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If you’re playing a game with a runtime as long asPersona 4 Golden, you’ll definitely want to be sure you’re on track to get the best ending possible. After dozens of hours spent with these characters, the time has come for you to pinpoint the culprit, take care of them in your own way, and restore peace to the town of Inaba.
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But P4G’s endings are quite varied, and most of them require specific steps to achieve. If you’re looking for some help mapping out which ending of Persona 4 Golden you’d like, follow along with our guide below.
This guide contains MAJOR spoilers for every possible ending of Persona 4 Golden!
How Many Endings Are There In Persona 4 Golden?
Though there were only five endings in the vanilla version of P4, Persona 4 Golden hasseven unique endings, almost all of which will require careful steps and planning in advance.
The ending referred to asThe Golden Endingis unique to P4G since it deals with a character that wasn’t added until the re-release of the game. It involves completing an entire additional dungeon, which will be anything but straightforward.
In P4G, TheGoldenEndingis considered the“best ending.”
Additionally, Golden addedThe Accomplice Endinginto the mix as well, which sees Yuawareof who has been committing the crimes around Inaba, but agreeing to keep their secret.
The remaining five endings have been largely unaltered from the vanilla release of Persona 4 Golden.
Ending One: Kill Namatame
On12/3, the Investigation Team is at the hospital with Nanako when she passes away.
After a grieving Dojima is removed fromTaro Namatame’s roomat the same hospital, the Investigation Team goes in to confront Namatame themselves.
Following some tense dialogue, one of your responses whenYosuke asks what you want to doabout Namatame, you may select to“push the bastard in.”
This decision forces Namatame into the TV world irreversibly, and you’ll then watch an ending cutscene showing how nothing has changed in Inaba because of your heated reaction.
Ending Two: Turn Namatame In
Still on12/3, the conditions for the Kill Namatame ending of P4G must be met.
However, at the point where Yosuke asks what you’d like to do,agree to suspect Namatame, but you’ll also need torefuse to kill himby choosing"Wait a second here…“for the first prompt and then"Leave him for the police.“for the next.
Hand Namatame over to the cops, and he’ll confess to the crimes he truly has committed. However, Mayumi Yamano and Saki Konishi’s murders are not solved, and the true culprit goes free.
Ending Three: Yu Can’t Find The Culprit
Like the previous two endings, the one in whichyour team can’t pinpoint the killertakes place on12/3.
Choose the dialogue prompts in the table belowto see this ending, seeing the team bicker but not come up with a culprit.
You’ll often have the chance to change your answer for most of the prompts below, marked by Kanji lamenting about how you should all be on the same page.
“What do you want to do… Leader?”
“Wait a second here…”
“What’re you trying to say!?”
“We’re missing something.”
“Something we don’t know…? What don’t we know!?”
“Namatame’s true feelings.”
“What didn’t you understand!?
“Something’s bothering me.”
“Are you even getting at something here, or are you just stalling!?”
“We’re missing something…”
“Are we doing this or not!? That’s all I give a damn about right now!”
“Calm the hell down!”
After choosing the above responses, the game will fast-forward two days to12/5, where you’ll see a conversation between Yu and some of the Investigation Team.
On this occasion,fail to name a culprit.
Ending Four: The Accomplice Ending
The final option for a “bad” outcome isexclusive to Persona 4 Golden.
This ending requires you to haveidentified the real culprityourself during the conversation with the Team on12/5, butdon’t tell your friendswhen you’ve got the answer.
After this, you’ll have a time jump to3/20, when you’ll need tochoose the answers outlined in the tablebelow to experience the Accomplice Ending.
Dialogue
Your Response
(Menu Prompt) “This is probably the last day you can see Adachi…”
Go see Adachi
“Well, anyway, what’s up with the sudden visit? Can I help you with something?”
“DId you do it?”
“What did you come here to do? Convince me to turn myself in?”
“So… what? Are you trying to blackmail me?”
“Well… ? Are you going to keep playing detective?”
“I’m on your side.”
“Do you understand what that means?”
(Menu Prompt) “Will you burn the letter?”
Set fire to the letter
This scene will max Adachi’s social link in theJester arcana(so long as you had him at Rank 6 before completing the Heaven dungeon).
Being on the path to a better ending will see Adachi segue into theHunger arcanainstead after the events at the hospital on 12/3.
How To Get The Good Endings
Ending Five: The True Ending
This ending is surprisingly easy to get on accident if you’re not already aware of how to segue into the other good endings.
Afterpinpointing Adachias the criminal to your friends on12/5, the group will agree to go after him, which ushers you into a new dungeon that ends with a faceoff against the Mastermind and Ameno-Sagiri back-to-back.
Following the completion of the fight, time will skip to3/20, the day you’re scheduled to leave Inaba.
Whenaskedif you’d like to go get ready to leaveback at the Dojima House,say yesto trigger the Normal Ending from there.
Ending Six: The Good Ending
The True Ending stems from the Normal Ending but results from a single choice made differently.
When asked if you’d like to go get ready to leavejust as you were in the ending above,say noinstead.
This will allow you to walk around Inaba a bit and say farewell to your maxed-out social links. When you’re finished,go to Junesand watch the cutscene of the team at the Food Court.
After this, go to theSamegawa Flood Plainwhere you’ll need tospeak to the Dojimasdown by the riverfront. Your final step of preparation is togo to the Velvet Roomand speak toIgorto obtain theOrb of Sight.
Finally, go to theMoel Gas Stationandspeak to the attendantuntil they won’t reply anymore.
Keep pestering themto unlock the True Ending of Persona 4 Golden. The attendant reveals themselves to beIzanami, thedeity pulling the stringsof the goings-on in Inaba, and thisunlocks the final dungeon of P4G.
Complete theYomotsu Hirasaka dungeonand win the boss fight to achieve the True Ending.
How To Get The Golden Ending
The Golden Ending will require quite a bit of foresight as you play through P4G, but,exclusive to Persona 4 Golden, you’d be remiss not to check out the bonus content.
This ending is explicitly tethered toyour relationship with Marie. In order to unlock the Golden Ending, you need tomax Marie’s social link before 12/24.
If you need help in doing so, we’ve got a full guide toMarie’s Aeon social link.
After this, you’ll get to experience theski tripwith your classmates, during which you stumble onto the dungeon where Marie is hiding herself from the world.
You’llonly have one day to beat it, and the rules for the dungeon are ridiculously strict.
However, after going throughthe Hollow Forest dungeonand finishing the boss fight within, you’ll have locked in the Golden Ending of P4G.
