#h1-story-discussion

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unreal dagger
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Oh

manic robin
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(not that particular phase, but I got the lyre in march)

unreal dagger
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How many hours do you have in the game

manic robin
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around 80-90h

unreal dagger
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Mmhm

manic robin
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played the lyre 10-20 times in between runs since i have it

unreal dagger
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Do you mind sending me a clip of your lyre? I can tell you if its the finished result

manic robin
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sure, you need it on video + sound or just a screenshot?

unreal dagger
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Just sound

manic robin
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ok give me 1 min

unreal dagger
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Lyre doesn't change appearance

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Cause if you got the lyre in march and you play 10-20 times per run you should totally have it by now

winged basalt
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The part where ||Skelly asks you to kill him was so funny
I went into it expecting there's no way he would actually die since he's basically a training room necessity, but I was pleasantly surprised when he basically went IT WAS JUST A PRANK BRO lol||

marble frost
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best act

torpid vine
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I love that, but... poor Zag xDD

undone charm
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Skelly is just the best... especially all the ||Schelemus|| stuff

unreal dagger
grizzled siren
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Kiran at that part I thought the same, mainly wondering ||how someone who is in the underworld can die for real.||

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||cus to be fair even if it was the ultimate titan slaying weapon, the titans aren't exactly dead forever, they are just dead in such a way that makes it incredibly hard for them to come back||

unreal dagger
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They are just scattered all over tartarus

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Technically alive

torpid vine
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They could reconstitute sometime, I suppose. I mean, Lernie does it all the time xDD

atomic forge
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Isn't it implied by how they talk that ||Lernie are actually several Hydras ? Like Hades once said "That hydra had a family"||

torpid vine
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Lernie is always Lernie, referring to a specific single hydra. Insomuch as a hydra can be 'singular'.

atomic forge
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I thought so at first, but the way they talk about him doesn't seem to imply so

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Maybe it's only when they joke, I didn't pay enough attention honestly

hasty flint
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oh my god Eurydice's voice 😻

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beautiful song (Good Riddance)

grizzled siren
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the Lernaean Hydra is the one Heracles killed.

So the Hydra just does what everyone else in the underworld does. they die, they come back.

unreal dagger
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They could reconstitute sometime, I suppose. I mean, Lernie does it all the time xDD
Cut off one head, 2 more will grow

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This isnt just a marvel thing

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Thats how the hydra works

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You ever seen hercules?

strong flax
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we never got on the hydra’s back so i didnt realize until much latershadegrief

grizzled siren
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the disney movie is...weird

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it's a greek mythology movie that uses Hercules, a roman character. rather then Heracles

torpid vine
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Most Disney movies don't faithfully adapt their source material.

unreal dagger
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Well yeha I was referring to just the hydra, not hercules killing it

torpid vine
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Mmm. The cut of one head thing is very, very famous though.

unreal dagger
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Yep

grizzled siren
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worst part is that in mythology the hydra kill didn't even count toward Heracles's labors

unreal dagger
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love phil lmfao

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"Will you forget the head slicing thing!"

torpid vine
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Most adaptations of Greek myth take a lot of liberties. I think the quality comes with what you do with it, how you do it, and how much you actually like the myths themselves. I don't mind Disney's Hercules (and now I have songs stuck in my head, dammit!), love SGG's Hades, and hate Lore Olympus.

strong flax
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is there no way to use companions on hades fight?

unreal dagger
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yes

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way after you beat the game

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eventually you trigger a conversation with hades where he gives you permission to use all the companions against him

midnight marten
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You can use Skelly's and Sisyphus' before that event though

unreal dagger
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correct

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the rest you cant because they work for hades directly

strong flax
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ohh i see thank you!

midnight marten
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also you can't use skelly against charon

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which is a nice detail

unreal dagger
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cause charon ||is skelly hired skelly||

visual plover
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I'm sorry I want to make sure I don't share too much, but like is this the place to talk about ||pact of punishment and extreme conditions hades (the content of the battle)||. Or is that more #h1-high-heat-strategies ?

unreal dagger
visual plover
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Thank you!

unreal dagger
regal garnet
grizzled siren
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i gotta use the other companions but man

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||Dusa|| is just too ||cute|| to not use

torpid vine
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||I love all the summons. Dusa's cute, but Than and Meg are my partners, Skelly is hilarious, I love seeing Patrochilles fight together, and dropping Bouldy on people is just magical.||

vivid hatch
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feel like ive seen a few people say this but i really wish you could ||go back to greece and the garden|| after the credits :((

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even if they added no content and you could just walk around there and die

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the "taken by the styx" ending feels so much more soothing and victorious

digital holly
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Totally agree with @vivid hatch here

unreal dagger
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yep

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lot of people do

grizzled siren
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i kinda wish there was an NPC in styx

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randomly replaces one of the room rewards, you still get the reward but you get a bonus NPC too

unreal dagger
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||Cerberus is the NPC||

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I love how Hades spoiled the epilogue and no one bats an eye bouldy

carmine flower
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sorry if this has been asked before but ||can you play after you get the true end?||

unreal dagger
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yes

carmine flower
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nice

unreal dagger
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is a roguelike

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they never end

grizzled siren
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except when your computer dies and its in the future where they no longer sell new computers

unreal dagger
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thats why they released on switch

grizzled siren
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switch breaks too

unreal dagger
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deus ex machina to the rescue

torpid vine
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FINALLY. HYPNOS FAVOUR COMPLETE.

vivid eagle
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sea storm works with the shield passively

fervent hollow
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is Eris ever mentioned in the game?

vivid eagle
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yes

grizzled siren
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does the requirement for hidden aspect include the buying price of aspects or just upgrades

regal garnet
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which hidden ? guan yu ?

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others are just 5 any upgrades

fierce tulip
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Warning heavy spoilers but ||you guys know the ending where the narrator says Zagreus had enough time to get to Persephone’s garden and tidy up and water the plants before being taken back by the Styx? Thanatos must be the one taking him back because he’s dying a peaceful/gentle death so he’s letting him stay up there a little longer to see the garden before fulfilling his duty and bringing Zagreus back down to the underworld thoughts?||

vague hedge
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||I thought than than had a dialogue line about how he's not the one killing zagreus when he's up there||

torpid vine
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||Thanatos doesn't collect those who die violently. He's a 'gentle' Death. So when Zag dies in battle, Than's probably not the one who gets the alert... but a peaceful death on the surface? Natural causes? That's in his purview.||

fierce tulip
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||oh I must’ve missed that one||

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@torpid vine yea that’s what I was thinking

torpid vine
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||There's a solid chance Than could show up for him. Oh, Hermes is a psychopomp as well, and considers Zagreus a damn good friend, so there's a chance he'd pop along to collect Zag too.||

fierce tulip
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||Zagreus so thicc he needs to be lifted by two gods||

torpid vine
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||I'd like to see Than and Zag have a conversation on the surface. Or Hermes and Zag, for that matter.||

fierce tulip
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||honestly me too, I was a little sad that the narrator just repeats after like 10 different stories of how he died, I’d like to see a day where he accidentally escapes death for real until Hades is like ā€œwhere the heck is Zagreusā€ and Thanatos is like bruh idk and we get a little story of Zagreus exploring greece before he’s caught, like we get a little bit of that but not much||

torpid vine
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||Zag can't survive long on the surface. Something big would need to happen for that to change. It'd make for interesting DLC though. I do miss the sunrise and Persephone's garden.||

fierce tulip
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||there could even be a new keepsake for that cause there’s still 3 empty slots (unless they’re planning on adding more gods later like Apollo and Hera) but like a trinket he got from the surface, idk what it would do but there’s a thought||

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||Oh I’m just referring to the one where he’s run over by a chariot, he must’ve gotten somewhere u kno?||

torpid vine
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There are no known plans for DLC. The devs are taking a break now the game is out properly. I can't say I blame 'em. They did a lot of really good work!

I'd love for a biome beyond those we have, be it a surface one, or an Olympic one. But that's just me wanting more Hades-related everything xDD

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I mean, I'd happily take an update that added nothing but more gifting levels and conversations.

fierce tulip
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Yea for sure:)

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And I absolutely agree, I can’t get enough of this game

grizzled siren
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an idea

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there are current 9 olympian gods and 10 chthonic gods

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what if the DLC would have you going against Olympus for some reason, and instead of the olympians giving you boons, you would get boons from the chthonic gods

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chaos could stay cus they gives you boons anyway

torpid vine
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They. Chaos is a they.

grizzled siren
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then it'd be a 10 boon givers in base and 10 boon givers in dlc

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fair

torpid vine
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I don't really wanna go against Olympus. Not that Olympus is ever truly united.

grizzled siren
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well i'd still like to see chthonic boons

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because the numbers match up.

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wait no they don't shoot

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Zagreus can't give himself boons

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or....can he...

