#h1-story-discussion
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whether it's true or not, topics like incest aren't really suitable for discussion on the server - feel free to discuss it in dms if you'd like!
Aye, I was trying to move the convo a bit away. So to jump to a completely other topic:
I never noticed that the Furies "bleed" butterflies when they are vanquished.
At least with Alecto they look like butterflies more than bats-
Or then I'm just blind, which is more likely the case.
Meg's stunning looks have caused me to lose sight.
So, I might be reading too much into it, but I finished the codex entry for darkness, and it said that those who use it are tied forever to the underworld. Does that mean the only true escape ending you can get is to finish the run with no darkness upgrades?
@modest yacht nice theory
It sorta fits with the idea of Zagreus cutting ties with everything Underworld
I mean, I have my own theory about Zagreus not being able to escape the underworld, but from an entirely different perspective
because it's early access? 🤔
I just wish I could find the exact quote Hades said once in one of his randomly appearing pre-run cutscenes that helped support my theory, because I might be remembering the phrasing wrong
no, but that's entirely valid 😂
But yeah, in one of the quotes Zagreus can remember as he starts a run, Hades says something along the lines of "There is no escape from the underworld, with the architecture constantly changing. Trust me, I've tried!"
But I could be remembering wrong.
But if I did remember the sentiment properly, and combine it with how Hades sometimes emphasizes how he and Zagreus are family by blood...
They might be cursed to not be able to leave the Underworld.
i don't remember that and if it is in there, it's probably a quip
anyway, you do find your way out and escape the underworld, most post-hades deaths are in the real world (banana peel, rake to the face, toxic shroom, tiny beetle etc)
True! But those could also be quips to get our hopes up, as the majority of those deaths are jokey.
But you're likely right.
they did mention in one of the amas that the ending would be brighter than in other sgg games
otherwise my money would be on the olympians having cursed zag and using him as a new toy
Oh, I think he's gonna be able to get out. I just think it'll take a lot of doing (and dying) to get there
Also, in the Orphic myths, Persephone inflicted curses on men once they came to the underworld. Once again, if I recall correctly.
He's gonna be able to get out, but not for more than 6 months.
Zag is going to spend 6 months with his mom, then go back to the underworld and spend 6 months with his dad, and that's why winter happens. Every year the god of life and blood has to fight his way out of the Underworld to bring spring back to the Earth and visit his mother, then dies and goes back to the Underworld to spend time with his father and the rest of his friends.
and every time he wants back - he have to through this stuff again?>
Yup, every single time. If the groundhog sees his shadow, that means Zag turned on Middle Management and keeps getting Barge of Death, so spring is going to be delayed for at least six weeks.
hey yknow what? hades tried and couldnt but then again, didnt hades draw the short straw for ruling underworld?
zag did no such thing! and we see other cthonics leave just fine
who said he couldnt?
We know that Persephone is a massive sore spot for Hades. I imagine that when Hades says "She is gone!" she really is gone for as far as Hades could try.
Hades is fully bound to the Underworld. He is incapable of leaving. Zagreus, being half-cthonic and half-olympian, is only half-bound to the underworld, so he can leave for half of the year.
I think Zag might have trouble, if Achilles was right about him being god of blood, as being such a direct descendant of Hades might mean he inherits the curse as part of his bloodline.
I have a question. I have already maxed out than’s hearts, however I also want to give Ambriosa to Megaera, will something bad happen? Shdjfk I mean this is technically cheating and I don’t want to ruin than’s relationship and I can’t help but think about that
I don't know if you can really tell, but she's smacking the palm of her left hand with her whip. 
You can have both simultaneously and there is no downside.
They do comment on it.
Yeah, this game is amazing for people of every orientation. There's someone smoking hot for everyone.
Agreed
Just had an amazing run with spear. Completely deathless (no heat). Loved the damage on this spear special :D
I only upgraded it 8 times... :P
Nice
:D
Ohh, I never noticed that the Styx enemies don't spawn in from summoning circles, cause they aren't shades conjured by Hades. That's a neat little detail. Instead they have unique spawning animations, like the rats burrowing up from the ground.
Just got to hades, I was so confident in winning, but after some time I just knew there was going to be another phase, lost then.. so sad
Congrats in reaching him in the first place!
https://i.imgur.com/X4PR3lW.png that was really intersting
dont know how stop heart beating 
do y'all think there will be more than 6 companion trinkets eventually?
if not, who do you think the last 2 will be??
if i had to guess, achilles and nyx
Nyx and Charon
Dusa and Hades
or maybe like a duo one where Achilles and Patroclus both assist you
that would be cute
ooh dusa, interesting lol
I can see into the future
Dusa's summon deflects all bullets on screen
literally a screen clear
i'mma say... achilles and dusa 😄
let us gift date the broker
nyx and dusa both need more content so it could be them
I like dusa
agreed, i expect things to go a lot deeper at least with nyx, but somehow i don't see it as the type of relationship where she'll give you a companion trinket..not sure how to explain my feelings on that lol
How good is the game story wise
oooh you know who i want a summon from? chaos.
