h1-for-new-players

[sweet brook]

buy trove trackers whenever you can

and fishing lures i guess idk what you get from fish anymore i dont fish

[dusty vault]

gems, keys, nectar, better gems, for the 4 biomes

chaos is darkness

final boss+ for boss drops

[mystic steppe]

i got aspects now, which one is the most broken?

achilles spear?

i know bows are all s tier

too

[hollow hull]

hidden shield is arguably the most broken aspect for speed

[sweet brook]

meta wise, chiron is one of the worst aspects lol
zag bow is kinda mid, hera is very good for speed, rama is very good for heat

but out of all aspects, beo is def the most broken

[mystic steppe]

okay2 thanks

[livid ermine]

Most easy to play is probably hestia, shoot reload shoot reload

[inland swan]

i still dont get how dark foresight exactly works, isnt olimpian's favor better?

[errant kraken]

no

dark foresight gives you way more good things

boons, hearts, poms, coins

vs bad and boring things like darkness and gems

you’d rather get more boons and poms to upgrade the boons than have boons sometimes be rare

[inland swan]

oh ok

[inland swan]

how do i unlock companions? ive already maxed out nectar gifts for megaera and keep on talk to her after every line but i cant get her to accept the ambrosia

[broken girder]

they all have a requirement to lift the lock, you can i think just google it, but in case of meg it's really just beating her and her sisters over and over again and keep talking to her, perhaps also em1 i'm not sure tho

[noble ibex]

Just had a run with a lot of Hangover stacking. Am I right in assuming anything that doesn't mention Attack/Special/Cast etc is straight up global damage and would affect Hangover ticks? In this case Strong Drink, Bad Influence, Blood Frenzy.

What else can I fish for (tried for Aphro or Ares duos but no luck)

[dusty vault]

Yup, if it says "do more dmg/enemies take more dmg" it affects all your dmg sources

(with the 2nd one also affecting dmg that doesn't come from zag like traps)

As to what else you can get, mainly more poms on your hangover source and hermes hyper sprint + rush delivery

[noble ibex]

Thanks! Crit too, perhaps, with Artemis' "everything can crit" and the curse of increased crit chance that spreads to a nearby target?

[dusty vault]

Yup

And same difference applies, Pressure points is anything from zag and hunter's mark also applies to non zag sources like traps

(the only weird one is the Dio-Artemis duo boon, which only increases crit chance of things that already have crit chance, so the duo alone doesn't work for everything)

[leaden whale]

question. Do you get titan's blood for every aspect or just every infernal arm?

[dusty vault]

Per weapon

[leaden whale]

ohhh okay

max titans blood in one file is 12 i think then

[dusty vault]

Have you escaped yet

[leaden whale]

yeah

[dusty vault]

Then ||you can use the pact to keep gaining blood||

[leaden whale]

ohhhh okay

so ||if i get more bounties i get more blood?||

[errant kraken]

also you can get a lot of blood from finishing prophecies

[leaden whale]

ok

[dusty vault]

Basically yeah, blood is one of the bounties

[errant kraken]

every ||heat level gives a new set of rewards for each boss||

[leaden whale]

okay

[errant kraken]

||so you get 1 blood/1 diamond/1 ambrosia/another blood for killing each boss with each weapon at each heat level up to 20||

[leaden whale]

thanks!

[errant kraken]

but yea if you’ve already cleared check your prophecies, the ones for clearing with every weapon, every mirror option, and every ||pact condition|| will take a few runs to get through but it’s like 30 something titan blood which is huge

[dusty vault]

Checking the broker is also useful

Either for early game ambrosia -> blood trading or the occasional 15 keys for blood

[leaden whale]

"Murderrrrerrrerr 🔥 🔥 🙏 🗣️ "
-tisiphone the goat

[slim arrow]

Does God Mode reset when I turn it off?

[faint umbra]

no, it stays

[restive portal]

Just remember the mirror has 2 sides.

[cedar delta]

Are you referring to the accrued % of damage reduction?

[faint umbra]

yes i mean it does not reset to 0 when you turn it off

it will stay at whatever it is. if you have it at 80% and you turn it off and back on, itll still be 80%

[faint umbra]

or 20 i guess since it doesnt start from zero iirc

[cedar delta]

Oh whew glad I never used it then. Would drive me insane to know that the game would've recalled my having used it

[faint umbra]

what do you mean?

[cedar delta]

God Mode leave permanent trace = Packrat goes insane

[faint umbra]

i see

[cedar delta]

Mmhm! I am a bit OCD about values in software

I bet you've never wanted to hack systems in order to change timestamps of your MMO achievements

[broken girder]

real ngl

i've wanted to do that sometimes

[faint umbra]

i had to let go of my neurotic game and achievement tendencies but i used to unlock my achievements in a certain order

but no i swore off cheating and modifying achievement after the first and only time i did it

[broken girder]

wait that is possible?

[cedar delta]

Alma used to lead a life of crime

[faint umbra]

i changed my system time for the original stanley parable achievement 😔

no more! im a believe in legit chievos

[broken girder]

[leaden whale]

guys which aspect should i get for aegis first

wait im dumb

i have enough to get both

[broken girder]

don't get chaos

don't

don't

[hollow hull]

Zeus is fun

[broken girder]

go with zeus

[hollow hull]

Just put the blood into Zeus yeah

[leaden whale]

whoops

i got both

[hollow hull]

It’s all g

[leaden whale]

but im using zeus

[hollow hull]

Just go Zeus on Zeus and it doesn’t matter yeah

Bc base damage doesn’t affect bolt damage

[leaden whale]

ok

so do i use zeus keepsake?