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šŸ¤”

torpid vine
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I'd rather fill out the Olympian roster, I think. Although I wouldn't say no to a new Chthonic god joining the boon pile (Hecate?). xD

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The Chthonic gods we do have already help, in their own ways.

grizzled siren
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okay but lets at least give hades some stuff to boon us with

torpid vine
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I just want ||his ability to call on Cerberus!||

grizzled siren
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||hades DLC call. call upon a shade to assist you in battle. 1 charge summons a random mini-boss from the base game. greater call summons Cerberus||

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||the mini-bosses would be limited to shooty ones, to prevent it from being truly random||

strong sentinel
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the ||cerberus summon|| is clearly a Cthonic Companion

torpid vine
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You can call on ||Hades himself... but it's not fair he gets the dog||

dusk meadow
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ranks have a end?

atomic forge
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Resource director ranks? Yeah, rank 50th

dusk meadow
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thanks

vague hedge
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I really love how charon reacts to ||zag bringing up hermes||

fresh imp
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Hi! I'm trying to keep this minimally spoilery because I haven't reached the ||Epilogue|| and I don't want to know about it even though it's probably not even connected to my problem. I do not have and have never had the ||Divided by Death|| prophecy on my list. I have both parties maxed out on Nectar or at least reached their locked "hearts". I just reached run 80 with 30ish successful attempts. what pre-requisites am I missing.

rugged trench
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Possibly a contractor job, or if you already paid for the contractor job then you may need to pay a visit to administrative chamber

red grove
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Btw just found out after using all the keepsakes that you can literally ||equip them one by one in courtyard and get the prophecy done in like 2 seconds||

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Kinda annoyed i played a solid 3 games just using keepsakes i didnt want to and learning that i couldve just done that xd

fresh imp
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Possibly a contractor job, or if you already paid for the contractor job then you may need to pay a visit to administrative chamber
@rugged trench Not possible. I haven't eben talked to Nyx about it because I don't even have it on my list.

tame arch
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Lol just got to the thesus and asterius convo where a certain someone gets super jealous lol. Sounds like a little p complex to me hahah

inland umbra
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I just beat the game and it was a lovely ending

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supergiant always choking me up

umbral forum
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Same

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Question about the fates thing though

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I thought it was going to go in the direction of

vague hedge
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I love the theseus/asterius jealousy convo

umbral forum
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ā€œIf the queen stays, Zagreus would have wanted to take over Hades’ role and become the heirā€

vague hedge
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though question do they always do the ||shockwave move where asterius hits theseus's shield or is that only a post-reconciliation thing||

umbral forum
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ā€œSince Zagreus died at birth and queen left, it allowed Zagreus to come back to life and not be the heir, by virtue of how hades treated himā€

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ā€œBut at the end, if Zagreus doesn’t want to/never will take over Hades’ rule, then the fate is still trueā€

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ā€œThus Persephone can remain because Zagreus will not become Hades’ heir given their current history and circumstancesā€

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Is that what’s going on

primal yacht
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Well in a very real sense it's unlikely Zagreus will ever be Hades' heir

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He's completely unsuited to the bureaucracy or management aspects of the job

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And also Hades' is immortal. He'll just keep doing it forever.

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He won't ever be the God of the Dead, and never would have been.

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He's always been the God of Security Consultancy and Relationship Counseling.

inland umbra
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they really should be paying him more for that last part

grizzled siren
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I do find it funny though

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Hades who is known for making pacts with people is the bureaucrat

umbral forum
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Yeah but he’s unsuited because hades was harsh on him

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Which is because Persephone left

unreal dagger
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he was harsh on him because hes a douche

open berry
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no one is gonna argue that hades isn't a bad person but the situation isn't black and white either

unreal dagger
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ok

regal garnet
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Chaos deep analysis and lore , whats your thoughts ?

tulip quarry
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@solemn portal so he unlocked for me today. On the Asterius Miniboss room. Caught a Chlam in the room before. No idea what caused it.

umbral forum
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I’m just wondering

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Maybe in order for the fates to be true

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Zagreus either had to have bad experiences (bad enough to never become hades’ heir) or not be born at all

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And one of the methods by which the first is true would be... hades treating him badly

regal garnet
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I think what they meant by not becoming his heir is for Zagreus to rule the underworld

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the underworl is Hades legacy and his heir should inherit it from him, which Zagreus might not want to

umbral forum
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Yeah that’s what I’m saying

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This was all part of the fates

oak hemlock
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are there only 6 weapons?
i saw 3 slot near the beginning. will they be avaible in near future or not?

ivory spire
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You unlock more weapons by unlocking the other weapons

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It's recommended that you unlock all weapons

oak hemlock
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You unlock more weapons by unlocking the other weapons
@ivory spire i already unlocked all 6 weapons but i'm curious whether or not they will be new weapons in near future? this place near the beginning got me thinking...

ivory spire
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Probably not, an additional weapon is a lot of work and the devs haven't said anything yet

oak hemlock
ivory spire
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Oh no

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Those are other things

unreal dagger
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Yeh

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Not weapons

oak hemlock
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ok there will be spoilers for me than, thanks!

ivory spire
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There's already something there, it unlocks after you run with some heat

oak hemlock
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ok i get it now, thanks for your replies

There's already something there, it unlocks after you run with some heat
@ivory spire

tidal crow
devout token
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there's one item you can get in Erebus

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no clue about the 4th though

primal yacht
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What is in the satyr sack anyways?

atomic forge
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Vermin, sometimes writes on the cerberus victory title

primal yacht
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And here I thought it was primo sungrown... oregano.

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Cerberus isn't just one dead head.

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He's three dead heads.

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He listens to the Grateful Dead, Phish and a jam band youve never heard of all at once.

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Or just Twiddle idk

rotund kite
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@tidal crow one is a secret reward for a particular fight.

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Not sure how to spoiler tag..

tidal crow
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i mean this is the spoiler allowed channel

primal yacht
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What's the other though?

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I have Charon's Kohl's Cash

rotund kite
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Onion

tidal crow
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and to hide text you do || (words) ||

primal yacht
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Ah yeah

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Forgot about the onion

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I need to get to doing heat that high first šŸ™ƒ

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I'm still a Heat 3 scrub

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Supergiant really disrespectful to onions though

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Onions should be a prize for winning perfect clears

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Onions are wonderful

rotund kite
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||Loyalty Card from Charon boss fight, and Onion from Erebus fails||

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Thanks

atomic forge
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Yeah they're effin demonized those onions

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It should be spring onions instead

rotund kite
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I got one just before Eurydice and she commented on my breath

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Lol

upbeat willow
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they're just regular onions, zag just being bad by eating it whole

atomic forge
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Because Zag just eats the whole thing like an idiot

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Then again he doesn't eat anything so it's not surprising he knows jack about food

rotund kite
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He eats thr stuff Eurydice makes, and loads of Pomegranates

upbeat willow
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and the food in charon's shop

atomic forge
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Yeah the whole pom

upbeat willow
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and slices :3

torpid vine
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He eats onions the same way

rotund kite
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Yeh what are those health regain items? Gyros?

torpid vine
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Euri has a line about it.

upbeat willow
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yeah Ded

torpid vine
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Zag doesn't actually need food though.

upbeat willow
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that's true, food do be tasty though

atomic forge
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He eats onions the same way
Yes, but you can eat the whole onion unlike pom, at least you're not supposed to eat the "shell"

torpid vine
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I know, it's just... how he eats things. xD

regal garnet
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In the lounge check the cook, he is always diving onion 🤣

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Onion is a thing in this game lol

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Dicing **

rotund kite
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I thought perhaps red onions feature somewhere in Greek mythology with Hades

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But all I found was the Ploutonion at Hierapolis... Which is not an actual onion

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Ploutonion just means "Place of Pluto", and of course Pluto is another name for Hades

lusty nacelle
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You can eat the whole pom

strong flax
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charon’s theme remix is amazing

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terrified of dying to charon but it slaps

sacred mulch
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How do Erubus portals work? Is the lowest requirement a heat of 5?

upbeat willow
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minimum heat 5 in tarterus, 10 in asphodel, 15 in elysium

sacred mulch
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Ok

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Wish I asked before spending all my hard earned diamonds

atomic forge
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That's probably the best investment you can make
The other's is fated keys then vanquisher's keep

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Actually it may be better to do fated keys after vanquisher

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In the end, none really matter at low heat

sacred mulch
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Thanks. I’m new to the game so just started doing 1 heat games

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Recommendations on easiest heats to start with?

atomic forge
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Extreme measures, jury summons

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That one on the bottom part, a blue heart. It gives a one hit damage mitigation to enemies

sacred mulch
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Awesome thanks!

mint ermine
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So does each god have some kind of magic creature related to them? Mermaids to Poseidon, nymphs to Artemis, Satyrs to Dyonisius...

lunar kiln
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pigs to zeus

torpid vine
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Most of them have more than one.

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Also, there are many types of nymphs.

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Including nereids, who chill with Poseidon.

