Persona 3 Reloadwill have players progressively upgrading their party’s gear to keep their damage and defense up to par with the strong shadows found in Tartarus. All gear has base stats, while some also have additional perks that can sometimes outweigh the benefits of higher base stats.

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Many weapons that can be purchased from the police station focus on getting the party to have higher base stats, with only some offering additional perks. For those looking for better weapons that have powerful perks, Weapon Fusion offers just that.

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How To Fuse Weapons

Mayoido Antiquesopens up on July 18th in Paulownia Mall,and inside, it lets players fuse weapons. To fuse a weapon, players will first need a base material, such as a Nihil Cloth or Blade. Depending on what base material is selected, a either aweapon, armor, and accessory can be fused.After selecting the base material, thevarious options to fuse that base materialwill appear.

Differentrare gems can be fused into the base materialto make it into something stronger, usually offering higher stats that what the player can usually find along with a powerful perk.Rare gems and Heart Items from Personas are required to fuse weapons,and better materials create better fused weapons.

The Player Fusing The Nameless Katana

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How To Get Gems & Heart Items

When variousPersonas are fused,aheart icon will appear above their move list in the menu.By leveling up that Persona a few times, they will give the player aspecial item unique to that Personathat can then be taken and used for weapon fusion.

Rare Gems are a bit more difficult to come by as there is a lot of randomness to farming them. These gems can befound by destroying Crystalized Shadowsin Tartarus,opening chests, anddefeating enemies in battle.The type of rare gem given isdetermined by the floor of Tartarus it is found on,with better materials being found as you get to higher floors.

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Where To Find Base Materials

Base Materials are usually only found in green chestsfound throughoutTartarus.There is always a slight chance these chests spawn naturally when reaching a new floor, but the more reliable way to find them is bytraversing and completing Monad Doors and Passages.At the very end of a Door or Passage will always beone green chest that rewards a base material, along with a gold chest that always gives rare gems,oftentimes better than what is normally found on the floor the Door appeared on.

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A Newly Fused Oberon

The End Treasure Of A Monad Passage