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Persona 5 Strikers is a spin-off of the acclaimed JRPG series that mixes its characters and settings with the action-focused gameplay of Omega Force’s Dynasty Warriors franchise. This sees players fighting hundreds of enemies in every battle, using their favorite of a large cast of characters that come with their moves and abilities. It also includes the great soundtracks the franchise is known for and a story praised by players and critics alike. It also has a platinum trophy that is fun to earn and is more than worth the time investment.
Key Info Up Front
Genre:Â Action RPG
Difficulty:Â 5/10
Playthroughs Required: 1
Time Required:Â Approximately 50 hours
Number of Trophies:Â 46
Persona 5 Strikers Walkthrough
Before we look at each of the individual trophies you’ll earn, we need to take a more comprehensive look at the process overall. This will help you know what to expect before dedicating the time to getting the platinum trophy, but it will also help you tackle this challenge in the most efficient manner possible.
Step One: The Main Story and Missables
You’ll want to focus mainly on just enjoying the main storyline and getting everything unlocked for the beginning of your playthrough. As you play through the game, you’ll also get Requests, which you should do as many as you want right away to cut down on the grinding later on. There is also one missable trophy called What are Friends For? that you should look at before you begin so that you don’t miss it. The game comprises eight dungeons that you have to clear, with the first six also having a town section. Whenever you reach a town, make sure you explore it thoroughly, find all of the recipes and ingredients in the area, and get as many of the Requests as possible. As you play, you’ll also want to get as many characters fully leveled up to unlock their Master Arts as possible. You’ll have to do it for all of them eventually, so switch characters as you play whenever you get one fully leveled also to help cut down on the grind later.
Trophies in this step:Â
- Cage of Lust Closed
- Cage of Vanity Conquered
- Cage of Gluttony Torched
- Cage of Desolation Condemned
- Cage of Wrath Collapsed
- Cage of Arrogance Cracked
- Humanity’s Companion
- Walk Your Path
- Back in Business
- Farewell to the Past
- A Newfound Heart
- It’s Showtime!
- Seeker of Power
- Unshakeable Teamwork
- Know Your Enemy
- Phantom Striker
- Best Friend
- Eye for Talent
- Knife in the Dark
- What Are Friends For?
- Ultimate Trump Card
- A Helping Hand
- Those Who Heed the Call
- Item Sweeper
- Short Order Cook
- Master Chef
- Impulse Buyer
- A Little Memento
- Treasure Hunter
Step Two: Post-Game
Once you finish the main story, you’ll have a save file that you can upload to drop you into the last dungeon to continue playing and finishing up anything you have yet to do. This is where you’ll get into the post-game of finishing any non-missable Requests you still have to do and fighting the eight Dire Shadows. Dire Shadows are extra-hard enemies surrounded by lightning that appear in the dungeons. You will see them earlier in your playthrough, but you’ll want to wait until now to face them, as they can be brutal if you aren’t prepared. Once all of the requests and Dire Shadows are dealt with, you’ll receive the last Request in the game to fight the Reaper boss. Fight that, and you will be turned into a Master save, which you’ll need later.
Trophies in this step:Â
- All That Glitters
- Death Defied
- Who Dares Wins
- The Most Daring of All
- Jolly Roger
- Gentleman Thief
- Flame Dancer
- Peerless Blade
- Fist of Justice
- Sophisticated Lady
- Technological Marvel
- Repentant Fang
- Master Thieves
Step Three: The Grind
After you load your Master save to start the new game+ run, reload it again, but choose to continue playing rather than creating the second run. Then, you’ll be ready to do the brutal grind for your last four trophies. You’ll have to repeat the same Request for around 10-15 hours of gameplay for this step. You’ll want to get your level to level 99, get every character up to 70, and merge Personas in the Velvet Room after you hit level 99 to finish up your Inmate Registry. Once all that is done, you’ll want to save your game and load it to start a New Game+ on Merciless difficulty. However, you won’t have to play through the entire thing, as you only need to get to the Velvet Room to make Lucifer and complete your Inmate Registry.
Trophies in this step:
- No Looking Back
- Mask Connoisseur
- eternal Bonds
- Best of the Best
Persona 5 Strikers Trophies
Cage of Lust Closed
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description: This is a story trophy you will get naturally.
Cage of Vanity Conquered
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This is a story trophy you will get naturally.
Cage of Gluttony Torched
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This is a story trophy you will get naturally.
Cage of Desolation Condemned
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This is a story trophy you will get naturally.
Cage of Wrath Collapsed
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This is a story trophy you will get naturally.
Cage of Arrogance Cracked
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This is a story trophy you will get naturally.
Humanity’s Companion
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Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This is a story trophy you will get naturally.
Walk Your Path
Rarity:Â Silver
Description:Â This is a story trophy you will get naturally.
