Understanding the Persona 3 Reload: The Social Link System
The Persona franchise’s core features for getting stronger involve the Social Link system, which correlates to the player’s progression toward acquiring the most powerful Personas. A Social Link represents the player’s bond with a character who embodies a specific Arcana on the Tarot. As the player progresses through a character’s Social Link, they will gain bonus experience with Personas of that Arcana upon successful infusion. Once the player reaches the max level, they will gain access to their Memento, which enables them to craft the best Persona of that type. In Persona 3 Reload, the characters and their respective Arcana include:
- SEES: The Fool
- Kenji Tomochika: The Magician
- Fuuka Yamagishi: The Priestess
- Mitsuru Kirijo: The Empress
- Hidetoshi Odagiri: The Emperor
- Bunkichi and Mitsuko: The Hierophant
- Yukari Takeba: The Lovers
- Kazushi Miyamoto: The Chariot
- Chihiro Fushimi: Justice
- Maya: The Hermit
- Keisuke Hiraga: Fortune
- Yuko Nishiwaki: Strength
- Maiko Oohashi: The Hanged Man
- Pharos: Death
- Bebe: Temperance
- President Tanaka: The Devil
- Mutatsu: The Tower
- Mamoru Hayase: The Star
- Nozomi Suemitsu: The Moon
- Akinari Kamiki: The Sun
This guide will provide information for each character, their requirements, and what days they are available to maximize your Social Links efficiently.
SEES: The Fool
This Social Link is tied directly to the story progression and has no requirements other than going through certain narriative moments in the game. This Social Link will unlock the Susanoo Persona once it reaches the max level.
Kenji Tomochika: The Magician
This character is available on April 22 and has no stat requirements to unlock him. He hangs out in Classroom 2F of Gekkoukan Highschool and you can meet him on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. The dialogue options per rank are in the original article which provide the choices for each rank. Finishing his Social Link will award the Handmade Choker memento, which is used to create Futsunushi, the best Magician Arcana Persona.
Fuuka Yamagishi: The Priestess
Her Social Link is unlocked on June 19. She requires Courage Rank 6: Badass and the Fortune Social Link to be unlocked first. She is available on Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays and can be found on the 2nd Floor Hallway in Gekkoukan Highschool.
Her preferred gift is a Glass Vase. For her dialogue, select the appropriate choices based on the rank listed in the original article. She will unlock the Scathach Person by fusing with the Headphones memento that she gives you on max Social Link level.
Mitsuru Kirijo: The Empress
Her Social Link is unlocked on November 21. She requires Academic Rank 6: Genius. She is available on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. She is found in the 1F Faculty Room Hallway, just outside the Faculty Office. In addition, you’ll want to gift her the Googly-Eyed Idol and Japanese Doll gifts.
Rank 2 to 10 dialogue choices, again based on the original article, are listed.
She gives the Motorcycle Key, which can be fused to create Ailat after max Social Link rank.
Remaining Characters
Following this format, the rest of the article outlines how to unlock and maximize the remaining Social Links to obtain the best Persona of each Arcana.
At the end of the article, there is a segment on other activities and characters that fall outside of the Social Link system, including Pharos, President Tanaka, Mutatsu, Mamoru Hayase, Nozomi Suemitsu, and Akinari Kamiki, and information on what is needed to unlock their Social Links and what to do to progress through their ranks.