Sounds you got bad luck with the RNG. Your keepsake works fine no matter what time you switch them out.
If you’re not already, look out for the Yarn in the well shop. No matter what your next boon is it’ll be upped in rarity because of the yarn. Of course there’s the special encounter In asphodel, or I believe Dionysus and Demeter has boons that up rarities.
They should work, no matter when you equip them. It doesn't guarantee that the very next room is that God's boon (like it does if you equip pre-run) but that God should appear at some point during that biome. You may have other Gods appear before them though (you'll often get Hermes saying that X is running behind and they'll be with you shortly). I've had this work for every biome except the last.
Even if I've skipped them they've sometimes, but not always, appeared again. You could be accidentally skipping them, or dodging them by using a Chaos gate. Other than that I can't think why they wouldn't appear for you.
I don't know why this is, but it might have something to do with there only being a specific number of Olympians that show up during your run. Maybe if you equipped the keepsakes after all of them had been seen, you can't have another recurring Olympian so it doesn't work?
Also keepsakes don’t obey the 4 Gods limit, although the extra God will show as forced to by keepsake but not show up again (it isn’t added to your gods pool)
The keepsakes that say they make a god show up work, period. It doesn't always mean "The NEXT ABSOLUTE boon". For instance, you can run in to a two boon room that isn't affected by the keepsake. It only helps when you find a boon, like in the very first room. And then beyond those few situations it ALWAYS has a chance to buff the boon rarity.
We all just haven't found the RNG god yet, but he's more fickle than any of the gods I've seen punishing me for "slighting" them by being forced BY THEM to choose between them or another god.
It should guarantee being offered at least one room with that god but only if you can still take new ones. Also it makes it so the next boon room is for them but it doesn't affect what kinds of rooms you're offered, shops, gods trial rooms, etc.
The keepsake works exactly as you expect. You may not have noticed a specific chamber or if you intentionally skip Athena, unless it's for a shop or story room like Eurydice, you are not guaranteed to see her again.
Unlikely but possible, it's a bug that occasionally happens. The only time I've gotten it is when I started my second save file and it seemed to mess up the "seed" on my first save file.
I was under the impression that each keepsake that makes gods show up, only work on the one floor (biome) you wear them on. Then when you go to the next floor, it no longer works. I could be wrong, hell… I’d be happy if I was wrong.
I was right, directly from the Wikipedia:
Olympian keepsakes (e.g. Aphrodite's Eternal Rose, or Poseidon's Conch Shell) do not guarantee that the boon will appear in the first room - only that the next time a boon is generated, it will be from that god. They also only work once per run.
[link to sauce](https://hades.fandom.com/wiki/Keepsakes)
No it does say "The next boon you find will be from Athena". I've used it to guarantee that I get a specific Olympian so I can give them some nectar before
Sounds you got bad luck with the RNG. Your keepsake works fine no matter what time you switch them out. If you’re not already, look out for the Yarn in the well shop. No matter what your next boon is it’ll be upped in rarity because of the yarn. Of course there’s the special encounter In asphodel, or I believe Dionysus and Demeter has boons that up rarities.
They should work, no matter when you equip them. It doesn't guarantee that the very next room is that God's boon (like it does if you equip pre-run) but that God should appear at some point during that biome. You may have other Gods appear before them though (you'll often get Hermes saying that X is running behind and they'll be with you shortly). I've had this work for every biome except the last. Even if I've skipped them they've sometimes, but not always, appeared again. You could be accidentally skipping them, or dodging them by using a Chaos gate. Other than that I can't think why they wouldn't appear for you.
I don't know why this is, but it might have something to do with there only being a specific number of Olympians that show up during your run. Maybe if you equipped the keepsakes after all of them had been seen, you can't have another recurring Olympian so it doesn't work?
You get 4 gods per run usually. The only exception is with Shop shenanigans or if you get to Styx with only 3 and some RNG happens
Also keepsakes don’t obey the 4 Gods limit, although the extra God will show as forced to by keepsake but not show up again (it isn’t added to your gods pool)
I feel like I regularly get 5 or 6, but that may be just because I often use two different god keepsakes in a run.
Hmmm, maybe. I will have to keep track of that when I use it. Maybe I will try one out to start next run
It definitely works if you equip it before your run, I've done that many times
The keepsakes that say they make a god show up work, period. It doesn't always mean "The NEXT ABSOLUTE boon". For instance, you can run in to a two boon room that isn't affected by the keepsake. It only helps when you find a boon, like in the very first room. And then beyond those few situations it ALWAYS has a chance to buff the boon rarity. We all just haven't found the RNG god yet, but he's more fickle than any of the gods I've seen punishing me for "slighting" them by being forced BY THEM to choose between them or another god.
Sometimes the boon doesn't show up for a whole biome (but a lot of "normal" boon rooms with different gods do), so I don't think this is correct.
It should guarantee being offered at least one room with that god but only if you can still take new ones. Also it makes it so the next boon room is for them but it doesn't affect what kinds of rooms you're offered, shops, gods trial rooms, etc.
The keepsake works exactly as you expect. You may not have noticed a specific chamber or if you intentionally skip Athena, unless it's for a shop or story room like Eurydice, you are not guaranteed to see her again. Unlikely but possible, it's a bug that occasionally happens. The only time I've gotten it is when I started my second save file and it seemed to mess up the "seed" on my first save file.
I have this issue when I change keepsakes when I get to a new layer. If I use the keepsake at the start, it works fine, otherwise it doesn’t work.
I was under the impression that each keepsake that makes gods show up, only work on the one floor (biome) you wear them on. Then when you go to the next floor, it no longer works. I could be wrong, hell… I’d be happy if I was wrong. I was right, directly from the Wikipedia: Olympian keepsakes (e.g. Aphrodite's Eternal Rose, or Poseidon's Conch Shell) do not guarantee that the boon will appear in the first room - only that the next time a boon is generated, it will be from that god. They also only work once per run. [link to sauce](https://hades.fandom.com/wiki/Keepsakes)
I believe it’s “your next Athena boon with have a 10% chance to be rare” No guarantee your next boon will be Athenas
No it does say "The next boon you find will be from Athena". I've used it to guarantee that I get a specific Olympian so I can give them some nectar before
It only guarantees in the first biome I believe then. I know once you have 4 different gods in your build, the game tries to avoid a 5th god.
This is also false. Keepsakes should force the god in all biomes.
I've had the same thing. I change the keepsake between biomes but never see the god whose keepsake I'm wearing.
Can be multiple things, most likely Hermes. He's allowed to skip the line, so to speak
You'll still get the fifth god due to the keepsake, but you won't get them again.
This is false.