Social Links are a vital part of the Persona 3 Portable experience, but many of them are gated behind Social Stats. With the release of the current console versions of the PSP classic, it’s worth reviewing which social stats gate off which characters.
Persona 3 Portable is a great game, but it doesn’t offer players much wiggle room. The Persona series is essentially defined by its large amounts of missable content. Players only have so many days to work with in their playthrough and must improve their friendships with different characters while completing the game’s main objectives.
That’s a staple of the Persona series, but Persona 3 Portable is different from the PS2 releases due to its addition of a female protagonist. The male and female main characters have different requirements to unlock relationships with characters. Here’s which Social Links are associated with which Social Stats and how to unlock all of them.
Which Social Links are Unlocked by Social Stats in Persona 3 Portable?
The male protagonist in Persona 3 Portable has nine Social Links locked to Social Stats, while the female protagonist has eight. In most cases, raising a Social Stat up to rank two, four, or six will unlock a new Social Link.
Social Links Unlocked by Academics
Rank | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
2 | Bebe | Bebe |
4 | Akinari Kamiki | Akinari Kamiki |
6 | Mitsuru Kirijo | Mitsuru Kirijo |
Academics is the toughest stat to max out in Persona 3 Portable, but the male and female protagonists ultimately get the same rewards for doing so. Rank two unlocks the eccentric foreign exchange student Bebe, rank four opens access to the “dying young man” Akinari Kamiki, and rank six allows players to start leveling up their relationship with party member Mitsuru Kirijo. Mitsuru is a romance option when playing as the male protagonist, but cannot be romanced as the female protagonist.
Social Links Unlocked by Charm
Rank | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
2 | Nozomi Suemitsu | President Tanaka |
4 | President Tanaka | Akihiko Sanada |
6 | Yukari Takeba | N/A |
One of the biggest changes to Persona 3 Portable is when Social Links become available. This is plainly seen in the social links unlocked by the Charm stat. President Tanaka is available earlier for the female protagonist, at the expense of having party member Akihiko locked behind rank four. Meanwhile, The male protagonist will need to have Charm maxed out in order to start spending time with Yukari,
There is no Social Link unlocked by maxing Charm for the female protagonist. Players will still want to max out all Social Stats due to other perks offered by maxing out Charm.
Social Links Unlocked by Courage
Rank | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
2 | Mutatsu | Fuuka Yamagishi |
4 | Mamoru Hayase | Mutatsu |
6 | Fuuka Yamagishi | Ken Amada |
The Social Links associated with the Courage stat are quite different between the two main characters. The female main character can start leveling up Fuuka earlier but will have to wait before they start hanging out with surly monk Mutatsu.
Meanwhile, the male protagonist meets with Mamoru Hayase, while the character doesn’t appear in a playthrough as the female protagonist. Finally, party member Ken Amada is gated behind the Courage stat for the female protagonist and not the male.
Persona 3 Portable is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
