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for the revolution
i like god mode because i'm trying to contribute stuff to the wiki from early game and it's easier progression that way. my hell mode save is for challenge
End of tartarus i have two boons one is common and the other passion dash
oof
Will update you
god mode is in the game for you to use it
donโt feel bad about it
@terminallynerdy @UnderlandDgtl God Mode is definitely there for anyone for whom the stock difficulty doesn't provide an enjoyable experience for whatever reason. Please don't hesitate to try it if you're thinking about it.
yeah
sgg has has multiple tweets similar to this, so don't feel shamed about doing so, despite some of the community stigma
that didnโt stop me the last time and will not stop me the next
i am inevitable
well, please donโt put other players down for choosing to play god mode, since thatโs what itโs in the game for.
We have three rules in the server which you can read in #readme-first, and being kind is one of them
duwang is playing around most of the time, but the thing is not everyone is going to get that. I only do bc I've been hanging around long enough ๐ still, there is a real stigma against god mode and it's silly bc like... if you don't need it then don't use it
"Ugh this is giving me a bad time and im not even out of asphodel yet, i should just give up-"
Zag: I should press on.
Me:
Me: well DAMN NOW I GOTTA
that feels like a sign you're going to mess up somewhere skgjsk
Into elysium and everything is horrible
Situation: two chaoses i cant really use much, trippy shot, hearbreak flourish, passion dash, hermes quick cast and + 3 dash
COMMON ARTEMIS STRIKE
IM ARTHUR
NO DDS LOST YET BUT THATS COMING FOLKS
skelly: so how'd that last run go, boyo?
zag: I don't want to talk about it
I believe in the zag that believes in me
that zag existeth not
Elysium and no hammers yet
what
believe in the skelly that believes that you believe in him believing in you
how do you not have--
LUK: 0
THREE CHAOSES AND NOTHING GOOD
lmao
so, just kys and retry for better rng
Oh great now i cant cast
who even cast
- 70% is great chaos but have you considered, ahem ELYSIUM
Carry on artemis
Maybe youโll manage to salvage this meme run on styx or something
that's so funny I'm so sorry, your run sounds like the manifestion of that "god threw me into the wild and is hunting me for sport" post
and you only had to suffer through nearly the whole run without one
IFS AN ARMORED FLAME WHEEL ROOM
plot twist: Zagโs entire life has been a truman show kind of deal and his escapes are the producers manipulating zag into leaving to spice things up because they were starting to loose audience
lmao
just kite them into obstacles
lmao
Well..
Look at the bright side arthur aspect has big range
MEOW
they are cute tho
the gods heard your prayer, you definitely wanted this didn't you
@eternal breach i canโt go to the sea due to quarantine, would a pool work
i can throw it into a sea, but i dont sea you failing
that was bad
I LIVED
inb4 trash hammer upgrades
Yep
lmao
Tyche must really hate you
lmao
Help me choose among this trash
flip a coin
piercing wave
Supernova was extra range right?
+25 flat dmg is always nice tho
may you go out like a nova, friend
Ok i can cast again
you can cast, but can you cast rate?
Really? Now i get a second hammer?
Was i a good disciple?
Shadow slash, double edge, cursed slash
Both of the first two are good hmm
Took shadow
Elysium miniboss, folks
Pray for me
i pray that you fail horribly
We pray for your health and glorious victory
gl
ELYSIUM DOWN
If i actually win i swear
To finish the meme of the run, my Call is Poseidon.
Final boss time.
He straight up had
20 hp left
Ughh
Im just gonna go to sleep
g'night
Oh man the story is starting to get really interesting for me!
Hades is warning me not to learn more about persephone, or I risk something huge, for my sake
but our relationship is so terrible, he can't just tell me what it is
The mythology involved (as well as some of the unusual phrasing Hades has when you interact with him) points in a certain direction
Also a potential "real" last boss past the current one
the final boss is clearly the narrator that kills you everytime even if you "win"
But how will we ever hope to defeat disembodied voice
the final boss is clearly the narrator that kills you everytime even if you "win"
@graceful quail
I was just thinking about this. How unlike Zagreus to not comment on how the Narrator keeps wiping him out, when earlier he said, "You know I can hear you, old man."
Mooromi oooooh.... dang now I have to dive more into mythology if I want to sleuth about it before discovering!!!! โค๏ธ โค๏ธ
if it was a woman voice, i would say it is the fates
As much as I would love the Into the Woods style 4th wall ending, my money is on || Hera||
no prob
SHAKES............ THE SPOILERS FOR NEW CONTENT ARE SO GOOD im really feeling chicken tendy in this here wendys tonight lads
Hahaha, I basically just woke up
I checked the server, went "nope" and rolled back over for a bit
I'm probably gonna cave and get on Hades soon
im absolutely giddy
Ooh, dangit now I'm more excited to get on. Can you point me in the right direction, no spoilers? Or will I be able to find it pretty easily?
@open berry #beta-discussion-june20 , my guy, not here
wope my apologies
Ahh, fair. Mb as well
this may be the spoilers channel, but it is not for beta discussion
o7
noted! we're all caught up in the excitement, will keep it in mind o/
if that.... makes sense. regular spoilers, not [spongebob voice] advanced spoilers
Lmao
actually true spoiler is that bouldy is the final boss
whether thats true or not is for you to decide
new update thats just exploding chariots in every room
youre not in elysium though? too bad
i would simply just stop playing
i would simply just play more
you are more powerful than i ๐
:/

cant decide what i hate more about that, the layer joke, or the fact the layer joke immediately reminded me of shrek
I've picked up the Onion Eater title before.
is that failing 2 or 3 erebus rooms in a run
o7
:3
Yup.
