Persona 5 / Persona 5 Royal - P5R Madarame Palace Overview and Infiltration Guide – SAMURAI GAMERS (2024)

A complete walkthrough and strategy guide of Madarame Palace in Persona 5 Royal. This includes a list of characters, obtainable items, equipment, enemies, infiltration guides, and a boss strategy guide for Shadow Madarame.

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Madarame Palace Infiltration Guide

First Infiltration Phase (5/16)

Museum Entrance (Museum 1/F)

1. Jump on top of a nearby truck in order to jump over the museum wall.
2. Move through the courtyard and head to the fountain area. Then, climb on top of a pedestal.
3. Jump and cross over the pedestals until you reach a platform.
4. Run and climb over those platforms connecting to the museum roof.

Museum Special Exhibition Room (Museum 1/F)

1. Jump down from the ledge and examine all distorted paintings in the first gallery.
2. Pass by the second gallery and enter the third gallery to view Natsuhiko Nakanohara’s portrait.
3. Look for Yusuke Kitagawa’s portrait in the third gallery.
4. Move to the museum reception counter and open two treasure chests nearby. (Lockpick is required.)
5. Then, acquire a museum guide pamphlet from the counter.
6. Pass through the reception counter and head to the giant sculpture.
7. Transfer to the museum entrance, update your persona compendium, and leave the palace.

Second Infiltration Phase (5/18)

Museum Entrance (Museum 1/F)

1. Jump on top of a nearby truck in order to jump over the museum wall.
2. Move right and head to the fountain area. Then, climb on top of a pedestal.
3. Jump and cross over the pedestals until you reach a platform.
4. Run and climb over those platforms connecting to the museum roof.

Museum Special Exhibition Room (Museum 1/F)

1. Land on the first gallery and examine the infrared device activated on the open doorway.
2. Press 〇 button to slide dash underneath and enter the second gallery.
3. Head to the third gallery while using Joker’s third eye ability.
4. Press the L1 button to use Joker’s grappling hook to jump over multiple infrared lasers.
5. Pass through the reception counter and head to the giant sculpture.
6. From the giant sculpture, head north and enter the 1st exhibition room.

Museum 1st Exhibition Room (Museum 1/F)

1. Move to the right pathway. Then, head north leading to the first safe room. (Save in the safe room.)
2. From the safe room, move to the nearby gallery and check for a nearby doorway.
3. Enter the doorway and see two treasure chests. Open treasure chest that is accessible.
4. Leave the room and pass by the first gallery. reach the path leading to the second floor.
5. Before reaching path leading to the second floor, look for a hidden corner on your right.
6. Proceed to that corner and hover your screen in order to trigger your grappling hook. Reach the upper floor leading to the previously entered room.
7. Open the other treasure chest and return to the original pathway leading to the second floor.
8. Before moving to the second floor, you can open the locked doorways.

Museum 2nd Exhibition Room (Museum 2/F)

1. Walk past the ordinary gold vase to trigger the cutscene.
2. Head to south ledge first in order to rescue Panther.Use Joker’s third eye to find a way to climb the ledge.
3. Reach the middle area of the ledge and defeat a roving shadow below.
4. Press a button behind a cabinet to free Panther. Run to her to get her back in your party.
5. Jump back at the south ledge and proceed to the farthest right area of the north ledge.
6. Jump down and look for a mysterious portrait using the third eye.
7. Move the painting and push the button to free Skull. Run to him to get him back in your party.
8. Reach the control room by climbing up the crates and squeezing your way through the vent.
9. Enter the control room and head to the open computer. Go outside the room and get the password from the two shadows talking outside.
10. Input the password and return to Mona. Examine the golden vase and fight a treasure demon persona called Regent. (Use Nuke attacks or aim Critical Hit using Mona’s Lucky Punch.)
11. Run down the hallway until you reach second safe room. (Save in the safe room.)
12. Climb over to a wall on your right and defeat a roving shadow.
13. Enter the toilet on the right and open a treasure chest. Then move to the left toilet to acquire a treasure.
14. Return to the hallway on your left and reach the 2nd exhibition room gallery to trigger the cutscene.
15. Immediately take cover and hide after the cutscene. Then, carefully transfer to the northmost panel.
16. Climb over the small green panel and use the grappling hook to reach the opposite upper area. Turn the nearby switch off to disable the infrared lasers.
17. Jump down to the gallery and enter the nearby stairs.
18. Unlock the locked doorway and move to the left.
19. Enter the left room and open the treasure chest.
20. Go to the middle open area of the floor and hover your screen to an upper ledge. Use grappling hook to reach the ledge.
21. Run straight on the ledge and jump over the wall. Land on the lowest section and look for another treasure behind you.
22. Then, move towards the first secret room which holds the Red Will Seed.
23. Jump down again to the gallery proceed to the Central Garden to trigger a cutscene.

