Social Links
Hold up, buddy.
Social Links are special bonds formed between the Protagonist and other characters in the game. Forming these bonds will allow you to gain more power when Fusing Personas, gain new Skills, gain new abilities in battle, and even enter Relationships!
Persona 4 Golden has a handful of Social Links available for you to level up and benefit from. Each one can grow up to ten ranks.
Ranking Up a Social Link
It's easy to realize spending time with other characters will increase a Social Link, but it's actually a bit more complex than that.
There is a hidden meter in the game that counts for each rank up. Selecting a specific answer while spending time with a character will add points from 0-3 to this unseen meter. Having a Persona of the same Arcana will double those points as well, which is why you should always carry a Persona of the same Arcana when building a relationship quickly. For example: If you have a Priestess Persona while spending time with Yukiko, you can get double the points during the conversation. You can find these correct answers on each Arcana's page.
If you want to spend time with a character, and the game says something like, "Your relationship is ready to become closer," you'll rank up no matter what, but you might not progress as far into the next rank as much as you could by giving the perfect answers. In other words, it won't affect that rank you'll be getting then and there, but for the next rank, you might have to spend time rather than getting a rank-up the next time you meet-up with that Social Link.
However, getting questions to rank up a social link isn't always available. Sometimes a character can be found wandering around town, instead of at their usual spots. If you see them around town, spending time with them will most likely increase the friendship meter, but it won't increase the rank. Only if the character has a "!" above their head can the rank possibly increase.
Social Links with Party Members
When a party member's Social Link increases a rank, they will gain new skills and abilities in battle. The skills and abilities differ between party members. See each party member's page, or the Arcana's page, for specifics.
Social Link Listing
Listed below will be the name of the person or group of the Social link, the Arcana type they favor, the location(s) they are found, and the earliest date you can start the social link. There are a total of 23 Arcana and Social Links.
| Person(s) | Arcana | Established | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yosuke Hanamura | Magician | 4/16 | Classroom Building 2F of Yasogami High School, or Junes Department Store. |
| Investigation Team | Fool | 4/17 | Starts and progresses with the story. |
| Chie Satonaka | Chariot | 4/18 | Rooftop of Yasogami High School, or somewhere in the Central Shopping District. |
| Nanako Dojima | Justice | 5/3 | Living room of Dojima Residence. |
| Fox | Hermit | 5/5 | Tatsuhime Shrine |
| Dojima | Hierophant | 5/6 | Living room of Dojima Residence on select nights. |
| Yukiko Amagi | Priestess | 5/17 | Classroom Building 1F of Yasogami High School, or Shopping District, South. |
| Naoki Konishi | Hanged Man | 6/9, He will not have a "!" above his head the first and second time. Talk with him twice after 6/8 with Rank 3 Understanding to establish link. | Classroom Building 1F of Yasogami High School, then Shopping District, North by Konishi Liquor Store at beginning of the week. |
| Teddie | Star | 6/24 | Starts and progresses with story. |
| Kanji Tatsumi | Emperor | 6/29, Start link by talking to a girl in front of the stairs on Classroom Building 2F | Practice Building 1F of Yasogami High School, or Shopping District, North. |
| Rise Kujikawa | Lovers | 7/23 | Classroom Building 1F of Yasogami High School, or Shopping District, South. |
| Naoto Shirogane | Fortune | 10/23, talk to "Man in Black" at Shopping District, North, then talk to Naoto. | Classroom Building 1F of Yasogami High School, or Shopping District, South. |
| Margaret | Empress | After Knowledge reaches Expert rank. | The Velvet Room. |
| Marie | Aeon | Take her out of the Velvet Room sometime. | Shopping District, South in front of Velvet Room. |
| Adachi | Jester | Around May | Junes Department Store or Central Shopping District. |
| Yumi Ozawa or Ayane Matsunaga | Sun | Join Drama or Band Club | Practice Building 1F of Yasogami High School on Mondays, Tuesdays, or Thursdays. Unlike Strength, only one of these two will be friends. |
| Fellow Athletes: Kou Ichijo or Daisuke Nagase | Strength | Join Basketball or Soccer Club on or after 4/19 | Field of Yasogami High School (Emergency Exit) on Tuesdays, Thursdays, or Saturdays. Shopping District, North on days off. |
| Ai Ebihara | Moon | Rank 4 on Strength. Talk to on Classroom Building 1F near lockers. Need high courage. | She will ask you to ditch school in the afternoon from time to time, or you can find her near lockers of Classroom Building 1F. |
| Eri Minami | Temperance | Work at Daycare | Work at Daycare on Mondays, Fridays, or Saturdays. |
| Sayoko Uehara | Devil | Work at Hospital | Work at Hospital on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday nights. |
| Hisano Kuroda | Death | Rank 4 of Devil | Samegawa Flood Plain Riverbank on Sundays or Holidays. |
| Shu Nakajima | Tower | Work as a Tutor | Work as a Tutor on Tuesdays, Thursdays, or Saturday Nights. |
| Seekers of Truth | Judgement | 12/3 | Starts and progresses with the story. |
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