Hades II

· Dream Dives: Fixed Wells of Charon no longer appearing after you visited Ephyra · Fixed an interaction between Weed Killer (Demeter) and Dividing Blaze (Daedalus - Flames) · Fixed an interaction between Prominence Flare (Apollo) and Phase Shift (Selene) with Purification · Fixed cases where the projectile from Howling Soul (Hades) could detonate unexpectedly in the fight against Unrivaled Typhon · Fixed cases where King's Ransom (Zeus x Hera) and Queen's Ransom (Hera x Zeus) would sometimes not remove Duo Boons from Hera and Zeus, respectively · Fixed Vow of Scars (Oath) healing reduction unexpectedly affecting vampiric attacks from the Phantom in the Fields of Mourning · Fixed cases where Suffering on Sight (Medea) could make foes attack sooner than expected after entering Locations in Thessaly · Fixed Riposte effect from Aspect of Artemis not activating as expected against the radial blasts from Infernal Cerberus · Fixed certain charge-up attacks from Unrivaled Prometheus sometimes continuing even after his defeat · Fixed Moon Beam (Selene) not reliably causing a Path of Stars to appear in Tartarus or the Summit · Fixed a case where Chronos could become noninteractive in Erebus if you switched Keepsakes · Fixed UI feedback while trying to use Glorious Disaster (Zeus x Apollo) with insufficient Magick · Fixed cases where you could run out of Life while choosing a Boon or Path of Stars upgrade while under the effect of Engraved Pin (Moros) · Fixed several minor issues with voiceover and narrative events not playing as expected · Fixed several minor text errors · Other minor fixes

· Fixed Suffering on Sight (Medea) sometimes damaging foes already present in new Locations · Fixed Tall Order (Hermes) providing its bonus even when you did not meet the Element requirement · Fixed a case where Artemis could be singing by the Crossroads Cauldron rather than in her usual spot · Fixed Dire Auto-Seekers becoming immune to being stunned if their Armor was depleted in their defensive mode · Fixed Boiling Blood indicator remaining visible during Melinoë's Return to Shadow sequence when facing Zagreus · Fixed an issue introduced in the previous hotfix causing command inputs to sometimes not queue up as you cleared an Encounter · Other minor fixes

· Dream Dives: Hermes now will deliver any not-yet-delivered Shrine of Hermes items before the final Encounter · Dream Dives: Fixed cases where you could get more than one of the same Boon of Hades after equipping Jeweled Pom (Hades & Persephone) · Dream Dives: Fixed cases where you could miss rewards from effects such as Quick Buck (Hermes) · Dream Dives: Fixed unexpected distortion on several Ares voice lines · Added death animation for the Hellifish (Oceanus) · Added an inventory hint for Mystery Seeds about where they can be found · Improved visual feedback on the Path of Stars screen when choosing upgrades · Updated descriptive text for Prominence Flare (Apollo) with a minor clarification · Fixed various voice lines and narrative events not playing when expected · Fixed a case where Hecate could unexpectedly appear in the Crossroads after **Chronos **captures her · Fixed a case where Medea could unexpectedly appear in the Crossroads and offer her Curses · Fixed cases where Dora could offer the incorrect decorative items for where you are in the Crossroads · Fixed the decorative item Urn, Grecian not always unlocking when expected · Fixed Nitro Boost (Hermes) not affecting Sprint speed as expected while using the Black Coat · Fixed an interaction between Sorceress (Arcana) and Sudden Flurry (Daedalus - Blades) · Fixed an interaction between Glorious Disaster (Zeus x Apollo) and Explosive Intent (Icarus) · Fixed an interaction between Heinous Affront (Zeus x Ares) and Light Smite (Apollo) · Fixed an interaction between Flood Gain (Poseidon) and Mirrored Thrasher (Daedalus - Staff) · Fixed an interaction between Cardio Gain (Hestia) and the Umbral Flames Special · Fixed an interaction between Sanguinary Savor (Ares) and Lance of Ares · Fixed an interaction between Mental Block (Athena) and Boons that let you aim your Casts, such as Glowing Coal (Hestia) · Fixed Mean Streak (Hermes) not working as expected if you re-loaded your save while under its effect · Fixed certain Omega moves sometimes still being available while under the effect of Dark Side (Selene) · Fixed Soulfilled Ankh (Daedalus - Aspect of Anubis) not increasing Omega Attack area as expected · Fixed a visual issue with an interaction between Exceptional Talent (Apollo) and Mirrored Ankh (Daedalus - Aspect of Anubis) · Fixed an issue where Shells from the Aspect of Medea Omega Attack would not bounce forward as with other Aspects · Fixed cases where Gift Gift Gift (Echo) would never be offered even if you had a compatible Keepsake · Fixed cases where Wolf Howl (Selene) could put you out of bounds in the final Encounter on the surface · Fixed Retaliation upgrade for Night Bloom (Selene) not working as expected · Fixed Infection upgrade for Twilight Curse (Selene) not inflicting Wounds when expected · Fixed Twilight Curse (Selene) projectile fizzling on contact with Nemesis; it now passes through her · Fixed a case where Guardians could move faster than expected after recovering from Freeze or Gust · Fixed a case where the barrier from Snow Queen (Demeter) could vanish unexpectedly at a certain point in the fight against Unrivaled Typhon · Fixed a case where Chronos could start to attack more frequently than expected in the fight against Unrivaled Typhon · Fixed a case where an uninterruptible Chronos attack could be completely negated using the Black Coat · Fixed a case where Unrivaled Cerberus could track you too quickly during his fire-breath attack · Fixed foes sometimes attacking sooner than expected in a certain Location in Oceanus · Fixed certain foes being able to wander out of bounds in a certain Location in Tartarus · Fixed Land-Dracons not attacking your foes while afflicted with Charm · Fixed Dire Bawlders lacking the customary outline for their Armor · Fixed Melinoë's Olympic Slam causing shielded Dire Auto-Seekers to become immune to being stunned · Fixed cases where the damage circle from an Anchor (Oceanus) could shift unexpectedly · Fixed Gale unexpectedly blocking instances of damage from Poison effects · Fixed cases where Gale would not fully block damage from certain Harpy Talon strikes · Fixed the final shop on the surface route sometimes offering more than one Kiss of Styx · Fixed certain foes' visual FX not disappearing properly when afflicted by Freeze · Fixed Shiny Stars appearing on two separate pages in the Inventory screen · Fixed friendly characters not displaying visual feedback when struck after giving them a gift · Fixed several issues where switching between certain weapons in the Training Grounds could cause certain effects to persist unexpectedly · Fixed Aquarium, Enchanted not counting denizens caught using Greatest Gift of Gaia (Cauldron) · Fixed shop items showing incorrect healing previews if Centaur (Arcana) took effect in that Location · Fixed the Zoom In setting not functioning after entering a Chaos Trial · Fixed damage numbers from Scorch remaining visible if the Damage Numbers setting was toggled off · Fixed several cases where you could move unexpectedly while using the Auto-Sprint setting · Fixed cases where certain visual effects remained visible during Melinoë's Return to Shadow sequence · Fixed a visual issue where a Time Sign barrier appeared too far above Bronzebeaks · Fixed a visual issue where Melinoë would not start floating after equipping Aspect of Supay · Fixed a visual issue where Melinoë could get stuck in her gathering animation while afflicted with poison from Medea · Fixed visual effects for the projectile impact of Twilight Curse (Selene) · Fixed a text error in the description of Leering Glance (Daedalus - Skull) · Fixed minor visual issues in various Locations · Fixed minor collision issues in several Locations · Fixed several additional rare crashes · Other minor fixes

· During Dream Dives, increased the chance of Boons being offered in Shops in Tartarus or the Summit if either of these is the first or second Region · During Dream Dives, slightly increased how much Gold you will earn from Encounters in Tartarus or the Summit if either of these is the first or second Region · During Dream Dives, Chronos and Unrivaled Chronos have slightly reduced Life · During Dream Dives, Charybdis Tentacles in the Unrivaled Scylla Encounter have reduced Life · Fixed certain sound FX playing louder than expected · Fixed Braid of Atlas (Charon) not improving Cast damage as expected for most Olympian Cast effects · Fixed Hazard Boom (Icarus) not dealing damage to Melinoë as expected · Fixed Proper Upbringing (Hera) continuing to apply its effect if you fell below the element requirement · Fixed the effect of Anvil Ring (Hephaestus) being interrupted by the effect of Death Defiance · Fixed sometimes gaining Rallying Cry (Ares) from All Together (Hera) prior to having met Ares · Fixed Success Rate (Hermes) sometimes being offered if you have Profuse Bleeding (Ares), in light of the rework in Post-Launch Patch 2 · Fixed Moon Beam (Selene) sometimes not raising the likelihood of finding a Path of Stars while using Aspect of Selene if you equipped it between Regions · Fixed Shimmering Moonshot (Daedalus - Staff) not increasing Omega Special damage as expected · Fixed foes in Thessaly sometimes starting to attack too soon if you had Corrosion on Sight (Medea) · Fixed the effect of Vow of Void (Oath) not persisting as expected after a Chaos Trial · Fixed the effect of Rarify persisting on Boons of Chaos over multiple attempts at the same Chaos Trial · Fixed an interaction between Rapid Onslaught (Daedalus - Blades) and Latest Model (Icarus) · Fixed an interaction between Mirrored Thrasher (Daedalus - Staff) and Flood Gain (Poseidon) · Fixed an interaction between Extra Dose (Apollo) and certain strikes from the Black Coat · Fixed an interaction between Exceptional Talent (Apollo) and Aspect of Anubis (Staff) · Fixed an interaction between Cardio Gain (Hestia), Wave Flourish (Poseidon), and the Sister Blades · Fixed Softness upgrade for Total Eclipse (Selene) unexpectedly activating Origination (Arcana) · Fixed text for Death Warrant (Artemis) not displaying an improved chance from Success Rate (Hermes) · Fixed flames from Lubber barrels interrupting the Psychic Leash from Aspect of Circe (Staff) · Fixed Satyr Supplicants not playing their death animations as expected when slain by Winter Harvest (Demeter) during the Unrivaled Chronos Encounter · Fixed Melinoë being unable to use Attacks for longer than expected if grabbed by Polyphemus while using the Moonstone Axe Omega Attack · Fixed the option to Alter offerings in a Pool of Purging becoming inactive if you purchased all goods from a Well of Charon in the same Location · Fixed Melinoë confiding to Frinos about having had a rough night after a restful Dream Dive · Fixed a certain instance where Hermes would not talk to Melinoë when expected, preventing entry to the final battle on the Surface route that night · Fixed certain conversations with Moros occurring unexpectedly if Melinoë declines his advances · Fixed a certain conversation with Hephaestus occurring sooner than expected · Fixed Headmistress Hecate commenting on the Aspect of Selene when you did not have it equipped · Fixed a couple of cases in which Dora could not be interacted with when expected · Fixed letterbox artwork remaining visible at certain resolutions after interacting with the Music Maker · Fixed an issue where closing the Steam Overlay by clicking the X button locked Melinoë into her Sprint · Fixed a visual issue related to Melinoë's Sprint animation when striking and sprinting in different directions using mouse-and-keyboard input · Fixed a visual issue where the marked-target indicator during Heracles encounters could remain visible during Melinoë's Return to Shadow sequence · Fixed a visual issue when rapidly switching from using Special to Attack using Aspect of Nergal (Axe) · Fixed a visual issue where foes could rotate unexpectedly after being stunned by Hecuba · Fixed incorrect portrait appearing in rare instances when speaking to Persephone · Fixed incorrect portrait appearing when Chronos speaks in Tartarus during Dream Dives · Fixed some out-of-context voice lines in the Unrivaled Typhon Encounter during Dream Dives · Fixed a visual issue that could occur during Melinoë's exit from Elysium after vanquishing Zagreus · Fixed several rare crashes · Other minor fixes

· Fixed various rare crashes reported since Post-Launch Patch 2 · Fixed an issue where you could not interact with Nemesis while a Night Bloom servant was present · Fixed one of Aphrodite's new dialogue events occurring earlier than intended · Fixed rewards appearing out of bounds during Dream Dives in the chamber before the final battle on The Summit if you happened to activate Gold Gold Gold (Echo) · Fixed a rare progression-blocking issue that could occur if you cleared the Surface route before ever accepting a Boon of Hera · Other minor fixes

We're very grateful for all your support of Hades II since our v1.0 launch last fall, and all through our Early Access development before then! With that in mind, we're pleased to present our second Post-Launch Patch, which includes some bonus content and quality-of-life improvements we've been working on.

Highlights

• Fated Prophecy Updates: Prophecies about characters such as Odysseus and Arachne now have new narrated conclusion scenes, which can be viewed in the Fated List once those Prophecies are fulfilled.

• Forever Gifting: Most Crossroads characters now can be gifted Bath Salts, Twin Lures, or Ambrosia indefinitely after forging a bond with them, in various brief new scenes.

• Going Steady: Characters with whom Melinoë can have non-Platonic relations may occasionally show interest in continuing to have such relations.

• New Dialogue Events: Many of the game's characters have new things to say at various points throughout the story.

• ...And More! Look for dreamy new decorative items in the Crossroads Training Grounds, a new alternate form for each Animal Familiar, and additional surprises we hope you'll enjoy!

Aspects of the Nocturnal Arms

• Aspect of Artemis (Blades): Riposte effect now recharges faster between uses • Aspect of Pan (Blades): now also works with Dancing Knives (Daedalus) • Aspect of Hel (Skull): Omega Attack now channels faster; now hits cocoons more reliably

Boons & Blessings

• Tidal Ring (Poseidon): now hits multiple foes more reliably • Seismic Servo (Poseidon x Hephaestus): now applies its bonus to several additional Boons • Snow Queen (Demeter): the barrier is no longer negated by attacks that deal no damage • Fire Away (Hestia): now works with all Casts, not just Hestia's • Sword Ring (Ares): increased damage • Grievous Blow (Ares): increased bonus from Rarity and Poms of Power • Grisly Gain (Ares): increased chance of weapon strikes spilling Plasma; Rarity and Poms now affect how much Magick is restored by collecting Plasma • Profuse Bleeding (Ares): reworked — now creates a falling blade over a surrounding foe whenever you collect Plasma or inflict Wounds • Sanguinary Savor (Ares): reworked — now increases Wounds damage, in addition to drawing in Plasma automatically; adjusted offering requirements • Winner's Circle (Hermes): now works more consistently with all Cast effects, speeding up how quickly they deal damage then expire; effect re-scaled to compensate • Various other minor fixes and adjustments

Hexes & Path of Stars

• Tribulation (Moon Water): now activates your 'after you take damage' effects multiple times in a row • Decline (Twilight Curse): reworked — now increases direct damage from the projectile

Resources & Reagents

• Resources obtained using Gathering Tools now offered more consistently • Minor changes to inventory descriptions of some resources

Foes & Dangers

• Sorrow-Spiller (Fields): slightly reduced appearance rate • Charybdis (Thessaly): fixed cases where this Encounter would not initially occur for longer than expected; tentacles no longer susceptible to Morph, consistent with the Vow of Rivals Encounter

Level Design & Environments

• Various minor fixes and improvements to several Locations

Fated List of Minor Prophecies

• Updated several character-related Prophecies with additional instructions as you make progress; adjusted at which points some of these Prophecies are foretold or fulfilled • Melinoë, Help Us: increased priority of key events; the narrated epilogue scene now can be re-viewed • Silk and Spitefulness: increased priority of key events; added narrated conclusion • Voice and Vanity: increased priority of key events; added narrated conclusion • Haunted by the Past: increased priority of key events; added narrated conclusion • Unfinished Business: increased priority of key events; added narrated conclusion • Soundest of Sleepers: added narrated conclusion • Denier of Suitors: reduced requirements to fulfill this • Original Virtues: reduced requirements to fulfill this • Born to Win: increased priority of event in which Chaos introduces this

Art & Visual FX

• Updated some Fated List artwork and added artwork for the character-related Prophecies noted above • Added new banner animation when fulfilling most of the character-related Prophecies noted above • Added new greeting animation when you confront Infernal Cerberus after a certain point • Added ambient animations for Hecate while she stands in the Crossroads • Added ambient animations for Moros while he stands in the Crossroads • Added animations for Selene when she greets or salutes in the Crossroads • Added portrait variant for Heracles for a particular context • Updated some transition animations using Aspect of Supay (Flames) • Updated visual FX for bombing runs by Icarus • Updated visual FX for Mental Block (Athena) • Updated visual FX for Colossus Slash (Daedalus - Axe) • Updated visual FX for Dashing Heave (Daedalus - Axe) • Updated some visual FX for Aspect of Circe (Staff) • Updated some visual FX for King Vermin (Oceanus) • Updated Hecate sticker on her Keepsake after forging a bond with her • Updated artwork where Chronos can appear in Erebus after the True Ending • Various other minor graphical fixes and improvements

Voice & Narrative

• Icarus now is less painstakingly reluctant when it comes to trying to forge a bond with him • Characters in the Crossroads now will accept an initial gift of Bath Salts earlier than before • A key scene later in the relationship with Moros now may occur under less-restrictive circumstances • A key scene later in the relationship with Nemesis now may occur under less-restrictive circumstances • Moros now may appear in additional circumstances while Melinoë returns to shadow • Hecate now has more to say about each Hidden Aspect of the Nocturnal Arms, among other things • Poseidon now becomes increasingly enthusiastic as Sea Star activates more times • The audience watching Scylla and the Sirens has new responses after a certain point • Zagreus now has more to say about the Supportive Shade after a certain point • Heracles now can somehow be persuaded to visit the feast of Dionysus after a certain point • Melinoë has new voice lines when choosing Sacrifice Boons • Melinoë has new voice lines for Lone Shades summoned by the Aspect of Anubis (Staff) • Melinoë now has more to say to the gigantic severed statue head in the Fields of Mourning • Melinoë now has things to say about the unlockable Abandoned Statue in the Training Grounds • Melinoë now gives due credit if Toula vanquishes a Guardian • Melinoë now comments when choosing Keepsakes near the end of the Prophecy Melinoë, Help Us • Melinoë now may comment when she can gift Nectar to Echo if she has not already done so • Melinoë now may comment when new Chaos Trials are available in the Pitch-Black Stone • Dora now has more to say while in the Crossroads Training Grounds • Eris now has opinions about the decorative Warning Sign pointing to her, among other things • Odysseus now has more resources to give you at various points • Nemesis may lighten up a little in her Encounters after a certain point • Hecate and Odysseus may sometimes be chatting when no urgent matters require their attention • Moros and Odysseus may sometimes be chatting when no urgent matters require their attention • Narcissus and Echo may sometimes be chatting in the Fields of Mourning after a certain point • Hera won't act like she never met you if you reach the Palace of Zeus before you find her Boon • More characters now have voice lines when re-offering their blessings using Change of Fate • Adjusted priorities and requirements for various voice lines and narrative events • Other minor additions, fixes, changes, and improvements

Music & SFX

• Updated sound effects for Elephant Rockets (Daedalus - Shiva) • Updated sound effects for collecting Gifts of Night after the Incantation Bounties of the Infinite Abyss • Added sound effect of Moonstone Axe hitting the ground after the full attack sequence • Added sound effect when setting the Express Route in Tartarus • Adjusted volume of several sound effects • Other minor fixes and improvements

Settings

• Zoom In: new! Set the camera a bit closer to the action. Recommended for smaller displays. Look for this in the Accessibility menu.

Miscellaneous

• You may now skip most of the narrated Homer outcomes after a successful clear (he won't really mind) • You may now sort the Archived Trivia menu by Animal Familiar • The Argent Skull Special now destroys trees in Erebus in one hit • Added Reward preview icon when entering Locations just before a Region's Guardian • Updated text if you just so happen to lose to Zagreus • Updated Path of Stars menu selection art to make unpicked upgrades easier to see • Updated Seed-planting menu to only show Seeds; selection now defaults to last chosen Seed • Updated Inventory hints for several resources • More Boons of Hestia now will ignite oil slicks in Thessaly • Arachne now responds if you take a swing at her • Added more-festive atmosphere to the Crossroads during the night after the True Ending • Adjusted Book of Shadows entry for Persephone • Adjusted camera during Taverna sequences with Icarus to make him easier to see • Updates and fixes to translations in all languages

Bug Fixes

• Fixed controller vibration not working while petting Cerberus (once you can do so) • Fixed a rare case where you could avoid finding Hades on the path to the True Ending • Fixed Aspect of Nergal (Axe) sometimes missing if you changed direction during a Dash-Strike • Fixed visual issue where Melinoë could get stuck in the Special animation for the Moonstone Axe • Fixed Vampiric Cataclysm (Staff) not being improved by Old Herbal Remedy (Circe) • Fixed the effect of Phase Shift (Selene) persisting unexpectedly after entering a Chaos Gate • Fixed Lunar Ray (Selene) ending unexpectedly if Athena happened to arrive • Fixed additional cases where you could end up out of bounds after using Wolf Howl (Selene) • Fixed Moon Water (Selene) affecting controls for the Aspect of Persephone (Skull) Omega Special • Fixed interaction between Arctic Ring (Demeter) and Hostile Environment (Demeter x Ares) • Fixed interaction between Rapid Onslaught (Daedalus - Blades) and Aspect of the Morrigan (Blades) • Fixed Pride of Poseidon regeneration being canceled by Zeus arriving in the battle against Typhon • Fixed cases where Gold taken from Personal Loan (Dionysus) would not be re-paid when expected • Fixed Slothful (Chaos) causing an unexpected burst of speed if it expired while affected by Miasma • Fixed Expiring (Chaos) dealing its burst of damage despite having the effect of Breath of Eros (Charon) • Fixed an issue that could cause the Prophecy Natural Talent to not appear in the Fated List as expected • Fixed cases where you could unexpectedly accept the same Boon twice • Fixed cases where you could unexpectedly interact with Athena twice as she arrived • Fixed Engraved Pin (Moros) sometimes unexpectedly resetting its effect in a Location • Fixed Ghost Onion (Dora) not quite fully healing when possible in certain situations with Vow of Scars • Fixed several Keepsakes not having added feedback when their effects have expired and can be replaced • Fixed an issue that could cause Magick not to regenerate as expected in Family Dispute Encounters • Fixed Lone Shades sometimes failing to hit Polyphemus when expected • Fixed Gale not blocking the ink effect from a Hellifish along with the damage • Fixed cases where Boons of Ares could be offered before you properly met • Fixed a case where the Incantation Beast-Loved Morsel would not be available when expected • Fixed a case where the Crossroads Renewal Project would not become available when expected • Fixed Golden Boughs in the Fields of Mourning sometimes not showing Athena if she was present • Fixed Location Rewards unexpectedly appearing in the Crossroads after a failed Encounter with Nemesis • Fixed song subtitles sometimes getting stuck onscreen while Melinoë and Artemis sing together • Fixed contextual interaction with the Hot Springs not being available right away • Fixed unexpectedly being able to open the Book of Shadows while being warped out of Asphodel • Fixed visual issue where Zagreus could remain tinted if affected by Freeze during Death Defiance • Fixed Talos sometimes throwing his shields straight through walls • Fixed Eris sometimes throwing Rubbish where it could not be reached • Fixed various voice lines not playing as expected • Fixed several text errors • Other minor fixes

Quote of the Patch

'Sleep, you are lord of all, lord of blessed gods and of mortal men, of every living thing the broad earth nurtures, for you alone are master of all, you do visit all, building their bodies with fetters unforged.'

