Persona 5 Royal
52 Achievements
1,000
100-120h
True Confidence
Maxed out one of your Confidants.
40
15.89%
How to unlock the True Confidence achievement in Persona 5 Royal - Definitive Guide
But there are ways to get this achievement much quicker.
Your first ones will be Lovers and Chariot which are Ann and Ryuji respectively.
If you're going for quick achievement completion though, you should pick Ann because there's one more achievement she can give us that Ryuji won't.
Be sure to bring a Lovers Persona along like Ame-no-Uzume and pick the best dialogue options.
When you reach Rank 9 say "You have me" to get one more achievement when you get her to Rank 10.
*MISSABLE*
Story-related, but can be missed if you are not on the path to the true endings.
Confidants are the main social aspect of the game. When you are not spending time in dungeons, almost everything you do in the real world will have the eventual goal of advancing a Confidant. Each Confidant is sorted into Suits of a Tarot deck or Arcana, and this becomes relevant in the dungeons as higher Confidant ranks allow you to create more powerful Personas and gain buffed abilities.
For this trophy you will need to rank up one Confidant to the max rank, which is rank 10. You only need to do this to one of the Confidant lines; there is no requirement in this trophy list to advance all of them to the maximum rank.
Confidants have ten ranks and there are a number of ways they are advanced, primarily by spending time in a social setting with the person that corresponds to each Arcana. You will accrue points in doing this, and having enough points is a requirement to rank up the Confidant. You will get additional points from picking the dialogue options that the character resonates with the most, usually by agreeing with them or showing the person that you're listening and contributing.
Some Confidants are advanced by the story with no further input from the player. One Confidant, being Caroline & Justine of the Strength Arcana, is ranked up by fulfilling fusion tasks they set out for you. Essentially this means creating Personas with specific abilities.
As the Fool, Magician and Judgment Arcana Confidant lines are ranked up entirely automatically so, as long as you are on the path to the true ending, you will not miss this trophy. Aside from this, it is difficult to miss this trophy if you're not actively avoiding Confidants. As there are hundreds of free time sessions in the year and it takes a minimum of only ten to full rank up a Confidant, you will likely finish several of these in one playthrough.
When spending time with characters, be sure to have a Persona in your stock of the Arcana that matches the character. Doing so will increase all social points earned during the Confidant scenes by one. This includes the initial three points for just hanging out with the Confidant, plus any points earned from picking the dialogue choices they like most. For example, having a Slime, of the Chariot Arcana in your stock will increase points when hanging out with Ryuji Sakamoto.
For players returning from Persona 5, the Justice Confidant has been modified. It is no longer fully automatic and instead, the first eight ranks are given the same treatment as any other social Confidant, with the protagonist hanging out with Goro Akechi during the evenings. The final two ranks are still tied to the story, being ranked up during events you may be familiar with involving the Cruiser Palace.
Also for returning players, keep in mind that some of the Personas have been shuffled around in regards to what Arcana they correspond to. For example, Nigi Mitama is now of the Councillor Arcana, rather than the Temperance Arcana.
A list of confidants is as follows:
- Fool Arcana: Igor, ranked up with plot progression.
- Magician Arcana: Morgana, ranked up with plot progression.
- Priestess Arcana: Makoto Niijima, ranked up by spending time with this character.
- Empress Arcana: Hara Okumura, ranked up by spending time with this character.
- Emperor Arcana: Yusuke Kitagawa, ranked up by spending time with this character.
- Hierophant Arcana: Sojiro Sakura, ranked up by spending time with this character.
- Lovers Arcana: Ann Takamaki, ranked up by spending time with this character.
- Chariot Arcana: Ryuji Sakamoto, ranked up by spending time with this character.
- Justice Arcana: Goro Akechi, ranked up by spending time with this character, however Ranks 9 and 10 are ranked up automatically.
- Hermit Arcana: Futaba Sakura, ranked up by spending time with this character.
- Fortune Arcana: Chihaya Mifune, ranked up by spending time with this character.
- Strength Arcana: Caroline & Justine, ranked up by completing their fusion tasks.
- Hanged Man Arcana: Munehisa Iwai, ranked up by spending time with this character.
- Death Arcana: Tae Takemi, ranked up by spending time with this character
- Temperance Arcana: Sadayo Kawakami, ranked up by spending time with this character
- Devil Arcana: Ichiko Ohya, ranked up by spending time with this character
- Tower Arcana: Shinya Oda, ranked up by spending time with this character
- Star Arcana: Hifumi Togo, ranked up by spending time with this character
- Moon Arcana: Yuuki Mishima, ranked up by spending time with this character
- Sun Arcana: Toranosuke Yoshida, ranked up by spending time with this character, however the dialogue options do not matter.
- Judgment Arcana: Sae Niijima, ranked up with plot progression.
- Councillor Arcana: Takuto Maruki, ranked up by spending time with this character, however Rank 10 is ranked up automatically.
- Faith Arcana: Kasumi Yoshizawa, ranked up by spending time with this character.