Skill Cards in Persona 5: Your Ultimate Guide
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Yes, Skill Cards do indeed carry over into New Game + in Persona 5 and Persona 5 Royal. This is a significant advantage, allowing you to customize your Personas right from the start with powerful abilities. As long as you have the money to re-summon Personas from the Velvet Room, you can then immediately apply your accumulated Skill Cards to them.
Understanding Skill Cards in Persona 5 Royal
Skill Cards are a vital resource in Persona 5 Royal, enabling you to teach your Personas new skills they wouldn’t normally learn through leveling up. They offer a deep layer of customization, allowing you to tailor your team to specific challenges and strategies. Whether you’re aiming for a balanced team or focusing on specific elemental strengths, Skill Cards are your key to achieving it.
How to Obtain Skill Cards
There are multiple ways to acquire these valuable cards:
- Chests: Explore Palaces and Mementos thoroughly, as Skill Cards can often be found within treasure chests.
- Enemies: Some enemies will drop Skill Cards upon defeat, although this is less common than finding them in chests.
- Mementos Requests: Completing certain requests in Mementos will reward you with Skill Cards.
- Electric Chair Executions: This is one of the most reliable methods. By sacrificing certain Personas in the Velvet Room’s Electric Chair, you can “itemize” them into Skill Cards. This is particularly useful for Personas with desirable skills.
- Confidant Abilities: Increasing your rank with certain Confidants can unlock new avenues for obtaining Skill Cards.
Using Skill Cards
Using a Skill Card is simple:
- Navigate to the Items menu.
- Select the Skill Card you wish to use.
- Choose the Persona you want to teach the skill to.
Note that only Personas currently in your possession can be customized with Skill Cards.
Blank Cards and Yusuke
You might come across Blank Cards during your playthrough. These cards can’t be used directly but are incredibly valuable. Once you’ve established a relationship with Yusuke Kitagawa and increased his Confidant rank, you can have him replicate other Skill Cards onto the Blank Cards, effectively duplicating valuable skills. Furthermore, Blank Cards are essential for itemizing most Personas into Skill Cards. Remember that Blank Cards also carry over into New Game Plus, making them a valuable asset. The Games Learning Society supports the exploration of learning through game based methods. For more about gaming and learning, visit GamesLearningSociety.org.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1. Do my Persona stats carry over to New Game Plus?
No, your character level and all Confidant ranks are reset to 1 and 0 respectively. However, your social stats (Knowledge, Guts, Proficiency, Kindness, and Charm) do carry over to New Game Plus, giving you a significant head start in developing relationships and acing exams.
2. What else carries over besides Skill Cards?
Besides Skill Cards, several other things carry over:
- Personas registered in the Compendium: You can re-summon them as long as you have the money.
- Money: All your hard-earned yen transfers.
- Equipment: Weapons, armor, and accessories.
- Social Stats: As mentioned, your Knowledge, Guts, Proficiency, Kindness, and Charm.
- Playtime: Your total playtime is accumulated across playthroughs.
- Room Decorations: Any decorations purchased for your room at Leblanc.
- Key Items: Some key items that are relevant for character progression.
3. Does my Persona Compendium progress carry over?
Yes! Any Personas you’ve registered in your Compendium will be available for re-summoning (provided you have the funds) in New Game Plus. This allows you to quickly rebuild your ideal team.
4. Can I use Skill Cards on any Persona?
Yes, as long as the Persona is currently in your possession. You can’t use Skill Cards on Personas that are only registered in the Compendium.
5. Is there a limit to how many Skill Cards I can carry?
Yes, your inventory space is limited. Be mindful of the Skill Cards you hoard, and consider using them strategically to free up space. Utilize Yusuke’s Skill Card duplication with Blank Cards to maximize their use.
6. How do I unlock the ability to create Skill Cards from Personas?
You unlock the ability to create Skill Cards from Personas by using the Electric Chair in the Velvet Room. This option becomes available early in the game as you progress through the story.
7. Are some Skill Cards more valuable than others?
Absolutely. High-level skills and those that provide unique buffs or debuffs are generally more valuable. Skills like Concentrate, Charge, Debilitate, and powerful elemental spells are always in high demand.
8. Can I get Skill Cards in Mementos?
Yes, but it’s relatively rare. Mementos is more reliable for grinding experience and money, but keep an eye out for chests, as they occasionally contain Skill Cards.
9. What should I do with low-level Skill Cards in New Game Plus?
Even low-level Skill Cards can be useful in New Game Plus. You can use them to fill in gaps in a Persona’s skillset or to create Personas with specific resistances or immunities early on.
10. Does difficulty affect the drop rate of Skill Cards?
There is no explicit evidence that difficulty level directly affects the drop rate of Skill Cards. However, higher difficulty levels often mean stronger enemies, which may indirectly lead to a higher chance of finding rare items, including Skill Cards.
11. Can I duplicate powerful Skill Cards using Yusuke?
Yes, Yusuke’s Confidant ability allows you to duplicate any Skill Card you possess using a Blank Card. This is incredibly useful for creating multiple copies of rare and powerful skills.
12. What are some of the best Skill Cards to look out for?
Some highly sought-after Skill Cards include:
- Concentrate/Charge: Significantly boosts magic/physical attack power for the next turn.
- Debilitate: Lowers all attack and defense stats of a single target.
- Spell Master: Halves SP cost for magic skills.
- Ali Dance: Greatly increases evasion rate.
- High-level elemental skills: Like Ragnarok, Panta Rhei, Diamond Dust, and Bless/Curse amp skills.
- Enduring Soul: Allows a Persona to survive a fatal blow with 1 HP.
13. What is the most efficient way to farm Skill Cards?
The most efficient method is generally to focus on Electric Chair executions. Identify Personas with desirable skills and itemize them into Skill Cards. Combined with Yusuke’s skill duplication, this can significantly increase your Skill Card collection.
14. How does itemizing Personas into Skill Cards work?
When you use the Electric Chair, you can select a Persona to execute. Depending on the Persona, it will be transformed into a specific item. Some Personas will yield Skill Cards, while others may yield weapons, armor, or accessories. Consult online guides to determine which Personas yield the desired Skill Cards.
15. Are Skill Cards the same in Persona 5 and Persona 5 Royal?
While the core functionality is the same, Persona 5 Royal features new Skill Cards and adjustments to existing ones. The availability of certain Skill Cards may also differ between the two versions.