% chance) Mamudoon Darkness: instant kill, all foes (high odds). (35% chance) Megidola Deals heavy Almighty damage to all foes. Megidolaon Deals severe Almighty damage to all foes. Life Drain Drains 35 HP from one foe. Spirit Drain Drains ~80 SP from one foe. Mind Charge Doubles magic damage dealt next turn. (2x damage) Fire Break Reduces 1 foe's Fire resistance to average. Ice Break Reduces 1 foe's Ice resistance to average. Elec Break Reduces 1 foe's Elec resistance to average. Wind Break Reduces 1 foe's Wind resistance to average.

Arcana Level HP SP Strength 66 Magic 99 Endurance 66 Agility 99 Luck 66 Death 99 5,000 12,000 Slash Strike Pierce Fire Ice Elec Wind Light Dark Almi 0.75x 0.75x 0.75x 0.75x 0.75x 0.75x 0.75x Null Null - List of Skills Skill Effect Pierce Attack Normal attack using the Pierce attribute. Vile Assault Deals heavy Pierce damage to one foe. (1.5x to Downed foes) Vorpal Blade Deals heavy Slash damage to all foes. (1.5x "Great" condition bonus) Myriad Arrows Deals medium Pierce damage to all foes. (1-3 hits) Maragidyne Deals heavy Fire damage to all foes. Mabufudyne Deals heavy Ice damage / Freezes all foes. (8% chance) Maziodyne Deals heavy Elec damage / Shocks all foes. (8% chance) Magarudyne Deals heavy Wind damage to all foes. Hamaon Light: instant kill, 1 foe (high odds). (40% chance) Mudoon Darkness: instant kill, 1 foe (high odds). (40% chance) Mamudoon Darkness: instant kill, all foes (high odds). (35% chance) Megidolaon Deals severe Almighty damage to all foes. Life Drain Drains a moderate amount of HP from one foe. Spirit Drain Drains 20 SP from one foe. Mind Charge Doubles magic damage dealt next turn. (2x damage) Fire Break Reduces 1 foe's Fire resistance to average. Ice Break Reduces 1 foe's Ice resistance to average. Elec Break Reduces 1 foe's Elec resistance to average. Wind Break Reduces 1 foe's Wind resistance to average.

Arcana Level HP SP Strength 66 Magic 99 Endurance 66 Agility 99 Luck 66 Death 99 5,000 12,000 Slash Strike Pierce Fire Ice Elec Wind Light Dark Almi 0.75x 0.75x 0.75x 0.75x 0.75x 0.75x 0.75x Null Null - List of Skills Skill Effect Pierce Attack Normal attack using the Pierce attribute. Vile Assault Deals heavy Pierce damage to one foe. (1.5x to Downed foes) Vorpal Blade Deals heavy Slash damage to all foes. (1.5x "Great" condition bonus) Myriad Arrows Deals medium Pierce damage to all foes. (1-3 hits) Agidyne Deals heavy Fire damage to one foe. Maragidyne Deals heavy Fire damage to all foes. Bufudyne Deals heavy Ice damage / Freezes one foe. (10% chance) Mabufudyne Deals heavy Ice damage / Freezes all foes. (8% chance) Ziodyne Deals heavy Elec damage / Shocks one foe. (10% chance) Maziodyne Deals heavy Elec damage / Shocks all foes. (8% chance) Garudyne Deals heavy Wind damage to one foe. Magarudyne Deals heavy Wind damage to all foes. Hamaon Light: instant kill, 1 foe (high odds). (40% chance) Mahamaon Light: instant kill, all foes (high odds). (35% chance) Mudoon Darkness: instant kill, 1 foe (high odds). (40% chance) Mamudoon Darkness: instant kill, all foes (high odds). (35% chance) Megidola Deals heavy Almighty damage to all foes. Megidolaon Deals severe Almighty damage to all foes. Life Drain Drains a moderate amount of HP from one foe. Spirit Drain Drains 20 SP from one foe. Mind Charge Doubles magic damage dealt next turn. (2x damage) Fire Break Reduces 1 foe's Fire resistance to average. Ice Break Reduces 1 foe's Ice resistance to average. Elec Break Reduces 1 foe's Elec resistance to average. Wind Break Reduces 1 foe's Wind resistance to average.