Oh god
i'd love to see either achilles or patroclus as a summonable companion
yess!!
maybe in the form of summoning them in to help you clear a room
kind of like how thanatos will move around and kill enemies?
give achilles a similar moveset to an exalted longspear, perhaps
NICE
chaos with a random effect...... could be doing damage to many foes, could be concentrated damage, could be a buff to your health
(he does, after all, mention that their fighting style is inspired by his)
i like that idea, random effect summon
and the idea of a temporary buddy, could lead to some dialogue too like if you have achilles come help you against the dynamic duo
yeah!!!
or if you summon him in patroclus chamber
AAA THERE U GO
team achilles and chaos for last 2 companions 🤘
summons achilles to fight boss: never
summons achilles to hang out w pat: always
So is Pat an NPC that I haven't met yet or where is this coming from?
yeah, he's an npc!
When do I meet him?
in elysium!
you'll see him randomly in elysium!
Oh, haven't yet
like how sisyphus is in tartarus and eurydice is in asphodel
I have met Thanatos in Elysium, not Pat yet, though
the problem is there are more than two people i'd like to see have companions 🤔
chaos companion would be incredibly cool but somehow i doubt that will happen
also i love dusa but she'll have to get a lot more lines :(( i don't think she's gotten.............any new story lines in early access, actually
it'd be cool if chaos grew fond of us cuz we come to visit them all the time lol
litle plush goobaby
asterius is my 'this isn't going to happen but i will pay a million dollars to see it'
yesss
what would the achilles plush be 
aster's keepsake is just the plush pyth from bastion
pat or achilles would also be cool, i think achilles is more likely 🤔
YES
okay
hear me out
mhm
ariadne, as aster reminds u in some yarn of ariadne dialogue with the champions, was asterius's sister
kam i've already told you this i think
ariadne > yarn association already exists
oh yeah!!
asterius's legendary keepsake could be a knitted/crocheted bull she made for him 
please.............please supergiant games...........
;w;
supergiant games hire me as a writer please
some of my story wishlist in no real order but w some of these more plausible than others
- get achilles and pat back together (i WILL riot if no)
- resolution to orpheus/eurydice that.........Isn't them getting together, tbh, because it doesn't feel right to me with where they both are now
- more dusa content/friendship please??
- asterius friendship/interaction
or legendary keepsakeor yknow. romance - multiple people have mentioned this but now that they have, the hydra's real plain w/r/t interactions or story compared to any other boss
- okay. PLEASE it would be..........it would be really nice if there were more content in the nyx/chaos storyline

let them reconcile a little if they want to...........
i also strongly got the impression from greg in the q&a that there aren't going to be any more romances in the game. but also, i don't like either of them so it would be nice. if i could smooch a guy
they can have little a reconciliation
@rose mango Pat is reclusive and severely depressed, but he'll show up as the special encounter exclamation point in Elysuim eventually, similar to Sisyphus in Tartarus and Eurydice in Asphodel
Alriiiight
nyx/chaos?
chaos is nyx's parent!
she has dialogue about this after you meet them
and both of them mention it's been a really long time and that chaos was distant/not very close or kind to her.........
and they both seem kind of regretful.........
i just really want them to be able to talk
understandable there is just so much dialogue in this game
stanced up
i don't think this is a spoiler actually i'm not quite sure why i put this in the spoiler channel sorry
Zag reaching out to hold megs hand
Hades says its my turn on the xbox
I bring you Choccy milk Meg
anyone know if the next major patch is full release or not?
it's not
full release is some unspecified time during the second half of 2020, probably
this should probably go here but skelly wants me to kill him. i have a fully upgraded zagreus aspecft spear but it does not work. do I have to use the sword fully upgraded or do some sort of other interaction?
it's zag sword fully upgraded
ah okay i don't remember him saying a specific weapon, just zagreus aspect
I think he says "blade" iirc which, I can see how that could apply to spears as well
do u guys mind giving me a mild spoiler? i noticed some characters can give u special keepsakes, and i understand i have to max out both convos and hearts to get them, right?
you don't have max them out completely
Don't think the game ever calls Stygius a sword, it's Stygian Blade
the characters that give special keepsakes are the ones with the locked hearts. first you need to gift them nectar up to that point, then fulfill a certain condition to trigger an event that unlocks those hearts
from then on, you give them ambrosia, and the first ambrosia you give lets them give you a special keepsake
hmm..i actualyl have meg on a locked heart, so working on her convo unlocks, cuz i have no idea what else might trigger her to unlock more
i'm not entirely sure what unlocks her hearts, but ||you probably have to beat her a certain amount of times and maybe extreme measures is a part of it?||
hmm..will try that, thx for the help ^^
How many nectars do I need to give bouldy? I must've given him a dozen by now.
Strictly speaking, you don't "need" to give Bouldy any. All it does is give you a small buff each run.
It's a random 3-6% buff to one of your stats called Heart of Stone.
also what are the characters that you can get the legendary keepsakes from
I thought he gave something. I'm an idiot
I just got one from skelly
It's just in case you want the extra boost when doing a hard run, or if you're one of those die-hard role-player types that can't stand to ignore a character interaction.
Legendary keepsakes - Than & Sisyphus.
ty
btw what are the "first of skelly's prizes"
in the fated list
for beating the game with heat
They're hidden under some sheets in the Skelly courtyard.
I'm not sure I should tell you what they are....
