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Identified Issues in Ver. 3.5 (Updated Apr 9, 2026)

Thank you for playing Persona5: The Phantom X.

The following issues have been fixed.
(Updated Apr 8, 2026)
• 5★ Tropical Motoha's Awareness 6: Everlasting Summer! not activating correctly
We have confirmed that there are cases where Tropical Motoha deals an unusual amount of damage when using a skill.
⇒ Fixed. As part of the fix, we have reset the affected Score Rankings of Trials from the Sea of Souls and Gates of the Nightmare Catcher.
 Please note that it may take some time for rankings to be reflected in the game. We kindly ask for your patience until the update is completed.
Additionally, we are considering appropriate measures to express our apologies regarding this issue. Further details will be provided at a later date.
⇒ We have fixed the bug with 5★ Tropical Motoha's skill and reset the scores of affected players for Trials from the Sea of Souls.
 We are currently working on resetting the points of affected players for Gates of the Nightmare Catcher.(Updated Apr 8, 2026)

This is a report regarding identified bugs that are currently occurring.

■Bug details


Currently identified bugs
(Updated Apr 9, 2026)

• There is a mistake in the exchange period of Secret Tickets for Thieves' Secrets: Turbo's Special Missions, and in the end date shown in the upper right of the Exchange Shop
The correct exchange period lasts until 1:59 AM on Apr 16, 2026 (UTC).
⇒ Please be sure to make any exchanges before 1:59 AM on Apr 16, 2026 (UTC).

(Updated Apr 8, 2026)
• When performing an automatic exchange to obtain missing seals during Persona Fusion, the required Repression Medals are not correctly displayed
We have confirmed a bug where the required Repression Medal types and quantities are not correctly displayed when performing an automatic seal exchange in Persona Fusion, under Persona in the menu.
You can confirm the actual Repression Medal types and quantities to be consumed under each seal in the Exchange Shop.
*We have confirmed that this is only a display issue. The actual Repression Medal types and quantities consumed are the same as when doing the exchange at the Exchange Shop.
⇒ This will be fixed at a later date.

(Updated 1:00 PM on Apr 3, 2026 (UTC))
• In the Spend time with Ashiya City Life Activity, there are cases where selecting Inokashira Park would cause players to become unable to progress
We have confirmed that this issue occurs when Masaki Ashiya is a Close Friend.
If you encounter the above issue, please restart your application and refrain from selecting Inokashira Park until this issue is fixed. 
⇒ This will be fixed at a later date.

(Updated Apr 3, 2026)
・When a tutorial window appears automatically in-game, content related to the Trial of Thorns may be displayed instead
We have confirmed that the correct tutorial will appear if you click the "?" button again or, in the case of Thieves' Secrets, if you re-enter the battle.
⇒ This issue will be addressed at a later date.

(Updated Apr 2, 2026)
• When activating 1 More in battle, if 5★ Phantom Thief Mayumi Hashimoto is selected, the animation does not display properly
*This problem only applies to the animation. The 1 More will still be activated without any issues.
⇒ This will be addressed in a future update.

• The BGM does not play properly when unlocking Mayumi Hashimoto's Synergy
⇒ This will be addressed in a future update.

• In the Trial of Thorns event, it is unclear which boss is currently selected
*If you select the name of the boss you wish to challenge and select Start Challenge, you can progress without issue.

• In some cases, the game may freeze during Soccer Team Practice in City Life
If you encounter this issue, please restart the app, and refrain from playing Soccer Team Practice until this issue can be resolved.
*On the Club Bulletin Board, under Soccer Team, you can still access practice.

• In the Badge Book for Crossroads of Fate: Laboratory Arc Part 1, Clear Reward Badges from Trials from the Sea of Souls and Gates of the Nightmare Catcher are not shown
This is only a visual error in the Badge Book. You can check your Badges from the Badges option under Menu.
⇒ This will be addressed in a future update.

• The Crossroads of Fate: Laboratory Arc Part 1 event shows some Stage Clear Rewards that are not included in the actual rewards
The Abnormal Rebel Coins and 8-Sided Die are limited-time event items, and they cannot be collected after the event.
⇒ This will be addressed in a future update.

(Updated Mar 25, 2026)
• In Silent Pistol Arms Deals, acquisition animations for weapons that are not in the lineup are sometimes shown
We have confirmed that acquisition animations sometimes show 5★ Firecracker Yaoling, who is not included in the lineup, with 4★ weapons.
Please see the History section on the lower part of the Silent Pistol screen to review which weapons have actually been acquired.

(Updated Mar 19, 2026)
• Special Messages from the Take Your Love event not showing
We have confirmed that the Special Messages saved in Mail > Saved Mail will stop showing after a certain period of time has passed.
⇒ This will be fixed at a later date. 

