Persona 5 The Phantom X

Persona 5 The Phantom X First Palace: Entry Guide and Tips

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Persona 5 The Phantom X’s first main story dungeon is Kiuchi’s Palace, a baseball-themed Palace that teaches stealth, puzzles, and boss pacing. Getting in and clearing your first run smoothly is mostly about following story prompts, managing stamina, and not worrying about 100% completion on day one.​​

How to Unlock and Enter the First Palace

  • Progress the main story until Wonder and the crew finish the early “Subway Slammer” and tutorial sequences, then receive a main quest directing them into Kiuchi’s Palace via Mementos.​
  • Open the Metaverse app in Mementos and select Kiuchi’s Palace; the game drops you at the Palace entrance and walks you through an intro segment leading into Exhibition Hall 1F.​
  • For your very first visit, just follow the golden story markers through the lobby and into Exhibition Hall 1F, the opening dungeon floor.​​

You do not need any special key items to enter on that first main-story run; keys and fan cards matter later for optional rooms.​

  • Level Wonder and your starting party a bit in Realm of Repression so you’re around the game’s suggested level for the Palace intro.​​
  • Craft several Lockpicks in advance; full guides recommend eventually bringing about 8 Lockpicks if you want all Palace 1 locked chests, but just having 2–3 for the first run is plenty.​​
  • Equip Personas on Wonder that cover basic elements (Fire, Ice, Electric, Wind) to hit weaknesses and trigger One Mores easily.​​

Also make sure your party’s skills include at least one group heal or strong single-target heal before tackling longer segments.​​

Inside the First Palace: Early-Floor Tips

Exhibition Hall 1F and 2F are mostly linear tutorials, so focus on fundamentals:​

  • Always use Third Eye to highlight interactables (switches, display cases, footprints on carpet) and avoid missing puzzle clues.​
  • Break objects and open every chest you reasonably can; these give Meta Crystals, Konpaku Gems, and upgrade mats, which add up quickly.​
  • Do not stress about 100% exploration on your first story clear, Kiuchi’s Palace can be revisited later via Chamber of Recollections to clean up missing chests and puzzles.​

Follow the main route into the Central Exhibition Hall, then up into later floors (like Club 1F–3F) when the story directs you.​​

S-Rank Card and Deeper Exploration (Later)

The Palace’s most important exploration key, the S-Rank Fan Card, is obtained later on Club 3F and is not required to beat the Palace on your first clear.​

  • After beating more of the Palace and returning, you solve a baseball-themed scoreboard puzzle in Club 3F to get the S-Rank Card.​
  • This card opens locked S-Rank doors around the Palace, behind them are elite enemies, extra Meta Crystals, and some of the last bits of exploration needed for 100%.​

Think of the first run as “story and basic loot,” and a second pass (once you have all rank cards and more lockpicks) as your full-clear run.

General First-Palace Strategy

  • Focus on the story objective first; do not burn all your stamina trying to brute-force every puzzle or chest in one go.​
  • Guard before obviously telegraphed big enemy hits and exploit weaknesses to trigger One Mores and All-Out style attacks; Palace 1 bosses are tuned to teach these mechanics.​
  • Use Safe Rooms frequently, they act as fast travel hubs, show exploration percentage per floor, and make backtracking for chests easier later.​

Handled this way, Kiuchi’s Palace becomes a smooth introduction to P5X’s dungeon design, letting you clear the first boss comfortably and come back later for 100% completion when your team and toolkit are stronger.​

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