While Persona (or Shin Megami Tensei games, in general) don’t incentivize the good ‘n old “gotta catch’em all” mentality for collecting all creatures, one might still be indulged by the possibility of obtaining all Personas available. But will they be rewarded for doing such a feat in Persona 3 Reload?
What Happens When You Get All Personas in Persona 3 Reload? (P3R)
As one may expect, yes. There is a special event for completing 100% of the Persona Compendium. Once you fuse your final Persona, leave the room and enter again. Elizabeth will comment on your astonishing progress.
But after you hear her endless words of praise, what happens is that you get a bigger discount for summoning Personas from the Compendium. Yeah, that’s it. While no special accessory or even a token can be rather saddening, this is actually a huge thing.
The total discount goes up to 50% of the original value for summoning the Persona. Prices are determined by the Persona’s level, so a lvl 99 Persona goes from around 120.000 Yen to merely 60.000. Building your perfect Persona becomes way cheaper with that. Creating things like Jack Frost with Diamond Dust + Ice Boost + Ice Amp + Null Fire is not nearly as expensive anymore.
Particularly, this is great for building Personas to specifically counter powerful endgame enemies like The Reaper or the Ultimate Opponent, which are more powerful than ever in Reload.
But remember that completing the Compendium requires maxing out all Social Links in the game, as well as finishing all hangout events with the male SEES members (the Linked Episodes). You should do these whenever they’re available, especially Shinjiro’s as his hangouts have a deadline of 10/3. The final event can be triggered after 10/4 by visiting his room. If you miss his events, you won’t be able to fuse Hell Rider during this run.
Don’t worry if you can’t do it on your first run as the Compendium is passed down during New Game +, in which you’ll have an easier time filling it out with every Persona. Don’t forget that there are unique fusions too, which make your ordeal a bit harder.