Persona 4

Arcana Level HP SP Strength 99 Magic 80 Endurance 80 Agility 75 Luck 99 Death 85 5,000 12,000 Phys Fire Ice Elec Wind Light Dark Almi - - - - - Null Null - EXP Yen Normal Drop Rare Drop 5,000 13 - - List of Skills Skill Effect Vile Assault Deals heavy Phys damage to 1 foe. Bonus damage to foes that are knocked down. Myriad Arrows Deals heavy Phys damage to all foes 1x to 3x. Vorpal Blade Deals heavy Phys damage to all foes. Agidyne Deals heavy Fire damage to 1 foe. Maragidyne Deals heavy Fire damage to all foes. Bufudyne Deals heavy Ice damage to 1 foe. Mabufudyne Deals heavy Ice damage to all foes. Ziodyne Deals heavy Elec damage to 1 foe. Maziodyne Deals heavy Elec damage to all foes. Garudyne Deals heavy Wind damage to 1 foe. Magarudyne Deals heavy Wind damage to all foes. Megidola Deals heavy Almighty damage to all foes. Megidolaon Deals severe Almighty damage to all foes. Mind Charge Next magical attack will be 150% greater in power. Hamaon Light: medium chance of instant kill, 1 foe. (60% chance) Mahamaon Light: medium chance of instant kill, all foes. (40% chance) Mudoon Darkness: medium chance of instant kill, 1 foe. (60% chance) Mamudoon Darkness: medium chance of instant kill, all foes. (40% chance) Fire Break Nullifies 1 foe's Fire resistance (for 3 turns). Ice Break Nullifies 1 foe's Ice resistance (for 3 turns). Elec Break Nullifies 1 foe's Elec resistance (for 3 turns). Wind Break Nullifies 1 foe's Wind resistance (for 3 turns). Life Drain Drains 30 HP from 1 foe. Spirit Drain Drains 30 SP from 1 foe. Life Leech Drains a large amount of HP from one foe.

Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth

Level HP Attack Defense Strength 90 Magic 80 Endurance 72 Agility 65 Luck 84 90 13,666 270 216 Exp Drop 1 Drop 2 Drop 3 98,966 Death's Order - - Cut Stab Bash Fire Ice Elec Wind Light Dark Alm - - - - - - - Null Null - Sleep Panic Poison Curse Paralysis S-Bind M-Bind A-Bind Down KO Resist Resist Resist Resist Resist Resist Resist Resist Null Null List of Skills Skill Effect Myriad Arrows 6-8 light Stab attacks at random, with low accuracy. (All Enemies) Charge Shot A severe Stab attack that pierces to the back row. (1 Enemy) Deathbound A heavy Cut attack. (All Enemies) Maragidyne A heavy Fire attack. (All Enemies) Mabufudyne A heavy Ice attack. (All Enemies) Maziodyne A heavy Elec attack. (All Enemies) Magarudyne A heavy Wind attack. (All Enemies) Megidolaon A severe Almighty attack, with medium chance of knockdown. (All Enemies) Mamudoon Medium chance of instant kill. (All Enemies) [Darkness-based attack] Tentarafoo Medium chance of Panic. (All Enemies) Lullaby Song Medium chance of Sleep. (All Enemies) Silent Song Medium chance of Magic Bind. (All Enemies) Spiderweb Medium chance of Agility Bind. (All Enemies) Marakunda Lower physical defense for 3 turns. (All Enemies) Power Charge Nearly triple the user's physical attack for next hit. Lasts 3 turns. Mind Charge Nearly triple the user's magic attack for next hit. Lasts 3 turns.

Persona 5

• The Reaper is considered a proper boss-type enemy. Therefore, it is immune to all status ailments, Critical, and instakill effects (any damage skill with one will only inflict the damage and will never roll for instakill). It can still be Downed by Down Shot but cannot be negotiated with.