You get a small convo with Skelly about each.
ah
At least you're supposed to.
bragging rights
The second convo didn't trigger for me & I haven't gotten the 3rd one yet.
interesting
Yes also a visible reminder to yourself that you beat the game on high heat.
oh, thing I just realized
you know Thesus having god's favor and all? i think the god's favor that is chosen is specifically one of the gods you don't have any boons of. (or have the least boons of)
keep giving him nectar until he gets to a locked heart, iirc
can't recall if you talk to bouldy before that or after you buy the item that frees sisyphus
I love how the Styx temple is run-down and in shambles... it really shows how little respect Hades gets compared to his relatives
@dusk acorn According to the wiki at least, that's correct. He calls one of the Olympians you don't have a boon from that run. No idea what he'd do if you managed to get all 9. ...will the game even let you?
the game seems to weight gods you've already gotten
I did notice that with my 4 Artemis boons in a row earlier today >_> ...none of which offered any of the boons I actually wanted from her...
hypothetically the game could ensure you never get boons from all gods by making sure there are three gods you never get boons from from asphodel onwards(ignoring forcing a god via trinkets)
it also seems to favor things you don't have 
Currently if you have all 9 he calls a random one
I reckon that there should be an alternate event if you have all 9, though, considering how hard that is to make happen
ah okay
i also kinda wanna see if there's special dialog for beating people without using the mirror at all
or without any god boons
it's hypothetically possible with rerolls to never get a god boon ever
There is dialogue for beating Meg without the Mirror.
to do so you have to get a daedalus hammer first item, then avoid every g od boon. if they have a god boon, reroll it(i think you can reroll a god boon to another permanent upgrade?)
Not into permanent upgrades, but cash or HP (unless it's a miniboss, then you get a boon).
oh yeah, because boons are temporary
you might get stuck in a god loop
ah, you have to avoid the minibosses too
it would be funny to kick hades ass without any god boons tho
@paper pawn Thanks!
Also, another question, what are these three curtain-like-covered things?
One of them needs like 8 heat.
Beat the game with the labeled Heat and see for yourself.
I'm not going to say what they are, but I will say that they're absolutely worth the trouble.
It wouldn't be completely without boons, with you could probably use the Pact that forces you to give up boons between areas to get to Hades with none. Would just need some luck in Styx
Or probably a bit easier, get to hades without any useful boons. pick up the one that turns poison into a slow, then ditch your poison, for example
@atomic forge That's why I am asking in a spoiler thread in the first place.
@jovial fossil If they really worth the trouble, will do then, they look interesting enough.
@jovial fossil what have you done xD
||He'll realize what they actually are after he completes the 8 heat challenge. Or at the very least, the 16 heat challenge, which isn't too painful.||
||Such a bully lmao xD||
@glacial storm all 9? Can Theseus even call on Hermes or Chaos?
He cannot.
Figured
So you'd only need the other 7
That'd be cool if he could call on Hermes tho
Tbh I think his god calls should be more interesting/diverse than they are now, which is just.. different colored damage circles lol
See, I thought it might be interesting if he called an Olympian's Trial attack (with buffs/changes to Aphrodite, Poseidon, and maybe Artemis) but people didn't like that.
Probably because getting Ares means he'd delete you.
Theseus's spin attack carries him across the entire screen.
He only uses it when he's not in the chariot.
Unrelated
Hades is a sadboi
I hope he can gain some respect for zag in the story and maybe find some peace
Btw, about my theory two days ago, about Hades being Skelly - Possibly lowkey being Skelly - I might be wrong.
Whaa
Can't wait to see what the developers are gonna do with the story. It's super interesting.
Leusid, random thoughts. lol
Yeah
Well someone said you can summon skelly in the fight against hades
Really?
if that's true... skelly can't be hades
Okay, then that really is changing things up, yeah.
What made me reconsider was the dialogue I had with him, asking me to take him out for good.
- Ooh yeah, boyo!
Skelly's such an epic prankster xD
^
I keep 100% forgetting about companions
I have to admit, for real, I never expected this game to be THAT good.
Especially Early Access.
Supergiant Games know how to put every single greedy triple A developer in to total shame.
I wonder if we unlock the rest of the companion support items below, like Meg's battie, in this version.
I get the feeling the last two on the right are probably really broken/strong.
i got the 10 gems ready
My body is ready JoJo!
free my man bouldy
Now, I want to see a JoJo body-sized Zagreus posing in front of Meg and Dusa.
Meg will be like " Tch, I used to date that guy?" and Dusa will be like "Ohhhh princsssssssse!!!" and all that.
I thought I was the only one secretly shipping them.
beyond getting keepsakes for first gift is there any gameplay relevant strategy towards gifting priority
and now i realized we dont have emoticon for best Skelly
This server needs a whole lotta emotes
We have 40 while we can have 150 🙂
exactly
Is there some way to progress the story of Orpheus and Eurydice? I've got the heart with a clock on it for both in the codex
Early access, they will add more
I think the heart with a clock means there'll be more in an update?
Hearts with locks tho mean you can progress the story further
||I'm just here to see Persephone at some point... ;-;||
I hope they stay away from each other I need this upgrade on my boons for my runs :D

wtb dusa plush
I can't believe zagreus thought the acorn was one of eurydice's babies because she's part oak
she dispelled that real fast
the line was to the essence of "No, I didn't give you one of my babies, you dip"
though I can't recall the exact phrasing
https://gyazo.com/72d43d36ec309f654057523331eec05c OHHHHHHH ROASTED
Yeaaah, I beat the game!
Thank you Thank you
Wasn't even sweating
ahem..
