Persona 4

This guide covers the PC version of Persona 4 Golden, specifically focusing on Lukaight's detailed walkthrough. It's designed to help you navigate through the game's many paths and choices, ensuring you don't miss any crucial steps or opportunities.

The walkthrough is broken down into several key sections, allowing you to find exactly what you need, whether it's progressing through the main story, understanding bike skills, or tackling New Game + content. The core of the guide focuses on team compositions for dungeon crawling, with numerous combinations of party members like Yosuke, Chie, Yukiko, Kanji, Teddie, and Naoto.

Walkthrough Structure:

1. Guide (1st half): Covers the initial stages of your journey.
2. Bike Skills: Details how to improve your abilities on the bike.
3. Guide (2nd half): This is the most detailed section, offering specific strategies based on your chosen party members for different dungeon segments. You'll find breakdowns for 20 different party combinations, including:
   • Yosuke, Chie, Yukiko
   • Yosuke, Chie, Kanji
   • Yosuke, Chie, Teddie
   • Yosuke, Chie, Naoto
   • Yosuke, Yukiko, Kanji
   • Yosuke, Yukiko, Teddie
   • Yosuke, Yukiko, Naoto
   • Yosuke, Kanji, Teddie
   • Yosuke, Kanji, Naoto
   • Yosuke, Teddie, Naoto
   • Chie, Yukiko, Kanji
   • Chie, Yukiko, Teddie
   • Chie, Yukiko, Naoto
   • Chie, Kanji, Teddie
   • Chie, Kanji, Naoto
   • Chie, Teddie, Naoto
   • Yukiko, Kanji, Teddie
   • Yukiko, Kanji, Naoto
   • Yukiko, Teddie, Naoto
   • Kanji, Teddie, Naoto
4. Empress Social Link: Specific advice for this Social Link.
5. Ultimate Personas: Information on obtaining the most powerful Personas.
6. Achievements: How to unlock all in-game achievements.
7. New Game + (Part 1 & 2): Detailed guides for continuing your journey with carried-over progress, including the same 20 party combinations as the main guide.
8. Miracle Quiz answers: Correct answers for the quiz segments.
9. Version history: Details on updates to the guide.
10. Thanks/Sources: Credits and references used.

This guide is essential for anyone looking to fully master Persona 4 Golden on PC, providing clear direction for every aspect of the game.

This guide is designed to help you access every dialogue option in Persona 4 Golden, even those normally locked behind Social Stat requirements. This allows you to make the best choices available from the start, effectively giving you a second playthrough experience on your first attempt, with the exception of two early-game choices and the secret boss fight where reaching the necessary thresholds is impossible on a first playthrough.

To achieve this, the guide relies heavily on save scumming (repeatedly loading a saved game) due to the random nature (RNG dependent) of many activities. This is necessary to consistently achieve the best results needed to meet specific thresholds within the game's timeline. While all stated results are possible, you may need to reload your save multiple times, potentially spending over an hour in some instances, to achieve them. Pushing through these moments is key.

Following this guide will enable you to max out all your Social Stats and achieve the Golden Ending, which includes the True Ending and an epilogue scene. This provides freedom in New Game+ playthroughs and access to secret Personas through 12-way fusion.

Furthermore, you will be able to max out every Social Link. For romantic interests, you have the option to romance as many as you wish, creating a harem is optional. All but one party member can unlock their 2nd Persona by the 5th dungeon (meaning they can use their evolved form for 5 dungeons). The remaining party member, who joins after the 5th dungeon, will unlock their 2nd Persona by the 7th dungeon (meaning they use their evolved form for 3 dungeons). You can also invite any character, party member or not, to all events, including the Summer Festival, Christmas, New Year's, and Valentine's Day.

The guide also facilitates making 5 scooter rides with 4 party members (your Navigator plus 3 chosen members). This unlocks 15 different skills for them in battle. Your Navigator does not learn new skills but can upgrade their All-Out Attack damage up to 5 times. This totals 15 skills and 5 All-Out Attack upgrades.

You will have at least 6 free days to use as you wish, with the possibility of reaching 8 free days without losing anything, or 12 free days at the cost of 3 free level-ups and a costume set. These days can be used for obtaining skill cards, fishing, leveling up, or grinding. Reaching 13 free days is also possible, but it means not unlocking the method to obtain specific skill cards and comes with the same caveats as the 12-day option.

Additionally, you get 6 free nights, with the potential for 4 more, allowing you to earn up to 90,000 yen (or 150,000 yen with all extra nights).

For completionists, this guide includes steps for time-sensitive optional achievements (those unlocked in Inaba, excluding the battle voicelines one due to a caveat), and completing every sidequest. It also covers all character costumes, models, dolls, Pub weapons, and ensures all exams are aced. The only collectible not fully covered is all skill cards.

All of this is achievable on a first playthrough.

A New Game+ guide is also available to help you maximize your time in subsequent playthroughs.

Tips:

• Message the author directly if you find any mistakes or have questions, providing precise details about the issue (location, problem, what happened) for easier correction.
• Be prepared for extensive use of save scumming to achieve optimal results for Social Stats and Social Links.
• Embrace the ability to make choices freely, as the guide aims to remove Social Stat

Alright, let's dive into the second half of your adventure in Persona 4 Golden! This section of Lukaight's guide is super helpful for figuring out the best way to tackle the game's later stages, especially when it comes to choosing your party members.

This part of the guide breaks down all the different party combinations you can use as you progress through the game. Each combination likely offers different strengths and weaknesses, so picking the right one for the situation is key to making things smoother.

New Game + (Part 2):

1. Yosuke, Chie, Yukiko +
2. Yosuke, Chie, Kanji +
3. Yosuke, Chie, Teddie +
4. Yosuke, Chie, Naoto +
5. Yosuke, Yukiko, Kanji +
6. Yosuke, Yukiko, Teddie +
7. Yosuke, Yukiko, Naoto +
8. Yosuke, Kanji, Teddie +
9. Yosuke, Kanji, Naoto +
10. Yosuke, Teddie, Naoto +
11. Chie, Yukiko, Kanji +
12. Chie, Yukiko, Teddie +
13. Chie, Yukiko, Naoto +
14. Chie, Kanji, Teddie +
15. Chie, Kanji, Naoto +
16. Chie, Teddie, Naoto +
17. Yukiko, Kanji, Teddie +
18. Yukiko, Kanji, Naoto +
19. Yukiko, Teddie, Naoto +
20. Kanji, Teddie, Naoto +

And if you're starting a New Game+, this section covers those party setups too! The '+' likely indicates something special or a change from the first playthrough. Keep these lists handy as you replay the game to optimize your team for any challenge.