Hades 2, the motion roguelike from Supergiant Video games, has simply obtained its second main replace, introducing new content material—together with the remaining floor battle—alongside quite a few enhancements and steadiness adjustments.
Hades 2: The Warsong Replace
After launching in Steam Early Entry final Could, Hades 2—the sequel to the acclaimed roguelike—has been steadily increasing. Following its first content material replace in October, the Warsong Replace has now arrived, bringing important enhancements and new additions.
This replace introduces Ares, the God of Struggle, who provides a new set of Boons for Melinoë, together with a particular Duo Boon with different gods. Gamers may even meet Gale the Jineta, a brand new animal companion that improves dodging and might utterly block harm in particular conditions.
The remaining stretch of the floor route has been expanded with new enemies, together with guardians and jailers, making the ascent to Olympus much more difficult. Moreover, the Arcana system has been redesigned with new illustrations and enhanced talents, offering larger strategic depth.
The Crossroads Renewal Challenge has additionally been up to date with extra factors of curiosity and ornamental parts, and Artemis now sometimes seems there, providing musical accompaniment—and even the potential for performing a duet with Melinoë.
As its title suggests, the Warsong Replace additionally expands the sport’s soundtrack. The remaining battle and final floor space characteristic new music tracks, together with further themes for Icarus and Echo. All of those tracks may be unlocked within the Music Maker without cost listening.
Patch Notes
· The Last Confrontation: Battle to the summit of Mount Olympus and uncover what awaits…
· New Olympian: Meet the god of struggle himself, and select from his many Boons
· New Acquainted: Discover one final animal companion to hitch your journey and help you in battle
· Revamped Boons: Achieve many highly effective new and improved blessings from varied Olympians
· Revamped Altar of Ashes: Activate a number of reworked results, and every Card now has all-new art work
· Revamped Useful resource Gathering: Fear no extra about which sources you possibly can accumulate
· Revamped Menus: Search for new and improved animations throughout many menu screens
· Expanded Story: Talk about the ultimate confrontation and extra with many alternative characters
· You not prioritize Gathering Instruments within the Coaching Grounds, although nonetheless can harvest any kind of useful resource so long as you have got unlocked every Instrument; useful resource look charges adjusted as a part of this
· Psyche can not be discovered as a Location Reward; Bones might now be discovered sooner as an alternative
· All Guardians and Wardens with Guardian-style Life Bars now are immune to the slowing impact of your Casts; beforehand this utilized solely to a few of them
· Any harm resistance results you haven’t any longer have an effect on any Armor you have got
📢 Added an extended visible warning earlier than taking harm from magma and hearth results
· Adjusted necessities for sure key occasions early on; because of this, it must be potential to succeed in the floor sooner than earlier than
· Witch’s Workers: Assault sequence is quicker and the ultimate strike is stronger; Omega Assault is stronger; reworked Particular is a quick highly effective shot that pierces foes
· Argent Cranium: reworked Assault fires straight forward; Omega Assault is stronger; Particular now retrieves Shells within the surrounding space
· Black Coat: elevated Omega Assault harm; your Sprint not cancels channeling your Omega Assault and causes you to carry out the transfer proper after
· All Playing cards now have distinctive illustrations; swapped or adjusted themes of a number of Playing cards, famous under
· Eternity: theme modified from Night time; reworked — now makes every part slower whilst you channel Omega strikes; notice this impact is not on Silver Wheel (Hecate)
· The Messenger: reworked — your Casts briefly make you impervious and transfer sooner
· The Swift Runner: your Dash now additionally makes you section by foes
· Night time: lowered Grasp price; theme modified from Demise
· The Wayward Son: not supplies doubled restoration at low Life; base restoration improved
· Demise: theme modified from Eternity
· Persistence: theme modified from The Titan
· The Enchantress: theme modified from The Fates
· The Fates: theme modified from The Seer
· Grasp improve prices re-scaled as a part of adjustments to useful resource gathering
· Added new Testaments for the ultimate confrontation
· Vow of Shadow: adjusted varied encounters with this
📢 Vow of Fangs: eliminated sure mixtures of Perks that have been unusually merciless…
📢 Worry necessities for some Testaments re-scaled to scale back jumps in issue; lowered Worry necessities in some circumstances
· Added Ares, with lots of his personal blessings, together with a brand new Duo with one another main Boon-giver
· Zeus: his Blitz Curse now prompts on the finish of the period if not activated by dealing harm
· Storm Ring (Zeus): barely lowered charge of lightning strikes
· Thunder Rush (Zeus): not requires Magick to strike foes with lightning; previously Thunder Dash
· Electrical Overload (Zeus): reworked — your chain-lightning results are stronger and bounce to extra foes
· Toasting Fork (Zeus): minimize from recreation; changed with…
· Arc Flash (Zeus): new! Your Omega Strikes activate your Blitz results and make them stronger
· Romantic Spark (Zeus x Aphrodite): lowered harm bonus
· Hera: the Queen of the Olympians now has Boons of all 4 elemental affinities, not solely Earth
· Engagement Ring (Hera): reworked — now offers speedy harm for every foe within the binding circle
· Bridal Glow (Hera): reworked — upgrades a random Boon to Heroic Rarity and offers it bonus Pom Lv.