Central Garden (Museum 2/F)

1. After the cutscene, proceed south and look for the third safe room. (Save in the safe room.)
2. Transfer to the museum entrance, update your persona compendium, and leave the palace.

Third Infiltration Phase (5/19)

Treasure Hall Lounge (Museum 2/F)

1. Enter the treasure hall and look for the control room on your left.
2. Turn off the switch and proceed south to the central garden. (Not sure if Nue mini-boss is optional if you proceeded north first.)

Museum Special Exhibition Room (Museum 1/F)

1. Head back to the giant sculpture for a cutscene.
2. Mini-boss battle against Ippon-Datara and four Koppa-Tengus. (Use Ice attacks for Koppa Tengu and aim Technical Attack or Critical Hit on Ippon-Datara.)
3. Transfer to the museum entrance, update your persona compendium, and leave the palace.

Fourth Infiltration Phase (5/20)

Treasure Hall Lounge (Museum 2/F)

1. Proceed north in the until you acquire another museum guide pamphlet.
2. Move a little further and turn left. Reach the farthest corner and open the treasure chest.
3. Run to the opposite side and inspect the nearest locked doorway on your left.
4. From the locked doorway, move towards the open area placed with fences of infrared lasers.
5. Move to the opposite path by slide dashing underneath the laser fences while the third eye is on.
6. Open the treasure chest nearby. Then, approach the shadow stationed in front of another control room.
7. Mini-boss battle against Ippon-Datara and two Koppa-Tengus. (Use Ice attacks for Koppa Tengu and aim Technical Attack or Critical Hit on Ippon-Datara.)
8. Before going inside the control room, move left first and open another treasure chest. (Lockpick is required.)
9. Go inside the control room and check the open computer. A password must be inputted in order to disable the fences.
10. Head back to the passage where you claimed the pamphlet and eavesdrop for the password on the shadows.
11. Visit the Madarame statue and input “2121”
12. Return to the control room and disable the fences.
13. Proceed to the newly opened area and enter the huge painting.
14. While inside the first huge painting, move to the right.
15. In the second painting, continue moving to the right and jump on the ledge in front you.
16. Follow through the ledge and slip through the open vent.
17. Jump outside the opposite end vent and move to the right passage.
18. Enter the next room and look for the fourth safe room on your left. (Save in the safe room.)
19. Before leaving the room, open the nearest locked doorway.
20. Then, move to the next hallway.

Treasure Hall Gallery (Museum 2/F)

1. Explore the Treasure Hall Gallery.
2. Jump into the first painting (a group of camels) and go right.
3. In the second painting (a shrine), enter the arc to go to another painting
4. In the third painting (a cliff), jump out of it and examine the button nearby. (Fourth painting is unlocked.)
5. Return to the third painting and head left. (You’ll eventually return to the camel painting again.)
6. From the camel painting, go right. Then continue moving right to reach the fourth painting (the shaking boat).
7. Move a little on the right and jump outside again in order to examine another button. (Fifth painting is unlocked.)
8. Return to the first painting again without entering the fourth painting.
9. From the camel painting, go right. Then enter the arc of the shrine painting (the second painting).
10. Climb towards the cliff and run towards the back.
11. In the fifth painting, continue moving to the right and jump out of the painting.
12. Continue moving through the next pathway carefully.
13. Go left first to find a nearby treasure chest.
14. Proceed to the right passage and continue moving until you reach a narrow left corner. (It is placed with a stack of boxes.)
15. Hover screen to the upward right until you see an open window. Jump over it.
16. Move to the other side and jump down leading to a lower floor. (The lower floor has a locked doorway leading to the second secret room holding the Green Will Seed.)
17. Explore the whole floor and head towards the right area that is enclosed.
18. Hover the screen upward to trigger grappling hook leading to a closed section of the upper floor.
19. Walkthrough a ledge leading to another treasure chest. Then press the button that will unlock the second secret room.
20. Jump down and look for the unlocked secret room on the lower floor. Enter the room and acquire the Green Will Seed.
21. Run towards the opposite side and you’ll enter the twisted labyrinth.

