It’s something of a hallmark by now for the Persona series to include social stats you need to work on, and do💮esn’t disappoint there. Between dungeon-crawling and saving the sleepy town of Inaba, you’ll be tasked with raising your Courage, Diligence, Expression, Knowledge, and Und💎erstanding as well.
In Persona 4 Golden, your Expression stat is tied to how you interact with the residents of Inaba. It allows you to choose more emotional dialogue options, and it’s pivota👍l to a few social links, too. Here’s our guide for how to raise your Expression ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚin Persona 4 Golden.
What Does Expression Impact?
It won’t come as a surprise that your Expression stat influences your speech checks. Like Understanding, you’ll need a higher level for Expression to choose more emotional dialogue options.
You’ll occasionally come across responses in dialogue that you cannot choose before reaching a certain level of Expression. These are typically the responses that yield the most affinity, so it’s wi🌌se to level up yo꧙ur Expression sooner than later.
Like the other social stats, there are five ranks to your Expression stat. They are:
- Rough
- Eloquent
- Persuasive
- Touching
- Enthralling
While you do not need a set level of Expression to begin any of your social links, there are two whose ranks you cannot progress until you’ve reached a certain le🧔vel.
Character's Scene |
Expression Rank Required |
Ryotaro Dojima, Rank 2 |
Rank 2 |
Nanako Dojima, Rank 3 |
Rank 3 |
Ryotaro Dojima, Rank 4 |
Rank 3 |
Ryotaro Dojima, Rank 5 |
Rank 4 |
Nanako Dojima, Rank 5 |
Rank 5 |
How To Raise Your Expression
For the most part, you’ll be lev🍌eling your Expression by communicating with the residents of Inaba, as well as working a few of your jobs.
Eating At Chinese Diner Aiya (Random)
While attempting the Mega Beef Bowl Challenge at Chinese Diner Aiya on rainy days will run you ¥3,000, the juice is well w🌳orth th💙e squeeze.
Though you need to have maxed all five stats in order to finish the bowl, simply attempting to do so will raise three random stats each time you try.
Part-Time Jobs
There are two part-time jobs that will reliably raise your Expression.
The easier between the two of them is the Translator job. You can do this work any time so long as you’ve begun working on your Knowledge stat, and each pass through the work wil🎶l raise your Expression.
You can permanently increase the Expression gained from translating by finishing the book English Made Easy.
And while it may be inaccessible until later in the game, the Tutoring job will also raise your Expression. However, you need to have reached 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Rank 5 Understanding before you’re able to start the Tutor🅘ing job.
The Translator position unlocks on 4/23, while the Tutoring job doesn’t unlock until 5/25.
At School: Answering Questions And Going To Clubs
It’s far from the most reliable way to improve your Expression in P4G, but occasionally, answering a question correctly in class will yield a few points toward your Expression.
Additionally, you’ll be given the choice between two cultural clubs, and you’re able to choose between the drama club or the school band.
Each club will introduce you to the girl who serves as your Sun arcana for P4G – 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Yumi in drama, or 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Ayane in band.🦂 Though two characters serve as this arcana, you only need to befriend one for it to count.
In fact, you only can ⛦befriend one. If you want to meet the other girl, you’ll need 🐷to play the game again.
By going to practice on the scheduled days, not only do you bolster your Sun social link (whoever she may be), but you&r🔴squo;ll also reliably gain points toward your Expression as well.
Books That Raise Expression
As with all social skills, there are a handful of books tha🍨t you can read to boost your Expression. Books will consume one time slot per chapter.
Title |
Chapters |
The Divine Way |
4 |
The Gentle Way |
4 |
The O'Cha Way |
4 |
The Punk's Way |
4 |
The Ramen Way |
4 |
English Made Easy * |
3 |
By finishing Hyperspeed Reading, you’ll be able to read two chapters per time slot instead of just one.