Persona 5 Royal passive stat raising guide

Persona 5 RoyalTime is an important factor. Without using a step-by-step guide, it’s nearly impossible to 100% the game in one go, as almost every action you take will make time pass.

However, Persona 5 Royal — an expanded version of Persona 5 that hit PlayStation in 2020 and everywhere else in 2022 — There are some great new techniques to improve your stats, without wasting time.

Here are some tips to boost your stats and save time.

You can buy books to read in your free time

Start reading books on trains and buying books once you have enough money. You can also borrow books from the school’s library. After you rank Kawakami (Temperance) to social link 5, you’ll get opportunities to read during class as well.

There are many different stats that books reward, some even unlocking advanced techniques for minigames.

Get your juice at Shibuya Underground Walkway on Sundays

Each Sunday the Shibuya Underground Walkway juice shop sells a special stat-raising beverage for only 5,000 yen. You should buy it every week — even if the stat it raises is maxed out — or else a new drink won’t be in stock the next week.

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Take care of your plant

After cleaning up the attic (an activity that doesn’t make time pass), you’ll unearth a houseplant from the mess. You can take care of the plant every 16 days using the nutrients that you bought from the flower shops. Take care to take good care of your plant before embarking on any evening excursion.

You will earn two Kindness Points by feeding it Bio Nutrients from the Shibuya Underground Mall, and three Kindness Points by feeding it Mega Fertilizer from the Shinjuku Flower Shop.

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Answer correctly the school question

It is easy to overlook, but be sure to correctly answer classroom questions in order for free Knowledge points.

Please complete the crosswords

Leblanc will sometimes have a magazine waiting for you when you return home. To complete the crossword puzzle and earn Knowledge points, interact with it.

Pay attention to TV trivia

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You can get one more Knowledge point by answering trivia questions on certain evenings at the TV in Leblanc. There isn’t too much of a visual tell for this one — the TV does display a trivia-like image, but there isn’t a question every time this is on screen. You’ll just need to check in with the TV.