Confidant

Confidant, known as Cooperation in the Japanese version, is a game mechanic in Persona 5 and Persona 5 Royal.
This mechanic is almost identical to the Social Links of Persona 3 and Persona 4 and involves the protagonist building relationships with accomplices around the city. Unlike Social Links however, establishing and improving relationships with Confidants provides various tangible benefits outside of improving fusion results of their associated Arcana.
Generally, only the initial and final events are voiced with the exception of the Fool, Magician, Judgement and, in 5 only, Justice, Confidants which progress based on the story and are all voiced. Story events tied to the Justice Confidant in 5 remain in Royal, but they no longer progress the confidant, and the new Rank 8 event is voiced.
==Appearances==
*Persona 5 / Royal
==Role==
===Persona 5===
Similar to Social Links, each relationship with a certain character (or possibly a group) is represented by a major Arcana and ranking up each Confidant grants bonuses to Personas of correlated Arcana: experience bonus to newly-fused Personas, and shorter in-game days required for training a Persona in the Velvet Room to learn a resistance. Ranking up each Confidant also unlocks a new ability or benefit which directly affects performance in Palaces or otherwise opens up massive conveniences in day-to-day activities.
A plot point that renders Confidants unique from Social Links is that Confidants are identical to accomplices in committing crimes instead of simply being mere bonds. They are also considered a part of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts regardless of whether they're directly involved in their heists and are thus held accountable for the Phantom Thieves' case by the jurisdiction system. 
The Confidants are founded by Igor (or more accurately, the impostor) in order to assist the protagonist in his "rehabilitation" and his rebellion against the world's corruption. Therefore, they are the only people who are immune to Yaldabaoth's machinations when they unravel in earnest during the last 3 months of the game.
A majority of maxed Confidants will be capable of:
* Cheering the Phantom Thieves on taking down Shido while the rest of the general public unerringly support him to guide them into ruin.
* Realizing the Qliphoth World being overlaid onto the real world while the public remains completely oblivious to the changes.
* Cheering the protagonist and the Phantom Thieves up for defeating Yaldabaoth.
* Assisting the protagonist to get out of his probation once Sae requests that he goes to Juvenile Hall to testify against Shido after Yaldabaoth's fall.
 
Arcana 	Confidants 	Benefits†
0 Fool 	Igor 	
*Unlocks Shadow negotiation.
*Bonus EXP for fusion.
*Unlocks Third Eye.
*Increases Persona stock capacity.
I Magician 	Morgana* 	
*Unlocks craftable infiltration tools.
*Chance for the protagonist to steal items when using his melee attack.
II Priestess 	Makoto Niijima* 	
*Provides additional information on the analysis screen (item drops/skill list/enemy stats/enemy resistances).
*Indicates when an attack is completely ineffective on an enemy.
III Empress 	Haru Okumura* 	
*Unlocks horticulture for growing vegetables with various useful effects.
IV Emperor 	Yusuke Kitagawa* 	
*Unlocks Skill Card replication.
V Hierophant 	Sojiro Sakura 	
*Allows the protagonist to make SP recovery items.
VI Lovers 	Ann Takamaki* 	
*Bargains in negotiation.
*Chance to cancel an enemy's attack. (Royal)
VII Chariot 	Ryuji Sakamoto* 	
*Ambushing (P5) or dashing into (P5R) enemies at least 10 levels lower than the protagonist instantly kills them, giving a free Persona. but without other battle rewards (EXP/money/items)
** In Royal, EXP/Money/Items are given along with the Persona.
*Reduces the chance of being detected while dashing. (Royal)
VIII Justice 	Goro Akechi* 	
* Chance to uncover unknown enemy affinities before battle. (Royal)
IX Hermit 	Futaba Sakura 	
*Chance to cast any of the following between party turns:
**Moral Support (Matarukaja, Marakukaja, Masukukaja, all three at once akin to a party-wide Heat Riser, or Mediarama.)
**Active Support (all-targeted Charge+Concentrate, or recover SP.)
*Reveals maps on Mementos.
*Chance to prompt Hold Up at start of a battle.
*Chance to switch out incapacitated party members.
*Nullifies the first lethal attack.
X Fortune 	Chihaya Mifune 	
*Bonus point gain on social stats.
