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Persona 3 Reload: Solo/Orpheus Only/Mandatory Fights Only/And More + All Secret Bosses (Merciless)

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Thanks so much to https://twitter.com/EonDriver for the thumbnail! It's the first thing I've commissioned and I love it! They were so nice and helpful and I HIGHLY recommend them if you need someone!

I've been working on this since Day 1 of Reload dropping. I'm so excited to show you the culmination of my efforts. I will overview certain things here but if you have any questions about specifics I'll do my best to answer them in the comments. If anything gets asked a lot I'll add a FAQ to a pinned comment.

Challenge Rules:

1. Solo - All fights must be done solo, the exception is tutorial fights and full moon bosses that force my party in. I'm aware a mod has been made to remove them however most full moon bosses start with AOEs that kills them all anyway meaning there isn't really a difference. If there happens to be someone alive they MUST guard, All out attacks are also disabled in those fights.

2. Orpheus Only - Except for the tutorial fight where Apsaras is forced, Orpheus is the only persona EVER allowed in my slots. I cant have anyone in even if unused.

3. Mandatory Battles Only - Only tutorial fights, Tartarus Guardians and Full Moon Bosses may be fought to ensure I am at the lowest level. Reload is much more generous with Exp than FES especially when Solo, there's a point where Guardians go from being me trying to survive each turn to destroying them*

4. No Velvet Room - Using the tutorial shuffle time theoretically its possible to gain personas, fuse them and get Legion and Slime which will fuse Orpheus. This would allow me to give Orpheus pretty much any move via fusion which is why it is banned.

5. No Theurgies - With the Exception of Armageddon in the Elizabeth fight no Theurgies are ever allowed to be used, even for the Full Moon boss where Theurgies are needed to split them I still cannot use them.

6. No Oracle/Fuuka Use - I am never allowed to use any Fuuka abilities to Buff/Escape Tartarus/Find all weaknesses, even for the Full Moon fight where you should use it, I'm not allowed.

7. No Clock Use - I can never use the clock to regain Hp/Sp while in Tartarus. If I want to finish Tartarus runs in a single run I need to maximise my efficiency and be smart, especially early game before Soul Drops become infinitely obtainable from breakables.

8. No Exp Accessories - I am aware I could have gotten the ring for +15% exp boost but the point of Mandatory Fights only was to be at a low level and limit myself, boosting exp negates the point of that rule so it's also banned.

9. No Incense from Antique Store - The only Incense I am allowed to use are from Quest Rewards, Mitsuru from exam results and Tartarus chests.

10. No Social Links - Unless Forced I cant talk to anyone for links or hangouts, this includes gardening and cooking with a friend, which limits some requests and other things, though this rule is mainly just a meme rule.

11. Tartarus Clearing - All current explorable floors must be completed in Tartarus before the Full Moon. I can't hold off on a tough boss and wait for more exp from a full moon first.

12. No Glitches - There is a way to skip past Tartarus Guardian bossfights to skip their fight triggers. Theoretically this could be used to go to higher floors, obtain more items and come back or just outright skip them, this is cheesy and is banned.

13. Merciless Difficulty.

*The Secret Bosses, Reaper, Shadow the Void and Elizabeth were all beaten after Nyx. I reverted to an older save file. The Reaper was done instantly, I had to go through all the Monad Doors for Shadow of the Void and for Elizabeth I reverted extremely far back, maxed all social links and I allowed myself free reign with fusing and battling to obtain Satan and Helel for Armageddon and complete enough requests to access her hangouts and battle.

I initially attempted to do all Tartarus runs in a single go but decided against it. I still did almost every single one except 1 or 2 in a single sweep and likely could have done it but I was too hasty early game and didn't have enough to make it feasible.

My main strategy early game was to max my academics as fast as possible. Grinding for 99 materials from breakables in Thebel was enough to net me 100k per trip which I could then put into the shrine for triple notes. Being top in the first exam gave me the Proto Accessory which gives a +5 to endurance which was extremely useful for early on.

Tartarus chests are limited. Once opened they dont refresh till a new entry, so I tried to do all floors available as fast as possible to allow for more chests overall. The chests although static for example if you discover a locked chest on a floor and reload, it will always be there, the contents will randomise. I had to reload countless times to get the correct items I wanted, especially Skill Cards since that was my only way of making Orpheus usable in battle.

I will write a pinned comment explaining more as this hit the word limit, feel free to ask anything if you need.

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