~The Orphic Hymns (Anonymous; A. Athanassakis translation)

· Fixed a rare issue that could prevent progress in the battle with Prometheus · Fixed a particular pre-fight greeting line from Headmistress Hecate playing too frequently · Fixed several narrative events that were not playing when they were supposed to · Updates to translations in some languages · Other minor fixes

From all of us at Supergiant Games, thank you for playing Hades II. We've been very excited to see so many of you battling beyond the Underworld since our v1.0 Launch, and we're grateful for all the feedback, which inspired us throughout development and continues to do so. This Post-Launch Patch contains various improvements, previously noted in our Patch 1 Preview but with a few additional fixes:

Highlights

• True Ending Enhancements: Added new events in the lead-up to the True Ending, and some after. As part of this, increased the number of Underworld clears required, and added to and revised parts of the main True Ending scenes before the end credits. Note: The vast majority of changes are to the Underworld route; the Surface route is mostly unchanged. The Epilogue is also unchanged.

• Returning to a Real Possibility: Added Cauldron incantation lets you return to an earlier point in the story in case you wish to re-experience key events, such as the True Ending.

• Fated Prophecy Adjustments: A number of character-related Prophecies, including the one connected to the story epilogue, should unfold faster than before.

• Crossroads Renewal: Many decorative items have reduced costs in Kudos compared to before. Any excess Kudos you have already spent will be refunded.

Aspects of the Nocturnal Arms

• Witch's Staff (Circe): Smolder Ring (Hestia) now also applies Scorch from the bonus Cast when your Casts overlap

Boons & Blessings

• Anvil Ring (Hephaestus): increased damage for Common Rarity • Controlled Burn (Hestia): increased bonus from Poms of Power • Ares: increased Plasma pickup range • Sword Ring (Ares): increased damage • Carnal Pleasure (Ares x Aphrodite): increased effectiveness • Success Rate (Hermes): now also affects Nurture of Hera (Selene x Hera) • Shadow Pounce (Artemis): increased effectiveness • Gigaros Dash (Hades): no longer staggers foes when this deals direct damage • Life Tax (Hades): increased effectiveness; restorative effect is no longer reduced by Vow of Scars (Oath) • Last Gasp (Hades): increased effectiveness • Howling Soul (Hades): improved aiming of the projectile • Fight Fight Fight (Echo): increased effectiveness • Favor (Chaos): now also raises chance of finding Duo Boons • Various other minor fixes and adjustments

Daedalus Hammer Upgrades

• Elephant Rockets (Coat - Shiva): increased damage • Chakra Collider (Coat - Shiva): increased damage

Keepsakes

• Jeweled Pom (Hades & Persephone): you no longer keep the bonus Hades blessing if you are not at the Fates' Whim; fixed an issue causing this to never grant Last Gasp (Hades)

Well of Charon

• Yarn of Ariadne: now also raises chance of finding Duo Boons (as in the original game) • Mist Veil: now restores Magick that is lost for any reason (not just from using Omega Moves)

Foes & Dangers

• Zagreus: fixed cases where he would stand still for too long • Unrivaled Prometheus: adjusted hitboxes of certain Heracles attacks in this Encounter • Headmistress Hecate: slightly reduced hitbox of flame attacks to better match the visuals • Phantom (Fields): reduced effectiveness of Life-drain effect; removed this effect from some attacks

Special Encounters

• Added a preview icon for Location exits leading to an Infernal Contract (after the True Ending) • Added a preview icon for Erebus Location exits leading to Raki (before you have bonded with him) • Nemesis no longer can show up more than once a night while battling through the Underworld • Circe appears slightly more often

Level Design & Environments

• Various minor fixes and improvements to several Locations

The Crossroads Renewal Project

• Added Primordial Chaos theme to the Music Maker

Crossroads Cauldron

• Disintegration of Monstrosity: you are no longer required to cast this as soon as you can afford to • Greatest Gift of Gaia: reduced requirements for this to be revealed

Fated List of Minor Prophecies

• Melinoë, Help Us: increased priority of key events, so that this can be fulfilled faster • Silk and Spitefulness: increased priority of key events, so that this can be fulfilled faster • Voice and Vanity: increased priority of key events, so that this can be fulfilled faster • Born to Win: now revealed sooner and more reliably • Natural Talent: fixed an issue causing this to not appear in some cases • Denier of Suitors: reduced requirements to fulfill this

Art & Visual FX

• Added artwork to some True Ending scenes before the credits • Added animations for certain characters in some True Ending scenes • Added portrait variant for Hecate • Added blinking animation to Melinoë's 'hesitant' portrait • Added death animation for the Yargonaut • Updated animations for opening or closing certain menu screens to be smoother than before • Eidolon Eyeballs now are easier to spot • Numerous other minor visual fixes and improvements

Voice & Narrative

• Added new events with Chronos, Zagreus, Hecate, and Hades on the path to the True Ending • Added new events with Chronos, Zagreus, Hecate, Schelemeus, and Hades and Persephone after the True Ending • Added more contextual voice lines for Melinoë and Hecate in certain situations • Adjusted several events after the True Ending in light of other changes • Scylla now reveals her sensational hit Bewitching Eyes sooner than before • Icarus now can be persuaded to return to the Crossroads sooner than before • Other minor fixes and improvements

Music & SFX

• Artemis' singing in the Crossroads no longer cuts off abruptly at a certain distance • Updated sound effects for Cinerary Circle (Hades) • Fixed some Keepsake equip sounds playing late • Adjusted effects on some Chronos voice lines after the True Ending • Other minor fixes and improvements

Settings

• Danger Pulse: new! You now can toggle off the persistent flashing at critical Life levels • FPS Limit: new! You now can limit max frames-per-second to your preference while VSync is off

Miscellaneous

• Improved compatibility with macOS Tahoe security permissions • Inventory details for Gigaros and Entropy appear sooner than before • Updated inventory hints for several resources • Added feedback when Keepsakes from Athena and Selene cannot be used in a certain situation • Updates and fixes to translations in all languages

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Argent Skull (Hel) not firing reliably while Melinoë is backed against a wall • Fixed Argent Skull (Medea) text erroneously stating its passive bonus also applied to Omega Special • Fixed Argent Skull Omega Attack sometimes being unable to reach the Erymanthian Boar (Ephyra) • Fixed cases where you could claim rewards while simultaneously using Time Piece (Chronos) • Fixed Calling Card (Zagreus) unexpectedly refreshing all uses for the night after ranking up • Fixed Back Burner (Apollo) not applying its bonus when using certain moves • Fixed Steady Growth (Demeter) resetting its countdown after being Rarified • Fixed Rapture Ring (Aphrodite) dragging foes after they are slain • Fixed Seismic Servo (Hephaestus x Poseidon) not always working as expected on Boons of Hephaestus • Fixed cases where you could unexpectedly gain Unseen Ire (Hades) twice • Fixed Corrosion on Sight (Medea) not affecting Lubbers • Fixed Numbness (Path of Stars) not properly applying its effect • Fixed Mirrored Thrasher (Daedalus - Staff) disabling your Attacks in certain cases • Fixed interaction between Inverted Blaze (Daedalus - Flames) and Dividing Blaze (Daedalus - Flames) • Fixed high-cost Boons of Hermes found in shops not always having improved Rarity • Fixed some visual effects from Typhon not appearing consistently • Fixed projectiles from Charybdis not splitting as expected after striking certain obstacles • Fixed cases in which Jetty could get stuck while resurfacing • Fixed several cases where Melinoë could end up out of bounds in a Location • Fixed Raki occasionally swooping in to peck at already-defeated Guardians • Fixed an issue where a slowdown effect could persist unexpectedly after Gale blocks an attack • Fixed visual issues with Demeter's Freeze interacting with other visual effects • Fixed visual issues with Infernal Troves • Fixed incorrect text sometimes appearing on the Victory Screen • Fixed incorrect Gold preview when Nemesis wants to trade for Quick Buck (Hermes) • Fixed cases where music could stop playing unexpectedly • Fixed cases where the Past Deeds screen would not show the foe that put an end to your night • Fixed cases where Odysseus and Dora could appear too close together in the taverna • Fixed certain visual effects persisting during the Melinoë's Return to Shadow escapes • Fixed a visual issue where text formatting would not reset after resetting the Oath of the Unseen • Fixed Play Screen showing your location as The Crossroads despite just having left for the night • Fixed several text errors • Other minor fixes

Quote of the Patch

'Regarding the birth of Zeus and the manner in which he came to be king, there is no agreement.'

~Library of History (Diodorus Siculus, C. H. Oldfather translation)

From all of us at Supergiant Games, thank you for playing Hades II. We've been very excited to see so many of you battling beyond the Underworld since our v1.0 Launch, and we're grateful for all the feedback, which inspired us throughout development and continues to do so. We now have our Post-Launch Patch 1, with enhancements to the True Ending among other improvements, available to preview:

How to Play the Patch 1 Preview

First, we recommend backing up your save files, since the Patch 1 Preview may contain more technical issues than would typically be found in one of our full patch launches. To locate them:

• On Windows, navigate to \%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Hades II\

• On macOS, navigate to \%USERPROFILE%\Library\Application Support\Supergiant Games\Hades II\

Then, to unlock the Patch 1 Preview,

• Right-click on Hades II in your Steam library and select Properties

• Select Betas, then select __

• The game will update. Once ready, you should see **Hades II ** in your library.

Note: The Patch 1 Preview represents a work-in-progress whose contents may evolve, and some text translations are still in progress. We do not have a release date for the full patch.

What's In the Patch 1 Preview

In addition to various bug fixes and some balance changes, this patch contains...

• True Ending Enhancements: Added new events in the lead-up to the True Ending, and some after. As part of this, increased the number of Underworld clears required, and added to and revised parts of the main True Ending scenes before the end credits. Note: The vast majority of changes are to the Underworld route; the Surface route is mostly unchanged.

• Returning to a Real Possibility: Added Cauldron incantation lets you return to an earlier point in the story in case you wish to re-experience key events, such as the True Ending.

• Fated Prophecy Adjustments: A number of character-related Prophecies, including the one connected to the story epilogue, should unfold faster than before.

• Crossroads Renewal: Many decorative items have reduced costs in Kudos compared to before. Any excess Kudos you have already spent will be refunded.

The full set of changes currently in Patch 1 is as follows:

Aspects of the Nocturnal Arms

• Witch's Staff (Circe): Smolder Ring (Hestia) now also applies Scorch from the bonus Cast when your Casts overlap

Boons & Blessings

• Anvil Ring (Hephaestus): increased damage for Common Rarity • Controlled Burn (Hestia): increased bonus from Poms of Power • Ares: increased Plasma pickup range • Sword Ring (Ares): increased damage • Carnal Pleasure (Ares x Aphrodite): increased effectiveness • Success Rate (Hermes): now also affects Nurture of Hera (Selene x Hera) • Shadow Pounce (Artemis): increased effectiveness • Gigaros Dash (Hades): no longer staggers foes when this deals direct damage • Life Tax (Hades): increased effectiveness; restorative effect is no longer reduced by Vow of Scars (Oath) • Last Gasp (Hades): increased effectiveness • Howling Soul (Hades): improved aiming of the projectile • Fight Fight Fight (Echo): increased effectiveness • Various other minor fixes and adjustments

Daedalus Hammer Upgrades

• Elephant Rockets (Coat - Shiva): increased damage • Chakra Collider (Coat - Shiva): increased damage

Keepsakes

• Jeweled Pom (Hades & Persephone): you no longer keep the bonus Hades blessing if you are not at the Fates' Whim; fixed an issue causing this to never grant Last Gasp (Hades)

Well of Charon

• Yarn of Ariadne: now also raises chance of finding Duo Boons (as in the original game) • Mist Veil: now restores Magick that is lost for any reason (not just from using Omega Moves)

Foes & Dangers

• Unrivaled Prometheus: adjusted hitboxes of certain Heracles attacks in this Encounter • Headmistress Hecate: slightly reduced hitbox of flame attacks to better match the visuals • Phantom (Fields): reduced effectiveness of Life-drain effect; removed this effect from some attacks

Special Encounters

• Added a preview icon for Location exits leading to an Infernal Contract (after the True Ending) • Nemesis no longer can show up more than once a night while battling through the Underworld • Circe appears slightly more often

Level Design & Environments

• Various minor fixes and improvements to several Locations

The Crossroads Renewal Project

• Added Primordial Chaos theme to the Music Maker

Crossroads Cauldron

• Disintegration of Monstrosity: you are no longer required to cast this as soon as you can afford to • Greatest Gift of Gaia: reduced requirements for this to be revealed

Fated List of Minor Prophecies

• Melinoë, Help Us: increased priority of key events, so that this can be fulfilled faster • Silk and Spitefulness: increased priority of key events, so that this can be fulfilled faster • Voice and Vanity: increased priority of key events, so that this can be fulfilled faster • Born to Win: now revealed sooner and more reliably • Natural Talent: fixed an issue causing this to not appear in some cases • Denier of Suitors: reduced requirements to fulfill this

Art & Visual FX

• Added artwork to some True Ending scenes before the credits • Added animations for certain characters in some True Ending scenes • Added portrait variant for Hecate • Added blinking animation to Melinoë's 'hesitant' portrait • Added death animation for the Yargonaut • Updated animations for opening or closing certain menu screens to be smoother than before • Numerous other minor visual fixes and improvements

Voice & Narrative

• Added new events with Chronos, Zagreus, Hecate, and Hades on the path to the True Ending • Added new events with Chronos, Zagreus, Hecate, Schelemeus, and Hades and Persephone after the True Ending • Added more contextual voice lines for Melinoë and Hecate in certain situations • Adjusted several events after the True Ending in light of other changes • Scylla now reveals her sensational hit Bewitching Eyes sooner than before • Icarus now can be persuaded to return to the Crossroads sooner than before • Other minor fixes and improvements

Music & SFX

• Artemis' singing in the Crossroads no longer cuts off abruptly at a certain distance • Updated sound effects for Cinerary Circle (Hades) • Fixed some Keepsake equip sounds playing late • Other minor fixes and improvements

Settings

• Danger Pulse: new! You now can toggle off the persistent flashing at critical Life levels • FPS Limit: new! You now can limit max frames-per-second to your preference while VSync is off

Miscellaneous

• Improved compatibility with macOS Tahoe security permissions • Inventory details for Gigaros and Entropy appear sooner than before • Updated inventory hints for several resources • Added feedback when Keepsakes from Athena and Selene cannot be used in a certain situation

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Argent Skull (Hel) not firing reliably while Melinoë is backed against a wall • Fixed Argent Skull (Medea) text erroneously stating its passive bonus also applied to Omega Special • Fixed cases where you could claim rewards while using the effect of Time Piece (Chronos) • Fixed Calling Card (Zagreus) unexpectedly refreshing all uses for the night after ranking up • Fixed Back Burner (Apollo) not applying its bonus when using certain moves • Fixed Steady Growth (Demeter) resetting its countdown after being Rarified • Fixed Rapture Ring (Aphrodite) dragging foes after they are slain • Fixed Seismic Servo (Hephaestus x Poseidon) not always working as expected on Boons of Hephaestus • Fixed cases where you could unexpectedly gain Unseen Ire (Hades) twice • Fixed Corrosion on Sight (Medea) not affecting Lubbers • Fixed Numbness (Path of Stars) not properly applying its effect • Fixed Mirrored Thrasher (Daedalus - Staff) disabling your Attacks in certain cases • Fixed interaction between Inverted Blaze (Daedalus - Flames) and Dividing Blaze (Daedalus - Flames) • Fixed high-cost Boons of Hermes found in shops not always having improved Rarity • Fixed projectiles from Charybdis not splitting as expected after striking certain obstacles • Fixed cases in which Jetty could get stuck while resurfacing • Fixed several cases where Melinoë could end up out of bounds in a Location • Fixed Raki occasionally swooping in to peck at already-defeated Guardians • Fixed an issue where a slowdown effect could persist unexpectedly after Gale blocks an attack • Fixed visual issues with Demeter's Freeze interacting with other visual effects • Fixed visual issues with Infernal Troves • Fixed incorrect text sometimes appearing on the Victory Screen • Fixed incorrect Gold preview when Nemesis wants to trade for Quick Buck (Hermes) • Fixed cases where music could stop playing unexpectedly • Fixed cases where the Past Deeds screen would not show the foe that put an end to your night • Fixed cases where Odysseus and Dora could appear too close together in the taverna • Fixed certain visual effects persisting during the Melinoë's Return to Shadow escapes • Fixed a visual issue where text formatting would not reset after resetting the Oath of the Unseen • Fixed Play Screen showing your location as The Crossroads despite just having left for the night • Other minor fixes

· Fixed the Achievement Close Comrades not always unlocking when expected · Fixed the Achievement Goddess of Nightmares not always unlocking when expected · Fixed Unseen Sigil Encounters sometimes not ending when expected · Fixed Nightmare not being awarded after vanquishing Typhon in rare cases · Fixed Empath’s Intuition (Cauldron) not unlocking in a timely manner in some cases · Fixed Family Dispute events not unlocking as intended in rare cases · Fixed Arachne's portrait being hidden behind her tapestry in rare cases · Fixed some Crossroads Renewal decorations not unlocking in rare cases · Fixed Charybdis not fighting if you entered from a certain rare Location · Fixed several voice lines not playing at the correct times · Fixed several narrative events not playing at the correct times · Fixed an instance of two objectives overlapping in the Training Grounds · Fixed key visual effects sometimes not playing on some systems · Improved collision for Argent Skull (Hel) projectiles · Improved compatibility when VSync is disabled on some display types · Optimizations when playing with some types of controllers · Updates to translations in some languages · Other minor fixes

· Fixed most Olympian Keepsake effects not activating again after their Boon is skipped · Fixed Phantom (Fields) being able to drain Life from your raised servants · Fixed Fated List Prophecies related to Hidden Aspects not clearing in specific circumstances · Fixed the Achievement Soothing Soak not unlocking from events with Moros · Fixed the Achievement So Mote It Be unlocking sooner than expected · Fixed Gorgon Amulet (Athena) using up the effect of Yarn of Ariadne (Charon) when it shouldn't · Fixed Acceptance of Another Fate not resetting certain random Keepsake effects · Fixed an interaction between Uncommon Upbringing (Hera) and Concave Stone (Echo) · Fixed key visual effects sometimes not playing on some systems · Fixed randomized Chaos Trials appearing sooner than expected in some cases · Fixed Lone Shades from Witch's Staff (Anubis) sometimes being able to hit Melinoë · Fixed Canines spawned from Lycaons unexpectedly activating Unseen Ire (Hades) · Fixed an issue where Melinoë could be forced to Return to Shadow at the same exact time as she vanquishes Typhon · Fixed Hecate not speaking about Gigaros when expected in a certain situation · Fixed several narrative scripting issues with specific events involving Hecate · Fixed an issue where you could not exit the final Location in Erebus in a certain case · Fixed a rare issue where the fight against Chronos would not end correctly · Fixed a certain situation in which Polyphemus would not react to Knuckle Bones (Odysseus) when expected · Fixed an issue where the player could not complete key Incantations due to modified data · Fixed cases where taking Armor damage with Trusty Shield (Hephaestus) could damage your semi-permanent Armor instead · Fixed a rare issue that involved claiming Gemstones then immediately using one of Homer's Inspect Points · Fixed Hecuba running back and forth in the chamber with Narcissus · Fixed several rare crashes · Updates to translations in some languages · Improved compatibility with Chinese Input Method · Other minor fixes

We couldn't possibly be more excited to announce that we've completed the Early Access development of Hades II, and officially launched v1.0 of the game!! Whether you've been playing all through Early Access or this will be your very first foray into our take on the Underworld of Greek myth, we welcome you and thank you for joining us!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145350/Hades_II/

About the v1.0 Launch Update

Those who've been keeping up with our Early Access development can look forward to a slew of exciting additions in our v1.0 Launch Update, notably the true ending of the story, scores of new events for the game's dozens of fully voiced characters, new music we can't wait for you to hear, new Fated List prophecies, new late-game unlockables, and more!

And of course, we've finally added Achievements along with other finishing touches! If you've been playing in Early Access, you may earn many Achievements retroactively, and won't need to start over to earn any of the remaining ones. Full patch notes are here.

About the Hades II Original Soundtrack

The completion of Hades II also marks the completion of the Hades II Original Soundtrack by our award-winning composer Darren Korb. Much like the game itself, this is our biggest-ever soundtrack, clocking in at just under four hours of music created for this game.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2950840/Hades_II_Original_Soundtrack/ If you've been enjoying the soundtrack already, know that we've saved some of the best for last! The soundtrack is available here on Steam or free streaming on our YouTube channel or other services.

About the Game

Hades II is a rogue-like dungeon crawler in which you'll battle beyond the Underworld of Greek myth using dark sorcery to take on the sinister Titan of Time. Our studio's first-ever sequel builds on the best aspects of the award-winning original in an all-new, action-packed, endlessly replayable experience rooted in the Underworld of Greek myth and its deep connections to the dawn of witchcraft.

As the immortal Princess of the Underworld, you'll explore a bigger, deeper mythic world, vanquishing the forces of the Titan of Time with the full might of Olympus behind you, in a sweeping story that continually unfolds through your every setback and accomplishment. New locations, challenges, upgrade systems, and surprises await as you delve into the ever-shifting Underworld again and again. For more information, check the Hades II FAQ on our website.

What's Next?

We've given v1.0 of Hades II everything we've got! As with any of our Major Updates, we'll be keeping a close eye on this launch to ensure it's as problem-free as possible, and deploy hotfixes or patches in case of any issues. Beyond that, it's too early to say what's next for our team! We'll likely take some time to reflect and recharge.

Thank You for Playing!!

While Hades II spent more than four-and-a-half years in development, including about a year and a half in Early Access, it's also the culmination of all the experience we've gained together as a team since Supergiant Games started back in 2009. Early Access development was foundational to the entire idea of the original Hades, and proved instrumental to this latest game as well. So, from all of us, thank you for inspiring us to do our best, and we hope you enjoy your time with Hades II. May moonlight guide you!

The v1.0 Launch of Hades II has finally arrived! The true ending awaits, along with Achievements and many other finishing touches we hope you'll enjoy. While this update marks the conclusion of our Early Access development, we will be monitoring this launch closely and patching any issues that arise. To all our Early Access players, thank you so much! We hope you enjoy the complete game.

Note: 📢 indicates changes inspired by community feedback!

Highlights

• The True Ending: discover what awaits Princess Melinoë at the end of her journey • Achievements: earn 50 different Achievements as you play through the game • Familiar Forms: give your favorite Familiar a makeover with new unlockable visual styles • New Keepsakes: several new Keepsakes are waiting to be discovered... but from whom? • New Decorations: liven up the Crossroads with new unlockable decor • New Artwork: new visual effects, environment art, and other visual improvements abound • New Music: listen for a number of stirring new tracks • And More: we'll leave the rest for you to discover...

