The Velvet Room has been a core feature inPersonatitles, and the same remains true inPersona 5 Tactica, the tactics-based spin-off ofPersona 5 Royal. As always, you’ll be relying on the occupant of the Velvet Room to help you in making new Personas, keeping track of your Compendium, and more.
In P5T, Lavenza is back and ready to help you forge ahead, capable of several different methods of Persona fusion. Use her powers to create new Personas, make powerful and unique weapons, and keep powering up the Phantom Thieves to make it to the end of P5T.
Velvet Room Features
Access The Velvet Room From The Hideout Or Before Battles
If you’re trying to plan for the coming fights ahead, you’re in luck - you canaccess the Velvet Room at any time from the Hideout. The Velvet Room unlocksafter saving Ann and Futaba from Lady Marie.
You may speak to Lavenza before this, butthe Velvet Room isn’t ready until after that point.
Following this, whenever the Phantom Thieves are at (some iteration of)Leblanc, among other options to prepare the party, you’re able to access the Velvet Room from theHideout Menu, where it’s labeledV. Room.
However, if you’ve begun the next part of the story and would like to change something, fear not - in Persona 5 Tactica, you canvisit the Velvet Room from the Battle Menu in-game.
Before beginning a mission, you’re able to head to the Velvet Room and access its full functionality. This means you’ve got several chances to tweak your team’s Sub-Persona setups.
New Fusion Methods Unlock At Higher Levels
As youprogress through the main storyand into new Kingdoms, you’llunlock new fusion methodsfor use in the Velvet Room.
For example, defeating Lady Marie unlocksthree-way fusion, as well as the ability toautomatically withdraw Personas from the Compendium for use in immediate fusion.
The further you get through the story of Persona 5 Tactica, the better your Personas will need to be, so keep checking back to the Velvet Room to see how much stronger you may make your Personas through your newest fusion methods.
Create Powerful Weapons Using Personas
After you’ve defeated Lady Marie, you’ll unlock a new feature at the Velvet Room - Lavenza will be able tomake weapons out of Personas that meet specific criteria.
You’ll always needat least two Personasto make severalweapons exclusive to each Phantom Thief, but these Material Personas can be just about anything, so long as they meet specified criteria.
They’ll need to be of aspecific affinity, which is thetype label beside their name, as well asabove a certain level. You’re able towithdraw directly from the Compendium to use Personas immediatelyin weapon forging, and Lavenza will offer only the Personas that meet her criteria.
Lavenza will begin to offermore weapons that do more damage as you level up and fill out your Compendium, so be steadfast in your logging!
Additional Features Of The Velvet Room
It’s notjustfusion you’ll be doing in the Velvet Room, though - this is ahub for all things Personas.
Here, you canaccess your Compendiumat any time. You’ll occasionally need toregister Personas, withdraw Personas again,or just check the stats of a Persona before you use it in a fusion recipe, and you may do so from theView/Register/Summon Personasmenu.
This is also where you canEquip Personas, which you’ll need to do fairly often toreassign Personas to the Phantom Thievesto make them the best they can be in battle.
Finally, Lavenza is also capable of handling thedeconstructing of old weaponsyou and your Phantom Thieves are no longer using. Be sure tobreak down old weapons to receive a few yen- every little bit adds up!
How To Fuse Personas
Just like in the regular Persona 5, you’ll be using the Velvet Room tofuse progressively stronger Personasas you work your way through the game and become stronger yourself.
When fusing new Personas in the Velvet Room in Persona 5 Tactica, you’re able to eitherFuse Two Personas. This opens amenu of the Personas in your current stock, from which you canchoose two Personas to fuse togetherinto a stronger one.
To do this, you’llchoose a Persona from your current stock. Doing so will bring up a second menu that showcaseswhich Persona will result if you fuse these two Personasyou’ve chosen.
This can be a good way touse Personas you don’t plan to equipto see how they can be made into something more powerful that you may find more use for in battle.
If you’re more results-driven, though, you may also choose toFuse by Result. Instead of selecting two Personas and seeing what they’ll be you’re instead presented with alist of Personas you’re able to make with Personas you currently have in your stock.
You may seethe same Persona listed a few timesin this menu. Personas can be made withdifferent parent Personasthat impart different skills, so weigh your options carefully before committing.
Regardless of which fusion method you’re using, you cannot create Personas higher than the Phantom Thieves' current collective party level in Persona 5 Tactica.
You’ll be shownwhich Personas are newto you from the fusion menu, as well as which are currentlyunregistered in your Compendium(they may have been used as fusion fodder before you registered them)
Unique Skills And Skill Inheritance
In Persona 5 Tactica,every Persona has a unique skillit receives upon creation. This skill can cover a range of offensive, defensive, or passive skills, offeringsomething different for every Personato create a wide range of Persona fusion recipes.
However, these skills can bepassed onto other Personas when using that Persona in fusionto create a new one. Stringing together chains of powerful moves will ultimately lead to powerful end-game Personas!
When fusing two or more Personas in the Velvet Room, you’ll have the option topass one skill from the parent Personas down to the Persona you’re creating. This means thatcareful fusion recipesto pass on only the best moves are essential.
You’ll notice thatPersonas have far fewer moves in Persona 5 Tacticathan they did in the core game, but this allows you tobuild creatively to maximize each Persona’s stats and move sets.
Accidents Happen - And That Might Just Be A Good Thing
Despite how much time she’s had to practice, Lavenza makes it clear that this is a whole new Velvet Room - you didn’t expect everything to beperfect, did you?
Just like in core Persona 5, you may experiencefusion accidentsfrom time to time when creating new Personas in the Velvet Room.
Instead of the Persona you crafted in the fusion menu, you’ll receive acompletely random Persona, whose stats are likely not similar to what you were trying to make.
However frustrating it may be when this happens, if you came up with a particularly great combination, sometimesfusion accidents can result in particularly powerful Personas.
They may haveunique move sets, higher levels, or better statsthan Personas created via regular, successful fusion, so use these accident Personas to your advantage whenever possible!
