Social Link

The Social Link system in P4 allows players to build relationships with ALL of their teammates, not just the girls. The stronger your relationships are, the more events you'll experience. And depending on their ranks, teammates might jump in front of a critical hit for you when you're about to die in battle or perform a support attack to finish off an enemy you weren't able to kill. Also, certain conversations will occur in the dungeons according to the events that took place the last time you hung out with that character, providing a much stronger incentive for developing closer bonds with your party members. You can also obtain the greatest persona of each arcana by leveling up social links to the MAX.

Arcana Chance

What is Arcana Chance?

Occasionally, you would have a shuffle time after a battle. If you have drawn a Persona card or a Blank card, a new system called Arcana Chance may happen. It would show you a major arcana can and then ask if you'd like to see what will happen to it. If you do, the card will start spinning and then randomly stop at its normal or reversed position; normal position is associated with positive outcomes, and reversed position would call upon bad ones. You may check the table below for the list of outcomes.

For effects that is said to be "momentarily", it'd usually last for about 5 battles if left undisturbed. If you performed another Arcana Chance before the previous one expires, the new effect will replace the old one. An exception is Hierophant, which is explained in the footnote of the table.

Which persona to transform, which skill to change, which stat to adjust are all decided randomly. Unlike the Arcana with a finite period of effectiveness, changes of a Persona's skill and stats are permanent.

Lastly, when you leave the dungeon and re-enter or go to another one in the same day, the effect of the Arcana Chance will still persist.

Effects of Arcana Chance

Arcana	Normal position	Reversed position
Fool	Changes to any other arcana, can be in normal or reversed position
Magician	A persona's skill ranks up	A persona's skill ranks down
Priestess	All Analysis data is displayed temporarily	All Analysis data is temporarily hidden
Empress	All members' HP fully recovered	All members' HP reduced to 1
Emperor	Temporarily provides consistent Player Advantage	Temporarily provides consistent Enemy Advantage
Hierophant	Subsequent reverse Arcana Chance effects are temporarily nullified	Reverse Arcana Chance rate temporarily increases
Lovers	Strong red shadows temporarily disappear	Strong red shadows temporarily increase
Chariot	A persona's Agility increases (1~3 points)	A persona's Agility decreases (1 point)
Justice	A persona's Strength increases (1~3 points)	A persona's Strength decreases (1 point)
Hermit	Map is fully displayed for a period of time	Map is temporarily hidden
Fortune	A persona's Luck increases (1~3 points)	A persona's luck decreases (1 point)
Strength	A persona's Magic increases (1~3 points)	A persona's Magic decreases (1 point)
Hanged Man	A persona's Endurance increases (1~3 points)	A persona's Endurance decreases (1 point)
Death	All members' SP recovered, HP reduced to 1; expelled from the dungeon, map data erased and treasure regenerated	All members' HP recovered, SP reduced to 1; expelled from the dungeon, map data erased and treasure regenerated
Temperance	Money earned from battles is temporarily doubled	Money earned from battle is reduced to 1 yen
Devil	A persona changes into one of a higher level	A persona changes into one of a lower le
Tower	Temporarily earn bonus money in che	Temporarily fight shadows in chests
Star	Shuffle Time, One More Chance and Arcana Chance occurrence rate temporarily increases	Shuffle Time, One More Chance and Arcana Chance occurrence rate temporarily decreases
Moon	Experience Points earned from battles is temporarily doubled	Experience Points earned from battle is temporarily reduced to 1
Sun	Blank Cards change into Persona Cards for a certain period of time	Blank Cards change into Penalty Cards for a certain period of time
Judgement	All members' SP fully recovered	All members' SP halved

Footnotes

1. Fool does not have reversed, it'd transform into any other arcana either normal or reversed.

2. A bit different from the one happening in the Velvet Room, this skill change modifies a persona skill within the same spell family. For instance, Agi to Agilao, or Bufula to Bufu. If the chosen skill is at the top/bottom of the rank, a message saying "No skill can be changed" would be displayed.