Achievements

• Added 50 Achievements! Note you do not need to start the game over to earn any Achievement; you may earn certain Achievements retroactively once you load your saved progress

Nocturnal Arms & Abilities

· Sister Blades: increased damage and range of Attack sequence · Umbral Flames: reduced Special damage · Moonstone Axe: increased Special speed; now easier to Dash out of the Attack sequence · Argent Skull: Omega Special channels faster

Aspects of the Nocturnal Arms

· Moonstone Axe (Melinoë): increased bonus Attack Power and Max Life · Moonstone Axe (Thanatos): increased Critical chance of Mortality effect; re-scaled Attack speed bonuses from upgrades · Argent Skull (Medea): fixed an issue causing the damage bonus to affect Casts, which was not intended · Sister Blades (Morrigan): fixed Specials not hitting repeatedly as expected · Umbral Flames (Supay): reduced Omega Special Magick cost and damage; slightly reduced Omega Attack and Omega Special rate of fire · Minor adjustments to requirements for Hidden Aspects to be revealed to Melinoë by various characters

Altar of Ashes

· Adjusted upgrade costs of various Arcana Cards

Oath of the Unseen

📢 The stasis effect from the Stopper Perk from the Vow of Fangs now is easier to anticipate · Increased effectiveness of Drainer and Shielder Perks from the Vow of Fangs · Unlocking the final rank of Vow of Rivals now requires having reached the True Ending · Increased Fear requirement for claiming rewards from Bounties of the Infinite Abyss (Cauldron)

Boons & Blessings

· Nexus Rush (Hera): now affects surrounding foes instead of only on contact · Extended Family (Hera): fixed Boons of Hades counting toward the bonus (he is not an Olympian) · Poseidon: Splash effects should activate more reliably with strikes of varying speed and strength · Wave Flourish (Poseidon): reduced bonus from Rarity to compensate for the previous change · Nova Strike (Apollo): increased area with Sister Blades and Umbral Flames · Nova Flourish (Apollo): increased area with Sister Blades and Black Coat · Lucid Gain (Apollo): no longer requires you to stand in your Cast, but now restores less Magick · Exceptional Talent (Apollo): increased Magick cost; fixed the effect with certain abilities · Wispy Wiles (Aphrodite): reduced Dodge chance · Furnace Blast (Hephaestus): fixed Heroic rarity and bonuses from Poms of Power · Snuffed Candle (Hestia): fixed an issue limiting the damage bonus only to Attacks and Specials · Grisly Gain (Ares): increased Magick restoration; improved bonus from Poms of Power · Mean Streak (Hermes): now only affects Attacks and Specials · Phalanx Shot (Athena): reduced projectile speed, letting each shot Deflect for a longer duration · Lapis Lazuli Insight (Circe): now upgrades an additional Arcana Card · Life Tax (Hades): increased total Life restored · Gigaros Dash (Hades): reduced direct damage · Unseen Ire (Hades): reduced bonus damage · Ripple Effect (Hera x Poseidon): reduced effect chance · Beach Ball (Poseidon x Apollo): increased projectile speed; it keeps up better if Melinoë is very fast · Hearty Appetite (Demeter x Aphrodite): now only affects Attacks and Specials · Further clarifications to descriptions for various Boons · Various other minor fixes and adjustments

Hexes & Path of Stars

· Adjusted placement of several upgrades on the various Paths · Dark Side: reduced Attack and Special damage · Resonance (Dark Side): now correctly applies any damage bonuses from your Attack · Splendor (Dark Side): now correctly applies any damage bonuses from your Special · Rigor (Night Bloom): fixed an issue causing the bonus from this to apply twice

Keepsakes

· Added new Keepsakes that can be unlocked, eventually... · Silken Sash (Arachne): increased starting Armor

Animal Familiars

· Increased chance of finding corresponding resource type based on which Familiar is with you · You can recruit Hecuba and Gale sooner than before · Sped up the presentation when Gale blocks incoming damage for you · Added a hint to give Witch's Delight to Frinos after casting Faith of Familiar Spirits · Familiars no longer get confused when Unseen Ire (Hades) activates

Resources & Reagents

· The resource formerly called Prestige is now called Kudos · As noted in The Unseen Update Patch Notes, any Zodiac Sand and Void Lenses you collected have automatically been exchanged for Kudos as part of the True Ending · Additional minor adjustments to some resource appearance rates · Reduced Whiles duration when ordering Moon Dust from Charon's Gold Rewards · Increased how much Gold can be found on the Summit · Increased cost of Nightmare from the Wretched Broker · Increased cost of Star Dust from the Wretched Broker · Adjusted resource costs of some upgrades that required Zodiac Sand or Void Lenses · Tablet of Peace sequences are slightly faster than before · Rod of Fishing sequences are slightly faster than before

Foes & Dangers

· Reduced damage rate of magma in Asphodel · Thorns in the Mourning Fields no longer damage foes · Typhon: reduced tentacle damage in final phase; increased duration before Eggs hatch; reduced life and damage of some summoned foes; other minor adjustments · Ambient Typhon attacks on the Summit are rarer and no longer damage other foes 📢 Ambient Typhon attacks on the Summit can no longer occur after Fig Leaf (Dionysus) takes effect · Prometheus: reduced ground-slam damage; reduced kick-wave travel speed, adjusted hitbox · Chronos: throw attack damage increased; adjusted behavior of summoned Tempus foes · Scylla: increased Life; increased damage of scream and spin attacks · Headmistress Hecate: Total Eclipse damage previews are more accurate · Unrivaled Prometheus: Heracles wave speed reduced and hitbox adjusted; other minor changes · Unrivaled Eris: increased damage of beam attacks; sped up bomb attacks; reduced area and frequency of bomb damage pulses; various other adjustments · Unrivaled Polyphemus: no longer summons Lubbers with his march; other minor changes · Unrivaled Chronos: no longer summons Goldwraith foes; other minor changes · Unrivaled Hecate: reduced frequency of some defensive maneuvers; fixed a visual issue that could unintentionally reveal which was the real Hecate · Root-Stalker (Erebus): updated behavior when Armor is depleted · Dire Lurker (Oceanus): reduced appearance rate · Phantom (Fields): significantly increased Life drain effect · Dire Mourner (Fields): now less likely to remain passive · Blasket (Thessaly): reduced damage · Harpy Talon (Thessaly): increased move speed, attack speed, and attack distance · Auto-Seeker (Olympus): increased time before firing; increased damage; other minor changes · Harpy Raptor (Olympus): increased move speed · Satyr Sapper (Olympus): adjusted behavior; reduced frequency of mortar attack · Dire Sky-Dracon (Olympus): now also has a breath attack · Mega-Dracon (Olympus): increased breath attack damage; adjusted behaviors · Talos (Olympus): reduced travel speed of throw attacks; increased recovery times · Eyesore (Summit): reduced damage · Land-Dracon (Summit): reduced projectile homing and range · Horror (Summit): increased recovery times; reduced damage · Spawn of Typhon (Summit): reduced speed of slam attacks; reduced damage · Stalker (Summit): increased recovery times; reduced damage · Twins of Typhon (Summit): reduced damage; reduced number of Headstone foes but increased their Life and Armor · Tail of Typhon (Summit): reduced bomb blast range · Eye of Typhon (Summit): increased move speed of the rolling eye · Various other minor changes to foes and combat encounters

Special Encounters

· You now can meet Artemis, Icarus, or Athena in Locations with Path of Stars or Pom of Power rewards · Reduced appearance rate of Heracles in Ephyra · Slightly increased appearance rate of Artemis in Ephyra · Slightly increased appearance rate of Medea in Ephyra · Slightly increased appearance rate of Dionysus and the Fountain Chamber on Olympus · Improved Nemesis pathfinding in some Locations

Level Design & Environments

· Added new Locations related to the True Ending · Added new Locations to Oceanus · Added new Locations to the Summit 📢 You can no longer be presented with two identical 'countdown' exits in Tartarus · Shrines of Hermes more likely to appear on the Summit · Improvements to collision in various Locations · Various minor fixes and improvements to various Locations

The Crossroads Renewal Project

· Added new unlockable decorative items once the Renewal Project is available · Dora now shows a special indicator when new decorative items are available · Added more decorative Arcana Card Backs, for use with your Arcana layouts in the Altar of Ashes · Added unlockable versions of new music tracks to the Music Maker · Adjusted resource costs of various decorative items

Crossroads Cauldron

· Alteration of Familiar Forms: new! Lets you unlock various cosmetic forms for each Familiar · Long Arm of the Unseen: new! Late-game incantation lets you rank up the status of the Unseen, earning a special insignia; note this has no gameplay impact · Shimmering Ambrosia: new! Lets you brew up some Ambrosia · Greater Removal of Rubbish: new! Lets you pick up all of Eris' rubbish in one fell swoop · Augmentation of Bone Density: new! Lets you make Schelemeus stronger than ever before... · Sweet Nectar: this now unlocks sooner from Aphrodite; adjusted resource cost · Insight into Offerings: reduced reveal requirements, so that this can be cast earlier on · Verdant Soil: adjusted reveal requirements · Acceptance of Another Fate: adjusted reveal requirements · Greatest Gift of Gaia: adjusted resource cost · Moonlit Essence from Shadow: cut from game; the similar Moonlit Essence from Stars remains · Adjusted reagent costs of various Incantations

Fated List of Minor Prophecies

· Bitter Tears: **new! **Rewards you for assisting Medea with a certain concoction · Drowned Ambitions: **new! **Rewards you for assisting Circe with a certain incantation · Nobody But Nobody: **new! **Rewards you for visting Polyphemus with a certain Keepsake · Unfinished Business: **new! **Rewards you for aiding Odysseus with his predicament · Silk and Spitefulness: **new! **Rewards you for aiding Arachne with her predicament · Bearing Dark Gifts: new! Rewards you for prevailing using every Aspect of the Nocturnal Arms · Den Mother: new! Rewards you for prevailing with the aid of each Animal Familiar · Savior of Shades: new! Rewards you for pacifying Lost Shades from various Regions · Valued Customer: no longer requires some rarer Well of Charon items · Rearranged the order in which some Prophecies are listed · Minor changes to requirements and rewards of several Prophecies

Book of Shadows

· Added new entries and updated others · Updated requirements for unlocking entries · Updated text colors and other minor changes

Menus & UI

· Updated Main Menu to reflect the end of Early Access and the full game launch · Updated artwork and animations for the Main Menu · Updated look and animations for the Options Menu · Updated artwork and animations for the Silver Pool screen 📢 Updated selection highlight in the Altar of Ashes · The Oath of the Unseen now shows a special message if you become Night's Champion · When inspecting fully-upgraded Arcana Cards in the Altar of Ashes, they appear bigger than before · Updated purchase feedback in several contexts · Added more contextual hints in the Insights Mode in the Altar of Ashes · Improved compatibility for the Victory Screen on systems with multiple displays · Improved the appearance of contextual actions at the bottom of some screens · Improved gamepad navigation in the Path of Stars screen · Various other minor fixes and improvements

Art & Visual FX

· Added various artwork and animations related to the True Ending · Added ambient effects on character portraits that didn't have them · Updated Melinoë's appearance during Dark Side and other full-invincible effects · Updated various visual FX for improved clarity in the heat of battle · Added 3D model and animations for Satyrs in the chamber with Dionysus · Added 3D model and animations for the Music Maker Shade · Added 3D model and animations for Selene for certain scenes · Added 3D model and animations for Arachne · Added new animations for Circe · Added new fidget animations for Nemesis · Added portrait variant for Hecate during the Hades Flashback · Added portrait variant for most Olympians · Added portrait variants for Icarus and Circe · Added portrait variant for Melinoë in the Unrivaled Typhon Encounter · Added new narrative background art to some Encounters · Added ambient glint to Golden Urns found in various Locations · Added visual effects for character portraits during hot springs scenes · Added a little habitat for each Familiar available in the Training Grounds · Updated presentation after vanquishing the Infernal Beast · Updated artwork for the optional locked exits in Oceanus · Updated portrait for Nyx during the Hades Flashback · Updated artwork for the family portrait in Melinoë's tent · Updated artwork for the Pitch-Black Stone in the Training Grounds · Updated artwork and animations for the Oath of the Unseen screen · Updated artwork and animations for the Well of Charon screen · Updated artwork and animations for the **Pool of Purging ** screen · Updated artwork and animations for the Shrine of Hermes screen · Updated artwork and animations for narration-style dialogue boxes · Updated artwork for the Magick indicator when channeling Omega moves · Updated Hot Springs portrait for Moros · Updated Hot Springs portrait for Eris · Updated artwork for Revenants from the Oath of the Unseen · Updated artwork for Entropy resource · Updated textures for Raki and Toula when found out in the wild · Updated look of reticle when a foe is Marked by Raki · Updated visual effect when Oil Slicks catch fire in Thessaly · Updated artwork near where Odysseus normally resides · Updated environment art objects in various places · Updated visual effect when phasing through foes using The Swift Runner (Arcana) · Adjusted positions of emotive animations for certain character portraits · Medea now is easier to spot in the Unrivaled Polyphemus fight · Heracles now is easier to spot in the Unrivaled Prometheus fight · Updated some animations for Prometheus · Updated visual FX for Aspect of Eos · Updated visual FX for Aspect of Shiva Special projectiles and reticle · Updated look of character presentation during Return to Shadow sequences, such as Chaos appearing after Chaos Trials · Updated look of Lone Shades that can aid you, including unique ones from Aspect of Anubis · Updated Land-Dracon burrowing and firing visual FX · Updated look of Digging Spots in Tartarus · Updated artwork for the Tablet of Peace interaction 📢 Updated Boon Screen artwork so that Melinoë's Silver Sisters band is on the correct leg · Numerous other minor visual fixes and improvements

Voice & Narrative

· Added the True Ending; you do not need to re-start the game to experience key events · Added the Epilogue; you do not need to re-start the game to experience key events · Added many new story events for the cast of characters · Added new Gift events for various characters · Added many new contextual voice lines for Melinoë and other characters · Added special presentation when Scylla introduces her latest sensational song · You can make yet another attempt to rouse Hypnos from his endless slumber, after a certain point... · Adjusted some events that unlock a new offering from various characters · It now is easier to persuade Icarus to return to the Crossroads · Nemesis now can show up in Tartarus, eventually · Adjusted priorities and requirements for various voice lines and narrative events · Reduced how frequently Melinoë speaks up during battle or for other miscellaneous events · Adjusted how frequently Artemis can appear in the Crossroads · Selene now can appear in the Crossroads on a new moon · Melinoë now can address the kitties during the Hecate Flashback · Zeus and Hera now remark when choosing King's Ransom or Queen's Ransom, respectively · Adjusted volume of Athena's voiceover; other minor adjustments to some characters · Numerous other minor changes and improvements

Music & SFX

· Added new songs from Scylla and the Sirens, one for the Region and one for the show · Added ambient sounds to various Room Rewards · Updated sound effects when strik

While we said our prior patch would likely be our last before our v1.0 launch, as the Fates would have it, there is indeed this one more, which includes further improvements, balance adjustments, and fixes based on your feedback and what we've observed. Thank you for playing in Early Access!

Note: 📢 indicates changes inspired by community feedback!

General Gameplay

· Notice: In preparation for our v1.0 launch and forthcoming story sequences surrounding the True Ending, please note that any Zodiac Sand or Void Lens resources you have when you load your save progress at that time will automatically be converted to Prestige. For now, you may continue earning these if you wish.

Nocturnal Arms & Abilities

· Umbral Flames: increased Special projectile size and orbit speed · Moonstone Axe: increased damage of Attack sequence · Black Coat: improved responsiveness of blocking while channeling Omega Attack

Aspects of the Nocturnal Arms

· Sister Blades (Artemis): reduced recharge time for Riposte effect, so it can be used more frequently · Umbral Flames (Melinoë): increased Critical damage chance · Umbral Flames (Eos): using Special no longer cancels other Special projectiles; improved target tracking of Daybreaker projectile · Moonstone Axe (Thanatos): increased Critical chance ramp-up and upper limit · Witch's Staff (Anubis): increased Magick cost of Omega Special · Umbral Flames (Supay): reworked Special creates a second projectile; reworked Attack timings and Omega Attack; shots no longer stagger foes; reduced Rush Boon damage bonus; breaks Urns more easily · Black Coat (Shiva): reworked Omega Special bounces several times in the target area; reduced Destructive damage bonus to compensate

Boons & Blessings

· Storm Ring (Zeus): increased damage · Arc Flash (Zeus): increased damage · Tidal Ring (Poseidon): reduced damage · High Surf (Poseidon): reduced area of effect · Solar Ring (Apollo): increased damage · Hephaestus: increased damage of Blast effects, such as Smithy Rush; increased Glow bonus from Rarity · Tough Gain (Hephaestus): effect now activates even if you are protected by Paid Dues (Hermes) · Molten Touch (Hephaestus): increased damage to Armor, increased bonus from Poms of Power · Heat Rush (Hestia): slightly reduced duration of damage trail · Ares: Plasma can no longer grant more than +100% move and strike speed, which caused various issues · Golden Rule (Hera x Poseidon): cut from game; replaced with... · Ripple Effect (Hera x Poseidon): new! Your effects from Fine Line (Hera) and Ocean Swell (Poseidon) have a chance to fire twice · Seismic Hammer (Poseidon x Hephaestus): cut from game; replaced with... · Seismic Servo (Poseidon x Hephaestus): new! Any Boon effects that recharge over time recharge faster · Room Temperature (Demeter x Hephaestus): cut from game; replaced with... · Cryo Pounder (Demeter x Hephaestus): new! Your blasts from Hephaestus deal more damage to Freeze-afflicted foes · Rude Awakening (Apollo x Hephaestus): increased bonus damage · Chain Reaction (Hephaestus x Hestia): increased timing window of Double Blast effect · Travel Deal (Hermes): reduced Gold discount · Harm for the Afflicted (Medea): increased how frequently this can deal damage · Suffering on Sight (Medea): increased average damage · Old Herbal Remedy (Circe): fixed an issue causing this effect to not be reduced by Vow of Scars (Oath) · Protective Coating (Icarus): increased Armor · Volatile Coating (Icarus): increased Armor and blast damage

Daedalus Hammer Upgrades

· Inverted Spark (Flames): improved compatibility with more Aspects · Helheim Charge (Skull): now fires your Omega Attack an additional time in succession · Chakra Collider (Coat): increased Power Shot timing window · Awakened Rockets (Coat): increased Magick cost

Hexes & Path of Stars

📢 Reduced start-up time of most Hexes, making them faster to use 📢 Godsent upgrades now can appear on subsequent uses of the Path of Stars, if you meet the required Olympian after prior uses · Confluence (Night Bloom): now makes your raised servants appear in your Casts, not after you Sprint 📢 Improved menu navigation of the Path of Stars while using gamepad controls

Keepsakes

📢 Olympian Keepsakes such as Cloud Bangle (Zeus) activate more reliably in Thessaly · Ghost Onion: restorative effect is no longer reduced by Vow of Scars (Oath) · Crystal Figurine: now activates an additional random Arcana Card

Animal Familiars

· Toula the Cat: improved bonuses from Familiar Bonds, and innate movement speed, pounce accuracy, and active time between naps; she is also less prone to getting stuck on obstacles · Removed Attending a Faithful Beast (Cauldron) , along with associated bonuses from Resting your Familiars

Foes & Dangers

· Encounters on Olympus now have slightly fewer foes · Encounters with Icarus have slightly fewer foes at the same time · Encounters on the Summit now have slightly fewer foes; some smaller foes have slightly increased Life · Foes from Moon Monuments now have more Armor in later Regions · Typhon: reduced speed and damage of main eye blast; reduced duration of some projectiles; reduced frequency of cyclone attacks in second phase · Prometheus: reduced tracking speed of uppercut · Unrivaled Cerberus: no longer also drops magma on top of his attacks · Unrivaled Scylla: the guest artist fires fewer projectiles than before · Unrivaled Hecate: fixed an issue causing the real Hecate to be easier to distinguish from the other two, unlike in the standard Encounter · Master-Slicer (Erebus): reduced Life · Lurker (Oceanus): attacks can be blocked more reliably using the Black Coat · Shellback (Oceanus): Elite now shoots a larger bouncing projectile instead of a triple-shot · Holeheart (Fields): thrown bomb no longer deals direct damage; Elite no longer throws multiples at once · Brush-Stalker (Fields): reduced maximum targeting distance for ranged attack · Lycaon (Fields): pounce attack now is slower to start · Goldwraith (Tartarus): slightly reduced appearance rate · Tempus (Tartarus): slightly reduced appearance rate · Sandskull (Tartarus): slightly reduced appearance rate · Satyr Hoplite (Olympus) : Elite throws fewer projectiles at once · Satyr Vierophant (Tartarus): adjusted summoning behavior; reduced duration of fireball and its damage trail · Shambler: all varieties have reduced tracking speed · Bronzebeak (Ephyra): adjusted attack behavior · Lubber (Ephyra): fixed an issue causing their flames to sometimes destroy your projectiles · Eidolon (Ephyra): Elite no longer throws multiple projectiles at once · Droplet (Thessaly) : reduced move speed · Stickler (Thessaly) : reduced projectile speed · Boozer (Thessaly) : reduced lunge-attack distance and accuracy · Harpy Talon (Thessaly) : removed cyclone attack · Auto-Seeker (Olympus) : removed self-destruct attack; reduced number of shots but increased damage · Auto-Forcer (Olympus) : reduced move speed during whirlwind attack; increased recovery time · Sky-Dracon (Olympus) : removed flame-breath attack · Mega-Dracon (Olympus) : updated flame-breath attack · Satyr Goldpike (Olympus) : Elite throws fewer projectiles at once · Satyr Sapper (Olympus) : reduced speed and range of rocket attack; Elite fires fewer rockets

Level Design & Environments

· Several Locations on Olympus now have more places to take cover against enemy fire · Improved pathing and collision in several Locations

Book of Shadows

📢 Improved sorting of Path of Stars upgrades for Selene after the Incantation Insight Into Offerings

Art & Visual FX

· Further adjustments to visual FX of various strikes and abilities to improve visual clarity in combat · Other minor fixes and improvements

Voice & Narrative

· Updated voiceover for Athena

Music & SFX

· Improved audio feedback for Power Shot effects · Updated sound effects for Umbral Flames (Supay) · Other minor improvements

Miscellaneous

📢 You can no longer lose all your Life in the brief time it takes Athena to arrive once she is on her way 📢 You can no longer lose all your Life between clearing a Chaos Trial and being sent back by Chaos 📢 Your raised servants now show damage numbers when their strikes connect 📢 You can no longer Deflect raised Tempii attempting to heal you in the Encounter against Chronos 📢 Improved feedback on some Boons or items whose Life restoration is reduced by Vow of Scars · Clarified that Gift Gift Gift (Echo) requires switching Keepsakes to take effect · Updated Credits with additional contributors · Updates and fixes to translations in some languages

Bug Fixes

· Fixed an issue causing the Rush Boon bonus from Umbral Flames (Supay) to affect indirect Boons such as Beach Ball (Poseidon x Apollo) · Fixed an issue causing Blast effects from Hephaestus to gain 'strike foes from behind' bonuses 📢 Fixed Ionic Gain (Zeus) Aether Fonts appearing in unreachable places in the Unrivaled Eris Encounter 📢 Fixed Blinding Rush (Apollo) or other Daze effects not affecting Typhon 📢 Fixed interaction with various Aspects and Exceptional Talent (Apollo) 📢 Fixed Buried Treasure (Poseidon) or Quick Buck (Hermes) items sometimes being out of reach 📢 Fixed Whispered Prayer (Artemis) not improving with Rarity 📢 Fixed interactions with Witch's Staff (Anubis) and Wave Strike (Poseidon) or Cardio Gain (Hestia) 📢 Fixed Purification (Phase Shift) destroying your projectiles from Black Coat (Shiva) · Fixed Gigaros Dash (Hades) amplifying damage other than Attack and Special 📢 Fixed Full Service (Icarus) not improving Rapid Slash (Daedalus - Axe) 📢 Fixed Mega Blaze (Daedalus - Flames) not affecting Omega Attack as described 📢 Fixed Garmr Gaze (Daedalus - Skull) reducing range unexpectedly 📢 Fixed Ambition (Sky Fall) not working against Guardians as described 📢 Fixed a rare case where Typhon could remain impervious indefinitely... 📢 Fixed Unrivaled Scylla sometimes stage-diving into the walls and getting stuck... 📢 Fixed Chronos sometimes speaking over the Pause Menu even while absent in the Typhon Encounter · Fixed various issues with foes summoned by Typhon · Fixed several cases where Olympian effects could appear on impervious foes · Fixed Voice of Truth Prophecy missing a requirement for Gold Gold Gold (Echo) · Fixed text not fading out as expected during the narrated Homer outcomes after a successful clear 📢 Fixed various voice lines and story events playing unexpectedly or not playing when expected 📢 Fixed occasional visual issues with Magick Indicator while using Black Coat (Nyx) 📢 Fixed several text errors · Other minor fixes

Quote of the Patch

'Thirsty for water, [Narcissus] started to drink, but soon grew thirsty for something else. His being was suddenly overwhelmed by a vision of beauty. He fell in love with an empty hope, a shadow mistaken for substance.'

