# Hades II Early Access Patch 2 Notes

- Product: Hades II (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/hades-ii)
- Vendor: Supergiant Games
- Date: 2024-06-04
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1145350/view/4191241567727414432
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/hades-ii/releases/2024-06-04-early-access-patch-2-notes

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- **added** — You can now encounter up to one additional Olympian each night
- **added** — You are likely to find one more Boon or other major reward while in Erebus
- **added** — You can now press-and-hold to harvest repeatedly from Crescent Pick Outcroppings
- **added** — Rapid Thrasher (Staff) Daedalus Hammer upgrade: all your Attacks become faster
- **added** — Wicked Thrasher (Staff) Daedalus Hammer upgrade: all your Attacks gain bonus Power
- **added** — Mirrored Thrasher (Staff) Daedalus Hammer upgrade: all your Attacks hit twice, but you take more damage
- **added** — Melting Dart (Blades) Daedalus Hammer upgrade: your Special destroys a large percentage of a foe's Armor
- **added** — Flick Knives (Blades) Daedalus Hammer upgrade: your Dash-Strike also fires several Special knives in a fan pattern
- **added** — Mega Spark (Flames) Daedalus Hammer upgrade: all your Attacks travel farther and deal more damage
- **added** — Inverted Spark (Flames) Daedalus Hammer upgrade: Dash to make shots from Attacks reverse direction and hit foes again
- **added** — Leaden Spark (Flames) Daedalus Hammer upgrade: your Attacks knock foes away and have bonus Power
- **added** — Mega Driver (Skull) Daedalus Hammer upgrade: your Specials travel farther and deal more damage
- **changed** — Invulnerability duration after Death Defiance effects activate increased
- **changed** — Improved rewards of Ash and Psyche can now be found in Oceanus and the Rift of Thessaly
- **changed** — Toula should now stay closer to you in Encounters, especially in the Fields of Mourning
- **changed** — Reduced Gold cost of Selene's Boon and Path of Stars in Charon's Shop
- **changed** — Witch's Staff Special knocks foes away but is slightly slower; Omega Special is faster
- **changed** — Sister Blades Special staggers standard foes longer; Attack visual FX better match the hitbox
- **changed** — 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
- **removed** — Nemesis no longer offers Death Defiance items if you do not need to refill the effect

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 D

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