In "The Horn of Plenty", Demeter is back to her merry-making, nature-restoring, antics. Who can blame her? Tokyo's seen better days. This side quest will pop up in one region or the other, depending on which story route you've👍 chosen - but the gist is the same, either way.

Demeter's directions on where to find this fabled horn leave something to be desired. And by "something to be desired", we mean she doesn't really say much at 🅰all. At least, not in the Shinjuku version. We'll help 🦄you find it, and we'll make sure you live to tell the tale!

How To Start "The Horn Of Plenty"

Before we dive in, we should mention that we completed "The Horn of Plenty" through the game's "Canon of Vengeance" route. As such, we scouted locations in Shinjuku, rather than Chiyoda, but we can still guide yo♈u to Chiyoda's desti🐷nations.

Regardless which story path you're on, Demeter will not be at her designated Shinjuku/Chiyoda location until you've completed her prior quest, "Tyrant of Tennozu", in the Shinagawa region.

Directions For Shinjuku

This applies to both Shinjuku and Chiyoda, but there's a good chance you may encounter the Chimera prior to Demeter. If this happens, no worries; you'll obtain the Horn of Plenty upon its defeat either way.

Shinjuku's Chimera location is rather out-of-the-way, however. Well it is, and it isn't. You see, you'll be using Shinjuku's very first leyline to get to it, but it's still a fair bit of a walk.

The Chimera can be found at the bottom-right part of the map, or put another way, the southeast corner. As you explore, you'll find that there's a somewhat long, thin, strip of the map connecting to an elevated area.

You'll know you've successfully navigated this stretch toward your goal when you begin to slide down this strip. Follow it to the end, and save your game be✱fore fighting the beast.

As for Demeter herself, she's hanging out inside a building in the Shinjuku 3rd Block area. If you've felled the Chimera prior to reaching it, just chat with her afte🍌rward, 💎get the quest, and she'll notice you've got the Horn of Plenty.

Directions For Chiyoda

Chiyoda's rather simpler by comparison. Chimera is located in the Sukibayashi portion of the map, and it's in a relatively open ꧋space by comparison,ꦰ so it's harder to miss.

Therefore, you'll want to teleport to the Sukibayashi leyline fount (or, if you're here for the first ൲time, tap into it so you have a fast travel spot in case things go south).

For Demeter herself, find her in Otemachi. Since quest givers' note icons on the map will only pop up when you've reached their general area, you can keep an eye out for the icon once you're in Otemachi.

How To Beat The Minotaur

It's entirely possible that you'll be several levels lower than the Minotaur upon 𒊎first encountꦛering it, especially if you attempt to defeat it in Shinjuku before reaching Demeter "later" in the zone.

That said, we were able to defeat it with a mid-forties party. With relative ease, too. Besides the Nahobino, our party consisted of Yoko, Alice, and Hayataro.

Yoko won't be available for you in the Canon of Creation route, but she wasn't particularly vital to the fight f🍌or us; we just happened to have her active at the time.

Chimera's top stat is Strength, so expect deadly physical blows. But it also wields Maragion and Ziodyne, so try to keep your party free of characters weak to fire and/or electric.

Chimera's sole weakness is force. Its multitarget fire attack can be thwarted with Fire Dampener, so bring those along!

So, how did we beat it? Hayataro's "Witness Me" skill draws aggro while raising accuracy and evasion, making him the classic arche⛄typal "dodge tank."

Hayataro also, wonderfully, resists physical-type attacks and completely nulls electric-type attacks.

Nulling (or absorbing) attacks lowers the number of actions on the failed attacker's Press Turn, exacerbating Chimera's problems eve🐭n when it successfully lands a hit on Hayataro.

Other than that, Alice tapped into the powerful Freikugal EX during Magatsuhi Gauge roun𝔍🦂ds. Don't feel like you need Alice; Chimera's hardly weak to her standard dark attacks.

But Freikugal EX is almighty-type, and with a high enough magic stat, it can shred huge chunks off enemy HP. At that point, it hardly even mattered what the Nahobino and Yoko were doing, so we had them heal up and buff the team.

When the Chimera is defeated, you'll receive the Horn of Plenty automatically. Bring it to Demeter, who will reward you with the Megami Talisman, which teaches Eternal Prayer.

Eternal Prayer fully restores HP, cures all status ailments, and revives all fallen allies, making it o♐ne of Shin Megami Tensei 5's best healing spells!