But than again, I would have been horribly bad if I were to lose with 2 legendary boons and a duo boon between Artemis and Athena
Well that's 10%, I had 2 death defiances and won with 0 and 50 HP
This morning I did Spear Rocket 🚀 build. Totally by accident, first time when I used only 2 buttons + stick to win game 🤣
It's very effective, most of my rail playthrough are like that
spear rocket?
Spear with hammer which make special to explode 🤯
And as I had zag aspect at full (150% distance and speed) it was cool 😎
Boom
What does it mean when an olympian has a golden outline of a heart with a clock inside?
Means you did everything with their story for now
They'll add more in the upcoming updates
Thanks
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Extreme Theseus is the best.
Hey guys, is the Bag for cerberus 100% all the time in one of the 3 non boss paths?
At what point are you supposed to meet Thanatos? I’m on my 20th run and 5th clear and nothing yet
Than is completely RNG
It took me until my 30th or so run to actually find the dude.
And bag isn't. It's 100% RNG as well.
So that's why I usually do the boss paths first; if I'm gonna lose health, may as well do the hardest paths
I cry

but, I shall forge onwards regardless
yep!
he's quite helpful when he appears
Actually, he's explicitly helping you. He's like "Looks like you needed a hand." or "I don't have much time, so let's make this quick."
I presume getting all his dialogue then can take a very long time? I’m trying to get it all
@slim jewel it's logic
Hades and Than have an interaction where the former is chewing the latter out for being absent or late, because the latter is clandestinely lending a hand to Zaggy
if there is boss path - there should be boss in the end
and how it can be bag?
Collecting dialogue rn
Oh, perf
Than is the last to get of the companion keepsakes
Yah. Feel free to share it around, just my side project so people can see what they don't have/reread stuff
@fickle yoke the reason im asking is because i had a bag as the end of a boss path. Also please learn to be less sarcastic. I just wanted an answer to the question.
So i think i found a bug for everyone to know, if you clear 1 non boss path, take the end portal, and exit the game. (i came back like 12 hours later) but i then cleared the remaining 2 non boss rooms, and found no bag. I then cleared 1 boss room and had a boss. The final boss room had the bag, so i think the game resets the area by picking 3 rooms to put the bag in, but since only 2 non boss rooms were available, it took a boss room as well in the choice.
@slim jewel it's not sarcasm
@fickle yoke Saying it's logic isn't answering the question nor helpful. It was a yes or no question.
@slim jewel The sack isn't 100% for a non-boss path, no
just got little Battie!!!
@visual laurel thank you!
A question; what do the timers on the gifting hearts mean? I figured it meant that I was supposed to gift them Ambrosia, or that I could gift them once I reached the end, but they've still got timers. Does it just mean it's something yet to be implemented, or am I missing something here?
It hasn't been implemented
gotcha, ty
Though you can still give Ambrosia to 4 people atm
it hints at who in that list of fates thing right?
or is the thing regarding skelly something different
the ones with the locked hearts, rather than the timed hearts, are ambrosia people
The skelly thing is different
but you still have to unlock the hearts first before you can start giving them ambrosia
You're welcome
Why is there no special dialogue for deny Thanatos even a single kill in his event room? Thought it would be something cool where he or Zagreus would make a remark.
@grand mantle You are a saviour
@grand mantle excuse me two miniguns what
wait what
I got the Than keepsake first
he hangs out next to Hades's room in the house
also I sometimes found entering Zag's room (and the courtyard?) and coming back out the NPCs changed places or some who were / weren't in the room flip flopped
I am guessing when the update happens were going to have to do the end boss again plus the update?
Oh, right, we are going to have to redo all of the heat levels when we get more story, huh?
Are we just assuming there will be a 5th biome?
I find that unlikely. Definitely not in the next few updates.
they have stated that they don't intend to add more biomes
buuut..... it'd be pretty rad if they surprised us with one lol
highly doubtful
since they're specifically looking for feedback in this stage
Therefore there's no reason to worry about redoing heat bounties.
How do you escape if you die after beating end boss?
they remove the dying, simple as that
I was hoping for a boss before finding Persephone
scythe is a popular guess
Oh yea
for some reason, idk enough about greek myth but i think there's a reason
and they're thinking maybe it'll be a slower style high damage melee weap
Maybe a dual wield Gladius
it's because the next Olympian is believed to be Demeter, from the art (cornucopia and grains)
and a scythe is thematically appropriate, plus a slow heavy melee weapon is something people have been asking for
Whatever it is, can't be worse than the shield
melee bow
lmao shield is great.
too great,in fact
Maybe it was just me but I couldn't play with the shield
maybe some kind of throwing weapon that can melee sometimes
Get the Chaos aspect and stack some poison or really literally anything on special and annihilate rooms in seconds.
I was stuck at Hydra, then I unlocked shield and cleared till Styx in my first try
So, can someone explain to me about the ending after the boss that we are going to be let free or not?
After major update
throwing weapon that can melee = spear, shield
@hidden zephyr we'll just have to wait for the full release to see what happens!
🙂
I was quite annoyed with the ending after I tried so hard
understandable
*points at early access sign
i told myself i would wait until the final release before investing too much effort into beating it again.... but then i just realized i really wanted to play it lol so now i've cleared it like 20 times probably lol
maybe not quite 20
there's comical narration at the end about various ways in which zag accidentally dies again after beating the boss each time
Takes a lot of concentration especially in the poison rooms near the end
I did find a way though
but you can keep earning rewards, unlocking more story with other characters, etc in the meantime
also grinding out all your upgrades and keepsakes
haha
move on to what?