· Nasty Comeback (Hera): minimize from recreation; changed with…
· Prolonged Household (Hera): new! Your Olympian harm is stronger for every Olympian you met this night time
· Correct Upbringing (Hera): elevated activation requirement to incorporate all 4 parts
· Breaker Rush (Poseidon): reworked — everytime you Dash, harm and knock away the primary foe you run into; previously Breaker Dash
· Geyser Spout (Poseidon): reworked — your Omega Solid beneficial properties Energy and knocks foes away
· Buried Treasure (Poseidon): now additionally drops Bones, not Ashes or Psyche; previously Ocean’s Bounty
· Flood Management (Poseidon): minimize from recreation; changed with…
· Excessive Surf (Poseidon): new! Hit surrounding foes with a splash as they strike, however prime some Magick
· Phoenix Pores and skin (Apollo x Hestia): minimize from recreation; changed with…
· Heat Breeze (Apollo x Hestia): new! Every time Dodge or Daze makes foes miss, restore some Life
· Demeter: her Gust results not destroy timber in Erebus or different such obstructions
· Native Local weather (Demeter): reworked — your Omega Solid is stronger; bonus doubled within the binding circle
· Plentiful Forage (Demeter): now restores Life everytime you collect any useful resource
· Uncommon Crop (Demeter): minimize from recreation; changed with…
· Regular Progress (Demeter): new! Everytime you clear sufficient Encounters, a Boon beneficial properties Rarity
· Secret Crush (Aphrodite): now additionally impacts Omega Assault
· Robust Achieve (Hephaestus): reworked — everytime you take harm, shrug some off and restore Magick
· Flash Fry (Hestia): not requires foes to have Scorch to blow up when slain; not requires a Scorch-related Boon to be supplied; previously Pure Gasoline
· Burnt Providing (Hestia): reworked — achieve max Magick everytime you accumulate Ashes, and achieve some now
· Imply Streak (Hermes): harm bonus not routinely ends after Encounters
· Tall Order (Hermes): up to date elemental requirement; barely elevated harm bonus
· Journey Deal (Hermes): new! Your first buy every Location prices much less; one other merchandise seems after
· Saved Breath (Hermes): minimize from recreation; changed with…
· Winner’s Circle (Hermes): new! You channel your Casts sooner and your Casts expire sooner
· Witty Retort (Hermes): minimize from recreation; changed with…
· Hasty Retreat (Hermes): new! Achieve extra Dodge probability and transfer velocity the extra Boons you have got
· Better Evasion (Hermes): minimize from recreation; changed with…
· Stutter Step (Hermes): new! You possibly can Sprint extra continuously
· Midnight Oil (Hermes): minimize from recreation; changed with…
· Success Charge (Hermes): new! Your chance-based results usually tend to happen, besides Dodge or Daze
· Shut Name (Hermes): minimize from recreation; changed with…
· Paid Dues (Hermes): new Legendary! Everytime you take harm, you lose Gold earlier than you lose Life
· Psychological Block (Athena): lowered period of Impervious impact
· Righteous Pike (Athena): new! Everytime you use sufficient Magick, a number of foes are struck by spears
· Killing Stroke (Artemis): new! Your Specials might deal Essential harm, however you prime some Magick
· The Marked Curses inflicted by Artemis and Raki the Raven now won’t ever select the identical goal
· Unseen Ire (Hades): the Darkish impact and its harm bonus not expire after you strike
📢 Barren (Chaos): lowered Curse period
· Neurotic (Chaos): not slows your Sprint however nonetheless makes it use Magick; previously Hobbled
· Life Financial savings (Narcissus): now offers Lotus as an alternative of Deathcaps
· Wealth from the Useless (Medea): you now routinely take up bonus Gold from slain foes on strategy
· Provide Drop (Icarus): barely lowered frequency of drops, and supplies one fewer Pom Slice
· Adjusted names and elemental affinities of some Boons
· Extra minor changes to some bonuses from Rarity and Poms of Energy
· Additional clarifications to descriptions for varied Boons
· Different minor fixes and changes
· Spiral Knives (Blades): minimize from recreation; changed with…
· Hidden Knives (Blades): new! Specials are stronger and Omega Particular fires extra photographs than traditional
