This page details the process of fusion in Megami Ibunroku Persona, Persona, and Megami Ibunroku Persona: Ikū no Tō Hen.
Fusion Basics
Personas are created via the fusion of Spell Cards in the Velvet Room. Spell Cards themselves are obtained via negotiation by maxing out a demon's Eager emotion. In all versions of Persona, there is a total of 142 Spell Cards.
The Orders of the demons involved in the Spell Cards will determine the Arcana of the resulting Persona, and their levels will determine which Persona it will be according to the following formula:
The resulting Persona will be the one whose level is higher and the closest to the result of the above formula.
Fusion Colors
Spell Cards belong to one of the four following types: Element, Force, Light, and Dark. Those types are tied to each demon Order; for example, all Divine demons are Light-type and all Grave demons are Force-type.
The types of the Spell Cards used in fusion will also affect the result, and are represented by colors: white, blue, or red.
| Color | Effect | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| White | No added effect. | Unrelated types. |
| Blue | Highest parameter +5. Magic Attack +20 |
Same type. |
| Red | Higher chance of fusion accident. | Element x Force Light x Dark |
| Type | Orders |
|---|---|
| Element | Yoma, Fairy, Flight, Jirae, Jaki |
| Force | Drake, Raptor, Femme, Grave, Foul |
| Light | Divine, Snake, Beast, Brute |
| Dark | Night, Fallen, Wilder, Haunt, Spirit |
Fusion Arrows
Fusion results are represented by either a circle or a set of arrows. Those arrows determine whether or not the resulting Persona may inherit a skill from one of the Spell Cards used in fusion. In this case, the sequence in which the cards are selected does matter for the result.
Whether or not a Persona is capable of inheriting a skill depends on the Species to which the Spell Cards used belong. However, even if the fusion conditions allow for skill inheritance, the Persona may not be able to inherit the skill if it's incompatible with it as per inheritance rules.
| Symbol | Effect | Conditions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | PSP only | ||
| 〇 | No added effect. | Unrelated Species. | |
| ↑ | ↗ | All parameters +1. Inherit skill from second card. |
Same Species. |
| → | Inherit skill from first card. | Compatible Species. | |
| ↓ | ↘ | All parameters -1. Inherit skill from second card. |
Incompatible Species. |
| Species | Orders |
|---|---|
| Demons | Night, Yoma, Fairy |
| Winged | Divine, Fallen |
| Dragons | Snake, Drake |
| Birds | Flight, Raptor |
| Animals | Beast, Wilder |
| Oni | Femme, Brute, Jirae, Jaki |
| Evil | Haunt, Spirit, Grave |
| Fouls | Foul |
| Species | Compatible | Incompatible |
|---|---|---|
| Demons | Animals | Oni |
| Winged | Birds | Evil |
| Dragons | Oni | Birds |
| Birds | Winged | Dragons |
| Animals | Demons | Fouls |
| Oni | Dragons | Demons |
| Evil | Fouls | Winged |
| Fouls | Evil | Animals |
Fusion Chart
| Order | Foul | Grave | Spirit | Haunt | Jaki | Jirae | Brute | Femme | Wilder | Beast | Raptor | Flight | Drake | Snake | Fallen | Divine | Fairy | Yoma | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Night | Emperor | Magician | Hangedman | Lovers | Death ↓ | Justice ↓ | Star ↓ | Priestess ↓ | Sun → | Hermit → | Justice | Magician | Judgement | Sun | Devil | Lovers | Magician ↑ | Emperor ↑ | — |
| Yoma | Temperance | Lovers | Lovers | Temperance | Emperor ↓ | Lovers ↓ | Emperor ↓ | Justice ↓ | Temperance → | Emperor → | Justice | Sun | Emperor | Emperor | Lovers | Lovers | Magician ↑ | — | |
| Fairy | Hangedman | Magician | Hermit | Judgement | Chariot ↓ | Temperance ↓ | Hierophant ↓ | Magician ↓ | Hermit → | Priestess → | Empress | Hermit | Moon | Hermit | Magician | Priestess | — | ||
| Divine | Priestess | Judgement ↓ | Hangedman ↓ | Hierophant ↓ | Death | World | Fortune | Hierophant | Priestess | Priestess | Sun → | Magician → | Devil | Judgement | Judgement ↑ | — | |||
| Fallen | Moon | Devil ↓ | Magician ↓ | Moon ↓ | Temperance | Empress | Devil | Moon | Tower | Hermit | World → | Judgement → | Moon | Temperance | — | ||||
| Snake | World | Sun | World | Tower | Justice → | Hierophant → | Hierophant → | Empress → | Chariot | World | Empress ↓ | Chariot ↓ | Priestess ↑ | — | |||||
| Drake | Hierophant | World | Chariot | World | Hierophant → | Strength → | Chariot → | Justice → | Tower | Justice | Chariot ↓ | World ↓ | — | ||||||
| Flight | Lovers | Judgement | Lovers | Justice | Justice | Empress | Empress | Hermit | Hangedman | Star | Sun ↑ | — | |||||||
| Raptor | Judgement | Moon | Moon | Sun | Sun | Emperor | Fortune | Empress | Emperor | Priestess | — | ||||||||
| Beast | Magician ↓ | Temperance | Chariot | Temperance | Hierophant | Chariot | Strength | Temperance | Chariot ↑ | — | |||||||||
| Wilder | Tower ↓ | Judgement | Emperor | Hermit | Sun | Strength | Fortune | Sun | — | ||||||||||
| Femme | Priestess | Temperance | Empress | Moon | Empress ↑ | Priestess ↑ | Empress ↑ | — | |||||||||||
| Brute | Hierophant | Hermit | Moon | Death | Justice ↑ | Hierophant ↑ | — | ||||||||||||
| Jirae | Strength | Star | World | Hermit | Star ↑ | — | |||||||||||||
| Jaki | Fortune | World | Chariot | Sun | — | ||||||||||||||
| Haunt | Moon → | Judgement ↑ | Death ↑ | — | |||||||||||||||
| Spirit | Lovers → | World ↑ | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Grave | Star → | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Foul | — |
Items in Fusion
Consumables
Most consumables, when added to fusion, have a "Random" effect. The effects are as follows:
| Effect | Odds |
|---|---|
| Random parameter +3. | 45% chance. |
| Random parameter -3. | 45% chance. |
| Random skill inheritance. | 10% chance. |
When the third effect is triggered, the Persona will inherit a skill from a random list whose contents change according to the moon phase. Each spell in the list has an equal chance of being selected. It's also possible for the randomly-selected skill to be of an element incompatible with the Persona as per inheritance rules.
| NEW | 1/8 | 2/8 | 3/8 | HALF | 5/8 | 6/8 | 7/8 | FULL |
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