~Metamorphoses (Ovid; D. Raeburn translation)

Thank you for playing our recent Unseen Update! This patch makes a number of adjustments to some of the latest additions. We'll keep monitoring your feedback, though this will likely be our final patch before our v1.0 launch, whenever that will be! We're very grateful for your support throughout Early Access!

Note: 📢 indicates changes inspired by community feedback!

General Gameplay

· Reduced further cases of successive attacks causing you to become 'stun-locked' · Whenever you take damage to Armor, it will reduce any temporary Armor you have from sources such as Security System (Hephaestus), prior to reducing the more-permanent kind

Nocturnal Arms & Abilities

· Sister Blades: Omega Attack can no longer be interrupted by foes · Umbral Flames: reduced orbit speed of Omega Special projectiles, but increased their damage · Argent Skull: Omega Special wave projectiles no longer stagger foes · Black Coat: increased speed of Attack sequence and damage of first strike; slightly increased Omega Attack channel speed, and it can block more types of incoming area-effect damage; increased Special accuracy

Aspects of the Nocturnal Arms

· Witch's Staff (Melinoë): reduced bonus to Magick and Power · Witch's Staff (Momus): slightly increased how long it takes your serpents to fire successive Omega Moves · Sister Blades (Pan): it now is easier to Dash out of recovery times · Sister Blades (Morrigan): improved input buffering, reducing cases of dropped inputs during combat · Umbral Flames (Moros): adjusted projectile speeds; aligned Omega Attack damage with base Aspect · Umbral Flames (Supay): reduced projectiles from Attacks and Specials, but increased their damage; reduced Rush Boon damage bonus · Moonstone Axe (Nergal): slightly reduced Dash-Strike damage; slightly increased Attack damage · Argent Skull (Medea): slightly reduced area of Attacks, which still is greater than the base Aspect · Argent Skull (Persephone): fixed an issue causing Boons to gain bonus Lv. more often than intended · Argent Skull (Hel): now breaks Urns more easily · Black Coat (Nyx): increased Omega Boost damage; increased damage of Special Nightspawns · Black Coat (Shiva): reworked Destructive effect now makes Omega Attack deal bonus damage; increased Special damage; normalized Omega Special travel time, reticle remains until the blast

Oath of the Unseen

· Vow of Frenzy: now also makes foes enter the battle faster; reduced effect on Vow of Rivals moves · Vow of Scars: fixed several cases where this was not reducing Life recovery as expected

Boons & Blessings

· Steady Growth (Demeter): now will only Rarify itself if you have no other eligible Boons · Hestia: Scorch Curse can no longer deal Critical damage or similar, nor is affected by Air Quality (Zeus) · Flame Strike (Hestia): slightly reduced Scorch damage · Flame Flourish (Hestia): slightly reduced Scorch damage · Success Rate (Hermes): no longer affects the passive effect of Raki · Incandescent Aura (Hera x Hestia): reworked — now deals damage to all Hitch-afflicted foes when you restore Magick · Natural Selection (Poseidon x Demeter): reworked — now distributes bonus Lv. to your primary Boons · Scalding Vapor (Poseidon x Hestia): no longer can activate the Froth Curse · Gigaros Dash (Hades): reduced damage; fixed Scorn amplifying damage other than Attack and Special · Unseen Ire (Hades): fixed an issue causing the effect duration to last longer than stated · Crimson Dress (Arachne): fixed an issue causing this to give a high damage bonus right away; increased bonus per Encounter

Daedalus Hammer Upgrades

· Boosted Ignition (Skull): no longer offered while using Aspect of Hel · Looming Ignition (Skull): fixed an issue causing this to give its full damage bonus immediately rather than over the duration as described · Pharaoh Etchings (Staff): new! Lone Shades deal more damage and automatically launch at foes struck by your Omega Special · Sinister Pinion (Blades): new! Your Specials repeatedly deal damage faster · Helheim Charge (Skull): new! Your Omega Attack fires twice in succession · Chakra Collider (Coat): new! Your Omega Attack gains a Power Shot that deals heavy damage

Hexes & Path of Stars

📢 Adjusted Path of Stars layouts to make room especially for Godsent upgrades · Adjusted when Godsent upgrades are offered during the story for the first time, now later than before · Twilight Curse: this and other Morph effects now block any on-death attacks when afflicted foes are slain, with the exception of Inferno-Bombs · Prize of Poseidon (Moon Water): cut from game; replaced with... · Pride of Poseidon (Moon Water): new! Godsent upgrade gradually restores Life and Magick over time · Zenith (Sky Fall): cut from game; replaced with Ambition, which deals bonus damage to Guardians · Lineage: new! Your Hex can be Godsent one more time when used in Guardian Encounters

Keepsakes

· Discordant Bell: effect now persists for the night even after you switch Keepsakes

Resources & Reagents

📢 Reduced chance of never finding the resource type aligned with your Animal Familiar in shorter regions

Shrine of Hermes

· Fresh Sustenance MAX: reduced Life recovery

Foes & Dangers

· Various adjustments to the new Vow of Rivals Encounters, including... · Unrivaled Typhon: adjusted behaviors of Chronos, who should no longer teleport in the middle of his strikes; adjusted patterns in final phase · Unrivaled Chronos: adjusted various behaviors; adjusted hitbox of Swipe attack; Tempii no longer heal when affected by Twilight Curse (Selene); now summons only a single Warden · Unrivaled Prometheus: adjusted various behaviors of both combatants; Heracles has reduced Life; Aetos now briefly takes over if Prometheus is vanquished first · Unrivaled Cerberus: updated behaviors in the initial phase · Unrivaled Eris: adjusted various behaviors; reduced how much of the field gets engulfed in flame · Unrivaled Scylla: adjusted various behaviors of each member of the band · Unrivaled Polyphemus: adjusted various behaviors including his Grab move; Curing Pools now clear nearby poison when used, can be used more frequently, and can no longer can be destroyed · Unrivaled Hecate: increased effectiveness of mid-phase moves; reduced tracking and hit-stun on projectiles from Dark Side and Sisters of the Dead

Art & Visual FX

· Added alternate textures when using upgraded Tools of the Unseen · Added visual FX to Typhon's Eggs · Updated visual FX when Crescent Pick Outcroppings are depleted · Added visual indicator in Boon Info for when Arcana are disabled due to Barren (Chaos)

Miscellaneous

📢 Melinoë now can greet Frinos while he is in the Training Grounds, as with the other Animal Familiars 📢 Gameplay Timer now also pauses automatically when interacting with the Path of Stars · Heracles no longer sometimes ominously just stands around after his Encounters · Updated presentation for Icarus fly-by attacks · Improved feedback on Life and Magick gauges after swapping Keepsakes that modify your totals · Improved feedback spending resources in the Altar of Ashes, Silver Pool, and Music Maker screens · Improved contextual feedback on various Boons when affected by Vow of Scars · Damage from Specials and Omega Specials is now separated for some weapons on the Victory Screen · Reduced cluttered damage numbers using Argent Skull (Medea) · Added letterbox to the game intro in some aspect ratios · Updates and fixes to translations in some languages

Bug Fixes

📢 Fixed an issue where Melinoë could suddenly take 500 damage using Eruption (Path of Stars) and Night Bloom (Selene) to raise a Tempus in the battle against Chronos... 📢 Fixed a number of story events that were never playing 📢 Fixed a number of contextual voice lines that were never playing 📢 Fixed cases where you would sometimes Dash-Strike unexpectedly using the Moonstone Axe 📢 Fixed some interactions between Moonstone Axe (Nergal) and Psychic Whirlwind (Daedalus) 📢 Fixed Black Coat not interacting with some abilities that improved Channeling speed 📢 Fixed visual issues where strikes with Hidden Aspects sometimes appeared to be interrupted by foes 📢 Fixed Wounds from Ares sometimes causing on-hit slowdowns too frequently 📢 Fixed Sea Star (Poseidon) sometimes doubling items created by Gold Gold Gold (Echo) 📢 Fixed Personal Loan (Dionysus) giving you nothing back if it got Rarified 📢 Fixed Heracles sometimes turning invisible while attacking · Fixed cases where Athena could unexpectedly appear more than once per night · Fixed Typhon sometimes not taking damage from raised servants as expected · Fixed cases where using Cast to interrupt Attacks or Specials would pause animations longer than expected · Fixed Past Deeds screen not showing more than 36 Boons if you had that many · Fixed Satyr Supplicant Life Bars persisting after they were slain · Fixed Ares Plasma UI indicator sometimes disappearing unexpectedly 📢 Fixed several text errors · Other minor fixes

Quote of the Patch

'In the past he wandered endlessly over the boundless earth and sea on missions ordered by lord Eurystheus; his reckless deeds were many and many the ordeals he suffered.'

~The Homeric Hymns, 15: To Lion-Hearted Herakles (Homer; A. Athanassakis translation)

Our third **Major Update **for _Hades II _is finally here, focused on expanding core combat, Guardian encounters, and character relationships, with lots of new visual flair!

About the Update

With The Unseen Update, expect Hades II to be bigger and better than before:

• Discover the **Hidden Aspects **of the Nocturnal Arms! Each main weapon has an all-new new fighting style to unlock.

• Speak the **Vow of Rivals **at the **Oath of the Unseen **to take on stronger-than-ever Guardians, each with unique surprises!

• Unleash **Godsent Hexes **on your foes, dazzling Moon magick upgraded with the power of the Olympians.

• **Forge Bonds **with a variety of characters in many new optional story events that bring you closer than before.

• Harness the revamped Umbral Flames, now offering a snappier fighting style for keeping your foes at bay.

This update also features lots of new artwork and visual flourishes, exciting new music tracks such as the one in our new trailer, new Warden encounters, many new story events, and more. We're excited to hear what you think of it all!

How to Get the Update

The Unseen Update is a free, automatic download as part of the Early Access development of _Hades II_. If you've come directly to this post, check out the game here: You may need to restart your Steam client to initiate the download. If you run into any technical issues with the update or the game in general, please check our Technical Support FAQ for solutions.

As always, the complete Patch Notes are available here on Steam, in the game client, in the form of a dramatic reading (see below), and in our official Discord, where you can join a welcoming community of Hades II players and Supergiant fans.

Development Progress

After more than a year of Early Access development, we're now starting to prepare for our v1.0 launch! We're heading into the final phase of Hades II development, which involves adding the story's true ending and other finishing touches. Please note we do not yet have a v1.0 launch date, though we'll share more as soon as we can. We really appreciate your patience on this!

In terms of what we're working on, after any follow-up patches to The Unseen Update that smooth out any issues, we'll focus on these major initiatives:

• **The True Ending: **The conclusion of Princess Melinoë's story is the main addition we're planning for our v1.0 launch. We have no plans for additional regions, encounters, abilities, and so on.

• Achievements: With the game structure fully intact, we'll be adding Achievements in the lead-up to launch. Note you will not need to start from the beginning to earn any Achievements.

• Finishing Touches: We're continuing to polish and refine all the content we've introduced in Hades II, from Boons and powers to artwork and story events.

Sometimes the last stretch of development on a game can make all the difference, so we have always taken this phase seriously and appreciate your continued support.

Onward to v1.0!

As we wind down our Early Access phase, our goal remains ensuring we've created our biggest, most replayable, most feature-rich game yet, and — most importantly — a worthy successor to the original Hades.

We have a big game to wrap up! While we can't yet say when our v1.0 launch will be, we're very excited to be getting close, and to share the complete experience with you. This also means some of the most important work on Hades II is still to come, so may moonlight guide us! And to all our Early Access players, thank you for being here, and sharing your impressions of **The Unseen Update **with us.

Our third Major Update in Early Access is now available, featuring an all-new Hidden Aspect for each of the Nocturnal Arms, a unique new variation of each Guardian Encounter, and plenty of new story events, artwork, music, and more! Please check our Development Roadmap for important details about our eventual v1.0 launch, and we'll be keeping a close eye on your feedback as we continue on!

Note: 📢 indicates changes inspired by community feedback!

Highlights

· Hidden Aspects: Each of the Nocturnal Arms now has a secret, final form to discover... · Vow of Rivals: Reveal this in the Oath of the Unseen for all-new challenges from each Guardian · Revamped Umbral Flames: The Flames of Ygnium now offer a smoother, snappier fighting style · Godsent Hexes: The Path of Stars now can infuse each Selene Hex with a new Olympian power · Forge Bonds: Grow closer than ever to a variety of characters in numerous new optional events · New Wardens: Watch out for powerful new foes in Erebus and the City of Ephyra · Shinier Artwork: Look for new visual flourishes such as ambient effects on character portraits · New Music: Listen for new pieces including a hot new single from a certain band...

General Gameplay

· In standard Encounters, new waves of foes now spawn slightly sooner, reducing downtime · Your melee strikes are no longer negated by certain obstacles (foes behind them now get hit) · Many attacks that briefly stunned you now slow you instead, reducing cases of being 'stun-locked' · You now may exit Locations slightly sooner than before, right after collecting Rewards · Melinoë's Olympic Slam entrances on Olympus are faster and hit a slightly wider area · Removed the infrequent second stage of Rod of Fishing sequences; the initial interaction is unchanged

Nocturnal Arms & Abilities

· Sister Blades: increased Omega Special damage · Umbral Flames: reworked — adjusted properties of Attacks and Specials for improved flow and feel · Black Coat: increased Attack, Omega Attack, and Omega Special damage

Aspects of the Nocturnal Arms

· Witch's Staff (Anubis): new! Create damage fields, draw foes in, and use Lone Shades to aid you · Sister Blades (Morrigan): new! Perform the devastating Blood Triad after your other moves · Umbral Flames (Supay): new! Fire on foes automatically, supercharging shots when necessary · Moonstone Axe (Nergal): new! Obliterate foes with heavy strikes, and go berserk to restore Life · Argent Skull (Hel): new! Fire continually without the need for Shells · Black Coat (Shiva): new! Absorb Omega Special blasts to destroy foes when their Life runs low · Witch's Staff (Melinoë): reworked — now raises Magick and adds Power to your Specials · Witch's Staff (Circe): reworked — whenever you use Casts, so does your Animal Familiar; this creates a Psychic Leash between you that damages foes · Sister Blades (Pan): Omega Special recovery time now scales with the number of blades thrown · Umbral Flames (Melinoë): reworked — now adds Critical damage chance to Attacks and Specials · Moonstone Axe (Charon): no longer increases duration of your Casts · Argent Skull (Persephone): bonus Omega Special duration now charges from Olympian damage; reworked passive benefit now automatically raises Boon Lv. · Black Coat (Nyx): Nightspawn hits now also activate Olympian effects from the strike you used

Altar of Ashes

· Excellence: now also increases the chance of finding Legendary Boons · Strength: reduced damage resistance and bonus damage · Divinity: reduced chance of improved Rarity · The Unseen: improved Magick restoration · While in Insights mode, you now can Inspect max-rank Arcana Cards for a closer look · Adjusted upgrade costs of some Arcana Cards

Oath of the Unseen

· Vow of Rivals: new! Makes each Guardian more challenging in unique ways; the first Rank affects the first Guardian of both the Underworld and Surface routes; prevail against both to reveal the next Rank, and so on · Reduced Fear required for Surface victories to become Night's Champion according to Schelemeus 📢 Added contextual feedback when Life restoration effects are being reduced by the Vow of Scars 📢 The stasis effect from the Stopper Perk from the Vow of Fangs now is easier to anticipate

Boons & Blessings

· Air Quality (Zeus): increased damage minimum · Poseidon: Slip Curse replaced with Froth, which can make foes take a burst of damage when struck · Tidal Ring (Poseidon): now hits foes in the binding circle instead of ahead, and inflicts Froth · Breaker Rush (Poseidon): now deals more damage, and in an area around you · Fluid Gain (Poseidon): cut from game; replaced with... · Flood Gain (Poseidon): your Omega Moves briefly restore any Magick used, repeatable after a delay · Sea Star (Poseidon): increased effect chance · High Surf (Poseidon): increased damage · Depth Charge (Poseidon): cut from game; replaced with... · Ocean Swell (Poseidon): new! Your Omega Moves also launch a damaging wave, but use more Magick · Slippery Slope (Poseidon): now also makes Froth deal more damage · Prominence Flare (Apollo): increased damage · Tranquil Gain (Demeter): Magick restoration effect starts sooner and is faster · Frosty Veneer (Demeter): now reduces heavy damage above a certain threshold rather than capping it · Aphrodite: reduced duration of her Weak Curse · Life Affirmation (Aphrodite): cut from game (sort of); replaced with... · Spiritual Affirmation (Aphrodite): new! Gain max Life and Magick, and future increases are worth more · Shameless Attitude (Aphrodite): reduced bonus damage · Hephaestus: Vent Curse replaced with Glow, which makes foes take bonus damage · Volcanic Strike (Hephaestus): increased damage · Volcanic Flourish (Hephaestus): slightly reduced recharge time · Uncanny Fortitude (Hephaestus): reduced Life gain · Mint Condition (Hephaestus): cut from game (sort of); replaced with... · Security System (Hephaestus): new! At the start of each Encounter, gain a lot of Armor, but only briefly · Heavy Metal (Hephaestus): reworked — gain Armor and deal more weapon damage based on it · Hestia: Increased damage rate of her Scorch Curse; fixed Scorch not counting as a damaging effect from Olympians, for interactions with Boons such as Rallying Cry (Ares) · Flame Flourish (Hestia): increased Scorch damage · Heat Rush (Hestia): reworked — now leaves a damaging trail, and reduces damage you take from burning · Burnt Offering (Hestia): cut from game; replaced with... · Snuffed Candle (Hestia): new! Deal bonus damage to isolated foes; previously Single Elimination (Ares) · Fire Walk (Hestia): cut from game; replaced with... · Fire Away (Hestia): new Legendary! Your Casts destroy many foes' ranged shots and inflict Scorch · Ares: Improved visual clarity of Blood Drops, now called Plasma · Mortal Gain (Ares): cut from game; replaced with... · Grisly Gain (Ares): new! Striking foes may spill Plasma, which also restores Magick when collected · Single Elimination (Ares): cut from game; this effect now is on a new Hestia Boon, Snuffed Candle · Mean Streak (Hermes): increased duration of stacking damage bonus · Easy Shot (Artemis): increased damage · Shadow Pounce (Artemis): now gives Omega Moves a chance to deal Critical damage after you Dash · Whispered Prayer (Artemis): new! Your Hex may deal Critical damage · Divine Dash (Athena): reduced Deflect duration to match the original game · Task Force (Athena): new! Your Godsent Hexes can be used more times per Encounter · Worry Free (Dionysus): now gives a random amount of bonus Life within a range, rather than a set amount · Personal Loan (Dionysus): new! Give up all your Gold; after the next Guardian, gain it back, with interest! · Reckless Abandon (Dionysus): new! Your Attacks deal random damage from a set range of values · Cinerary Circle (Hades): now spawns fewer, stronger Soul Urns that hit a wider area · Gigaros Dash (Hades): new! Your Dash damages surrounding foes and briefly makes them take more damage from your Attack and Special · Unseen Ire (Hades): no longer one of his initial offerings, but is offered after a certain point · Moonlight Dress (Arachne): reworked — Outfit makes your Hexes charge using less Magick than before; the previous effect is now called Gilded Dress · Crimson Dress (Arachne): new! Outfit makes you deal more damage after each Encounter · Gold Gold Gold (Echo): new! After your next purchase from Charon, gain another at no extra charge · Gift Gift Gift (Echo): new! In the next Region, gain the basic effect of your current Keepsake · Harm for the Afflicted (Medea): new! Inflicting Curses also deals damage to unafflicted foes · Word of Greater Girth (Circe): now also raises your max Life · Hymn to the Eye of Night (Circe): new! Your Hex deals bonus damage · Turning to a Simple Form (Circe): new! Your Omega Moves have a chance to inflict Morph · Ingenious Strike (Icarus): reworked — now gives bonus Lv. to your Attack Boon · Ingenious Flourish (Icarus): reworked — now gives bonus Lv. to your Special Boon · Full Service (Icarus): new! One of your Hammer enchantments is upgraded to Rank II · Note: Several of the new blessings noted above require first having reached a certain point in your relationship with the corresponding character · Also adjusted power levels of various Duo Boons, including... · Thermal Dynamics (Zeus x Hestia): increased Scorch damage · Golden Rule (Hera x Poseidon): increased bonus damage from Gold · Brave Face (Hera x Hephaestus): reduced damage resistance from Magick · Incandescent Aura (Hera x Hestia): increased damage · Natural Selection (Poseidon x Demeter): increased chance of improved Rarity · Scalding Vapor (Poseidon x Hestia): adjusted to work with the new Froth Curse · Love Handles (Aphrodite x Hephaestus): reduced Heartthrob damage · Carnal Pleasure (Aphrodite x Ares): now has a chance of creating a Heartthrob instead of guaranteeing one · Chain Reaction (Hephaestus x Hestia): reduced timing window for the effect · Removed several cases where Boons affecting your Cast prevented other such Boons from being offered · Additional adjustments to some Boon bonuses from Rarity and Poms of Power · Further clarifications to descriptions for various Boons · Various other minor fixes and adjustments

Daedalus Hammer Upgrades

· Melting Swipe (Staff): reworked — Your Dash-Strike now deals heavy damage to Armor, instead of destroying a percentage of the total; adjusted Melting upgrades for other weapons accordingly · Hidden Helix (Flames): reworked — Your Specials create a bonus projectile; formerly Triple Helix · Enduring Coil (Flames): new! Your Omega Special lasts longer · Possessed Array (Skull): losing Magick from retrieving Shells no longer charges your Hex · Added unique enchantments for Hidden Aspects, replacing ones that do not work with them, including: · Mirrored Ankh (Staff): new! Your Omega Attack creates another damage field ahead of the first · Soulfilled Ankh (Staff): new! Your Attacks gain Power and hit a larger area · Scarab Etchings (Staff): new! Your Lone Shades deal bonus damage and may reappear after they hit · Phantom Etchings (Blades): new! Your Blood Triad combo deals even more damage · Banshee Brand (Blades): new! Your Blood Triad combo has a chance to strike once more · Demonic Cell (Flames): new! As long as you Sprint, your Attacks and Specials have bonus Power · Heaven Splitter (Axe): new! Your Attack hits multiple times, but you can only perform the first slam · Iron Core (Axe): new! Your Berserk effect lasts longer and restores more Life per foe struck · Garmr Gaze (Skull): new! Your Attacks shoot farther and deal bonus damage · Leering Glance (Skull): new! Your Attack shots bounce to one more foe and deal bonus damage on that hit · Runic Driver (Skull): new! Your Specials fly faster and deal more damage for each foe struck · Venerated Relic (Skull): new! Your Valkyrie effect lasts longer · Nirvana Engine (Coat): new! During your Destructive effect, you can destroy foes with more Life · Elephant Rockets (Coat): new! Your Specials have more Power and fly straight ahead · Counter Supreme (Coat): new! After blocking with your Omega Attack, become Destructive · Awakened Rockets (Coat): new! Absorbing blasts from your Omega Special also fires your Special · Mooncrest Riser (Coat): new! Your Dash-Strike hits a larger area and deals bonus damage · Adjusted names and descriptions for several Daedalus Hammer upgrades