3. This effect will be canceled if the next Arcana Chance ends up with a normal position. If the next Arcana Chance ends up with a reversed, no negative effect will happen, and the protection of Hierophant persists just like other momentary effect.

4. Regardless of result, a morphed Persona will change into one with base skills and level. Skills inherited through fusion will not carry over.

5. For the Upright result, the kind of chests you open will determine the longevity of the effect, which also wanes when you fight random battles. It will expire on it own if no chests are opened after several battles.

6. For Reverse, you may still get the item in the chest after fighting the shadow, but there is a chance that the item inside will be broken

The Velvet Room

This is my favorite place! Well in here, you can fuse personas, buy personas, get special personas (based on the weather forecast) and finish Margaret's social link by fusing the right persona.

This is the door to get inside the Velvet Room:

This is the Velvet Room:

Yeah there are 2 characters inside that room:

Igor

He is a mysterious person. He helps us to get new personas by fusing them. Sometimes, his magic go error, and our personas cannot be fused together, yeah that's so annoying. But mostly, personas can be completely fused. He is a protagonist, but he's kinda creepy I think. His ears made me think he's an elf, but who knows? he's mysterious. And look at his nose, longer than a ruler

 Margaret

She is quite and wise. She always sits beside Igor. She helps us to get new personas by buying them, and she also helps us to know what special persona we can get by fusing them based on the weather forecast. Her social link mission is to fuse personas that she wants, and with the special ability she want

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Antagonists

Mitsuo Kubo

A juvenile from Inaba who becomes the second suspect the group believes to be behind the murder case after Kinshiro Morooka's death. He makes a pass at Yukiko Amagi at the beginning of the game, and is rejected. He is later revealed to be an isolated student who was expelled from a different high school prior to the beginning of the game. Look at his face. Can I punch his face? I really want to. 

Taro Namatame 

A council secretary who is married to popular enka singer Misuzu Hiiragi, fired from his position as a result of his affair with TV reporter Mayumi Amano, the first victim of the case. Namatame is later revealed to be responsible for sending people to the TV world, using his family's delivery truck to be unnoticed by the victims and hiding a TV plasma inside for transporting them after knocking them out. Yeah poor taro, he is doing this without knowing what will happen. That's not the way you save them Taro! 

Tohru Adachi 

A young police officer in the Inaba police department, and Ryotaro Dojima's junior partner. He often accidentally reveals crucial information regarding the investigation to the protagonist, and is constantly reprimanded by Dojima for running his mouth. Following the revelation that Taro Namatame is not the culprit behind the murders, it is revealed that Adachi is behind the two first murders. He became interested in Mayumi Yamano and Saki Konishi until he pushed them into TVs when they spurned his feelings. After the two initial murders, he tricked Namatame into kidnapping people under the idea that he was keeping them from danger, which is reinforced as every person Namatame "rescues" is then saved by the protagonist's group. Adachi explains that his reason for his actions is nothing more than to entertain himself and out of disgust for the human world. Adachi uses his handgun in battle. His Persona is Magatsu Izanagi, which resembles the protagonist's initial Persona. Yeah, he looks like a clumsy guy with an innocent face, but he's the real culprit. 

Ameno-sagiri 

The God of Fog, and the being that was partially influencing Tohru Adachi's actions. Responsible for the fog appearing on rainy days, it takes the form of a gigantic eyeball with a golden disc for an iris and black pipes protruding from its form. It believes itself to pursue "mankind's desires." Ameno-sagiri itself is benevolent, promising the protagonist that it will lift the fog after being defeated, although it is revealed through its final words that it is not dead, but will remain dormant until enough people wish for the fog to return. Ameno-sagiri has no known voice actor, although he does speak through Adachi when he takes control of him after he is defeated by the group. In the anime, Ryūsei Nakao provides the voice of Ameno-sagiri. This giant eyed-meatball has great fog powers. He looks less scary for me.  