· Fetching Array (Cranium): Shells now additionally routinely return sooner; eliminated penalty to complete Shells
· Looming Ignition (Cranium): now additionally impacts your Omega Assault; reaches full power sooner
· Possessed Array (Cranium): elevated Magick price
· Rocket Bombard (Cranium): minimize from recreation since this impact is now innate; changed with…
· Boosted Ignition (Cranium): new! After your Sprint or Specials, your Assaults are sooner and achieve Energy
· Counter Barrage: now launches extra rockets, extra typically
· Adjusted names and descriptive textual content for a number of Daedalus Hammer upgrades
· Added a brand new Memento now that Ares determined to point out up, which you’ll be able to achieve within the customary manner
· Silver Wheel (Hecate): reworked — provides to your Magick restrict for the remainder of the night time
· Fig Leaf (Dionysus): now can solely have an effect on one Encounter per Area, however nonetheless works if you happen to unequip it
· Engraved Pin (Moros): now counts as a Demise Defiance impact
📢 Evil Eye (Nemesis): now targets Prometheus if his Eagle Aetos is the one to conquer you
· : new! Grants Dodge probability and transfer velocity, blocks harm a number of instances per Area
📢 Toula the Cat: assaults extra instances successively; falls asleep sooner (so she will wake again up sooner!)
· Added a number of new collectable sources discovered across the remaining confrontation
· Eliminated Deathcaps from the sport as a part of broader adjustments to sources described additional above
📢 Yarn of Ariadne: not consumed when assembly Hades, on whom this has no impact
· Recent Sustenance MAX: lowered Life restoration
· Lowered probability of providing Minor Finds over different forms of objects
· Added quite a lot of foes for the ultimate floor Area, together with new Wardens and a brand new Guardian
· Prometheus: adjusted behaviors; lowered harm for a number of strikes; now generally foresees and dodges assaults, but total must be considerably much less punishing than earlier than
· Aetos: lowered viciousness to some extent…
· Sky-Dracon: barely lowered monitoring velocity
· Auto-Seeker: barely lowered monitoring velocity
· Eris: improved previews of her varied assaults
· : new! Warden added to the Rift of Thessaly
· Charybdis: adjusted Tentacle behaviors; lowered total issue
· Harpy Talon: barely lowered radius of ranged assault
· Stickler: lowered harm
· Seesword: elevated harm
· Blasket: lowered harm
· Infernal Beast: barely elevated Life
· Scylla: barely elevated Life
· : new! Warden added to Oceanus
· Lurker: gained a defensive back-step maneuver after getting hit
· Headmistress Hecate: barely elevated Life
· Root-Stalker: adjusted habits of tail; grew a second one
· Numerous different minor adjustments to foes and fight encounters
📢 Reworked Heracles fight encounters — vanquish specially-marked foes for a bounty in Gold
· Aetos will not swoop in to assault greater than as soon as previous to going through Prometheus
· Barely elevated look charge of Moon Monuments and Unseen Sigils on the floor
· Barely elevated issue of Moon Monument foes
📢 Moon Monuments not provide Path of Stars rewards in case your Hex is totally upgraded
📢 Athena extra persistently vanquishes Revenants from the Vow of Return (Oath)
· Minor changes to Artemis, Heracles, and Icarus look charges on the floor route
· Two Arachne Cocoon encounters can not happen very shut collectively in some circumstances
· Household Disputes, previously known as Trials of the Gods, now can embody Ares; a number of Olympians put up extra of a battle than earlier than…
· Added the ultimate confrontation on the floor route and varied new Areas inside it
· The Olympus Area has one fewer Location to traverse earlier than the Guardian
· Encounters within the Rift of Thessaly that had too many waves (of foes) ought to now be extra affordable
📢 Optionally available rooms in Ephyra turn out to be extra probably if you happen to haven’t discovered many who night time
· Lowered harm of Lone Shades free of Ephyra Pylons
· You now should use the Fountain if you happen to haven’t already carried out so previous to leaving the Ephyra principal sq.
· Sources can seem in additional locations within the Ephyra principal sq.