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Ares tends to chill more with actual animals (dogs, birds of prey) and his kin.

mint ermine
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what abous Zeus

torpid vine
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Eagles and bulls.

storm cipher
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does war-god's bloodlust require you slay 10k more souls or in total?

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cuz i almost have 40k lol if ares isn't satisfied he's getting drop-kicked

atomic forge
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In total, you don't need 10k more

wicked crescent
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||I GOT THE QUEEN BACK||

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||Does the painting change based on the weapon you broke out with?||

regal garnet
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that weapon is for hades

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he just let Zagreus hold it while posing for the painting xD

torpid raptor
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So I got a really good boon

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The one that Demeter and Athena give you

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Just free health regen lol

normal kiln
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stubborn roots?

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yeah its won more than one run for me

torpid raptor
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Allowed me to literally perfect the elysium fight lol

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They usually grab a defiance or two

normal kiln
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stubborn roots only activates when you have no DDs left

torpid raptor
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That and the ranged piercing charge attack on shield

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Yeah I know I ran out at that point

normal kiln
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if you avoided losing any, that's just skill i'm afraid šŸ˜›

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ah, fair

atomic forge
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Hey, can the duo boon that increases pom power to +2 levels work with ||Persephone's keepsake||?

drifting citrus
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don't believe so

normal kiln
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^

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can confirm, sadly

atomic forge
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Sadness

wooden plinth
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how do you do spoiler tag?

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||test||

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ok figured it out i have a question i'm gonna put it in spoiler tag :

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||hermes asked me if i want him to keep talking or not when he gives me a boon, to test it out i tried saying "no talking" and now he doesn't talk, is there any way to revert this???||

drifting citrus
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the choice will pop up again after a couple of runs, i believe

wooden plinth
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oh thank you onyx nice to know :]

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i was worried i would never hear him again on that save

drifting citrus
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don't quote me on this though, cause i would never tell him to shut up šŸ˜›

wooden plinth
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lol yeah i just tend to test out my least fav option first or something

normal kiln
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that seems like a kinda dangerous way of doing things ngl

wooden plinth
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^^ works when you can make another choice after

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then you know everything and you can stick to what you like

normal kiln
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true

atomic forge
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Does Zagreus ever gain more fans in that Elysium arena?

craggy totem
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Lol ||the sigil of the dead lines against Hades are hilarious.||

patent sedge
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Yo

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||Is it possible to romance other characters besided Thanatos?||

atomic forge
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@patent sedge ||Meg & Dusa||

patent sedge
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Ah cool.

regal garnet
serene briar
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Quick question about Artemis that may be getting addressed in the upcoming patch. || I am at the locked heart for Artemis - she is the first god I've reached locked progression for so far. I have reached the ending, but not the epilogue. I've unlocked all of her boons, but I'm not really sure if there is something I am missing or if perhaps it's bugged? Any thoughts?? and thanks in advance ā¤ļø ||

atomic forge
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@serene briar Don't worry, just keep talking to her and she'll keep telling stories about ||her journey with Callisto & stuffs||, and eventually it'll open.

serene briar
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@atomic forge Awesome, thanks!!

oblique kelp
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||How many times do you have to beat the ending to get the full understanding? Sorta just trying to rush it tbh since it's all i really care about at this point.||

open berry
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10 wins to hit credits if you haven't hit those yet. if you're going for epilogue it has specific requirements

oblique kelp
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What would those be?

fast idol
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The game tells you but it takes far more runs where you need to give nectar and ambrosia to multiple characters

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you also need to trigger a bunch of specific dialogues

oblique kelp
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Probably gonna end up looking it up then. Already got too many hours in this game. Knew better than to play EA. šŸ˜…

open berry
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yeah it's essentially investing in character relations, is the simplest way to put it

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there's specific dialogue you need to see to hit all the trigger flags for the epilogue, but it's really just summed up with getting to know the family 😌 so it'll take a little while

jagged wadi
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Are there any companions I can use against hades?

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Tried the one with Meg and it doesn't seem to work

atomic forge
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skelly's and sisyphus'

open berry
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you cant use companions from direct employees under hades

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however, ||that changes later on||

azure pike
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how do i actually romance than?

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im at max hearts

open berry
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all dialogue progression comes down to seeing very specific dialogue. just keep looking for him.

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can't really help you beyond that because there's no way to force dialogue.

azure pike
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so i didnt miss my shot?

open berry
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there is no missing content

torpid vine
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Well, you've basically done it. Now you just gotta wait for ||Than to show up in your quarters.||

azure pike
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hes never been to my room

open berry
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as in like, you cant, generally, the way the dialogue works.

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the motto of the game is keep doing runs

azure pike
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ok i was scared i accidentally zoned out and friendzoned him

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if hes never even been to my room i should be fine

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im ok waiting i just was scared i missed it

torpid vine
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Nah, you can only back off from a romantic interest in your room.

azure pike
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pog

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im gonna kiss death

torpid vine
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I'm still trying to get the double T.T

sullen remnant
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LUL our ||fan is in the credits||

atomic forge
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The corresponding fated prophecy just appeared and it had me wondering...
If I can't figure out how to do it on my own, will the game eventually give me hints on how to ||reunite Orpheus and Eurydice||?

torpid vine
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You've just gotta keep talking to them

atomic forge
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Ah okay

cloud geode
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i love how we all collectively decided Achilles and Patroclus are married even if they actually aren't in the game

torpid vine
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I dunno if married is the right term. They're just... forever.

marble frost
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I mean it's a Bromance if you want to look at it this way. I read so many peeps in here going "hey this is gay" or so and so... I think the point of the game is that they don't put any labels on it, so why should we ?

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but we clearly can put a "horndog" label on Zeus.

torpid vine
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It's a romance.

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Achilles makes this pretty clear several times.

rocky dirge
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People who teach Greek Classics TO THIS DAY will still insist Achilles and Patroclus were just Really Close Friends (TM)

marble frost
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greeks had 7 forms of love and a few of them we can't imagine playing out in today's societies.

cloud geode
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(oh god what have i done 0-0)

marble frost
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things are whacko and it's weird putting today's label on yesterday's habits

torpid vine
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Patrochilles are explicitly romantic within the game of Hades though, which is awesome.

marble frost
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Yeah, on that point Chaos is also, huh... Indefinite ? Non-Binary ?

torpid vine
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Non binary. I mean, Chaos is Chaos.

rocky dirge
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Representing Chaos witha humanoid form is already not correct, so just go with whatever

torpid vine
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Even in the Ancient Greek times, Chaos was genderless

drifting citrus
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chaos is chaos šŸ‘

marble frost
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Chaos also has nice pecs and sharp jawline, but hey. That weird mass of creepy faces and flower is anything but gendered.

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I quite like the voice they use

drifting citrus
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i find the amorphous melding babies to be quite charming, thank you šŸ˜›

torpid vine
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Chaos is lovely, and I appreciate their help.

marble frost
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Oh wait I didn't see there was a baby in all that amorphous mass of disgusting tree-flesh

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to each his own, Onyx, to each his own.

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I bet you covet that eye-gem right in between the pecs, don't you ?

drifting citrus
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perhaps dusa

torpid vine
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I mean, don't you? It's bigger than the planet xDD

marble frost
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reminds me of that "outkast" game, was it ?

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no wait, no. it was something weird voodoo from the 80-90s where the protagonist had a skull coming out of the ribcage, not sci-fi. Shadowman. Aaaaand sorry for derailing, back to topic.

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Oh yeah, how do I get Asterius' autograph for Hypnos ? he won't talk to me after I beat him...

torpid vine
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You just keep doing the encounter. I'll happen. I think it happens before the fight though.

rocky dirge
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That's the epilogue, check the pinned comments

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Well, you need to max bond with several olympians to get there

torpid vine
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Yes. Gifts for ALL.

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Best friendship sim xDD

rocky dirge
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You should be able to afford all the nectar you need at this point

toxic pulsar
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can we take asterius back home with us?

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hes such a respectful boy

balmy moss
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||lmao zag just scored what a lad||

open berry
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asterius would never abandon theseus lmao

toxic pulsar
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just the aspect of gilgamesh gloves give me hope

torpid vine
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Asterius is pretty respectful, but he's also loyal af. He's not ditching Theseus for anyone.

sullen vortex
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So if I already ||hooked up with Meg|| and then ||Than comes into my chambers and I can comfort him|| does that mean i'll be in a ||love triangle|| or are we ||just friends||?

