Persona 5 Royal: How to Start New Game Plus (& What Carries Over)

Persona 5 Royal allows players to start a New Game Plus once their adventure is over. Players can revisit the game without the hindrance of being too weak or not containing the right social stats at the correct time. Here is how to do so and what items carry over when making a New Game Plus. New Game Plus has been a commodity in video games for years now. The ability to start a new game and bring over levels, items, and abilities from a fully completed save file allows for a new layer of replayability. Now, players can steamroll through the majority of the game, being overpowered with levels that shouldn’t have up to that point. God Of War is an excellent example of the perks of New Game Plus. This feature is perfect for players who missed a specific item or sidequest on their initial playthroughs of the game. Now that the player has all the upgrades and benefits that come along with a completed save file, they can take their time and explore the landscape more thoroughly for paths they previously missed. The same can be said about games like Persona 5 Royal. This guide will help players start a New Game Plus and explain what perks and items carry over when beginning one.

Persona 5 Royal is an over 100-hour JRPG experience. In this game, players will be split between exploring Palaces to change the hearts of corrupt adults and spending their days going on dates and romancing all of their lady friends. Time management is key in a game like this, as every moment is valuable for growing stronger in and outside of the Palaces. It is very possible to miss something in this massive game during the player’s first playthrough. New Game Plus allows players the opportunity to try again in another run to complete what they had originally missed. This game requires that the player pays attention to many different turning cogs at once. Not only will the player focus on building relationships and stealing treasures, but there are also hidden Will Seeds to be found within each Palace. There are 3 Will Seeds within the walls of each Palace. Collecting them all and returning to Mementos to speak with Jose will provide the player with a very special accessory. If the player misses a Will Seed on their playthrough, it is impossible to return back to the Palace, as the Palace falls apart after the Phantom Thieves successfully extract the treasure within. New Game Plus is a great way for players to return to these Palaces and complete unfinished business. Here’s how to start a New Game Plus and what carries over when going so.

Starting A New Game Plus in Persona 5 Royal

To unlock New Game Plus, the player will need to have already beaten the story of Persona 5 Royal. After the credits run, the player will have the ability to create a new save slot. For the first time introduced in Persona 5 Royal, the game has multiple endings that the player can encounter. The ending of the original Persona 5 is present in the game, but to make the most out of the additions included in Persona 5 Royal, the player will need to raise the ranks of certain confidants before a specific deadline. Failing to do this will give the player the normal ending. To get the true ending, the player will get through an entirely new semester that will unlock later into the game. Regardless of whichever ending the player unlocks, New Game Plus is achieved the same way. When starting a new game, the game will ask if the player wants to carry over old progress into a new file. There’s a decent amount of perks that come along with starting a New Game Plus in Persona 5 Royal.

• Social Stats: Guts, Proficiency, Kindness, Charm, and Knowledge will carry over into the new save.
• Persona: All Persona will carry over into the new save.
• Skill Cards: All Skill Cards will carry over into the new save.
• Money: All money will carry over into the new save.
• Playtime: The playtime will stack onto the new save file.
• Equipment: All weapons, armor, and accessories will carry over into the new save file.
• Special Items: Items that were given to Joker for completing social links will carry over into the new save file.
• Stat Increases: Any stat increases that came along with completing activities or by training will carry over into the new save file.
• Mementos Stamps: All the previously collected stamps in Mementos will carry over into the new save file
• Scores: All Velvet Room challenge battles and scores will carry over into the new save.

Persona 5 Royal breathes new life into the original game. New content like an additional semester, brand new characters, and a new palace for players to explore put dozens of hours into the already massively long JRPG. The game rewards players who explore and see what Tokyo has to offer. Creating bonds with characters is essential for making the best out of this game. Players do have the option to go to bed after every school day, but the true game lies deep within the streets of Tokyo. It is very easy to miss what Persona 5 Royal is trying to accomplish by not exploring the city streets. Specific confidants are unlocked by interacting with characters that never even appear in the main storyline. These confidants can contain special and helpful powers that can assist the Phantom Thieves through whatever problem they are going through. Players are rewarded heavily for building social stats by reading books, cleaning up around the cafe, heading over at night to a bathhouse, and picking up a part-time job at a flower shop. The game is much deeper than players may initially think. Persona 5 Royal is a game that takes time to get into, but players will walk out of the experience grateful that they stopped and smelled the flowers along the way.

Persona 5 Royal is available now on PlayStation 4.

About The Author

Sky Flores
(2777 Articles Published)

See also  The Circle: Everything To Know About Season 3's Ava & Chanel Marie Capra

Sky Flores is a writer and game player based out of New York City. His hobbies consist of creating content on YouTube and streaming video games on Twitch. His online alias is @SkywardWing.

More From Sky Flores