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As if you didn’t already have enough going on inPersona 4 Golden, you’ve got a couple of social stats to raise along the way. Throughout your year in Inaba, you’ll be working on your Courage, Diligence, Expression, Knowledge, and Understanding skills to round Yu out and unlock new work, social links, and more.
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And while you won’t actually need specific levels of Courage to get through the game’s dungeons, youwillneed to be brave to begin or advance a few social links. To help you out, here’s our guide for how to raise your Courage in Persona 4 Golden.
What Does Courage Impact?
Despite how much of your adventure requires nerves of steel, P4G’s Courage stat is mostly used to progress (or withhold) a few of yoursocial links.
As with the other social skills, there arefive ranksto the Courage skill. They are:
You may notice that thebraver, more out-there repliesin conversation are locked behind your Courage stat. Raise your Courage toincrease points earned, as these are typically the replies that earn you the most affinity.
Additionally, your Courage stat is tied totwo social links. You will not be able to formally begin their social links until reaching the required level of Courage.
to beginNaoto’s social link, you must havemaxed bothKnowledgeand Courage.
The bright side is that it doesn’t begin until10/21, so you have time to work on them.
How To Raise Your Courage
Thankfully, with the restrictions to important social links we mentioned above, there are a good number of ways to raise Courage in Persona 4 Golden.
Go Back Into Dungeons You’ve Finished
After you’ve explored each dungeon and defeated its respective boss, you’re able togo back to the dungeonsagain. This is primarily used forgrinding between dungeonsin order toraise your levels.
At the end of each of these repeated sections will bea second boss. These fights are completelyoptional, but we strongly recommend doing them - not only are theygreat chances to grind, but they alsoboost your Courage.
Ride Your Scooter
Beginning on6/8, Yosuke will badger you to get yourScooter License. After this, Dojima will gift you ascooterthat you keepoutside the Dojima Residence.
Choosing to go for a ride will boost your Courage. After riding the scooterthree times, you can then opt to go for aLong Ride. Not only do long rides unlocknew locations, but it alsogives more Couragethan shorter ones.
Additionally, your Investigation Team can use bike rides togain new skillsthat theywouldn’t learn otherwise.For a full list of skills and a more thorough explanation of the feature, check out our Bike Skills guide.
Part-Time Jobs
Though none of the jobs have a Courage prerequisite before you’re able to work them (unlike other skills), you can gain Courage byworking the Hospital job. This can be done onWednesday, Thursday, or Friday nights.
Not only is this how you unlockSayokoandHisano’ssocial links, but each shift at the hospital will raise your Courage, too.
You can permanently increase the amount of Courage you earn per shift by finishing the book100 Ghost Stories.
Eating Rotten Food
Try not to think about how gross it is, but choosing toeat rotten foodat theDojima Residencewhen it appearsin the fridgewill raise your Courage.
You’ll know a dish is rottenwhen Yu makes it sound gross.He mentions items such as “milk past its expiration date” and “a mushroom you don’t recognize,” soif it sounds sketchy,bon appetit.
The foodwill appear on set dates. They are:
Books That Raise Courage
Finally, there are a fewbooksyou can get that will raise your Courage stat. Reading one chapter will consume a time slot, but the books reliably boost Courage.
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100 Ghost Stories *
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By finishingHyperspeed Reader, you’re able to readtwo chaptersin the time it would have taken you to read one!
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