Digimon Story Time Stranger Personality Guide

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In Digimon Story: Time Stranger, players need to focus on both their Digimon’s stats and their Personality. Personality plays a big role in how Digimon get stronger, learn new moves, and meet the requirements to Digivolve. It also affects how Agent Skills improve their abilities in battle and helps them gain passive skills that can significantly boost their performance in difficult fights.

It’s important for players to remember that Personalities are constantly changing, making it tricky to figure out which ones work best with their current team. This guide will explain how Personalities function and show players how to use them to develop the most powerful partners in Digimon Story: Time Stranger.

All Personalities in Digimon Story Time Stranger

In Digimon Story Time Stranger, there are four main personality traits: Valor, Philanthropy, Amicability, and Wisdom. Every Digimon starts with one of these as its Base Personality, but things like interactions and evolution can shift it into one of four different versions. Each of these versions affects how a Digimon’s stats grow, so it’s important to pay attention during conversations. A single wrong choice can change how stats increase and prevent certain evolutions.

Keeping that in mind, players should guide the conversations they have with their Digimon towards specific responses to develop the personality they prefer. Whenever a Digimon gains a level, there’s an opportunity for a Personality Change conversation, so players should be mindful of these moments, which typically occur during Recovery Mode.

Digimon kept in the Box or the Reserve area can also send you messages that ask Questions. Your answers will change their Personality, so remember that and check their messages regularly. Here’s a complete chart showing Digimon personalities and how each one impacts Stat Growth:

Main Personality Variant Effect Stat Growth Factor
Valor Brave Boosts ATK and SP growth ATK ++ SP +
Valor Zealous Boosts ATK and SPD growth ATK ++ SPD +
Valor Daring Boosts ATK and DEF growth ATK ++ DEF +
Valor Reckless Boosts ATK and HP growth ATK ++ HP +
Philanthropy Adoring Boosts SPI and DEF growth SPI ++ DEF +
Philanthropy Devoted Boosts SPI and INT growth SPI ++ INT +
Philanthropy Tolerant Boosts SPI and SP growth SPI ++ SP +
Philanthropy Overprotective Boosts SPI and HP growth SPI ++ HP +
Amicability Compassionate Boosts DEF and HP growth DEF ++ HP +
Amicability Sociable Boosts DEF and SP growth DEF ++ SP +
Amicability Friendly Boosts DEF and ATK growth DEF ++ ATK +
Amicability Opportunistic Boosts DEF and SPI growth DEF ++ SPI +
Wisdom Astute Boosts INT and SPD growth INT ++ SPD +
Wisdom Strategic Boosts INT and SPI growth INT ++ SPI +
Wisdom Enlightened Boosts INT and SP growth INT ++ SP +
Wisdom Sly Boosts INT and HP growth INT ++ HP +

Like I was saying earlier, Digimon have what we call Base Personalities, but they aren’t set in stone. When a Digimon evolves, its personality can definitely change! For instance, my Gabumon is usually Friendly, but if he evolves into Garurumon, he could become Opportunistic if they both started with the same base Personality. But here’s where it gets really interesting: if Gabumon evolves into Black Garurumon, his core Personality might even *shift* from something like Amicability into Wisdom, making him Sly or Astute instead. So, it’s important to remember that evolutions aren’t just about stats – they can really affect how your Digimon acts! Keep that in mind when you’re deciding how to evolve them.

What Are Personality Skills in Digimon Story: Time Stranger?

Personality Skills are abilities Digimon gain as their personality changes, either slightly or into one of the four main Personality Traits. They can be learned naturally during conversations, but a Digimon can only have one active skill at a time. When a Digimon learns a new Personality Skill during a conversation, a message will ask if you want to replace the current one. You can confirm this replacement by pressing X (on PC).

Certain Personality Skills change a Digimon’s Stats permanently, or until those skills are replaced with different ones. As an example, Stout Strength increases a Digimon’s STR based on its current HP. Other skills are only active during fights; for instance, Cheer boosts ATK and INT based on the combined bond level of all allied Digimon when a battle begins. Many different skills can be very helpful in battle, and players should figure out which ones work best for how they like to play (and what their Digimon need).