ONION EATER
please post some screenshots for us poor egs players
specifically of new boons and aspects?
This belongs in the beta channel.
And make sure to spoiler tag them, please
that's why I asked in this channel, anyone looking here shouldn't be surprised to see spoilers
But right now, I wouldn't expect Beta spoilers in here, because they're not supposed to go here
yeah we're not allowed to post spoilers related to the beta here, since its not in the official branch of the game yet
live branch?
the non-beta branch fdjshgk
you know what i mean
do you think i should get it? i feel like i will spoiler myself all the things if i see some things early but at the same time it's not spoiling because i'm playing myself?
Also i still have to beat the final boss so i don't have many things available yet, what do you think? It's stupid i know my mind just hates decisions, even useless ones
so this beta is mostly focused on tech stuff, making sure their updated systems will work
it's not focused on story, though there are new story elements
yeah yeah i know, my concern was for the new story and gameplay elements
guess waiting for so long eventually grew up on me and now i'm afraid of actually seeing the changes ahah
This beta contains almost all the content of The Blood Price Update, coming later this month. That includes a significant amount of new story content and voice lines (the most we have ever added in an Early Access update). However, the focus of the beta is on evaluating the tech -- the presence of the content is a side effect of our development process (we can't just rip all the new stuff out before launching the beta).
If you want to see the new content in a prerelease format you can play the beta. Or if you'd rather wait until it's more polished, please wait for the official launch later this month. Of course the ultimate version of that is waiting for the game to exit Early Access altogether! Depends on your appetite for "early".
greg honestly you are a saint
Also if this counts as beta spoilers i'll delete this, but I did see that post-Blood Price is work on v1.0! hype!
thank you greg, maybe i'll just ponder about it and decide tomorrow with a fresh mind!
What do I need to do to finish harp quest?
The playing sounds fine but I'm getting no prompts from Orpheus
can't gift anything to him
and the last couple of times there was nothing to do when he was in Asphodel
just spam the devil out of the harp
But zag already said he can play
and it's now playing these ~10s long pieces that sound good
please don't tell me I need to keep grinding that even more

you have to talk to orpheus a final time to officially finish out the quest
wont count otherwise
hmm but he only has one liners now
how do I 100% know that I know how to play then? because it sounds like I do
might have to cycle through the dialogue first so just keep doing runs
the prophecy complete notif will pop up once you've gotten the final required dialogue from orpheus
alright I'll keep trying thanks
Ok, so what did I do that advanced the Achilles plot?
but I don't know what I did to make that happen
THe only thing I can think of is giving Than his first bottle of ambrosia
but that doesn't make sense
if you're referring to any new content in the Technical beta please keep that in the #beta-discussion-june20 please @north cloak 
Probably best to keep reactions like those in the beta channels unless you are 100% sure which content isn't from the tech beta.
I don't think it's new though, is it?
I just was never able to get it before
I thought Achilles has a lock, not a swirly arrow
But I almost posted there, but didn't because of the spoilers, so next time I can and just put it in ||||
if you're not sure post in the #beta-discussion-june20 channel with spoiler tags ^_^
If anything, this channel is more vulnerable to spoilers than the #beta-discussion-june20 right now ๐
Spoil away in there with the spoiler tags~
anyone who has the beta can tell me which new aspects are in there while i try to get in?
i mean, you could probably just ask in #beta-discussion-june20
thank you, i didn't see all the new beta channels
all technical beta content questions go into #beta-discussion-june20 ^_^
@naive anchor new enemies, new boons, new weapons, and a secret boss are the big splashy things. A lot of small graphical changes too though ofc
thank you, new boss EM4?
guys the mods are gonna eat you
a light bonk geez ๐
we're not that mean
was gonna say friendly vore but i forget not everyone wasted four years of their life with asymmetric dino vs human games where that was simply an every day thing so that might be weird ๐
carry on your light bonking
aggy typin and then leavin me high and dry, i see ๐๏ธ
evolve came out more than 4 years ago...damn I almost forgot that thing existed 
I dunno it's not hyped to mention a secret boss?
i wish i could say i played it but alas. imagine though, such a concept with hades. the monster possibilities are endless
its not but we're not supposed to really talk about the beta outside of the appropriate channels. not even spoilers
fair nuff
once the new update is out, sure but before then it's best to keep the technical beta things in their respective channels for those who wish to wait for the update
waiting for that update to drop so I can theorize about lore, clenches fist
this is going to feel so weird for the next couple of days haha
most of the traffic is routing via the beta channel
yeah lol
Hey, those who are loyal will remain in the normal channels 
Meanwhile, I'm branding everyone else heretics
good thing I was already a heretic!
I wish I wasn't at work now to test out the technical beta lol
I'm on the tech beta to hopefully improve the normal release for my computer
I kind of wish I didn't see all these story updates
Because I can't tell what's new and what I would have gotten in nighty night
If in doubt post in #beta-discussion-june20 ^_^
Is it okay to discuss beta related spoilers here?
No, use #beta-discussion-june20 using spoiler tags ^_^
It is impossible to talk about technical stuff in #beta-discussion-june20, without being spoiled :(
There's a specific tune that plays when you beat a Styx tunnel that reminds me of Bad Guy at the start
Bad guy but replace every bad with rat
ok sorryyyyy
You put the shackles on yourself. Sisiphus would be happy 
first few times in the temple: "please be the sack" later: please just dont be tiny vermit
Uhm, if I wanted to get the boss loot from the first boss, did I have to go through all the weapons to be able to get it with my first weapon again?