Back in Business
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This is a story trophy you will get naturally.
Farewell to the Past
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This is a story trophy you will get naturally.
It’s Showtime!
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This trophy is for activating Showtime for the first time.
Weeker of Power
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This trophy is for using Incense for the first time.
Tips: Incense is either purchased at a store or dropped by enemies and has to be used out of battle.
Unshakeable Teamwork
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This trophy is for using 150 All-Out Attacks.
Tips:Â You will get this quickly during your playthrough as long as you use All-Out Attacks whenever possible.
Know Your Enemy
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This trophy is for hitting an enemy with something they are weak to 300 times.
Tips:Â You should be adapting your elements and skills to your enemies’ weaknesses throughout your playthrough anyway, so you should get this trophy quickly.
Phantom Striker
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description: This trophy is for killing 200 enemies using phantom dash.
Tips:Â Phantom dashes can only be done during battles by jumping to a perch and attacking the enemies below you. You can do this in every Jail in the game, but Shibuya Jail has the most, so when you go through that one, make sure to do as many as possible to get them out of the way as you go through it.
All That Glitters
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This trophy is for killing 10 Treasure Demons.
Tips:Â Treasure Demons can be found by the sizeable glowing gem above them in the dungeon. You have to chase it down whenever you see one before it disappears quickly. Once you catch up to it, you only have 30 seconds to kill it, so make sure you act quickly. You’ll come across a lot more than ten during your playthrough, so just get them when you can also to get a ton of resources as a reward.
Death Defied
Rarity:Â Silver
Description:Â This trophy is for defeating the Reaper boss.
Tips:Â To get the Reaper to appear, you must complete the main story and all of the Requests. You’ll be led to it with a final Request called Knocking on Death’s Door. The Reaper has no weaknesses and can use any type of magic, so you’ll want to equip a powerful Persona with no weaknesses to avoid getting caught off guard. The Reaper also attacks very quickly, so you’ll have to dodge frequently and just get a few attacks in here and there until it’s dead. However, if you get your entire party up to level 99, you shouldn’t have a problem dealing with him.
Mask Connoisseur
Rarity:Â Silver
Description:Â This trophy is for filling the Inmate Registry.
Tips:Â To do this, you have to get your hands on every Persona in the game. Around 80% of the Personas are earned by defeating them in battle, with the rest being obtained by fusing them in the Velvet Room. Below is a table of every Persona you’ll need to get and where to find them.
| Persona | Location |
| Arsene | Given at the start of the game. |
| Jack-o’-Lantern | Shibuya Jail |
| Pixie | |
| Bicorn | |
| Silky | |
| Mokoi | |
| Andras | |
| Succubus | |
| Slime | Sendai Jail |
| Hua Po | Fusion Only |
| Berith | Sendai Jail |
| High Pixie | |
| Lamia | |
| Archangel | Fusion Only |
| Orhtros | Sendai Jail |
| Pisaca | |
| Ame-no-Uzume | Fusion Only |
| Jack Frost | Sapporo Jail |
| Lilim | |
| Setanta | |
| Principality | |
| Mothman | |
| Eligor | |
| Kaiwan | |
| Black Ooze | Okinawa Jail |
| Mitra | Fusion Only |
| Legion | Okinawa Jail |
| Shiisaa | |
| Arahabaki | |
| Neko Shogun | Kyoto Jail |
| Unicorn | Fusion Only |
| Koppa Tengu | Kyoto Jail |
| Kikuri-Hime | |
| Mithras | Fusion Only |
| Okuninushi | Kyoto Jail |
| Queen Mab | Fusion Only |
| Naga | Osaka Jail |
| Valkyrie | |
| Hecatocheires | Fusion Only |
| Ganesha | Osaka Jail |
| Sarasvati | |
| Fortuna | |
| Raja Naja | |
| Seth | Fusion Only or Fratricidal Destroyer Request |
| Kurama Tengu | Fusion Only |
| Norn | Osaka Jail |
| Bugs | Jail of the Abyss |
| Lilith | |
| Nebiros | Fusion Only |
| Trumpeter | |
| Mot | Jail of the Abyss |
| Cerberus | Fusion Only or Guard Dog of Hades Request |
| Yatagarasu | Tree of Knowledge |
| Cu Chulainn | Fusion Only |
| Forneus | Tree of Knowledge |
| Thor | Fusion Only |
| Dominion | Tree of Knowledge |
| King Frost | Fusion Only or Monarch of Snow Request |
| Kali | Tree of Knowledge |
| Abaddon | Fusion Only |
| Black Frost | Fusion Only or Fallen Snowman Request |
| Siegfried | Fusion Only or Brilliant Dragonslayer Request |
| Mara | Fusion Only or Throbbing King of Desire Request |
| Alice | Fusion Only |
| Yoshitsune | |
| Metatron | Fusion Only or Angel of Contracts Descends Request |
| Lucifer | Fusion Only in New Game+ |
Best Friend
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description: This trophy is for maxing out a BOND Skill.
