Kamoshida's Castle - Persona 5 Guide - IGN (2024)

The first Palace available in Persona 5 is Kamoshida's Castle and is available starting the 18th of April. Your deadline to steal Kamoshida's heart is May 2.

When you're ready, meet up with your friends and you'll go over the basics and the information you have on the rooftop.

The Personas available in this Palace are as follows: Bicorn (Hermit), Pixie (Lovers), Jack-o'-Lantern (Magician), Silky (Priestess), Berith (Hierophant), Agathion (Chariot), Angel (Justice), Archangel (Justice), Kelpie (Strength), Mandrake (Death), Genbu (Temperance), Incubus (Devil). Andras (Devil), Succubus (Moon)

Infiltration

You cannot complete this Palace in a single day as you are forced to leave after reaching a certain point for story reasons. You must steal is heart before May 2, so infiltrate the Palace for the first time no later than April 28th. You will get to return on the 29th, send a calling card on the 30th, and steal his heart on the 1st.

Castle Gate

Upon entering the Palace of your own accord, you will be brought into the Velvet Room for your introduction to Personafusion. FuseArsene and Pixie to create Agathion. Don't worry, you can always get Arsene back if you really want to by going to your Registry and purchasing him. This interaction will also result in you ranking up to Rank 2 with the Fool Arcana.

Now it's time to enter the Palace. Go to the left side of it and climb in through the window that you used to get in and out of before.

Central Hall

Full video walkthrough for the infiltration of Kamoshida's Palace available via this [link], starting at 2:16:46.

When you're in the room, head out the doors and into the room across from you, and then through the door in that room.

West Building 1F

Head down the hall towards the room with enemies in it. Fight them if you wish. You're going to want to get stronger before the end of this Palace.

Keep heading through and you'll reach a safe room. It's a good place to talk to your team, save, and take a breather. Otherwise, head down the hall from the safe room and through the door.

There will be two enemies in the following room, so deal with them how you wish. You're going to want to go through the other door in the room and then down the hall it leads to, though it has a Shadow in it. Once you've headed through the door at the end of the hall.

West Building 2F

Climb up the spiral staircase and into the well-lit hall. This will serve as your introduction to sneaking up on an enemy and hiding. Follow Mona's instructions to sneak up on the enemy by hiding behind cover. There are two enemies in this hallway.

In the next room, you'll notice that there are pillars with black metal goats with red eyes on them. In the mouth of each goat is a chain that you can pull. This is a simple puzzle that will get you a map to the castle. Use your Third Eye ability (L1 or L2) to see which chains you have to pull. There are two pairs and you want to pull the left one for both pairs. Once the gate is up, collect the map.

Head into the next hall and either bypass or fight the two enemies in it to get to the door at the end of the hall. Head on through.

Central Hall

Since the way is barred, you're going to need to find another way to the treasure. Use your Third Eye ability to get a feel for what you can climb. Climb up the bookshelf opposite the gate and run above the floors by jumping off of platforms and chandeliers. Be careful, though! The second/middle/largest chandelier will spawn a Shadow when you jump onto it. If you're not careful, it could get the jump on you. Otherwise, keep moving along and climb down on the opposite side the same way you got up in the first place, only in reverse.

Be sure to check out the safe room and the locked chest in the area you walk into from the main Central Hall.

East Building 2F

Once you're in the next area, Mona will brief you on how to tell how strong a Shadow is. This is a very useful technique of the Third Eye ability you have for picking your battles wisely. You'll come across two Shadows right away, so be sure to test it out. A third Shadow will be up the stairs as you follow the path or down the hall from the top of the stairs. Either way, follow the path to the next area.

The next area in the East Building will have a number of enemies in it. If you don't want to fight, move from cover to cover to avoid them. There's a normal chest in the small room that branches off from the side of the large room you enter into. The exit is at the south-east corner of the large room. There is an enemy in that room as well as the door to the next.

In this next room are one Shadow and one door. However, the door is locked from the other side. To getthe pastt, you need to climb up the shelves and go through an vent up against the wall to the west. Follow through it and ambush the enemy on the other side before opening the treasure chest. This will also introduce you to the mechanic where Shadows beg for their lives. When they do this, you are guaranteed whatever you select, but only the first time (since there are perks that allow you to ask for more money or items). We suggest using this to acquire Personas.

Head through the door and unlock the previously locked door if you so wish before heading through the doors to the staircase.

East Building 3F

There is a safe room and a Shadow at the top of the staircase. We recommend going in and saving before you continue, just in case something bad happens.

There will be a few Shadows along the paths head, but your goal should be to get to the room that's on the other side of the safe room. Inside of that room will be a book on the bookshelf that stands out (you can see it better with your Third Eye ability). While it may seem like an ordinary book at first, it is part of Kamoshida's cognition, and the title, The Slave Book, is very relevant.

From there, continue down the other part of the hallway and through the door at the end of it, though watch out for the Shadow.

You'll immediately see a door across from you, but you don't have the necessary key to open it yet. However, in this area, there are two rooms you can enter. Go to both of them (watch out for the Shadow that spawns inside the north-west one) and take the books on the bookshelves. The north-west room will have The Queen Book and the south-west room will have The King Book.

Now you're going to want to go down the south central hall and into the room on its east side, though there's also a Shadow and chest in that all if you wish to go for them, too.

Inside the room, you'll see bookshelves with three empty spaces. Put The Queen Book on the shelf that talks about the high school girls, put The Slave Book on the shelf that talks about the male students, and put The King Book on the shelf that talks about Kamoshida.

