Game Difficulty Guide for Persona 3 Reload (P3RE)
List of Difficulty Modes
| Difficulty Mode | Details | Notable Features |
|---|---|---|
| Beginner | The easiest difficulty setting with the lowest challenge during battles. | Enemies have greatly reduced attack power in battle. Lets you revive an unlimited number of times after getting a Game Over. |
| Easy | Features battles offering an easier challenge compared to Normal. | Enemies have reduced attack power in battle. Lets you revive an unlimited number of times after getting a Game Over. |
| Normal | The standard difficulty setting with battles offering a fair challenge. | Enemies have the standard level of attack power in battle. Results in a Game Over when the Protagonist is knocked out. |
| Hard | Features battles offering more challenging battles compared to Normal. | Enemies have increased attack power in battle. Likelihood of Enemy Advantage is higher when not ambushed. Results in a Game Over when the Protagonist is knocked out. |
| Merciless | The hardest difficulty setting featuring the toughest battles out of all game modes. | Enemies have greatly increased attack power in battle. Likelihood of Enemy Advantage is higher when not ambushed. Elements from first playthrough such as character level, Social Stats, Persona Compendium progress, and Vision Quest and Monad Depths progress do not carry over when starting a New Game cycle on Merciless. |
Gameplay Elements Affected by Game Difficulty
Combat difficulty changes based on chosen difficulty.
Battles become more challenging as you play on the higher difficulties. Enemies become harder to take down as they will deal more damage and take less from your attacks.
The accuracy of your attacks also becomes lower on harder game modes so applying buffs and debuffs on foes become increasingly important even during regular encounters throughout the game.
Persona 3 Reload Battle System Guide
Experience (EXP) is reduced on higher difficulty modes.
You gain less experience (EXP ) when playing on Hard or Merciless compared to the easier game modes. This means that you will level up more slowly on the more challenging difficulty settings which makes grinding more time-consuming. If you prefer to spend time leveling up your party, adjust the game difficulty to something lower.
Carry-over features are disabled on Merciless difficulty.
Starting a New Game cycle (NG+) on Merciless mode after beating the game on any other difficulty prevents you from carrying over features such as character level, Social Stats, Persona Compendium progress, and Vision Quest and Monad Depths progress from your previous run.
You will essentially be starting from zero if you choose to play on Merciless so only choose this setting if you want a challenge.
Persona 3 Reload New Game Plus (NG+) Guide
Best Difficulty to Choose (New Game)
Start the game on Normal.
For beginners and new players, it is recommended to choose Normal difficulty for the first playthrough (New Game). This allows you to get a feel for the game’s standard level of challenge as a starting point to learn many of the game’s battle mechanics.
Afterwards, feel free to adjust the game difficulty based to your preferences if you find enemies to easy or too hard to take down.
How to Change Game Difficulty
Can be changed any time under System.
Game difficulty can be changed any time from the game menu by going into System. You can also freely adjust the EXP gained and respawn options after getting a Game Over from this sub menu to your liking.
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Other Persona 3 Reload (P3R) Guides
Beginner Guides
Basic Information
| Pre-Order Bonuses | Game Editions |
| Game Difficulty | Game Controls |
| Game Differences (from P3 Games) | Gameplay Features (New Features) |
| Permanent Events and Missables | Save Data Rewards |
| PC System Requirements and Specs | Platform and System Differences |
| Cross Save Features | How Long to Beat |
| DLC List and Information | Voice Actor List |
Strategy Guides
Useful Information
Tier List Guides
Social Stats Guides
| Social Stat List and Guide | Social Links Gift List and Guide |
| How to Increase Social Stats | How to Increase Academics |
| How to Increase Courage | How to Increase Charm |
Romance Guides
| Romance Option List and Guide | How to Romance Characters |
| How to Romance Yukari | How to Romance Fuuka |
| How to Romance Mitsuru | How to Romance Aigis |
| How to Romance Chihiro | How to Romance Yuko |
Facility Guides
| Facility List and Locations | Tatsumi Police Station Guide |
| Aohige Pharmacy Guide | Mayoido Antiques Guide |
| Be Blue V Guide | Arcade Guide |
Game Database
Character Weapons
| Protagonist Weapons | Yukari Takeba Weapons |
| Junpei Iori Weapons | Akihiko Sanada Weapons |
| Mitsuru Kirijo Weapons | Aigis Weapons |
| Koromaru Weapons | Ken Amada Weapons |
| Shinjiro Aragaki Weapons | - |
Character Armor and Equipment
| Unisex Armor | Male Armor |
| Female Armor | Shoes and Legs |
| Aigis Armor | Koromaru Armor |
| Accessories | - |
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