No, it works slightly different than that.
Each weapon has it's own loot from the bosses.
Once you beat the game you can add difficulty modifiers that allow you to collect more for each weapon.
But... they are all the same, though?
Oh, right. So upgrade difficulty to get loot with the same weapon?
Yes, each weapon will get one Titan blood from the first boss.
:I
I'm starting to think the item that does so I take no damage when going to the chaos realm is rather useless...
My second run (currently just killed the hydra) and I haven't found the portal so far...
That's a matter of luck. But buying ixions in the shop helps. Fated Persuasion to reroll the shop increases your chances
Uhh, is it just me, or has the game become easier? ๐
It becomes easier the more experienced you get 
Hahaha, that's a good one :3
I mean... usually I tend to die 1-2 times, at least, at the arena, but now I beat them with a bow... #FirstTry
First time using the bow, I mean
That's because you have an idea of their attack patters 
It could also mean the bow suits you better ๐คท
... Idk
That is one nice boon. 20 second cooldown, but it negates the dmg of an attack (legendary) ๐ฒ
Divine Protection is awesome ๐
Any recommendation on what to get at revonation? And should I just use diamonds there, or is there something else I can use diamonds on?
Hey there
I would suggest the Darkness gives you max health one as a starter
If you use dark generation mirror talent
Every darkness room you enter will give you both a sizable heal
And some max health to boot
As for diamons use in general, there are later quests that will use diamonds. But rarely would you run into diamond shortage.
Okay
yeah, Diamonds, unlike Titan Blood, seem to hit the cap of progression usefulness around maybe 5 heat or so and then their only use is to be traded up to more Titan Blood.
Okay
there are also a lot of cosmetics you can buy with gems
So far I just buy whatever I think might help, next I'll just go for cosmetics ๐คท
Uhh, the boss loot from the arena bosses, is that just to trade for something else at the merchant??
I'm assuming Ambrosia
Those can be used to gift certain NPCs
That's how you receive various items that can help you on your runs.
Wow... upgrading the weapon makes it 10 times worse. Great to know -_-
Hm, I think that's another one?
which weapon?
Bow
And which Aspect?
Chiron
Chiron with low ranks is bad, Chiron at max rank is really quite good.
yeah
I upgraded it a couple of times, yet it does nothing
... I shoot things?
Shoot things until they have the target marker on them, then press the special.
okay, as an example, when I use Chiron I usually try to shoot one thing quickly, then spam special 2-3 times, then rinse and repeat
The special now homes in on the last target you shot.
Mine doesn't...
yeah chiron relies heavily on you keeping up with marks
Do you have Chiron equipped?
Any time your primary fire hits something you should see the mark appearing.
In the screen where you put in the upgrades click on Chiron.
Click on it. Got it
You can also tell by the graphics. Zag bow is purple, Chiron is kinda gold-ish.
all this time I thought Nyx was Hades' new piece after his old wife but it turns out that's not the case?
is she like his business partner in a sense in ruling over the dominion of hell? If so how does Hades have power over her and can punish her
you'll actually learn those things through more dialogue!
every business partnership has statements, where one can apply sanctions towards another
i believe
so does that mean in the sense that Hades has power over punishing every person in hell, that Nyx also has some power over Hades, though her power is not punishment ?
sort of
nyx is the night itself, she have power of the underworld in a way, but she rather let hades have the job of dealing with the dead
they have an agrement and that realm exist because of her, but hades rules it
The Underworld was is utter ruin after the fall of the Titans, Nyx had asked Hades to take over the realm as its ruler, and ever since then the Underworld has been much more in Order thanks to Hades
is there any benefit of max out chiron's heart?
As in the bow aspect?
The benefit of maxing out aspects is they do the thing they do better than of you didn't
oh I mean npc
No technical beta talk outside the beta channels
As said in #test-branch-readme which you should read
You physically cannot max out charon's hearts in current patch
You physically cannot max out charon's hearts in current patch
Technically there is no physical rule that prevents you from doing so ๐
gotcha, thanks guys
remember if you're on beta don't risk it being something new!
but yes ๐ฎ
nyx is cool
ahh good, i was about to type the usual blurb of use tech beta channels 
it felt like 7 months
like
hooolee
I was like
ooooh, whodis
and then I saw it was Nyx
haha, did a double take
when'd they change her art?
the nighty night update in march
With the coming update, all characters will have individual portraits and sprites, so no more floating hooded figures!
yay
and man
there's a whole new mirror's worth of stuff
o_0
we can't have both things active it looks like
Hello! Enjoy the new content ๐
yeah my eyes are rolling XD
I love the relationship or should I say lack thereof between Dusa and Nyx
I always end up laughing 
"you may not speak to the prince unless spoken to first"

It does escalate even further. I think it is confined to the beta content right now, though.
Is it just me, or does zag's lyre playing get less resonant and less pretty with practice
I am at the third stage
I'm so tempted to try the beta but I'm going to hold off until it's released 
either way you choose to enjoy the content is 100% valid ^_^
hope you enjoy it whenever you choose to play it 
so for example completing the mission for the singer there gives you a pet?
Singer doesn't give you one unfortunately
Meg, Than, Sisyphus, Dusa, and Skelly does.
the quest where Z got to learn how to play an instrument?
