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Persona 5: The Phantom X (P5X)

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P5 Phantom X - Mindscape

The Mindscape is an additional way to boost a character's stats passively, by gaining currency tied to your progress in the Velvet Trials! Check out how to unlock Mindscape nodes, how to get currency to unlock them, and which stats will get boosted upon unlocking them!

How to Unlock Mindscape Nodes

Reach at least Account Level 55

P5 Phantom X - Account Level

To unlock the Mindscape function itself, players must bring their Account Level to 55. Or in other words, Wonder himself has to be at least Level 55 to unlock this for all other characters you won.

Unlocked via Stardust Shards

P5 Phantom X - Stardust Shard

To unlock each of the main stat upgrade nodes in the Mindscape, they will have to use a currency called Stardust Shards in order to uinlock them.

How to Get Stardust Shard

Stardust Shard Gained Daily

P5 Phantom X - Stardust Shard Gained Daily in Velvet Room

Stardust Shards are a brand new currency added to the game starting in Version 1.4 alongside the Mindscape. These are what you need to spend in order to unlock Mindscapes.

As for gaining them, players earn them passively upon logging in daily. However, the amount of Shards earned will be determined by your current progress with your Velvet Trials.

Progress in Velvet Trials

Velvet Trials

How much Stardust Shards you gain daily is determined by the number of stars you have earned in the Velvet Trials. The more stars you collect, the higher the payout of the Stardust Shards everyday.

This encourages the player to keep progressing through each of the difficult challenges found in this game mode.

Velvet Trials Guide

Who to Use Mindscapes On

Your Favorite Characters

P5 Phantom X - Marian Appearance

Players do have a tendency to spend a lot, if not everything, on a character they particularly like. If there is a character from the current roster of Phantom Thieves you have a preference for, by all means make them as strong as can be.

The Strongest Characters in Your Account

Depending on the player's luck, some characters might just be stronger compared to others. Sometimes it could be because they have their best-in-slot weapon equipped, or they happen to have a couple of Awareness levels unlocked.

It might be a worthwhile investment to make those stronger characters even better through Mindscape upgrades.

P5X Tier List for Best Characters

Assassins or Sweepers

P5 Phantom X (JP) - Damage Multiplier in Effect vs Shiki-Ouji

For the most part, dealing damage is still the most important aspect in Persona 5: The Phantom X, as most of the objectives here require depleting an enemy's HP to 0.

In that case, investing additional stats and buffs to Assassins or Sweepers makes the most sense, as they can hit harder, which could be the big difference between winning or losing a hard boss fight.

How to Expand Mindscape

Coming in a Future Update

While first announced to the Global and Japanese servers to be implemented in Version 1.4, the ability to unlock further levels of the Mindscape has not yet been added to the game.

However, the development team did announce during the 1.4 Livestream that more levels for Mindscape will be added in a future update!

What to Unlock

There are two types of nodes to unlock within a Phantom Thief's Mindscape: there's an Outer Ring, and the Inner Ring.

Outer Ring - Stat Strengthening

P5 Phantom X - Mindscape - Outer Ring Nodes

The first thing players will need to unlock first are the nodes on the Outer Ring of a Mindscape map. There are 12 of them available, and while the values for each character will be different, it is the same set for all characters.

Each of these 12 nodes will cost Stardust Shards, and it becomes more expensive the further you go.

# Buff Stardust Shard Cost
1 Increase HP 100
2 Increase Defense 150
3 Increase Attack 200
4 Increase HP 300
5 Increase Defense 400
6 Increase Attack 500
7 Increase HP 650
8 Increase Defense 800
9 Increase Attack 950
10 Increase HP 1100
11 Increase Defense 1250
12 Increase Attack 1450

If you want to unlock the entire Outer Ring of Mindscape buffs for one character, you would have to pay out a total of 7,850 Stardust Shards.

Inner Ring - Abilities and Skills

P5 Phantom X - Mindscape - Inner Ring Nodes

The second part of the Mindscape is the Inner Ring, which are normally unlocked after getting to the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th and 10th stat buffs on the Outer Ring.

These ones will wildly differ based on your characters, as they are meant to be buffs and upgrades to their existing Abilities and Skills.

What is Mindscape?

Way to Make Character Stronger Beyond Leveling Up

P5 Phantom X - Locked Mindscape
Mindscapes are an additional way to make a character stronger, beyond leveling them up and equipping them with Revelation Cards and Weapons.

These are permanent buffs to the character, which will affect their stats, Abilities and Skills depending on what the player unlocks in that character's Mindscape.

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