Hexes & Path of Stars

· Temper of Zeus: new! Godsent upgrade makes your Twilight Curse shot strike foes near it with lightning · Nurture of Hera: new! Godsent upgrade makes your Night Bloom servant faster and stronger · Prize of Poseidon: new! Godsent upgrade makes Moon Water also create several restorative items · Squall of Demeter: new! Godsent upgrade makes all foes take damage during Phase Shift · Shine of Apollo: new! Godsent upgrade makes Lunar Ray fire a bigger solar-infused beam · Allure of Aphrodite: new! Godsent upgrade makes you keep spawning Heartthrobs during Dark Side · Hand of Hephaestus: new! Godsent upgrade makes you deal a damaging blast after using Wolf Howl · Hearth of Hestia: new! Godsent upgrade makes you rapidly inflict Scorch on all foes during Total Eclipse · Lance of Ares: new! Godsent upgrade makes you inflict Wounds whenever Sky Fall hits · Twilight Curse: now deals damage in addition to inflicting Morph · Bearing (Lunar Ray): reworked — now grants Armor that lasts for the duration of the Hex · Revulsion (Twilight Curse): cut from game; replaced with... · Spread (Twilight Curse): new! Your Hex can bounce to more foes · Infection (Twilight Curse): now inflicts any Curses you can inflict, not just ones currently active · Finality (Night Bloom): cut from game; replaced with... · Eruption (Night Bloom): new! Your raised servants deal bonus damage the first time they hit · Saturation (Moon Water): your Omega Cast that fires automatically now can also deal Critical damage · Tenacity (Wolf Howl): reworked — now grants Armor that lasts for a brief while · Eminence (Total Eclipse): reworked — now grants Armor that lasts for the duration of the Hex

Keepsakes

· Knuckle Bones (Odysseus): reduced damage resistance · After you Forge Bonds with characters, their Keepsake spot now will have additional art and flavor text · Swapped positions of the Eris and Charon Keepsakes for reasons known only to the chthonic gods... · Apollo's Keepsake formerly known as Purest Hope now called Harmonic Photon · Fig Leaf (Dionysus), Discordant Bell (Eris), and Lion Fang (Heracles) no longer activate in the optional sub-rooms of Ephyra

Animal Familiars

· Increased chance of finding corresponding resource type based on which Familiar is with you · Frinos, Hecuba, and Gale perform their resource-gathering actions faster than before · Adjusted requirements for recruiting Hecuba and Gale, which now can happen sooner than before · Adjusted Gale spawn point on Olympus to make her easier to find

Resources & Reagents

· Gemstones: new! Found in certain circumstances and mainly used in exchange for Prestige · Finding reagents in Chaos no longer reduces the chance of finding other reagents soon after 📢 Lotus is used with fewer Incantations than before · Resource formerly known as Plasma now called Flux

Well of Charon

· Faint Flicker: reduced Gold cost and raised the average amount of Psyche gained

Foes & Dangers

· Added a new variation of every Guardian Encounter when the new Vow of Rivals (Oath) is in effect · Typhon: adjusted various behaviors, including Egg spawns; reduced damage of some moves · Chronos: adjusted various behaviors, including summoned Tempus allies · Prometheus: adjusted various behaviors; his landing spot is no longer as predictable after his Flame Strikes · Headmistress Hecate: her Twilight Curse now can turn you into other types of critters after certain events · Master-Slicer: new! Warden added to Erebus · Lanthorn: new! Supporting foe added to the Master-Slicer Encounter · Erymanthian Boar: new! Warden added to Ephyra · Wringer: new! Supporting foe added to the final Vow of Rivals fight in the Underworld · Eye of Typhon: new! Warden encounter added to the Summit · King Vermin: adjusted various behaviors, becoming somewhat stronger than before · The Verminancer: now spawns Crawlers continually, becoming somewhat stronger than before · Talos: reduced damage of shield throw attack · Auto-Forcer: slightly increased damage of swipe attack · Auto-Watcher: reduced rate of fire · Satyr Raider: slightly reduced damage · Satyr Goldpike: reduced damage · Satyr Sapper: reduced range of ranged attack; slightly reduced damage · Satyr Supplicant: reworked — now has an all-new look and abilities · Blasket: reduced rate of fire · Various other minor changes to foes and combat encounters

Level Design & Environments

· Most Guardian Encounters now have an all-new Location when the Vow of Rivals (Oath) is in effect 📢 Adjusted cases where Encounters on Olympus could sometimes have long delays between waves 📢 Adjusted the Rift of Thessaly Region to reduce cases where it could be too long or too short; special Locations now appear more consistently · Rubble from ruined Pillars in Tartarus no longer stops you but is destroyed instead · Added several new Locations to the Summit · Various minor fixes and improvements to various Locations

On this day one year ago, we launched Hades II in Early Access!! How the Time flies...

We wanted to take a moment to say thank you to all our players, for all your feedback and patience as we get closer to the finish line. Early Access development has been incredibly exciting and eye-opening for us as we've worked to realize the potential so many of you see in our game.

We're actively working on our next Major Update and will be looking forward to sharing that with you later this spring.

We appreciate all the feedback following last week's Warsong Update! This patch includes fixes and targeted adjustments for a smoother play experience as you battle toward the final confrontation. We're now shifting focus to our third Major Update outlined in our Roadmap. Until then, thank you for playing!

Note: 📢 indicates changes inspired by community feedback!

Nocturnal Arms & Abilities

· Sister Blades: slightly increased speed of the first two strikes in the Attack sequence · Argent Skull: increased starting number of Shells; reduced Attack recovery time

Aspects of the Nocturnal Arms

· Argent Skull (Melinoë): reduced bonus Power per spent Shell now that the starting number is greater

Boons & Blessings

· Heinous Affront (Zeus x Ares): significantly increased how frequently this can affect foes 📢 Premium Service (Hephaestus): increased power level while using Black Coat (Melinoë) · Success Rate (Hermes): removed Fig Leaf (Dionysus) as an offering requirement for this

Foes & Dangers

· Typhon: reduced damage and frequency of some attacks; adjusted Life and Armor of some minions; improved camera motion between phases · Spawn of Typhon: reduced damage of some attacks; reduced range and speed of headbutt attack · Prometheus: reduced damage of some attacks; other minor changes · Aetos: slightly increased damage of fly-up attack · Satyr Sapper: reduced damage of ranged attack · Auto-Watcher: slightly reduced damage · Auto-Seeker: reduced damage of ranged attack · Blasket: reduced damage

Miscellaneous

📢 Improved feedback when gathering Blood Drops from Ares 📢 Increased appearance rate of Poppy Seeds in Tartarus · Updates and fixes to translations in some languages

Bug Fixes

📢 Fixed certain effects not increasing Moonstone Axe Omega Special channeling speed as expected 📢 Fixed Black Coat Omega Attack having unintentionally reduced range in the previous patch 📢 Fixed Extended Family (Hera) not being affected by Boons from Artemis, Athena, or Dionysus 📢 Fixed Nova Flourish (Apollo) not increasing the area of the Moonstone Axe Omega Special 📢 Fixed Steady Growth (Demeter) sometimes not working correctly 📢 Fixed Mint Condition (Hephaestus) not functioning in the newest Warden encounter in Thessaly 📢 Fixed Gorgon Amulet (Athena) sometimes summoning multiple Athenas in the Mourning Fields 📢 Fixed Fig Leaf (Dionysus) not functioning in the newest Warden encounter in Thessaly 📢 Fixed Hermes sometimes unexpectedly showing up as the first Olympian on the surface over and over after reaching the final confrontation 📢 Fixed several narrative events related to the final confrontation playing or not playing when expected 📢 Fixed visual issues with the Altar of Ashes in ultrawide resolutions 📢 Fixed a visual issue with the numbering on the Death Arcana in the Altar of Ashes · Other minor fixes

Quote of the Patch

'Zeus now cast his new weapon, pale and blinding, through the fabric of the sky, ripping it end to end; then he hurled another, stronger, at his father: it fell like a white-hot sword thrust with inexorable force.'

~Greek Myths: A New Retelling (C. Higgins)

Our second Major Update for Hades II has arrived, featuring all-new encounters at the end of the surface route, the arrival of violence-loving Ares, updates to Arcana and resource collection, and much more!

About the Update

With The Warsong Update, Hades II now packs these latest additions and improvements:

• Are you prepared for the Final Confrontation on the surface? Discover what lies beyond the Guardian of Olympus... if you dare!

• Meet Ares, the infamous god of war! Gain his varied and vicious Boons to see if you can satisfy his thirst for blood.

• Meditate at the updated Altar of Ashes, featuring all-new art and several reworked Arcana effects! Many other menu screens are also improved.

• Bond with a new Animal Familiar, who will help keep you out of harm's way! See if you can recruit all five Familiars to your cause.

• Why not sing a duet in the Crossroads as you rest up from a hard night? Look for other new details and interactions!

• Delve deeper into the story, with more than 2,000 new voice lines and new events with most of the game's cast!

This update also introduces a slew of new music tracks, many new and improved Boons, streamlined resource gathering, and more!

How to Get the Update

The Warsong Update is a free, automatic download as part of the Early Access development of Hades II. If you've come directly to this post, check out the game here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145350/Hades_II/

You may need to restart your Steam client to initiate the download. If you run into any technical issues with the update or the game in general, please check our Technical Support FAQ for solutions.

As always, the complete Patch Notes are available here on Steam, in the game client, in the form of a dramatic reading (see below), and in our official Discord, where you can join a welcoming community of Hades II players and Supergiant fans.

Development Progress

We're excited to have launched this Major Update, since it includes numerous ideas we've been eager to implement since we started working on Hades II years ago! But we're not finished yet, and have already made plans for our third Major Update, which we intend to deliver some months from now. Note it's still too early to share our plans beyond that, including when our v1.0 launch will be.

After any follow-up patches to The Warsong Update that address issues or feedback we think we can resolve in the short term, we'll focus on these major initiatives:

• Hidden Aspects: The Nocturnal Arms still have some secrets left to be discovered, and new ways for you to play. We plan for you to be able to wield some of these next time.

• Enhanced Guardians: The boss battles at the end of each Region are an integral part of the experience, and we want them to be able to challenge and surprise you even more.

• Expanded Story: As we prepare for our eventual v1.0 launch, we're planning ahead for the rest of the story, while building on various character relationships and subplots.

We appreciate your continued patience and support as we forge ahead!

Beyond the Final Confrontation!

Early Access continues to be an essential part of Hades II development, and we hope you can feel this reflected in our Major Updates and other patches so far. With the core structure of both the Underworld and Surface routes now fully intact, we're excited to turn our attention to filling out more of the game's content categories, finishing more and more of what we started... until we're done!

In the meantime, thank you very much for playing Hades II! You're helping us get closer to achieving our goal of making our first-ever sequel our biggest, most replayable game yet, and a worthy successor to the original Hades that's filled with its own surprises and special touches. For now, we'll be looking forward to your impressions of The Warsong Update, and hearing of your adventures above the surface and below!

Our second Major Update has arrived, featuring the final confrontation of the surface route, one last Olympian and all his Boons, a new Animal Familiar to bond with, streamlined resource gathering, plenty of new music and artwork, and more! We're excited to know what you think, and will be monitoring feedback in the coming weeks to ensure these latest additions are working properly.

Note: 📢 indicates changes inspired by community feedback!

Highlights

· The Final Confrontation: Battle to the summit of Mount Olympus and discover what awaits... · New Olympian: Meet the god of war himself, and choose from his many Boons · New Familiar: Find one last animal companion to join your journey and aid you in battle · Revamped Boons: Gain many powerful new and improved blessings from various Olympians · Revamped Altar of Ashes: Activate several reworked effects, and each Card now has all-new artwork · Revamped Resource Gathering: Worry no more about which resources you can collect · Revamped Menus: Look for new and improved animations across many menu screens · Expanded Story: Discuss the final confrontation and more with many different characters

General Gameplay

· You no longer prioritize Gathering Tools in the Training Grounds, though still can harvest any type of resource as long as you have unlocked each Tool; resource appearance rates adjusted as part of this · Psyche can no longer be found as a Location Reward; Bones may now be found sooner instead · All Guardians and Wardens with Guardian-style Life Bars now are resistant to the slowing effect of your Casts; previously this applied only to some of them · Any damage resistance effects you have no longer affect any Armor you have 📢 Added a longer visual warning before taking damage from magma and fire effects · Adjusted requirements for certain key events early on; as a result, it should be possible to reach the surface earlier than before

Nocturnal Arms & Abilities

· Witch's Staff: Attack sequence is faster and the final strike is stronger; Omega Attack is stronger; reworked Special is a fast powerful shot that pierces foes · Argent Skull: reworked Attack fires straight ahead; Omega Attack is stronger; Special now retrieves Shells in the surrounding area · Black Coat: increased Omega Attack damage; your Dash no longer cancels channeling your Omega Attack and causes you to perform the move right after

Altar of Ashes

· All Cards now have unique illustrations; swapped or adjusted themes of several Cards, noted below · Eternity: theme changed from Night; reworked — now makes everything slower while you channel Omega moves; note this effect is no longer on Silver Wheel (Hecate) · The Messenger: reworked — your Casts briefly make you impervious and move faster · The Swift Runner: your Sprint now also makes you phase through foes · Night: reduced Grasp cost; theme changed from Death · The Wayward Son: no longer provides doubled recovery at low Life; base recovery improved · Death: theme changed from Eternity · Persistence: theme changed from The Titan · The Enchantress: theme changed from The Fates · The Fates: theme changed from The Seer · Grasp upgrade costs re-scaled as part of changes to resource gathering

Oath of the Unseen

· Added new Testaments for the final confrontation · Vow of Shadow: adjusted various encounters with this 📢 Vow of Fangs: removed certain combinations of Perks that were unusually cruel... 📢 Fear requirements for some Testaments re-scaled to reduce jumps in difficulty; reduced Fear requirements in some cases

Boons & Blessings

· Added Ares, with many of his own blessings, including a new Duo with each other primary Boon-giver · Zeus: his Blitz Curse now activates at the end of the duration if not activated by dealing damage · Storm Ring (Zeus): slightly reduced rate of lightning strikes · Thunder Rush (Zeus): no longer requires Magick to strike foes with lightning; formerly Thunder Sprint · Electric Overload (Zeus): reworked — your chain-lightning effects are stronger and bounce to more foes · Toasting Fork (Zeus): cut from game; replaced with... · Arc Flash (Zeus): new! Your Omega Moves activate your Blitz effects and make them stronger · Romantic Spark (Zeus x Aphrodite): reduced damage bonus · Hera: the Queen of the Olympians now has Boons of all four elemental affinities, not solely Earth · Engagement Ring (Hera): reworked — now deals immediate damage for each foe in the binding circle · Bridal Glow (Hera): reworked — upgrades a random Boon to Heroic Rarity and gives it bonus Pom Lv. · Nasty Comeback (Hera): cut from game; replaced with... · Extended Family (Hera): new! Your Olympian damage is stronger for each Olympian you met this night · Proper Upbringing (Hera): increased activation requirement to include all four elements · Breaker Rush (Poseidon): reworked — whenever you Sprint, damage and knock away the first foe you run into; formerly Breaker Sprint · Geyser Spout (Poseidon): reworked — your Omega Cast gains Power and knocks foes away · Buried Treasure (Poseidon): now also drops Bones, not Ashes or Psyche; formerly Ocean's Bounty · Flood Control (Poseidon): cut from game; replaced with... · High Surf (Poseidon): new! Hit surrounding foes with a splash as they strike, but prime some Magick · Phoenix Skin (Apollo x Hestia): cut from game; replaced with... · Warm Breeze (Apollo x Hestia): new! Whenever Dodge or Daze makes foes miss, restore some Life · Demeter: her Gust effects no longer destroy trees in Erebus or other such obstructions · Local Climate (Demeter): reworked — your Omega Cast is stronger; bonus doubled in the binding circle · Plentiful Forage (Demeter): now restores Life whenever you gather any resource · Rare Crop (Demeter): cut from game; replaced with... · Steady Growth (Demeter): new! Whenever you clear enough Encounters, a Boon gains Rarity · Secret Crush (Aphrodite): now also affects Omega Attack · Tough Gain (Hephaestus): reworked — whenever you take damage, shrug some off and restore Magick · Flash Fry (Hestia): no longer requires foes to have Scorch to explode when slain; no longer requires a Scorch-related Boon to be offered; formerly Natural Gas · Burnt Offering (Hestia): reworked — gain max Magick whenever you collect Ashes, and gain some now · Mean Streak (Hermes): damage bonus no longer automatically ends after Encounters · Tall Order (Hermes): updated elemental requirement; slightly increased damage bonus · Travel Deal (Hermes): new! Your first purchase each Location costs less; another item appears after · Saved Breath (Hermes): cut from game; replaced with... · Winner's Circle (Hermes): new! You channel your Casts faster and your Casts expire faster · Witty Retort (Hermes): cut from game; replaced with... · Hasty Retreat (Hermes): new! Gain more Dodge chance and move speed the more Boons you have · Greater Evasion (Hermes): cut from game; replaced with... · Stutter Step (Hermes): new! You can Dash more frequently · Midnight Oil (Hermes): cut from game; replaced with... · Success Rate (Hermes): new! Your chance-based effects are more likely to occur, except Dodge or Daze · Close Call (Hermes): cut from game; replaced with... · Paid Dues (Hermes): new Legendary! Whenever you take damage, you lose Gold before you lose Life · Mental Block (Athena): reduced duration of Impervious effect · Righteous Pike (Athena): new! Whenever you use enough Magick, several foes are struck by spears · Killing Stroke (Artemis): new! Your Specials may deal Critical damage, but you prime some Magick · The Marked Curses inflicted by Artemis and Raki the Raven now will never choose the same target · Unseen Ire (Hades): the Dark effect and its damage bonus no longer expire after you strike 📢 Barren (Chaos): reduced Curse duration · Neurotic (Chaos): no longer slows your Dash but still makes it use Magick; formerly Hobbled · Life Savings (Narcissus): now gives Lotus instead of Deathcaps · Wealth from the Dead (Medea): you now automatically absorb bonus Gold from slain foes on approach · Supply Drop (Icarus): slightly reduced frequency of drops, and provides one fewer Pom Slice · Adjusted names and elemental affinities of some Boons · Additional minor adjustments to some bonuses from Rarity and Poms of Power · Further clarifications to descriptions for various Boons · Other minor fixes and adjustments

Daedalus Hammer Upgrades

· Spiral Knives (Blades): cut from game; replaced with... · Hidden Knives (Blades): new! Specials are stronger and Omega Special fires more shots than usual · Fetching Array (Skull): Shells now also automatically return faster; removed penalty to total Shells · Looming Ignition (Skull): now also affects your Omega Attack; reaches full strength faster · Possessed Array (Skull): increased Magick cost · Rocket Bombard (Skull): cut from game since this effect is now innate; replaced with... · Boosted Ignition (Skull): new! After your Dash or Specials, your Attacks are faster and gain Power · Counter Barrage: now launches more rockets, more often · Adjusted names and descriptive text for several Daedalus Hammer upgrades

Keepsakes

· Added a new Keepsake now that Ares decided to show up, which you can gain in the customary way · Silver Wheel (Hecate): reworked — adds to your Magick limit for the rest of the night · Fig Leaf (Dionysus): now can only affect one Encounter per Region, but still works if you unequip it · Engraved Pin (Moros): now counts as a Death Defiance effect 📢 Evil Eye (Nemesis): now targets Prometheus if his Eagle Aetos is the one to vanquish you

Animal Familiars

· Gale the Polecat: new! Grants Dodge chance and move speed, blocks damage a few times per Region 📢 Toula the Cat: attacks more times successively; falls asleep faster (so she can wake back up faster!)

Resources & Reagents

· Added several new collectable resources found around the final confrontation · Removed Deathcaps from the game as part of broader changes to resources described further above

Well of Charon

📢 Yarn of Ariadne: no longer consumed when meeting Hades, on whom this has no effect

Shrine of Hermes

· Fresh Sustenance MAX: reduced Life recovery · Reduced chance of offering Minor Finds over other types of items

Foes & Dangers

· Added a variety of foes for the final surface Region, including new Wardens and a new Guardian · Prometheus: adjusted behaviors; reduced damage for several moves; now sometimes foresees and dodges attacks, yet overall should be somewhat less punishing than before · Aetos: reduced viciousness to some extent... · Sky-Dracon: slightly reduced tracking speed · Auto-Seeker: slightly reduced tracking speed · Eris: improved previews of her various attacks · The Yargonaut: new! Warden added to the Rift of Thessaly · Charybdis: adjusted Tentacle behaviors; reduced overall difficulty · Harpy Talon: slightly reduced radius of ranged attack · Stickler: reduced damage · Seesword: increased damage · Blasket: reduced damage · Infernal Beast: slightly increased Life · Scylla: slightly increased Life · Hellifish: new! Warden added to Oceanus · Lurker: gained a defensive back-step maneuver after getting hit · Headmistress Hecate: slightly increased Life · Root-Stalker: adjusted behavior of tail; grew a second one · Various other minor changes to foes and combat encounters

Special Encounters

📢 Reworked Heracles combat encounters — vanquish specially-marked foes for a bounty in Gold · Aetos will no longer swoop in to attack more than once prior to facing Prometheus · Slightly increased appearance rate of Moon Monuments and Unseen Sigils on the surface · Slightly increased difficulty of Moon Monument foes 📢 Moon Monuments no longer offer Path of Stars rewards if your Hex is fully upgraded 📢 Athena more consistently vanquishes Revenants from the Vow of Return (Oath) · Minor adjustments to Artemis, Heracles, and Icarus appearance rates on the surface route · Two Arachne Cocoon encounters can no longer occur very close together in some cases · Family Disputes, formerly called Trials of the Gods, now can include Ares; several Olympians put up more of a fight than before...