You will then discover Kamoshida's perverted shrine to his victim, Shiho Suzui. However, inside the room, you will find Kamoshida's medal and another map. Leave the room and use the medal to open the locked door. Proceed on through.

East Building Annex

Make sure you head into the safe room and save. You're about to face a miniboss. When you're ready, head into the cathedral to face off against the Heavenly Punisher. When it charges for an attack, it's best to guard. It has no notable weakness. However it does resist's Fire, Electric and Ice attacks

This boss follows a pattern with its Attack. When the entire party Guards, he always targeted the character with the most health.

For a really easy fight, get to level 8 and obtain Obariyon (Fool) (Jack-o'-Lantern (Magician) +Kelpie (Strength) both found in the Castle)through fusion in the Velvet room for its resistance to Physical attacks.

Once you've taken it down, the room will fill with enemies. Now's a good time to sneak back to save and heal before continuing.

Once you're ready to go, move to the east side of the room and towards the north until you see wooden planks moving up towards boxes.

You can climb up those and scale up to the next floor. Use your Third Eye to see where you can climb, but your goal is to climb up the pillars and jump across and around to the opposite side of the room. There's a type of crossing way towards the south of the room that lets you cross the gap. The door is on the north-west side of the second level.

In the next hall, you'll find a few enemies, two rooms (one with a chest in it), and a way back to the area you just came from in case you wanted a shortcut to the safe room. You might as well pull the lever just in case you wanted to go back at some point but otherwise head towards the stairwell in the north-east corner. At the bottom of the stairwell is a locked chest and a Shadow. You need to head up the stairs and through the door.

Roof

Now you're on the roof of the castle. You're getting close to the treasure! Very powerful Shadows will spawn all of a sudden to guard the door. If you want, you can fight them, but you should be able to sneak by them to the door.

Unfortunately, the door is locked, but you can climb up the boxes to the left/south of it to scale up the rooftop. When running along the edge, be careful. You can accidentally jump down off the first part when sprinting. Once you're away from the courtyard, though, you can sprint without worry. Follow the path and make your way up into the tower window and head through the doors inside.

Central Tower

The Central Tower is split into four parts for the first floor. Head south into the next area. There's a door to another room and a somewhat secret passage, but there isn't anything incredible that way. Head into the next room and there's a treasure chest and a Shadow. Finally, make your way into the fourth room where you'll find a Shadow, a lever to lift the bars from the door, and a safe room. Additionally, a stairway will appear when you approach it to take you to the next floor.

The second floor of the Central Tower will have two rooms, each with two Shadows, though one of the Shadows in the second half is much stronger. There are also two treasure chest in the second room. Head up the stairs to the next floor when you're able to.

On this third floor, you'll notice that there are no Shadows. The main path gets blocked off by rising pillars if you near it and the bridge if blocked by swinging blades. Inspect the statue of Kamoshida by the archway to the bridge and you'll find out that you need to find two eyes for it. Head back down to the previous area and get the first.

The Shadow you're looking for is one of the Captain Knights in gold armour. Find it and take it down to get the Randy Right Eye. If it disappears because you were attacked, just return to the other half of the room and it'll spawn back in.

Now, head another floor down. This time there will only be golden Captain Knights, so you'll have to use your Third Eye ability to find the right one. The one with the golden highlight is the one you're looking for. Beat it and you'll get the Lustful Left Eye.

Once you have both, head back to the statue and put them in. Make sure you get the chest when crossing the bridge. There will be a Shadow in the hall once you've crossed the bridge as well as another chest. From there, head up the stairs to the top.

On the next floor, you'll need to go up the stairs, but they won't appear. To trigger an interaction, you have to stand exactly at the base of where the stairs would be. Use your minimap to position yourself. When you do, a Captain Knight will appear as another miniboss. It has no weakness. However it does resist Fire, Ice, Electric and Wind attacks so attack with your physical attacks.

Throne Room

Head up to the next floor and you'll see a Shadow and a treasure chest. Use the safe room nearby. From there, it's a straight shot to the treasure!

Since the throne room seems to be full of Shadows, barging in the front door would be suicide, but you're a Phantom Thief. Climb up the statue on the left of the door to make your way into the throne room more subtly.

Sneak to the far back of the room and head through the doors to the treasure room! Once you're there, you can choose to head back or stay and explore.

Send the Calling Card!

Once you've made your route to the treasure, send the calling card before the deadline at your leisure. It's best to do this earlier so that you can get it out of the way and free up your friends' time. But remember: You have to steal his treasure the following day so be prepared!

Take Him Down!

Kamoshida has no weakness, but he does have a few tricks up his sleeve. Attack him until he uses his goblet to heal himself. From that point, attack and destroy the goblet. Once it's gone, focus back on him.

Eventually, you'll be able to send someone to steal his crown from him. Send Ryuji as he'll notice Ann and it's good to have Morgana to heal you. Keep doing damage to him during this.

Full video walkthrough for the boss fight versus Shadow Kamoshida available via this [link], starting at 3:59:33.

Once his crown is off, he'll be extremely weak and will go down in a couple hits.

Kamoshida can do a single-target melee attack with his Golden Knife, a single-target ranged Volleyball Assault, a sweeping melee Tongue Attack that hits the whole team, a Lustful Slurp that boosts his attack, and a Libido Boost from his golden goblet that heals him. His most powerful attack is his Gold Medal Spike that deals massive damage to your whole team, so guard before it hits. You will be warned before he does it as it takes a turn to charge up.

The Aftermath

What ultimately happens to Kamoshida is Ann's decision. Support her choice and head home for some much needed rest.