*Increases monetary rewards from battles for the day.
*Bonus affinity point gain on Confidant activities.
*Reveals possible benefits from other Confidant characters.
*Reveals favorable responses during Confidant events. (Royal)
*Triggers and improves the rate of fusion alarms. (Royal)
XI Strength 	Caroline and Justine	
*Allows the protagonist to fuse multiple Personas at once.
*Allows the protagonist to detain Personas into Lockdown to learn resistances.
*Allows the protagonist to fuse higher-level Personas in exchange for money. Payment depends on level difference.
XII Hanged Man 	Munehisa Iwai 	
*Unlocks firearm customization.
XIII Death 	Tae Takemi 	
*Offers new medicine and recovery-based accessories at her clinic.
XIV Temperance 	Sadayo Kawakami 	
*Additional free time during school to read or craft items.
*Performs household tasks at night (cooking, laundry, crafting) without spending time.
*Allows activities at night even after spending time in the Metaverse.
XV Devil 	Ichiko Ohya 	
*Reduces security meter penalty in Palaces.
XVI Tower 	Shinya Oda 	
*Unlocks and improves Down Shot.
*Unlocks and improves Bullet Hail.
*Unlocks Warning Shot in negotiation.
*Increases ammo capacity. (P5)
*Improves the chance of gun attacks inflicting ailments. (P5R)
*Allows Joker's gun attacks to pierce resistances.
XVII Star 	Hifumi Togo 	
*Allows swapping teammates mid-battle.
*Improves escape chance.
*Unlocks gun-based follow-up attacks from backup members.
*Gain bonus money for defeating enemies after an ambush.
XVIII Moon 	Yuuki Mishima 	
*Unlocks Mementos Requests.
*Grants partial or full EXP for allies on standby.
*Permanent bonus EXP from battles.
XIX Sun 	Toranosuke Yoshida 	
*Improves negotiation rewards during Hold Up.
*Can recruit Personas of higher level than the protagonist.
XX Judgement 	Sae Niijima 	
*"True Justice" indicates the protagonist has survived the recollection and reached the present.
Unnumbered Faith	Sumire Yoshizawa 	
* Allows the protagonist to ambush Shadows with the grappling hook.
* Allows the protagonist to avoid being ambushed by Shadows from the front.
1 Councillor 	Takuto Maruki 	
* Chance for the protagonist to instantly snap out of any status condition.
* Chance to grant the protagonist Charge and Concentrate at the start of battle.
* Chance to restore a large amount of SP to the protagonist at the start of turn.
* Unlocks third semester events upon completion.
* All party bonuses are as follows, with varied rank requirements:
* Unlocks Baton Pass. (P5 only, as Baton Pass is provided automatically in P5R)
* Unlocks Follow-Up attack.
* X Talk: Ability to automatically revert to the last negotiation question if the target is enraged by the answer by chance (5) or at all times under certain circumstances. (Royal)
* Harisen Recovery: Chance to cure other party members of their ailments.
* Endure: Survive with 1 HP once in a battle when hit by a lethal attack.
* Protects the protagonist before getting hit by a single-target lethal attack.
* Unlocks ally's ultimate Persona with additional skills and improved elemental affinities.
==List of Confidant Guides==
The following pages contain comprehensive guides for each individual Confidant dialogue options and skills.
 	 	 	 	
0Fool 	IMagician 	IIPriestess 	IIIEmpress 	IVEmperor
 	 	 	 	
VHierophant	VILovers 	VIIChariot 	VIIIJustice	IXHermit
 	 	 	 	
XFortune 	XIStrength 	XIIHanged-Man	XIIIDeath 	XIVTemperance
 	 	 	 	
XVDevil 	XVITower 	XVIIStar 	XVIIIMoon 	XIXSun
 	 	 	 	
 	XXJudgement	Faith 	1Councillor	
==Availability==
This is the general weekly schedule of the Confidants. Normally, they're only available during specific days of the week, as well as only during a certain time of day (either day or night.) Additionally, during Rainy Days, some Confidants will not be available.
Sometimes the availability of each Confidants can change due to certain circumstances separate from their schedule such as the requirement to level up certain Social Stats or having to complete a certain Mementos Request. Party Confidants will not be available if the Palace has not been completed within a week before its deadline or after the option to send a Calling Card to a Palace owner has been made available leading up to the boss fight.