Level Design & Environments

· Added the final confrontation on the surface route and various new Locations within it · The Olympus Region has one fewer Location to traverse before the Guardian · Encounters in the Rift of Thessaly that had too many waves (of foes) should now be more reasonable 📢 Optional rooms in Ephyra become more likely if you haven't found many that night · Reduced damage of Lone Shades freed from Ephyra Pylons · You now must use the Fountain if you haven't already done so prior to leaving the Ephyra main square · Resources can appear in more places in the Ephyra main square · Removed Bat Cage nearest to the initial entrance to the Ephyra main square · Added another Location that can randomly appear in Erebus · Added another Location that can randomly appear in Oceanus · Added another Location that can randomly appear in Ephyra · The final battle prior to the Guardian of each of Region should no longer get replaced by Fountain chambers or character encounters · Adjusted resource points in some Locations, especially those close enough to exits that you could leave by accident while trying to harvest · Various minor fixes and improvements to various Locations

Chaos Trials

📢 You now reappear before the Pitch-Black Stone upon returning from a Chaos Trial · Trial of Thunder: new! Zeus-themed Trial set in Erebus · Trial of Glory: new! Hera-themed Trial set on Olympus · Trial of the Fall: new! Demeter-themed Trial set in the Mourning Fields · Trial of Slaughter: new! Ares-themed Trial set in Ephyra · Trial of Destiny: new! Chaos-themed Trial set on Olympus · Trial of Strife: new! Eris-themed Trial set in Thessaly · Minor fixes and changes to several Trials

The Crossroads Renewal Project

· Updated Crossroads main grounds with new points of interest; the taverna now is easier to traverse · Artemis now sometimes provides musical accompaniment in the Crossroads · Added numerous new unlockable decorative items once the Renewal Project is available · Some decorative items now unlocked from a new spot in the taverna · Various forms of wildlife now may appear throughout the Crossroads · Some groups of Shades in the Crossroads now have captions when you Salute them · Recently-pacified Shades that appear in the Training Grounds now have varying appearances · Melinoë will sometimes cover up the family portrait in her tent after brooding too much · Odysseus will sometimes offer resources you may need; can sometimes be found seated in the taverna · Eris will no longer litter in the midst of conversation with others · The witch attendants of Hecate now are absent when she is · Improved presentation around plants that can be harvested in the Garden · Supply Shipments no longer prompt you to interact as frequently · The moon now shows different phases in the Training Grounds vista scene

Cauldron Incantations

· Rage of the Elements: new! Lets you activate the statues on Olympus to defend you · Path to Desired Blessings: new! Lets you track requirements for Boons listed in the Book of Shadows · Acceptance of Another Fate: new! Salute the Oath of the Unseen to reset that night's random events · Shuffling of Noted Ballads: new! Lets the Music Maker make music choices for you if you wish · Deathly Fortune: now introduced later and no longer lets you exchange plants for Bones (only fish...) · Psychic Slivers of Clarity: removed from the game as part of resource system changes · Bones of Arcane Wisdom: now makes Bones raise Magick limit rather than adding Armor; formerly Bones of Burnished Bronze

Fated List of Minor Prophecies

· The Arms of Night: new! Rewards you for unlocking each of the Main Weapons · Master of War: new! Rewards you for choosing various Boons of Ares · Storm in the Heavens: new! Rewards you for prevailing on the surface route · Sword of the Night: new! Rewards you for clearing the surface route with each Main Weapon · Power Beyond Legend: new! Rewards you for choosing all Legendary Boons; these are no longer included with each Olympian's Boon prophecy

Book of Shadows

· Added new entries for various additions in this update · Updated relationship status display for relevant characters after the Incantation Empath's Intuition

Menus & UI

· Updated Main Menu to reflect this Major Update · Added art for all Arcana and adjusted layout in the Altar of Ashes screen · Added animations for the Crossroads Cauldron screen · Added animations for the Pitch-Black Stone screen · Added animations for the Wretched Broker screen · Added animations for the Fated List screen · Added animations for the Inventory screen · Added art for the Crossroads Renewal screen · Added art and adjusted layout for the Music Maker screen · Added art and adjusted layout for the Archived Trivia screen · Added art and adjusted layout for the Past Deeds screen · Added art for the Gifts of the Moon screen · Added animations for info banners, such as when entering Locations or vanquishing Guardians · Added animations to the Main Menu and related sub-screens such as the Pause menu · Updated art and animations for Book of Shadows prompts · Updated art and animations for Fated List prompts · Updated art and animations for Incantation Learned and similar prompts · Updated look of many in-world status icons 📢 You now can see your Change of Fate count when choosing Boons 📢 You now can exchange resources for Prestige more freely, with a new warning if you still need them 📢 The Victory Screen now has theming differences depending on which route you cleared · Improved feedback in the Altar of Ashes for when you fully upgrade your Grasp · Improved presentation when multiple Inc

From all of us at Supergiant Games, we wish you a happy holiday season and all the best in the coming year! Thank you for all your support of our team, and our latest work on Hades II.

The year gone by has been very exciting for our team. In May, we launched our first-ever sequel in Early Access here on Steam, an event that proved even bigger than the v1.0 launch of the original game! Since then, we've patched Hades II half a dozen times, including the first of our Major Updates, which brought the game a big step closer to completion.

More recently, Hades II earned two nominations in the Steam Awards, in the categories of Best Game on Steam Deck and Outstanding Visual Style! It would really mean a lot to us to have your vote(s).

Our Fifteenth Anniversary!

Back in September, our studio turned 15 years old! From (https://store.steampowered.com/app/107100/Bastion/), to (https://store.steampowered.com/app/237930/Transistor/), to (https://store.steampowered.com/app/462770/Pyre/), to the original (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145360/Hades/), and now to Hades II, all our games have found an audience here on Steam, and not a day goes by that we're not grateful for it. We even hear from some of you who've been with us from the very start.

In some respects, not too much has changed in all that time... our team remains independent, and all seven of the people who created our first game are still working together in their respective roles, though our team now has close to 25 members in total. We remain staunchly committed to making games that spark your imagination like the games you played as a kid. If you've been playing on Steam for a while, then you know good interesting games never go out of style; we want to keep trying to make them for as long as we can.

Our Next Major Update

We're now closing in on the launch of our second Major Update for Hades II, slated for early 2025. At that point you'll get to experience the final confrontation of the game's alternate route! Beyond that, we're planning for at least one more Major Update in Early Access sometime this coming year, which will expand on various parts of the game including the story. But the story's true ending will only arrive with the v1.0 launch, which we still don't have a date for yet... it'll depend on how our Major Updates go!

Happy New Year!

With all this on our minds, we're filled with gratitude and excitement as we head into the new year, and we hope you'll join us in the next one. Until then, may moonlight guide you out there!

This patch includes targeted fixes and improvements we could make relatively soon after last week's big launch of the Olympic Update. We're continuing to monitor your feedback as we look ahead toward what's next, as outlined in our Roadmap. Thank you for playing, and good luck with the climb!

Note: 📢 indicates changes inspired by community feedback!

Nocturnal Arms & Abilities

· You now can break urns and other objects when you Sprint into them · Increased the attack range of Lone Shades, including ones trapped in Ephyra Pylons · Sister Blades: Omega Special shots now pierce foes (excluding the Aspect of Pan's homing shots) · Moonstone Axe: Omega Attack channels faster · Black Coat: Omega Special locks on faster; works more reliably when used in quick succession

Boons & Blessings

· Happy Haze (Dionysus): Festive Fog effect now also repeatedly stuns susceptible foes

Pool of Purging

· Reduced Gold value of Infusion Boons

Foes & Dangers

· Prometheus: adjusted Flame Strike patterns; slightly reduced uppercut speed; kick and flurry not quite as punishing; improved visual clarity of some of his moves; he is now perhaps more fittingly Titan-sized... · Eris: reduced number of phases; improved feedback on where she is aiming with some Rail attacks; reduced duration of her temporary damage bonus · Talos: slightly reduced Life · Mega-Dracon: slightly reduced Armor; fixed issues with it flying out of bounds · Auto-Watcher: reduced damage; reduced tracking speed; reduced Elite Armor · Snow-Shambler: reduced Life · Harpy Raptor: reduced Life · Satyr Sapper: reduced tracking speed; fewer should appear at once · Satyr Raider: reduced damage of some attacks · Satyr Goldpike: reduced damage of some attacks · Charybdis: reduced tentacle damage; slightly reduced Life; slightly reduced frequency of ranged attacks · Headmistress Hecate: her Twilight Curse can no longer be blocked using the Black Coat

Special Encounters

📢 Significantly reduced how quickly Nemesis and Heracles sometimes snatch items from Charon · Reduced chances of not having any foes to drop in on when launching into Olympus Encounters

Animal Familiars

· Raki the Raven: no longer has hidden damage bonuses against certain types of foe; fixed incorrect text for Marked effect duration, though the duration itself is unchanged 📢 Hecuba the Hound: no longer as prone to waiting around prior to digging

Oath of the Unseen

· Vow of Shadows: now affects Charybdis and Talos, so beware!

Art & Visual FX

📢 Improved look and clarity of Harpy cyclone attack · Various other minor visual improvements

Voice & Narrative

· Adjusted how often Headmistress Hecate and Chronos speak during battle · Adjusted priority and requirements for various voice lines and narrative events · Numerous other minor fixes and improvements

Music & SFX

📢 Fixed Sister Blades (Artemis) sound not playing for the Riposte effect 📢 Adjusted some sound effects for Black Coat (Nyx), though these are still in progress · Adjusted some sound effects for Charybdis; improved music timing at the end of the fight · Adjusted sound effects when Eris gets dragged back to the Underworld · Improved blast sound for Beach Ball (Poseidon x Apollo) · Other minor fixes and improvements

Menus & UI

📢 The Crossroads Renewal menu now re-opens after unlocking new decorations · Added menu text for unlocking, swapping, and removing decorations 📢 The Music Maker menu likewise now re-opens after unlocking new music

Miscellaneous

📢 The Victory Screen now reveals your current Life if you have Worry Free (Dionysus) · You now can interact with the exits in the Mourning Fields from farther away · Aspects of the Black Coat are no longer revealed immediately after you unlock the weapon · The moon beam surrounding the Pitch-Black Stone now dims if you have no uncleared Chaos Trials · Added feedback when attempting to block unblockable attacks using the Black Coat · Improved collision near the exit from the Training Grounds back to the rest of the Crossroads · Added more contextual hints for why various comrades may be uninterested in your various gifts · You now can re-map the commands when using the Tablet of Peace to compel Shades · Clarified descriptive text for several Boons · Various other minor text changes

Bug Fixes

· Fixed an issue with the Wretched Broker where you could keep using Sell All without selling all... 📢 Fixed Dora unexpectedly never showing up night after night despite claiming to enjoy the tent 📢 Fixed Silken Sash (Arachne) removing added Armor if you switched to a different Keepsake 📢 Fixed Shrine of Hermes expedited deliveries sometimes dropping out of bounds in the new Region 📢 Fixed Sureshot Flurry (Daedalus - Blades) not increasing Special range 📢 Fixed Furious Rockets (Daedalus - Coat) not increasing Omega Special speed 📢 Fixed Burnt Offering (Hestia) sometimes purging a different Boon than indicated 📢 Fixed Satyr Raider not taking damage from opposing Automatons 📢 Fixed Auto-Forcer damaging itself while afflicted with Charm 📢 Fixed Toula sliding around uncontrollably during the final confrontation with Chronos 📢 Fixed reward in the Rift of Thessaly Fountain Chamber being unalterable 📢 Fixed several Boons not showing Offering Requirements in the Book of Shadows · Fixed exit sounds in the Rift of Thessaly and the new Region cutting off unexpectedly · Fixed Music Maker music playing unexpectedly during the Hypnos dream sequence and while fishing · Fixed a visual issue in the destruction animation for Talos · Fixed various minor visual issues in some Locations · Other minor fixes

Quote of the Patch

'There is no way of deceiving or evading the mind of Zeus, since not even Iapetos' son, sly Prometheus, escaped the weight of his wrath, and for all his cleverness a strong fetter holds him in check.'

~Theogony (Hesiod; M.L. West translation)

Our first Major Update for Hades II is finally here, featuring spectacular new places to explore, colorful new characters to meet, a wild new weapon to master, and much, much more! Take a peek:

About the Update

Hades II takes a big step forward with the following new features:

• Battle across the surface through an all-new Region where the gods themselves are desperate for your aid! Can you vanquish the deadly new Guardian?

• Unlock the last of the Nocturnal Arms: Xinth, the Black Coat, a devastating new weapon with its own unique Aspects!

• Spruce up the Crossroads with dozens of unlockable decorations and music tracks, adding a personal touch to your home between the realms!

• Meet two new Allies! Gain their blessings, learn their secrets, and use their unique Keepsakes!

• Bond with two new Animal Familiars, loyal companions who will serve you through thick and thin!

• Feeling tough? Take on new Challenges, including new Vows for the Oath of the Unseen, and the mysterious new Moon Monument and Unseen Sigil!

• Discover more of the story, with close to 2,500 new voice lines for the game's big, colorful cast!

This update also adds native support for Mac systems with Apple M1 or later, numerous quality-of-life improvements, plenty of new art and audio, and other little surprises we're excited for you to find!

How to Get the Update

The Olympic Update is a free, automatic download as part of the Early Access development of Hades II. If you've come directly to this post, check out the game here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145350/Hades_II/

You may need to restart your Steam client to initiate the download. If you run into any technical issues with the update or the game in general, please check our Technical Support FAQ for solutions.

The complete Patch Notes are available here on Steam, in the game client, in the form of a dramatic reading (see below), and in our official Discord, where you can join a welcoming community of Hades II players and Supergiant fans.

Development Progress

Our first Major Update introduces a third Region and Guardian to the Surface Route, bringing it closer to the Underworld route's level of completion. We've also added the game's sixth and final main weapon, and iterated on a number of key systems. But there's plenty more to come, and we can safely say that our next Major Update in Early Access will not be our last!

Once we're sure The Olympic Update has stabilized and we've addressed major feedback as much as possible, we'll then focus on these major initiatives:

• Climactic Confrontation: What awaits further beyond the newly-added Region? Once we add that, we will consider the main structure of the Surface Route to be complete.

• New Boons: Boons are integral to the experience of Hades II, so we have some more additions planned on this front. Surely the Olympians deserve no less!

• New Foes: We plan to add even more combat encounter variety. Having lots of exciting and varied encounters helps keep Hades II feeling fresh for as long as you play it.

We are planning our next Major Update to launch sometime in early 2025, in a little less development time overall than The Olympic Update. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we press on!

Onward and Upward!

Early Access has already been an invaluable and eye-opening experience for our team as we continue working to complete this game. As we move forward, we intend to keep making additions, changes, and improvements in an effort to create the biggest, most replayable, most feature-rich game we've made yet, and — most importantly — a worthy successor to the original Hades.

We're very grateful that you've taken the time to play Hades II thus far, and hope you find it's getting closer to fulfilling its potential with the launch of The Olympic Update. Your feedback is always welcome, and thank you for playing.

Our first Major Update is finally here, featuring an all-new Region to explore, a new weapon to master, more characters to meet, new decorations for the Crossroads, new Animal Familiars to bond with, new music and artwork, and much more! We hope you enjoy discovering it all. In the coming weeks, we will be looking closely at player feedback to ensure our latest changes are solid. Until then!

Note: 📢 indicates changes inspired by community feedback!

Highlights

· New Region: Can you reach Olympus, the mountain of the gods? And if so... can you save it? · New Weapon: Wield the otherworldly might of Xinth, the Black Coat — last of the Nocturnal Arms · New Characters: Track down two new allies on their home turf and earn their favor · New Familiars: You now can bond with two new animal companions... once you find them! · Crossroads Renewal: Unlock dozens of new cosmetic items to liven up the Crossroads your way · Expanded Story: Discover hours of new dialogue, as the plot thickens once you reach the new Region · World Map: Look for this new presentation when moving from one Region of the world to another · Mac Support: The game now runs natively on Macs on Apple M1 or later

Nocturnal Arms & Abilities

· Witch's Staff: reworked Special is faster and bounces between foes · Sister Blades: reworked Special pierces foes and returns to you, potentially hitting foes more than once · Umbral Flames: Special projectiles spin left or right depending on your movement · Moonstone Axe: reworked Special is a rising slash that strikes several times, but no longer blocks foes · Black Coat: new! Guard and retaliate with mighty Attacks, letting none escape with seeking Specials · Your Dash is innately faster and more responsive · You now can more reliably Dash out of hit-stun effects from certain foes' strikes · It should be easier to aim certain abilities using gamepad

Aspects of the Nocturnal Arms

· Umbral Flames (Moros): re-scaled upgrades; slightly reduced fully-upgraded blast damage · Argent Skull (Medea): increased Attack & Special damage; improved upgrades; Shells now load faster · Black Coat: added its own three different unlockable, upgradeable Aspects

Crossroads Cauldron

· Eyes of Night and Darkness: new! Makes Moon Monuments and Unseen Sigils sometimes appear in Locations, further described below · Earthly Fortune: new! Lets you recycle unneeded resources at the Wretched Broker, in exchange for Prestige, used for decorative items · Summoning of Musical Rhapsody: new! Required to summon the Music Maker, who lets you unlock different music to play in the Crossroads · Spreading of Ashes: new! Lets you save multiple Arcana arrangements in the Altar of Ashes · Favored of All Keepsakes: new! Lets you designate a Keepsake to auto-equip in the Training Grounds · Abyssal Reflections: new! Lets you re-attempt cleared Chaos Trials, and tracks your fastest times · Bravery of Familiar Spirits: new! Now required to upgrade your Animal Familiars · Arisen Troves: new! Makes Infernal Troves sometimes appear in Surface Locations · Surge of Desecrating Pools: new! Makes Pools of Purging appear between Underworld Regions · Frozen Lifespring: new! Makes a Fountain Chamber sometimes appear in the new Region · Adjusted requirements and costs of several Incantations · Melinoë and Hecate now will sometimes conclude Incantations in unison

Altar of Ashes

· The Sorceress: reworked — makes Omega moves faster; prior effect now on Silver Wheel (Hecate) · The Swift Runner: no longer makes your Dash faster, since this effect now is innate · Death: added a new UI indicator for the effect · Strength: reworked; now provides a global damage boost, if you have no Death Defiance effects · Adjusted upgrade costs of various Cards · Improved contextual hints for upgrading Grasp · Clarified descriptive text for various Cards

Keepsakes

· Each of the two new allies you can meet has a unique Keepsake you can gain in the customary way · Silver Wheel (Hecate): reworked — now slows everything around you while you channel Omega moves · Gold Purse (Charon): now affected by Gold-boosting Boons such as Affluence (Chaos) · Improved feedback and fixes for when certain Keepsakes expire for the night · Adjusted placements of some Keepsakes in the Display Case (to make room for the new ones!) · Clarified descriptive text for several Keepsakes

Boons & Blessings

· Each of the two new allies you can meet has their own blessings to aid in your task · All Together (Hera): renamed from Elementary Particles; now her Legendary, no longer a Hestia Duo 📢 Cherished Heirloom (Hera x Demeter): now also improves your current Keepsake, not just later ones · Spiteful Strength (Hera x Hephaestus): cut from game, though the effect can now be found in Wells of Charon in the new item Danaid Dagger · Brave Face (Hera x Hephaestus): this is now a Duo and no longer offered by Hera alone · Incandescent Aura (Hera x Hestia): new! Whenever you restore Magick, damage surrounding foes · Frosty Veneer: reduced effectiveness (the minimum damage you can take is now increased) · Ocean's Bounty (Poseidon): Ash and Psyche rewards now are guaranteed; updated presentation · Plentiful Forage (Demeter): reduced Life gain · Snow Queen (Demeter): no longer blocks damage from Vow of Time (Oath) · Love Handles (Aphrodite x Hephaestus): raised effectiveness · Heart Breaker (Aphrodite): Heartthrobs now deal reduced damage and require more Magick to appear · Smithy Sprint (Hephaestus): cut from game; replaced with... · Stamp Rush (Hephaestus): new! After you Dash, occasionally create a blast around a nearby foe · Mint Condition (Hephaestus): reduced invulnerability duration · Grand Caldera (Hephaestus): fixed Heroic Rarity, which previously was not stronger than Epic · Crispy Coating (Hestia): cut from game; replaced with... · Hot Pot (Hestia): new! You have a chance to Dodge damage; this is doubled vs. Scorch-afflicted foes · Cinerary Circle (Hades): new! Whenever you use enough Magick, summon Soul Urns around you that deal area damage when destroyed · Last Gasp (Hades): bonus damage slightly reduced though now scales with number of Death Defiance effects used that night, not just how many you have missing · Pom Pom Pom (Echo): new! Double the Pom Lv. of your Boon with the highest Pom Lv. · Boon Boon Boon (Echo): now lets you choose one of three random Boons from the previous night · Adjusted names and descriptive text for several Boons · Other minor fixes and adjustments

Daedalus Hammer Upgrades

· Added all-new upgrades for the new weapon · Hook Knives (Blades): cut from game, since this effect now is innate; replaced with... · Reaper Knives (Blades): new! Your Specials have bonus Power and deal damage in a wider area · Empowering Guard (Axe): cut from game; replaced with... · Siege Shredder (Axe): new! Your Special strikes farther ahead and deals bonus damage · Advancing Whirlwind (Axe): cut from game; replaced with... · Seething Marauder (Axe): new! Each of your Attacks also deals damage to surrounding foes · Adjusted names and descriptive text for several Daedalus Hammer upgrades

Hexes & Path of Stars

· Overflow: new! While using Lunar Ray, deal damage in an area around you · Impact: new! Lunar Ray has bonus Power when it first deals damage each Encounter · Saturation: new! Using Moon Water also fires your Omega Cast immediately · Consequence: new! Whenever Total Eclipse strikes a guardian, your next use of it is partially charged · Eminence: now a Sublime-quality upgrade for Total Eclipse, and incurs a Magick cost increase · Tenacity: now a Sublime-quality upgrade for Wolf Howl, and incurs a Magick cost increase · Frenzy: now a Bright-quality upgrade for Wolf Howl, and no longer incurs a Magick cost increase · Adjusted several upgrades to use the condition After using your Hex this Encounter, instead of While your Hex is not ready · Clarified descriptive text for various Path of Stars upgrades

Well of Charon

· Danaid Dagger: new! Your Attacks and Specials are stronger while not empowered by Boons; previously this effect was on the Boon Spiteful Strength (Hera x Hephaestus) · Sacrificial Hymn: new! Sacrifice Boons will be offered as soon as possible, and your next is stronger; previously this effect was on the Boon Family Trade (Hera) · Mist Veil: new! After you use Magick, restore it rapidly up to a limit; previously this effect was on the Keepsake Silver Wheel (Hecate) · Splintered Shield: new! Gain some Armor

Shrine of Hermes

· Fresh Sustenance: new! Restores some Life · Fresh Sustenance MAX: new! Restores even more Life · Shield Charm: new! Gain some Armor · Aegis Charm: new! Gain even more Armor · Kiss of Styx: now also offered from the Shrine of Hermes (when you can use it) · Now more likely to offer a restorative item of some sort · Adjusted costs of various items

Foes & Dangers

· Added a variety of foes to go with the all-new Region, including new Wardens and a new Guardian · Made various adjustments to foes on the Surface route now that it has a third Region · Chronos: reduced downtime between phases; other minor adjustments · Eris: various adjustments; in a surprisingly rational turn, she no longer is as prone to standing in flames · Infernal Beast: resurfaces sooner after the battle's first phase; various minor adjustments · Polyphemus: no longer summons Elite foes; other minor adjustments · Charybdis: reduced number of phases; flails with increased intensity and reduced downtime · Headmistress Hecate: now loses invulnerability sooner after her Sisters of the Dead are vanquished · For certain ranged-attacking foes, fewer of them will fire at you all at once · Various other minor changes to foes and combat encounters

Special Encounters

· Moon Monuments: new! These can appear after the Incantation Eyes of Night and Darkness, challenging you to vanquish a powerful Elite foe for a special reward · Unseen Sigils: new! These can appear after the Incantation Eyes of Night and Darkness, challenging you to vanquish a group of foes without taking a hit for a special reward 📢 Reduced duration before Infernal Trove rewards may be collected 📢 Nemesis will no longer appear in place of Echo after the first time; she is less quick about gruffly running through exits; she is less quick to purchase items from Charon 📢 Adjusted Heracles combat encounter intensity; his first victim no longer appears as often near Location entrances; he now exits sooner afterwards; he now can sometimes appear in the new Region · Icarus is more effective against your common foes; he now can sometimes appear in the new Region · Boons of Hermes now may be offered among the options when you set forth each night · Chaos Gates may appear sooner than before on the Surface route after a certain point · Adjusted intensity of Trial of the Gods encounters on the Surface; no longer occur in smaller Locations

Animal Familiars

· Raki the Raven: new! Pecks at foes and makes them vulnerable to Critical damage · Hecuba the Hound: new! Grants more Magick, stuns foes, and digs up useful items · You are no longer prevented from upgrading Familiars more than once a night if you have the resources · Improved presentation for various Familiar interactions · Toula no longer appears in Erebus before you bond with her, only somewhere farther away... · You can no longer upgrade Frinos in the area behind the tent, only in the Training Grounds · Adjusted names and descriptive text for various Familiar upgrades

Level Design & Environments

· Added an all-new Region and the various new Locations within it · Added new Locations to several other Regions · A Pool of Purging now appears in the space before Tartarus · Fishing Points in various Locations are now easier to reach · Various minor fixes and improvements to various locations

Fated List of Minor Prophecies

· Mistress of Battle: new! Rewards you for choosing various Boons of its namesake · Master of Revelry: new! Rewards you for choosing various Boons of its namesake · Mistress of the Hunt: new! Rewards you for choosing various Boons of Artemis · The Black Coat: new! Rewards you for choosing various Hammer upgrades for the new weapon · Home in the Crossroads: new! Rewards you for using Prestige to redecorate the Crossroads · Bared Fangs: new! Rewards you for vanquishing foes with each of the various Vow of Fangs perks from the Oath of the Unseen · Adjusted requirements and rewards for fulfilling certain Prophecies

