Persona 5 The Phantom X

Persona 5 The Phantom X Band Club: Joining and Benefits

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The Band (Music) Club in Persona 5 The Phantom X is a school activity that unlocks a rhythm-game mini-mode, giving you Band EXP and Band Badges that can be traded for valuable rewards like training materials, stat books, and even gacha tickets. Joining is quick once you reach the right story point, and then it becomes one of the best AP sinks in the game for long-term progression.​

How to Unlock and Join Band Club

Band Club becomes available during the second story arc, after a story segment involving a cooking contest and a break in the main scenario.​

  • A Band Club mission appears in your Mission Menu; on PC this can be accessed via the mission hotkey (e.g., “J”).​
  • Completing that mission triggers a cutscene where club members approach Wonder and invite him to join; you formally enroll and gain access to the Band Club City Life activity from the bulletin board.​​

After this, you can visit the club room after school and select Band Club from the bulletin board to start band practice (the rhythm mini-game).​

How Band Practice Works (Mini-Game Basics)

Band practice is a rhythm mini-game where you tap or press keys in time with notes on the track.​​

  • Each Band Club session costs 1 AP and lets you play one song; hitting more notes and higher combos raises your score and rewards.​
  • Performance grades (e.g., S-rank, Full Combo) give more Band EXP and Band Badges, and unlocking other songs happens as your Band Club Level increases.​

Players on PC often recommend using a keyboard instead of pure touch, as some find double-note detection on mobile less reliable.​

Band Club Level, Badges, and Rewards

Advancing your Band Club level and collecting badges is where the real value lies.​

  • Each session grants Band Club EXP; when the Club Level rises, you unlock new songs and potentially better reward scaling.​
  • Band Badges are a special currency earned from Band practice; they can be used at the Band Club Shop accessible from the club bulletin/board.​

According to reward breakdowns, Band Badges can be exchanged for:

  • Training materials and upgrade items.
  • Social Stat-enhancing books.
  • Gacha currencies, including Platinum and Gold Tickets and other pull-related items.​​

This makes Band Club one of the few repeatable, AP-based activities that directly feeds into both character growth and summoning power.

Why You Should Do Band Club Regularly

Because Band practice:

  • Costs modest AP,
  • Grants persistently useful currencies, and
  • Scales with your rhythm performance,

it’s widely recommended as a high-priority daily activity, especially once you’re comfortable clearing the basic story content.​

  • Players use Band Club to stockpile hidden pull currency (tickets and coin-like items) alongside training mats, providing long-term value beyond simple yen or EXP.​​
  • Even if the mini-game feels “janky” at first, the timing windows are forgiving, and consistent S-ranks significantly speed up badge and EXP gain.​

In short: unlock Band Club as soon as the mission appears, practice until you reliably clear songs, and treat its badges as a steady source of books, mats, and tickets to power up your Phantom Thief roster.

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