That quest is useless haha
If you have access to the Administrative Chamber
not yet
I'm prioritizing upgrading those things with gems that gives you buffs in runs
like more money with gems etc
The one I used is from Sisyphus. But I won't spoil more so you can discover them yourselves.
yea yea ^^
Also yeah I agree that upgradings chambers are more useful
You are on the right track!
just my opinion, but you could have put a commentary on the video or some
or if you are good you could speak and explain what are you doing while doing, its more engaging for the watcher ^^
or if you are good you could speak and explain what are you doing while doing, its more engaging for the watcher ^^
I cannot for example
Thanks for the idea. The vid was actually a response to a challenge not too long ago to complete a run without core boons.
So commentary was not on the list. There are other better YouTuber such as Haelian if you want to check him out :D
In the meanwhile, good luck!
yep already saw it ^^
too fast still xD
well going back to hades xD thx for help mate
wait, how could you call sysyfo there? and bouldy xD
is it the pet?
Yeah
Bouldy is Sisyphus' companion.
Sisyphus gives you Bouldy once you complete his quest.
awww cool
is it any good 31 min to end a run?
For the beginning that's perfectly fine.
Not yet
Who do you think the "Girl from Crete" could be?
Context?
That is one of the portraits in the West Hall. It got a lot more detailed in the Beta, and I am pondering why.
Not sure, I'll check next time I get on
#beta-discussion-june20 please
No technical beta talk outside of that channel
Ty
its the same portrait as before, just zoomed in. does speculation of the portrait need to be in beta?
All tech beta talk goes there, no exceptions
Sorry, I meant to write that in the other channel...
Because Orpheus is a male?
because he's a man....

Don't let his hairstyle and feminine posture fool you
i swear he looks and sounds like a chick
So does Hypnos tbh
it's the voice; even before he had a portrait, we've had people getting confused
So yeah, problem solved lol
It is always amazing just how high Darren Korb's voice can go.
hypnos sounds feminine? thats news to me, he always had twink vibes
personally think they should add some changes to make orpheus more masculine or at least more androgynous if that's they vibe they want
His hairstyle and flippy attitude
curly hair isnt inherently feminine... and his classical depictions always had him with some style of curled hair too
yeah hypnos scream male, don't see how u can see otherwise
Personal association. Don't mind me then o.O
Can confirm, I got hella curly hair
Hypnos is male yeah
Perhaps it is an issue of language, but doesn't the Codex make the sexes of characters pretty clear?
yeah hypnos and thanatos are twins. well meant to be anyway
the brothers sleep and death who, in classical depictions, were rarely depicted apart from one another
I literally have never opened the codex
well that's a lie I have opened it
but that's as far as I have gone with it
theres sick lore
Getting that book completed will be quite the difficult achievement.
Which I will definitely be going for when the game gets achievements.
๐
I can already see it coming: It will take ages to catch enough Chaos fish.
that 2% fishing spot chance in Chaos kills me every time
Never saw a single one of them, not even during the run where you get Huge Catch (or whatever Poseidon's fishing boon was called) for free.
chaos fishing points dont exist ๐ญ
I got two of them, but missed the first one. Heard the ping the instant I left his crib.
pssst, chaos uses they/them
but dang, two??? i haven't even seen one fishing spot in there 
Pretty quickly one after the other.
the same happened to me, but i was too early on the first fish.... they were kind enough to give me a legendary on the other tho
i'm cursed to forever be bad at fishing in video games unfortunately
I got a rare one on the second attempt.
It requires a bit of luck I've found but it can be done fairly reliable.
i am good at fishing, i was just tired when i saw the first one, but ive yet to get huge catch again after many attempts
you just have to figure out the patterns of the bobber
Yup. The catch either comes immediately, or within ~1 second of the bobber going down.
i cheat and use the controller vibrations for fishing hahahah
If it hasn't happened by the third bob it's guaranteed to be the next one.
Fishing is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay easier with a controller
kbm gang 
KBM gang yo.
Bruh it's literally hitting a single button
i have to use kbm with rail since its my least enjoyable weapon with controller, but even kbm runs i have my controller in my lap just for fishing
I actually use both hands for fishing on the keyboard to improve reaction time. Right middle finger on the button, left palm on right knuckles.
Lol I can imagine how that looks
fishing should definitely get better the next update for people who want to fish. 
I mean it seems pretty balanced
I just wish I didn't just get hellfish all the time
5 gemstones is peanuts
A perfect catch excludes the lowest tier of fish, so always try to aim for that
Just feels like the window is really short for my dumb spider fingers.
THE GODS ARE TESTING ME part 2
Entering elysium with 2 boons out of which only one is one of the base ones
Heat 8
Hehehe...try a run with no godly boons :3
Best of luck though!
Out of curiosity, what was Part 1?
I had only common artemis on attack (i had arthur aspect) and i kept getting HORRIBLE boins throughout the run
In the end i almost beat it
Oof
Heat 8 beaten!
Arthur Stygius
Congrats!
I got a heat 8 clear yesterday as well! On shield (my least played weapon)
EM3 + FO1 is a fairly easy 8 heat
Congrats
Death!
Does that mean you are one of Thanatos' fans?
Death!
I have yet to run into him
Ride now, ride for ruins, and the sun rises
But I am a fan of this edge boy design
Be sure to celebrate death once you do!
Than is a cutie and 100% tsundere
I will
There is some semblance to Miles Edgeworth, to be honest
Oh really? He is a caring older brother that is tsun towards affection?
Interesting if so
Than to Hypnos: "You are not a clown. You are the entire circus."
Thanatos is very down-to-earth guy. And underneath-earth too, I guess 
smashes in here
The Smash Bros server is around the corner ๐
Oh shoot guys. I just talked to dusa and got some sort of heart arrow thing that expanded to more heart slots. Never seen that before
Oh! That means your relationship is deepening!
