All Story Choices and Alignments

In Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance (SMT V), players can choose how the story will play out through choices made during the game. Learn how to get alignments and endings for the Canon of Creation and Canon of Vengeance route here!

Determining Your Route in SMT V

Take Her Hand for Canon of Vengeance

Choosing to take the girl's hand at the start of the game will give you the Canon of Vengeance storyline. Your game will be drastically different to the Canon of Creation and will feature the new quests, bosses, area and dungeon that are Vengeance-exclusive.

How to Start Canon of Vengeance

Don't Take Her Hand for Canon of Creation

Choosing not to take the girl's hand at the start of the game will give you the Canon of Creation storyline. Your game will feature the same story as the base Shin Megami Tensei V game and will not feature the new dungeon, bosses or quests that are in the Canon of Vengeance.

Story Walkthrough and Route Guides

You Can Still Change Your Route

In case you decided against the route you chose during the cutscene, the game will prompt you to confirm your storyline. After this choice, you are locked in the Canon that you choose and you cannot change it past this point.

SMTV Vengeance Take Her Hand Guide

Canon of Creation Choices

Choices That Affect the Ending

The ending in Canon of Creation will only be determined by your choice at the end of the Empyrean.

Certain Miracles are locked behind certain endings.

Certain demon fusions are locked behind certain endings.

Your choices can affect the secret ending being available for selection.

Empyrean Choices and its Endings

A choice is given to the player at the end of the Empyrean that will determine the ending you get. Each ending will offer different fusions and Miracles for the player.

Law and Chaos Specific Choices

This game, unlike other Shin Megami Tensei games, do not have choices that can affect your ending. The game still keeps track your alignment choices throughout the game and choosing options that do not line up with the ending you choose at the end can affect certain NPCs and endgame Miracles that the player might receive.

What happens when your choices don't line up with the ending?
You will no longer receive the Miracle aligned with your path from Tao
You will be charged 660,000 Macca when going through the subquests for Michael (Law) and Belial (Chaos)

Endings Guide | What You Get For Each Ending

High and Low-Impact Choices for Law and Chaos

You are given certain choices throughout the game that determines what alignment you're going on. Certain choices can be a High-Impact Choice or a Low-Impact Choice.

Final Alignment Distribution

Your overall alignment is based on a total of High and Low-Impact choices made throughout the game. Below is how alignment distribution is done based on High and Low-Impact choices.

Alignment Choice Events for Law and Chaos

High-Impact Events

Low-Impact Events

Canon of Vengeance Choices

Choices That Affect the Ending

Attention!

This list is currently being updated to include new story choices for the Canon of Vengeance, stay tuned for more updates!

Choices That Do Not Affect the Ending

Attention!

This list is currently being updated to include new story choices for the Canon of Vengeance, stay tuned for more updates!

Shin Megami Tensei V Related Guides

All New Features in SMTVV

List of Vengeance Articles
All New Features	How to Start Vengeance
Guest Characters	Demon Haunts
Innate Skills	Demon Group Skills
Shakan Dungeon	Da'at: Shinjuku
Consecutive Encounters	Magatsuhi Demon
Save Transfer Bonuses	Virtual Trainer: How to Unlock and Location
How to Use Magatsu Rails	SMTV Vengeance Take Her Hand Guide
Sky View Guide	List of Cadaver's Hollow Items
All Story Choices and Alignments	Beginner's Guide
How to Recruit Demi-Fiend	Demon Statues
How To Unlock Godborn Mode

SMTV: Vengeance Story Walkthrough

SMT V: Vengeance Story Walkthrough
The Lay of the Land	The Angel's Trail
The Angels' Request	Head to Jozoji Temple
Save the Students	A Golden Opportunity
Investigate the Anomalies in Tokyo	Rescue Miyazu Atsuta
Chase Through Shakan

SMTV: Vengeance Boss Guides

Boss Guides
Glasya-Labolas	Naamah
Eisheth	Yuzuru and Hayataro
Agrat	Beelzebub
The Four Qadistu	-

SMTV: Vengeance Subquests

Subquests
Prince of Her Dreams	In Pursuit of Knowledge
Brawny Ambitions	She Who Rules the Night
Knocking on Death's Door	Beastly Battle of Wits
Home Sweet Home	To New Horizons
Picture-Perfect Debut	Essential Research
Brawny Ambitions II	Infiltrate the Demon Feast
Tough Love	Pixie on the Case
As God Wills	A Self of My Own
Part-Time Gasser	Lighting the Way
Reclaim the Golden Stool	Liberate the Golden Stool
A Star is Born	Shinjuku Jewel Hunt
The Disgraced Bird God	The Vampire in Black
The Hunter in White	Alice's Wonderland
Devotion to Order	Heroes of Heaven and Earth
The Serpent King	The Great Adversary
Supersonic Racing	Classified Courier
Song of Nostalgia	Guide to the Lost