Tips:Â See Eternal Bonds below.
Eternal Bonds
Rarity:Â Gold
Description:Â This trophy is for maxing out all BOND Skills.
Tips:Â You will get experience points to spend in your BOND Skill Trees as you play through the game. Once you reach level 99, you will have enough to unlock every skill you’ll have to do for this trophy. Even after finishing the game, you’ll have to play around another 15 hours to get enough experience to finish this one-off, making it the most grindy trophy in the game. There are various methods fans have found to speed the process up, but you can always find your own or just play through the game more on New Game+ if you’re up to Merciless difficulty.
Eye for Talent
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This trophy is for using Persona Points to upgrade a Persona.
Tips:Â All you have to do for this trophy is bump up against one of your Persona’s stats in the Velvet Room.
Knife in the Dark
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This trophy is for executing 50 ambushes.
Tips:Â Ambushes can be done before entering combat to get an advantage. You have to sneak up to it without being detected and then hit the prompted button to do them.
Best of the Best
Rarity:Â Silver
Description:Â This trophy is for getting all characters to level 70.
Tips:Â You will get this trophy naturally while you get all of the other trophies as long as you remember to swap through your party members frequently.
What are Friends For?
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This trophy is for clearing all special requests.
Tips:Â These Requests are for your party members and are unique from other Requests because you have to locate them first, and all of them are missable. The requests needed for this trophy are listed below.
| Date | Request | Location |
| 08/03 | Sendai Sweets | Sendai |
| Lending a Paw | ||
| 08/11 | Love Soupreme | Sapporo |
| The Apothecary’s Connection | Sapporo Jail | |
| 08/17 | Beachside Blast | Okinawa, Sapporo Jail |
| 08/18 | Okinawa Art Appreciation | Okinawa, Okinawa Jail |
| 08/24 | Cooking Papa | Osaka |
| Obanzai Ingredients | ||
| Forging the Ultimate Menu |
Who Dares Wins
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This trophy is for killing a Dire Shadow.
Tips:Â See The Most Daring of All below.
The Most Daring of All
Rarity:Â Silver
Description:Â This trophy is for killing all eight Dire Shadows.
Tips:Â Taking down the Dire Shadows is no easy feat, so you’ll want to bring your very best characters and Personas when you attempt each one. The Dire Shadows and everything you need to know about them is all below.
| Name | Jail | Strengths | Weaknesses | Location |
| Killer Teddy Bear | Shibuya | Drain Psychic, Drain Nuclear | Electric, Wind, Curse | In the middle of the intersection when you warp to Bunkamachi. |
| Snake King | Sendai | Drain Electric, Drain Wind | Fire, Ice, Bless | At the end of the large courtyard by the West Garden. |
| Harlot of Desire | Sapporo | Drain Fire, Drain Ice, Drain Electric, Drain Wind | Psychic, Nuclear, Bless, Curse | Straight west after warping to Sapporo Clocktower. |
| Wandering Reviver | Okinawa | Drain Bless, Drain Curse | Fire, Electric, Wind | To the room east of the first checkpoint you can warp to. |
| Sun’s Emissary | Kyoto | Drain Electric, Drain Wind | Fire, Ice, Nuclear | Go to the first checkpoint and go west for a while until the path splits. Follow the path to the right through a teleporter to a room. |
| War-Hungry Horseman | Osaka | Drain Fire, Drain Ice | Electric, Bless, Curse | Straight east of Mt. Chashiro. |
| Dark Sun | Abyss | Drain Psychic, Drain Nuclear | Ice, Bless, Curse | In the northwest corner, immediately after you enter the Jail. |
| Heavenly Punisher | Tree of Knowledge | Drain Bless, Drain Curse | Wind, Psychic, Nuclear | Adjacent to the Path of Yearning to the east. |
Ultimate Trump Card
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This trophy is for unlocking all of Joker’s Master Arts.
Tips:Â See Master Thieves below.
Jolly Roger
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This trophy is for unlocking all of Skull’s Master Arts.
Tips:Â See Master Thieves below.
Gentleman Thief
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This trophy is for unlocking all of Mona’s Master Arts.
Tips:Â See Master Thieves below.
Flame Dance
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This trophy is for unlocking all of Panther’s Master Arts.
Tips:Â See Master Thieves below.
Peerless Blade
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This trophy is for unlocking all of Fox’s Master Arts.
Tips:Â See Master Thieves below.
Fist of Justice
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This trophy is for unlocking all of Queen’s Master Arts.
Tips:Â See Master Thieves below.