[hollow hull]

Yep

And go for thunder flourish and jolted

Double strike, high voltage, zeus legendary, call

Bunch of zeus

[restive portal]

whoops all Zeus

[leaden whale]

okay thanks

ill try

i alr have dionysus call tho

(i love festive fog)

[sweet brook]

dio call is good on zeus shield

[leaden whale]

jojo reference

[sweet brook]

true

but zeus shield charges calls pretty fast so it's great

dio and zeus calls are the best for dps and charging those up fast will give you a pretty massive boost to dps

[leaden whale]

uh oh

i am forced to get demeter boon

[sweet brook]

that's fine as long as it doesnt go on the special lmao

[leaden whale]

tbh i hope i get dash boon

[sweet brook]

dem dash kinda sus but sure

[leaden whale]

if i get the hermes boon that gives me extra dash its over for hades

[sweet brook]

i mean point still stands

dem dash isn't good lol

[leaden whale]

THE RANGE ON MISTRAL DASH IS CRAZY

[sweet brook]

all it does is apply chill but you can just take atk for that in this case

[leaden whale]

trial of the gods with zeus but also demeter again

why cant i stop getting demeter

[hollow hull]

Oh dio call is good too yeah

[leaden whale]

should i get lightning strike static discharge or double strike

[hollow hull]

Disregarding rarity, you want discharge

[leaden whale]

okay

bcs the only rare boon is double strike rn

whoopsies demeter is angy

frozen touch 🤑

[hollow hull]

But common jolted you might want to take something else and wait for better jolted

Or hope for rare crop to hit it

[dusty vault]

eh, just get the poms

[leaden whale]

YEEEEAAAAHHH GREATEST REFLEX

EXTRA DASH WOOOO

i REFUSE to get artemis boon

never ever

wait why is megaera not here

why only tisiphone and alecto

[dusty vault]

em1 is either 3 at once or 2 of them

[leaden whale]

i just realized

im not good at the game

varatha is just easy to use

[hollow hull]

That’s how I felt after discovering hestia but there’s always more heat

[leaden whale]

aegis is difficult

because

i keep forgetting that i have a special

but i dont like how slow it is

[hollow hull]

Which aspect

Zeus?

[leaden whale]

yea

[hollow hull]

So for zeus, you want to dash right up to an enemy/group, throw your special, charge up a bullrush, and then recall/let go of bull rush

So you kinda run into your shield, hopefully triggering explosive return if you have it

Basically don’t let it get too far away from you and focus on protecting with bull rush while your special does the work for you

[leaden whale]

ohhh okay

[hollow hull]

Look at any 64 heat run and you’ll see what I mean

Don’t worry about doing it well, I’ve cleared moderate heat with zeus shield and I’m still pretty bad at the combo

[livid ermine]

Imagine you get a call boon from chronos which stops time, when you get a full call boon you hear "Za Warudo"

[leaden whale]

real

and the fact your pfp is the charon keepsake

even funnier

[livid ermine]

I just changed the profile last night, thought that since my 64 had me go into ely with hourglass it'd be a good avatar 🙂

[somber frigate]

It’s free damage

Takes no time to throw

Doesn’t disrupt your actions

[steady lark]

literally me and delta chamber

[dire river]

why is bone hourglass charon's keepsake anyway

shouldn't it be than's

[livid ermine]

Than's keepsake is a butterfly, since Than's job is to collect the souls of the dead so that they can be taken down to Hades it's appropriate (within ancient greece there is a significant connection between butterfly and soul, in fact I think the word was the same).
As for Charon and why he has an hourglass I'm not entirely sure, it might be reference to him being the oldest of Nyx's children (as far as we have met them) - but I think this is a stretch.

[sweet brook]

also slightly related, the butterfly balls in elysium are also called soul catchers

so than's keepsake being a butterfly makes sense in that regard too

[leaden whale]

yea but sometimes I throw it too long or too short

[somber frigate]

A big part of that is just getting a sense for the shield’s range from repeated use tbh

[autumn locust]

Hey guys, I'm new to Hades on Mac here, for the Mirror of the Night, which should I increase?

[raven plume]

what are the best controls for k&m? having a little trouble

[autumn locust]

mine's default but the special I switched it to right click

[faint umbra]

I used the default but changed B to Tab and R to MMB

[raven plume]

dash at cursor?

[faint umbra]

I know people switch cast and special around but I tried it and it felt wrong

[raven plume]

I find that my dashes are stuck on wasd instead of the freedom of dash at cursor but that also limits me from dashing away

[autumn locust]

dash space bar

but it feels weird to me

[thin parcel]

M1 attack, M2 special, M3 cast works for me

[thin parcel]

special m2 and cast m3, also F for call, V for summon, shift for reload and then move codex and boon info to M and N or something

[raven plume]

do you have dash at cursor on?