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I basically want ||Meg only|| shadesmile

atomic forge
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I heard they don't mind

grizzled siren
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there are three romances and you can do all three at once with no consequence

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if you want ||meg only|| you can tell ||than|| that you just want to be friends

torpid vine
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||Meg is the one encouraging Than to go for it. Neither of the two are possessive.||

compact quartz
unreal dagger
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What exactly

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The keepsake?

drifting citrus
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it means you maxed out the bond

unreal dagger
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Or the bond?

compact quartz
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the icon on the keepsake is new

unreal dagger
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Oh yes, it means you bonded

compact quartz
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not yet we didn't -.0

unreal dagger
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If the icon is there

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You bonded

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Lol

unreal dagger
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Thats not bonding

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Lol

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Well

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I mean

marble frost
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whip noises

unreal dagger
rocky dirge
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we didn't do that
@compact quartz But you DID max out the heart bonds in the codex, which is what is required for the cute lil' symbols on keepsakes

fading smelt
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I am having incredible trouble unlocking Poseidon's locked heart

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so as I understand it, you have to catch at least 18 fish overall, catch a fish on a run, then talk to poseidon for the first time that run

rocky dirge
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Yes

fading smelt
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i've done that at least a dozen times now. He even commented on all the fish I got, still no unlocked heart

unreal dagger
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There is rng involved keep that in mind

rocky dirge
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If you're in the middle of the epilogue or something it might not come up, as other dialogue will have priority

unreal dagger
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^

fading smelt
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well you see, I'm trying to do the epilogue stuff which requires forging bonds with olympians

rocky dirge
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Then ya gotta exhaust those dialogues!

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More runs

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More RNG

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Welcome to hades

fading smelt
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i'll keep at it

unreal dagger
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Hades gives you so much freedom people forget it still relies in rng

fading smelt
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i just need to forge bonds with two more olympians

atomic forge
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So this game lets Zag have "love interests"?

compact quartz
atomic forge
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Oop

torpid vine
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Zag has the opportunity for romance, yes.

unreal dagger
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Let

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Me

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Romance

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Hypnos

torpid vine
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Zag's type seems more... severe. I've seen so many people who want Hypnos though xD

unreal dagger
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Did dusa seen severe to you?

torpid vine
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A total workaholic though.

open berry
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i remember when it was just a handful of us through early access wanting hypnos romance..... now i have a channel on a server with friends for fun where i post hypnos romance struggle tweets i see on twitter and we laugh and cry at our collective pain zaglol

torpid vine
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Aww

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I do think SGG picked the right romance options for Zag, but Hypnos does deserve love.

unreal dagger
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HE DOES

open berry
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you gonna just let all the people that want charon romance down like that?? cold

torpid vine
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I mean, most characters in the house seem to get love, just not poor Hypnos.

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Also, Charon has Hermes, he's set xDD

open berry
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its really funny though that hades has this absolutely unprecedented level of popularity bc i dont think sgg genuinely foresaw that a lot of people would very sincerely be like, hey why cant i kiss the boatman

torpid vine
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People wanna kiss all the things.

open berry
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in a way they kinda opened pandora's box in adding romance at all bc of course people are gonna want more options.

unreal dagger
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I wan kissessss

torpid vine
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Dio, you have legions to kiss. Zag has his own preferences. XD

open berry
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zag has his preferences based on narrative, theres nothing stopping supergiant from adding more narrative that adds more preferences

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just as theres nothing stopping fan content with their own takes on how things could work lol

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as has always been the fan experience of course

torpid vine
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True. But I like what we have. He feels... more defined with the limited options.

open berry
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eh. i'm neutral to the options we were given so i just feel unfulfilled, personally

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i like their relations better exploring the friendship angle

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but thats just my own interpretation

torpid vine
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I loved seeing those relationships evolve. And the side romances. Achilles kept breaking my heart.

cunning echo
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I absolutely love the relationships in the game and the mature discussions of polyamory. Never seen anything like it. And I guess this is late game hours only but ||having the choice to become a thurple.||

torpid vine
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I have the exact feel.

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Never seen it actually discussed in a game before either.

unreal dagger
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I absolutely love the relationships in the game and the mature discussions of polyamory. Never seen anything like it. And I guess this is late game hours only but ||having the choice to become a thurple.||
Wtf is a thurple, i had to do some googling and all I found was a third nipple

torpid vine
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Couple but three.

unreal dagger
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Lmfao couldn't find that anywhere, thanks for clarifying

torpid vine
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I still need to make my V into a full triangle.

unreal dagger
sacred mulch
tidal nebula
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Best Deadalus upgrade imo is the one where to get 2 ā¤ļø but only have 60% health

unreal dagger
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Thats ones fun until you get 2 shot by asterius or hades

tidal nebula
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The handsome bull man does hit hard....

unreal dagger
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Very hard

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So does papa

tidal nebula
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Daddy

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daddy

rocky dirge
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It also doesnt heal on dash attack

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So it's..... not very good

tidal nebula
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I think I got it with the talos aspect and it did rather well for me

rocky dirge
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It's great at low heat, as long as you can avoid Papa's sweeps

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But if you're good enough to beat the game with reduced health, you're good enough to not need the healing in the first place

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Same with GY in general

unreal dagger
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Talos aspect?

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Thats not the same thing lol

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Theres no drawback to that one

rocky dirge
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Oh yeah, the fist hammer just heals you, no downsides

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It even heals you a percentage, which is insanely better than either GY or cursed slash

unreal dagger
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Yep

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The more hp you have, the more it heals

rocky dirge
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You take that one 100% of the time

prime mulch
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b u t i d o n t n e e d t i n y h e a l i ng

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when my health bar getting slashed

rocky dirge
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Have you tried not getting hit?

unreal dagger
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Lol health is a valuable

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Every little counts

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If you heal 15 per room is easily a free hydralite

tidal nebula
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It took me so long to learn how to read bosses enough to like

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dodge competantly ish

unreal dagger
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It takes times to learn

rocky dirge
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They all have fairly good tells

tidal nebula
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But credit where its due Super Giant is rather competant in having enemies telegraph their attacks

grizzled siren
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alright time to unlock the fisty hidden aspect

rocky dirge
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It's when you get up to FO2 that things become.... strained. Need a lot of precognition for that

grizzled siren
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hope its a good one 😦

fading smelt
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Is there a lore reason why Hermes doesn't normally show up in Tartarus, or is it something to do with game balance?

rocky dirge
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It CAN show up in Tartarus, but it isnt guaranteed

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Same with Hammers

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Just RNG

tidal nebula
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I remember the first time I fought the bone hydra and won... I had like 3 life left and then I accidentally stepped on the magma.... And died.

fading smelt
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i must be crazy then

rocky dirge
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You're usually guaranteed at least one Hermes/Hammer between Tartarus and Asphodel

tidal nebula
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I have bid crush on Hermes.

unreal dagger
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Hermes is usually in the last shop/chamber of tartarus

tidal nebula
torpid vine
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Man, I hate that comic. If it is what I think it is. Ah well.

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I love Hermes in this game. He's my fave Olympian ā¤ļø

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I particularly love ||his relationship with Charon, and his candor with Zagreus.||

open berry
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thonk why even comment about the comic, mate

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i dont remember if hermes can even show up in tart outside of the shop

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i feel like i dont see him as a chamber option until aspho but shoddy memory

torpid vine
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I commented 'cause it was posted (I think). It's a comic that genuinely angers me. I assume that anger will fade though, as these things do, and I haven't known of it for all that long.

Also, I think I've had Hermes appear outside the shop in Tart but I might have rolled the chamber for that. Hmm...

unreal dagger
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i dont remember if hermes can even show up in tart outside of the shop
He can in the last chamber as a solo boon

torpid vine
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Awesome. For a guy who boasts about how fast he is, it's kinda amusing he gets beaten to the punch by the rest of the family xD

unreal dagger
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he does override gods keepsake, and comments on it, making him quite fast

rocky dirge
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I mean, he doesnt override them per se, it's just that keepsakes don't consider him a god boon to overwrite in the first place

unreal dagger
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you got what i meant

rocky dirge
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I did, but I love being pedantic dusa

unreal dagger
atomic forge
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Just want to say I love how faithful this game is to mythological sources

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Especially the delightful touch of Demeter ||implying she's from another "family" (mythological tradition)||

unreal dagger
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thats just supergiant being an amazing company

primal yacht
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@atomic forge just wait until Dio puts Zag up to punking Orpheus

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Some super deep cut mythology references there

rugged pond
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where does persephone go after the first time shes back

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i cant find her

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she stood next to cerberus once and then disappeared and i havent seen her since

primal yacht
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Like other characters she disappears sometimes but

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Have you checked the garden?

