Demeter Boons and Gameplay Tips

Demeter is one of the Olympian Gods that can assist Melinoe in Hades 2. Her icy Boons can slow projectiles and freeze foes in their tracks. Read on to learn more about Demeter, their boons, and gameplay tips for their Boons in this guide!

All Demeter Boons

List of Standard Demeter Boons

Boon	Description	Stat Improved
Ice Strike	Your Attacks deal more damage and inflict Freeze.	Attack Damage: ・Common: +30% ・Rare: +45% ・Epic: +60% ・Heroic: TBD
Ice Flourish	Your Specials deal more damage and inflict Freeze.	Special Damage: ・Common: +40% ・Rare: +60% ・Epic: +80% ・Heroic: TBD
Arctic Ring	Your Casts repeatedly deal damage in the area and inflict Freeze.	Cast Damage: ・Common: 10 (every 0.5 Sec.) ・Rare: 15 (every 0.5 Sec.) ・Epic: 20 (every 0.5 Sec.) ・Heroic: 25 (every 0.5 Sec.)
Frigid Sprint	Your Sprint forms a Cyclone around you that lingers after you stop.	Cyclone Damage: ・Common: 4 (every 0.25 Sec.) ・Rare: 6 (every 0.25 Sec.) ・Epic: 8 (every 0.25 Sec.) ・Heroic: TBD
Tranquil Gain	After remaining inactive for 1 Sec., rapidly restore Magick until you act.	Magick Restoration: ・Common: +25 (every 1 Sec.) ・Rare: +35 (every 1 Sec.) ・Epic: TBD ・Heroic: TBD
Coarse Grit	Infusion Boon Requires: 1 Earth While you have at least 6 Earth Boons, you cannot take more damage per hit than the limit.	Max Damage per Hit: ・Common: 15 ・Rare: TBD ・Epic: TBD ・Heroic: TBD
Rare Crop	Your Boons become Common, then gain Rarity every 3 Encounter(s).	Random Boons Affected: ・Common: 1 ・Rare: 2 ・Epic: 3 ・Heroic: TBD
Local Climate	Your Omega Cast deals bonus damage and follows you, even as you start to Channel it.	Cast Damage: ・Common: +20% ・Rare: +30% ・Epic: TBD ・Heroic: TBD
Gale Force	Your Casts also create a Cyclone at the binding circle.	Cyclone Damage: ・Common: 4 (every 0.25 Sec.) ・Rare: 8 (every 0.25 Sec.) ・Epic: 12 (every 0.25 Sec.) ・Heroic: TBD
Plentiful Forage	Whenever you gather plants, seeds, or mushrooms, gain Max Life. Receive 1 Mystery Seed now.	Max Life from Gathering: ・Common: +5 ・Rare: +8 ・Epic: +10 ・Heroic: TBD
Winter Coat	After you enter a Location, Prime a barrier that absorbs 1 instance of damage.	Magick Primed: ・Common: 20 ・Rare: 15 ・Epic: 10 ・Heroic: TBD
Weed Killer	Your Omega Attack deals more damage, but uses +10 Magick.	Omega Attack Damage: ・Common: +50% ・Rare: +75% ・Epic: +100% ・Heroic: TBD
Cold Storage	Your Freeze effects last longer. ▶︎ Requirements: Ice Strike / Ice Flourish	Freeze Duration: ・Common: TBD ・Rare: TBD ・Epic: +4 Sec. ・Heroic: TBD