Level HP SP Strength 99 Magic 80 Endurance 80 Agility 75 Luck 80 85 5,000 12,000 Phys Gun Fire Ice Elec Wind Psy Nuke Bless Curse Almi - - - - - - - - - - - EXP Yen Battle Drop Negotiation Items 72050 3570 Divine Pillar - List of Skills Skill Effect Vorpal Blade Severe Physical damage to all foes. One-shot Kill Severe Gun damage to 1 foe. High Critical Rate. Riot Gun Severe Gun damage to all foes. Agidyne Heavy Fire damage to 1 foe. Rare chance of Burn. Maragidyne Heavy Fire damage to all foes. Rare chance of Burn. Bufudyne Heavy Ice damage to 1 foe. Rare chance of Freeze. Mabufudyne Heavy Ice damage to all foes. Rare chance of Freeze. Ziodyne Heavy Electric damage to 1 foe. Rare chance of Shock. Maziodyne Heavy Electric damage to all foes. Rare chance of Shock. Garudyne Heavy Wind damage to 1 foe. Technical dmg: Burn. Magarudyne Heavy Wind damage to all foes. Technical dmg: Burn. Psiodyne Heavy Psy damage to 1 foe. Technical dmg: Mental ailment. Mapsiodyne Heavy Psy damage to all foes. Technical dmg: Mental ailment. Freidyne Heavy Nuclear damage to 1 foe. Technical dmg: Burn/Freeze/Shock. Mafreidyne Heavy Nuclear damage to all foes. Technical dmg: Burn/Freeze/Shock. Hamaon Medium chance of instantly killing 1 foe. Bless-type. Mahamaon Medium chance of instantly killing all foes. Bless-type. Mudoon Medium chance of instantly killing 1 foe. Curse-type. Mamudoon Medium chance of instantly killing all foes. Curse-type. Megidola Heavy Almighty damage to all foes. Megidolaon Severe Almighty damage to all foes. Life Leech Drain 150 HP from 1 foe. Almighty-type. Spirit Leech Drain 100 SP from 1 foe. Almighty-type. Concentrate Next magic attack inflicts 2.5x damage. Fire Break Suppress innate Fire resistance of all foes for 3 turns. Ice Break Suppress innate Ice resistance of all foes for 3 turns. Elec Break Suppress innate Electric resistance of all foes for 3 turns. Wind Break Suppress innate Wind resistance of all foes for 3 turns.

Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth

Level HP Attack Defense Strength -- Magic -- Endurance -- Agility -- Luck -- 80 15,516 252 183 Exp Drop 1 Drop 2 Drop 3 119,999 Holy Shard Infernal Key Wild Card Phys Fire Ice Elec Wind Psy Nuke Bless Curse Alm - - - - - - - Null Null - Sleep Confuse Poison Hex Paralysis S-Bind M-Bind A-Bind Down KO Null Null Null Resist Null Null Null - Null Null List of Skills Skill Effect Myriad Arrows 6-8 heavy Phys attacks. (1 enemy) Stronger in Boost. Deathbound Heavy Phys attack. (All enemies) Stronger in Boost. Maragidyne Heavy Fire attack. (All enemies) Mabufudyne Heavy Ice attack. (All enemies) Maziodyne Heavy Elec attack. (All enemies) Magarudyne Heavy Wind attack. (All enemies) Megidolaon Severe Almighty attack. (All enemies) Mamudoon Medium chance of instant kill. (All enemies) [Curse-based attack] Tentarafoo Medium chance of Confusion. (All enemies) Lullaby Song Medium chance of Sleep. (All enemies) Silent Song Medium chance of Magic Bind. (All enemies) Spiderweb Medium chance of Agility Bind. (All enemies) Power Charge Triple physical attack for next hit. Lasts 3 turns. (Self)

Persona 5 Strikers

• Normal
• Merciless

Arcana Level HP Stagger Gauge Strength -- Magic -- Endurance -- Agility -- Luck -- - 75 56,000 8 Phys Gun Fire Ice Elec Wind Psy Nuke Bless Curse Almi - - - - - - - - - - - EXP Yen Battle Drop Negotiation Items 25,000 97,500 Balm of Life x1 Armita Soda x1 (Random Incense) Incense x3 - List of Skills Skill Effect Riot Gun Severe Gun damage to a wide area of foes with very high chance of Critical. Maragidyne Heavy Fire damage to a wide area of foes. Rare chance of Burn. Mabufudyne Heavy Ice damage to a wide area of foes. Rare chance of Freeze. Maziodyne Heavy Elec damage to a wide area of foes. Rare chance of Shock. Magarudyne Heavy Wind damage to a wide range. Technical dmg: Burn. Psiodyne Heavy Psy damage to an area of foes. Technical dmg: Mental ailment. Freidyne Heavy Nuclear damage to an area of foes. Technical dmg: Burn/Freeze/Shock. Maeigaon Heavy Curse damage to a wide area of foes. Megidolaon Severe Almighty damage to a wide area of foes. Concentrate Next magic attack deals double the damage. Teleport Enemy vanishes for a brief period and reappears somewhere else.

