Persona 5, and its expanded version, Persona 5 Royal, have hundreds of activities and side missions to keep you occupied. While the main focus of the game is clearing Palaces, it's the minor daily life schedule and life sim elements that keep the game marching forward.
There are Social Links to increase, stats to improve, secrets to find, and so much studying to do in Persona 5 while you're not sneaking your way in and out of Palaces each month. Here are some of the bests tasks and outings that you should prioritise when you have free time to spend in Persona 5.
10 Clean LeBlanc For Kindness Stats
This is exclusive to Persona 5 Royal, but when you begin your adventure in P5, and you've cleared the lengthy tutorial before you start your first mission, you'll have access to this feature which lets you spend time in the evenings cleaning LeBlanc. Doing so will reward you with a few notes of Kindness.
To do this, interact with the bathroom on the ground floor of the cafe. There will be an option to use the bathroom or clean the place. Choosing the latter option while Sojiro is around and can see you do it, naturally, will give you some points towards Sojiro's Hierophant Confidant.
9 Drink Juice Every Sunday
There is a juice stall in Shibuya station which will have a special drink available every Sunday. At this stand, you can buy an Aojiru drink for 5,000 Yen, which will increase one of your stats. The rotation of juice drinks is fixed, with each one dedicated to adding to one of your Social Stats.
This is an excellent way to add some Social Stat points every week without having to spend precious time doing so. Due to how long it takes to level your stats in Persona 5, this is one of the best ways to get ahead. This is available in both vanilla P5 and P5 Royal.
8 Visit The Bathhouse On Specific Days For Bonus Stats
In Persona 5 Royal, there are several instances where you will be locked to staying around Yongen Jaya. When this happens, one of the best things you can do with your time is to go to the Bathhouse opposite LeBlanc on certain days.
Visiting on Sunday is the best day to get the most Charm, due to the special medicinal bath event that takes place. Depending on certain RNG situations and the weather, you can also get points to your Guts. The main reason to visit on Sunday is that you get more points to Charm than you normally would.
7 Study At The Diner On Rainy Days
On May 6th in Persona 5 Royal, the Diner in Shibuya will open after being closed until this point. This should be your new go-to spot to study, especially when it rains. The Diner is available in both P5 and Royal.
In the Diner, you can study and buy stat-increasing food, improving two stats at once for a few yen. The game tells you that studying on rainy days will increase your focus, giving you more Knowledge stats, so try to make sure you're studying at the Diner on rainy days.
6 Play Darts And Billiards In Kichijoji
Another feature exclusive to Persona 5 Royal is playing darts and billiards with your friends. This will increase their performance in battle. Specifically, having your darts partner throw the final dart and win the round will level their Baton Pass, increasing to a maximum of rank three. You will also gain Proficiency points.
In the same place, you can play a game of Billiards. Playing this will result in your party members having their Technical damage increased, along with their chance to Down an enemy when hitting a Technical in battle. Both of these options help give you an edge in combat and you should spend some time getting your main party members ranked up.
5 Take Care Of Your Plant
As soon as you can, you should buy nutrients from the plant shop in Shibuya to give to the plant in your room. Doing so will reward you with Kindness stat points, which will increase based on how expensive the nutrients you give your plant are.
You should always have some spare because sometimes you won't be able to go out of LeBlanc to get any. This is key since this task can be done once every 16 days, so you might find that you've run out on a day you can't leave LeBlanc and miss out on improving your Kindness.
4 Apply For Part-Time Jobs
Part-time jobs in Persona 5 and Royal are good ways to earn money, while also being crucial to unlocking certain Social Links, giving you more Social Stats, and unlocking Memento requests later on in the game. For you completionists out there, this one will be a must.
For example, working a part-time job is required to unlock the Sun Arcana Social Link. To do so, you will need to work two shifts at the Beef Bowl Shop in Shibuya to speak to Toranosuke Yoshida, who will commend you for being able to remember everyone's orders while it's busy.
3 Hang Out With Your Confidants And Clear Mementos Requests
As you progress your Confidant ranks, you will unlock Mementos Requests to proceed to the next rank for that Confidant. Spending time with your Confidants also increases your Social Stats, and improves your party members, while also paving the way to romantic routes for several characters.
It is generally considered best practice to save up your Mementos requests and clear swathes of them in one fell visit to capitalise on time efficiency. Mementos exploration is also tied to the main story, but clearing all the individual requests is not. In Royal, maxing out certain Confidants is required to unlock the third semester.
2 Buy And Read All The Books
Books are extremely in important in Persona 5 and P5 Royal, to the point where you should always have a book on the go while you're playing. You can borrow books from the school library and buy them from Shibuya, and you should do so as you play.
There will be moments you're riding the train to school and have a seat, so you can make progress on the book you have. Reading provides Social Stat increases and unlocks locations on your map to travel to in Tokyo. Reading all of them also unlocks an achievement, which you completionists will love.
1 Progress The Strength Arcana And Hangout Events
The Twin Wardens, Caroline and Justine, have a Social Link to progress, but it doesn't spend any time to increase it. Their whole S-Link is dedicated to creating Personas with specific skills, and doing so for them unlocks new ways to fuse and strengthen your Personas.
In Persona 5 Royal, a new feature with the Twins was added where you take them outside of the Velvet Room and explore places in Tokyo you've visited. Doing so rewards you will Skill Cards, which can be extremely helpful to fill in any skill gaps you might be missing, especially for their requests. This action spends time, but try to keep up with it as you progress.