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There's some scripted moments there with Hades after she comes back

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Zag will remark that he should go into the garden when you get near it

rugged pond
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i thought that was the case but she hasnt been around even once since my run after she came back

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i checked the garden

primal yacht
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RNGesus may have just forsaken you

rugged pond
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theres nothing noteworthy in it

primal yacht
#

ĀÆ_(惄)_/ĀÆ

clear oracle
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Yo new Netflix show Blood of Zeus seems lit

unreal dagger
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aw man is anime is

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got me hyped for a second

atomic forge
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It's American-produced, so likely the really gross tropes will be absent.

supple dagger
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Lol

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Though, I still wouldn't mind shorts from that one animation studio hired to do part of the release trailer of Hades. As much work that tends to go into those.

open berry
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some of those folks worked with powerhouse animation originally iirc and went off to studio grackle, who did the hades animation. powerhouse is the one doing blood of zeus

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also some folks from powerhouse have done hades fanart :9

clear oracle
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I was hyped to see the trailer. Ik developments of Hades and Blood of Zeus are probably unrelated, but hard not to draw the connection.

supple dagger
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After the annoucement of Blood of Zeus, I did see people happy to see that's a thing. I kinda forgot about it, though when it comes out and people start sharing/talking about it on my timeline, I might dive into it myself.

fast wigeon
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guys any idea how to trigger the epilogue?

rotund kite
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Keep doing runs and talking to people, and raising your relationships

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With gifts

torpid vine
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I might check out Blood of Zeus... though it's totally gonna make me want a Hades show xD

shut shale
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was there some quest that required 8888 darkness? I'm wondering if I should try to hoard it for that

frozen jolt
#

it requires 3142 darkness now

shut shale
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ah, sigil

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so since I'm done with prophecies, I can just sink it into fated authority now, or maybe something useful like infinity theme dusa

red grove
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I have a question

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Related to the epilogue ||Zag mentions asking chaos to join the dinner and i forgot to visit him before finishing the invitiations and talking to pers does anything negative occur or do i just miss some unique dialogue||

sullen remnant
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How do I ||gift Hades a second time, I unlocked his affinity gauge but still dont get the option to gift him nectar||

torpid vine
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I think you just missed dialogue. But... there may be alternative dialogue? This is that kinda game.

red grove
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Hmmm alrighty kinda sucks bec i enjoy seeking the unique dialogue

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Ty

torpid vine
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Just... start a new save and do things in a different order xDD

red grove
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Oh no i had to play 130 games to finally finish the story xD

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Id rather not do it all again it took me 10 days

torpid vine
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I plan on doing it again once I've done... more stuff. I still need to ||get the double bedroom scene and turn my poly-v into a solid triangle.|| Maybe Hell Mode next time, hmm? xDD

red grove
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Atm just finishing all my prophecies

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Funnily enough theyre all the easier ones

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All posiodens normal boons all demeter normal boons and then bow and shield hammer upgrades

torpid vine
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I think I'm still missing one of Poseidon's boons... I also need to win Hermes that bet xDD

red grove
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I did that one on accident

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I forgot about it lmao

torpid vine
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xDD

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I feel less bad about triggering the fight, now that I've won it. But still a little bad. I wonder what the bet was actually for. Like... what were the stakes.

vital helm
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From what I remember about the Chaos' party invite... @red grove
||Chaos says they cant go in person cuz they're a massive being or something, but they can see the party through the shield. They also thank Zag for inviting them. After the party they mention how they've never felt the presence of so mant gods in one place without everyone trying to kill each other.||

red grove
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Haha

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Thats great tysm

vital helm
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How do I ||gift Hades a second time, I unlocked his affinity gauge but still dont get the option to gift him nectar||
@sullen remnant Do a run and come back to the house. as long as he's not in conversation with anyone you can gift him

lost jungle
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I plan on doing it again once I've done... more stuff. I still need to ||get the double bedroom scene and turn my poly-v into a solid triangle.|| Maybe Hell Mode next time, hmm? xDD
@torpid vine are you sure ?

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that this exists ?

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never heard anything about it

torpid vine
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I'm sure. I've seen it. Just not triggered it myself T.T

lost jungle
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can you dm it to me ?

torpid vine
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On top of that, I have a few prophecies to get, a couple of achievements on Steam, and then we'll see what things are like in a different order.

atomic forge
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Idk what ||forms|| are but how do I unlock them?

vital helm
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Check pinned messages. the 2nd one @atomic forge

faint jasper
#

After about 60 hours of playing finally I finished the whole story

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Thank god you didn’t need to give ambrosia to EVERY SINGLE god.

atomic forge
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Oh forms are just aspects

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Nvm

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Anyway, why does my 4th successful escape say Favored & Envied in the ||security log||?

normal kiln
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that’s from doing god trials iirc

flint tinsel
#

Can anyone point me in the right direction on unlocking the last few hearts on Hypnos?

torpid vine
#

How far are you with Than?

flint tinsel
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Maxed

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Is it related to ||overall death count?||

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Also does anyone have fishing tips? I still have empty codex entries after many successful runs and next to no lost fish.

uneven ferry
#

oh huh i thought hades second heart was supposed to unlock after the first time you beat him

gloomy frigate
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for fishing, if it doesn’t bite after the first 3 times the 4th bob is definite, and how close your button press is to the bob determines the rarity

rotund kite
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@flint tinsel there are three fish in each of the main zones plus Chaos and Greece

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Common, rare and legendary. How close to the bobber flash you are with a reel in determines the chances to get a rarer one

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Fish appearing in Chaos seems pretty rare

normal kiln
#

it’s the same chance, there’s just far fewer chaos rooms per run than any other biome

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save ||greece|| ofc

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just got the legendary ||greece|| fish today, after 340 hours of playtime lmao

rotund kite
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Yeh I got my first after 120 hours.. Still need more to actually finish the entry

uneven ferry
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for fishing do i want to press the button as close as possible to when the bob starts moving or as close as possible to the little flash

rotund kite
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Flash

winter echo
#

Yo what the hell is the ending!?!??

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I'm so mad!!!

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So basically zagreus can't stay in the land for too long?

rotund kite
#

There is no escape!

open berry
#

it's kinda implied underworld residents don't take well to the surface in general. hades may experience the same zag does bc he's implied he's tried getting out before. and thanatos has commentary about how staying on the surface affects him negatively (in a different manner, since he has to be on the surface to reap)

thorn bough
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So basically zagreus can't stay in the land for too long?

This isn't quite the ending, friend.

open berry
#

well the idea of that doesn't change though.

torpid vine
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I think Zag's issues with the Overworld are distinct. Hades has obviously spent much more time above on account of his and his siblings initial war with the Titans. Thanatos's aversion seems to be borne partly of personal dislike. But because ||Zagreus was stillborn, was revived by Darkness herself, and his entire existence is in defiance of the Fates, he seems trapped. It may, however have something to do with his godly aspect of Blood (and Rebirth?)||

open berry
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hades hasn't left the underworld since he was put in position of overseeing it

thorn bough
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Hades' tolerance of it I believe only extends to pre-lordship of the underworld

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There's a few lines that imply it's taking up the mantle that cursed him to remain as such

open berry
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the way he speaks hints to me he's at least tried leaving before

torpid vine
#

I still don't think his issues are anywhere near as dire as Zag's.

open berry
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Either way I'm going to keep my headcanon that underworld gods can't remain on the surface :)

torpid vine
#

Thanatos also has a strong working relationship with Ares. Ares himself has a strong interest in that family, much to Zag's discomfort.

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I do figure that most of the Chthonic gods can simply go up should they wish to, but most don't seem to want to.

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Zagreus is a special case. Although ||I miss seeing the sunrise and the garden T.T||

winter echo
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I see.. so I need to escape again huh

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To get the true ending

oak forum
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||extreme measures theseus reminds me of the bullet farmer from mad max fury road||

torpid vine
#

||I love that he sometimes stops to confetti canon the crowd. This dude, man xDD||

thorn bough
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@winter echo It's less true ending and more complete ending.

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There's some development that has to happen in the hosuehold before you can come to a final conclusion.

winter echo
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I see.. ill better not open this channel any time soon haha

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Thanks @thorn bough

delicate halo
#

Is there any way to guarantee ||Patroclus to be alone? Like if Achilles is at the house at the beginning of a run, is Patroclus guaranteed to be alone? I just want to give him the last Ambrosia.||

atomic forge
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No guarantess

delicate halo
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I feared that was the case

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Coin flip into coin flip lol

atomic forge
#

Yeah the roguelite of the game is in dialogue, not in the runs

delicate halo
#

Lol truth

quartz snow
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Is it guaranteed that NPCs will ||give you the awakening phrase for a weapon as soon as you meet the requirements? I've done everything this pinned message says to do for Stygiys, Aegis, and Exagryph, but Nyx, Chaos, and Zeus haven't mentioned it.|| Does it get cancelled out by other dialogue, or did I miss something?

regal garnet
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if you are on a current story line i found it might delay the convo

quartz snow
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Ok thanks

vague hedge
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theseus is so much

flint tinsel
#

Last question for you fine folk.