There Is No Escape
we will be playing hades for the rest of eternity
Hades is our Bouldy
Wolcen is comming up soon, also darksiders
you can always take a break and wait for the next update, or the full release
yeah, I wouldn't play this game with the hope of "finishing" it any time soon.
I have most key upgrades
man i probably have like 70 keys and nothing to do with them lol
do troves ever cost keys anymore?? i feel like i haven't seen one in ages
i like that they added fated authority to keys, makes them a lot more attractive
You.. might have to renovate to see them again?
damn there are MORE trove upgrades??
all i ever get offered anymore is sheet music and like.... pointless decorations that cost thousands of gems
I only started playing like two weeks ago, I've never even heard of troves needing keys to open
I was really confused when I started playing Hades, I got to one of the sisters and ended up repeating the battle, I was then aware that you have to finish the game in one go.
there used to be some troves that had greater rewards but cost keys to activate
troves go up to lvl3
maybe they replaced those with the infernal rooms of Erebus?
nah erebus used to exist too
yeah i think i have the 3rd level of troves
i haven't been offered anything useful from the broker in a while, i figured i got everything
errrr
contraactor
Q: I just unlocked the pact of punishment. I'm still playing with no heat with my other weapons in order to get the 0-heat final boss blood with them. Does that make sense or should I increase heat to refresh my drops from the other bosses? Would that mean losing the 0-heat final boss drop in any way?
you can't lose rewards for lower heat levels
if you play at higher heat, you'll just earn rewards for the next heat level that you haven't yet cleared
so playing at 5 heat when you haven't cleared 2 heat will get you the 2 heat rewards, etc
except for 0
you gotta clear it on 0 heat to get 0 heat rewards
whaaaaaaat
that's the only exception
weird
yep
can i...still go back and do that?
i haven't cleared on 0 heat with any weapon yet this update lol
how long could a 0 heat sword run take tho
like 30mns at most?
It's funny to me, as a really clever interaction. Charming Hades makes him laugh. Also in his first faze, move away 3 steps
Orpheus' singing sounds very close/identical to the singer from Red in Transistor.
Its same guy
He is a guy? I thought it was a girl singing?
Like the voice.
Euridice is the gal
I know that, I was talking about Orpheus.
Those are 2 people
And you and me are two people.
2 plus 2 makes 4
If other two join, yeah.
Which doesn't confirm iluminati
then I think I'll start bumping my heat even if I haven't finished 0 heat. I'm currently making unoptimal builds to complete prophecies, so I don't expect to win the final boss but I can handle some heat to farm drops while I'm at it
I did a 24 heat on and reached Hades, needless to say he is the most annoying.
You need to kill hades to make the heat prophecy signed tho
they're.... giggling...... in the darkness...........
but even if i don't kill him, I can increase heat and get the next drop for the other bosses, right?
or is the fact that I can do that from 0 to 1 heat what you mentioned earlier of 0 heat being separate?
If you haven't cleared at 0 heat, you can clear at 1 heat and get the 1 heat bounties.
If you haven't cleared at 1 heat, you can clear at 2 heat but not get the 2 heat bounties, only the equivalent 1 heat ones instead.
or you could play 32 heat like the big boys and lose every single run so you don't have to worry about bounties anymore
Or enjoy the game in way you want to play it
thanks!
What does God mode actually do?
it makes life so much fun 😎
+2% dr each time you die
starting at 20% tho
and maxing at 80% from what i've heard
dr = damage resist, ftr
https://i.imgur.com/seULqu6.png Do I get some kinda achievement for this?
you look like youre becoming a pokemon master
what's the middle one?
Chaos
I'd never seen it before and while I could've gotten like +70 health, I wanted it since it was a legendary
how did you get these in this order?
like.... how did you get the kiss of styx last, bc they usually dont add extra slots
ah
died twice, then got chaos
then got athena then styx
ohhhh
that's so weird
I got Chaos in Elysium
Died twice in Elysium
Finished Chaos in the area after Elysium
Also picked up the tooth after Elysium
Then I got Athena on a boon
Tooth always goes to the start.
And picked up the last one because I thought it'd be funny
Not like I really needed that pom anyway
old dd days
But yeah Athena and the shop one I picked up in like the last satyr tunnel
Second to last
Let's see how many I lose vs Hades
how good are the 16 and 32 heat statues?
I freaking love the duo that makes projectiles slower
It's so hilarious seeing the boiling blood skulls move at 1 mph
Spent Spirit. Yeah, it's quite good.
It makes me feel like the whole game has slowed down, though. Not sure if that's real or a bug or whatever.
https://i.imgur.com/n8XhwVf.png I lost 0
Also, hearing Artemis fangirl over Achilles is hilarious
Oh no I'm turning into my weeb friend now https://i.imgur.com/zPKDrB5.png
I knowwwwww
ugh you don't understand dad i just like her character in the show her design has nothing to do with this
at least there's no body pillow renovations yet (that I've seen)
though ngl I would pay 1200 gems for an Artemis poster, she's adorable as hecc
poseidon body pillow when
and prolly like twice as much for Ares-themed blankets
i'd like a chaos mural that glitches out
wait so that's.... skelly keepsake dd, normal dd, chaos dd, athena dd, and...well of charon dd? which one of those gives you another extra one besides chaos? ooohh skelly
nvm
lol
awesome gj that's pretty fun
How do you get meg's summon thing? I got skelly's, but after talking to meg a million times, giving as much nectar as possible, the newest heart just has a 'lock' symbol in the codex and she wont talk to me anymore.