Izanami 

Izanami is the mastermind behind the events of Persona 4. Claiming that it is what humans desire, she aims to cover the world in dense fog and turn mankind into Shadows, which would cause all humans to live acting on instinct and cease all suffering. Disguising herself as a Moel gas station attendant, she was able to directly grant outsiders like Taro Namatame, Tohru Adachi and Yu Narukami the ability to enter the TV. She also created the entrance to that world as well as the rumor of the Midnight Channel to see how humans would use it. During the battle, her initial form is that of a goddess, but after she is defeated first time her true form is revealed: a massive, skeletal monster, already dead and rotting, under the name of Izanami-no-Okami. Yu defeats her with the power he developed across the game. Following her defeat, Izanami disappears, satisfied with her opponents' abilities. That attendant is actually a female! and she is the mastermind of this game. You will be able to beat this badgirl if you follow the true ending

Shadow Bosses

These are some bosses that could pack a punch in this game:

The shadow we must defeat before Yosuke awakens his persona. The easiest boss that uses wind attacks. Here, you will fight him with the super lame and the weakest persona, Izanagi. Yeah, Izanagi is our first persona.

The shadow we must defeat before Chie awakens her persona. She has strong physical attacks. This is located at the same stage as Yukiko's Shadow.

The shadow we must defeat before Yukiko awakens her persona. She has strong fire attacks. There's also another prince-like shadow that helps and supports Yukiko's Shadow. Oh yeah, she can also increase her health. A phoenix with a love tattoo on her chest and Yukiko's head and hair, which is......yeah weird.

The shadow we must defeat before Kanji awakens his persona. His physical attacks are strong and there's also another 2 shadows that supports Kanji's Shadow's defense.I think this one is really strong, so you should beat the other 2 shadows first.

The shadow we must defeat before Rise awakens her persona. She can analyze our weakness, and our attacks will miss at some period. A really weird, hanging creature that thinks she's sexy. Yeah you all can comment.

A robot-like shadow we must defeat before Naoto awakens her persona. She(or he, because I don't really know the shadow's gender) has strong light and darkness attacks, and physical attacks too.

A shadow we must defeat before Teddie awakens his persona. He has strong ice attacks, and attacks that gives negative effect. Yeah he looks exactly like Teddie, but he lost his cuteness and become a super violent-faced creature.

Kunino-Sagiri, the one who claims that he's a saviour. He is Taro Namatame's Shadow. He can increase his health, and has strong judgment attacks He poses a "peace" sign with his fingers every time he attacks. Yeah, not every shadow is scary.

Ameno-Sagiri, the Deity of Fog. He can create a great defence by using his mist controlling powers, so all of our attacks will miss in some period. Yeah, his body is round and has a single eye, kinda funny, but it is strong tho, don't underestimate him, DON'T. 

Izanami, the final boss. She can increase her health, and is of course, the strongest boss, even if you play the easiest level. In this stage you will absolutely die because of the storyline, but you will be revived and you will gain the power of Izanagi no Okami, the transformation of Izanagi, our first persona ever. However, Izanagi no Okami is the strongest Persona in this game, and it is much much much MUCH more stronger than the pipsqueak Izanagi. 

Main Personas

Persona is a spirit that lives within the character's self. A Persona is used to fight shadows

Name : Izanagi
Arcana : Fool
Element : Thunder
Tamer : Yu Narukami

Name : Jiraiya
Arcana :Magician
Element : Wind
Tamer: Yosuke Hanamura

Name : Tomoe-Gozen
Arcana :Chariot
Element : Ice (using strong physical attack)
Tamer : Chie Satonaka














Name : Konohana Sakuya
Arcana : Priestess
Element : Fire
Tamer : Yukiko Amagi                  














Name : Take-Mikazuchi
Arcana :Emperor
Element : Thunder
Tamer : Kanji Tatsumi












Name : Himiko
Arcana : Lovers
Element : - (analysis/not joining battle)
Tamer : Rise Kujikawa













Name : Sukuna-Hikona
Arcana : Tempest
Element : Light and Darkness
Tamer : Naoto Shirogane













Name : Kintoki-Douji
Arcana :Star
Element : Ice and Thunder
Tamer : Teddie