How do you get to the next steps on || achilles and patroclus ||

I’m stuck on the unlock for Patroclus

torpid vine
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I think mostly it's just dialogue luck.

vague hedge
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unfortunately

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you have to get them to advance enough and then also get nyx luck

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oh and you have to have bought out one of the other contracts

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but for me at least that's easy in comparison

flint tinsel
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Think I have done all of that already. I’ll try some death farming see if it triggers.

astral solar
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Ok but what if zagreus was springttime themed aka he was raised by Persephone and demeter and didnt know anything about his dad šŸ‘€

rotund kite
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Run away from home to find papa, probably. Fight his way into the underworld

lone mica
#

is there anything to do with chthonic keys once u unlock all the mirror stuff and weapons? or just trade for nectar?

rocky dirge
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There's also an occasional 15 keys for TB trade

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And you can buy some themes and titles with them

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But yeah, not much

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Arguably the best thing to take mid-run though, cause of the rerolls

oak forum
#

springtime zag would be hard to do in a game bc how do you justify constantly resurrecting bosses in-universe without the game being set in a location where everyone you kill is already dead

dry venture
#

im at 18 wins now and still dont have hidden aspect unlocked, is that normal? I met the requirements long time ago :/

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talking about first one

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guan yu

oak forum
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how many bloods ya got invested into the weapons

dry venture
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a lot

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have 2 weapons maxed

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and invested in many more

oak forum
#

dang I dunno then lmao I got the trigger like three wins in

dry venture
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wtf

lone mica
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I'm around 20 wins and I don't have it either

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it's just luck

dry venture
#

okay

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šŸ˜”

lone mica
#

just keep clearing and we will eventually get it

dry venture
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i hope

rain echo
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poseidon and hynpos are like the last people I need to befriend, I'm pretty sure for Hypnos I'm getting there with his conversation, but is there something specific I have to do for Poseidon like how hermes needed +20% on his feather?

rocky dirge
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There's a sticky comment right in this channel with all that info

rain echo
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ah thank you

elder swift
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i finally got to the credits! and my last run had a really sloppy build so ||i was very happy when dad stepped aside zaglol||

torpid vine
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Ok but what if zagreus was springttime themed aka he was raised by Persephone and demeter and didnt know anything about his dad šŸ‘€
@astral solar Someone on twitter did a mockup of a Demeter-themed Zagreus. Actually, I think they've done him themed as all the Olympian and Chthonic gods now.

open berry
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that was vic, their twitter handle is Bloodwrit

torpid vine
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Yeah! They have some fun ideas.

tidal nebula
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I think my fave god to receive boons from is Athena just cause it allows you to interact with your environment in interesting ways. (If you get the right boons) I might be alone in that though. Artemis and Hermes are also high up on my list.

torpid vine
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Hermes is my fave Olympian in this game. But I like Ares and Dio's boons a lot. Hangovers of Doom, heh.

tidal nebula
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Lol

torpid vine
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All the gods have boons that are pretty fun in their own way though.

grizzled siren
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a bit late but to Goro

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it seems like any not random conversation (like someone needing to talk to you about something you did recently) will overwrite the hidden aspect conversation

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||my nyx hidden aspect conversation was overwritten after i unlockeed the resource requester. I had seen the bubble for her wanting to talk about it, but then it was gone once I came out of the room||

viscid marsh
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are there any consequences of ||taking the ambrosia back from dusa||?

grizzled siren
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||no, she doesn't mind either way.||

vapid parcel
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||you might get one less convo tho||

grizzled siren
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man i just found out an even better part of how well the lore of the game fits with actual mythology. ||After you give|| Orpheus ||'Good Riddance' he sings it in a sad tone. On the surface it makes sense, the dude is bummed cus he can't see Eurydice. However in mythology...okay it's pretty much the same thing. In mythology after he lost his wife he would sing so sadly that every inanimate objects would be driven to tears.||

there fixed it so the spoiler isn't just a spoiler roulette

viscid marsh
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thanks, i'd consider ||her to keep it, not in dire need of it right now||.

drifting citrus
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(dusa spoilers) ||i personally took it back because she mentions that she wants to work on her own merit, not on zag's help (and also i needed the ambrosia for other things)||

regal garnet
torpid vine
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I love ||summoning Than against Meg. "Don't make me do this.", "Get out of here, Than." and vice-versa.||

drifting citrus
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||summoning meg against than had her say "How much help do you need?"||

torpid vine
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I've done that too. ||Those three sure do have an exciting relationship.||

rotund kite
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@drifting citrus well yeh, he's helping you too after all

grizzled siren
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I'm just waiting to ||summon Dusa against Hades. I want to hear what she says||

candid herald
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||YOU CAN ROMANCE ALL THREE OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME????? POLY ZAG???????? CKSHFJSJFMXHKSJFSNFNDMDNN FNNDF||

grizzled siren
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||Dusa is best girl. best eternal friend. dusaHeart ||

torpid vine
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||You can! There are some lovely conversations with Than and Meg about where everyone stands. I'm personally trying to trigger the double bedroom scene. xD||

obtuse pendant
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I 100% purchased everything. took every weapon through to 20 heat. pretty sure I've completed all the dialog but || i feel like i didnt get the entire skelly story, did they ever reveal who hired him? maybe i missed it||

torpid vine
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||He does eventually reveal that it was Charon who hired him. Hermes was also in the know.||

obtuse pendant
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ty ty

maiden knot
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Hey guys what i have to do, to unlock exagryph secret aspect?

atomic forge
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Check the pins in this channel

rocky dirge
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Hey guys what i have to do, to unlock exagryph secret aspect?
@maiden knot Same thing with every other non-GY aspect, except with Zeus

maiden knot
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Well i guess my game is with a bug, i already did the things to unlock but when i go talk to Zeus the dialogue to unlock the aspect doesnt appear

rocky dirge
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It won't trigger right away necessarily, as with every piece of dialogue there is a lot of RNG involved

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I'm almost seventy runs deep and havent unlocked that aspect either!

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Despite having all reqs ticked off

wicked crescent
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can confirm, spent like an hour dying over and over again trying to get through artemis dialogue so I can get that last heart

maiden knot
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Wow really i doesnt realize that my others aspects i get easily, but thanks

sullen remnant
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Does anyone know how much health ||Charon|| has?

slow shoal
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I wish there was a special line for when you try to fish during the final boss fight

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Though they do reference the fishing spot in one pre battle conversation which was hilarious

glacial kiln
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question, ||when trying to unlock a hidden aspect for a weapon, can you put 5 points into the base aspect or does it have to be one of the 2 you unlock with titan blood for it to count||

torpid vine
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||It's gotta be one of the unlockable ones.||

silk fern
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What am I missing with Sisyphus ||to get his heart unlocked - for the companion?||

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I've ||been up to this point for a bunch of runs, no progress made||

slow shoal
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I think once you're at that point you just have to keep talking to him and Nyx and hope you get the dialogue, there's some randomness to it

unreal dagger
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Meg and thanatos as well I believe

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Well thanatos not so much, but im pretty sure meg

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So you need to talk a lot to sisyphus, hades, meg, and then finally nyx helps you locate the file in the chamber

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And yes, theres still rng to it

final crypt
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I can't figure out how to get Hermes' bond maxed ;~;

slow shoal
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You've gotta talk to him with ||his feather keepsake at level three||

final crypt
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I have ;~; he mentioned it but I didn't get anything special

fast idol
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do it again

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it triggered for me on the second interaction with it on 3*

final crypt
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Hrmn, weird

slow shoal
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Yeah, a lot of those conversations to progress relationships still have an element of randomness even when you've fulfilled the prerequisites

fast idol
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also Hypnos finall got commanted for his work by Than, I almost have his bond

slow shoal
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Yeah, that's the only lock I have left too

fast idol
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I still have Nyx and Chaos bc I had taken such a long break with the game

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currently collecting the Darkness for the seal

torn vigil
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Hey uh, what does ||Hades in extreme measures form|| act like and do?

slow shoal
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||Miniboss adds and a THIRD phase are the changes that jump to mind, but he's got some other new moves as well||

drifting citrus
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||new moves, expanded moves, third phase||

slow shoal
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Oh and ||he summons Cerberus.|| It's worth seeing at least once even if you don't win

torn vigil
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Zarn

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GASP

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YESSSSSS CERBERUS!!!

unreal dagger
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Puppy has killed me 2 times shadegrief

sullen remnant
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What do I exactly have to do to unlock ||the Aspect of Guan Yu||? The internet is giving me conflicted responses, so I don't know if I already met the criteria and the dialogue just didn't come up yet or if I missed something

grizzled siren
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@sullen remnant look at pins look at how helpful im being ||invest 5 blood in non zagreus aspects of the spear and fight hades. afterwards Achilles will talk to you about the spear.||

unreal dagger
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Check the pins in this channel

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It literally says it on the pins, so it is useful lol

sullen remnant
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Oh ||it has to be the spear? It always seemed to be worded to allow the blood to be spent on any infernal arm||

grizzled siren
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|| I don't know for sure if it's spear, but mine triggered after 5 into a spear aspect. so 5 into a non zag spear is your best bet||

atomic forge
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Question about something I might have missed?
||I noticed in the game that they mention a him character a few times. Do they ever reveal who this person is?||

rocky dirge
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There are no secret characters, so..... uh, maybe some context would help?