List of All Boons

List of Demeter's Duo Boons

Boon and Effect	Requirements
Cherished Heirloom Most other Keepsakes you equip are stronger this night (if possible).	Any of these Demeter Boons: ・Arctic Ring ・Frigid Sprint ・Tranquil Gain Any of these Hera Boons: ・Engagement Ring ・Nexus Sprint ・Born Gain
Apocalyptic Storm Your Blitz effects last longer, and activate against all Blitz-afflicted foes at once.	Any of these Zeus Boons: ・Heaven Strike ・Heaven Flourish Any of these Demeter Boons: ・Ice Strike ・Ice Flourish ・Arctic Ring ・Frigid Sprint
Freezer Burn Whenever you inflict Freeze, amplify any Scorch effects already on the foe.	Any of these Demeter Boons: ・Ice Strike ・Ice Flourish Any of these Hestia Boons: ・Flame Strike ・Flame Flourish
Hearty Appetite You deal more damage the more Life you have.	Any of these Demeter Boons: ・Plentiful Forage ・Winter Coat Any of these Aphrodite Boons: ・Shameless Attitude ・Life Affirmation ・Healthy Rebound
Natural Selection Location Rewards exclude Max Life, Max Magick, and Gold Crowns. Boons are more likely to be Rare or better.	Any of these Poseidon Boons: ・Fluid Gain ・BreakerSprint ・Ocean's Bounty ・Sunken Treasure ・Double Up Any of these Demeter Boons: ・Tranquil Gain ・Frigid Sprint ・Winter Coat ・Cold Storage ・Rare Crop
Room Temperature Your blast effects from Hephaestus clear Freeze, so you Freeze foes again right away.	Any of these Hephaestus Boons: ・Volcanic Strike ・Volcanic Flourish ・Smithy Sprint Any of these Demeter Boons: ・Ice Strike ・Ice Flourish
Torrential Downpour Each time you use your Omega Cast in an Encounter, it gets stronger but uses +5 Magick.	Any of these Apollo Boons: ・Solar Ring ・Blinding Sprint ・Lucid Gain Any of these Demeter Boons: ・Arctic Ring ・Frigid Sprint ・Tranquil Gain

List of Duo Boons

How to Get Demeter's Legendary Boon

Boon	Requirements
Winter Harvest ( Demeter ) Freeze-afflicted foes shatter at 10% Health, dealing damage in the area.	One of these Boons: ・Ice Strike ・Ice Flourish One of these Boons: ・Plentiful Forage ・Winter Coat One of these Boons: ・Weed Killer ・Cold Storage

To meet the requirements for Demeter's Legendary Boon, we recommend getting Ice Strike first, then Winter Coat, into a Cold Storage boon.

This boon build path offers the best synergy leading up to Winter Harvest, since it prolongs the Freeze curse, buying you more time to lower your target's HP and shatter them.

List of Legendary Boons

Demeter Keepsake

Barley Sheaf

At the first instance that you give an offering of Nectar to Demeter, you'll receive the Barley Sheaf Keepsake in return.

You can equip this keepsake by the Silver Pool before every night to increase chances to receive Boons from Demeter, as well as an option to rarify her boons.

Best Keepsakes Tier List

Demeter Info and Gameplay Tips

Character Info

Demeter	Epithet	Goddess of Seasons
	Faction	Olympian
	Voice Actor	Laila Berzins

Playstyle

Demeter specializes in crowd control by slowing or completely immobilizing enemies. Her slow effects also work against enemy projectiles, making them easier to dodge.

Synergies

Demeter's Freeze effects work well with every offensive Boon as they let more free hits in. For example, while enemies are frozen, you can stack more Scorch with Hestia's Boons or safely reach the damage requirement for Zeus's Blitz.

Demeter Curse and Effects

Afflicts the Freeze Curse

Foes afflicted with Freeze are disabled and will not be able to move nor attack for the duration of the curse. The effect then enters a "cooldown" and will not be applied to the same target for several seconds.

Creates Cyclones

Another of Demeter's Boon effects is the Cyclone. Certain Boons can create a vortex around Melinoe or a target area that will continuously damage foes caught inside and slows their movement.

The slow effect is tripled against enemy projectiles, making them easier to dodge.

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Hades 2 Characters

The Unseen
Melinoe			Dora			Schelemeus			Charon
Nemesis			Odysseus			Hypnos			Moros
Frinos			Toula			Homer			-
The Gods
Zeus			Hera			Poseidon			Demeter
Apollo			Aphrodite			Hephaestus			Hestia
Artemis			Hermes			Selene			Chaos
Bosses
Hecate			Scylla			Cerberus			Chronos
Underworld NPCs
Arachne			Narcissus			Echo			Hades
Surface NPCs
Medea			Circe			Heracles			Icarus