Persona 4 Golden has deep RPG systems, especially when it comes to school. School clubs are one such example. Clubs allow you to meet new people and interact with them, which has a greater impact on your story, whatever you choose.
Each type of school club improves different social stats depending on what you decide to join. The Sports Club in P4 mainly revolves around the Strength Arcana social link and improves that while, on the other hand, the cultural clubs revolve around the Sun Arcana social links.
In a single playthrough of Persona 4, you can join one sports club and one cultural club. In this guide, we’ll cover the different school clubs that you can join in Persona 4 Golden and the benefits of each sport and cultural club.
How to join a Sports Club in Persona 4 Golden?
To join the sports club, you must wait for the announcement on the 19th of April. After the announcement, head to the gym on the first floor of your school, close to the entrance. There, you will get a pop-up on which you want to join.
Sports Club in P4 Golden include two game clubs in particular
- Basketball club
- Soccer Club
Should you pick the Basketball or the Soccer club?
You will eventually get acquainted with both “Daisuke and Kou” and be able to befriend both of them, so there isn’t anything you’ll miss out on whether you choose Basketball or Soccer club in P4 Golden. By attending any of them, your social links will increase your strength, arcana, and diligence after every practice session you attend.
The only difference is that you can rank up to 10 in the basketball club more quickly but miss out on certain books in Persona 4 needed for the Compulsive Reader achievement.
Soccer is slower to rank up but has fewer obstacles throughout. If you are an achievement completionist, you should pick the Soccer club as that way, you can collect all the books for the Compulsive Reader achievement.
How to join a Cultural Club in Persona 4 Golden
The cultural clubs become available after the 25th of April. You can join one of the two cultural clubs by heading to the practice building in Yasogami High on the first floor.
There are two types of cultural clubs in P4:
- Band Club
- Drama Club
The Band (or music) club is in a room on the left side of the hallway, while the drama club is to the right. Walk into either of these rooms to join their respective clubs.
Should you pick the Band club or the Drama club?
Unlike sports clubs, deciding which cultural club you join significantly impacts your story in P4 Golden.
If you select the Band Club, you will increase your Expression with every session you attend and befriend Ayane Matsunaga. Music club is much faster and straightforward, with small and ideal storylines and a leveling-up rate.
For the Drama club, you will increase your Understanding and end up befriending Yumi Ozawa, who has an entirely different storyline from Ayane. The drama club has a better storyline with some emotional drama only if you can deal with Yumi’s personality, which isn’t for everyone.
Despite befriending different people on both clubs, you will rank your Sun social link on both clubs and unlock the same Persona when you reach rank 10.
