Destiny 2 introduced a new activity called The Nether, which sets you on the path of exploring the Dreadnaught in multiple locations as you damage the ship.
While the activity can be considered difficult for some Guardians, you can even the odds by picking up Boons that enhance your capabilities during your run of The Nether.
These Boons will provide you with certain bonuses that can increase your chances of success and are considered a vital part of beating the activity.
What Are Boons?
Boons are pickups that can be found in The Nether and their appearances will always be at random, making it a mystery which bonus you can get next.
While there are multiple boons, the chances of getting different ones are highly likely and the longer you delve into The Nether, the more you will obtain, making it easier to progress.
There are 3 types of Boons, which are Major Boons, Minor Boons, and Corrupted Boons, which provide different effects that you can distinguish from their names.
How To Get Boons?
Obtaining Boons can be done in different ways and as you progress through your run in The Nether, you will often find them now and then.
Boons need to be picked up manually, which requires you to approach and interact with them (you can view their name from a good distance) to obtain their effects.
Below are the different sources for obtaining Boons:
- Hive Destructible Pots
- Chests
- Defeating Enemies
- Completing Objectives
- Defeating Bosses (Allows you to choose 1 out of 3 Boons)
All Boons in The Nether
During each run, different kinds of Boons may be collected, and we have put together a list below for you to check their effects.
Minor Boons
- Regenerating Strike – Increases melee regeneration.
- Classical Recharge – Increases class ability regeneration.
- Grenade recharge – Increases grenade regeneration.
- Paracausal Health – Increases the chance for a Paracausal Orb to spawn.
- Orb Collector – Increases the chance for an Orb of Power or Elemental Orb to spawn.
- Herald of the Sky – Increases Light damage.
- Herald of the Deep – Increases Darkness damage.
- Protection: Bosses – Reduces incoming damage from bosses and mini-bosses.
- Swift Assassin – Defeating a combatant briefly increases your movement speed.
Major Boons
- Impossible Grenade – Finisher final blows turn your next thrown grenade into a Fragmentation Grenade.
- Bolt Charge – While Sprinting, gain stacks of Bolt Charge. Release the charge by using a melee ability.
- Apostate’s Ward – Reduces damage per piece of Episodic armor worn, up to 4 pieces.
- Refreshing Firearms – Provides grenade and melee energy when combatants are defeated with Special ammo weapons and Super energy when defeated with Heavy ammo weapons.
- Finishing Void – Finishers grant a Void Grenade which makes targets Volatile.
- Stasis Drive – Creates a Stasis wave on slide.
- Blazing Drive – Creates a Solar wave on slide.
- Finishing Heal – Creates a healing burst when defeating combatants with a finisher.
- Classical Healing – Creates a healing burst when a class ability is used.
- Arc Runner – Sprinting makes you Amplified. Hitting an enemy with a melee while Amplified creates a lightning storm.
- Finishing Strand – Finishers grant a Strand grenade which detonates into many Unraveling projectiles.
- Paracausal Bandolier – Grants Special ammo when defeating combatants with grenade, melee, or Super final blows.
Corrupted Boons
Ontological Limit – Increases health and damage based on total Minor Boon stacks, but you will no longer be able to acquire Major or Corrupted Boons.
- Paracausal Payloads – Increases Kinetic damage dealt, but defeating combatants with Kinetic damage drains Super energy.
- Sharpshooter’s Burden – Increases Precision damage, but increases incoming damage dealt.
- Slow-Loading Runner – Increases movement speed but decreases reload speed.
- Paracausal Siphon – Increases elemental damage dealt but drains grenade and class abilities.
- Fragile Strength – Increases all damage dealt, but increases all damage taken.
- Heavy Armor – Reduces damage taken but reduces movement speed.
- Overcharged Abilities – Increases grenade and class ability recharge rate but decreases Super recharge rate.
Faded Scrolls Mysterium Boon Stack Bonus
Collecting certain Boons in The Nether will provide you with Faded Scrolls once you collect a certain amount of them.
Once you have Faded Scrolls for a certain Boon (Scrolls of the Nether), you will obtain more than one stack of the Boon each time you pick it up in The Nether.
Additionally, some Faded Scrolls (Scrolls of Strength) will provide certain effects that will take place outside of The Nether.
Verdict
Grabbing as many Boons as you can provides you with a huge advantage in The Nether and this can help you and even your allies survive to have a successful run.
Collecting Corrupted Boons may not always be the best choice unless you are experienced with The Nether and can cope with the negative effects.
As you progress with several runs of The Nether, the Faded Scrolls that you have collected will make obtaining more stacks of boons easier for upcoming runs.
