When you’ve finished the tutorial area—that is, the area that leads to the first abscess encounter—you may have noticed that something is missing. How do you get rid of these weaker demons and turn them into something less terrible? Veterans may look for Jakyou Manor, or the Cathedral of Shadows, but that is not found in Shin Megami Tensei V. Instead, we get the Realm of Shadows, an area of space controlled by Sophia.
Your first encounter with Sophia will unlock some features, but you won’t unlock Demon Fusion or the feed until after you clear the first abscess and get to Leyline afterward. Once completed, Sophia will notify you when visiting the World of Shadows that Dyad Fusion has been unlocked.
Notable changes to the merger in SMTV include the addition of Reverse Fusion and until far away A useful feature that simply shows you every demon fusion result based on the demons in your party. In fact, the game went even further and added a third option, Reverse Compendium Fusion, which does the same thing, but includes summonable demons from your feed as well.
This saves a huge amount of time, as previous entries had you manually checking each daemon set, or checking an online calculator, to see everything you need. Just keep in mind that no matter what you may be able to blend, you still need to summon Macca from the feed, and the level required to control the outcome.
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