# Hades II Strike True in The Warsong Update

- Product: Hades II (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/hades-ii)
- Vendor: Supergiant Games
- Date: 2025-02-19
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1145350/view/503942841152569349
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/hades-ii/releases/2025-02-19-strike-true-in-the-warsong-update

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- **added** — Add new final confrontation encounters at the end of the surface route
- **added** — Add Ares, the god of war, as a new character with varied and vicious boons
- **added** — Add new animal familiar to bond with and recruit alongside four others
- **added** — Add duet singing interactions in the Crossroads
- **added** — Add more than 2,000 new voice lines and new events with most cast members
- **added** — Add new music tracks
- **changed** — Rework Altar of Ashes with new art and several reworked Arcana effects
- **changed** — Improve many menu screens
- **changed** — Streamline resource gathering
- **changed** — Introduce many new and improved boons

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**](https://steamcommunity.com/app/1145350/discussions/1/4361248648383659778/) for solutions.

As always, the complete [Patch Notes](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1145350/view/503942841152569404) are available here on Steam, in the game client, in the form of a dramatic reading _(see below)_, and in [our official Discord](discord.gg/Supergiant), 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

_[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1145350/view/503942841152569349]_