After the first Full Moon operation of , the next time you head into Tartarus, the broken staircase at the end of the Thebel block reassembles, allowing the SEES team to continue pushing on 🍬up through Tartarus and into the tower’s second block, Arqa.

Here, you’re in for just shy of 50 floors that span two whole in-⛦game months, with a blockade halfway up to stop you from pushing on too far before the story of P3R is ready to let you. Along the way, you’ll face a wealth of new Shadows and Gatekeepers th♎at test your might.

Updated on March 9, 2024: Now that we've finished our bulk Persona 3 Reload guide coverage, we're back to update some of our launch weekend content with some of the information and links we've published since then.

This ♔guide🌄 contains spoilers for the second arc of Persona 3 Reload.

Tartarus Block Two: Arqa Overview

Beginning after the blockade at the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:end of Thebel on 21F, the first floor of Arqa is on 22F of Tartarus. It unlocks shortly after you've 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:defeated Priestess on the Full Moon that occurs on 5/8.

And while you'll think you've reached the end at 43F when you hit another blockade, finishing the Full Moon battle against 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Emperor and Empress reveals a second half to the block, which runs until the next border floor at 69F.

Along the way, you'll be introduced to a number of new mechanics, like 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Theurgy skills, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Missing Persons, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Elizabeth's requests, and more, so be sure to experiment with your new unlo♒cks as you progress.

Arqa is something of a further tutoriaꦿl block,🐠 surrendering much more control to you while still teaching you a wealth of new mechanics along the way.

Two New Teammates

After his injury left you going through Thebel and taking on the Priestess battle with just Junpei and Yukari by your side, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Akihiko Sanada joins you in Tartarus beginning on 5/23, the final day of your first exams at school.

With a specialty in Electric magic, don't forget about his staggeringly impressive high Strength stat to put some real power behind his Bash damage. Together with his Persona, Polydeuces, Akihiko is a solid addi✨tion to your dungeon-crawling SEES team.

Akihiko join🐠s the team at Lv. 18 with Mazio already unlocked, and he may be the first of your teammates to be able to access their mജulti-target elemental attack.

For the first time so far in Persona 3 Reload, you've got a full party of four for the trek ahead in Tartarus, so revamp your 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:own Persona stock if needed at t♋he entrance before heading up to the first floor of the new block.

However, after Fuuka joins SEES and becomes your navigator following the Emperor and Empress battle on 6/9, Mitsuru becomes an active party member now that she's relieved of her navigation duty.

Pentheselia, Mitsuru's Persona, was capable of navigating in Tartarus, but her real focus is on offensive Ice magic and helping the team out with a bevy of status ailment-inflicting moves.

Similar in strength to Akihiko when he first joined up, Mitsuru enters the party🥃 at Lv. 20 and almost i♕mmediately learns Bufula at Lv. 21 to offer what may be your first medium-damage elemental move.

Shadows In Arqa

Shadows In The First Half Of Arqa

Shadows In The Second Half Of Arqa

* Shadows marked with an asterisk are strong Shadows. Your team will warn you when you approach one, and they're visually uniq♕ue on the mini-map.

Gatekeeper Battles In Arqa

In the second block of Tartarus, you'll still face a number of Gatekeeper Shadows again, but this time, prepare to fight three mini-boss battles in a row.

You'll know this is coming when you arrive on 34F and Mitsuru mentions an odd reading up ahead. If you need to, activate the teleporter on 34F and use it to hea☂d🌸 back to the entrance to heal up or leave.

On 34F, 35F, and 36F, you'll need to make it through three individual fights, one on each floor. The Gatekeeper Shadow will enter the fight with support Shadows to throw a wrench into your fighting plans. Activate the teleporter on 36F, but you're not done with the Gatekeepers just yet - there's a fourth Gatekeeper on 42F just before the blockade.

After the blockade on 43F has been cleared following the June Full Moon operation, you'll have another slew of Gatekeepers to handle in the second half of Arqa, though these ones are decently split up between the floors, unlike the cluster you faced🌞 in the first half.

Another is waiting for you first on 47F not far from when you enter the second half of the block, so come prepared for a mini-boss fight almost immediately when you continue on through the block. You'll have a few floors of training time before facing yet another Gatekeeper on 47F, and then a similar stretch before the next one on 54F.

Finally, your last Gatekeeper in the Arqa block of Tartarus is on 60F, providing you with several floors afterward to train and loot for some of th🍬e best items in Arqa before moving into a new block after the July Full Moon.

In the Arqa block of Tartarus, you'll face:

• 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Will-o-Wisp Raven and its support Shadows on 34F.
• 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Heretic Magus and its support Shadows, on 35F.
• 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Disturbing Dice and its support Shadows on 36F.
• 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Clairvoyant Relic is last on 42F and will fight you on its own.
• 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Servant Tower and its support Shadows are your first Gatekeeper in the second half of Arqa, on 47F.
• 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Lascivious Lady and her support Shadows are waiting on 54F.
• 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Fleetfooted Calary fights you on its own on 60F.

Be sure to activate the teleporters before your battles on these floors, lest anything happen during the battle and you need to access that floor ag💃ain.

Depending on your difficulty settings⭕, you may have the option to retry the battles, but it's better to be safe than sorry.