:3 you can now deepen your relationship with her even more
You will put Ambrosias to use now!
Let's go. She is adorable
Dusa path is a roller coaster haha
Giggles in dusa
I love her
Glad to see her efforts are noticed by us
i was unsure if i had to pull out the hypnos defense squad, hence the abrupt smashing ๐คง
Noone is bashing Hypnos, don't worry.
I just got a boon called a huge catch. Should I play this run. It gives 20% fishing spawn chance. All I literally do currently is enter a run the instantly die and go back and read dialogue options
OMG enter all the Chaos portals and buy all the Light of Ixions!
Well there are fishes entries to be filled in the codex
And this is one of the few chances to get Chaos fish. Do it :3
You simply must!
what peach said... and yes, fish those fish
head chef pays handsomely for them
And you get to see some cutely weird fishes too 
That all sounds wonderful
man i wish ive even seen a single chaos fish
I caught a single chaos fish AMA
AMA?
heheh, i check the wiki a lot so i know what they look like, but i also donโt care too much about spoiling myself
โask me anythingโ
iโve only actually caught the legendary chaos fish
I think spoiling yourself with Chaos' fishes is acceptable because you might never bump into them. For example, after 400 runs, I have yet to bump into 2 of the 3 available fishes. I only know how they look and what they are called thanks to the wiki 
oh no i know what they look like, but i fear at this rate zagreus may never see one
i still think theres a difference between ensuring something is a reasonably rare encounter and making something so rare that you can literally put in a hundred hours just trying to find one
i've seen a chaos fish once, but don't remember how it looked like or how it was called
i can only recall that it's shiny
I've gotten a chaos fish twice and it was the same fish both times
Don't tell me it was a ||Projelly||
Highfive ๐๏ธ
The payout for them is really handsome...
Yeah
I've gotten three different chaos fish, and one of them twice
Look at this braggard over here smh
Look at this braggard over here smh
heh heh heh
I've also gotten all of the athena boons that aren't duos/defiances
in a single run
Hey yeah I'm gonna just pop in outta nowhere so yall can help me win an argument. ||Are Thanatos and Zagreus brothers||?
do you know who Zag's mom is?
Yep!
they ain't brothers :3
I kneeeew it >:3c
o7
They are adopted brothers
Since ||Nyx raised zag|| too, right?
Yee
yes, she took on the mother role, but in fairness nyx is considered a motherly figure in general
Thanks, friends ๐
we stan nyx tbh
Totally random and only side-related to the game, but Stephen Fry's "Mythos" and "Heroes" books/audiobooks are pretty great. They actually add backstory to... well... pretty much all of the characters in Hades.
I just turned theseus into a sandwich
I'm now imagining the jill sandwich meme but with theseus 
now asterius for the burger?
oh my god, dionisus is definetely offering me drugs "something extra potent for you, ought to keep you going for a while longer than you are used to, there"
Does somebody know if some of the upgrades in the mirror will be able to upgraded more, once the full release of the game has happened? ๐ค
well they might add more stuff to it?
:c
I'd prefer more lives ๐
oh no i doubt they'll add more death defiance
they didnt when the mirror got reworked
:c
theres stubborn defiance that basically lets you die in every room though
But there are going to come more bosses, right?
i wouldnt set your hopes for anything major
So... you think the full release of the game is basically just a cutscene??
who knows? all thats confirmed is there wont be any additional areas, just chambers added to already existing ones
no one knows how the ending is gonna be
Well... it kinda sucks how they've made the current ending, I think ๐
It makes it sound like there'll be a lot more ๐คท
the story has only ever been about zag's escape from the underworld, thats the focus of his struggle
Well, yeah... but there could be other obstacles, before he met his mother? (I'm assuming the game is gonna end with him meeting her)
if you mean like an entirely new section of game thats him going through an area to find his mom, i dont see that happening
this is why i dont see that happening https://discordapp.com/channels/456889434672201729/477164376496013323/693160049270325299
took me a while to figure out what was going on there since someone interrupted it lmao
... I don't understand what that's for ๐ค
what do you not understand?
Probably the "outbox" part ๐ค
oh, lol
getting out
escaping
they woudn't've been able to write that all out with emoji letters though
Ohh, okay. Well, there probably is... ๐คท
we'll find out
Yep... do you know about the bow, though?
whatever the ending is is probably in its final stages by this point. just gotta wait for 1.0~
i dont know what you're asking
level?
The bow upgrade, when you shoot an enemy with basic attack, it gets marked
I'm curious of how high it can be upgraded. And how hard it is
all weapon aspects go to lv5
i cant check the aspect itself, im in the middle of a run.
Mine shoots 5 shots, when I have a target, the next upgrade will cost 4... At the current difficulty, I think it's soon to get hard, I guess ๐ค
Ohh, okay. Sorry
And just lvl 5?
That... seems rather disappointing
I was hoping to upgrade it so it would shoot out 20 arrows XD
how do you even hold 20 arrows in your hand
Not my problem. 11 shots seems to be doable, so should 20
Ah yes Arthur is known to...
HIT
He is pretty good imo
Its fun and pretty balanced
It all balances well in 20+ heats
Lol I'm only 36h so it was only Heat 3
Don't worry your safe for now
Also Arthur has the MASSIVE health boost
Stack a few centaur hearts and you'll be a walking tank in no time
Yep, although I took the lifesteal attack boon that run so I was only rocking like 165 HP or something
I reached 450hp but I do recall someone posting a screenshot of 500 or 600
I think my record is 350... maybe...