Are you playing with Extreme Measures?
No.
No, you need it to advance Meg's storyline.
Oh seriously? Huh. Never realized it was a requirement.
she mentions that having her sisters on the job would remove some of the pressure from her shoulders
Yea but her sisters show up anyways. For me she said she hopes I never use it cause she doesn't wanna work with her sisters. Then thanked me when I turned it off later.
Extreme Measures is not required for Meg's storyline. I just completed her last night and haven't turned it on once.
Yea I finally got the next part
Appearently I had to meet thanatos first
Since somehow I cleared the game like 20 times before finally seeing him once
@sharp bobcat same
bit confusing because giving someone nectar also gives you conversation with some other people about it too
like with hermes you get to chat to Than about it
and with Zeus you get to talk to Hades
haven't gotten all the interactions yet and not everyone is max so there's probably more
and who knows with RNG
Has anyone ever tried to run an escape with 26 heat?
Feels super hard and impossible but haven't died yet so far.
I stopped at 20.
Could probably do 26.
not specifically 26
I’m still trying a 32
Oh, how much do I need to unlock all three statues, then?
32
Can we do these 6 by 6 each time and save?
Or we do have to do them all in one run?
Oh really? They stuck?
nah you've got to do a 32 heat run, you can't bank your heat finishes until the sum of all of them reaches 32
Why does Hades laugh each time you charm him?
Because he already loves you
^yess i knew it all along, Hades is a good father
hahaha there's special dialog if you use a god's boon in a god conflict where that god is attacking you
huh there's also dialog if you use a summon item during thanatos's thing
no the companion items you get
Which of the artifacts summon things?
it's not an artifact it's a companion thingie, for getting maxed relations with someone and iving them ambrosia
like i summoned Meg to thanatos's fight and he said "Unnessecary, Meg."
Oh wow
he gets super mad if you summon in sisyphus :'D
So glad that I lost a death defiance because one of the blue crystals was stuck in a wall and I couldn't hit it
stone enemies getting stuck in walls is my least favorite way to die, I concur
Yeah, I submitted a bug report about it
Flying enemies going outside the bounds of the map is awful
How does one acquire Sisyphus’s summon? I have him at 6 hearts where the next has a lock but the time I talked to him after reaching it he said nothing
if it's a lock then you probably have to progress the story more first
did you buy the thing from the contractor to free him?
No. There’s a thing from the contractor to free him?
yeah, you have to get his contract and rip it up basically
Oh man. Just looked it up, 10 diamonds? Guess I’m further away than I thought
Last question about the skelly statues on heat.
Can I achieve unlocking all three of them in one run of 32 heat?
Or I really have to take it step by step? Like, 8, 16, 32?
Yes you can unlock all of them at once
So, contractor is offering me Olive Drapes. Seems innocuous enough. But there's a star glowing on it, that doesn't seem to be explained, and the wiki doesn't list this as something the contractor sells. Anybody know what it is?
Probably just means its something 'new' you haven't bought yet.
The Drapes are purely cosmetics
Sure, I was wondering if I should prioritise them because they lead to some other unlock after, since no other option I've seen (that I recall) has had that star icon attached to it
If I remember correctly stats mean they’re purely cosmetic
While no stars is something that might affect gameplay
Like the fact that I had to buy gold pots (I haven’t played in a bit and was very confused)
Gotcha
And yeah, when I saw that, I suddenly realized I hadn't seen gold pots in a while
But at least the gold pots can be upgraded now?
So there's that
Lots of exciting changes since my last install
AHHHH
I keep
freaking immediately opening boons
When I want to gift the gods nectar
I literally told myself I was happy I got dionysis because I haven't given him a nectar yet
And I just immediately dash and open up his boon
omg same
my early days were just "gotta get Dionysus." gets Dionysus. immediately grabs boon. facedesk.
Just gotta make sure to do it right once, then you can just force it with their trinkets. Is deff a pita tho
Okay I just died like twice to Charmed enemies randomly hitting me
I don't even think they're attacking
I'm just randomly taking 100+ damage
Ok yeah
It keeps happening
I think it was specifically on the satyrs
trying to gift gods nectar and immediately getting their boon is the Hades equivalent of dodge-rolling into an elevator while you have the broken television equipped
If you use hades aspect against hades he sounds pretty remorseful
All three aspects for the Exagryph seem terrible on the surface. Two of them are negated utterly by one of the best upgrades you can get from the hammer, and the other requires that you fire one of the slowest attacks in the game, meant to be ranged, at your own feet
Can anyone explain why I'm wrong?
Well infinity chamber is one of the worst hammer upgrades for the rail firstly
Zagreus is a super mediocre aspect but Eris and Hestia are insane
it's nice tbh even if not strictly needed
It's a waste to pick over any other upgrade
zagreus seems kind of neat if you don't want to touchdown on your face with a rocket, hestia is crazy ya
The only thing I can see infinity chamber being picked over is the rocket
on non-eris guns sure but
Or spread fire
rocket is amazing tho 
I think it is too
spreadfire i kinda wanna see how it works with hestia
is it only the center bullet that's extra damage or is it the entire spread
cause if it's the entire spread lmao
Then the rest of the clip is spread fire
I hear it used to be the entire spread
But you already know what's wrong with that lol
I probably didn't explain why they're good lol
Maybe I'm just seeing it differently, but I always get the infinite ammo, piercing shots, and then a boon that gives the attack some form of curse
Preferably doom or poison
And it eats everything
infinite ammo is convinenence, not STRICTLY required, but i kinda like it 
but yeah eris is nuts because it's bonus damage.