Twisted Labyrinth

1. Head right and up the stairs. Then, jump off to the left ledge and continue moving.
2. Before jumping on another ledge in front of you, make right first to open a treasure chest.
3. Return to the next ledge and continue that pathway leading to a large blue doorway.
4. From the top, head down the stairs leading to another large blue doorway in order to leave the second area.
5. In the third area, examine the Sayuri painting on your right to convert a blue doorway into a yellow one (The red Sayuri painting).
6. Enter the yellow doorway and it will transfer you another area.
7. In the fourth area, jump over the platforms until you land near the third Sayuri painting. Examine it and enter the next yellow doorway.
8. In the fifth area, jump to the upper ledge and walk right until you see a row of four Sayuri paintings.
9. Instead of examining the paintings, move close to the back to reveal a hidden spot that contains the right Sayuri painting. Examine it and don’t forget to open another treasure chest nearby.
10. Move out and enter the blue doorway unlocked by the painting on the right.
11. You’ll end up at the second area again. Go downstairs this time which leads to a yellow doorway.
12. Enter the yellow doorway and you’ll end up to the last ledge leading to the main treasure hall. Before leaving, open the nearby treasure chest.

Main Treasure Hall

1. Enter the main treasure hall and watch a cutscene.
2. After the cutscene, proceed to the left passage and look for the fifth safe room. (Save in the safe room.)
3. From the safe room, head north and enter another security room. Examine the open computer and use all control options.
4. Coming from the security room, move to the unlocked opposite side
5. While at the opposite passage, activate your third eye and look for a vent leading to a closed area.
6. Sneak through the event and go out on the opposite end. Open a treasure chest nearby. (Lockpick is required.)
7. Turn around and hover the screen upward. Look for a ledge that will trigger a grappling hook usage.
8. Cross the suspended platforms until you find another vent. Enter that vent.
9. Enter and sneak through the vent. Then, jump leading to a closed passage.
10. Look at the right and unlock the locked doorway that will lead you to the sixth safe room. (Save in the safe room.)
11. Run back to opposite passage and it will lead you to the third secret room which holds the Blue Will Seed (Unfortunately, there is a shadow guarding it.)
12. Mini-boss battle against Arahabaki. (Use Nuke and Psy attacks.)
13. Enter the third secret room and acquire the Blue Will Seed.
14. Return to the nearest balcony (where sixth safe room is also located) and hover the screen upward to trigger the grappling hook.
15. Cross the other side and land to the opposite balcony. Open the nearby treasure chest.
16. Move to the right passage and enter the treasure hall monitoring room.
17. Jump through the open window first and cross through the suspended platforms.
18. Approach the platform that overlooks the treasure below and trigger the cutscene.
19. Move back to the treasure hall monitoring room and examine the crane controls for a cutscene. Then, return to the sixth safe room. (Save in the safe room.)
20. Transfer to the museum entrance and visit the velvet room for a tutorial and trial of the Challenge Battle.
21. Don’t forget to update your persona compendium, and leave the palace.

Acquiring the Treasure

1. From the sixth safe room, move to the treasure hall monitoring room.
2. Examine the crane controls and trigger a cutscene.
3. After acquiring the treasure, jump through the open window and reach the far of the end platform.
4. Cross the other suspended platforms leading to a blue open window and enter it.
5. Make your way down and reach the red open doorway.

Madarame Palace Boss Battle

For a complete and detailed breakdown of stats, skills, and battle strategies against Shadow Madarame, read our boss guide:

Shadow Madarame Boss Guide

Recommend Skills

In order to defeat Shadow Madarame, it is recommended to have the skills listed below:

Also, don’t forget to bring revive items for knocked-out party members.

Recommend Strategies

Shadow Madarame will transform into its painting form. Use Tarunda or Sukunda in the Painter’s Mouth and Rakunda on the Painter’s Left Eye. After applying the debuffs, use single-target physical attacks to the Left Eye.After the Left Eye, focus on Right Eye Painting using the same strategy. While targeting the Painter’s Eyes, keep your party sustained with heals and buffs.

Next is the Painter’s Nose. Use single-target physical attacks again while keeping the party in full health. After that, target the Painter’s Mouth with a barrage of magic attacks. Nuke attacks like Frei appear to hurt more.

After all the painting forms are destroyed, the boss will return to its Shadow form. Shadow Madarame will summon four duplicates to aid him. These duplicates have an elemental affinity ranging between Electric, Fire, Ice, and Wind. Defeat the clones first by using magic attacks that will exploit their weakness. You can also use multi-target physical attacks like Captain Kidd’s Rampage or Goemon’s Vicious Strike to defeat more than one duplicate. Moreover, take advantage of baton pass to defeat multiple duplicates in one turn. Furthermore, inflict status ailment skills such as Dormina to disable the duplicates from using magic attacks against you in battle.

Until the original Shadow Madarame is defeated, the boss will keep on summoning duplicates. Take note that Shadow Madarame uses multi-target Almighty attacks.

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