Resources & Reagents

· Added several new collectable resources, especially around the newly added Region 📢 Darkness appears more frequently in Chaos; it now is offered sooner than before · Adjusted how much Gold can be found in Ephyra and the Rift of Thessaly · Additional minor adjustments to some resource appearance rates · Updated inventory hints and details for some resources

Oath of the Unseen

· Vow of Panic: cut from game; replaced with... · Vow of Fangs: new! Elite foes also gain a variety of nasty perks · Vow of Suffering: cut from game; replaced with... · Vow of Shadows: new! Wardens also have shadow copies to make things tougher for you · Vow of Void (formerly Denial): now has multiple ranks, each reducing your Grasp limit · Vow of Hubris (formerly Arrogance): reduced Fear of second rank; reduced Magick primed per rank · Added new Testaments for the new weapon and Region · Updated menu layout with improved feedback and more contextual hints · Adjusted names and descriptive text for several Vows

Art & Visual FX

· Added World Map presentation when moving between Regions in the Underworld or on the Surface · Added lots of new environment art, 3D models, animation, visual FX, and more for the new Region · Added dozens of decorative cosmetic options to the Crossroads, unlocked through a new system · Updated visual FX for Boons of Hephaestus · Updated portrait art for Charon · Updated portrait art for Echo, though Narcissus will have to wait; their 3D models are still placeholders · Updated portrait art for Medea · Updated portrait art for Circe; her 3D model and piggies are still placeholders · Updated portrait art for Hades · Updated portrait art, 3D model, and animations for Icarus · Updated 3D model for Hermes (though if you already saw him, you won't see him again for now...) · Updated environment art outside the House of Hades · Updated visual FX for various foes in the Rift of Thessaly · Added icons for all the many different fish and fishlike things you can drag from the depths · Updated most remaining placeholder UI icons · Added new background artwork for dialogue scenes in Oceanus · Added more unique visual FX for some Aspects of the Nocturnal Arms · Some of the panoramic vista scenes near the entrance to each Region now are easier to spot · Updated look of Fountains in various Locations · Improved look of using Spectral Gates between ships in the Rift of Thessaly · Improved look of captain's wheels falling apart on ships in the Rift of Thessaly · Added more animations for Odysseus · Various other minor visual improvements

Voice & Narrative

· Added nearly 2,500 new voice lines, including new dialogue events for most characters · Added more narrated Homer outcomes after a successful clear · You can make a new attempt to rouse Hypnos from his endless slumber, after a certain point... · Expanded subplots about Narcissus & Echo, Arachne's curse, and Dora's past · Added Ambrosia gifting events for Dora and Hecate · Updated names and descriptions of various fish and other water-dwelling creatures you can catch · Melinoë now will identify nearby foes more often · Melinoë now no longer takes credit when Toula catches a fish or fishlike thing · More characters have more responses to resource interactions in their vicinity, such as fishing · You can no longer gift Nemesis or Heracles while they are shopping (they're busy...) · Various fixes and improvements to various events

Music & SFX

· Added several new music pieces to accompany the newly-added Region and all its splendors · You now can play most of the game's instrumental music tracks in the Crossroads, once you unlock them after the Incantation Summoning of Musical Rhapsody · Added all-new sound effects for the new weapon, some Boons of Hephaestus, and more · Improved audio feedback for various other Boons, Aspects, interactions, and abilities · Updated sound effects for using Spectral Gates between ships in the Rift of Thessaly · Adjusted effect on Melinoë's voice after choosing Circe's Word of Smaller Stature or Greater Girth · Updated sound effect for picking up after Eris · Improvements to audio mix and other minor changes

Menus & UI

· Updated Main Menu to reflect this Major Update · Updated how the contents of the Silver Pool are organized 📢 Updated each weapon's Aspects menu, splitting progress between Underworld and Surface routes 📢 Updated Archived Trivia screen with more at-a-glance data and other improvements 📢 Updated Past Deeds screen in various ways; Chaos Trials no longer count as losses; all Keepsakes used each night now are listed · As part of the above changes, clear times for the Surface route are reset now that it is extended · Longer subtitles now scroll automatically, leaving room for another subtitle when needed · Improved handling of cases when you have unusually many Boons and upgrades in the Boon Info menu 📢 Rearranged Seeds and Plants in the Inventory menu 📢 Added alternate icon for when you have sufficient resources tracked with a Forget-Me-Not 📢 Added Location Reward preview icons when Vow of Forfeit (formerly Bitterness) will take effect 📢 Added contextual tutorial about

This smaller patch addresses various issues we've observed since our previous patches, which we wanted to alleviate before our first Major Update later this year. Thank you for your feedback and support!

Note: 📢 indicates changes inspired by community feedback!

Aspects of the Nocturnal Arms

· Sister Blades (Melinoë): increased damage striking foes from behind

Boons & Blessings

· Lightning Lance (Zeus): improved targeting while using gamepad controls · Spirit Surge (Zeus): reworked; now whenever you use magick, a surrounding foe is struck by lightning · Sworn Strike (Hera): slightly reduced bonus from Poms of Power · Engagement Ring (Hera): reworked; inflicts Hitch on foes, and any slain in the circle deal area damage · Family Trade (Hera): cut from game; replaced with... · Rousing Reception (Hera): new! Your Casts damage foes as they enter the Encounter, wherever they appear (this effect was previously innate to Engagement Ring) · Golden Rule (Hera X Poseidon): now applies a multiplicative global damage bonus, rather than a flat bonus only to Attacks and Specials · Beach Ball (Poseidon x Apollo): added greater damage and area scaling over a brief charge-up duration · Mint Condition (Hephaestus): invulnerability effect now resets between Encounters in same Location

Daedalus Hammer Upgrades

· Mirrored Thrasher (Staff): removed Life penalty; now requires Magick instead · Skulking Slice (Blades): reduced bonus damage striking foes from behind · Escalating Ambush (Blades): cut from game; replaced with... · Wicked Onslaught (Blades): new! Adds power to Attacks · Melting Shredder (Axe): increased damage to Armor · Inverted Spark (Flames): now also causes projectiles to linger for longer · Whirling Coil (Flames): projectiles no longer spin in place; renamed from Origin Coil · Crushing Comet (Flames): cut from game; replaced with... · Triple Comet (Flames): new! Your Special fires more projectiles · Destructive Array (Skull): now deals a percentage of your Attack damage whenever your Shells drop · Rocket Bombard (Skull): increased damage

Hexes of Selene

· Phase Shift: rescaled some Path of Stars upgrades · Lunar Ray: rescaled damage over a shorter duration

Foes & Encounters

· Chronos: adjusted sequencing of some moves; now easier to strike from behind after certain moves · Headmistress Hecate: now easier to strike from behind after certain moves

Oath of the Unseen

· Vow of Haunting: Revenants can no longer spawn others; you now collect them from farther away · Damage penalties from Vow of Blood and Vow of Suffering now are added, rather than multiplied

Bug Fixes

📢 Fixed several later narrative events related to Nemesis and Moros never playing 📢 Fixed interaction between Witch's Staff (Momus) and Mirrored Thrasher (Daedalus - Staff) 📢 Fixed visual shield from The Lovers (Arcana) not appearing while using Sister Blades (Artemis) 📢 Fixed some hit-stun effects applying unexpectedly during Riposte from Sister Blades (Artemis) 📢 Fixed Ionic Gain (Zeus) not working correctly while Icarus is around 📢 Fixed Glorious Disaster (Zeus x Apollo) using Magick without activating the bonus effect 📢 Fixed Hail Storm (Zeus x Demeter) sometimes not working on Chronos 📢 Fixed interaction between Bridal Glow (Hera) and Heavy Metal (Hephaestus) 📢 Fixed Golden Rule (Hera x Poseidon) not applying a global damage bonus as the description states 📢 Fixed Hydraulic Might (Poseidon) unexpectedly granting invulnerability at the start of Encounters 📢 Fixed Water Fitness (Poseidon) unexpectedly restoring Life whenever you gained Water essences 📢 Fixed Freezer Burn (Demeter x Hestia) sometimes not working on Chronos 📢 Fixed Icarus Armor boosts not correctly adding to Hephaestus Armor boosts 📢 Fixed Burnt Offering (Hestia) sometimes selecting a different Boon to sacrifice if Rarified 📢 Fixed Hard Target (Hermes) not affecting Sea-Serpent shots and other splitting shots 📢 Fixed **Atrophic (Chaos) **sometimes displaying incorrect values 📢 Fixed Aetheric Moonburst (Daedalus - Staff) not restoring Magick when your Magick is full 📢 Fixed Inverted Spark (Daedalus - Flames) sometimes preventing Attacks from destroying urns 📢 Fixed interaction between Phase Shift (Selene) and Alacrity upgrade not resetting properly 📢 Fixed Lunar Ray (Selene) firing indefinitely if you collected a reward while firing 📢 Fixed interaction between **Experimental Hammer (Icarus) **and Full Salvo (Daedalus - Skull) 📢 Fixed several Keepsakes not correctly showing up as expired when switching between regions 📢 Fixed Headmistress Hecate shadow copies being vulnerable to Aphrodite's Charm Curse 📢 Fixed upgraded Warding Circles in Erebus sometimes recharging your Hex multiple times 📢 Fixed instances where time-slow effects could unexpectedly persist if quickly chained together 📢 Fixed Guardians appearing to restore Life after taking heavy damage from Hestia's Scorch Curse 📢 Fixed cases where using Change of Fate on a reward preview would not offer a different result 📢 Fixed Witch of the Crossroads and Natural Talent Prophecies not appearing as expected 📢 Fixed Moon Beam (Selene) sometimes unexpectedly displaying as expired in Boon Info 📢 Fixed several Boons not appearing in their respective Olympians' Fated List Prophecies 📢 Fixed Breath of Eros (Charon) not appearing in the Valued Customer Fated List Prophecy 📢 Fixed a display issue in the Fated List with the prompt to view more requirements 📢 Fixed Reset option in the Oath of the Unseen not always resetting all Vows as expected 📢 Fixed instances where camera motion could push Melinoë offscreen in the Rift of Thessaly 📢 Fixed an issue preventing the use of the Book of Shadows while Icarus is around 📢 Fixed occasional visual issues with special deliveries from Shrines of Hermes 📢 Fixed several text and voiceover errors 📢 Fixed several rare crashes 📢 Other minor fixes

Quote of the Patch

'Ghost-evocation technology is first laid out in Homer's Odyssey and remains fairly conservative throughout ancient literature.

~Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds (D. Ogden)

This patch improves numerous Olympian Boons to further enhance core combat and related choices. It also adds new UI icons, Cauldron incantations, and more. Though we'll continue monitoring your feedback, we're now focusing on our first Major Update slated for later this year. Thank you for playing!

Note: 📢 indicates changes inspired by community feedback!

General Gameplay

📢 Many Duo Boons and some Legendary Boons should be offered more frequently 📢 Charon's Gold Rewards now include Nightmare after a certain point · Reworked Gathering Tool upgrades; now let you find +1 Elemental Essence for your Infusion Boons · Entering Chaos while in the Mourning Fields no longer causes you to skip a Location in that region · Slightly increased the minimum number of Boons and similar rewards you can find past Erebus · Warding Circles in Erebus now stagger foes that touch them

Aspects of the Nocturnal Arms

· Witch's Staff (Circe): indirect damage from Omega Moves now contributes to activating Serenity · Sister Blades (Artemis): you now are immune to hit-stun effects during Riposte · Umbral Flames (Eos): improved Omega Attack tracking, though slightly increased Magick cost and reduced max damage from upgrade path; Attack sequence now continues after using it · Argent Skull (Persephone): now any Cast damage (not just Omega Cast) extends your Omega Special

Altar of Ashes

· Rearranged Grasp costs and positions of several Cards; you may need to reset your Arcana loadout · Swapped the names and theming of The Moon and Night · Death: reworked; Omega moves have a chance to deal Critical damage if the last one used was different · The Moon: now costs 0 Grasp but has an Awakening requirement to activate any surrounding Card · The Unseen: improved Magick restoration · Divinity: Awakening requirement expanded to include activating a column of Cards (not just a row) · Origination: now specifies that Curses from different Olympians are required; this is relevant with Demeter, whose Cyclone now is considered a Curse (along with her Freeze)

Crossroads Cauldron

· Temporal Fluctuation: new! Lets time-slow effects such as Phase Shift (Selene) work vs. Chronos · Circles of the Moon: new! Activating Warding Circles in Erebus fully charges your Hex · Ashen Memories of Life: new! Whenever you claim rewards of Ash, slightly raise your Life limit · Psychic Slivers of Clarity: new! Whenever you claim rewards of Psyche, slightly raise your Magick limit · Bones of Burnished Bronze: new! Whenever you claim rewards of Bones, gain some Armor · Nectar of Godly Savor: new! Whenever you claim rewards of Nectar, gain +1 Lv. for a random Boon

Keepsakes

· White Antler (Artemis): reworked; now provides Critical bonus for one Region, but reduces Life limit 📢 Silken Sash (Arachne): you no longer lose your Armor from this if you switch to a different Keepsake 📢 Moon Beam (Selene): now also causes Selene or a Path of Stars to be offered soon 📢 Olympian Keepsakes are now even more likely to make their respective Olympian Boons appear

Boons & Blessings

· Heaven Strike (Zeus): increased bonus from Poms of Power · Heaven Flourish (Zeus): increased bonus from Poms of Power · Storm Ring (Zeus): now deals damage from all Casts (not just Omega Cast) · Ionic Gain (Zeus): reworked; now spawns an Aether Font nearby that fully restores Magick when used · Spirit Surge (Zeus): increased bonus from Poms of Power · Double Strike (Zeus): increased effect chance and bonus from Poms; renamed from Second Strike · Shocking Loss (Zeus): increased effect chance; now activates when foes first take damage · Glorious Disaster (Zeus x Apollo): reduced damage; fixed Magick not deducting correctly · Apocalyptic Storm (Zeus x Demeter): cut from game; replaced with... · Hail Storm (Zeus x Demeter): new! Your Freeze effects also cause lightning bolts to strike afflicted foes · Master Conductor (Zeus x Hephaestus): increased damage · Hera: Slaying a foe now can afflict them with the Hitch Curse and spread that damage accordingly · Sworn Strike (Hera): increased bonus from Poms of Power · Sworn Flourish (Hera): increased bonus from Poms of Power · Engagement Ring (Hera): now also inflicts Hitch when dealing damage, though reduced direct damage to compensate; no longer increases Cast duration · Nexus Sprint (Hera): now damages and inflicts Hitch on unafflicted foes · Born Gain (Hera): increased Primed Magick cost · Keen Intuition (Hera): cut from game; replaced with... · Blood Line (Hera): new! Your Omega Moves also create a damaging rift for an added Magick cost · Bridal Glow (Hera): Boons that are already Heroic can no longer be chosen for this · Soul Mate (Hera x Aphrodite): cut from game; replaced with... · Ecstatic Obsession (Hera x Aphrodite): one foe always has Charm (formerly Aphrodite's Legendary) · Cherished Heirloom (Hera x Demeter): increased power level when upgrading max-rank Keepsakes · Funeral Pyre (Hera x Hestia): cut from game; replaced with... · Elementary Particles (Hera x Hestia): new! Gain +1 each Elemental Essence and an Infusion Boon for it · Wave Strike (Poseidon): increased bonus from Poms of Power · Tidal Ring (Poseidon): new! Your Casts also immediately hit foes in front of you with a splash · Geyser Spout (Poseidon): now a second-tier Cast Boon; renamed from Geyser Ring · Crashing Wave (Poseidon): cut from game; replaced with... · Splash Fount (Poseidon): new! Your Omega Moves also create a watery blast near the first damaged foe · Ocean's Bounty (Poseidon): merged with Sunken Treasure, which was removed as a stand-alone Boon · Water Fitness (Poseidon): effect now scales with each Water Essence · King Tide (Poseidon): increased size bonus and damage bonus · Beach Ball (Poseidon x Apollo): increased damage · Natural Selection (Poseidon x Demeter): increased chance of improved Rarity · Scalding Vapor (Poseidon x Hestia): increased damage · Nova Strike (Apollo): increased bonus from Rarity and Poms of Power · Solar Ring (Apollo): reworked; now inflicts Daze and deals a burst of damage · Prominence Flare (Apollo): now a second-tier Cast Boon; renamed from the earlier Solar Ring · Lucid Gain (Apollo): reworked; now restores Magick if you are standing in your Casts when they expire · Perfect Image (Apollo): reworked; damage bonus now resets if you avoid taking damage for a duration · Torrential Downpour (Apollo x Demeter): cut from game; replaced with... · Boreal Gust (Apollo x Demeter): new! While standing in Cyclones, you randomly fire damaging gales · Stellar Slam (Apollo x Hephaestus): cut from game; replaced with... · Rude Awakening (Apollo x Hephaestus): new! Hephaestus blasts clear Daze and deal more damage · Tranquil Gain (Demeter): now restores Magick based on a percentage of your current total · Gale Force (Demeter): your Cast's Cyclone now can follow you if you also have Local Climate · Frosty Veneer (Demeter): now scales with Water Essence rather than Earth; renamed from Coarse Grit · Freezer Burn (Demeter x Hestia): reworked; inflicting Freeze on a foe with Scorch deals damage and removes Scorch · Aphrodite: Increased power and duration of her Weak Curse · Rapture Ring (Aphrodite): now deals damage as it drags foes in · Passion Rush (Aphrodite): reworked; now deals damage when you press Dash and again when you stop pressing Dash; renamed from Passion Dash · Glamour Gain (Aphrodite): now makes all nearby foes Weak, rather than one randomly · Shameless Attitude (Aphrodite): reworked; the damage bonus doubles if you haven't lost much Life · Wispy Wiles (Aphrodite): effect now scales with each Air Essence · Heartthrobs from Aphrodite now spawn behind Melinoë and no longer detonate on obstacles · Nervous Wreck (Aphrodite): new Legendary! Inflicting Weak inflicts other random Curses · Soft Caress (Aphrodite x Hephaestus): cut from game; replaced with... · Love Handles (Aphrodite x Hephaestus): new! Hephaestus blasts also create Heartthrobs · Burning Desire (Aphrodite x Hestia): cut from game; replaced with... · Hot Flash (Aphrodite x Hestia): new! Scorch does not diminish as it deals damage to Weak foes · Hephaestus: Improved activation speed of the Vent Curse · Volcanic Flourish (Hephaestus): improved blast recharge time · Anvil Ring (Hephaestus): no longer reduces Cast size · Fine Tuning (Hephaestus): significantly increased bonus to upgraded Aspects · Tough Trade (Hephaestus): cut from game; replaced with... · Grand Caldera (Hephaestus): new! Hephaestus blasts become even bigger and stronger · Chain Reaction (Hephaestus x Hestia): timing to activate the multi-blast effect now less restrictive · Hestia: Increased damage rate of the Scorch Curse · Flame Strike (Hestia): increased Scorch damage · Flame Flourish (Hestia): increased bonus from Poms of Power · Smolder Ring (Hestia): increased Scorch damage · Controlled Burn (Hestia): increased damage · Glowing Coal (Hestia): increased damage · Hearth Gain (Hestia): reworked; now restores Magick when you hit with your Attack or Special · Pyro Technique (Hestia): no longer a Legendary Boon; now can scale with Rarity and Poms of Power · Fire Extinguisher (Hestia): cut from game; replaced with... · Highly Flammable (Hestia): new! Inflicting Scorch on a foe for the first time inflicts more · Spontaneous Combustion (Hestia): cut from game; replaced with... · Fire Walk (Hestia): new Legendary! You take minimal fire damage, and leave flames where you Sprint · Swift Strike (Hermes): cut from game; replaced with... · Nimble Limbs (Hermes): new! Your Attack, Special, and Cast are faster · Swift Flourish (Hermes): cut from game; replaced with... · Nimble Mind (Hermes): new! Your Omega Moves are faster · Silver Streak (Artemis): increased damage · Easy Shot (Artemis): increased damage · First Blood (Artemis): increased Critical chance · Lethal Snare (Artemis): increased Critical chance

Daedalus Hammer Upgrades

📢 Executioner's Chop (Axe): no longer prevents you from striking if you have insufficient Magick · Possessed Array (Skull): blast-on-retrieval effect now automatically uses some Magick

Hexes of Selene

· Phase Shift: reduced Magick-spend requirement; slightly reduced effect duration; fixed text incorrectly stating this duration; now works vs. Chronos, after a certain point... · Total Eclipse: greatly reduced Magick-spend requirement · Dark Side: increased ability damage; slightly reduced Magick-spend requirement · Lunar Ray: greatly reduced Magick-spend requirement; improved targeting using gamepad controls · Moon Water: slightly reduced Magick-spend requirement · As part of these changes, you can no longer recharge Hexes while their effects are still ongoing

Path of Stars

· Growth (Dark Side): new! Makes your Hex passively recharge over time · Preparation (Total Eclipse): new! Start Encounters with your Hex partially charged · Extinction (Twilight Curse): reduced effectiveness · Upgrades of Sublime quality now also raise your Hex's recharge cost (to compensate for many recharge costs having been reduced; Hexes should now be more usable throughout each night)

Well of Charon

· Breath of Eros: new! Similar to the now-cut Soft Caress (Aphrodite x Hephaestus), this causes the next instance of damage you would take to instead restore that much Life

Foes & Encounters

· Infernal Cerberus: various adjustments to better align how scary he is with how scary he looks 📢 Charybdis: improved visibility in this encounter 📢 Hippo: reduced how long they tend to retreat after attacking 📢 Harpy Talon: reduced frequency of wind vortex attack · Heracles: reduced average number of foes you'll face in this Encounter · Icarus: reduced average number of foes you'll face in this Encounter

Level Design & Environments

📢 You now can use Change of Fate to alter the reward vs. Charybdis in the Rift of Thessaly · A certain Location in Tartarus no longer immediately fires a trap at Melinoë as soon as she enters

Fated List of Minor Prophecies

· Updated some Prophecy fulfillment requirements based on above changes to Boons

Oath of the Unseen

· Vow of Panic: reduced penalty to Magick at the start of Encounters

Menus & UI

· Added UI icons for Boons of Artemis · Added UI icons for Blessings and Curses of Chaos · Added UI icons for Gifts of Narcissus · Added UI icons for Blessings of Echo · Added UI icons for Boons of Hades · Added UI icons for Curses of Medea · Added UI icons for Enchantments of Circe · Added UI icons for Offerings of Icarus · Added UI icons for effects such as Grave Thirst, Chthonic Fate, and Special Order · Added borders to upgrade icons on the Path of Stars screen · Damage preview from Hestia's Scorch Curse now appears on Guardian Life Bars 📢 In the Past Deeds screen, cleared Chaos Trials no longer appear as failures 📢 Improved legibility of damage numbers on the Victory Screen that shows when you prevail 📢 Clarified when clear conditions for certain Fated List Prophecies are listed on more than one page 📢 You now can press Esc to exit the map view while using City of Ephyra Bat Cages · Updated content of Grasp Upgrade Tutorial in the Altar of Ashes in cases where it repeats

Art & Visual FX

· New visuals for Solar Ring (Apollo)

Music & SFX

· Added SFX for when the benefit from Mint Condition (Hephaestus) is about to expire

Miscellaneous

· Improved performance in the Rift of Thessaly on systems close to the minimum system requirement 📢 All timers now pause while using the City of Ephyra Bat Cages 📢 Improved visibility of visual FX when Demeter is spurned in Trial of the Gods encounters · Adjusted names of several Boons · Made some optimizations to save files