· Eliminated Bat Cage nearest to the preliminary entrance to the Ephyra principal sq.
· Added one other Location that may randomly seem in Erebus
· Added one other Location that may randomly seem in Oceanus
· Added one other Location that may randomly seem in Ephyra
· The ultimate battle previous to the Guardian of every of Area ought to not get changed by Fountain chambers or character encounters
· Adjusted useful resource factors in some Areas, particularly these shut sufficient to exits that you would depart accidentally whereas attempting to reap
· Numerous minor fixes and enhancements to varied Areas
📢 You now reappear earlier than the Pitch-Black Stone upon coming back 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 within the Mourning Fields
· Trial of Slaughter: new! Ares-themed Trial set in Ephyra
· Trial of Future: new! Chaos-themed Trial set on Olympus
· Trial of Strife: new! Eris-themed Trial set in Thessaly
· Minor fixes and adjustments to a number of Trials
· Up to date Crossroads principal grounds with new factors of curiosity; the taverna now could be simpler to traverse
· now generally supplies musical accompaniment within the Crossroads
· Added quite a few new unlockable ornamental objects as soon as the Renewal Challenge is out there
· Some ornamental objects now unlocked from a brand new spot within the taverna
· Numerous types of wildlife now might seem all through the Crossroads
· Some teams of Shades within the Crossroads now have captions whenever you Salute them
· Not too long ago-pacified Shades that seem within the Coaching Grounds now have various appearances
· Melinoë will generally cowl up the household portrait in her tent after brooding an excessive amount of
· Odysseus will generally provide sources you might want; can generally be discovered seated within the taverna
· Eris will not litter within the midst of dialog with others
· The witch attendants of Hecate now are absent when she is
· Improved presentation round crops that may be harvested within the Backyard
· Provide Shipments not immediate you to work together as continuously
· The moon now reveals completely different phases within the Coaching Grounds vista scene
· Rage of the Components: new! Allows you to activate the statues on Olympus to defend you
· Path to Desired Blessings: new! Allows you to monitor necessities for Boons listed within the Ebook of Shadows
· Acceptance of One other Destiny: new! Salute the Oath of the Unseen to reset that night time’s random occasions
· Shuffling of Famous Ballads: new! Lets the Music Maker make music selections for you if you want
· Deathly Fortune: now launched later and not enables you to change crops for Bones(solely fish…)
· Psychic Slivers of Readability: faraway from the sport as a part of useful resource system adjustments
· Bones of Arcane Knowledge: now makes Bones increase Magick restrict quite than including Armor; previously Bones of Burnished Bronze
· : new! Rewards you for unlocking every of the Important Weapons
· : new! Rewards you for selecting varied Boons of Ares
· : new! Rewards you for prevailing on the floor route
· : new! Rewards you for clearing the floor route with every Important Weapon
· : new! Rewards you for selecting all Legendary Boons; these are not included with every Olympian’s Boon prophecy
· Added new entries for varied additions on this replace
· Up to date relationship standing show for related characters after the Incantation Empath’s Instinct
· Up to date Important Menu to replicate this Main Replace
· Added artwork for all Arcana and adjusted structure within the Altar of Ashes display
· Added animations for the Crossroads Cauldron display
· Added animations for the Pitch-Black Stone display
· Added animations for the Wretched Dealer display
· Added animations for the Fated Record display
· Added animations for the Stock display
· Added artwork for the Crossroads Renewal display
· Added artwork and adjusted structure for the Music Maker display
· Added artwork and adjusted structure for the Archived Trivia display
· Added artwork and adjusted structure for the Previous Deeds display
· Added artwork for the Presents of the Moon display
· Added animations for information banners, reminiscent of when getting into Areas or vanquishing Guardians
· Added animations to the Important Menu and associated sub-screens such because the Pause menu
· Up to date artwork and animations for Ebook of Shadows prompts
· Up to date artwork and animations for Fated Record prompts
· Up to date artwork and animations for Incantation Realized and comparable prompts
· Up to date look of many in-world standing icons
📢 You now can see your Change of Destiny depend when selecting Boons
📢 You now can change sources for Status extra freely, with a brand new warning if you happen to nonetheless want them
📢 The Victory Display screen now has theming variations relying on which route you cleared
· Improved suggestions within the Altar of Ashes for whenever you totally improve your Grasp
· Improved presentation when a number of Incantations are revealed without delay within the Crossroads Cauldron
