# Hades II Early Access Patch 8 Notes

- Product: Hades II (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/hades-ii)
- Vendor: Supergiant Games
- Date: 2025-02-26
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1145350/view/512951309236699196
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/hades-ii/releases/2025-02-26-early-access-patch-8-notes

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- **changed** — Sister Blades: slightly increased speed of the first two strikes in the Attack sequence
- **changed** — Argent Skull: increased starting number of Shells; reduced Attack recovery time
- **changed** — Argent Skull (Melinoë): reduced bonus Power per spent Shell
- **changed** — Heinous Affront (Zeus x Ares): significantly increased how frequently this can affect foes
- **changed** — Premium Service (Hephaestus): increased power level while using Black Coat (Melinoë)
- **removed** — Success Rate (Hermes): removed Fig Leaf (Dionysus) as an offering requirement
- **changed** — Typhon: reduced damage and frequency of some attacks; adjusted Life and Armor of some minions; improved camera motion between phases
- **changed** — Spawn of Typhon: reduced damage of some attacks; reduced range and speed of headbutt attack
- **changed** — Prometheus: reduced damage of some attacks
- **changed** — Aetos: slightly increased damage of fly-up attack
- **changed** — Satyr Sapper: reduced damage of ranged attack
- **changed** — Auto-Watcher: slightly reduced damage
- **changed** — Auto-Seeker: reduced damage of ranged attack
- **changed** — Blasket: reduced damage
- **changed** — Improved feedback when gathering Blood Drops from Ares
- **changed** — Increased appearance rate of Poppy Seeds in Tartarus
- **fixed** — Fixed certain effects not increasing Moonstone Axe Omega Special channeling speed as expected
- **fixed** — Fixed Black Coat Omega Attack having unintentionally reduced range in the previous patch
- **fixed** — Fixed Extended Family (Hera) not being affected by Boons from Artemis, Athena, or Dionysus
- **fixed** — Fixed Nova Flourish (Apollo) not increasing the area of the Moonstone Axe Omega Special

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)