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Persona 5=
Availability	Availability 	Availability 	Availability 	Availability 	Availability 	Availability 	Availability 	Availability 	Availability
Character 	Time of Day 	Weekday 	Weekday 	Weekday 	Weekday 	Weekday 	Weekday 	Weekday 	Rainy OK
Character 	Time of Day 	Monday 	Tuesday 	Wednesday 	Thursday 	Friday 	Saturday 	Sunday 	Rainy OK
Igor 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto
Morgana 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto
Makoto 	Day 	✗ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓
Haru 	Day 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✗ 	✗
Yusuke 	Day 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓
Sojiro 	Night 	✓ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓
Ann 	Day 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✓
Ryuji 	Day 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓
Akechi 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto
Futaba 	Day 	✗ 	✗ 	✓ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✓ 	✗
Chihaya 	Night 	✗ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✓ 	✗
The Twins 	Confidant Rank Up after completing The Twins's request.	Confidant Rank Up after completing The Twins's request. 	Confidant Rank Up after completing The Twins's request. 	Confidant Rank Up after completing The Twins's request. 	Confidant Rank Up after completing The Twins's request. 	Confidant Rank Up after completing The Twins's request. 	Confidant Rank Up after completing The Twins's request. 	Confidant Rank Up after completing The Twins's request. 	Confidant Rank Up after completing The Twins's request.
Iwai 	Night 	✗ 	✗ 	✗ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓
Takemi 	Day 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓
Kawakami 	Night 	✗ 	✗ 	✗ 	✗ 	✓ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓
Ohya 	Night 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓
Shinya 	Day 	✓ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓
Hifumi 	Night 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✗ 	✗ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓
Mishima 	Night 	Available every day after completing his Mementos requests.	Available every day after completing his Mementos requests.	Available every day after completing his Mementos requests.	Available every day after completing his Mementos requests.	Available every day after completing his Mementos requests.	Available every day after completing his Mementos requests.	Available every day after completing his Mementos requests.	✓
Yoshida 	Night 	✗ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✓ 	✗
Sae 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto
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Availability	Availability 	Availability 	Availability 	Availability 	Availability 	Availability 	Availability 	Availability 	Availability
Character 	Time of Day 	Weekday 	Weekday 	Weekday 	Weekday 	Weekday 	Weekday 	Weekday 	Rainy OK
Character 	Time of Day 	Monday 	Tuesday 	Wednesday 	Thursday 	Friday 	Saturday 	Sunday 	Rainy OK
Igor 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto
Morgana 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto
Makoto 	Day 	✗ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓
Haru 	Day 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✗ 	✗
Yusuke 	Day 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓
Sojiro 	Night 	✓ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓
Ann 	Day 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✓
Ryuji 	Day 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓
Akechi 	Night 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓
Futaba 	Day 	✗ 	✗ 	✓ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✓ 	✗
Chihaya 	Night 	✗ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✓ 	✗
The Twins 	Confidant Rank Up after completing The Twins's request.	Confidant Rank Up after completing The Twins's request. 	Confidant Rank Up after completing The Twins's request. 	Confidant Rank Up after completing The Twins's request. 	Confidant Rank Up after completing The Twins's request. 	Confidant Rank Up after completing The Twins's request. 	Confidant Rank Up after completing The Twins's request. 	Confidant Rank Up after completing The Twins's request. 	Confidant Rank Up after completing The Twins's request.
Iwai 	Night 	✗ 	✗ 	✗ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓
Takemi 	Day 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓
Kawakami 	Night 	✗ 	✗ 	✗ 	✗ 	✓ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓
Ohya 	Night 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓
Shinya 	Day 	✓ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓
Hifumi 	Night 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✗ 	✗ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓
Mishima 	Night 	Available every day after completing his Mementos requests.	Available every day after completing his Mementos requests.	Available every day after completing his Mementos requests.	Available every day after completing his Mementos requests.	Available every day after completing his Mementos requests.	Available every day after completing his Mementos requests.	Available every day after completing his Mementos requests.	✓
Yoshida 	Night 	✗ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✓ 	✗
Sae 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto 	Auto
Yoshizawa 	Day 	Protagonist must accept hangout requests via text. 	Protagonist must accept hangout requests via text. 	Protagonist must accept hangout requests via text. 	Protagonist must accept hangout requests via text. 	Protagonist must accept hangout requests via text. 	Protagonist must accept hangout requests via text. 	Protagonist must accept hangout requests via text. 	Protagonist must accept hangout requests via text.