Bug Fixes

· Fixed Daedalus Hammers sometimes being offered on the very first night, introduced in Patch 2 · Fixed the deadliest attack of Chronos being easier to evade than intended, introduced in Patch 2 · Fixed Vow of Abandon not deactivating The Swift Runner (Arcana) · Fixed certain Moonstone Axe moves not playing their correct animations if queued up · Fixed cases where Moonstone Axe Omega Special could be used repeatedly after a Dash 📢 Fixed incorrect damage in some cases using Witch's Staff (Circe) and Silver Streak (Artemis) 📢 Fixed interaction between Witch's Staff (Momus) and Exceptional Talent (Apollo) 📢 Fixed Sister Blades (Artemis) Parry effect not activating as expected after choosing a Boon 📢 Fixed Sister Blades (Artemis) visual FX not syncing with when it recharges 📢 Fixed interaction between Umbral Flames (Eos) and Split Spark (Daedalus) 📢 Fixed interaction between Frosty Veneer (Demeter) and Engraved Pin (Moros) 📢 Fixed interaction between **Howling Soul (Hades) **and Orchestration (Night Curse - Selene) 📢 Fixed Blitz effects from Zeus not reliably activating Origination (Arcana) 📢 Fixed interaction between Storm Ring (Zeus) and time-slowing effects such as Phase Shift (Selene) 📢 Fixed Air Quality (Zeus) not affecting **Suffering on Sight (Medea) · Fixed Double Up (Poseidon) sometimes doubling unique valuables from early encounters with Eris 📢 Fixed Rarify not working on Quick Buck (Hermes) 📢 Fixed Scalding Vapor (Poseidon x Hestia) not showing Hestia's symbol in the Offerings list 📢 Fixed Magick regeneration effects from Chaos not working together as expected 📢 Fixed Lunar Ray (Selene) sometimes not dealing damage at very close range 📢 Fixed Night Bloom (Selene) preventing certain moves from working; fixed error in the description 📢 Fixed Gold Purse (Charon) not displaying as having Expired when expected 📢 Fixed Change of Fate unexpectedly becoming unavailable after using Hexes near exits 📢 Fixed cases where using Change of Fate on a Boon near an exit also unexpectedly altered the exit 📢 Fixed Sea-Serpents sometimes becoming invisible 📢 Fixed Headmistress Hecate's Lunar Ray attack becoming invisible if blocked 📢 Fixed Headmistress Hecate's Lunar Ray attack sometimes tracking Melinoë unexpectedly 📢 Fixed an issue activating Engraved Pin (Moros) during the phase change in the battle vs. Chronos 📢 Fixed Heracles sometimes rudely vanishing during Gift interactions 📢 Fixed Chronos sometimes rudely chiding you on successive Encounters in Tartarus 📢 Fixed an extra reward sometimes appearing unexpectedly in Charon's Shop in Tartarus 📢 Fixed an issue where Nemesis could drop rewards too far away in the Mourning Fields 📢 Fixed Eris sometimes leaving Rubbish in the Crossroads even while absent 📢 Fixed Odysseus commenting on the Garden while preoccupied in the Taverna 📢 Fixed cases where Omega Moves could be used in the Training Grounds without enough Magick 📢 Fixed instances where you could not Sprint after using Dash to interrupt certain moves 📢 Fixed Frinos Strength Bonds not scaling properly 📢 Fixed Frinos overreacting after clearing all the witches summoned by Headmistress Hecate 📢 Fixed Toula dozing peacefully amid Burning Oil Slicks in the Rift of Thessaly 📢 Fixed Shrines of Hermes sometimes offering fewer items than expected 📢 Fixed quitting the game unexpectedly negating Spark of Ixion (Charon) damage protection 📢 Fixed an issue in the Altar of Ashes trying to navigate to the Grasp gauge from the bottom row 📢 Fixed control mapping overlap between Rarify and Offerings commands on the Boon Choice menu 📢 Fixed discrepancies in how seconds and milliseconds displayed in certain timers 📢 Fixed

Among the improvements in this patch, look for many new UI icons as well as weapon-related balance changes aimed at enhancing core combat and related choices. Your feedback and volunteered gameplay data help inspire our changes, so thank you for playing! Stay tuned for Boon updates in our next patch.

Note: 📢 indicates changes inspired by community feedback!

General Gameplay

· You now can encounter up to one additional Olympian each night (as in the previous game) · You now are likely to find one more Boon or other major reward while in Erebus 📢 Increased invulnerability duration after your Death Defiance effects activate 📢 Improved rewards of Ash and Psyche can now be found in Oceanus and the Rift of Thessaly 📢 You now can press-and-hold to harvest repeatedly from Crescent Pick Outcroppings 📢 Toula should now stay closer to you in Encounters, especially in the Fields of Mourning 📢 Nemesis no longer offers Death Defiance items if you do not need to refill the effect · Reduced Gold cost of Selene's Boon and Path of Stars in Charon's Shop · Minor adjustments to the order in which Olympians may first appear early on · Normalized chances of finding Fishing Points in various regions

Nocturnal Arms & Abilities

📢 Witch's Staff: Special knocks foes away, but is slightly slower; Omega Special is faster 📢 Sister Blades: Special staggers standard foes longer; Attack visual FX better match the hitbox 📢 Umbral Flames: Attacks are stronger and faster; Omega Attack channels faster and uses less magick; Special gives a speed boost, but has reduced damage; Omega Special can be channeled while moving 📢 Moonstone Axe: reworked Special provides a lingering barrier; Omega Attack channels slightly faster; Omega Special channels faster 📢 Argent Skull: Omega Attack channels faster and hits a larger area

Aspects of the Nocturnal Arms

· Witch's Staff (Circe): adjusted activation and duration of Serenity effect; Serenity now adds Omega bonus damage that scales with this Aspect's rank · Witch's Staff (Momus): reworked; each of your Omega Moves automatically fires several times in succession from where you use them 📢 Sister Blades (Artemis): you will Block again if the effect recharges while you are channeling; Block now takes priority over Dodge and similar effects · Umbral Flames (Eos): reworked; Omega Attack now fires a slow shot that occasionally creates damage blasts and also copies your Specials · Moonstone Axe (Melinoë): reworked; now adds Power and Max Life · Moonstone Axe (Thanatos): reworked; faster Attack adds Critical chance to Omega moves · Argent Skull (Medea): improved hit detection on foes near impassable obstacles · Argent Skull (Persephone): you now earn Glory much faster, but only by using your Omega Cast; improved control responsiveness during Omega Special

Keepsakes

📢 Moon Beam (Selene): increased bonus to Path of Stars upgrades

Daedalus Hammer Upgrades

· Marauder Wallop (Staff): cut from game; replaced with... · Rapid Thrasher (Staff): new! All your Attacks become faster · Double Wallop (Staff): cut from game; replaced with... · Wicked Thrasher (Staff): new! All your Attacks gain bonus Power · Double Cataclysm (Staff): cut from game; replaced with... · Mirrored Thrasher (Staff): new! All your Attacks hit twice, but you take more damage · Rapid Moonshot (Staff): also affects Omega Special · Dual Moonshot (Staff): also affects Omega Special; reduced range; renamed from Double Moonshot · Shimmering Moonshot (Staff): also affects Omega Special · Aetheric Moonburst (Staff): increased Magick restoration from Power Shots · Concentrated Flurry (Blades): cut from game; replaced with... · Melting Dart (Blades): new! Your Special destroys a large percentage of a foe's Armor · Flick Knives (Blades): new! Your Dash-Strike also fires several Special knives in a fan pattern · Rapid Onslaught (Blades): reworked to also affect Omega Attack; renamed from Marauder Slice · Hook Knives (Blades): removed damage bonus; slightly reduced speed of knives returning to you · Furious Fire (Flames): cut from game; replaced with... · Mega Spark (Flames): new! All your Attacks travel farther and deal more damage · Inverted Spark (Flames): new! Dash to make shots from Attacks reverse direction and hit foes again · Leaden Spark (Flames): new! Your Attacks knock foes away and have bonus Power · Sustained Spark (Flames): also increases move speed, instead of reducing; formerly Sustained Fire · Melting Coil (Flames): no longer fires straight; also affects Omega Special; formerly Melting Comet · Origin Coil (Flames): also affects Special · Rapid Slash (Axe): reworked to also affect Omega Attack; renamed from Marauder Slash · Giga Cleaver (Axe): removed two-stage channeling (it always double-fires but uses more Magick) · Dashing Heave (Axe): removed damage bonus; instead, it now hits twice · Sidelong Crash (Skull): cut from game; replaced with... · Mega Driver (Skull): new! Your Specials travel farther and deal more damage · Colossus Driver (Skull): also affects Omega Special

Hexes of Selene

· Wolf Howl: reduced Magick-spend requirement · Twilight Curse: greatly reduced Magick-spend requirement; reduced foes afflicted; reduced cast time · Night Bloom: reduced Magick-spend requirement, effect duration, bonus damage, and cast time · Lunar Ray: greatly reduced Magick-spend requirement; reduced damage; reduced cast time · Moon Water: slightly increased Magick-spend requirement; slightly reduced healing · Dark Side: slightly increased Magick-spend requirement; slightly reduced cast time

Foes & Encounters

📢 Chronos: various fixes and adjustments; there should be fewer cases where he's patently unfair · Infernal Cerberus: minor adjustments to some attack patterns in the first phase 📢 Eris: grenade attacks no longer wildly bounce around 📢 Polyphemus: reduced effectiveness of Mutant Sheep 📢 Goldwrath: reduced accuracy and tracking of beam attack · Queen Lamia: slightly increased Armor; increased speed; other minor changes · Reed-Stalker: increased projectile speed and target distance; reduced rotation speed · Mourner: slightly increased rotation speed; slightly increased speed while attacking · Lamia: slightly increased life and Elite armor 📢 Dire Shambler: reduced tracking speed between attacks 📢 Hippo: self-destruct area should more closely match the visuals

Level Design & Environments

📢 Driftwood resources are more common in the Rift of Thessaly (a further increase since last patch) 📢 Burning Oil Slicks in the Rift of Thessaly will extinguish after Encounters, though may be reignited 📢 Adjusted Oil Slicks in some locations in the Rift of Thessaly · Minor fixes to several locations

Fated List of Minor Prophecies

· Clearing Original Sins no longer requires choosing the very rare Barren curse from Chaos

Chaos Trials

📢 Trial of Heartache: reduced difficulty and adjusted based on Aspect changes 📢 Trial of Haste: reduced difficulty and adjusted based on Aspect changes

Oath of the Unseen

· Vow of Forsaking: no longer helps ensure you quickly get Duo and Legendary Boons

Menus & UI

· Added many new UI icons for Keepsakes, Weapons, Well of Charon offerings, and more 📢 Insight Into Offerings (Cauldron) now also lets you check each Olympian's list of offerings in the Book of Shadows while choosing their Boons (or the equivalent with other characters) · [/]With the prior change, adjusted default key binding for Rarify; some custom bindings have been reset 📢 Added a warning when you are down to your last use of Death Defiance 📢 Opening the Book of Shadows should show entries for nearby characters more reliably 📢 Removed the Unused Grasp notification when exiting the Altar of Ashes while at a high Grasp limit · Updated Pitch-Black Stone screen to use Aspect-specific icons · Adjusted input action bar layout at the bottom of the Boon Screen and similar · Added borders to icons for Selene Hexes on the Gifts of the Moon screen · Added informational pop-up when using F10 to report bugs · Other minor changes

Art & Visual FX

📢 Reduced some full-screen flashing or strobing, such as from time-slow effects

Music & SFX

· Added SFX for when certain active abilities such as Serenity are ready to use · Updated placeholder SFX for various Keepsakes · Updated SFX for projectile collisions with Umbral Flames (Moros)

Voice & Narrative

· Unique voice lines should play more reliably when certain incantations are revealed in the Cauldron · Added voice lines when using Phase Shift (Selene) vs. Chronos (or trying to...) · More voice lines should play when confiding in Frinos in certain contexts

Miscellaneous

📢 While brooding over the family portrait in the Crossroads, you may now snap out of it sooner 📢 You now can fully control the game using keyboard only if you rebind Attack and Special 📢 All timers now pause while in the presence of Charon 📢 An Anvil of Fates will no longer be offered in Tartarus if you have not found a Daedalus Hammer 📢 In the Hades Flashback, adjusted timing of hint for players who don't realize they are in control · Reduced requirements for the incantation Power to Pause and Reflect to be revealed · Melinoë now respawns in the center of her magick circle near her tent (she was a bit off before...) · Improved compatibility with more types of controllers · Updated text for various upgrades and abilities

Bug Fixes

· Fixed Double Up (Poseidon) sometimes doubling Mystery Boons; clarified description · Fixed Nightmare resources dropping unexpectedly in Chaos Trials 📢 Fixed Omega moves occasionally becoming unresponsive after being chomped on by Polyphemus 📢 Fixed deadliest attack of Chronos occasionally hitting when Melinoë was in a supposedly safe point 📢 Fixed Umbral Flames Attack preventing Magick regeneration before channeling Omega Attack 📢 Fixed The Queen and Judgment (Arcana) appearing active while no others Arcana are active 📢 Fixed Hearth Gain (Hestia) no longer restoring Magick if chosen as a Sacrifice Boon 📢 Fixed certain later Oath Testaments for the Sister Blades sometimes not appearing as expected 📢 Fixed cases where you could go out of bounds using the Argent Skull in the battle vs. Chronos 📢 Fixed more cases of some visual effects vs. Chronos lingering between phases or after the fight 📢 Fixed Toula unceremoniously vanishing after you vanquish Chronos 📢 Fixed additional issues with Sun Worshiper (Apollo) 📢 Fixed additional issues with Dark Side (Selene) 📢 Fixed additional issues with Twilight Curse (Selene) 📢 Fixed a visual issue where Headmistress Hecate could appear to slide after snared by your Cast 📢 Fixed Spark of Ixion (Charon) causing a Chaos Gate to appear in Asphodel? 📢 Fixed Golden Boughs sometimes not marking all available rewards in the Fields of Mourning 📢 Fixed several narrative events that could play out of sequence 📢 Fixed Odysseus rather rudely walking away while in conversation with Nemesis 📢 Fixed Heracles sometimes leaping away forever 📢 Fixed Melinoë's voice reverting during her return sequence despite certain Circe enchantments 📢 Fixed incorrect Echo portrait in the Book of Shadows 📢 Fixed incorrect music playing in some Chaos Trials, or not playing as intended in some instances 📢 Fixed rare cases of a looping sound playing indefinitely 📢 Fixed a rare instance when objectives in the Training Grounds could overlap 📢 Fixed several minor issues on the Victory Screen that shows when you prevail 📢 Fixed additional miscellaneous issues when playing in ultrawide resolutions 📢 Fixed a rare crash in which the effect of Winter Harvest (Demeter) could repeat forever 📢 Fixed various other rare crashes 📢 Fixed several text errors 📢 Other minor fixes

Quote of the Patch

'Hecate was the Goddess of the Dark of the Moon, the black nights when the moon is hidden. She was associated with deeds of darkness, the Goddess of the Crossways, which were held to be ghostly places of evil magic.'

~Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes (E. Hamilton)

Here's our first patch in Early Access!! We're very grateful for all the feedback so far, which inspired this first set of targeted improvements and fixes. Next, we'll be working on a patch with balance changes and additional improvements based on what we've observed. Thank you for playing!

Note: 📢 indicates a change inspired by community feedback! (Almost everything in this case...!)

General Gameplay

📢 Your **Sprint **is innately faster and turning is more responsive; re-scaled abilities that boost this 📢 You now can **Dash **out of many attack recovery animations more reliably 📢 You now can gather from _any _resource point once you have unlocked the corresponding Gathering Tool; you now can _Prioritize _any available Tool in the Training Grounds to make its resources appear as often as before, while resources for Tools you do _not _Prioritize will appear far less often

Altar of Ashes

📢 The Swift Runner: now also makes your Dash immediate (note the faster speed means you are invulnerable for very slightly less time); re-scaled Sprint speed bonus since Sprint is innately faster now

Level Design & Environments

📢 It is easier to Dash across chasms in Oceanus 📢 Driftwood resources are more common in the Rift of Thessaly

Menus & UI

📢 Using a **Well of Charon **displays your current **Gold **without the need to check your Boon Info 📢 The **Grasp **Upgrade Tutorial in the **Altar of Ashes **will repeat if ignored 📢 Added **Patch Notes **option to the Main Menu (where you can read this!)

Miscellaneous

📢 Early encounters with Eris are less likely to occur; she also drops something of value... 📢 Related, if this already occurred, look for a one-time bonus in the **Crossroads **while Eris is present 📢 Entries in the **Book of Shadows **are generally easier to reveal 📢 You can gift Echo without having to wait around as long after conversing 📢 Adjusted Animal Familiar upgrades invalidated by the **Gathering Tool **changes above 📢 In the Hades Flashback, a hint will eventually play for players who don't realize they are in control 📢 Improved mouse selection in various cases 📢 Improved support for some additional controllers • Abilities that boost Sprint speed display more-accurate numbers (generally lower than before) • Updates and fixes to translations in some languages

Bug Fixes

📢 Fixed several issues with Dark Side (Selene) 📢 Fixed **Sun Worshiper (Apollo) **sometimes preventing new foes from spawning 📢 Fixed **Fire Extinguisher (Hestia) **not dealing damage as expected 📢 Fixed **Sister Blades Omega Attack **not hitting Chronos reliably from certain angles 📢 Fixed Satyr Hoplites retaining the ability to block while afflicted with Twilight Curse (Selene) 📢 Fixed various cases of foes sometimes spawning out of bounds 📢 Fixed camera zoom-in getting stuck vs. Polyphemus in certain situations 📢 Fixed cases where you could Dash out of bounds in the Crossroads 📢 Fixed Fishing Pier events in the **Crossroads **not passing Whiles like other similar events 📢 Fixed autolock not clearing as expected while using mouse controls 📢 Fixed keyboard inputs sometimes getting stuck unexpectedly 📢 Fixed several input issues switching from gamepad to mouse-and-keyboard controls 📢 Fixed several issues playing in ultrawide resolutions 📢 Fixed some visual effects vs. Chronos lingering between phases or after the fight 📢 Fixed a Melinoë voice line repeating unexpectedly around the City of Ephyra Bat Cages 📢 Fixed various rare crashes 📢 Fixed several text errors 📢 Other minor fixes

Quote of the Patch

'...now plain to the eye, now shadowy, now shining in the darkness— all this in unnerving attacks in the gloom of night.'

**~The Orphic Hymns, 71: To Melinoë **(Anonymous; A. Athanassakis translation)

Thanks so much to everyone who's taken the time to play Hades II in Early Access so far! We've been delving into all your impressions and feedback, and we're very excited to move forward in this new phase of development. In this post, we wanted to share our short-term plans.

We're Focused on a Smooth Play Experience

Following our launch, we've deployed several small hotfixes that alleviated rare crashes and progression bugs. We typically don't provide patch notes for small technical hotfixes such as this, though they help us make sure we're building on a solid foundation. We are continuing to watch for error reports closely.

We're Gathering Feedback and Data

Impressions posted here on Steam, our official Discord, and beyond are letting us gauge how everyone's feeling about the game and how that aligns with our goals. With the help of our translators, we're getting feedback from players all over the world! We're also collecting anonymous gameplay data voluntarily submitted by players, which helps us identify opportunities to improve the balance of Boons, weapons, foes, and so on. This is an ongoing process that's just getting started.

Our First Patch is In the Works!

Our first patch should be coming later this month, though note we don't have a more-specific timeline. With it, we're looking for improvements we can make in the near term, in a way that makes Hades II better for everyone and come closer to realizing our goals. For example:

• Resource Gathering: We want _Hades II_ players to focus on goals that are important to them, though don't want resource gathering to feel too frustrating, such as if you didn't bring the right gathering tool along for the ride.

• **Getting Around: **It's important to us that Melinoë have her own distinct style, and for players to be able to navigate her battles and other interactions in a nimble, responsive, expressive way. We have ideas for how to improve her Dash and Sprint.

Our first patch will likely have a few other enhancements and fixes, and we'll have comprehensive patch notes when the time comes. So stay tuned!

We're Considering Our First Balance Changes

If you were with us for the Early Access development of the original game, you know we love making balance changes! We're always looking for opportunities to make the content and choices in the game as interesting as we can. However, we're still gathering feedback and data that helps inform the kind of changes we like to make, so don't expect too many such changes just yet.

Thank You For Your Support!

We will likely have at least one more patch after our first, to make additional improvements and fixes in the short term. From there, we will focus on the development of our first Major Update planned for some months from now, which will contain various new features and content.

Early Access has already been incredibly instructive to us about ways in which we might make Hades II the best it can be. We really appreciate you playing and taking the time to share your impressions with us! Death to Chronos!

After more than three years in development, our first-ever sequel is now available in Early Access!! Watch our new gameplay showcase to see it in action. Note this contains some spoilers!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145350/Hades_II/

We hope you enjoy discovering all that Hades II in Early Access has to offer! It already includes more environments, foes, and fully-voiced characters than the full version of the original game, and we have more in the works. An in-game development roadmap provides additional details about our update plans.

Note for owners of Steam Deck, we're pleased to report Hades II is Deck Verified!

About Hades II

Hades II is a rogue-like dungeon crawler in which you'll battle beyond the Underworld of Greek myth using dark sorcery to take on the sinister Titan of Time. It builds on the best aspects of the award-winning original in an all-new, action-packed, endlessly replayable experience rooted in Greek myth and its deep connections to the dawn of witchcraft.

As the immortal Princess of the Underworld, you'll explore a bigger, deeper mythic world, vanquishing the Titan's forces with the full might of Olympus behind you, in a sweeping story that continually unfolds through your every setback and accomplishment. New locations, challenges, upgrade systems, and surprises await as you delve into the ever-shifting Underworld again and again. For more information, check our Hades II FAQ.

About Early Access

This Early Access launch is an extraordinarily exciting moment for our team as we begin the process that we expect will help us realize this game's potential. As with the original, we designed Hades II for Early Access from the ground up, and look forward to hearing your feedback about all that we've built so far, and integrating that feedback into our plans for the rest of production! This is a game with many interconnected parts, and your feedback helps us ensure everything from the balance to the narrative are working as well as possible.

Should you play in Early Access, or wait for the full game? For many players, it's a good idea to wait for the complete v1.0 before diving in, as Hades II will grow and improve during Early Access, and the true ending of the story won't be available until then. But, if you like the idea of seeing the game evolve over time, and watching the story unfold more gradually, then Early Access is probably for you!

The Hades II Original Soundtrack

Music has always been essential to the experience of each title from Supergiant Games, and Hades II is no exception, with an original soundtrack by our award-winning composer Darren Korb crafted to fit the bewitching theme and variety of all-new characters and environments.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2950840/Hades_II_Original_Soundtrack/

Now available alongside the game, the soundtrack is already nearly as expansive as the original, with close to two-and-a-half hours of new music... and still more tracks to be added as development continues. Note: We recommend first experiencing our soundtracks in-game!

What's Next

We're planning our first Major Update for later this year! Please note while we'll be monitoring feedback and reports carefully, this Major Update will take some months following our initial launch. Beyond that, we expect to be in Early Access at least through the end of 2024 in order to build out the remaining content we have planned.

As we take stock of the state of the game and what you think of it, we'll gain a clearer sense of just how close we are to the finish line. For now, it's too early to say when our v1.0 launch will be. Yet even though Hades II won't be complete for some time, we hope you really enjoy it as soon as you start playing.

Lastly: Thank you. This year our studio turns 15 years old, and for all this time we've remained small and independent, working on one major new project after another. None of this would have been possible without the support of our players over the years. So, whether Hades II is your first Supergiant game, or you've been with us since the Bastion days, we're grateful you could join us.