Persona 4 Golden: True ending and Golden epilogue requirements
A spoiler-marked checklist for December, Marie’s story and the final March investigation.
Edition covered
Guides cover Persona 4 Golden, including Marie, Golden’s added calendar content and the true-ending investigation. They do not cover the original PS2-only rules or a later remake. Pictures are official PC Golden publisher media. Ending pages are explicitly marked for spoilers.
Protect the December investigation
This guide contains ending-route spoilers. On December 3, refuse the rash response and continue challenging the group’s assumptions until they calm down. Merely refusing violence is not the entire route; the conversation also needs to keep the investigation open. Keep a save before the hospital scene.
| Date or stage | Required direction | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| December 3 | Stop the rash decision and insist the truth is incomplete | Keep the investigation alive. |
| December 5 | Identify Adachi and tell the team | Continue the correct case route. |
| Before December dungeon completion | Max Marie’s Aeon link for Golden content | Preserve the extra-story chain. |
| January 2 | Ask Margaret to investigate Marie | Continue the Golden-content setup. |
| February event | Complete the offered Hollow Forest route | Resolve Marie’s additional story. |
| March 20 | Decline to go home and investigate further | Open the final true-ending dungeon. |
| Order | Choose |
|---|---|
| 1 | Wait a second here… |
| 2 | We’re missing something. |
| 3 | Namatame’s true feelings. |
| 4 | Something’s bothering me. |
| 5 | We’re missing something… |
| 6 | Calm the hell down! |
Identify the culprit and continue the case
On December 5, identify Adachi and share the suspicion with the team instead of concealing it. Complete the resulting December dungeon after finishing the Social Links you need, especially Marie for Golden’s added content. Clearing it early advances the calendar, so preparation should come first. A conservative plan is to finish Marie by December 21 and clear the dungeon on December 22 if you also want the Christmas event; do not interpret that recommendation as permission to miss the game’s rescue deadline.
| Goal | Main requirement | What does not replace it |
|---|---|---|
| Avoid early bad ending | Correct December investigation choices | A high Social Link total alone. |
| Solve the December case | Identify the culprit and finish that dungeon | Maxing Marie alone. |
| Unlock Marie’s dungeon | Aeon progress plus the New Year follow-up | The original true-ending route alone. |
| True ending | Continue March 20 investigation and finish Yomotsu Hirasaka | Finishing only the December dungeon. |
| Golden epilogue | Complete the Marie chain and true ending | Choosing just one of those routes. |
Complete Marie’s additional-content chain
Max Aeon before the December dungeon is finished. On January 2, visit the Velvet Room, discuss Marie with Margaret and ask her to locate Marie. Follow the February ski-trip events and complete the Hollow Forest when offered. This is the Golden-content route, not a substitute for the true ending’s March investigation.
Continue investigating on March 20
After saying farewell to available maxed Social Links, do not return home when prompted. Revisit Junes and pursue the unresolved mystery, then follow the riverbank, Velvet Room and gas-station conversations. Enter and complete Yomotsu Hirasaka for the true ending; the Golden epilogue additionally depends on the Marie chain. At Junes, examine the elevator, refuse the prompt to leave and state that you are not finished; continue to the food court to discuss what is still missing.
Save before December 3, before clearing the December dungeon and before March 20’s final choice.
References
| Reference | Website |
|---|---|
| Atlus: Persona 4 Golden PC release | store.steampowered.com |
| Atlus: Portable and Golden official site | persona.atlus.com |
| RPG Site: Golden endings | www.rpgsite.net |
| Polygon: Golden ending requirements | www.polygon.com |
| Persona 4 Golden: ending dialogue cross-check | steamcommunity.com |