[thin parcel]

No wasd works fine for me

One of the biggest advantages of m&k is how much easier it is to dash and dashstrike in different directions, you can just keep cursor in one direction and then dash in the other

[autumn locust]

@thin parcel what button do you put for dash?

[thin parcel]

Space

[autumn locust]

oh ok gotcha thanks

[thin parcel]

I haven't played minecraft in years but I still have the perfect WASD+space+shift muscle memory haha

[leaden whale]

death defiance and shadow presence definitely

[dusty vault]

Eh, shadow can chill

[autumn locust]

thanks

[dusty vault]

Focus on defiance/2nd dash/heal

[leaden whale]

oh yeah those

[leaden whale]

what weapon do you use mostly

[dusty vault]

After that once you unlock more of the skills go for hp as general ones

There is one that's more late that's insanely helpful but tbh, unlocking more of the mirror won't help if you don't have the darkness for it

[autumn locust]

I haven't played it

[autumn locust]

Anyone here change the dash button for kbm

[final dune]

some people do

[sweet brook]

I changed mine to Lshift

[sterile mica]

What's your special bind? I'm using default q

[final dune]

q

[sterile mica]

But I'm thinking rclick is better and cast for scrollwheel

[final dune]

it doesnt rlly matter

default binds r fine

[sterile mica]

The special animation is long enough I suppose

That it should be enough time to shift the finger

[autumn locust]

My right click is for specials

[sweet brook]

Right click, I have cast on a side button

But default is fine if it works for you

[north oriole]

This is what I do

I don't cast very often anyway

[inland swan]

on this page: https://hades.fandom.com/wiki/Duo_Boons do i just need any of the listed boons per duo boon requirement for there to be a chance of the duo boon to occur?

as in, if i want to get freezing vortex, can i just have the aid and slicing shot and have a chance to obtain the duo boon?

[upbeat spoke]

yeah

one of each

once you fufill the requirements either god can offer it

[inland swan]

thanks

i thought i had to have all the listed boons for it to be a possiblity, glad i was wrong

[dusty vault]

Yeah, but also uh wrong chat I think

[urban sequoia]

Crap mb

Thought I was in Hades discussion thanks for pointing that out

[autumn locust]

Playing this game with a controller

[sweet brook]

gamer

[autumn locust]

hell yes

Should I increase Shadow presence or Chthonic Vitality?

[sweet brook]

chthonic vitality

also fiery presence is generally considered better than shadow

[autumn locust]

ok thanks

[autumn locust]

to me playing with kbm is weird, the dash is weird on space or the shift key

any tips

[sweet brook]

idk i feel like those are the most common places for them lmao

prob just takes some time adjusting to it

i've never really seen anyone dash with any other button besides those two

[autumn locust]

oh ok gotcha thanks

should I increase Death Defiance or Greater Reflex?

Who shall I gift the nectar of the GODS?

[sweet brook]

greater reflex is pretty cheap isn't it

same as first lvl death defiance

either way you're gonna die pretty early without both of them lmao so doesnt matter too much

for gifting, just whoever you want works

[autumn locust]

Oh ok gotcha thanks

[autumn locust]

Hi, what is GOD mode?

[faint umbra]

you start with 20% damage reduction that goes up when you die, up to 80%
run records are kept separately than normal mode

[autumn locust]

for speed running do you turn on this?

[urban sequoia]

No it's just an easy mode

If you feel like you're struggling too much

[faint umbra]

also when you turn it off and on again, the % of damage reduction stays the same

[autumn locust]

should i turn on easy mode?

[faint umbra]

if you want to

if youre less interested in the gameplay, or if you just find it too hard, etc etc

i think the game does start out hard but its easy to get used to once you get more uprgades

[autumn locust]

oh

I think I've beaten this game with GOD mode though, on the Switch

maybe I just stick with the normal

[urban sequoia]

Yeah just know that dying a lot is normal

As long as you do even the smallest progress, both in-game progress and your skill level and awareness, you're doing fine

You turn on god mode if you don't feel like going through that process

[autumn locust]

oh ok thanks

I already beat this game though on the Switch on GOD mode

[inland swan]

if i exceed my heat gauge will it give me more rewards?

for example, if i exceed the heat gauge by 5 levels will i get x10 blood, x5 ambrosia, x5 diamond

[dusty vault]

You get the bounties for the lowest heat only

So like need 2 heat but do heat 5 it counts as a heat 2 win, repeat same pact then it'll count as heat 3 until it catches up

[green summit]

I wish lmao

[inland swan]

is family favorite or privilaged status better?

[livid ermine]

depends on the build, if you start with Weak/Hangover/Chill/Doom then it worth considering but if not I'd usually go for family favourite.

[cedar delta]

Family Favorite 99% of the time is better

[sterile mica]

i'd say i priv stat is better about 10% of the time

[hollow hull]

When

An inconsistent +15% is hardly useful

At higher heats when that’s actually relevant with AP2, you’re probably taking RI anyways

[livid ermine]

It's 30%

I think this is new player so high heat isn't a factor.

[hollow hull]

As opposed to Olympian favor

[final dune]

?

