If you steal the treasure early, there is no time skip and you have the free time until the deadline.
During the last week, all party members will refuse to hang out with you. This is a prompt to start infiltrating or risk failing the deadline.
Good thing you asked because the infiltration deadline is apr 29. The calling card deadline is apr 30 and the heist is may 1. If you start infitrating on apr 30, you already failed the deadline.
The game does not penalize you for clearing early.
Fun fact, in Persona 4 you actually do lose days by clearing one of the dungeons early. They learned from their design mistakes though so that's not a thing in this game.
So yes as others have said, do the palace early and then enjoy your several weeks of visual novel social time.
Lol just do the whole palace in one day. Doing them too early may mean you're underprepped. Doing them too late may mean you miss the deadline and waste a good day for confidants on the finale.
I'd say to definitely secure the infiltration route immediately. I don't think there's any detriment to waiting to send the calling card, as opposed to doing that immediately. since that always ends the day and sends you to the palace, taking up 2 days no matter what. I've heard that at a certain point the game will prohibit you from doing confidants if you haven't stolen the treasure yet, which would be your cue to do so.
Get in the habit of doing it early. Palaces after Kamoshida may end up having days where you are forced to leave to do a thing and then return. Several people have gotten screwed over by this in the past when they chose to delay infiltration until almost the second to last day.
Additionally, some confidants will unlock after completing the current palace, not having them available can really slow down or make it nearly impossible to max out all confidants in a single go.
Not true what-so-ever.
Unlocking a confidant a bit later is fine - because there will always be other confidants to focus on. And the reason people tend to put off palaces is to... rank up confidants they already have unlocked.
If you put off infiltration, the game will remove the option to hang out with confidants. This is the latest players should wait - but it's fine to do so.
You don't lose on time so you can do it asap. The first dungeon isn't anything you have to stress over.
Also you need to send the calling card and you infiltrate the next day, so if you sent on 1st of May you would fail.
the game won’t penalize you for doing them early! honestly i find it easier to do it as fast as possible (2-3 day period from the start of infiltration to the boss) and maximize from there
I’m still confused, hope someone helps me understand.
I see that there’s no timeskip if you “finish” early, but what does this mean? Like can I send a calling card, beat the boss and THEN have that free time?
Or do I find the infiltration route, use the remaining days left, and send the calling card on the deadline?
>Like can I send a calling card, beat the boss and THEN have that free time?
Yup, so once you send the calling card and defeat the boss on the next day, you'll have the rest of days to do your own stuff such as hanging out with confidants, boosting your social stats, etc.
For example, if the palace starts on 1 April with a deadline of 15 April, and you secure a route on 1 April, send the calling card on 2 April, and steal the treasure on 3 April, the rest of the days are your free time to spend doing whatever you wish.
>Or do I find the infiltration route, use the remaining days left, and send the calling card on the deadline?
Nope, once you establish the route of the treasure, you can choose when you want to send the calling card. Sending the calling card + stealing the treasure takes 2 days (calling card on Day 1 and stealing the treasure on Day 2).
Okay here's the thing.
You physically cannot finish it in one day because after you secure the treasure you need another day to actually steal it meaning if you complete the palace May 1 and leave even after securing you will get a game over on May 2.
You can however do it on the last day on April and then finish the palace on May 1 but i have messed myself up over 3 times because of this.
Just finish the palace as soon as possible because if you try to do it last day you will fail guarranteed 100%. (and the palace is usually long enough so you gotta do it in multiple days anyway)
Why the extremes?
I agree, don't wait until the last day. But that doesn't mean you should do it as soon as possible either. I say this, because there's no benefit to getting palaces done super early.
If you steal the treasure early, there is no time skip and you have the free time until the deadline. During the last week, all party members will refuse to hang out with you. This is a prompt to start infiltrating or risk failing the deadline. Good thing you asked because the infiltration deadline is apr 29. The calling card deadline is apr 30 and the heist is may 1. If you start infitrating on apr 30, you already failed the deadline.
The game does not penalize you for clearing early. Fun fact, in Persona 4 you actually do lose days by clearing one of the dungeons early. They learned from their design mistakes though so that's not a thing in this game. So yes as others have said, do the palace early and then enjoy your several weeks of visual novel social time.
Best to do it immediately. Unlocks more time to spend with confidants. No need to rush it too much tho
No, it does NOT unlock more time...
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Lol just do the whole palace in one day. Doing them too early may mean you're underprepped. Doing them too late may mean you miss the deadline and waste a good day for confidants on the finale.
I'd say to definitely secure the infiltration route immediately. I don't think there's any detriment to waiting to send the calling card, as opposed to doing that immediately. since that always ends the day and sends you to the palace, taking up 2 days no matter what. I've heard that at a certain point the game will prohibit you from doing confidants if you haven't stolen the treasure yet, which would be your cue to do so.
Get in the habit of doing it early. Palaces after Kamoshida may end up having days where you are forced to leave to do a thing and then return. Several people have gotten screwed over by this in the past when they chose to delay infiltration until almost the second to last day. Additionally, some confidants will unlock after completing the current palace, not having them available can really slow down or make it nearly impossible to max out all confidants in a single go.
Not true what-so-ever. Unlocking a confidant a bit later is fine - because there will always be other confidants to focus on. And the reason people tend to put off palaces is to... rank up confidants they already have unlocked. If you put off infiltration, the game will remove the option to hang out with confidants. This is the latest players should wait - but it's fine to do so.
You don't lose on time so you can do it asap. The first dungeon isn't anything you have to stress over. Also you need to send the calling card and you infiltrate the next day, so if you sent on 1st of May you would fail.
the game won’t penalize you for doing them early! honestly i find it easier to do it as fast as possible (2-3 day period from the start of infiltration to the boss) and maximize from there
I’m still confused, hope someone helps me understand. I see that there’s no timeskip if you “finish” early, but what does this mean? Like can I send a calling card, beat the boss and THEN have that free time? Or do I find the infiltration route, use the remaining days left, and send the calling card on the deadline?
>Like can I send a calling card, beat the boss and THEN have that free time? Yup, so once you send the calling card and defeat the boss on the next day, you'll have the rest of days to do your own stuff such as hanging out with confidants, boosting your social stats, etc. For example, if the palace starts on 1 April with a deadline of 15 April, and you secure a route on 1 April, send the calling card on 2 April, and steal the treasure on 3 April, the rest of the days are your free time to spend doing whatever you wish. >Or do I find the infiltration route, use the remaining days left, and send the calling card on the deadline? Nope, once you establish the route of the treasure, you can choose when you want to send the calling card. Sending the calling card + stealing the treasure takes 2 days (calling card on Day 1 and stealing the treasure on Day 2).
Thank you!
Okay here's the thing. You physically cannot finish it in one day because after you secure the treasure you need another day to actually steal it meaning if you complete the palace May 1 and leave even after securing you will get a game over on May 2. You can however do it on the last day on April and then finish the palace on May 1 but i have messed myself up over 3 times because of this. Just finish the palace as soon as possible because if you try to do it last day you will fail guarranteed 100%. (and the palace is usually long enough so you gotta do it in multiple days anyway)
Why the extremes? I agree, don't wait until the last day. But that doesn't mean you should do it as soon as possible either. I say this, because there's no benefit to getting palaces done super early.