Persona 5 Royal: How to Get Protein and How it Works

Persona 5 Royal brought some huge changes to the original Persona 5, massively expanding the hit JRPG from P-Studio and Atlus. As well as an entire extra semester of story, Persona 5 Royal also overhauled many of the day-to-day activities that players can choose from, including physical training.

Being a Phantom Thief is tiring work, and Joker needs to be in top shape to survive the many palaces of Persona 5 Royal. Fortunately, players can train either at home or in a Shibuya gym to increase their HP and SP, and boost their results with the use of Protein.

How to Get Protein in Persona 5 Royal

There are a huge number of consumables and power-ups for players to collect in Persona 5 Royal, but the three kinds of Protein are among the most useful. All Proteins restore 30% HP to an ally when used in battle, but using it outside of battle can help Joker get increased gains from his physical training.

The cheapest of the three is simply called Protein, and players can find an unlimited supply of it for ¥2,000 each at Rocinante Discount Store.

Moist Protein is slightly more effective, and costs ¥4,500 at the Next Ace Sports Shop in Persona 5 Royal's Shibuya district. Unlike Protein, Moist Protein can only be bought once a day.

Finally, there is Imported Protein, which is also found at Next Ace Sports Shop, but costs ¥8,000 and only restocks once a month. Players can also buy Protein in cheap bundles from the Home Shopping Channel on May 1, July 3, and January 15.

How to Use Protein

Although Protein can be used in Persona 5 Royal's battles to restore 30% HP to an ally, it's strongly recommended that players save it for training.

This can either be home training in Joker's room, which will become available early in the first semester, or training in the Protein Lover's Gym in Shibuya, which unlocks after the player reaches Rank 5 with the Chariot or Rank 8 with the Lovers Confidant.

Players will be given the option to use a Protein, and which to use, when they begin a training session. Here's what each of the Proteins will add to any training session they are applied to:

Protein
- Home Training: +1 HP
- Gym Training: +2 HP, +1 SP
Moist Protein
- Home Training: +2 HP
- Gym Training: +3 HP, +2 SP
Imported Protein
- Home Training: +4 HP
- Gym Training: +5 HP, +3 SP

Given that training uses up time that could be spent increasing Persona 5 Royal's social stats or Confidants, players should always try and use Protein to maximize the effects.