Sophisticated Lady
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This trophy is for unlocking all of Noir’s Master Arts.
Tips:Â See Master Thieves below.
Technological Marvel
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This trophy is for unlocking all of Sophie’s Master Arts.
Tips:Â See Master Thieves below.
Repentant Fang
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This trophy is for unlocking all of Wolf’s Master Arts.
Tips: See Master Thieves below.
Master Thieves
Rarity:Â Gold
Description:Â This trophy is for unlocking all Master Arts for all nine characters.
Tips:Â Each character has four Master Arts that you have to unlock for this trophy, but doing so is simple. The Master Arts are combo moves that are unlocked just by playing with that character, so you will get them all quickly to get each character to level 70. Just make sure to play as each character is here and there to get them all to unlock, as they won’t unlock if the character is just in your party.
A Helping Hand
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This trophy is for finishing your first Request.
Those Who Heed the Call
Rarity:Â Silver
Description:Â This trophy is for making 50 Requests.
Tips:Â There are 81 Requests total in the game, and while you don’t need to do all of them, I highly recommend that you do. They will help you grind through some of the lengthier trophies and give you some excellent rewards. Most of the Requests will just be given to you, but you have to select them from the menu before making progress toward them, so make sure to do that.
Item Sweeper
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This trophy is for finding items 200 times in Jails.
Tips:Â Items are the floating cubes you’ll find in Jails, and you’ll have to run into 200 of them. You’ll see plenty throughout your playthrough, so just grab them when you do.
Short Order Cook
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This trophy is for cooking for the first time.
Tips:Â See Master Chef below.
Master Chef
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This trophy is for cooking 12 recipes.
Tips:Â To cook, you’ll have to recover or purchase recipes and gather the ingredients necessary. There are 19 recipes in the game, so getting 12 won’t be a problem. Then, just go to the van and cook up some items. By killing enemies and collecting items, you’ll have more than enough resources to get this trophy when you’re done with the game.
Impulse Buyer
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This trophy is for buying anything during a limited-time sale.
Tips:Â Sophie’s store at the van almost always has a sale running. Just buy one of the discounted items and this trophy with pop.
A Little Memento
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This trophy is for getting a souvenir.
Tips:Â There are seven cosmetic Souvenirs you can get to decorate the inside of your van, but for this trophy, you only need to get one. The Souvenirs and how to get them are all below.
| Souvenir | Jail | How to Unlock |
| Tanabata Decoration | Sendai | Speak to Yusuke Kitagawa on 08/07. |
| Wooden Bear Statue | Sapporo | Speak to Futaba Sakura if you speak to her on 08/13. |
| Shiisaa Ornament | Okinawa | The reward for completing Okinawa Art Appreciation. |
| Mini Umbrella | Kyoto | Given to you during the story. |
| Ramen Bowl | Fukuoka | Given to you during the story. |
| Takoyaki Cushion | Osaka | Speak to Ann Takamaki on 8/24. |
| Cityscape Magnet | Yokohama | Speak to Ann Takamaki on 8/28. |
Treasure Hunter
Rarity:Â Bronze
Description:Â This trophy is for looting 50 chests.
Tips:Â There are countless treasure chests spread out through all of the Jails, and you should have no problem finding 50 of them during your playthrough. They also replenish each time you visit the Jail, so if you need to grind some out, you can just farm them by going through the same Jail repeatedly.
No Looking Back
Rarity:Â Gold
Description:Â This trophy is for starting a New Game+ save on Merciless Difficulty.
Tips:Â You may want to play on this save file to make your grinding go faster, but you don’t have to for any trophies. Starting the mode on Merciless is enough and will allow you to merge to get the Lucifer Persona to complete your collection. All of your progress carries over to the new save other than your Requests and story progress, so it’s a great way to experience the game again with more challenges.
Conclusion
Persona 5 Strikers is an untraditional spin-off for the series. Still, it maintains so much of what fans loved about the original game and series that it is well worth picking up for fans who just want more time with their favorite characters. It also includes an entirely original narrative that will satisfy the vast majority of players while also offering a fun platinum trophy journey, even if it requires some harsh grinding.
FAQs
Question: Are There Any Difficulty Trophies in Persona 5 Strikers?
Answer: Yes, but it is only for starting a game on Merciless difficulty. You don’t have to play through the game on the punishing difficulty, so you don’t have to worry bout being locked out by it.
Question: Is Persona 5 Strikers Connected to the Main Game?
Answer: Yes, it is a sequel, so playing it will give you more of the story and expand on its world and characters.
Question: Is Persona 5 Strikers Open World?
Answer: Each of the eight Jails you visit during the game’s main story is large and offers plenty of exploration, but the game is not a true open-world experience with a massively connected world that gives you complete freedom to explore it.