Persona 5 Royal Shinya Confidant guide and choices
Just wanna play all day
The Persona 5 Royal Shinya Confidant unlocks a selection of handy gun abilities that makes Palaces much easier, but you don't have much time to work on it. Shinya's Confidant opens up late in the game, so unless you aim for the true ending, you only hav a few months to work on it. Make sure to give Shinya his favorite gifts to help decrease the time it tanks to reach a new Confidant rank, most of which are suitable for the budget of a humble supernatural high schooler such as yourself.
Unlike most of the Phantom Thieves' Confidants, such as Haru and Akechi, you don't need to meet any stat requirements to deepend your relationship with Shinya.
As with all Confidants in Persona 5 Royal, you can, and should, boost your relationship with Shinya faster if you include a Persona of the matching Arcana during rank up events. For Shinya, that’s the Tower Arcana. This guide uses point values for answers with a matching Persona in your roster, so adjust the point value down by 1 if you don’t have one on hand. Shinya’s Confidant unlocks fairly late in the game, so we recommend always having a Tower Persona on hand so you can get his Confidant’s perks faster.
If you have Royal’s DLC, you can get a Tower Persona without even trying – Magatsu Izanagi. For everyone else, Belphegor is the first one you can obtain once you hit level 37, and it uses some common ingredients. Pixie and Kushi Mitama or Arsene and Hua Po are two low-cost ways to obtain Belphegor. At higher levels, you may want Red Rider, which you can get by fusing Belphegor with with the Stone of Scone or Koh-i-noor.
Shinya Confidant unlocks
Rank 1: Down Shot
- Lets you knock one enemy down with a special gunshot once per Palace infiltration
Rank 2: Bullet Hail
- May trigger a gun-based all-out attack if you ambush an enemy
Rank 3: Warning Shot
- May intimidate Shadows during negotiation and make recruiting them easier
Rank 5: Laced Bullets
- Gunshots may inflict ailments
Rank 6: Cheap Shot
- Lets you use Down Shot three times per Palace infiltration
Rank 8: Electric Slug
- Bullet Hail deals more damage
Rank 10: Joker’s gun attacks will ignore enemy gun resistances
Persona 5 Royal Shinya Confidant choices and availability
Shinya’s Confidant unlocks after September 4, but you need to complete a quest first. Mishima will text you a Mementos quest, Winners Don’t Use Cheats. Complete it up to the fight against the main Shadow, and the team realizes they can’t win. Visit the arcade in Akihabara and speak with Shinya, then speak with Futaba. After you take her message back to Shinya, you can complete the Mementos quest and start Shinya’s Confidant.
Shinya is available at the arcade during the day on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
Shinya Confidant rank 1 choices
Hey, we should exchange IDs. It's not like I'm here every day, so…
- Call me when it’s game time (+2)
Shinya Confidant rank 2 choices
Thanks to you taking so long to figure it out…
- Don’t compare me to you
*sigh*
- What a rude employee (+2)
I believe in the Phantom Thieves and their strength
- So do I
- I’ll let them know
Everyone sucks at first, but you can get good if you do it every day!
- I’ll work very hard
- So then I can beat you? (Both give +2)
Shinya Confidant rank 3 choices
That's why I gotta get stronger!
- That’s the spirit (+2)
Maybe we can go eat something again while we're at it?
- Sure (+2)
Shinya Confidant rank 4 choices
You cheated, didn't you!?
- Yeah, you tell him! (+2)
You've gotta be kidding me…
- Get your revenge (+2)
Shinya Confidant rank 5 choices
I mean, I couldn't do anything to him... There's just no way
- It was pretty weird
- He must’ve rigged it
I’m definitely gonna demolish him!
- I’m sure you can do it (+2)
The strategy I used last time didn't work…
- You need a new strategy
I gotta think of a new strategy by the next time I challenge him!
- I’ll be cheering you on
- Think you can take him? (Both give +2)
Shinya Confidant rank 6 choices
I won't do it again... I don't wanna be a bad guy
- I believe in you
Um... do you... hate me now?
- Not at all
Are you sure you aren't gonna hate me?
- Of course I won’t (+2)
Shinya Confidant rank 7 choices
No choice matters
Shinya Confidant rank 8 choices
So she IS bad after all…
- Is that what you think?
- No she’s not (Both give +2)
Do you think they’ll actually be able to change her heart?
- Believe in them
That's why I wanna help the Phantom Thieves. I wanna stop my mom
- Both give +3
Shinya Confidant rank 9 choices
Rank nine only unlocks after you complete the Mementos quest A Mother’s Aggression, which becomes available at the end of rank eight.
She broke down crying and told me that she'll be a better mother from now on…
- I’m glad to hear that
Am I weird... for feeling happy about losing? I mean, all I cared about before was winning
- No that makes sense
- It means you’ve matured
I wonder why he's cheating…
- He wants to win at all costs (+2)
I'm so glad she's back to her old self! I'm so thankful for the Phantom Thieves!
- All three give +2
Shinya Confidant rank 10 choices
I've got nothing left to teach you. You're an elite player now
- Thanks to my teacher
I'm so happy right now
- You made new friends
If you want to play video games all day and never hit the books, our Persona 5 Royal classroom answers guide has all the right choices so you can ace every question without even trying.