Chaos and Centaur hearts for the win babyyyyyyyyy
Kinda hard to get, if I want to farm materials, though...
Uhm... okay ๐ค
Check the pin on rerolling in #h1-builds-and-combat
But basically you're only offered choices between stuff from the same pool
Cool
most channels dont allow direct image uploading, most likely to cut down on spam
Yeah
Yeah to cut down on spam and to prevent people posting nsfw stuff
ask in #beta-discussion-june20 as no tech beta content is to be posted outside there
@crisp laurel Oh, that chart isn't updated. That was way back when Demeter wasn't in the game. I have some albums with the updated information as of this version (not technical beta) if you want them.
he's hiding from you
that explains it
than's jawline is divine
than's jawline is chthonic
like his face looks so different in his alt picture
damn wrong thing to paste
hope i dont get banned for this
but yeah than comparison
It wasn't relevant to the conversation. Please, don't post content that contains racial slurs like that, joke or not.
I might just take Mort to see him again
Ive been taking Shady lately because SNACK
How does one unlock the Nyx quest? I have talked to Achilles enough time to trigger him talking about Nyx and Chaos a couple of times. I also have the Admin room, and have talked to both Nyx and Chaos until their hearts are one away from the locked heart, I can't give anymore nectors and they don't have anymore unique convo pieces, and Nyx never has an exclamation point above her head anymore.
@pallid kelp if by trinkets you mean ||companions|| the majority of them don't work on hades because ||they won't fight against their employer||
thank you @upbeat willow . I was wondering if that was the case, but couldnt find any written material in game to communicate that, so didnt know if i was imagining it
no worries ^_^
similarly, you canโt use megโs on herself
Though that oneโs a lot more obvious
yea, but she should be able to use it on other furies
she is supposed to hate the,
How about the Extreme Measures pact? I would assume you can't use Battie if she assists Alecto or Tisiphone, but I haven't tried it yet.
According to the Wiki, it doesn't work in Fury battles under any circumstances.
Tried aspect of Arthur first time.. it's really nice
couldn't finish the run, though, like with Guan Yu, even though i've used literally all dds in the game
but it was really fun
Arthur is sick!
Try it with artemis attack
Theres a reason its called the aspect of TRUCK
artemis feels so good under many weapons, like guan, or hestia, even fists like the support fire
Battie is disabled for 1st boss fight, EM or not.
it makes sense, but what if using battie against meg would just make her reconsider a moment, a seudo stun like "fine i will give you a chance for all times sake"
how do you summon yourself against yourself. if you try using mort during a than encounter sometimes he'll say "only one of me, zag"
And yet Meg doesn't have a voice line when you try to summon Battie in 1st boss fight. Literally unplayable.
And yet Meg doesn't have a voice line when you try to summon Battie in 1st boss fight. Literally unplayable.
She's supposed to, I'll investigate what this isn't working.
Thanks!
oh welp fox saved the day
I didn't realize any of them were supposed to have a VL if they couldn't be summoned, so also check Dusa/Fidi for the final boss fight
(She's supposed to have 11 responses to Battie if we're counting...)
Yoooo~
i've honestly never tried, has anyone tried it recently
literally going to open the game and see haha
I have but she didn't say anything. I thought she didn't have lines for that so it didn't occur to me that it might be a bug or something 
i didn't even beat hades, all the characters have 2 hearts except the gods that have 1
ohh
okay let me run in and see rq if i get the same results
i havent used anything but skelly and bouldy in a while
lol of course i didnt get meg
I have tried to find voicelines also. Didn't work. But SGG is aware now 
Suggestion to make Alecto trash talk Zag for trying to use Battie and for Tisiphone to mur-mur 
And so, I made a pun~
Go me ๐
yeah i got alecto but ofc when you get the other sisters zag just makes varying comments about not being able to use it then. alecto would definitely trash talk zag if she noticed him trying to summon meg against her ๐คง
I loooove when Alecto trash talks Zag 
god of trash.... just call me out why dont you alecto
Right???
but she does acknowledge you as a god
I like Achilles' theory that Zagreus is the god of blood, but it appears that nobody knows for certain, least of all the man himself.
can anyone help me with the nyx quest
I can't seem to trigger it no matter what I do
Do you have access to the Administrative Chamber?
After that you need to talk to both Chaos and Nyx enough times I think.
Yup, at least I think. I have talked to Achilles enough time to trigger him talking about Nyx and Chaos a couple of times. I also have the Admin room, and have talked to both Nyx and Chaos until their hearts are one away from the locked heart, I can't give anymore nectors and they don't have anymore unique convo pieces, and Nyx never has an exclamation point above her head anymore.
Only thing I can think of is I gotta meet Thanatos more and maybe she has more info on him?
This may not be that helpful, but if you get stuck on a quest, and you're doing everything you can think of, you can start working towards something else, and then the quest you want will unlock. Not that satisfying, but, y'know
Like you could work towards more mirror upgrades or something while you play the game and wait for nyx's quest to proc
That's fair, gotcha
I am working towards Orpheus' quest at the moment
cause I gave up on Nyx
of course : )
Meeting Thanatos sounds promising though because he's one of Nyx's too - maybe he says something about her that you need to hear
I honestly don't know
I just want to get through the quests so I can finally try the beta
that's fair, yeah
Right on
There's still plenty of stuff that I haven't gotten still, that I'm trying to figure out :p
any tips on lernie with Extreme messures 2? i seen to step on lava way too much
Seeing how you all help DEATH! out warms my heart ๐
@graceful quail Check this out 
https://discordapp.com/channels/456889434672201729/520688402958516254/698298924758335569
my problem most of the time is dash control, i keep dashing into lava when dodging stuff
Try to dash in circles. Don't dash outside the main arena. It takes practice until you get used to it.
