How to Unlock Hera, Boons, and Gameplay Tips

Hera is one of the Olympian Gods that can assist Melinoe in Hades 2. The Queen of the Olympians' powerful Boons will annihilate hordes of enemies with ease. Learn how to unlock Hera, the Boons she gives, and gameplay tips for her Boons in this guide!

How to Unlock Hera

Appears Eventually After Reaching the Surface

You will encounter Hera soon after your first visit to the Surface. This can be done by performing Permeation of Witching-Wards Incantation, which requires a Cinder, a Moly, and a Shadow.

After reaching the Surface, you might need to complete a few more runs before Hera shows up at the first Location in Erebus.

How to Go to The Surface

All Hera Boons

List of Standard Hera Boons

Boon	Description	Stat Improved
Sworn Strike	Your Attacks deal more damage and inflict Hitch.	Attack Damage: ・Common: +50% ・Rare: +60% ・Epic: +70% ・Heroic: TBD
Sworn Flourish	Your Specials deal more damage and inflict Hitch.	Special Damage: ・Common: +60% ・Rare: +70% ・Epic: +80% ・Heroic: +90%
Engagement Ring	Your Casts last 200% longer and deal damage to every foe that joins the Encounter.	On-Spawn Damage: ・Common: 70 ・Rare: 100 ・Epic: 130 ・Heroic: 146
Nexus Sprint	Your Sprint inflicts Hitch on nearby foes, which spreads to other foes near them.	Additional Foes Hitched: ・Common: +1 ・Rare: +2 ・Epic: +3 ・Heroic: +4
Born Gain	Whenever you run out of Magick, Prime to restore all Magick up to the reduced limit.	Magick Primed: ・Common: 10 ・Rare: 8 ・Epic: 6 ・Heroic: TBD
Proper Upbringing	Infusion Boon Requires: 1 Earth While you have at least 3 Earth Boons, all your Common Boons gain Rarity.	Improved Rarity: ・Common: Rare ・Rare: TBD ・Epic: TBD ・Heroic: TBD
Bridal Glow	Your Boons become Heroic, then lose Rarity every 7 Encounters.	Random Boons Affected: ・Common: 2 ・Rare: 2 ・Epic: 2 ・Heroic: TBD
Uncommon Grace	While none of your other Boons are Common, deal more damage.	Common-Less Bonus Damage: ・Common: +10% ・Rare: +15% ・Epic: +20% ・Heroic: TBD
Nasty Comeback	After you take damage, inflict your foe with Hitch and deal damage in greater measure.	Damage Reflected: ・Common: 500% ・Rare: 750% ・Epic: 1000% ・Heroic: TBD
Keen Intuition	Whenever you use Omega Moves while you have 100% Magick, they deal more damage.	Omega Damage: ・Common: +30% ・Rare: +45% ・Epic: +60% ・Heroic: TBD
Family Trade	Any Sacrifice Boons you choose are stronger. One will be offered as soon as possible.	Bonus Pom Lv.: ・Common: +2 ・Rare: +3 ・Epic: +4 ・Heroic: TBD
Hereditary Bane	Your Hitch effects deal more damage and last +5 Sec. ▶︎ Requirements: Sworn Strike / Sworn Flourish / Nexus Sprint / Nasty Comeback	Hitch Damage: ・Common: +10% ・Rare: +15% ・Epic: +20% ・Heroic: TBD
Dying Wish	Whenever Hitch-afflicted foes are slain, damage all other Hitch-afflicted foes. ▶︎ Requirements: Sworn Strike / Sworn Flourish / Nexus Sprint / Nasty Comeback	Hitch Death Damage: ・Common: 40 ・Rare: 60 ・Epic: 80 ・Heroic: TBD