Maruki 	Day 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✗ 	✓ 	✗ 	✗ 	✓
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==Confidant Points==
Generally, to be able to rank up a Confidant, the protagonist will first need to spend time with them or perform certain activities to bond with them. This is organized in points and a certain amount are required for each individual Confidant for each individual stage. Upon meeting the criteria to rank up, the Confidant's points will be reset back to 0 and the points received from the dialogue options of the next event will be accumulated for the next rank.
Generally, the protagonist can receive points from hanging out with Confidants, responding with the correct dialogue options or giving gifts. However, there are more ways Confidant points can be received, such as specific events, consulting Chihaya Mifune for Affinity Reading, visiting the shrine and sometimes when resting early in bed. These activities differ in one way or another.
In dialogue options that can grant more than a single note, 2 notes indicate double the normal value, and 3 notes indicate triple. For example, if the default value is 5 points, then 2 notes would indicate 10 points, and 3 notes would indicate 15. In between these values, 6 points would instantly leap to 2 notes.好感度の上昇効果・結果・方法, ペルソナ5総合攻略Wiki P5攻略 Wiki*好感度の上昇効果・結果・方法, ペルソナ5ザ･ロイヤル総合攻略Wiki P5R攻略 Wiki*
The confidants for Yuuki Mishima and Caroline & Justine do not require any points to rank up as their progression is reliant on fulfilling requests.
===Modifiers===
There are several additional multipliers that help boost the amount of points that are received while hanging out. If the protagonist has at least a single Persona with the same Arcana as the recipient, the points received will be multiplied by x1.5. The protagonist's performance in an exam will grant a boost to specific Confidants until the next exam week: if the protagonist scores 1st place, the multiplier will be x1.5, if top 10, it'll be x1.2.定期試験, ペルソナ5総合攻略Wiki P5攻略 Wiki*定期試験, ペルソナ5ザ･ロイヤル総合攻略Wiki P5R攻略 Wiki* Additionally, if the protagonist does not withhold invitations from Confidants until later, the event will grant an x1.2 multiplier. These factors apply to many instances where Confidant points can be received without having to be directly spending time with them, such as having Sojiro taste the protagonist's coffee.