[livid ermine]

Doesn't priviliged status grant a 30% increase to damage

[final dune]

pstatus is 40%

fam favs 25%

[livid ermine]

right, my bad

[final dune]

more accurately pstatus 0% fam favs 25%

[sweet brook]

i mean pstatus is good in a few select builds, mainly drunk builds

it's just that in regards to the more meta builds, that's about the extent of it since the gods that naturally give curses pair better with gods that dont naturally give curses

except dio really

but in a more casual playthrough, you're probably gonna be able to get it up more consistently but the overall build would probably be weaker than a meta build regardless

[outer kraken]

I used to defend privilege status religiously until I realized how situational it is

[lilac wave]

i lost at ||second half of Hades|| for the second time in a row 😭

[white rain]

Hello everyone! I've recently heard a lot about Hades, and my friends have also been playing it. I'd love to try it out and get into it, but I don't have the money to afford it. Would anyone be kind enough to gift it to me on Steam? I would really appreciate it! Send me a DM if you can. I can't wait to get into this game!

[errant kraken]

isn’t it like $10 on sale

[white rain]

Not on Steam unfortunately

[errant kraken]

oh yea

$12.49

[white rain]

On steam?

[errant kraken]

still really cheap

yes

on sale

it goes on sale like every month or 2

[white rain]

Says $24.99 for me

[errant kraken]

yea not rn but there’s a decent chance it’ll be on sale within a month

[white rain]

Hmm

I can't exactly buy it even if I have the money

Because my parents wouldn't let me

So my only option for playing it is getting it gifted to me

[hollow hull]

Idk if this is the place to ask for a stranger to gift you a game

[white rain]

What is the place?

[sweet brook]

i dont think there's any place where a stranger would gift a game lmao

the only exception would be like in a giveaway somewhere but you'd have to find wherever those are held

and then hope they're giving away hades lmao

[errant kraken]

you should ask your friends if theyll do family sharing with you

if they have it on steam

[hollow hull]

^

[hollow hull]

Generally places don’t just have people willing to spend money for strangers but yeah family sharing on steam is probably your best bet

[modest coral]

Or you could wait for your birthday and have a friend/family buy it for you instead of asking random people

[cedar delta]

Oh heck I'll take five!

[stoic raven]

dont play hades its bad

instead, go buy celeste

[zinc pasture]

celeste difficult

[sweet brook]

i mean yeah sure but that wasn't the issue at hand

[mystic steppe]

oh

whats the issue then

[sweet brook]

they couldn't buy anything in general because their parents wouldn't let them

[sweet brook]

here

[mystic steppe]

just steal money from your parents, what are they gonna do? disown you? nah

@white rain

just nibble 1 dollar every week

[sweet brook]

you'd have to steal their credit card

i guess you could buy a gift card but that depends on whether or not they can buy it in the first place in a store so similar problem

[mystic steppe]

there's literally tons of ways

[sweet brook]

like what

[mystic steppe]

cashapp then load it with money

ask a friend to gift you on steam using their money, and then pay them back.

Tell auntie/uncle to buy it for you, etc

you dont have allowance? im guessing youre still young if your parents wont buy you anything

[sweet brook]

how would you load cashapp with money lmao i've never used it so i have no idea how that works
i also feel like getting a friend to gift it on steam was prob one of the first solutions they tried to do but didn't work out i suppose, which was why they asked here. if they didnt ask their friends first then that'd be weird lmao

and getting an auntie/uncle to buy it is assuming a family situation they might not even have so kinda just depends. also depends on the type of family since they might be against it too

[dire river]

i know this is my type of boring old person opinion but if they are like 13 and their parents decide they shouldn't play the game

then they shouldn't play the game

[rose summit]

uh right for just the main story i have to || finish like 10 runs or something ||

[faint umbra]

I can’t believe I have to say this, but that is something you should absolutely not do. Don’t steal money from your parents kids

[upbeat spoke]

steal it from their parents

[cedar delta]

Imagine respecting one's elders, especially the ones that love, nurture, and house ya!

[lilac wave]

lost for the fourth time to ||hades second phase|| ;-;

[broken girder]

you'll get it, just keep trying

[pseudo silo]

Wait does demeter have a special line when killing redacted? In one of my runs demeter said "reap what you sow" after my screen freezing

I didn't even use her call during it

[cedar delta]

Yes, but only if you're using her Legendary Boon

[dusty vault]

As packrat said, is when you use her legendary

And no, its not exclusive to the final boss

Happens on any boss (final boss is just more common because what you need for winter harvest)

[pseudo silo]

Oh yeah that explains it

I got it at styx lol

[potent beacon]

how does alecto's rage meter work?

and what can i do to stop it from charging?

[hollow hull]

Fills to full on last stage

[hollow hull]

Absolutely nothing

[potent beacon]

oh ok

[hollow hull]

Just try and kill her before it gets to be too big of a deal

[potent beacon]

what are some good keepsakes other than the old spiked collar?

it's the only one i use

[hollow hull]

God keepsakes, acorn, hourglass

That’s about it

Earring with stubborn defiance

Tooth

[potent beacon]

thanks

[restive portal]

Tooth, spiked collar and coin purse are good when starting out. Once you've opened up the mirror enough you can safely start playing with others

[hollow hull]

Oh I forgot purse yeah

[lilac wave]

guess what, fifth time losing to ||hades second phase||

[hollow hull]

Generally my keepsake path is god keepsake into tart to control build, another god keepsake into aspho if I didn’t get the others I wanted in tart, purse into aspho if I did, hourglass/acorn into ely, and acorn into styx

[lilac wave]

btw, is it just me that, the more health i have, the more damage i take?

like i get stupid for some reason and start taking a lot more damage

[dusty vault]

overconfidence is a slow and insidius killer

[lilac wave]

true, prob that

[hollow hull]

This is real

[lilac wave]

reached ||sphynx temple|| lets see if this is the time i beat ||hades||

[ionic elm]

good luck 🫡

[lilac wave]

btw, is it better to complete clear ||the maze|| or to just grab the ||bag|| and go?