bright rose
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What he said

atomic forge
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I don't have any good context

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The last instance of it is something hades says at the end of the game

bright rose
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Put it in spoils

primal yacht
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It does not have to be in the spear

sullen remnant
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Do you perhaps mean ||the guy Zagreus refers to as "old man"||?

primal yacht
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To unlock Guan Yu you just have to spend 5 blood on any non-Zag aspects

cunning echo
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What am I missing with Sisyphus ||to get his heart unlocked - for the companion?||
@silk fern I was stuck on this forever when I'd exhausted all the other dialogue in the game and ||what I hadn't done was talk to Bouldy after he recommended it, once I talked to Bouldy it unlocked shortly thereafter||

primal yacht
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So you can just unlock one aspect of each for a few weapons or such

sullen remnant
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Okay, so the required dialogue is just stuck in the queue

rocky dirge
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The last instance of it is something hades says at the end of the game
@atomic forge Do you remember what he says exactly? I'm drawing a blank here

primal yacht
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This is the spoilers channel

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You don't have to CIA every message

atomic forge
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||Something about not being able to stop Zeus or stop him||

torpid vine
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Some people are further than others. Doesn't hurt to be cautious.

cunning echo
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It says "Spoiler tag v1.0 endgame content" but I never played the beta so I have no idea what that entails...

primal yacht
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If you mean the narrator voice (who is referred to as "old man" sometimes) it's somewhat implied to be the shade of Homer

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But I think Zag also refers to his old man (Hades) as "old man" a couple times

sullen remnant
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I love how he actually spoils something to Zagreus

primal yacht
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"Whoops!"

drifting citrus
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It says "Spoiler tag v1.0 endgame content" but I never played the beta so I have no idea what that entails...
spoiler tag any major story event that happens beyond the first defeat of the final boss

primal yacht
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Not a small thing either haha

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The plot literally depends largely on the narrator spoiling a key detail

rocky dirge
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||Something about not being able to stop Zeus or stop him||
@atomic forge I legit have no idea what you're talking about. Is this perhaps something about the epilogue? Havent gotten there yet

cunning echo
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Thanks, Onyx.

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Which detail was that Microwaved? I forgot.

atomic forge
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No, maybe I was just misunderstanding the context of the way they were speaking

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I haven't gotten the last part of the story so maybe it was just me

sullen remnant
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He tells Zagreus ||that persephone is his mother on accident||

cunning echo
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Ahhh, okay. I thought ||that was just found at the desk or something in my memory||

sullen remnant
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||At the desk you find a letter from her, but the narrator accidentally says "his mother"||

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And Zag is like "wait, what"?

cunning echo
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Oooh.

drifting citrus
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the only ||"him" i remember (and that i knew could be hard to understand) is that zeus was the one who "kidnapped" persephone and gave to hades to be his wife, without telling any of the olympians||

cunning echo
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I wish there was a New Game+ because I played that part so long ago, but I don't really want to start over with 5 achievements left and all of them fiddly things like maxing all my keepsakes.

torpid vine
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||And then Zeus was all 'IT'S SO SAD, BUT DEMETER SHOULD JUST MOVE ON' for the next however long.||

cunning echo
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Like, then I could at least have dialogue happening again even if it's the same as before.

torpid vine
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Mmm. I'm gonna restart once I pick up the last two steam achieves and get a couple of scenes I haven't seen yet but know about.

torn vigil
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||ehejdforjeiej dont you hate it when you learn zues kidnapped persephone|| big spoiler

unreal dagger
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||hehe tricked you pretty good boyo theres no spoiler||

cunning echo
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lol

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@deep crown I think we still gotta use spoiler tags here because it involves v1.0 endgame I just... ||can't parse it with the actual plotline'y canon because it's never said that anything changes, so I don't quite take it as canon in my head so much as a relic of the development process, just for consistency's sake for everything else.||

torpid vine
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||What's do you mean? The thing about Zag and the Fates? I've only played 1.0, none of the early stuff, and I still got the impression that it was only Zagreus that was bound to the Underworld.||

deep crown
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||Well he is. But he's bound there by the fates and not by just living there or by some birth thing, he's bound there because the fates said "You aren't supposed to be alive anyways" and they bound him there for reasons.||

next mirage
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The fates are kinda mean, aren't they.

deep crown
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They basically just gave a big F U to zag since he ||Wasn't supposed to be born anyway||

torpid vine
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Oh, they sure can be.

||Several of the Chthonic gods have jobs that need for them to be on the surface. None of them suffer for it the way Zagreus does. I think Hades and Thanatos both mention feeling uncomfortable on the Overworld, but that's down to personal dislikes. Narratively/thematically, it draws a comparison between Zagreus, who is ignorant of the Overworld and Olympus but optimistic, and those who know that the grass Zag is seeing on that there other side isn't as green as he imagines. Zagreus has a home in the Underworld.||

primal yacht
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This is the spoilers channel

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Blacking out whole paragraphs is not necessary lol

torpid vine
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Imma do it anyway. I accidentally spoiled Skelly's employer for someone in here. Gonna be cautious now.

deep crown
#

It's not like it's a challenge to black anything out

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just 4 lines

next mirage
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I never opened the spoilers channel until I beat the game a few times just in case, haha

deep crown
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Okay so unrelated topic, it really really pisses me off that lament of Orpheus and In the Blood don't play with lyrics in the house

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like wtf I spent good diamonds on those

torpid vine
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I like them as they are... but I want the other versions too! I'll give you more diamonds Mr. Contractor? xDD

next mirage
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That's sad, hadn't bought them yet.

grizzled siren
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I like to imagine that skelly||'s realy name was actually skelly. and the reason he doesn't tell us about his past is because he was just some normal dude who lived a boring life and being a training dummy seemed better then being stuck in asphodel.||

deep crown
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I mean yeah that sounds about right

grizzled siren
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I like to imagine a lot of the shades in the house of hades line are trying to talk their way out of asphodel. I can't imagine it's that great of a place to spend eternity in anymore

deep crown
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Although the Mino confirming that Schelemedes existed kinda shakes all that around

grizzled siren
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i kinda wonder somethin else though

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what does giving up do to a run seed

deep crown
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It stays the same I think

grizzled siren
#

i noticed the starting item, line, and choices are always the same. as well as the 1st room rewards

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but i feel like the choices for boons/hammers change past there

deep crown
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Pretty sure the whole run is the same if you choose the same rooms

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If you went down a specific path I'm pretty sure that path is the exact same every time

grizzled siren
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i swear last version of this run i had the fist upgrade that does an AOE after the spcial usge

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but this time the fist upgrade was special restores hp

cunning echo
#

I've always had the run seed stay the same... except once it was totally different, at random, I don't know why.

grizzled siren
#

maybe certain elements are randomized rather then seeded

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strangely enough though. rarity seems to be seeded

cunning echo
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Like I've reset and gone back in and had the same boons be offered at the same rarity in the first room (except for the single time it was a totally different item).

atomic forge
#

Does anyone know how to use the harp once bought?

grizzled siren
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with ur fingers lol

drifting citrus
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press the interact button

grizzled siren
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okay this is driving my crazy

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do you have iframes with non athena dashes

atomic forge
#

I actually meant... like... use it well?

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Also I think you do

potent meteor
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yeah

grizzled siren
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Zag has to learn how to use it

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by using it a bunch

potent meteor
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just, tight I frames

slow shoal
#

Yeah you have iframes

atomic forge
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Ah thank you

potent meteor
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Its like, very very tight sometimes

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Although I seem to be able to get consistant dodging with the patterns on bosses

slow shoal
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yeah I don't generally count on them unless it's an oh crap moment like being in range of the final boss spin attack, etc.

grizzled siren
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ugh T_T im never gonna get the legendary fish

potent meteor
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I mean final boss at that point with greatsword build?

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just tank

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||use aspect of Arthur and artemis on attack trust me when u crit for thousands you'll thank me||

grizzled siren
#

okay

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i need to stop picking the boon rarity levle up form eurydice

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she only ever upgrades the useless ones i took because i had to

potent meteor
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I usually get there with around 3-4 boons so

normal kiln
#

Re: dash i-frames; yes dashes have i-frames, but dash strikes do not

potent meteor
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I choose eurydice rarity if I have common atk

grizzled siren
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Eurydice be like

Skidaddle Skidoddle your dodge chance upon taking damage is now 1% higher

normal kiln
#

as soon as you press attack, your invulnerability is canceled

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ah, eurydice

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she always reliably gives me heroic divine dash

grizzled siren
#

okay hold on i got to thinking

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What's the bone hydra doing in Asphodel?