The number of notes displayed also implies the growth rate of any present modifiers. If there are any multipliers at play, there will always be at least 1 additional note. If the multipliers surpass double the amount, then it'll display 2 more notes rather than 1. For example, if the default value were to be 5 (1 note), 2 notes would indicate 6-10 points, and 3 notes would indicate 11 and up.
Additionally, if a confidant obtains enough points for their next rankup, multicolored stars will appear around any note icons, as well as an extra shimmer jingle playing when points are obtained.
Innate	Innate	Modifiers	Modifiers 	Modifiers 	Modifiers 	Result 	Result	Result
Notes 	Points	Arcana 	Exams (1st)	Exams (Top 10)	Invitation	Modifier	Notes 	Points
♪ 	5 	✘ 	✘ 	✘ 	✘ 	1 	♪ 	5
♪ 	5 	✔ 	✘ 	✘ 	✘ 	1.5 	♪♪ 	7.5
♪ 	5 	✘ 	✔ 	✘ 	✘ 	1.5 	♪♪ 	7.5
♪ 	5 	✘ 	✘ 	✔ 	✘ 	1.2 	♪♪ 	6
♪ 	5 	✘ 	✘ 	✘ 	✔ 	1.2 	♪♪ 	6
♪ 	5 	✔ 	✔ 	✘ 	✘ 	2.25 	♪♪♪ 	11.25
♪ 	5 	✔ 	✘ 	✔ 	✘ 	1.8 	♪♪ 	9
♪ 	5 	✔ 	✘ 	✘ 	✔ 	1.8 	♪♪ 	9
♪ 	5 	✘ 	✔ 	✔ 	✘ 	1.8 	♪♪ 	9
♪ 	5 	✘ 	✔ 	✘ 	✔ 	1.8 	♪♪ 	9
♪ 	5 	✘ 	✘ 	✔ 	✔ 	1.44 	♪♪ 	7.22
♪ 	5 	✔ 	✔ 	✘ 	✔ 	2.7 	♪♪♪ 	13.5
♪ 	5 	✔ 	✘ 	✔ 	✔ 	2.16 	♪♪♪ 	10.8
♪♪ 	10 	✘ 	✘ 	✘ 	✘ 	1 	♪♪ 	10
♪♪ 	10 	✔ 	✘ 	✘ 	✘ 	1.5 	♪♪♪ 	15
♪♪ 	10 	✘ 	✔ 	✘ 	✘ 	1.5 	♪♪♪ 	15
♪♪ 	10 	✘ 	✘ 	✔ 	✘ 	1.2 	♪♪♪ 	12
♪♪ 	10 	✘ 	✘ 	✘ 	✔ 	1.2 	♪♪♪ 	12
♪♪ 	10 	✔ 	✔ 	✘ 	✘ 	2.25 	♪♪♪ 	22.25
♪♪ 	10 	✔ 	✘ 	✔ 	✘ 	1.8 	♪♪♪ 	18
♪♪ 	10 	✔ 	✘ 	✘ 	✔ 	1.8 	♪♪♪ 	18
♪♪ 	10 	✘ 	✔ 	✔ 	✘ 	1.8 	♪♪♪ 	18
♪♪ 	10 	✘ 	✔ 	✘ 	✔ 	1.8 	♪♪♪ 	18
♪♪ 	10 	✘ 	✘ 	✔ 	✔ 	1.44 	♪♪♪ 	14.4
♪♪ 	10 	✔ 	✔ 	✘ 	✔ 	2.7 	♪♪♪ 	27
♪♪ 	10 	✔ 	✘ 	✔ 	✔ 	2.16 	♪♪♪ 	21.6
♪♪♪ 	15 	✘ 	✘ 	✘ 	✘ 	1 	♪♪♪ 	15
♪♪♪ 	15 	✔ 	✘ 	✘ 	✘ 	1.5 	♪♪♪ 	22.5
♪♪♪ 	15 	✘ 	✔ 	✘ 	✘ 	1.5 	♪♪♪ 	22.5
♪♪♪ 	15 	✘ 	✘ 	✔ 	✘ 	1.2 	♪♪♪ 	18
♪♪♪ 	15 	✘ 	✘ 	✘ 	✔ 	1.2 	♪♪♪ 	18
♪♪♪ 	15 	✔ 	✔ 	✘ 	✘ 	2.25 	♪♪♪ 	33.75
♪♪♪ 	15 	✔ 	✘ 	✔ 	✘ 	1.8 	♪♪♪ 	27
♪♪♪ 	15 	✔ 	✘ 	✘ 	✔ 	1.8 	♪♪♪ 	27
♪♪♪ 	15 	✘ 	✔ 	✔ 	✘ 	1.8 	♪♪♪ 	27
♪♪♪ 	15 	✘ 	✔ 	✘ 	✔ 	1.8 	♪♪♪ 	27
♪♪♪ 	15 	✘ 	✘ 	✔ 	✔ 	1.44 	♪♪♪ 	21.6
♪♪♪ 	15 	✔ 	✔ 	✘ 	✔ 	2.7 	♪♪♪ 	40.5
♪♪♪ 	15 	✔ 	✘ 	✔ 	✔ 	2.16 	♪♪♪ 	32.4
===Romance Confidant Rewards===
If the protagonist has maximized a Confidant and has entered a romantic relationship with them (as long as they're romanceable), he can spend time with one of them on December 24th, at which point they'll gift him a key item which increases the multiplier of having a Persona with a matching Arcana from x1.5 to about x10. The multiplier only applies to the Confidant that gifted the item, but it carries over to New Game Plus.12月24日選択イベント, ペルソナ5総合攻略Wiki P5攻略 Wiki*恋愛イベント, ペルソナ5ザ･ロイヤル総合攻略Wiki P5R攻略 Wiki*
In Royal, Yoshizawa cannot give a Christmas item as the protagonist cannot enter a romantic relationship with her before then.