[ionic elm]

I guess it depends on ||whether you want the rewards or not||

[dusty vault]

bag and go

you won't get more fountains so you are often just gonna end with more dmg taken

[lilac wave]

so its time, to fight again

dead yet again

got him to ||half health in the second phase|| yet again

[hollow hull]

What’s your aspect/build

And what parts of the second phase do you have the most trouble with

[lilac wave]

i mainly do Spear with aspect of Achilles (something lke that) and follow the guide of the steam page for boons

[lilac wave]

i think its the spinning atack, and when there is enemies the laser gives me trouble too

[hollow hull]

tdash start into zeus or arty on attack?

or cast focused build

[lilac wave]

what

oh

forgot the god name holdon

[hollow hull]

ares?

[lilac wave]

athena

[hollow hull]

the spin attack is mostly dash timing and you won't get iframes from dash striking

athena dashstrike doesn't save you from the spin

if it's the small laser, you can stay behind and if it's the big one, try and hide behind the pillars

[lilac wave]

yeah i do that

but i hide from both

[hollow hull]

might just be a dash timing thing then

[fiery grove]

huyd

guys*

whats the best possible boon for starting?

[hollow hull]

the smaller laser targets pretty slow so you can still grind damage from behing

[fiery grove]

and also

[dusty vault]

Varies by weapon

[hollow hull]

what weapon/aspect

[fiery grove]

whats the best weapon

?

[dusty vault]

But generally you can't go wrong with divine/tidal dash lol

[fiery grove]

cause i think its athena dash

[hollow hull]

they're all about the same

[fiery grove]

oh fr?

[dusty vault]

Also yeah weapons just ball with whatever

[fiery grove]

i main eternal spear

so whats the best for it?

[dusty vault]

Do you have aspects yet

[fiery grove]

what aspects

i might have them

idk

[dusty vault]

Do you have all 6 weapons?

[fiery grove]

5/6

[dusty vault]

Aight no aspects then

[fiery grove]

i can get the last one tho

i got 11 keys

soooo

what are aspects?

[dusty vault]

Do a run then once you are back check the equipped weapon in the courtyard

Is basically weapon upgrades

[fiery grove]

oh ok

GOD DAMN

[dusty vault]

Uses titan blood

[fiery grove]

THE GUN DEALS SO MUCH DAMAGE

[hollow hull]

it do

[fiery grove]

oh wait nvm

its jsut bc it was form behind

[hollow hull]

consider zeus start on the rail

[dusty vault]

Don't judge weapons much by testing them at skelly

[hollow hull]

^

[fiery grove]

oh

ok

[lilac wave]

i think im going to switch to rail, im getting too rushy with the spear and taking too much damage

[dusty vault]

Rail is quite good that said

But as dragon mentioned start zeus attack on it

Or it'll feel baaad

[hollow hull]

you could try hunting blades

it's a more ranged option on the spear

[lilac wave]

what is hunting blades

[dusty vault]

Ares-artemis duo

Ares cast now homes in into enemies

[fiery grove]

how do i even use duos

[hollow hull]

start ares cast and look for arty

[lilac wave]

duos are too rare for me to find any ;-;

[fiery grove]

my uncle told me about them but idk how to use them after tartarus

[hollow hull]

do you have the full mirror unlocked

[dusty vault]

Get 1 boon from 2 gods > luck into one

[hollow hull]

there's a talent that gives you a slightly better chance at getting one

[fiery grove]

oh

is it rare?

[hollow hull]

duos?

[dusty vault]

If you know what you are doing nah

[hollow hull]

if you have the prereqs there's a good chance you'll get it eventually

[dusty vault]

There's a lot of optimization you can for them

[fiery grove]

oh ok

[hollow hull]

like, the hidden aspect of the shield is optimal with a certain duo boon and I've rarely had a run where I never get it

[dusty vault]

Filling all of the core boons (attack/special/cast/dash) as the game prioritizes these if they are empty.
If the god has their status curse as an extra boon (like zeus' static discharge) take it asap as those have a 50% to show up over others.

If you want a specific duo, you'll want to remember to not open others as it makes chances a 50/50 to get what you want

(you can buy a codex upgrade to have a boon list + pre reqs of each god)

Then using chaos' favor boon, Eurydice's refreshing nectar or yarn of ariadne (charon well, 70 coins) all boost duos/legendaries chance by +10%

(also there's like 3 mirror skills that help with duos, one used less often cuz getting just 1 duo is not hard most of the time)

They are the last 3 tho

[sterile mica]

though there are lots of bad, or useless duos

but also some really good ones

[dusty vault]

Also true

But prophecies gotta prophecies so you'll try them all eventually

[fiery grove]

awesome

ty guys so much

[inland swan]

what are some good boons and strategies for beowulf?