Arcana Level HP Stagger Gauge Strength -- Magic -- Endurance -- Agility -- Luck -- - ?? 199,500 8 Phys Gun Fire Ice Elec Wind Psy Nuke Bless Curse Almi - - - - - - - - - - - EXP Yen Battle Drop Negotiation Items 250,000 180,000 Balm of Life x3 Soma x3 (Random Incense) x75 - List of Skills Skill Effect Riot Gun Severe Gun damage to a wide area of foes with very high chance of Critical. Maragidyne Heavy Fire damage to a wide area of foes. Rare chance of Burn. Mabufudyne Heavy Ice damage to a wide area of foes. Rare chance of Freeze. Maziodyne Heavy Elec damage to a wide area of foes. Rare chance of Shock. Magarudyne Heavy Wind damage to a wide range. Technical dmg: Burn. Psiodyne Heavy Psy damage to an area of foes. Technical dmg: Mental ailment. Freidyne Heavy Nuclear damage to an area of foes. Technical dmg: Burn/Freeze/Shock. Maeigaon Heavy Curse damage to a wide area of foes. Megidolaon Severe Almighty damage to a wide area of foes. Concentrate Next magic attack deals double the damage. Teleport Enemy vanishes for a brief period and reappears somewhere else.

Gallery

The Reaper in the manga adaption of Persona 4

The Reaper in Persona 4 The Animation

The Reaper appears in Persona 4 The Animation

One of the "Cursed" Shuffle Time! cards from Persona 3 Portable

The Reaper concept art.

The Reaper's Persona 3 render

The Reaper's Persona 3 Reload render

The Reaper's Persona 5 Royal render

Trivia

• In Persona 3 the Reaper's total HP (4,444) refers to a homonym between "four" (四, shi)^? and "death" (死, shi)^?. The number four is also known in Japan, China, and some other countries in Asia as the number of misfortune.
  • In Persona 3 Reload, the Reaper would act four times on its first round, referencing four as an unlucky number in many parts of Asia.
• The Reaper's garments bear some resemblance to Tatsuya Sudou's clothes, from the Persona 2 duology. Additionally, Sudou eventually loses his right eye during the events that take place during the duology, and the Reaper itself is missing that eye as well.
• In Persona Q, the Reaper's total HP (13,666) is a combination of two ominous numbers, 13 being associated with bad luck and 666 being the Number of the Beast.
  • In relation to the latter, 6,666 Experience points are awarded to a party of three members upon defeating the Reaper in Persona 3.

Persona 3 Bosses
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
Guardians	Ruthless Ice Ravens (2) - Barbaric Beast Wheel & Magic Hands (2) - Swift Axle ~ Will O' Wisp Raven & Lightning Eagles (2) - Heretic Magus & Grievous Tables (2) - Disturbing Dice & Slaughter Twins (2) - Clairvoyant Relic ~ Servant Tower & Enslaved Cupids - Lascivious Lady & Profligate Gigas (2) - Fleetfooted Cavalry ~ Ochlocratic Sands (3) - Arcanist Decapitator, Heat Overseer, & Sky Overseer - Deviant Convict & Tome of Atrophy - Controlling Partner & Dependent Partner ~ Venomous Magus & Five Fingers of Blight (2) - Bloody Maria & Executioner's Crown - Imposing Skyscraper ~ Heartless Relic & Rampaging Sands (2) - Raging Turret - Terminal Table - Jotun of Authority, Purging Right Hand, & Subservient Left Hand - Isolated Castle ~ Pagoda of Disaster & Tomes of Persecution (2) - Dancing Beast Wheel - Demented Knights (2) - Cruel Greatsword & Serpents of Absurdity (2) - Invigorated Gigas
Monad	Cowardly Maya - Magical Magus & Shouting Tiara ~ Bronze Dice & Muttering Tiara - Iron Dice - Muttering Tiara ~ Dogmatic Tower & Immoral Snakes (2) - Natural Dancers (2) - Vehement Idol ~ Minotaur II - Haunted Castle & Spiritual Castle - Intrepid Knight & Change Relic ~ Heat Balance, Sky Balance ~ Shadow of the Void