As a big fan, I’ve learned that changing your Digimon’s personality isn’t set in stone! It’s mostly tied to how strong your Digimon is and what level it’s at. So, if you mess up and run out of opportunities to tweak its personality, don’t worry! You can always Devolve it and start the training process all over again. It’s a really cool system that gives you a lot of control!

All Personality Skills in Digimon Story: Time Stranger

As we discussed earlier, a partner Digimon’s Personality determines the skills they can learn, which significantly impacts their growth and combat abilities. Here’s a complete list of all Personality Skills found in Digimon Story: Time Stranger:

  • Booing: Extends the duration of debuff effects applied by the user’s skills by 2 turns.
  • Cheer: At the start of battle, boosts ATK and INT for all allies based on the total Bond of all battle members.
  • Combo Magic: Chance of activating skill again when using a magic attack skill. (Chances increases as HP goes lower).
  • Counter: Chance of countering with an Attack when being attacked (The lower the HP, the greater the chance to counter).
  • Extra Strikes Tech: Performs an additional attack when Extra Strikes is activated.
  • Fast Break: Boosts ATK for the first 3 rounds (The earlier the round, the greater the boost to ATK).
  • First Aid: Removes the target’s Injury when using skills to recover an ally’s HP.
  • First in Line: Always acts first.
  • Follow-Up: Always acts last.
  • Fortifying Charge: Also boosts all of the target’s stats when using skills to recover an ally’s HP.
  • Great Embrace: Overheals up to 200% of target’s Max HP when using recovery skills.
  • Haymaker: Boosts CRT damage by 20%.
  • Healing Wisdom: Reduces SP cost for recovery skills by 10%.
  • Hustle Cry: Extends the duration of buff effects applied by the user’s skills by 2 turns.
  • Intense Focus: Boosts INT for the first 3 rounds.(The earlier the round, the greater the boost to INT).
  • Magic Theft: Recovers SP equal to 10% of magic attack skill damage dealt.
  • Magical Wisdom: Reduces SP cost for magic attack skills by 10%.
  • Meditation: Boosts INT from round 4 onward (The more rounds pass, the greater the boost to INT).
  • Planning Ahead: At the start of battle, reduce DEF and SPI for all enemies based on the total Bond of all battle members.
  • Prayer for Aid: Slightly recovers HP of all allies at the start of each round.
  • Prankster: Boosts the probability rate of skill debuff effects.
  • Rally Blessing: Revives with 50% HP when KO’d (once per battle)
  • Secret Sage Art: Attacking deals magic damage (% is calculated based on WIS+INT+ATK).
  • Slow Starter: Boost ATK from round 4 onwards.(The more rounds pass the greater the boost ATK).
  • SP Supplement: Also recovers 10% of target’s Max SP when using skills to recover an ally’s HP.
  • Song of Triumph: Slightly boosts CP gained.
  • Steadfast Emotion: Boosts INT when HP is 90% or lower (The lower the HP, the greater the boost to INT).
  • Steadfast Heart: Boosts DEF when HP is 90% or lower (The lower the HP, the greater the boost to DEF).
  • Steadfast Might: Boosts ATK when HP is 90% or lower (The lower the HP, the greater the boost to ATK).
  • Stout Defense: Boosts DEF based on user’s HP.
  • Stout Spirit Boosts SPI based on user’s HP.
  • Stout Strength: Boosts STR based on user’s HP.
  • Strategic Order: Boosts CRT Rate by 5%.
  • Vitality Theft: Recovers HP equal to 10% of physical attack skill damage dealt.
  • Warrior Wisdom: Reduces SP cost for physical attack skills by 10%.
  • Weak Point Blitz: Boost damage dealt by the user when hitting an enemy weak point after an ally does.

Something cool I’ve learned about Digimon is that they can actually learn Personality Skills from the Valor category, even if they usually fall into Amicability or Wisdom. It’s all about how skills change through conversations with your Digimon, and I, as the Tamer, can influence those changes. If I want my Digimon to pick up a Skill from a different Personality type, I can temporarily switch my alignment, have them learn it, and then switch back to my original Personality. It’s a neat way to customize their skills!

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2025-10-04 11:37