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It can be hard to earn money when you’re still in high school, and that’s just as true inPersona 3 Reloadas it is in real life. You need money to get better weapons and armor, buy recovery items,get better Social Skill boosts, and retrieve registered Personas from the Velvet Room.
All of this means that getting money is a priority for everyPersona 3 Reloadplayer. There are plenty of ways to do so, but some of them are more effective than others. The biggest question you need to ask is whether you’d rather spend your time or the protagonist’s time to earn yen.
Work a Part-Time Job
From the beginning of the game, you can have the main characterwork at one of two part-time jobs: the cinema at the Port Station, and Chagall Cafe in the Paulownia Mall.
The cinema, Screen Shot, is available for work when the protagonist has the day off. This means Sundays, holidays, and all of summer break. Wages start at 5,000 yen per shift, but this can go up after you work there several times. The job also boosts Academics and Courage by a small amount each time, but working there means you don’t get to spend the day improving a Social Link.
Chagall Cafe offers part-time work on every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday night. Wages are 2,500 yen, but like the cinema this can go up after you work there for several shifts.It also improves Charm and Courage, so it’s a good place to visit early on when you don’t have much money and haven’t unlocked the evening Social Links yet.
Run Through Tartarus
Part-time money can help when you’re in a pinch, but the real way to make money inPersona 3 Reloadis by exploring Tartarus. That being said, you may make money faster by paying attention to where the yen comes from.
Plan Your Persona List
The biggest money sink inPersona 3 Reloadis Persona purchasing. The best way to improve Social Links fast is to carry a Persona that matches the friend’s Arcana, but you only get so much space to stock Personas and you also need to fuse Personas to keep up with enemies and fill out the list.
What this means is that you should check your Persona stock when you’re ready to exit Tartarus. Do they all match the Social Links you’re currently working on? Do you have any Arcana duplicates you could get rid of by fusing? Would it be worth your time to head back in and try to get more Personas to fill up your stock? You can save a surprising amount of money by using Tartarus to get Personas instead of the Velvet Room, and money you avoid spending on Personas is money you can spend in other areas of the game.
