In JRPG titles, it’s hardly a surprise to find skill trees as a gameplay mechanic, andPersona 4 Goldendelivered on it well. Throughout the course of the game, you’ll be tasked with, among other things, raising five unique social skills: Courage, Diligence, Expression, Knowledge, and Understanding.

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It should come as no surprise that, as a high school student, you’ll be rewarded handsomely for boosting your Knowledge stat. It’s possibly the most straightforward of the social skills, but its influence is felt throughout the game. For help raising your Knowledge stat in P4G, read on ahead in our guide.

What Does Knowledge Impact?

Unsurprisingly, you’ll find your Knowledge is the most helpful in matters related toschool.

Like the other stats, there arefive ranksto your Knowledge skill. They are:

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During your exam periods at school, you’ll be manually entering test answers for most of the days. However, the exams also feature afinal daythat requires no input from you.

Instead, you’ll beassigned a scorefor that day that’sbased on your Knowledge statat the time of taking the test. The better your stat, the better your score.

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You can’t get aperfect exam scoreuntil youmax your Knowledge.

There will be the occasionalskill checkin dialogue that’s tied to your Knowledge, too. You won’t be able to choose the smarter answers unless you’ve got the appropriate smarts to back them up.

Finally, there aretwo social linkstethered to your Knowledge skill.

you’re able to’t actually begin yoursocial link with Naotountil10/21, so you have some time to raise your Knowledge.

How To Raise Your Knowledge

Studying

You won’t be surprised to learn that the most effective way to raise your Knowledge skill is bystudying. This can be done both afternoon and evening atyour bedroom desk, or you can also stick around after school to studyin the library at Yasogami High.

You can permanently increase the amount of Knowledge gained from studying by finishing the bookExpert Study Methods.

Yu studying at his desk in his room in Persona 4 Golden

While you’ll gain points every time you study, no matter what,studying yields more points on rainy days.

Answering Questions At School

There are occasional days at school when your teachers will call on you toask you a question in class. While the correct answer can boost a few different skills, it’s most often your Knowledge that receives the boost.

We have guides in our Persona 4 Golden directory with all your classroom and exam answers, if you’d like to guarantee those gains.

Eating At Chinese Diner Aiya (Random)

While it’s far from the most reliable way to gain points toward your P4G Knowledge stat, spending arainy dayattempting the Mega Beef Bowl Challenge atChinese Diner Aiyacan help.

you may’t actually complete the challenge until you’vemaxed out all five social stats, but you’ll be rewarded with a boost tothree random skillsjust for trying.

Books That Increase Knowledge

You’ll spend a lot of time studying to increase your Knowledge, but there are also specific books that you may choose to read that offer the boost as well.

Each chapter of any book will consume one time slot to read.

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By finishingHyperspeed Reader, you can increase your reading capabilities.

You’ll then be able to readtwo chaptersin the time it would’ve taken you to read just one.