List of All Boons

List of Hera's Duo Boons

Boon and Effect	Requirements
Sun Worshiper In each Encounter, the first foe you slay returns to fight for you.	Any of these Hera Boons: ・Engagement Ring ・Nexus Sprint ・Born Gain Any of these Apollo Boons: ・Solar Ring ・Blinding Sprint ・Lucid Gain
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
Spiteful Strength Your Attacks and Specials deal more damage while not empowered by Boons.	Any of these Hera Boons: ・Brave Face ・Nasty Comeback ・Keen Intuition ・Born Gain Any of these Hephaestus Boons: ・Trusty Shield ・Mint Condition ・Heavy Metal ・Tough Trade ・Uncanny Fortitude ・Fixed Gain
King's Ransom Give up all your Boons of Hera. For each, raise Lv. for all your Boons of Zeus.	Any of these Hera Boons: ・Sworn Strike ・Sworn Flourish ・Engagement Ring ・Nexus Sprint ・Born Gain Any of these Zeus Boons: ・Heaven Strike ・Heaven Flourish ・Storm Ring ・Thunder Sprint ・Ionic Gain
Funeral Pyre While you Channel your Omega Moves, repeatedly inflict Scorch on nearby foes.	Any of these Hera Boons: ・Sworn Strike ・Sworn Flourish ・Engagement Ring ・Born Gain Any of these Hestia Boons: ・Flame Strike ・Flame Flourish ・Smolder Ring ・Hearth Gain
Golden Rule You deal more damage the more Gold you have.	Any of these Hera Boons: ・Engagement Ring ・Nexus Sprint ・Born Gain Any of these Poseidon Boons: ・Geyser Ring ・Breaker Sprint ・Fluid Gain Any of these Poseidon Boons: ・Ocean's Bounty ・Double Up
Queen's Ransom Give up all your Boons of Zeus. For each, raise Lv. for all your Boons of Hera.	Any of these Hera Boons: ・Sworn Strike ・Sworn Flourish ・Engagement Ring ・Nexus Sprint ・Born Gain Any of these Zeus Boons: ・Heaven Strike ・Heaven Flourish ・Storm Ring ・Thunder Sprint ・Ionic Gain
Soul Mate Foes with Hitch take more damage and are Weak, but only 2 can be afflicted at a time.	Any of these Hera Boons: ・Sworn Strike ・Sworn Flourish ・Nexus Sprint ・Nasty Comeback Any of these Aphrodite Boons: ・Rapture Ring ・Passion Dash ・Glamour Gain

List of Duo Boons

How to Get Hera's Legendary Boon

Boon	Requirements
Brave Face ( Hera ) Automatically use Magick to resist up to 50% of any damage.	One of these Boons: ・Sworn Strike ・Sworn Flourish One of these Boons: ・Born Gain ・Keen Intuition One of these Boons: ・Hereditary Bane ・Dying Wish

To meet the requirements for Hera's Legendary Boon, we recommend getting Sworn Strike first, then Born Gain, into a Dying Wish boon.

This boon build path offers the best synergy leading up to Brave Face, dealing high multi-target damage, while offering Magick Recovery to constantly use Brave Face.

List of Legendary Boons

Hera Keepsake

Iridescent Fan

At the first instance that you give an offering of Nectar to Hera, you'll receive the Iridescent Fan Keepsake in return.

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

Best Keepsakes Tier List

Hera Info and Gameplay Tips

Character Info

Hera	Epithet	Queen of the Olympians
	Faction	Olympian
	Voice Actor	Josette Eales

Playstyle

Hera's Boons can be considered some of the best Boons that you can get in the game. She can inflict a curse that links enemies an makes all afflicted receive a portion of the damage taken by one of them.

She can also upgrade your Cast so it deals damage to incoming enemies regardless of where they pop up in the room, making Hera an excellent choice for clearing non-boss Encounters fast.

Provides a Massive Magick Pool

One of the best Boons from Hera (and probably in the entire game) is the nigh infinite Magick from Born Gain. This Boon completely replenishes Magick whenever it runs out at the cost of Priming small portion of it.

The Magick Primed by this Boon gets restored after entering the next Location.

Synergies

Hera's upgrades synergize really well with any weapon, especially her Born Gain Boon. This Boon allows you to spam Omega Moves and Hexes as long as you avoid Priming your entire Magick bar.

Her Hitch curse are best used with weapons that can easily hit multiple enemies like the Umbral Flames and Moonstone Axe as they can both apply the effect and deal damage to groups at the same time.

Hera Curse and Effects

Afflicts the Hitch Curse

Hera can apply the Hitch curse on enemies using some of her Boons. This curse doesn't work when there's only one enemy around, so it's not recommended against Bosses.

Applying Hitch on at least two enemies links them. If one of the cursed enemies take damage, all other enemies linked will also take part of the damage.

Hades 2 Related Guides

Characters

Character Guides

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