After Meg taunts you that you couldn't kill her without mirror and you do it, shouldn't there be related dialog?
There should. But I can't fault the game for not covering every possible interactions. That being said, the devs frequent these channels so one can hope!
she does have dialogue in the boss room and back at home for it but if you didnt get it, some other dialogue may have taken priority.
Cool! Something to try to get
yay, i got artemis' prophecy wrapped up. finally got fully loaded
nice!
Artemis is so good. And tricky to get that one. Pretty sure I've only gotten it once
rerolled a Demeter boon from an Elite Styx wing and luckily got Artemis, then managed a Yarn before getting it. With her keepsake in hand too managed to get the legendary. Barely scrounged up all the pre-reqs in Asphodel/Elysium.
Fully Loaded is complicated. True Shot > Dual Shot + Exit Wounds > Fully Loaded.
Peach made the chart on the wiki and i missed it on a different run i was gunning for it.
Nice!!
Peaches' charts are literally the reason I managed my first clear. They are so good
daamn. that's a pull to get it pre-Fury
yeah
Peach charts are the only way i'm getting these prophecies done tbh
i took ares cast, went "why not" to the extra blade rift duration, and then got super lucky
i didn't even take ares trinket
it was zeus trinket
Tyche can work in mysterious ways
getting hunting blades in tartarus is really funny
imagine getting more boons than meta resources in tartarus. can't relate
:)
talking to Thanatos a bit and I swear I'm getting more than just brotherly love vibes
am I reading too much into it 
no.
keep going and find out for yourself!
you can never read too much into anything in supergiant games
if they suggest something it's either true or open to interpretation
I turned Theseus into a sandwich again.
what do you mean??
i too, am very curious
A SANDWICH??
Eye of Lamia
OOHH
was he delicious though
He was delicious๐

wait were you guys talking about prophecies for getting all the boons? are they normally considered hard?
they're hard if you don't know the prereqs for higher-tier boons
legendaries, for instance
yeah some legendries are sure a work to get.
woah
guess i'm lucky then, managed to just keepsake through most of them
fully loaded ๐
i'm having trouble with poseidon's one just because i WANT these gems from ocean's bounty and sunken treasure
yeah it's demeter and artemis who are hardest for prophecies cuz their legendaries need two of their tier2 boons as prereqs
I still haven't gotten winter's harvest
most other gods have a much easier t1 > t2 > t3 progression
other than poseidon i only have dionysus left, weirdly...
what boon(s) are you missing?
nice. dio is easy cuz you only need two t1 boons technically. one of them has to be the cast mind.
mhm
i think i might actually be missing high tolerance of all things
but i'm not sure and i can't check it rn
'cause i do remember the effect of his legendary
yeah it definitely is high tolerance, i don't like trippy shot much so this explains it
because generally the runs i would like it i don't want any other dio boons
- cold fusion while you're at it.
hera bow + dio cast
that always feels like a weird synergy
i should start using infernal soul more tbh
stygian is good but some aspects want infernal
wow i should try hera+dio cast
once you get ice win you really just wish you didn't have hera bow tho
the most embarrassing prophecy for me is the one where i haven't escaped with the bow on my 80+ runs with god mode occasionaly enabled
you can do it!
i'm not in it for the difficulty nor am i a good player so i've only just got 4 heat with shield, but the bow
this thing scares me
Chiron aspect with Poseidon special and trying to go for Sea Storm should carry you through fairly comfortably.
oh thanks! sounds good, yeah
HOLY BALLS. I heard Orpheus sing for the first time. Darren Korb! If you read this, my lord are you even human? So moving! And beautiful. Geez, good game
the most embarrassing prophecy for me is the one where i haven't escaped with the bow on my 80+ runs with god mode occasionaly enabled
going for dash-strike boons on zag aspect or with arti attack is a huge deal
and if you can get twin shot that's instant x2 dps
i absolutely love how the narrative part of the boons ties into the gameplay
like, artemis is great for bow, as you'd expect her to be
poseidon boons are especially useful in asphodel for pushing your enemies into the lava (so water vs fire basically)
athena boons are really great in elysium where you gotta block/deflect a lot to survive, and athena, i think, should be tied to a noble place with great warriors more than anyone
idk maybe i'm overthinking things and this all is just my personal experience but i love it
i now realise that this looks like a solid feedback message but it's not about beta so i guess this is the best place to post it anyway
ik this is really wild theory. but what if the final boss is the player...since what keeping zagerus in the game is the player Iyourself)
thats probably not where the game is going probably
buit its fun to think about
it's definitely just the storyteller murking him
well the player is kinda tricked by the game into keeping zag in hell, like nobody wants this cycle to finish, and you might even purposely die to a certain enemy just to unlock a certain conversation
well i was thinking about it because even hades himself
says he cant get out
i would also be satisfied if we fought the fates
like that kinda would link things together too
why i say that l, it becasuse it could make sense to force zagerus away some how by making the fates do something
well we know that no more bosses will be added, just one more variation, but the fates still may come up in the story
i think it would be cool to sorta idk
fight a mirror
i have no idea how that would work but thats what i toyed the idea
in my head
i'm actually really curious about how the story will explain apollo and hephaestus not helping zag
i mean i get why it would be too much gameplay-wise, but there should also be story explanation, right?
