Social stats are one of the key components of the last few Persona titles and Persona 5 is no different. In this title, there are five different social stats: Knowledge, Guts, Proficiency, Kindness, and Charm. Social stats affect your ability to access certain parts of the game, such as part-time jobs or confidants, as well as the services that confidants offer. There are various ways that you can level up particular stats, each of which has five different ranks.

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Each rank requires a certain amount of points to level up, with Persona 5 Royal increasing the overall points required due to its increase in social opportunities. Guts enable you to stand up for yourself more in conversations. Additionally, raising your Guts is required for ranking up with the following confidants: Tae Takemi, Sadayo Kawakami, and Munehisa Iwai. Here are the various ways that you can increase your Guts social stat.

5 Studying in the School Library

You can raise your Guts social stat by studying in the school library during your free time. You'll find the library on the third floor of your school, just up the stairs from where your classroom is.

All you will need to do is interact with the desk near the back of the room to choose this option.

4 Inside Leblanc

There are a couple of ways that you can raise your Guts stat while inside Leblanc, which is handy as sometimes you have no choice but to stay there until you need to sleep. However, first, you need to buy the TV and retro game console from Yumenoshima, the second-hand shop in Yongen-Jaya.

Your first option is to rent a DVD, which you can do at Central Street in Shibuya. The following DVDs raise Guts: X folders adds +2 Guts and The Running Dead adds +3 Guts. Additionally, Persona 5 Royal has added another DVD, Green, which adds +2 Guts.

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Alternatively, you can play the video game console, with there being two specific games that raise the Guts stat: Star Forneus and Power Intuition. Failing the games only increases your Guts stats by +1, but if you beat a level you get an additional +2 Guts stat. The Power Intuition cartridge can be purchased from the Akihabara Retro Game Shop in October.

3 Leisure Activities

There are a number of ways that you can raise your Guts stats by visiting various places in town. For example, if you go to the diner to study and order a hot coffee at the same time, your Guts will increase by +1. This also raises Knowledge by +2 on clear days and +3 on rainy days. Using the bathhouse in Yongen-Jaya and staying too late has the potential to increase your Guts, as well as some Charm points. Going to the Maid Cafe in Akihabara will raise your Guts by +1 if you choose to tell the maid to fix her mistake, as well as giving +2 Charm.

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Visiting the Big Bang Burger restaurant and participating in their challenge will also raise Guts, as well as some other stats. The Comet Burger adds +1 Guts, the Gravity Burger adds +2 Guts, and the Cosmic Tower Burger adds +3 Guts. Watching movies at the theaters in Shibuya, Shinjuki, and Yongen-Jaya can also raise Guts depending on the film you watch. Each of the following films raises your Guts by +3: Like a Dragon (Shinjuku in July, when invited by Makoto), Pach Saw (Shinjuku in November, when invited by Haru), Fight Kebab (Shinjuku in January), Merry Christmess (Yongen-Jaya in December), and Tanktop Millionaire (Shibuya in April).

Additionally, every Sunday you can purchase a juice drink from the Shibuya Underground Walkway, which will randomly increase one social stat. An extra way to earn Guts was added in Persona 5 Royal, where ordering a surprise sandwich from the Shibuya Central Street diner will increase your Guts by +1.

2 Visiting the Takemi Medical Clinic

The Takemi Medical Clinic can be found within the  Yongen-Jaya area and is also where you will find the confidant Tae Takemi. She will offer her medical services in exchange for the protagonist becoming a guinea pig in shady medical trials for her.

Hanging out with Takemi and participating in her trials will increase your Guts by +1 each time, as well as increasing your social ranking with her.

1 Miscellaneous Tasks

Reading books, or more accurately, finishing books can raise your Guts depending on the title. You can read in Leblanc, in the library, or when/if you manage to grab a seat on the train. The following books raise Guts: Pirate Legend, The Gallant Rogue, Cry of Cthulu, Ghost Encounters, and Master Swordsman. An additional Guts book was added in Persona 5 Royal - Bowman.

Additionally, one of the many part-time jobs you can partake in can also raise Guts. If you work at the Crossroads Bar and choose to speak with the "Scary-looking Man," this will raise your Guts by +2.

Choosing to draw the Phantom Thieves logo on the chalkboard at school will raise your Guts +1 each time you can do it. This becomes available after unlocking the Bank of Gluttony and the Casino of Jealousy palaces.

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