Mementos Persona 5 Guide - Persona Fans (2024)

Persona 5‘s Mementos are dungeons that appear early in the story. Unlike the Persona Palaces with their fixed structure, they are randomly generated levels similar to Persona 4’s Midnight Channel or Persona 3’s Tartarus. Making progress in Mementos is optional, but I strongly recommend that you don’t ignore it, as it has handy functions.

You can access this unique Dungeon for the first time after completing the first of the Palaces. Unlike the latter, you will find a subway labyrinth formed by multiple randomly generated floors each time you enter, so you will always have to look for the exit by exploring its corridors.

It will also be the destination of the secondaries of the game since it will be in the mementos where you will be able to solve the requests, which will consist of killing shadows located in these labyrinths. Therefore, concerning the requests, I recommend accumulating a few to avoid wasting a lot of time going back and forth.

This Mementos Persona 5 guide will walk you through the basics of Mementos and how to acquire Mementos’ requests and complete them. I advise you to go through most if not all of them to max out your Persona character’s power.

Key Info Up Fronts

Mementos where you will have to fulfill all the secondary missions of the game, baptized as Requests. You will be asked to look for an exceptional Shadow stronger than usual in them. Thanks to the general map, you will know in which zones our objectives are, although they will not indicate to you the concrete floor until you are in it, something that Morgana will be in charge of communicating to you.

The Requests will be obtained in the real world and sometimes require prior research, and in our experience, the best thing you can do to optimize the days is to wait to accumulate several missions of this type before traveling to this place.

Most of the Mementos are given to you by Yuuki Mishima during the story. So you have to be attentive to the messages he sends you and go to see him from time to time. Although you can get some more:

Ichiko Ohya, Tae Takemi, Sadayo Kawamaki, and Chihaya Mifune will give you a request each between levels 7 and 8. And you will not be able to continue leveling up with them until you have completed them.

If you work four turns at the flower shop or convenience store in Shibuya, you can also get additional requests.

Description

This dungeon has several areas that will be unlocked gradually as you progress through the story. Its great attractions lie in that you can always travel here to fight whenever you want or need to. In addition, it’s an excellent place to level up, get yen, recruit people, etc.

Mementos maps are randomly generated, so I can’t give you a step-by-step guide. However, I can provide you with a few tips:

• You don’t need to face the Requests at the moment. You can save several of them and meet them all at once in a single trip. Considering that the game has a time limit, I recommend that you accumulate a few before traveling there. Do not accumulate too many, or you will run out of resources while you are there.
• If possible, visit them when it’s raining: it raises the difficulty but increases the loot received and the number of chests, gives you more money and EXP, and increases the chance of finding Treasure Demons.
• Unless you want to level up, I suggest you leave a plant as soon as you have eliminated the target to save resources. The further you go down, the larger the areas you explore and the farther apart the save rooms will be, so you don’t want to find yourself short of resources at a great distance from one of them.

Key Features and Moments

After finding out a target’s name in the real world, the Phantom Thieves can find and defeat the target’s Shadow in Mementos in a boss fight to make the target have a change of heart. Doing so will reward the group with an item.

If you want to get the A Perfect Job trophy for completing all the Requests, these are the missions you’ll have to face:

Difficulty D

Beware the Clingy Ex-Boyfriend!

Head over to Mementos, locate the Path of Qimranut, Area 1, and defeat Shadow Nakanohara.

The Bark and Bite of a Bully

Head over to Memento, locate the Path of Aiyatsbus, Area 2, and defeat Shadow Takanashi.

Phantom Thieves VS Burglary Ring

Head to Mementos, proceed to area 6 of the Path of Aiyatsubus, and defeat Shadow Makigami.

One Who Bullies

Select requests to travel to Mementos from the hideaway. Area 5 is where you’ll find the Path of Aiyatsbus. Look around for a “!” and then defeat Shadow Sakoda.

Sadism Is Just a Sign of Love

Go to the hideout and select requests to go to Mementos. Then, search for the Path of Aiyatsbus, Area 7, to defeat Shadow Shimizu.

Difficulty C

Who’s Muscling in Yongen-Jaya?

Head to Mementos and proceed to area 10 of the Path of Kaitul to defeat Shadow Jochi.

The Lovesick Cyberstalking Girl

Head to Mementos and proceed to area 8 of the Path of Chemdah to defeat Bugbear

Part-time Job, Full-time Hell

Head to Mementos and proceed to area 1 of the Path of Chemdah to defeat Shadow Setanta.

We Aren’t Just Your Slaves (Available at Crossroads Bar)

Head to Mementos and proceed to area 8 of the Path of Kaitul to defeat Shadow Kishi.

Who’s Been Assaulting People (Available at Flower Shop)

Head to Mementos and proceed to area 5 of the Path of Kaitul to defeat Shadow Naguri.

Calling for Justice for Cats (Available at Convenience Store)

Head to Mementos and proceed to area 1 of the Path of Kaitul to defeat Shadow Tsuboi.

Ending the Boyfriend’s Abuse (Awarded at Confidant Fortune)

Head to Mementos and proceed to area 3 of the Path of Chemdah to defeat Shadow Uchimura.

Debunking the Psychic! (To be obtained with the Confidant Fortune)

Head to Mementos and proceed to area 3 of the Path of Kaitul to defeat Shadow f*ckurai.

Shady Deal in the Shadows (Awarded with the Confidant Hanged Man)

Head to Mementos and proceed to area 4 of the Path of Kaitul to defeat Shadow Tsuda.

Bad Medicine (Awarded with the Confidant Death)

Head to Mementos and proceed to area 2 of the Path of Chemdah to defeat Shadow Oyamada.

A Teacher Maid to Suffer (Awarded with the Confidant Temperance)

Head to Mementos and proceed to area 7 of the Path of Chemdah to defeat Shadow Takase and Shadow Mrs. Takase

Fighting for Truth in Journalism (Awarded with the Confidant Devil)

Head to Mementos and proceed to area 9 of the Path of Kaitul to defeat Shadow Honjo.

Difficulty B

Winners Don’t Use Cheats

Head to Mementos and proceed to area 5 of the Path of Akzeriyyuth to defeat Shadow Nejima.

The Killer Who Cleans Up Trash

Head to Mementos and proceed to area 12 of the Path of Akzeriyyuth to defeat Shadow Kiritani.

Man of Many Faces and Debts

Head to Mementos and proceed to area 3 of the Path of Akzeriyyuth to defeat Shadow Akitsu.

Upstaging the Stage Mother

Head to Mementos and proceed to area 6 of the Path of Akzeriyyuth to defeat Shadow Togo.

FAQ

Conclusion

Mementos are always available and are an inexhaustible source of experience and money. Every time you leave a floor, the enemies will reset, which means this can be exploited for EXP and cash. Furthermore, by taking advantage of this mechanic, you can quickly strengthen your character.

Another essential point is that many confidant rank-ups are tied to it. That means that requests, confidant progression, material gathering, and grinding revolve around Mementos. Plus, it is just a cool-looking place in which you will inevitably have a lot of fun.