[dusty vault]

start pos' cast, grab artemis attack then mirage shot

is bugged on flares so the 2nd flare doesn't have reduced dmg

always dash strike into bullrush

best hammer is charged shot

get hermes hyper sprint + rush delivery, chaos cast dmg/+1 stone, same for charon well

[inland swan]

thanks

[pliant wind]

Hi Guys. I am a new player (technically) and I am pretty sure I have done every single thing but the ranks. Any advices on farming Darkness? To make it more fun? It feels a little bit sad that I ran out of dialogue with the characters/

[hollow hull]

The ranks?

Oh the resource director titles

Pick a fast weapon like eris or hidden shield and just go fast lol

Grinding darkness isn’t super fun ngl

Try to have a separate goal like sub 8 or a certain amount of ||heat|| and rack up attempts. You’ll get darkness while not actually having the goal of getting darkness

I have 100k on my main save and never have actively tried to farm darkness

[pliant wind]

Yes. I am halfway through with 290 attempt or something like that. It's getting a bit repetitive. Love that idea. Like to not mind about it. What you mean with syb 8 and rack up attempts? I do not know the terms

[hollow hull]

Oh yeah, so have an alternate goal such as getting below a certain time

Or ||a certain amount of heat||

Also this channel is for people who haven’t beat the final boss yet so you might find it better elsewhere

[somber frigate]

Hmm

You really ran out?

I still get new dialogue lines 400+ hours in

Very few but still

It’s hard to run out of the 21000 in game

[restive portal]

I've got plenty of tips with which you can average about 2000 darkness per completed run.

Up to more than 6000 in good cases.

Even with this is a bit tedious though. Not sure I'd bother of I had to do it again tbh.

1. Always take the thirsty weapon.
2. Take Chaos egg until at least Elysium.
3. Take all chaos gates and roll if needed for non common darkness boons.
4. If you get to Furies without close to +100% darkness multiplier, die and reset.
5. Only force Poseidon after filling all core boons (usually Elysium) to maximise chance of darkness boost for final boss (this is a cherry on the top but does little earlier on compared to an Epic chaos boon).

My best Darkness multiplier at final boss was nearly 16x, giving 4000 for final boss alone and nearly 8000 in the entire run.

Also, check all troves and force them whenever you can. Getting nearly 1000 darkness for a trove is a good feeling. And obviously check shops to buy darkness (but this is really minor compared to racking up a good multiplier).

And because the resource director costs go up linearly, if you are halfway there in rank, you're only a quarter of the way there in darkness.

[inland swan]

what are some good boons and strategies for lucifer?

nevermind, just discovered the super soaker

[hollow hull]

Super soaker def works, but a more meta option is Zeus on attack, Poseidon on dash, and any big % boost like Artemis or aphro on special

[inland swan]

ive heard a lot about poseidon on dash, why is it so good?

is it for the simple fact that it spaces out the enemies?

[hollow hull]

Highest damage dash in the game

[dusty vault]

And for luci in specific the big AoE helps detonating the bombs

[hollow hull]

Kills a lot of small Tartarus enemies while you can position to focus on the bigger ones

[dusty vault]

Also makes styx a joke with breaking wave

[hollow hull]

Yeah

[lilac wave]

got a 13 room row streak with absolute 0 healing, died by entering the boss room with 17 hp (elysium boss)

sad because i was dealing alot of damage

[hollow hull]

real

[sweet brook]

it do be like that

[lilac wave]

370 Health, High Damage, lets go again to ||hades||

Did not even to ||second phase|| '-'

[raw coral]

All that you mention are spoilers in this chat, please spoiler tag them

[lilac wave]

well im not the only one...

[raw coral]

Feel free to ping anyone else that's done it

I just read the last few messages in here

Thanks for tagging your messages

[lilac wave]

okey

[raw coral]

I don't see anyone else mention final boss stuffs, today at least

Anyway, good luck with the runs! Your clear is close!

[lilac wave]

i mean i was talking on 03/03 about the ||hades second phase fight|| and both me and the other guy did not use spoiler tags

[raw coral]

I see, well that's unfortunate, I hope nobody got spoiled because of it

[mortal tusk]

Ive got 50 titan blood and some aspects leveled, I can unlock every hidden aspect. I’m wondering which aspects should I invest first. My goal is to clear most amount of heat possible with each weapon, while reasonably fast (no speedrun). I enjoy the fists because fast and dynamic = fun (but falls late game), and Rama because one shot boss phases and possibility of clear. Currently sitting in 10-11 heat on most weapons and just recently finding tiny trouble.

Summary => Best weapons to invest for most heat possible? 50 titan blood. Enjoying fists and Rama.

I’m considering maxxing hestia because Eris is not fun for me, kinda unintuitive. Achilles too because only good spear although I’m not hooked into cast builds, kindaaa boring. Also I’ve heard opinion on hidden spear is changing. Hidden gun looks kinda fun but it seems not to be the best choice

[sweet brook]

hidden shield and bow are the best for heat. spear is good as well but hammer reliant
sword and fists are generally considered some of the worst aspects in the game but some still enjoy how they play anyways
rail is kinda middle of the pack, but if you dont like eris then you wont like hidden rail

hestia is good for heat as well tho

[mortal tusk]

And how does hestia fair with damage control?

