Shido's Palace

Persona 5 Royal guide · Strategy for the Cruise Ship dungeon

The Phantom Thieves infiltrate Masayoshi Shido's Palace, which takes the form of a massive cruise ship sailing through a sunken Tokyo. To open the route to the main assembly hall, you must navigate multiple passenger decks and acquire five recommendation letters by defeating key VIP figures. Once the infiltration route is secured, send the calling card and return to confront Shido.

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Red Stone of Pride: Inside the ship's Engine Room Will Seed room behind a vent access routeGreen Stone of Pride: In an upper VIP passenger cabin hallway accessible via exterior grappling hook pointsBlue Stone of Pride: Located deep in the lower passenger quarters guarded by a powerful shadow mini-bossSecuring the route to the Treasure early | If you wait until the final days, you will run out of time to send the calling card and steal the Treasure before the December 18 cutoff.Third Semester requirements | Akechi's Confidant reaches Rank 8 before this Palace, and you must make specific dialogue choices reflecting your rivalry after defeating him inside the ship to secure his third-tier Persona event.

Deadlines

December 17 | Send the calling card and secure Shido's treasure before the deadline to avoid a game over.

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Goro Akechi: Completes automatically up to Rank 10 during the events of this Palace if you reached Rank 8 before November 17.

Worth doing

Work on lingering Confidants in Tokyo | Prioritize party member Confidants to unlock their second-tier Personas before the final confrontation.
Visit the Velvet Room for fusion and itemization | Craft high-tier Personas with strong single-target skills and passive defensive buffs to prepare for the five VIP sub-bosses and the multi-phase final boss.

Secrets

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Secret ventilation ducts in rodent halls | When transformed into mice, look for tiny wall grates along the floor to bypass locked security doors.Crystal of Pride | Collect all three Will Seeds (Red, Green, Blue Stone of Pride) to automatically form the Crystal of Pride, which Jose can upgrade in Mementos into the Ring of Pride.

Enemies

Baphomet

Weak to Bless

Uses heavy Fire and Curse magic; clear quickly using Bless attacks.

Kali

Weak to Gun

High physical attack power; knock down with Gun skills to avoid severe party damage.

Cerberus

Weak to Ice

Deals heavy Fire damage; vulnerable to Ice skills.

King Frost

Absorbs Ice; relies on heavy Ice spells and physical attacks.

Surt

Weak to Ice

Absorbs Fire; hit its Ice weakness to trigger an All-Out Attack.

Dakini

Has no elemental weaknesses; use technicals or high-crit physical skills to knock down.

Tips

Transformation switches toggle the ship's mouse traps, so plan your route to hit switches only when you need to walk through doors as humans.
As mice, you cannot fight and will be instantly ambushed if caught by patrolling shadows, so use cheese scents and cover to sneak past them.
The battle against Shido consists of multiple phases where his affinities and attack styles change completely, so carry Personas that resist physical and all elements.
Keep Dekaja and Matarunda ready during the duel against Akechi to negate his powerful stat buffs and lower his high damage output.

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