Want a quick rundown of all Ichiban Kasuga's personality traits and how to improve them in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth? Then we got you covered with this nifty guide.
The latest RPG by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio sees Ichiban, the new main protagonist of the series, who debuted in Yakuza: Like a Dragon (or Like a Dragon 7), join forces with veteran Kazuma Kiryu, as they explore the streets of Honolulu, Hawaii and other familiar locales in Japan.
As you progress through the game, knowing how each Ichiban personality trait impacts gameplay is key to finding the right playstyle for you and what benefits you'll reap for improving his stats.
In this guide, we'll tell you all you need to know about Kasuga Ichiban's personality traits in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, how to improve them, and more.
While you're here, why not check out how to craft and upgrade weapons as well?
Ichiban Kasuga personality traits explained in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
There are a ton of stats to keep track of in Infinite Wealth, with Ichiban's personality traits being among the most important ones.
There are six different personality traits, these are Passion, Confidence, Charisma, Intellect, Kindness, and Style. Each trait has 10 levels of potency, with all offering different bonuses the more you improve them.
Let's break down the benefits each gives per level.
Passion perks
- Level 1: No benefits
- Level 2: Enhances Hero's Encouragement
- Level 3: Increases sleep resistance
- Level 4: Enhances Hero's Encouragement
- Level 5: Increases sleep resistance and unlocks skill inheritance slot
- Level 6: Enhances Hero's Encouragement
- Level 7: Increases sleep resistance
- Level 8: Enhances Hero's Encouragement
- Level 9: Increases sleep resistance
- Max: Enhances Hero's Encouragement
Confidence perks
- Level 1: No benefits
- Level 2: Enhances Hero's Guts
- Level 3: Increases fear resistance
- Level 4: Enhances Hero's Guts
- Level 5: Increases fear resistance and unlocks skill inheritance slot
- Level 6: Enhances Hero's Guts
- Level 7: Increases fear resistance
- Level 8: Enhances Hero's Guts
- Level 9: Increases fear resistance
- Max: Enhances Hero's Guts
Charisma perks
- Level 1: No benefits
- Level 2: Enhances Hero's Blessing
- Level 3: Increases blind resistance
- Level 4: Enhances Hero's Blessing
- Level 5: Increases blind resistance and unlocks skill inheritance slot
- Level 6: Enhances Hero's Blessing
- Level 7: Increases blind resistance
- Level 8: Enhances Hero's Blessing
- Level 9: Increases blind resistance
- Max: Enhances Hero's Blessing
Intellect perks
- Level 1: No benefits
- Level 2: Enhances Hero's Wisdom
- Level 3: Increases silence resistance
- Level 4: Enhances Hero's Wisdom
- Level 5: Increases silence resistance and unlocks skill inheritance slot
- Level 6: Enhances Hero's Wisdom
- Level 7: Increases silence resistance
- Level 8: Enhances Hero's Wisdom
- Level 9: Increases silence resistance
- Max: Enhances Hero's Wisdom
Kindness perks
- Level 1: No benefits
- Level 2: Enhances Hero's Healing
- Level 3: Increases rage resistance
- Level 4: Enhances Hero's Healing
- Level 5: Increases rage resistance and unlocks skill inheritance slot
- Level 6: Enhances Hero's Healing
- Level 7: Increases rage resistance
- Level 8: Enhances Hero's Healing
- Level 9: Increases rage resistance
- Max: Enhances Hero's Healing
Style perks
- Level 1: No benefits
- Level 2: Enhances Hero's Flair
- Level 3: Increases charm resistance
- Level 4: Enhances Hero's Flair
- Level 5: Increases charm resistance and unlocks skill inheritance slot
- Level 6: Enhances Hero's Flair
- Level 7: Increases charm resistance
- Level 8: Enhances Hero's Flair
- Level 9: Increases charm resistance
- Max: Enhances Hero's Flair
Each personality trait gives resistance to a different status ailment and buffs an ability from Kasuga's Hero job, which is one of his best ones coincidentally.
Other personality trait benefits
On top of the gameplay benefits, having high personality trait stats will allow you to interact with certain NPCs across the map in different ways, starting conversations with them, and leading to potential romantic interests being discovered.
Furthermore, once you unlock the job system in Chapter 6, a few jobs will require high personality trait stats to unlock.
How to increase personality traits in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
There are quite a lot of ways to increase these stats in Infinite Wealth, some are more efficient than others but generally, you'll want to mix a wealth of activities to consistently increase all of them.
Personality Chances
Some side activities will prompt Kasuga to select an option upon being asked something. Depending on your answer, a different personality trait will increase.
These will appear more prominently while doing Drink Links while bonding with party members, so be sure to pay attention to your companions as you can maximise your grind this way.
Personality Challenges
On the main menu, head over to the Personality tab and select Personality Challenges, here you'll find hundreds of gameplay-related challenges (384 to be exact) that will reward you with different personality trait bonuses.
The challenges are divided into three sections – Adventure (120), Battle (158), and Minigames (106). While you can't see the requirements for a lot of them early on, as you progress through the game they will start unlocking.
Furthermore, each challenge has a personality trait icon associated with it, so it's easier to target those that boost the specific trait you're looking to level up.
Ounabara Vocational School
Progress through the story and eventually you'll unlock substory 21, Playing with Fire, which will unlock the Ounabara Vocational School landmark. Similar to Like a Dragon 7, you can take different tests all improving different traits significantly.
These tests are not cheap so you better study up before taking one, or you can just check our complete guide with the correct answers to every single one of them.
Magazines
Running around the world you'll find magazine stands or stores that sell unique items that can improve stats. A quick example would be the Heartful Gole comic that will improve your Kindness.
Aloha Links
Early on you'll come across a substory that will give you access to Aloha Links, special NPCs throughout Hawaii that you can interact with, giving you a small bonus to a personality trait.
Increasing your links will give you an extra boost, you can check our guide to find all 200 Aloha Link friends.
And that's it for Ichiban's personality guide in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. For more content, check how many chapters are in the game.
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