Totems (封神具, Fūshingu)? are special items in Megami Ibunroku Persona.
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Totems are items required to summon unique Personas. They can be found in treasure chests, bought from the casino, or obtained by Returning a Persona. According to the Persona World guide, Totems and Material Cards are items that contain the sealed power of gods and demons. The guide also divides them in three categories: Alias (named after the Persona), Belonging (something belonging to the Persona), and Related (something related to the Persona).
Each Totem is associated with a certain Persona, and when added to the certain fusion it'll change the result to that specific Persona. In most cases Totems work as long as they are added to a fusion that would result in a Persona of the same Arcana as intended. Some of the strongest Personas however, can only be created by fusing specific demons in a Special fusion.
The Totems needed to fuse the party's Ultimate Personas are obtained in a special way. In the SEBEC route, the protagonist is given many choices that test his strength of character. When meeting his other self at the depths of the Alaya Cavern, he'll receive a certain number of Totems depending on the number of correct answers: five if they're all correct, only two (for himself and Maki) if there's any incorrect answer, and zero if they're all wrong. The answers are:
Location | Correct Answer | Incorrect Answer |
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Reception Desk | Help her. | Don't help her. |
Deva System Chamber | Press the red button. | Press the blue button. |
Queen's Chamber | Maki's is better. | The Queen's is better. |
Haunted Mansion | Lower your weapons. | Fight Hariti. |
Deva Yuga | To find my reason. | I don't really know. |
Lost Forest | Don't hide like that! | Maybe you are... |
In the Snow Queen Quest, the player is rewarded Ambrosia after clearing each one of the three towers. The quantity depends on the order in which the towers are cleared: doing them from easiest to hardest will provide the least amount of Ambrosia, while starting with the hardest is the only way to obtain all five. After defeating Lady Masquerade and gaining access to the upper floors of the Ice Castle, the player can find Hee-ho-kun on 3F, where he'll trade one piece of Ambrosia for a Totem. If the player has less than five Ambrosia, they have the freedom to choose which Totems to obtain.
List of Totems[]
This is a list of all the totems used to fuse unique Personas, the resulting Persona, and their locations.
Totem | Resulting Persona (Level) | Exclusive to/ Special Fusion |
Location | ||
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PSP | Revelations | SEBEC route | Snow Queen Quest | ||
Enma Notebook 閻魔帳 |
Hell Book | Hierophant Yama (5) | - | Casino (500 coins) | |
Gottabe Shoes ジャストドゥイット |
Teddy Bear | Judgement Nike (7) | Elly's Initial Persona | Lost Forest | Nemesis Tower 4F |
Raven Feather レイヴァンフェザー |
Gift Box | Justice Nemhain (8) | Brown's Initial Persona | SEBEC Building 3F (PS1)/4F (PSP) |
Hypnos Tower 2F |
Flame Shawl フレイムショール |
Earth Seed | Magician Houri (8) | Ayase's Initial Persona | SEBEC Building 2F | Hypnos Tower 2F |
Fomor Lineage フィウォルライジーニ |
Lapel | Devil Bres (10) | Reiji's Initial Persona | Lost Forest | - |
Masamune's Eyepatch 正宗の眼帯 |
Pentagram | Emperor Brahma (23) | - | Casino (1,000 coins) | |
Nibel Crystal ニブルの結晶 |
Niple | Death Hel (34) | Casino (1,500 coins) | ||
Present プレザン |
Death Ring | Priestess Urdr (37) | Mana Castle 5F | Nemesis Tower 7F | |
White Tablet ホワイトタブレット |
W-Tablet | Hermit Byakko (39) | Mana Castle 5F | Tartarus | |
Emperor Wu's Peach 武帝の仙桃 |
War Tablet | Empress Seioubo (44) | Casino (2,000 coins) | ||
Black Tablet ブラックタブレット |
Temperance Genbu (45) | Deva Yuga 3F | Tartarus | ||
Suitengu Talisman 水天宮のお札 |
Monk Charm | Magician Varuna (47) | Casino (2,500 coins) | ||
Blue Tablet ブルータブレット |
