Persona 5 Royal
52 Achievements
1,000
100-120h
Pure Perfection
Maxed out all social stats.
40
10.0%
How to unlock the Pure Perfection achievement in Persona 5 Royal - Definitive Guide
This is one of the most easily missable achievements in the game. Pretty much everything you do in the game will reward some kind of bonus to one of your five social stats: Knowledge, Guts, Charm, Kindness, and Proficiency. Because there are so many different activities to try, and each of them will move time along, it's hard to balance each stat without a ton of knowledge on what bonus the activity will reward, and if it will progress you to the next part of the day or even to the next full day. This is the main reason I've suggested to follow one of the guides in the Road Map.
If you do choose to play the game blindly, you can continue to work on this during a NG+ run, as all your social stat progress will carry over from a completed game save file. Then you'll have a better idea of what activities to do, and what rewards you will get from them to finish up.
*MISSABLE*
This trophy involves maximizing all of your social parameters in the game: Knowledge, Guts, Charm, Kindness and Proficiency. This is one of the few trophies you'll have to consistently work towards from the outset and throughout your whole playthrough, as building your stats takes up most of your time that isn't building your Confidants or exploring dungeons.
In short, there are many ways of increasing each stat. Reading books, playing games, and watching DVDs all contribute to different stats depending on the individual item used. Some activities focus on a single stat, such as batting cages for Proficiency or sweeping up Leblanc for Kindness. Notably, video games and DVDs give you points each time you spend time with them, whereas books only give points when you finish the last page of the book (usually this takes multiple free time sessions).
You can obtain a book called Speed Reading, which allows you to read two pages of a book in a free time session time rather than just one. You can get it from Jinbocho after reading all other books from there, or from Shujin library after 7/1 on the true ending path.
There is also another book called Factorization Study Method, which adds an additional point whenever you read a book that increases Knowledge. You can obtain it from Sakai in Kichijoji (man with sunglasses and face mask) by trading an MRE Ration to him. This item is available from 7/26 to 7/30 only.
Each stat takes less time or more time to level up based on the availability of opportunities to increase those stats. For example, Knowledge requires the highest amount of points to maximize, because getting class answers correct will always give a point and studying is one of the most efficient stat raising methods of spending time there is. Inversely, Proficiency requires the fewest points as there are relatively few opportunities to raise this stat, largely limited to batting cages or crafting infiltration tools.
Fortune Confidant Rank 1 unlocks Luck Reading, which is useful for boosting stats. Before partaking in an activity that would raise a social stat, locate Chihaya Mifune in Shinjuku during either day or night and ask for a luck reading for the stat that activity will raise. With a luck reading you will get an additional point of a raised stat alongside the normal amount of points for that stat. For example, spending a long time and hitting many balls at the batting cages will yield four proficiency points rather than just three.
The trophy will unlock as soon as you achieve rank 5 for every social stat. Your last will likely be Kindness due to the availability of activities that raise Kindness. It is likely you will earn the trophy around December of your first playthrough. Also, if you miss this trophy during your first playthrough, then you will be able to carry over progress to new game plus, so this trophy is not outright missable in the traditional sense.
Below is a list detailing the required points to rank up each stat to the maximum, five ranks for each total.
Knowledge: 0, 34, 82, 126, 192
Charm: 0, 6, 52, 92, 132
Kindness: 0, 14, 47, 94, 136
Guts: 0, 11, 38, 68, 113
Proficiency: 0, 12, 34, 60, 87
The total list of activities is available in this supplemental guide linked here: Persona 5 Royal: Guide Supplement