It's not bonus damage to attacks.
it's just straight up bonus damage
Your poison will do 60% more damage too
so it applies to calls, lightning, chain lightning procs, doom, poison, rupture....
revenge procs
If landing it on yourself is annoying maybe try to target an enemy and dash past
Or if you have the rocket you can turn around and shoot the door behind you when you start a room lol
my favorite 2 hammer combo is still like... triple special + rocket
cause damn that's fun
especially with increased special speed
become the DOOM marine
I'll consider those points next time I make a gun run. This is exactly why I was asking folks about it, since it seemed like a no-brainer to me, and I wanted other opinions. So thanks, folks
yeah infinity combo also removes like
the flurry fire that greatly increases the attack speed of the gun?
i still think it's nice if you have a lot of dashes, though, because you can just rapidfire while yeeting all over the place
Oh, that's the other thing I had. Epic tier Hermes boon for attack speed
Which kept getting hit by the upgraded Nectar random +lvl
dashes reset auto timer it seems, and you shoot twice while dashing, so if you've got a hermes buff for like +4 dashes you can fire off 12 shots in half a second when using the dashes
downside is it's difficult to hit enemies while you're hyperspeeding
i'm realizing that extra dashes are like the best hermes thing because it indirectly boosts attack speed via dash attacks :x
Yeah. Dashing side to side while firing can be difficult, but if you dash directly away or towards your target, your aim becomes a bit more reliable.
Damn Hestia doesnt work with shotgun huh
I appreciate how strong that would be but I really wanted a good spread build
Id take one strong shot/mag over however many it has usually
i like it now - it gives a ranged option when needed for the shotgun build
and synergizes mostly with the same attack boons
God knows Im not the best with range
Link in here for those looking for dialogue! Any help you can provide with screenshots would be greatly appreciated, I'm collating them into imgur albums for re-reading pleasure 😄
"I'm finally free... boyo..."
I've reiterated on the way these exchanges are recorded, from copying it down via typing to imgur albums. If anyone can contribute by providing relevant imgur albums, it would be greatly appreciated!
I'm dying
Then he comes back XD
I feel bad having gotten so far on my save file, because now I've missed out on full screencaps of nectar convos that I can no longer get.
Since, y'know, 50+ runs in and maxed out a few.
Why is Supergiant hiding my boyfriend
I've hit 5 and rip.
Hey man, I wish I could give Arty ambrosia.
She best girl.
(sorry Meg)
this game has too many best characters
I need my pale nerd man to get me through the night
Is the hera aspect good? I don't have much titan blood and don't want to spend it on the wrong thing.
it really does XD
Still hoping that Stygius' 4th aspect is Thanatos
"which of these songs do you like best?"
"thats nice. I still dont want to play it, though"
Hera is the most fun Ive had with bow
hera aspect is really good but you dont need to put blood into it
the benefit more blood gives is really minor when compared with other weapons
Which is good in its own way, cuz it means you can take more relevant cast boons over Quick Reload if youre ever spoiled for choice
Yep!
Quick Reload can get down to 3s or so, but Hera maxed is still 5s.
So really, still strong in its own right.
yeah more blood is definitely still nice
but there are weapons like chaos shield and the bow that fires homing specials
that really need to be maxed to shine
Chaos shield is probably the strongest thing in the game
With Dread Flight and Explosive Return it literally doesnt matter what boons you get tbh
Oh dw ik
Its still really good tho
With max Chaos and a decent set up I use special 75% of the time, especially shotgun style where Return can really shine
eh, i think return is better on the other two aspects tbqh
and it's pretty antisynergistic with dread flight
still good no matter what ofc
Maybe, but Id never use the other aspects tbh
Im hoping the 4th one is a Bull Rush feature that rivals Chaos
I will have to give Blitz a few runs
Im absolutely d y i n g for the room next to Achilles to be a hyperchamber where you can test hammers and boons

Is he supposed to show up more often after you've found him the first time? Or is it a flat, smalll RNG deal?
thannys deal is that if you take damage within 5 rooms that he can show in, it rolls a random chance to see him
He shows up 5 rooms after you take damage after the 10th room in Tartarus
Oh 10th room, nice!
I think 3rd room in Asphodel and Elysium
I think the chance should be 100% in every room so he can get lots of big kisses
hell mode, god mode, where is underworld dating game mode supergiant

Won 2 runs in a row, I'm getting the hang of this game I think
Rad!
I know its a ways off and Im soooo excited for Demeter but I saw they want to add more hammer upgrades and I started thinking about the 6th weapon
Oh, any ideas?
Im kind of hoping for a whip with a special that lets you lasso someone and pull them to you or vice versa
Or maybe... daggers you can throw? For a more mobility/roguey style
Greek fire grenades could also be cool, become the inferno bomber
im hoping for a hammer, would be interresting to have a slow, but very powerfull weapon
could bring a serious gameplay variety, cuz all other weapons can be rather fast
A hammer is definitely my 4th choice!
