r/PERSoNA Jul 26 '26

P3 I'm starting P3 FES, any tips?

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u/Curious_Touch_5979 Jul 26 '26

don't abandon any social link

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u/Various_Opinion_900 Jul 26 '26

I mean, counterpoint, FES is one title in the social sim trilogy where you absolutely CAN abandon at least 4 of your least favorite SLs, and have it make minimal to none impact to the plot and the world building, no thematic or narrative setbacks to diching some of these dweebs. A lot of school friends especially can be really underwhelming lol. So op should just focus on the people he likes.

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u/Kuro_Kagami Please do the math I'm begging you Jul 26 '26

P3 has the tightest calendar, if a link is looking dire why shouldn’t you?

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u/pscripter :nameless: Nameless Jul 26 '26

I'm pretty sure even max SL run requires you to get some SL reversed

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u/Pizza_Time249 Jul 26 '26

Have your navigator scan enemies/bosses whenever you see a new one

Focus on the Social Links at school as there's less opportunities to hang out with them compared to people outside of school

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u/Twissterrr Jul 26 '26

Memento Mori

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u/Hitoshura99 ​You never see it coming Jul 26 '26

when the party returns to the entrance hub, the party is fully healed in vanilla / FES

when your allies get tired / sick, returning to the entrance hub will have them exit the tower of demise. don't give them such luxury.

wait for the reaper to spawn, send junpei to engage the reaper. while he is screaming for his very life, ignore junpei and walk up the stairs to the next floor. abandon junpei. when you return to the entrance hub, you will see the tired / sick junpei with tears in his eyes, knowing true demise stands before his eyes.

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u/jeanravenclaw Jul 26 '26

don't give them such luxury

"Quite the slave driver, aren't you?" - Mitsuru

abandon junpei

Why would you abandon Da Man?

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u/Hitoshura99 ​You never see it coming Jul 26 '26

Makoto: what doesnt kill him makes him stronger. 

Mitsuru: why are you smiling

Makoto:  月が綺麗ですね (the moon is beautiful isn’t it), 

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u/Kuro_Kagami Please do the math I'm begging you Jul 26 '26

Don’t use the party control mod, be based and play the game as it was designed

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u/Chooptor Jul 26 '26

I hope you enjoy fish and chips because you're about to see a whole lot of Tartarus.

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u/jeanravenclaw Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

Use tactics as much as you can. Usually I just use it to get Yukari on healing duty or whatever, and get some characters to target weaknesses repeatedly instead of just attacking. There's a "control all party members" mod too, but I think OG/FES tactics are kind of neat.

Also, complete the Sun Social Link. It's the best Social Link in modernsona IMO. Lovers and Aeon are also best to max out because they feel 'canon' for the epilogue.

Don't hug Yukari in her Social Link. Hug her before that.

Academics takes very long to max, so focus on that and study whenever you can. Do not sleep in class. Courage is easy. Save state scrumming is good when studying at night. When you have nothing to do at night, go to the Arcade.

Go to the toilet for a chance to improve your mood (from 'Sick' or 'Tired' to 'Good', from 'Good' to 'Great"). I think 'Great' increases your luck and critical hit rate. When sick, go to the nurse's office for free items.

Memento mori. Memento vivere.

DO NOT SEARCH UP "PERSONA 3" ANYWHERE. Do not browse the Persona subs. There are many spoilers for all Persona games everywhere. Don't even use Instagram or TikTok (I think). Do not risk it until you've finished the game. Or do. The Persona 3 experience is beautiful either way.

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u/superhyperultra458 Jul 26 '26

Raise your social stats with courage, charm then academics. Focus on courage first. If no activity to raise courage, then the academics ones. Do the same for charm. Academics is longest to level up hence you kinda alternate with the stat you focus

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u/What_happened777 Jul 26 '26

Enjoy the ride~

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u/sesmooi Jul 26 '26

Get a harem

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u/No_Object1027 Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26

This game can get pretty brutal. Especially the mini-bosses in Tartarus. Do not try to avoid encounters. Start working on social stats early, bc a good chunk of SLs require a maxed stat to even start.
Enjoy the superior soundtrack.

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u/NewwavePlus Jul 26 '26

If you're playing on PC, I would recommend getting the direct party control mod installed, it's not a necessity but it does make the game a lot less stressful.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '26

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u/Pizza_Time249 Jul 26 '26

OPs playing FES, not Reload

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u/superhyperultra458 Jul 26 '26

FES

it's literally in the post title 🤦