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