· Improved textual content descriptions for Animal Acquainted upgrades
· Adjusted Godhood Gained presentation after failing in God Mode; the presentation not happens when you attain the harm resistance restrict
· Injury numbers that come from environmental results and traps now have a definite coloration
· Up to date prompts on numerous menu screens
· Numerous different fixes and enhancements
· Up to date surroundings artwork in varied locations within the Crossroads
· Up to date the look of Shades in varied Areas, together with ones you possibly can pacify with the Pill of Peace
· Up to date some visible FX for improved readability within the warmth of battle (this work is ongoing)
· Up to date visible FX for Scalding Vapor (Poseidon x Hestia)
· Up to date visible FX for when foes with Armor are struck
· Up to date teleportation visible FX for Animal Familiars, Artemis, and others
· Up to date some visible FX for Umbral Flames (Moros)
· Up to date presentation throughout narrative flashback sequences
· Up to date narrative background artwork in Erebus
· Added narrative background artwork for Selene
· Added character animations for Hermes
· Added alternate portrait for Melinoë
· Added alternate portrait for Odysseus
· Adjusted portrait for Zeus
· Adjusted portrait for Artemis
· Added dying animations for Charybdis Tentacles
· Numerous different minor visible enhancements
· Added greater than 2,000 new voice traces, together with new dialogue occasions for a lot of characters
· Added extra narrated Homer outcomes after a profitable clear
· Chronos provides you with a chunk of his thoughts in additional conditions when leaving Erebus
· Extra characters react to resource-gathering and different interactions
· Quite a few minor changes to necessities and content material for varied occasions
· Added new music items for the ultimate confrontation and the lead-up to it
· Added music theme for Icarus
· Added music theme for Echo
· Added a music from
· Added unlockable variations of every of those to the Music Maker
· Added new victory music stingers for every of the 2 routes
· Music from the Music Maker now grows softer throughout dialogue occasions
· Added new sound results for the Important Menu
· Added new sound results for the Crossroads Cauldron
· Added new sound results for the Wretched Dealer
· Up to date sound results for Workers Particular
· Up to date sound results for some foes and encounters
· Different minor adjustments and enhancements
📢 God Mode Restrict: new! You now can cut back the impact of God Mode if you want
· Up to date Growth Roadmap to replicate our progress and plans for the subsequent Main Replace
· Clear instances within the Previous Deeds display for the Floor route have been reset now that it’s prolonged
· Adjusted presentation when Demise Defiance results activate
· Adjusted presentation when leaving the Coaching Grounds for the night time
· Adjusted presentation when attempting to assault whereas out-of-Shells with the Argent Cranium
· Some Wardens’ Life Bars now comply with their actions extra intently
· Improved timing of Polyphemus knockout sequence
· Minor enhancements to Charybdis battle intro
· Improved presentation selecting Boon Boon Boon (Echo)
· Added a number of Commendation messages which will seem on the Victory Display screen
· Added extra error messaging we hope nobody will ever see
· Up to date Credit with a number of further contributors
· Updates and fixes to translations in all languages
· Fastened Rapture Ring (Aphrodite) not damaging foes on the fringe of the binding circle
· Fastened Moon Monuments generally showing unexpectedly if you happen to had no Hex of Selene
· Fastened Icarus lacking his targets unexpectedly (until you’re his father and anticipate disappointment)
· Fastened non-compulsory rooms in Ephyra counting towards Encounters wanted to clear Chaos Curses
· Fastened surprising delays previous to pre-fight dialogue towards Hecate, Polyphemus, and Eris
📢 Fastened Gameplay Timer not pausing in some cases whereas pacifying Misplaced Shades
📢 Fastened Moonstone Axe (Thanatos) full-charge sound re-playing when getting into new Areas
· Fastened Nemesis generally getting caught wandering the Mourning Fields
· Fastened Evil Eye (Nemesis) switching targets after clearing Chaos Trials
· Fastened Twin Moonshot (Daedalus – Workers) sounds not taking part in for every shot
· Fastened foes taking part in damage sound results when taking harm to their Armor quite than their Life
· Many different minor fixes
‘All his fellow-immortals hate [Ares], from Zeus and Hera downwards, besides Eris, and Aphrodite who nurses a perverse ardour for him, and grasping Hades who welcomes the daring younger fighting-men slain in merciless wars.’
Though Hades 2 stays in early entry, Supergiant Video games continues to refine the expertise primarily based on neighborhood suggestions. Trying forward, they plan to add extra secrets and techniques, improve Guardian battles, and broaden the story, all in preparation for the ultimate model—although a launch date has but to be introduced.
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