Follow this Persona 5 walkthrough to navigate the Cruiser of Pride (2), defeat the Shadow Cleaner and The Traitor, and find the IT President.
Walkthrough
- 1Enter the big room and take the southwestern exit.
- 2Continue south to a small area with a statue switch. Turn the switch on.
- 3Use the vent near the southern locked door to enter the room to the west.
- 4Unlock the door you bypassed.
- 5Turn the statues off.
- 6Take the door in the room you just came from.
- 7Unlock the door to your east, then continue west, clearing enemies.
- 8Enter the room in the northwest corner and use the vent on the southern side to reach an isolated hallway.
- 9Double back to the switch, turn it on, then return to the room with the vent.
- 10Crawl through the vent to grab the chest containing a Spirit Choker.
- 11Head east from the vent room and follow the hallway to another door you can unlock.
- 12Go north, then continue to the northwestern room with another statue switch.
- 13Turn the statues on if they are off.
- 14Double back east slightly to find another vent. Crawl through it.
- 15Beware of the wandering Shadow in the room below.
- 16Once the Shadow is dealt with, unlock the door to your west.
- 17Disable the statues and enter the eastern room with one enemy. Time your entry for an ambush.
- 18Unlock the door to the adjacent room.
- 19Return to the switch and turn the statues on again.
- 20Head to the middle room and enter the right room from it.
- 21Crawl through the small vent to get into the upper hallway.
- 22Head to the room to the southeast and crawl through the vent into the eastern hallway.
- 23Unlock the door to your south and enter the big room as a mouse.
- 24Navigate to the southern end of the room and use the vent.
- 25Shut off the statues using the switch and unlock the door to the north before boarding the elevator.
- 26The elevator brings you to the Side Deck area. Ignore the exhaust duct to the east.
- 27Continue west to a Safe Room.
- 28The Cleaner will appear and send three Heretic Goats after you. Defeat them using Bless skills.
- 29Head to the end of the dock and enter the door to a new area.
- 30Go north from the first room and use the vent on the west side to reach a non-mouse room, avoiding the patrolling Shadow.
- 31Go west another room (as a mouse), then south through a vent, and unlock the door.
- 32Return to the middle room of the second from the bottom row of rooms, going west and then north.
- 33Continue east twice and north into the northeastern room with the statue switch.
- 34From the switch room, go south one room and west once, passing through the vent on the northern end.
- 35Unlock the door on the western side.
- 36Go back to shut off the statues.
- 37Make your way back to the northwest corner to find another elevator, which leads back to the Central Hall.
- 38Go back to the dining hall and look for a waiter to learn the IT company president's location.
- 39Head back to the Side Deck area.
- 40Defeat the enemy Shadow patrolling the Side Deck to get to the duct with the foul-smelling odor.
- 41Use Third Eye to spot a climbable spot across from the duct, leading to the IT president’s room.
- 42Watch the scene and prepare for a mini-boss fight.
- 43Knock down the IT President with a nuclear skill and use psy skills on the accompanying Scandalous Queens.
- 44Initiate an All-Out Attack on the Queens. Repeat this process until they are defeated.
- 45The IT President will summon more Queens; repeat the process until he is defeated.
- 46Exit the room by climbing back down.
- 47Save at the nearby safe room and heal HP and SP.
- 48Go through the vent to make your way to the Engine Room.
- 49Upon dropping down, you will be by the Cleaner. Fight the four Heretic Goats he sends.
- 50Chase the Cleaner to find a locked chest containing a Bead Chain and Diamond.
- 51Go around to the side room, climb on the boxes, and go through the vent to reach and fight the Cleaner.
- 52After defeating the Cleaner, go to exit the room.
- 53As you are leaving, you will fight two powered-up normal enemies. The Traitor will use Call of Chaos and they will use Desperation.
- 54After winning, prepare to fight The Traitor.
- 55After defeating The Traitor (Part 1), prepare for The Traitor (Part 2).
Tips
- The Hanuman shadows are weak to ice, but have Evade Ice. King Frost has no weaknesses and uses Mabufudyne.
- The IT President can be manipulated into not attacking by focusing on the Scandalous Queens.
- The Cleaner has no resistances or weaknesses; use your strongest attacks.
- The Cleaner uses Maeigaon, Myriad Slashes, Mudoon, Foul Breath, Rakunda, Tarukaja, Marakunda, Stagnant Air, and Heat Riser.
- The Cleaner can instantly kill a character with Mudoon.
- The Cleaner will upgrade Rakunda to Marakunda around 50% health.
- The Cleaner will upgrade to Stagnant Air and Heat Riser.
- The two powered-up normal enemies before The Traitor only attack physically and have no weaknesses/resistances. Equipping a Persona that nulls or repels physical attacks is recommended.
- The Traitor has no resistances or weaknesses in the first phase.
- The Traitor uses Kougaon, Eigaon, Megaton Raid, Charge, and Megidolaon.
- The Traitor can attack twice per round in the second phase.
- The Traitor can use Tetrakarn to block physical attacks.
- The Traitor uses Brave Blade, Deathbound, Negative Pile, Desperation, Makarakarn, and possibly other magic skills.
- Negative Pile can inflict Despair, depleting SP and killing the character on the third turn.
- The Traitor tends to use Desperation after a critical hit.
- Equip a Persona that nulls physical to counter The Traitor's Tetrakarn.
- Spirit Choker
- Bead Chain
- Diamond
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