Confidant 	Arcana 	Item
Makoto Niijima 	Priestess 	Wristwatch
Haru Okumura 	Empress 	Hat
Ann Takamaki 	Lovers 	Earmuffs
Futaba Sakura 	Hermit 	Headphones
Sadayo Kawakami	Temperance	Pen Case
Tae Takemi 	Death 	Muffler
Chihaya Mifune 	Fortune 	Cologne
Ichiko Ohya 	Devil 	Camera
Hifumi Togo 	Star 	Gloves
==Trophies & Awards==
Trophy 	Icon	Description 	For 	Reward
A True Confidant 	 	Max out one Confidant. 	P5 trophy 	
Great Phantom Thieves Convene	 	Max out all Confidants. 	P5 trophy 	
My Closest Partner 	 	Entered a special relationship. 	P5R trophy 	
True Confidence 	 	Maxed out one of your Confidants. 	P5R trophy 	
Phantom Thief Grand Union 	 	Max out all 23 Confidants. 	Thieves Den	50P
Ladies' Man 	 	See the Rank 10 event for all 10 romanceable confidants on the romance route. 	Thieves Den	60P
We Stand as Equals 	 	Start a platonic relationship with each of the 10 romanceable Confidants, then reach Rank 10 with the Platonic relationship.	Thieves Den	60P
==Gallery==
;Persona 5 Arcana
P5 Fool arcana cooperation.png|The Fool
P5 Magician arcana cooperation.png|The Magician
P5 Priestess arcana cooperation.png|The Priestess
P5 Empress arcana cooperation.png|The Empress
P5 Emperor arcana cooperation.png|The Emperor
P5 Hierophant Arcana.png|The Hierophant
P5 Lover arcana cooperation.png|The Lovers
P5 Chariot arcana cooperation.png|The Chariot
P5 Justice Arcana.png|Justice
P5 Hermit Arcana.png|The Hermit
P5 Wheel of Fortune Arcana.png|Fortune
P5 Strength Arcana.png|Strength
P5 Hanged-Man Arcana.png|Hanged Man
P5 Death Arcana.png|Death
P5 Temperance Arcana.png|Temperance
P5 Devil Arcana.png|The Devil
P5 Tower Arcana.png|The Tower
P5 Star Arcana.png|The Star
P5 Moon Arcana.png|The Moon
P5 Sun Arcana.png|The Sun
P5 Judgement Arcana.png|Judgement
File:P5 World Arcana.png|The World
FaithArcana.png|Faith (Ranks 1-5)
Faith.png|Faith (Ranks 6-10)
P5 Royal Consultant Arcana.png|The Councillor
==Trivia==
*With the exception of those directly affiliated with the Phantom Thieves of Hearts or residents of the Velvet Room, any Confidant that becomes maxed will eventually discover the protagonist is a Phantom Thief as the group only figured out their target's identity from revealing it to him directly.
**The Sun and Councillor Confidants, Toranosuke Yoshida and Takuto Maruki are different from the other Confidants as they conclude based on general observations, rather than having the protagonist leak his identity by fulfilling a request.
*In Royal, four characters have their confidant portraits changed under certain conditions.
**When Caroline and Justine become Lavenza, a portrait of the latter will replace the former.
**During the third semester, Akechi's portrait will change to give him a more stern face.
**When Sumire accepts her true self, Kasumi's portrait will be replaced by Sumire's.
**While Kawakami is doing chores for the protagonist, her portrait will change to her maid outfit and a heart sticker with "Becky" on it will be placed over her name.
*For unknown reasons, the Confidant menu refers to some Confidants by a descriptor title instead of their actual name:
**Igor is known as the "Prison Master."
**Caroline and Justine are known as the "Twin Wardens."
**Sae Niijima is known as "Prosecutor."
**Chihaya Mifune is known as "Fortune Teller."
**Tae Takemi is known as "Back Alley Doctor."
**Toranosuke Yoshida is known as "Man of the People."
**Shinya Oda is known as "Skilled Gamer."
* Morgana, Yusuke and Haru are the only Confidants in Persona 5 to have a Confidant ability unlocked with each rank.
** In Royal, as Baton Passes are no longer a Confidant ability, they no longer fill that criteria. However, their Confidants still grant the most abilities in the game.
*The formatting of the progression of the Confidant characters also differs: although the Social Links of Persona 3 and 4 tackled the characters' immaturity, differentiated by the theme of their Arcana, Persona 5's Confidants are instead quite literally "bound" by their circumstances, and rather by maturing, they use the protagonist's help to rediscover themselves and escape their circumstances.