Hephaestus is busy
about that war ares mentions?
probably not, honestly
all I know is that the beautiful words of Lady Aphrodite herself said that he was always busy
or maybe just inattentive
well now that i think about it hephaestus is really the only olympian which might be busy
also hermes but his job involves death and travelling so
hermes always has time, no matter how busy he is
he's just that dang fast
hera is also mentioned in the sense that she won't help, but apollo
is he even mentioned by anyone, actually?
i mean apollo is hella important
what if he made all this zag thing happen just so the olympians can enjoy the show, he's the god of arts after all
ok i'm clearly overthinking
- Dem smothered the earth in wintry clouds
- arti is a better archer
- only the powers of darkness can heal zag
Apollo's three most important jobs are irrelevant ingame
yeah but the arts!
he could make 1 apperance but for some reason
like isnt moving the sun more
improtant
than giving the widsom of art
...
the sun isn't moving it's just the full moon
apollo is just chillin' on the other side
i thought he might be the god of light
actually i didn't think of apollo in the sense that he's a god of light and zag is related to the darkness... it is an intresting point to view from
every time i think of anything still not fully revealed in the narrative i think too damn much
i think maybe he coudl make 1 appearance
we zag reaches the sufrace
it good think thing about since there is so many unanswered quesitons
one thing too like you make a lot of choices for zag ...and make him fill the list
who is the red shade
also narrator
i would like to know here heracles is too
but it could be a future thing
like idk he could be the gloves
...
or whatever you call them
narrator looks and sounds like homer but we don't have the answer yet so who knows
the red shade is the best shade :3
true
i kinda want to see their emojis
like all the same shade emojis but red
also when i first saw the red shade i thought there will be more of them each time you defeat theseus
Narrator sounds nothing like homer simpson??
lol i agree XD
I can't tell if you're being serious or not 
hey guys what is the dark thirst of weapons?
dark thirst gives you +20% darkness
where do I get it?
no tech beta stuff outside #beta-discussion-june20
sometimes it's hard to tell/remember no worries ^_^
You can always switch to beta if you wanna check it out
yeah i checked
it's just the only way for me to choose a weapon for a run ๐
beta crashes for me, haven't been fixed yet unfortunately
Well that sucks
I have way too much time wanna trade
not until the beta is fixed for me 
please keep beta screenshots in #beta-discussion-june20, @clever fern
do you have any tips on how to farm nectar quickly? I realized i'm soooo behind with all the relationships
go for nectar rooms, take all the treasure troves you can (they have a chance to drop a nectar), Dionysus has a boon that drops 1 nectar
i feel like dio's keepsake pretty much guarantees you that 1 nectar boon
... yeah, it's the only one i don't have ahah
I assume you already have the upgrade that makes nectars level up one of your boons
nope, wanna save diamonds before using the pact to farm more
check your mirror, make sure you're not using the talent that reduces the chance of regular rooms
and keep an eye on broker's deals
Imo the most important thing you can do with diamonds is getting those meta resource upgrades
i still have to unlock the last two talents
yeah, i realized i took things very slowly, maybe because i started with the nn update and not before so i'm a bit late
Yeah I have enough nectars I'm starting to just throw them at gods lol
how about the chtonic key=one reroll? So i can farm keys for nectar from the broker and the mirror and reroll chambers for nectar and boons
fishing in elysium also helps a little bit with nectar, so maybe poseidon's keepsake in tartarus could also help? idk, just a theory
i realized i have to max relationships with chaos and nyx for their favor
And got an alternate line from patroclus that only triggers if you are below seven hearts with him, i wanted the other
yeah, but huge catch- WAIT i have huge catch in this run, i left to sleep yesterday
but what were you going to say? i have no idea how huge catch works, i've only got it once in a scripted poseidon encounter
it's a legendary so it's a bit difficult to find with poseidon's keepsake
maybe
idk
well the keepsake is certainly helping a lil bit
the boon trees on current patch are pinned in #h1-builds-and-combat so that might help as well
oh dang missed an apollo talk but just wanted to point out one of apollo's other important roles was god of plague and medicine
he's one of those fascinating gods who covers so many different aspects and had so many different cults asking different things of him
though dionysus covers the traditional poison effect with hangover so
If you find out what it was
Definitely let us know!
@north cloak I had to talk to dusa more till she got fired it seemed. That's what triggered more lines for me
finally got it
oh right can't believe i forgot about the most exciting part of apollo
@modern stone Nice!!! That is really interesting
In my game, Dusa got fired waaay after Nyx and Chaos made up
Good morning everyone!
Or night, or whatever it is down here
Zeus lightning rod duo boon seems weak but is really powerfull xD if you already have the legendary is absurd, just got Tes with that xD hilarious he was standing there casting his second phase and the Emolites sitting next to him ahahah
the asphodel experience: "ok lets see my options, euridice or" goes right for euridice
how can one not
all of her options are so good
you have few boons? upgrade, you have lots? poms, you have none, nectar
I never go poms
On Euridyce or in general?
It can be worth it if you're stumbling in there with like 9 different boons already. The odds of her hitting something you care about upgrading rarity are low.
Poms are good, you just get offered more than you need per run
Poms donโt scale well, so you only REALLY care about the first one or two on a boon
Nah, Eurydice poms are great
And the number of boons you need pomโd per run isnโt that many either
And sheโs a great chance to put those first one on boons and pick better stuff later
Poms in general are good. Have to admit I tend to prioritize health probably a bit too much and should more often take a pom instead but you don't really need all that many. Like 3 or 4 on your main source of damage and then on a few auxiliaries will generally be plenty.