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I mean like. the hydra was evil wasn't it? Super aggressive murdery beast?

hollow patrol
#

im wondering if there are anymore spoilers past bringing home persphone.. i want to know because i want to start watching twitch streams of the game but i dont want to be spoiled

slow shoal
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There's an epilogue

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But it takes quite a bit of time invested post credits

halcyon terrace
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You'll likely beat 32 heat before being able to do it

slow shoal
#

And @grizzled siren I believe the Hydra is basically just used as a guard dog for Elysium, I don't think it actually "resides" in Asphodel per se

cunning echo
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Nah, epilogue didn’t take me super long at all. I might have had one weapon at 10 heat.

grizzled siren
#

the update reduced the epilog requirements or upped the chance or something

cunning echo
#

It also ||depends on how many of the requirements you already met along the way.||

slow shoal
#

How long it takes depends on how friendly you are with the gods when credits roll, plus some RNG.

hollow patrol
#

so just an epilogue?

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whatever that is

grizzled siren
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picks up Poseidon boon and sees a glint of orange oh my, a legendary! 20% chance to find fish

cunning echo
#

Yeah, although ||I didn't give a lot of nectar to the gods until after the credits rolled tbh, I thought they were all a bit too posh; but without knowing the requirements for the epilogue I started giving them all nectar because I'd already given it to everyone else, and after that it didn't take too long||

hollow patrol
#

does reaching the halfway locked heart in the relationships with the gods, give you those things at the bottom of the keepsakes page??

grizzled siren
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no

slow shoal
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No, those come from the other characters.

grizzled siren
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the bottom things are mostly from people out in the house of hades

slow shoal
#

(trying to stay somewhat vague)

hollow patrol
#

am i close to getting those? (after bringing home persephone)

grizzled siren
#

no

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they are unlocked upon giving the relevant character an ambrosia

hollow patrol
#

fr?

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about when will i be able to do that do u think

grizzled siren
#

zero relevance to the credits

hollow patrol
#

do i need to reach a certain heat

grizzled siren
#

when you meet the requires

hollow patrol
#

completion

halcyon terrace
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You gotta max out other characters, chances are just focusing on someone in the House you like will get you one eventually

slow shoal
#

Yeah, although ||I didn't give a lot of nectar to the gods until after the credits rolled tbh, I thought they were all a bit too posh; but without knowing the requirements for the epilogue I started giving them all nectar because I'd already given it to everyone else, and after that it didn't take too long||
@cunning echo Same, I think when credits rolled I had like at most two hearts with the gods lol

grizzled siren
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the easiest one ||is dusa. just talk to her until you get the lounge renovation fate, then fill then repair the damage and buys chairs and tables and that should be enough to trigger her thanking you||

halcyon terrace
#

Best one to go for is probably ||Meg|| , really solid and does what you need it to do

grizzled siren
#

that or ||cereberus or skelly, Those three require interactions solely with themselves. unlike others that require conversations to trigger with other NPCs.||

halcyon terrace
#

Wait ||Cerberus|| doesn't have one I think

cunning echo
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He doesn't afaik

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||Thanatos' only requires convos with him and beating him at least once in the competition tho||

slow shoal
#

Unless you're in ||EM4|| lol

cunning echo
#

lol

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Yeah, well, that's not gonna help you much tho.

hollow patrol
#

wait so when and how do i give eople ambroisa and that does NOT give me the companion things at the bottom of keepsakes page??

grizzled siren
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yeah i msut be thinking of something else my bad

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Ambrosia is the necter for hearts beyond the locked heart

halcyon terrace
#

The characters that do give you those companions are ||Meg, Thanatos, Sisyphus, Dusa, Skelly, and Achilles||

grizzled siren
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and that will give you the keepsakes at the bototm

hollow patrol
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thank u for keeping that spoiler marked lol

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and im apperently not close to being able to do that?

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and its apprently not related to reaching a certain heat completion?

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just gotta play a lot and interact a lot?

halcyon terrace
#

You can probably get all of them without even doing a single heat actually

hollow patrol
#

oh

cunning echo
#

Just keep doling out that nectar.

hollow patrol
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i dont understand

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oh

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necter

cunning echo
#

Somehow I now have "Like a G6" stuck in my head (Poppin' bottles in the ice, like a blizzard...)

halcyon terrace
#

Just keep giving characters nectar, then they'll ask you to do something for them. After that you can gift them ambrosia for the companion

hollow patrol
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u just gave it to me now 😦

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thats what i was looking for thanks

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and thanks @halcyon terrace for using the spoiler marking thing on the names lol. i wish not to know who gives me what.

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big ups

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much love

halcyon terrace
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Even if you max out someone and it turns out they don't give you a companion, you still helped em out squirtyay

slow shoal
#

Worth it for the chibi icons dusa

hollow patrol
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wait just to be clear, in order to be able to give abrosia i need to max EVERYONE with necter?

halcyon terrace
#

Nah, just the person you wanna gift

hollow patrol
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i did tho

halcyon terrace
#

Then you need to do their favors

hollow patrol
#

i have like 3 ppl halfway maxed

slow shoal
#

Once you hit the lock you've gotta do something special

hollow patrol
#

am i suppposed to know what they are

#

how do i find out what to do

halcyon terrace
#

You are, but usually just progressing through the game and talking to characters will get them done

hollow patrol
#

someone told me to just keep interacting with them and i will be able to

halcyon terrace
#

They'll probably bring it up again if you talk to them

slow shoal
#

Yeah they'll usually mention what they want

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Or it gets added to the prophecy list

hollow patrol
#

okay ill look out for that

halcyon terrace
#

Yeah most favors have a prophecy

hollow patrol
#

okay

grizzled siren
#

so new discovery with giving up and its impact on the seed

#

if you have a potential queued line it can take place of a line if you give a run up

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Zeus muttered something random the 1st run. I realized i put a pact on i didn't want and gave up to restart.

He then changed to talking about the rail

slow shoal
#

so dialogue can change but the boons can't?

torn vigil
#

Hemrmdkfnoedb i still have been unable since like the beginning of the game to finish the zeus favor because whenever i try to talk to hades for it it just doesnt work

#

Am i doing it wrong?

open berry
#

have you... collected the other god opinions about zeus?

#

zeus involves more or less hearing a lot of gossip about him

#

there is a required hades dialogue but it usually pops up fairly early if you take a lot of zeus boons. theres required demeter dialogue too

#

chances are you're missing dialogue from one of the olympians, perhaps demeter

terse night
#

@clear oracle sorry for the ping. what is the upgrade from meg that i should work towards eventually?

clear oracle
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it's called a companion

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you will get your ability to summon (RT on controller)

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meg's companion allows for a carpet bombing ability that does 2k5 damage along a line

terse night
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wow thats cool, also do you have any idea what gift i would be missing? i think it is the bottom right one

clear oracle
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yeah, they are on the bottom.

terse night
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okay of the main gifts? not under the golden panels

clear oracle
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if you post a screenshot, i can help you out.

terse night
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im not in a place where i can swap it so i cant, thanks for the help though

clear oracle
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ok. im sure you will figure it out eventually

#

some keepsakes are locked until very late in the game

#

they are part of the story, you can't miss them.

terse night
#

yeah thats probably it, i just wasnt sure because i already have some like thanatos and demeter

grizzled siren
#

I'm pretty sure the damage values just combined, but for a second it looked like I did 1386 damage

hollow patrol
#

in the fated list, how do i complete this objective? it says to employ the contracter to renovate the lounge for 4 diamonds and someone told me to just buy a bunch of stuff but its not working

#

ive spent nearly 500 gems on the lounge and still nothing

grizzled siren
#

that is a bit misleading

#

||You have to clean up the cereberus mess, add some of the first few items beyond that. and eventually Dusa will thank you for your work on the lounge. THEN you get it||

unreal dagger
#

OMG

#

YES

#

FINALLY SOME HYPNOS LOVE

#

Ive been waiting for this

hollow patrol
#

@grizzled siren should i buy all of the rugs ? i currently have 4 different rugs and like 5 different other singular items that are costly like the fish tank and whatnot

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i have small things and big things to buy for the lounge but ive already bought a couple rugs

unreal dagger
#

keep in mind you might be ready for it, but might have dialogues queued for dusa

#

that still rng

hollow patrol
#

okay

#

which ones aspect of varatha? the name varatha is not showing up in all of the aspects lol

devout token
#

Achilles, Hades, Guan Yu?

chrome birch
#

Hey! Anyone here?

unreal dagger
#

varatha is the spear

chrome birch
#

Is it possible to mess up Achilies reuniting with Patroclus? Because I think I messed up somehow.

unreal dagger
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no

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you cant

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you might make it harder somehow by queueing up some more events, but not imposible

chrome birch
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Sweet! I’m relieved. Lol

grizzled siren
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@hollow patrol just the first few unique objects should do it

hollow patrol
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@unreal dagger so when it says reach the surface with the hidden aspect of varatha it just means any aspect ??

unreal dagger
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no

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the hidden one

chrome birch
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I felt like I messed it up because both of them started saying really generic stuff to me lately.

unreal dagger
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the4th one