Good throwback to Bastion too
Could have a Hephaestus aspect
or even daedalus himself ;p
Im really really holding out for Than aspect on sword
Maybe it randomly marks enemies for death and you deal bonus damage to them and it passes to another when they die
im hoping for some variety for spear aspects, cuz they are all focused on stuff i dont really use
Is there a reason why Zagreus keeps on fighting even after the first time he kills Hades?
He can't visit his mother anyway right?
u never beat Hades?)
I did beat him once
and?
there is somethng always happened with Zag
he gets cold
and die
he gets hit by a car
and die
he step on banana peel
and die
and so on
They mean why does he try to escape again
So everytime you kill Hades you die from some new random stuff afterwards?
Lore-wise it's because he doesn't know when the 'underworld renovations' will be complete
so he can get stroneger? or out of boredome?
Or maybe he thinks it will be different the next time
There doesn't really need to be an in-game reason because w the narrator and early access theres a metanarrative
Finally I managed to get to Hades
one guy had a theory
lol
Niiiiice
Zag cant stay long in mortal realm
Progress is progress
dw man, it took me like 29 total tries to beat him 1st time
and die
When is the game expected to be "done" btw?
now m at 43 total tries and have 5 win streak LUL
In another half a year was the original estimate
I took him in 14 tries and haven't really kept playing ^^
A year and a half of early access
I’m on my 30th try...
And then support as they feel like it afterwards
Ah okey so around 6 months for proper launch?
also, theres lot of stuff to unlock, including npc relationships ect
What I love about Hades more than other Supergiant game is that even if they move on to the next game they can always come back to Hades and add in a god or a weapon
and u can talk with nppcs only once per attempt, so yeah
and 7k gemstone at least -_-
plus, renovating the House requires a lot of recources
Where post-launch DLC didnt really work or make sense for the other games
more like 11-12k gems
really...
i think theres also a 3k upgrade
and a few of like 100+
also, a lot of diamonds for all the musics
havent gotten to that part yet..i mean, i did release orpheus
but i heard one of the npc quests requires 10 diamonds aswell
good thing i have gotten the room upgrades already xD
and those can really break the run..like having near 800 gold b4 hydra, withotu the keepsake for gold
well he doesnt know how what cars are
it looks like fast chariot
27% dodge chance is not bad
if only i could add hermes dodge boon to this
Its a 'particularly fast chariot'
We do know that the time period is ancient Greece, from the ghosts in the house and what Hermes/Than say about the surface
As well as the oddity of exagryph
judging by the msgs we get while wielding exagryph, i would say its the era before gunpowered weapon
Any ideas on what Demeter's boons will do
Will she be a regular god, a stats/mechanics god like Hermes, a special god like Chaos, or an event god like Than
i think she will be usual god
What kind of boons
What can harvest and grain do for us
I was thinking maybe... dedicated CC with roots?
i thought same
Like if you stack 3 debuffs an enemy is rooted
or maybe earth based dmg, like lightning and poison, but working with slow or stuff like that, or making then debuffed
Yeah vampire is definitely too strong
I do think she'll have some health mechanics though, like the other gods have with centaur hearts
like, achilles says hestia is the goddess of fire, which is partially true, in a loose sense of comparison
Maybe some death defiance stuff
ik that ^^ just wanted to present a comparison
based on what was said by ingame npc
lol
my last run would be a perfect no death run, but i noobed out just a hit b4 hades died xD
Patrocles help!
got too greedy i guess
Np
i'm not sure how does his name should be written in english
Are you Russian?
y
You use Russian syntax, as much as I'm familiar with it
-_-
Its cool!
Anyone else just encounter Eurydice and space out for a few minutes before continuing their run, or am I the only one in this?
what?
Bascially you go from fighting through the pits of hell to some nice lady singing beautifully, I tend to just listen for 5 minutes before going toward fighting the hydra
she gives some VERY usefull stuff
and can u just go away?
no u cant
i have to take her food 1st
Yeah sure, she's very useful but she not only gives me nice upgrades, she also calms my soul, which empowers me when it comes to fighting the filthy hydra
also she can make Orpheus sing again
it's much better to die
when he mets you with her song
Is it possible to get the second heart with hades?
mb just speak with him... 999times -_-
Yeah thats where my codex is at
Sooo, after some time orpheus also sings, good, thought I was never going to
@fair sentinel bouldy?
nectar or ambrosia?
Since the Hades boss fight is so difficult compared to the rest of the game, and most of us end up using all of our resources on it (DD and all our coin), will the fight be toned down or will there be a completely separate part of the game post escape?
I was so shook when he had a phase two I choked and died
I just want more diamonds
Gems in general are a bit too scarce imo
im feeling that]
Upgrading troves substantially increases your gem income.
I would if I had more gems
Poseidon can help. The boon that just dumps materials on you can speed things up.
Yeah I love that one and the one that increases rewards
I also only need 1 more boon from him to mark off my list
Can someone explain to me why the hestia aspect of the rail is “so good” ‘cause having to reload every time for a single “good shot” just doesn’t feel worth it
Does that interact with infinity chamber?
so here's a thought - i haven't heard orpheus sing on his own in ages...... does he still sing lament/hymn randomly or am i stuck with having to buy it for the music stand and choosing to hear it? :(
You cant get Infinity Chamber w Hestia
You can still manually reload with infinity chamber.
Can you?
