Judgement Social Link

The Judgement Social Link in Persona 4 Golden is the Investigation Team renamed the Seekers of Truth: it starts on Dec 3 if you avoid the bad ending, ranks up automatically through Dec 7 and the last dungeon, and rank 10 lets you fuse Lucifer.

The Judgement Social Link in Persona 4 Golden is story-driven: it begins on Dec 3 in the same scene that maxes the Investigation Team Social Link, but only if your choices that day keep you off the bad ending, and from then on it ranks up by itself through Dec 7 and the final dungeons. TheGamer calls it the Seekers of Truth, the team's new name; RPG Site files it under Igor. Rank 10 lets you fuse Lucifer, the Judgement arcana's top Persona. Persona 4 Revival keeps the Social Links, all newly voiced; Atlus has not said anything specific about Judgement.

Spoiler warning: the rest of this page describes the December story, including who the team confronts.

Quick facts

Arcana	Judgement (as Atlus spells it)
Who	The Seekers of Truth, the Investigation Team's new name (TheGamer); RPG Site lists Igor
Starts	12/3, the same scene as Investigation Team rank 10, on the normal or true ending path
Days	None to choose: every rank is a story event
Ranks	1 on 12/3; 2 and 3 on 12/4; 4 and 5 on 12/5; 6 on 12/6; 7 (and 8, per RPG Site) on 12/7; 9 and 10 in the final dungeons
Can be missed	Yes, on the bad ending path
Rank 10 Persona	Lucifer
In Persona 4 Revival	Fully voiced; nothing Judgement-specific announced (as of Nov 3, 2026)

Source: RPG Site's Fool, Star and Judgement guide, Jun 13, 2020, and TheGamer's Judgement guide, Jan 18, 2023.

8:22 Reach Dec 3 and make the right choices in the hospital confrontation with Taro Namatame. Sparing him and choosing to keep investigating maxes the Fool link and starts Judgement at rank 1 in the same scene, per TheGamer. A rash choice that day leads to the bad ending, and the link never starts. The Persona 4 Endings page covers that decision; the Persona 4 Calendar shows where Dec 3 falls. The clip is AMHarbinger's Persona 4 Golden playthrough: the team agrees to think it through, the Fool link maxes and the Judgement link begins.

Rank by rank

Rank	Date	What happens and what to choose
1	12/3	Spare Namatame and keep investigating
2	12/4	The team reviews the case; Chie's question about the warning letter wants "Namatame didn't write it."
3	12/4	You question Namatame; the prompt repeats until you have asked three questions
4	12/5	Only if you have worked out the true culprit; any of Yukiko's replies
5	12/5	You question the suspect; choose both of the first two topics; Kanji asks whether to go in now or tomorrow
6	12/6	No choices
7	12/7	No choices
8	12/7 or before the Magatsu Inaba boss	RPG Site dates it 12/7; TheGamer places it just before the boss fight
9	After the Magatsu Inaba boss	Any answer
10	After defeating Ameno-sagiri (TheGamer); on clearing Magatsu Inaba (RPG Site)	Any answer; unlocks Lucifer

Source: TheGamer's Judgement guide, Jan 18, 2023, and RPG Site's guide, Jun 13, 2020. TheGamer warns some choices repeat a question or give wrong information, so read each prompt carefully.

The two guides agree on Dec 3 to Dec 7 and differ only on where ranks 8 to 10 land; both put the link at rank 10 by the end of Magatsu Inaba or just after. Because it advances on its own, there are no days to schedule, as with the Fool and Star links.

Rewards

Rank 10 lets you fuse Lucifer in the Velvet Room, per RPG Site. Since the link completes so late, Lucifer is an endgame fusion, useful for the Optional Bosses and the post-game (see Persona Fusion and Best Personas).

Judgement in Persona 4 Revival

Persona 4 Revival, a full remake of Persona 4 Golden out Feb 18, 2027, voices every Social Link event anew, per Atlus's Japanese site, and director Kazuhisa Wada told PCGamesN on Aug 26, 2026 the links are largely unchanged, with "little bits and pieces" added to some. Atlus has not said whether the December choices or the Judgement dates change. Every guide here is for Persona 4 Golden; none covers the PS2 Persona 4's version.

Frequently asked questions

How do you get the Judgement Social Link in Persona 4 Golden? On Dec 3 in Persona 4 Golden, spare Namatame and keep investigating. That maxes the Investigation Team link and starts Judgement at rank 1 in the same scene.

Can you miss the Judgement Social Link in Persona 4 Golden? Yes. A wrong choice on Dec 3 leads to the bad ending, and the Judgement link never starts.

Do you need to spend time on Judgement in Persona 4 Golden? No. Every rank of the Judgement link is a story event from Dec 3 to the final dungeons, so there are no days to schedule.

What Persona does Judgement unlock in Persona 4 Golden? Rank 10 of the Judgement Social Link lets you fuse Lucifer.