And Rama with forced overtime?

[sweet brook]

horrible, never take damage control with hestia

or in general tbh but esp not on hestia

you can get the 2 heat somewhere else

[sweet brook]

every aspect except like arthur can handle forced overtime so that's not a problem

when learning rama i would recommend slowly increasing it the more you get used to it tho, rama has a pretty steep learning curve

[mortal tusk]

Yeah I’m enjoying that learning curve so far

That’s why I enjoy fists too, trying not to get hit and all

And that’s why I find Beowulf and cast builds boring..

Any other aspect with a steep learning curve or high skill ceiling? 👀

[sweet brook]

hestia at full potential is pretty calculated button mashing so maybe that

achilles has a pretty high skill ceiling for speed, idk about heat

oh zeus shield

it's easy to half ass and get results, but it's hard to full ass and get better results at the far end of heat

[mortal tusk]

But I’ve heard Zeus is slow isn’t?

Not looking forward to spent a lot of time in Elysium..

[sweet brook]

it's not fast but it's very consistent

every aspect spends a relatively long time in elysium tbf

some less than others, namely beowulf lol

[mortal tusk]

Guess I have to getgood then

[sweet brook]

zeus isn't that slow in ely tho imo, but it's not like fast either

rama can spend a long time there too actually lmao

[mortal tusk]

Yaeah that’s my gripe

And Styx with Rama

[sweet brook]

yeah that's a bit annoying

[mortal tusk]

Bosses are fun tho

[sweet brook]

but like if your main concern is spending a long time in ely, then that's like every aspect, there isn't much you can do about it other than go like the meta aspects and hope you get good rooms

[mortal tusk]

Aight thanx for the help,
Think I’ll settle for hestia and see where that takes me

Any build recommendation btw? I’m thinking almost all Aphrodite and Artemia

But not knowing where to put each where..

[sweet brook]

aphrodite attack, artemis special

poseidon or athena dash

pos for damage, athena for safety

the reason for aphro atk over artemis is bc with artemis, 15% of the time you dont deal a lot of damage, 85% of the time you overkill something. you'd only take artemis atk if you have hella additive

[mortal tusk]

Aight, how does this apply to Rama?

Because currently I’ve been running it with Artemis on atk hoping for Double or triple shoot

But I’m not sure if it’s optimal

[sweet brook]

her attack is fine with twin/triple shot, but if you cant guarantee those then aphro attack would be best

arty atk with twin/triple are good, esp since you'd ideally get hunter's dash for more damage

but if you can't get those hammers, then it's the same reasoning as hestia: you'd deal no damage most of the time or overkill sometimes lmao

it averages out fine against bosses, but most of the game isn't bosses

[mortal tusk]

So wouldn’t it be better to go aphro attack, arty special and fish for hunter’s mark then?

And ofc beef up attack and dash with chaos and hunter dash

[sweet brook]

for the special you'd rather take flat damage

arty special and hunter's mark isn't bad but you'd rather have flat damage since it's more consistent and only needs 1 boon

and does more damage more consistently

[mortal tusk]

Dyo would be best? Due to boons with aphro and arty?

[sweet brook]

you dont need duos on rama

if you do want to get a duo, you'd rather have lightning rod

[mortal tusk]

Yeah I know but, duo gambling makes my monkey brain happy for some reason

All right then thanks for the help again

[sterile mica]

Dio rama slaps

[misty pewter]

Hey hey, im new here, ive been playing hades for a good week or so but i am stumped on something, ive given Thanatos 6 nectars and attempted giving him abrosia but in the codex one of the heearts is locked, what can i do?

[dusty vault]

You need to do a favor for each character and their lock

Than is pretty much just keep talking to him

All the favors are on their respective wiki page

[misty pewter]

ohh okay, thank you ^-^

[austere plume]

I can beat the furies sometimes, but not very consistently. Any tips?
I have beaten the game a couple times, but I keep getting good runs and dying on her

[lilac wave]

Lets go for the 931204th time fight ||hades||

i got spammed with ||green skulls|| and got drained

[autumn locust]

Hey guys, how do you play this game with kbm + a controller?

[sturdy aurora]

hi guys. just a newbie here. I just want to unlock aspect of rama fast. do i need to beat the game first before i have the waking phrase from artemis?

[dusty vault]

Do you have hidden spear revealed first of all

[sturdy aurora]

oh not yet. so do you mean i have to unlock that first?

[dusty vault]

Yeah

Just to be specific you don't need to buy the aspect

Just have it available

(anyways method for all hiddens pinned in #h1-story-discussion )

[dusty vault]

Spoiler that name but just once

[raw coral]

That's a spoiler in this channel, please tag it

[restive portal]

I think that wasn't the bit Radish was referring to for spoilers. ||Hades|| is the spoiler.