** For example, the Temperance Arcana, although it represents hobbies, is in this case a binding force, as the representative Sadayo Kawakami is forced to live a dual life as a part-time maid.
** Ironically, Morgana of the Magician Arcana, which quite literally tackled immaturity and before acted as an introduction to the Social Links, instead tackles his problems from the perspective of mental illness involving his amnesia.
*Unlike the rest of the Persona installments, the Tarot Cards which are used to symbolize these relationships are written in French instead of English, as they are based on the deck. The only exception is Death, which is also unlabeled in said Tarot deck and referred to as such.
**There are, however, alterations to the Tarot Cards' original designs:
Arcana 	French 	Focus of illustration/Alteration
0 Fool 	Le Mat 	A traveler bitten by the dog,which is also black instead of white.
I Magician 	Le Bateleur 	A magician performing a bloody experiment andthe field on the bottom is scorched.
II Priestess 	La Papesse 	A priestess reading porn.
III Empress 	L'Impératrice 	An empress sitting vulgarly.
IV Emperor 	L'Empereur 	An emperor smoking tobacco.
V Hierophant 	Le Pape 	A hierophant doing a thumbs down.
VI Lovers 	L'Amoureux 	The cherub is not focused on the center figure.
VII Chariot 	Le Chariot 	An injured charioteer.
VIII Justice 	La Justice 	The scales are unbalanced by money.
IX Hermit 	L'Hermite 	A hermit blowing a raspberry.
X Fortune 	La Roue de Fortune	The creature at the top of the wheel is significantly bigger.
XI Strength 	La Force 	The woman has a malicious smile andis forcefully opening the dog's jaw.
XII Hanged Man 	Le Pendu 	A hanged man talking on his mobile phone.
XIII Death 	L'Arcane Sans Nom 	The Grim Reaper is killing the king(original just depicts the Reaper surrounded by body parts.)
XIV Temperance 	Tempérance 	The maiden appears to be prancing with her mouth open, instead of standing impassively.
XV Devil 	Le Diable 	The man and woman are tied to the devil instead of the pedestal.
XVI Tower 	La Maison Dieu 	Arrows raining down on the tower.
XVII Star 	L'Étoile 	A maiden drinking water from one potinstead of pouring the content onto both water and land.
XVIII Moon 	La Lune 	A man attacked by the crayfish in the lake andthe canines looking at the lake instead of howling at the moon.
XIX Sun 	Le Soleil 	A sun drying out the living things on the land.
XX Judgement 	Le Jugement 	A skeleton folding its arms like an "X"instead of praying like the other two people.
1 Councillor Arcana 	Le Consultant 	The sun is now the center focus and people are worshiping it. There are also multiple people; the original Consultant only has one.
Unnumbered Faith Arcana (False)	La Foi 	The Popess is a skeleton and is pulled by a pair of devils.
Unnumbered Faith Arcana (True) 	La Foi 	The Popess is now held by a pair of slaves.
XXI World 	Le Monde 	A maiden playing maracas instead of holding a staff in each handand is heading towards the northwest of the card.
*The tarot cards also appear in blue in the game as markers when using the Third Eye in the real world. For example, it will mark Sojiro with a blue tarot card of the Hierophant Arcana floating over his head.
*The game's internal data reveals the scrapped concept to reverse (called "doubt" in this game) and break confidants, just like in Persona 3 and Persona 4. However, it seems to be intended only for non-party member confidants with the exception of Fool, Hierophant, Strength, Moon and Judgement.Reversed and Broken Tarot Cards (imgur, June 3 2018)
**There are also unused files that represent ignored phone calls on all Confidants save for Fool. The list includes the World, despite it not being represented by any Confidant.
**Unused dialogue also indicates that it is possible for a Persona corresponding to the Arcana of a doubted or broken Confidant to be fused, unlike in previous installments where they cannot be fused at all.
**Doubted Confidants will prohibit the protagonist from getting its benefits, while broken Confidants will prohibit any Personas of the Confidant's corresponding Arcana from getting Arcana Burst.
==References==
==See also==
* BOND (mechanic)
Category:Confidants
Category:Persona 5
Category:Persona 5 Royal