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While most Social Links can be found at Yasogami High inPersona 4 Golden, there are several that take place outside the protagonist’s school life. There are four Social Links that can only be unlocked by taking part-time jobs. One of these is Eri Minami, the Temperance Social Link.
Eri isn’t a foreign exchange student or the protagonist’s teacher. She’s a stepmother struggling to care for her stepson, Yuuta. Like most non-student Social Links,Persona 4 Golden’s Temperance Social Link can be difficult to advance thanks to its limited ways of getting Social Link points. She’s also easy to miss for those not checkingP4G’s part-time job bulletin board.
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Where to Find Eri Minami
Players will need to take theAssistant Day Care Caretaker jobfrom the bulletin board inNorth Shopping District. While the job itself unlocks as early asApril 23rd, the protagonist will need to raise hisUnderstandingbefore he can apply. Players can raise Understanding by reading books, choosing certain responses in other Social Links, or by working the Origami Crane Folder part-time job. However, the Origami Crane Folder job requiresLevel 2 Diligence.
The Day Care Caretaker job will pay4,000-10,000 yendepending on the protagonist’s Social Stats. For example, players atLevel 5 in Understanding will receive 10,000 yen compared to someone at Level 1-3. Working this job will also add points towardsUnderstanding.
Once the protagonist is hired, he can leave from theBus StationinSouth Shopping District. The daycare is openMonday, Friday,andSaturday afternoons, and isnot availableonrainy days. The protagonist will need towork the daycare job twicebefore they can meet Eri and unlock Rank 1.
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Eri Minami Social Link Guide
Unlike Yosuke and the others, the protagonist can’t spend time with Eri outside the daycare job. Meaning the only time he’ll get Social Link points for the Temperance Social Link is by working at the daycare. This includes working days when the Social Linkisn’tready to rank up.
However, once he unlocks theTatsuhime ShrineonMay 5th, he can draw fortunes that will add points towards any unlocked Social Link. Thebest days to draw a fortunefor Eri areon days she’s unavailable. Fortunes can also be drawn at night.
Always bring a Persona of theTemperance Arcanawhen doing the daycare job. This will add an extra point towards the best possible answer with Eri. There are many Persona that are Temperance. In fact, one of them (Apsaras) can be gained fromShuffle Time in the first dungeon. The following are Temperance:
Rank 1
Since this is the first Rank, it’s an automatic Rank Up. Any dialogue choices won’t count towards the Social Link either. Players may need to work the daycare job again to earn enough points for Rank 2.
“I’ve been sitting here all this time…”
0
N/A
“My husband is away, so… Heh… It’s just the two of us, alone together in a dark house.”
Rank 2
From here on out, most Ranks will have an answer that gives two or more Social Link pointsas long asplayers have aTemperance Personain their party:
“… Do you like children?”
3
“I don’t hate him, but…”
“I guess he wants to see his father.”
2
“sigh “He’s so inconsiderate…”
Points (WITHmatching Persona)
Misc.
“I should have known better than to try. We’re not related, so there’s nothing I can do about it…”
“Doesn’t that make you feel better? Isn’t that a wonderful idea?”
“Honestly, though… I just want togo back to the city.”
“Please, don’t tell Yuu-kun… Or the other mothers.”
Rank 5
This Rank focuses more on Yuuta than Eri. This means the answers here won’t add to the Social Link. Feel free to choose whichever response feels best:
“… Is she mad at me?”
“…….”
“… She’s always watching TV.”
“I’m sorry I’m late…”
“I don’t know what a child wants…”
“You told her I likedPhoenix Ranger Featherman R, huh?”
“I-In return for her gift!?”
“I wonder if he’s afraid of me.”
“He must hate the fact I’m here.”
“Oh, who is this? He seems a bit young to be your husband.”
“If only… If only he was a more studious child…”
“I’m sorry about the other day. Were you hurt?”
“…Sor…ry…”
“He’s actually a sweet boy…”
“… What took me so long, huh?”
Rank 10
Like Rank 1,the final Rank is automatic. The available answer will give three points towards the Social Link counter, but the points are essentially useless now that it’s over. From here on out, players don’t need to do the daycare job unless they need more Understanding points or some pocket change.
“When Yuuta’s done with school, we’ll spend time together at the house.”
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Social Link Completion Reward
As thanks, Eri will give the protagonist theClover BookmarkKey Item. This has no use in-battle, but it will allow the player to fuseVishnu, the ultimate form of the Temperance Arcana. Like most Key Items, the Clover Bookmark will carry over into NG+. Since Vishnu is alevel 73 Persona, players may want to fuse him on their current playthrough. Otherwise, they’ll have to level up to level 73 (again) on NG+ just to get him. Remember that the protagonistcan’t create a Persona that’s a higher level than him.
There aremanyFusion Recipes to create Vishnu. Unfortunately, most Ultimate Fusions require the use ofan Ultimate Persona from another Social Link. Here are just a few of Vishnu’s Fusions:
Vishnu learns more Physical Skills than he does Affinity Skills when leveling up, but his magic stat is arguably a bit higher than his strength stat. This, of course, can be altered by getting stat-raising cards from Shuffle Time. His stats and Abilities are also determined by the Personas used in his Fusion. These are all the Skills Vishnu has byleveling uponly:
75
76
78
79
Doubles evasion against all Magic attacks (sans Almighty).
Persona 4 Goldenis available on PC, Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