B-Tablet | World Seiryuu (49) | Lost Forest | Tartarus | |
Black Garter Belt 黒いガーターベルト |
Monk Tablet | Moon Succubus (53) | Casino (3,000 coins) | ||
Victorian Rune ヴィクトリアルーン |
Lunar Piece | Justice Tyr (54) | Brown's Ultimate Persona | Alaya Cavern B8F | Ice Castle 3F |
Crimson Tablet クリムゾンタブレット |
C-Tablet | Sun Suzaku (55) | - | Alaya Cavern B5F | Ice Castle 2F |
Bisonskin Drums バッファロービーツ |
Dark Tablet | Empress Durga (57) | Yukino's Ultimate Persona | - | Ice Castle 3F |
Babylonian Coffin バビロンの棺 |
Coffin | Death Mot (58) | Reiji's Ultimate Persona | Alaya Cavern B8F | - |
Purified Water 禊の聖水 |
Pure Water | Chariot Susano-o (59) | Mark's Ultimate Persona | ||
Stuffed Deer 鹿の剥製 |
Golden Pen | Magician Frey (59) | Ayase's Ultimate Persona | Ice Castle 3F | |
Amber Glasses 鼈甲ぶちの眼鏡 |
Trifocals | Judgement Yamaoka (60) | Nanjo's Ultimate Persona | ||
Pasque Flower バッセ |
Mud Flower | Priestess Verdandi (61) | Maki's Ultimate Persona | - | |
Rosetta Stone ロゼッタの石碑 |
Lava Charm | Emperor Amen Ra (62) | Protagonist's Ultimate Persona | Ice Castle 3F | |
Judgement Contract 裁きの契約書 |
Buster | Judgement Michael (62) | Elly's Ultimate Persona | ||
Faceless Mask 無貌の仮面 |
Black Mask | Tower Nyarlathotep (66) | Exclusive to Reiji | Dropped by God Kandori |
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General Piece 武将の駒 |
Chess Piece | Justice Bishamonten (66) | - | Return Ogma at MAX Rank | |
Kaminari-Okoshi 雷おこし |
Thunder Box | Hierophant Fuhedi Mergane (74) | Casino (3,500 coins) | ||
Pagan Idol 異教の偶像 |
Pagan King | Devil Beelzebub (77) | Exclusive to Reiji | Dropped by Alice | |
Prosecutor's Diary 告発者の日記 |
Dark Ash | Judgement Satan (79) | - | Return Anubis at MAX Rank | |
Karura 迦楼羅像 |
Big Statue | Sun Garuda (79) | Rakshasa x Yaksa | Casino (4,000 coins) | |
Dordona's Oar ドルドナの櫂 |
Sun Seed | Magician Ildanach (80) | Cath Palug x Crom Cruach | Return Aonbarr at MAX Rank | |
Kolkata Souvenir カルカッタ土産 |
Dark Gift | Empress Kali (85) | Dakini x Gdon | Dropped by Miyasudokoro | |
Avatar アヴァターラ |
Glass Doll | Emperor Vishnu (86) | Gandharva x Yaksini | Obtain all 142 Spell Cards | |
Avenir アヴニール |
Fate Pin | Priestess Skuld (88) | Ouroboros x Fafnir | Return Urdr at MAX Rank | |
Tora Stomachband 寅の腹巻き |
Tiger Belt | Hierophant Indra (89) | Hannya x Girimehkala | Dropped by Ouroboros | |
Olive Necklace オリーブの首飾り |
Olive Ring | Justice Pallas Athena (90) | Scylla x Arachne | Dropped by Fafnir | |
Daily Meal 一日一膳 |
Silver Dish | Judgement Vohu Manah (94) | Jinn x Cherub | Dropped by Adramelech | |
Maxi Tempest マキシテンペスト |
Sun Tablet | Chariot Shiva (96) | Kwancha x Ganesha | Dropped by Fenrir | |
Dragon Scale ドラゴンスケイル |
D-Scale | World Shokuin (97) | Toufei x Naga | Alaya Cavern B6F | Ice Castle 9F |
Morning Star 明けの明星 |
David Star | Devil Lucifer (99) | Exclusive to Reiji Salome x Picollus |
Return Ishtar at MAX Rank |
Trivia[]
- In the Japanese version, Totems are known as fūshingu (lit. sealing shingu). A shingu is an object placed in a kamidana and can be many different things such as small vases, candle holders, small mirrors, miniature torii, etc.
- The Totem used to summon Nike is called "Just Do It" in the Japanese version, which is Nike's slogan. The localized name, Gottabe Shoes, is a reference to one of the company's marketing campaigns, "It's Gotta Be The Shoes."
- The name of the Totem used to summon Verdandi is mistranslated in both Revelations: Persona and the PSP port. The Totem is actually called Passé, which is the French word for "past." This is because the Totems used to summon the three Norn sisters (Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld) are named after the French words for past (passé), present (présent), and future (avenir). However, only Skuld (future) is assigned to the correct time period while Urd (past) and Verdandi (present) are switched around.
- Totems are precursos to the Material Card system used in the Persona 2 duology.
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