An Ultimate Persona (or Advanced Persona) is a Persona formed when an individual takes up a resolution in his or her heart. The Persona is usually one of the strongest Personas the user can summon.
Appearances
- Megami Ibunroku Persona
- Persona 2: Innocent Sin
- Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
- Persona 3 / FES / Portable
- Persona 4 / Golden
Profile
Megami Ibunroku Persona
The Ultimate Personas are fused by adding certain totems to fusions that result in a Persona whose arcana is the same as the Ultimate Persona's arcana, and can only be equipped by the character they belong to. The totems are gained towards the end of the game, though the exact method depends on the route.
| Character | Arcana | Persona | Totem |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protagonist | Emperor | Amon-Ra | Rosetta Stone |
| Maki Sonomura | Priestess | Verdandi | Pasque Flower |
| Kei Nanjo | Judgement | Yamaoka | Amber Glasses |
| Masao Inaba | Chariot | Susano-o | Purified Water |
| Yukino Mayuzumi | Empress | Durga | Bisonskin Drums |
| Yuka Ayase | Magician | Freyr | Stuffed Deer |
| Eriko Kirishima | Judgement | Michael | Judgement Contract |
| Hidehiko Uesugi | Justice | Tyr | Victorian Rune |
| Reiji Kido | Death | Mot | Babylonian Coffin |
In the SEBEC quest, if the protagonist performs good deeds throughout the quest, when he meets with his other self in the Alaya Cavern, the other self will reward him with the totems.
In the Snow Queen route, the protagonist has to trade Ambrosia gained from defeating the Tower bosses with Raiho during the final dungeon. If the harder towers are completed before the easier ones, more Ambrosia will be given.
Persona 2
Innocent Sin
Most of the Ultimate Personas are gained after defeating Joker in the Caracol if the party found the corresponding mask at Mt. Iwato (the Red Eagle Mask for Apollo, the Yellow Owl Mask for Hades, the Pink Azas Mask for Venus and the Blue Swan Mask for Artemis).
Apollo, Venus and Hades are all weak to Darkness initially. The weakness will be removed and replaced with immunity against Darkness once the player has equipped the correlated persona to finish the battle against their reverse counterparts in Leo Temple, Taurus Temple and Scorpio Temple respectively.
Yukino retains Durga as her Ultimate Persona, which is obtained if she comes to terms with Fujii Shunsuke's death and stays with Tatsuya's party at the Caracol. Jun Kurosu's Ultimate Persona is Chronos, obtained by mutating Hermes once it reaches maximum rank and has gone through the Aquarius Temple's boss fight with him equipped.
Eternal Punishment
Except for Tatsuya who has already obtained his Ultimate Persona, Apollo, from the beginning of the story, all other characters' Ultimate Personas require the player to obtain the material cards from Mt. Iwato and then summon them in the Velvet Room manually. This gives player the freedom to apply a magic card and stat boost card during the summoning. The Ultimate Personas in Eternal Punishment are slightly less powerful and useful skill-wise than in Innocent Sin, but consume less SP.
| Character | Lvl. | Persona | Requirement | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarot cards | Material card | ||||
| Maya Amano | 63 | Artemis | Moon (252) | Silver Bow | Mount Iwato |
| Ulala Serizawa | 62 | Asteria | Star (248) | Ortyx | |
| Katsuya Suou | 63 | Hyperion | Justice (189) | Ancient Sun | |
| Baofu | 61 | Prometheus | Hanged Man (244) | Bronze Ring | |
| Eriko Kirishima | 76 | Gabriel | Judgement (304) | Lily | Ex Dungeon 2-A |
| Kei Nanjo | 75 | Yamaoka | Hierophant (225) | Amber Eyeglasses | Ex Dungeon 2-C |
| Tatsuya Suou | 62 | Apollo | N/A | ||
Persona 3
The Ultimate Personas are evolved forms of the initial Personas gained throughout the story, based on their operator's character development. Following a story-specific prompt, each character individually experiences a personal resolution, which brings about the metamorphosis of his or her initial Persona into his or her Ultimate Persona. The Ultimate Personas are listed below in order of metamorphosis.
| Character | Persona | Prompt | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akihiko Sanada | Caesar | Death of Shinjiro Aragaki | To face everything head-on |
| Ken Amada | Kala-Nemi | Death of Shinjiro Aragaki (and failure to exact revenge) | To live for his mother and Shinjiro |
| Fuuka Yamagishi | Juno | Natsuki Moriyama transferring schools | To protect those she is connected with |
| Yukari Takeba | Isis | Receiving her father's true message | Deciding to fight to fulfill her father's wishes |
| Mitsuru Kirijo | Artemisia | Death of her father | To carry on her father's legacy |
| Junpei Iori | Trismegistus | Death of Chidori Yoshino and fusion of Hermes and Medea | To live for Chidori |
| Aigis | Pallas Athena | Choosing her own purpose | To live |
Shinjiro Aragaki, Koromaru, and Metis do not gain Ultimate Personas.
The Protagonist's own Ultimate Persona, Messiah, is gained by fusing his initial Persona Orpheus with Thanatos.
Persona 4
The Awakened Persona, like in Persona 3, are evolved forms of the initial Personas, though the party member's Social Link must be maxed out.
| Character | Persona | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Protagonist | Izanagi-no-Okami | Unlock True Ending* |
| Yosuke Hanamura | Susano-o | Max out S.Link Magician |
| Chie Satonaka | Suzuka Gongen | Max out S.Link Chariot |
| Yukiko Amagi | Amaterasu | Max out S.Link Priestess |
| Kanji Tatsumi | Rokuten Maoh | Max out S.Link Emperor |
| Rise Kujikawa | Kanzeon | Max out S.Link Lovers |
| Teddie | Kamui | Max out S.Link Star |
| Naoto Shirogane | Yamato-Takeru | Max out S.Link Fortune |
- The Protagonist gains his own Ultimate Persona, Izanagi-no-Okami, automatically during the final battle in the True Ending, but it cannot be used in normal gameplay until a certain fusion is performed on a New Game Plus.
Golden
Persona 4 Golden offers new Ultimate Personas for every character (except for the Protagonist, who still gains Izanagi-no-Okami during the final battle in the True Ending, which can only be used in normal gameplay upon fusion in New Game Plus). Unlocking these Personas grants the respective Persona a unique ultimate skill. To unlock these Ultimate Personas, the player must first max out the corresponding teammate's social link, and then speak with them for another Social Link meeting at any point after 1/10 to evolve their Persona further.
| Character | Persona | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Protagonist | Izanagi-no-Okami | Unlock True Ending |
| Yosuke Hanamura | Takehaya Susano-o | Max Magician Social Link, speak after 1/10 |
| Chie Satonaka | Haraedo-no-Okami | Max Chariot Social Link, speak after 1/10 |
| Yukiko Amagi | Sume-Omikami | Max Priestess Social Link, speak after 1/10 |
| Kanji Tatsumi | Takeji Zaiten | Max Emperor Social Link, speak after 1/10 |
| Rise Kujikawa | Kouzeon | Max Lovers Social Link, speak after 1/10 |
| Teddie | Kamui-Moshiri | Max Star Social Link, speak after 1/10 |
| Naoto Shirogane | Yamato Sumeragi | Max Fortune Social Link, speak after 1/10 |