When it comes to Persona 3 Reload stats, there’s a lot of them that you need to keep track of during the game, which can be quite confusing to new players. These stats are divided into three categories:
- Character stats
- Persona stats
- Social stats
Your character and Persona stats in Persona 3 Reload determine their overall playstyle and how they operate in combat. These are important factors to consider as you ascend Tartarus and undertake the more difficult challenges that the Dark Hour throws you. On the other hand, your Social stats affect your actions outside the Dark Hour, generally those concerning how you interact with other characters.
You can view these various stats between combat encounters, but understanding how they work is important. Every stat for your character makes them an essential piece to your team, and you better optimize your playstyle on these critical details. Here’s what you need to know about how all stats in Persona 3 Reload work and what they do.
All character stats guide in Persona 3 Reload
Every Persona 3 Reload character has four stats you can keep track of while you play:
- HP
- SP
- Attack
- Defense
These directly affect how they perform in combat and their overall prowess when battling against shadows.
You can directly influence these stats by leveling them up or giving them specific equipment to wear during combat. When a character levels up, their HP and SP increase, whereas the Attack and Defense are directly influenced by the type of items you’ve picked up for them. Many of these items can be purchased at the Police Station or found while exploring Tartarus and looting chests. I find that going out of your way to purchase items that reflect each character is the best way to diversify your team, especially as the combat difficulty increases in Persona 3 Reload.
Here’s a full breakdown of how these stats work in Persona 3 Reload.
| Persona 3 Reload Character Stat | Description |
|---|---|
| Attack | The Attack stat shows how much physical damage this character can use in combat when they use their weapon or if they use a Physical Persona attack. |
| Defense | The character’s Defense stat shows how durable they are in combat. When a character with a high defense is hit by a Physical or Magical ability, the total damage is reduced. You can increase this stat by giving a character new equipment, or by using Persona abilities to enhance it for a short period of time in combat. |
| HP (Health Points) | A character’s HP stands for their Health Points. This is the amount of health they have in combat, and how much damage they can take before they are knocked out. You will be unable to use a character who has fallen below zero HP in Persona 3 Reload and must revive them. Following every combat encounter, any character that has been knocked out is revived with one HP. |
| SP (Skill Points) | A character’s SP stands for Skill Points, which is how they unleash their Persona attacks during combat. Many Persona skills require SP for you to use; if this reaches zero, a character can use their Persona’s abilities. You can refresh this stat by using items like Soul Drops, Snuff Souls, and others you can pick up while exploring Tartarus or buying them. |
All Persona stats guide in Persona 3 Reload
There are five stats that each Persona has in Persona 3 Reload:
- Strength
- Magic
- Endurance
- Agility
- Luck
These can also factor into a character’s stats, such as Strength, augmenting a character’s Attack, while Endurance improves a character’s Defense, making them more durable in combat.
You won’t see these stat influences on a character’s stat page, but they occur in combat if your character uses a basic strike or has to protect against an incoming attack. The protagonist of Persona 3 Reload can swap out their primary Persona, giving them access to various unique skills and augmenting their stats much more freely than the other characters.
The primary way to boost these stats is by leveling up. However, you can also do this by using Incense items that you’ll mostly get via request rewards. You can also find them in various chests throughout Tartarus.
I also discovered that the Arcana of each Persona is vital to becoming stronger, which means increasing certain Social Links. For example, spending time at the Student Council increases the Emperor Arcana, and meeting with the Old Couple at the bookstore influences the Hierophant Arcana. These increase the Strength of any Persona that falls under these Arcana categories as you spend more time with those respective activities, but it also means not missing out on the others, such as playing the online game to rank with the Hermit or running on the school’s track team.
These are all the Persona stats you need to know in Persona 3 Reload.
| Persona 3 Reload Persona Stat | Description |
|---|---|
| Ag (Agility) | A Persona’s Agility stat determines their turn in the initiative order. If a character has a Persona with a higher Agility, expect them to make the first move in combat. In addition to this, Agility has to do with a Persona evading incoming attacks and their attack accuracy when using special attacks. |
| En (Endurance) | A Persona’s Endurance makes the character more durable. A higher endurance gives a character a better defense against physical and magical attacks, making it more challenging to defeat them. |
| Lu (Luck) | The Luck stat influences the chances of a character landing a critical hit against a Shadow and the chances of them being hit by one. |
| Ma (Magic) | A Persona’s Magic stat influences the amount of damage they can do when unleashing a magic-based attack. These attacks require a character to use SP, and they have an element attached that could potentially cause a Weak effect on a Shadow. |
| St (Strength) | A Persona’s Strength stat influences the damage a physical attack inflicts. A physical attack requires a character to give up HP to use it, and they can potentially cause a Weak effect on a Shadow during combat. |
All Social Stats in Persona 3 Reload
The protagonist in Persona 3 Reload also comes with three Social Stats:
- Academics
- Charm
- Courage
These have to do with unique activities your character can do while outside of the Dark Hour, such as interacting with other students, participating in unique events, and getting to know someone.
Your character’s Academic stat shows how well-versed they are in sharpening their knowledge. The Charm stat shows how appealing they are to others and how good they are at flirting. Finally, the Courage stat influences how brave they are to face certain opportunities that others might be too afraid to do.
Only your main character has Social stats. The other characters do not have these, and you don’t need to manage these stats across others. Several events and locations are blocked until your character increases these stats. The way you level up Social Skills does not have to do with participating in combat. Instead, you make specific choices throughout the day about what activities you want to do after school, and before you enter Tartarus in your Persona 3 Reload playthrough. These choices are limited, and you have to wisely select them based on which of the three Social Skills you want to improve.
Let’s take a look at the various ways you can boost your Social stats in Persona 3 Reload.
| Persona 3 Reload Social Stats | How to boost |
|---|---|
| Academics | Playing knowledge-based games at the arcade, studying, leaving money as an offering at the Shrine, or staying awake while in school. |
| Charm | Working part-time at the Chagall Café, playing games at the arcade, helping others answer questions correctly in school, or eating at Hagakure Ramen. |
| Courage | Playing the horror game at the arcade, eating at Wilduck burger, visiting the theater to watch a movie, or singing at Club Mandragora. |
- Watching DVDs
- Seeing movies at the cinema
- Using the shared computer
Now that you know how all the stats in Persona 3 Reload work, you should have much less trouble using them to optimize your playthrough of the game, both in and out of Tartarus.
