Persona 4 Golden

Persona 4 Golden

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All Possible Endings Guide
By HayateButler
Details all the different steps you need to take to see all of the 7 different endings (some are variations of the same ending, with some changes to reflect the different actions taken)
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Introduction
This is for people who want to see all the possible endings in Persona 4 Golden. As this is an ending guide, be warned that there will be spoilers. I highly recommend at least beating the game once before reading through this.
Bad Ending 1
Requirements
Date: December 3
Yosuke: "What do you want to do... Leader?"
Response: A or B - "Push the bastard in." or "I can't stay."
. . .
(If previous response was A)
Yukiko: "Are you sure about this...?"
Response: A - "Do it already."

(If previous response was B)
Yosuke: "Are you sure about that?"
Response: A - "...Push him in."


Outcome
Namatame is thrown into the TV world and dies. The murder case remains shrouded in mystery. Nanako dies. Teddie leaves and goes back to his world.
Bad Ending 2
Requirements
Date: December 3
Yosuke: "What do you want to do... Leader?"
Response: Any combination of responses except for the following 3...
A, A
B, A
C, A, C, B, C, B


Outcome
Namatame is not thrown into the TV world and left to the custody of the police. He confesses to the kidnappings, but not the first two murders (case still unsolved?). Nanako survives but remains in the hospital. Teddie leaves and goes back to his world.
Bad Ending 3
Requirements
Date: December 3
Yosuke: "What do you want to do... Leader?"
Responses in the following order:
C - "Wait a second here..."
A - "We're missing something"
C - "Namatame's true feelings"
B - "Something's been bothering me"
C -"We're missing something..."
B - "Calm the hell down!"


Date: December 5
"The person who seems to be the most likely culprit is..."
Responses: Pick three people who are not the culprit (Adachi)


Outcome
Namatame is not thrown into the TV world and left to the custody of the police. The case remains unsolved as you are unable to figure out who the true culprit is. Nanako survives but remains in the hospital. Teddie leaves and goes back to his world.
Accomplice Ending
Requirements
Jester Social Link Rank 6 by November 1 (last date you can spend time with Adachi)

Date: December 3
Yosuke: "What do you want to do... Leader?"
Responses in the following order:
C - "Wait a second here..."
A - "We're missing something"
C - "Namatame's true feelings"
B - "Something's been bothering me"
C -"We're missing something..."
B - "Calm the hell down!"


Date: December 5
The person who seems to be the most likely culprit is...
Response: (Page 3, Choice C) - Tohru Adachi
. . .
Should you tell your friends about your suspicions about Adachi being the culprit?
Response: B - Don't tell friends, protect Adachi


Date: March 20
This is probably the last day you can see Adachi...
Response: A - Go see Adachi.
. . .
Adachi: "Well, anyway, what's with the sudden visit? Can I help you with something?"
Response: B - "Did you do it?"
. . .
Adachi: "What did you come here to do? Convince me to turn myself in?"
Response: B - "No."
. . .
Adachi: "So... what? Are you trying to blackmail me?"
Response: B - "No."
. . .
Adachi: "Well...? Are you going to keep playing detective?"
Response: B - "I'm on your side."
. . .
Adachi: "Do you understand what that means?"
Response: A - "Yes."
. . .
Will you burn the letter...?
Response: B - Set fire to the letter


Outcome
You figure out who the true culprit is, but decided to keep it a secret from your friends. Nanako survives but remains in the hospital. Teddie leaves and goes back to his world.
Normal Ending
Requirements
Date: December 3
Yosuke: "What do you want to do... Leader?"
Responses in the following order:
C - "Wait a second here..."
A - "We're missing something"
C - "Namatame's true feelings"
B - "Something's been bothering me"
C -"We're missing something..."
B - "Calm the hell down!"


Date: December 5
The person who seems to be the most likely culprit is...
Response: (Page 3, Choice C) - Tohru Adachi
. . .
Should you tell your friends about your suspicions about Adachi being the culprit?
Response: A - Tell friends about Adachi


Date: March 20
You should return to your house to prepare for tomorrow...
Response: A - Yes


Outcome
You figure out Adachi was the true culprit is and managed to defeat him, but you still don't know who the mastermind behind it all was. Nanako recovers, and Teddie stays around in Inaba.
True Ending
Requirements
Date: December 3
Yosuke: "What do you want to do... Leader?"
Responses in the following order:
C - "Wait a second here..."
A - "We're missing something"
C - "Namatame's true feelings"
B - "Something's been bothering me"
C -"We're missing something..."
B - "Calm the hell down!"


Date: December 5
The person who seems to be the most likely culprit is...
Response: (Page 3, Choice C) - Tohru Adachi
. . .
Should you tell your friends about your suspicions about Adachi being the culprit?
Response: A - Tell friends about Adachi


Date: March 20
You should return to your house to prepare for tomorrow...
Response: B - No

Head to the Investigation Team's secret headquarters one last time (Junes, Food Court)


Outcome
You figured out the true culprit and mastermind of the case, and defeated them all. Nanako recovers, and Teddie stays around in Inaba.
Golden Ending
Requirements
Follow the steps listed in the True Ending section.
In addition...
You need to have MAX Rank Aeon Social Link before December 24, and rescue Marie on February 13 from the Hollow Forest dungeon.

Outcome
Same thing as True Ending outcome, but with an additional epilogue cutscene.
Final Notes
Please check out my other two guides, which I spent a lot of time working on due to the lack of information on the subject, and some noticeable inaccuracies that are a result of information pulled from Persona 4 but has changed since the game was updated to Persona 4 Golden.
https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2156615735 https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2172991467
22 Comments
Dalollypop 17 Jan, 2023 @ 1:36pm 
ah nice to know thanks
HayateButler  [author] 17 Jan, 2023 @ 1:17pm 
That should still give you the normal ending.
Dalollypop 17 Jan, 2023 @ 1:14pm 
What ending do you get if you max Marie and do dungeon then don't do the final boss. And go home instead. Is it golden ending or normal
when the 12 Sep, 2021 @ 10:19am 
danb
HayateButler  [author] 5 Sep, 2021 @ 5:23pm 
If you choose not to burn the letter you just get the bad ending
when the 31 Aug, 2021 @ 3:29pm 
/spoilert what happens if you protect adachi in accomplice ending but dont choose the right dialogue?
HayateButler  [author] 23 Jun, 2021 @ 5:35pm 
You will be able to play through January and the rest of the story just fine, you just lose the ability to enter the Hollow Forest dungeon in February, and won't be able to unlock story cutscenes related to it (this isn't necessary for the True Ending, just the Golden Ending).
Yagi 23 Jun, 2021 @ 3:55pm 
So if I don't max out Marie's S. Link by the end of the December, I won't even get to play January?
NotGood 25 Feb, 2021 @ 8:17pm 
Thank you so much!
Phipy182 9 Oct, 2020 @ 4:43pm 
Thanks