Persona 3 Reload Shadows
Fool	Final Checkmate - Glorious Hand - Dutiful Checkmate - Miracle Hand - Principled Checkmate - Luxury Hand - Reticent Checkmate - Ethereal Hand - Bold Checkmate - Opulent Hand - Dignified Checkmate - Invaluable Hand - Majestic Checkmate - Supreme Hand - Ardent Checkmate - Precious Hand - Yearning Checkmate - Treasure Hand - Resolved Checkmate - Wealth Hand
Magician	Grand Magus - Prime Magus - Angry Table - Wondrous Magus - Magical Magus - Almighty Hand - Killing Hand - Crying Table - Dancing Hand - Laughing Table - Magic Hand - Cowardly Maya Gold Hand - Black Hand - Pink Hand - Silver Hand - White Hand - Foot Soldier - Terminal Table - Purging Right Hand - Subservient Left Hand - Venomous Magus - Five Fingers of Blight - Heretic Magus - Grievous Table
Priestess	Vehement Idol - Wrathful Book - Ruinous Idol - Liberating Idol - Writhing Tiara - Tranquil Idol - Shouting Tiara - Silent Book - Maniacal Book - Spurious Book - Grieving Tiara - Muttering Tiara - Merciless Maya Morbid Book - Mage Soldier - Haughty Belle - Tome of Persecution - Bloody Maria
Empress	Executioner's Crown - Tome of Atrophy - Eternal Eagle - Pistil Mother - Regal Mother - Growth Relic - Elegant Mother - Constancy Relic - Jupiter Eagle - Creation Relic - Dark Eagle - Venus Eagle - Frivolous Maya Heartless Relic - Lascivious Lady - Clairvoyant Relic - Lightning Eagle
Emperor	Death Castle - Emperor Beetle - Power Castle - Hell Knight - Solid Castle - Champion Knight - Avenger Knight - Golden Beetle - Adamant Beetle - Ancient Castle - Haughty Maya - Grave Beetle Comeback Castle - Haunted Castle - Spiritual Castle - Demented Knight - Isolated Castle - Fleetfooted Cavalry
Hierophant	Green Sigil - Red Sigil - Apostate Tower - Crazy Twins - Death Twins - Blue Sigil - Dogmatic Tower - Indolent Maya - Killer Twins - Corrupt Tower - Trance Twins Cultist of Death - Cultist of the Storm - Pagoda of Disaster - Imposing Skyscraper - Servant Tower - Slaughter Twins
Lovers	Carnal Snake - Royal Dancer - Immoral Snake - Gracious Cupid - Insidious Maya - Devoted Cupid - Ardent Dancer - Lustful Snake - Jealous Cupid - Soul Dancer - Obsessed Cupid Invasive Serpent - Luckless Cupid - Serpent of Absurdity - Controlling Partner - Dependent Partner - Enslaved Cupid
Chariot	Wicked Turret - Slaughter Drive - Battle Wheel - Scarlet Turret - Arcane Turret - Brave Wheel - Killer Drive - Ill-Fated Maya - Wild Drive - Mach Wheel Bestial Wheel - Hallowed Turret - Chaos Panzer - Dancing Beast Wheel - Raging Turret - Rampage Drive - Swift Axle - Barbaric Beast Wheel
Justice	Harmony Giant - Light Balance - Bigoted Maya - Doom Sword - Stasis Giant - Judgement Sword - Conviction Sword - Order Giant - Justice Sword - Sky Balance - Heat Balance High Judge of Hell - Overseer of Creation - Omnipotent Balance - Void Giant - Merciless Judge - World Balance - Executive Greatsword - Cruel Greatsword - Heat Overseer - Sky Overseer
Hermit	Noble Seeker - Amenti Raven - Fate Seeker - Desirous Maya - Death Seeker - Phantom Lord - Ice Raven - Phantom Master - Vicious Raven - Phantom Mage - Black Raven Appropriating Noble - Necromachinery - Resentful Surveillant - Arcanist Decapitator - Will O' Wisp Raven - Ruthless Ice Raven
Fortune	Platinum Dice - Infinite Sand - Death Dice - Iron Dice - Perpetual Sand - Curse Dice - Imprudent Maya - Flowing Sand - Mind Dice - Bronze Dice Obsessive Sand - Scornful Dice - Rampaging Sand - Ochlocratic Sand - Terror Dice - Disturbing Dice
Strength	Onnen Musha - Mighty Beast - Kaiden Musha - Hakurou Musha - Visceral Maya - Furious Gigas - Enslaved Beast - Steel Gigas - Wild Beast Shadow of the Void - Deadly Eldest Sibling - Blazing Middle Sibling - Voltaic Youngest Sibling - Feral Beast - Icebreaker Lion - Invigorated Gigas - Ultimate Gigas - Profligate Gigas
Hanged Man	Fierce Cyclops - Jotun of Evil - Minotaur I - Devious Maya - Mad Cyclops - Minotaur II - Jotun of Blood - Mighty Cyclops - Minotaur III - Jotun of Power - Minotaur IV Genocidal Mercenary - Hedonistic Sinner - Minotaur Nulla - Jotun of Authority - Deviant Convict
Death	Reaper