• The skill Sonic Interference has the incorrect icon
*We have confirmed that this is only a visual bug, the Skill Card and Skill can be used as intended.
⇒ This will be fixed at a later date.

(Updated Feb 5, 2026)
• In Main Story Chapter 3: Unconditional Love Phase 3, using the Skip function may cause the screen to temporarily fade to black.
If you encounter the above issue, we have confirmed that the screen will change back after waiting for a short while.
⇒This will be fixed at a later date.

(Updated at 10:00 AM on Oct 23, 2025 (UTC))
• In Main Story Chapter 3: Unconditional Love, the mission guide may not work properly in Katayama's Palace.
An issue has occurred where, even after meeting the conditions, the "!" mark does not proceed to the next step in the operation sequence.
We have confirmed that the above issue can be fixed by restarting the game.

(Updated Oct 9, 2025)
• The effects of the Persona Kohryu's trait "Auspicious Sign" do not always trigger correctly
When the Persona Kohryu is assigned to the Protagonist's 2nd or 3rd Persona slot, the Overclock 0 effect will be triggered, regardless of the current Overclock status.
The effects will be correctly reflected if you change your Persona to Kohryu once during battle, or if you assign Kohryu to the Protagonist's 1st Persona slot.
⇒This will be fixed at a later date.

(Updated Aug 21, 2025)
• On some devices, graphics may not display properly in Memorial Plaza in Katayama's Palace.
Display glitches can be reduced by changing the Graphics Settings to Low.

(Updated Aug 6, 2025)
• Chat is sometimes unavailable
We have identified the following scenarios that cause the error message "Minors are unable to send chats" to appear when attempting to use the chat function.
└The error message appears and chat cannot be used despite inputting a birthdate that indicates the player is an adult when first launching the game
⇒This will be fixed at a later date.

└The error message appears and chat cannot be used when chatting with friends
⇒This will be fixed at a later date.

└The error message appears and chat cannot be used immediately after linking a Steam account
We have confirmed that this can be fixed by restarting the game.
Please restart the game if you encounter this issue.
Pass reward compensation has been sent via in-game Mail. (Updated 10:30 AM on Aug 7, 2025 (UTC))

(Updated Aug 5, 2025)
• When launching the game on mobile, the user may be switched from their previously logged-in account to a guest account.
The account information for the linked account has not been erased.
If the above occurs, select "User" after launching the game and log into your linked account again.
This issue is more likely to occur when the device is running low on storage space. We recommend players to have at least 10 GB of available storage space when playing the game.

(Updated Jul 10, 2025)
• Certain effects may not appear
 ▽This has been identified in the following
 └4★ Weapon: Crime and Punishment (Motoha Arai-exclusive); Weapon Skill: Shock of Atonement
 └3★ Weapon: Punish Lance (Leo Kamiyama-exclusive); Weapon Skill: Spear of Support
 └3★ Weapon: Willowstaff (Yaoling Li-exclusive); Weapon Skill: Amnesia
 └4★ Phantom Thief: Leo Kamiyama; Skills: Intense Link, Undying Justice
⇒This is a non-exhaustive list. It will be updated whenever another occurrence is identified.

• The game becomes unresponsive upon opening notices when playing on the Steam version with a controller.
This can be fixed by pressing the ESC key.
If the problem persists even after performing the above fix, please restart the game.

We apologize for any inconvenience these bugs may cause you, and ask for your patience until they can be fixed.


The following issues have been fixed.
(Updated 1:00 PM on Apr 3, 2026 (UTC))
• There are cases where players are unable to deal damage to the Koumokuten Strong Enemy in the second Palace
⇒ Fixed. (Updated 1:00 PM on Apr 3, 2026 (UTC))

(Updated Apr 2, 2026)

• On the PC version, the Wheel Menu has incorrect labels and icons when using a controller
 Incorrect: Anniversary
 Correct: DEALS
⇒ Fixed. (Updated Apr 2, 2026 (UTC))

• During the Main Story prologue, Awakening of Desire, there are cases where some missions become unable to progress
We have confirmed that the missions "Attend class in room 2-C" and "Go to the hallway" are currently affected.
The above issue can be solved by reentering the classroom or the hallway.
⇒ This will be fixed at a later date.
⇒ Fixed. (Updated Apr 2, 2026 (UTC))

• There is an error in the sound playback when viewing the animation for the Crossroads of Fate: Laboratory Arc Part 1 event from the play icon
⇒ Fixed. (Updated Apr 2, 2026 (UTC))

• There is a mistake in some mission descriptions for Step 5 of Lufel's "Business" Plan EX
 Incorrect: Reach 80% progress for the second half of the third Palace
 Correct: Reach 80% progress for the first half of the third Palace
⇒ Fixed. (Updated Apr 2, 2026 (UTC))


Issues that have been resolved can be viewed here.

Persona5: The Phantom X Operations Team

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