Persona 5 Bosses
Storyline	Asmodeus - Azazel - Bael - Cognitive Wakaba - Mammon - Leviathan - Black Mask - Samael - Holy Grail - Yaldabaoth - YoshizawaR -> Cendrillon + Biyarky + Takuto MarukiR - Takuto Maruki + Azathoth -> Adam KadmonR
Sub	Moloch - Bicorn - Eligor - Belphegor - Archangel - MaraP5 - Nue - Ippon-Datara - Shiki-OujiP5/Kurama TenguR - Sui-Ki - Kin-Ki - Fuu-Ki - Take-MinakataP5/KumbhandaR - Garuda - Mot - Sugimura - Corporobo - Ose - KumbhandaP5/JatayuR - Nebiros - Norn - Raja Naga - Ganesha -> Rangda -> Thor - Yamata no Orochi - Forneus - Baphomet - Hanuman + Garuda - Oberon + Titania - Ongyo-Ki - Melchizedek - BelialP5 - NebirosP5 - AbaddonP5/ThroneR - DominionR - Uriel - Raphael - Gabriel - Michael - MacabreR - HasturR - LoaR - Dionysus + ChimeraR - Scathach + Cu ChulainnR- SurtR - SiegfriedR
Will Seed GuardianR	Mara - Arahabaki - Cerberus - Alilat - Melchizedek - Baal - Kali + Dakini - Fafnir
Mementos Shadows	Nakanohara - Takanashi - Sakoda - Shimizu - Odo - Oyamada - Makigami - Uchimura - Mogami - Shadow Takases - Kishi - Naguri - Tsuboi - Akitsu - Fukurai - Honjo - Jochi - Tsuda - Nejima - Kiritani - Togo - Youji Isshiki - Shadow Magarios - Oda - Wakasa - Asakura - OnoR - AinoR - AriharaR - KagamiR - MinamotoR - FuwaR - IzuoR
Other	Caroline & Justine / LavenzaR - Reaper - JoseR - S.E.E.S BoyR - Investigation Team BoyR

Persona 5 Strikers Bosses
Storyline	Mad Rabbit Alice - Nightmare Dragon Ango - Snow Empress Mariko - Akane's Joker - Akira the Hero - Kuon Ichinose (Sophia - Hecantoncheires) - False God Demiurge (EMMA)
Sub	Bicorn - Pixie - Archangel - Silky - Mokoi - Succubus - Jack O' Lantern - High Pixie - Lamia - Orthrus - Eligor - Pisaca - Jack Frost - Lilim - Mothman - Setanta - Mithras - Kaiwan - Principality - Shiisaa - Hecantoncheires - Okuninushi - Neko Shogun - Kurama Tengu - Ganesha - Naga - Sarasvati - Valkyrie - Fortuna - Raja Naga - Norn - Thor - Bugs - Mot - Abaddon - Kali & Dominion - Metatron
Dire Shadows	Bugs - Raja Naga - Lilith - Nebiros - Yatagarasu - Eligor - Mithras - Archangel
Lock Keeper	School Bully - Natsume's Editor - Callous City Employee/Councilman - Warden - Konoe's Father
Requests	Seth - Cerberus - King Frost - Black Frost - Siegfried - Mara - Metatron - Reaper