[hallow ruin]

Why do you even know about ||hidden aspects dawg ||

[sterile mica]

Hidden bow is so hard to play

[neon quiver]

Unless special spam

[hallow ruin]

The bow is hard (in comparison) to play

[sterile mica]

just hidden

[sterile mica]

zagbow is really easy to play

and chiron

[hallow ruin]

in comparison

Malphon you just mash Y

[sterile mica]

in comparisson to all other weapons?

nah fists is melee, melee is less safe

[hallow ruin]

But less complicated

[sterile mica]

you still die quick

[hallow ruin]

Not if you're good

😎

[sterile mica]

if you're good that means you can play it even though its hard lmao

[hallow ruin]

Just dash breh

Bow is slow as heck and special except for chiron is almost useless

[sterile mica]

bow >> fists

[hallow ruin]

Naw

There's no way that I can agree with that

[dusty vault]

The dash strike in question:

Also chiron bad

[hallow ruin]

Bc bow is bad

[dusty vault]

And special in general unless hidden bow

[sterile mica]

chiron may be bad but at least its easy

[hallow ruin]

True

[dusty vault]

Just like fists

[hallow ruin]

.

The fists actually can be used though

Big damage combos

[dusty vault]

So does the bow

[hallow ruin]

Plus they're quick

[hallow ruin]

The bow is slow and doesn't hit very hard

[dusty vault]

Build it better then

[hallow ruin]

It just sucks to begin with

While the fists don't

[sweet brook]

lmfao bow is one of the best weapons in the game

[hallow ruin]

E

[ionic elm]

any weapon can be good if you make a good build for it imo

[hallow ruin]

Yea

[sweet brook]

but like yeah just build it better and use dash strikes

[hallow ruin]

But some weapons are just better

[sweet brook]

bow is more consistent than fists

[hallow ruin]

Ok

[dusty vault]

Like bow

[cedar delta]

Dis hecking squid

[hallow ruin]

🐙

🐙🫳🧠

[lament prawn]

how do i unlock aspects

i got titan blood and i think every thing is ready but dont know where to get the aspects

[dusty vault]

Unlock all weapons then do a run

Check equipped weapon in the courtyard

[unkempt widget]

How the heck do I get the Court Musician's Sentence to appear again? It's been forever since I played the first time so I don't remember, and google's giving me 17 different answers

[leaden whale]

I think u talk to hades about it and he’ll tell u to go to house contractor or smth

Can someone give me tips on elysium, its so annoying, + i’m rlly new and i don’t know what boons to get n prioritize getting

[dusty vault]

For boons the rule of thumb is
Weapon has high base dmg (think bow/sword attack) use a god that adds % to your attack (like artemis/aphrodite)

If the attack is too weak/hits fast (rail/fists attack) use a god that adds an extra effect to your attacks (zeus/dio/ares)

From there you can add support boons to the boon you took

[north oriole]

https://www.leereamsnyder.com/hades-build-guide
Long guide but it's sorted by weapon and aspect, also gives hammer and combat tips

[dusty vault]

Just mind some spoilers for the hidden aspects

And some keepsakes pretty sure

[north oriole]

But if you really are very new you don't wanna worry about manipulating boons ig. Mostly learn the patterns of your foes

[dusty vault]

Huh

How did dyno not get you lmao

[north oriole]

Idek if the guide mentions [REDACTED] but click at your own risk

[north oriole]

For the swear? No clue

Oh there we go

[dusty vault]

(I still think is good to know, maybe not to the extend of the guide but is not hard to learn)

[steady lark]

dyno caught lacking

[dusty vault]

Getting the boon list upgrade for the codex makes it a lot easier anyways

[north oriole]

Rephrase: I never cared about spoilers even when I was a n00b

[north oriole]

True true

[dusty vault]

Than looking at a wiki each time you get a boon

[dusty vault]

Like this as an introduction works

Cuz something like rail w/o the right boons is

[north oriole]

I put off getting this until much later cuz I thought it'd just be a static list like the wiki, I didn't know it'd highlight what boons I already had lol

Makes it good for duos

[north oriole]

I'm so mixed on rail

I learnt it on KBM but it sucks so much on controller and I can never decide whether to use auto aim

[dusty vault]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

Don't have much issue on controller outside my own skill ossue

[leaden whale]

What about spear

[dusty vault]

Depends on aspect and hammer but usually is a % boon

Zag spear if you get exploding launcher, you'd go for % on special (then hope for charged skewer)
If you pick up flurry jab you can do zeus instead

Achilles spear picks flurry jab and you can focus on either too (but here your atk is mostly for support, focus is on cast)

So if you went ares cast you want artemis atk for example

The other option is serrated point which I don't like but it works

[leaden whale]

Eh i dont use cast that much

[dusty vault]

Also % boons

[dusty vault]

They are quite strong but you do need to know their builds

And aspects really make them shine

[leaden whale]

Alr

[dusty vault]

If you aren't going for a cast build you can leave the cast slot empty often

Just use it for boiling blood

Or take a cast boon to unlock a duo you want

[dusty vault]

(hades spear also goes for either exploding + charged or serrated point)

The spin hammers could also work but tbh outside of the 4th aspect they are kinda meh

[leaden whale]

I’m still at tier 1 achilles spear

[dusty vault]

Is fine, if you want to do like flurry jab + zeus the dmg buff doesn't really do much

And if you want to attempt a cast build Achilles lvl 1 gives as much as maxed out pos sword for example

[leaden whale]

Should i get achilles spear tier 2 or get hades spear

[dusty vault]

Achilles is often regarded better

That said if you do want give hades spear a shot and not feel like the blood was wasted

You can unlock hades spear, do a run and if you don't like it, pause and press give up

It reverts the save to before you unlocked it

(just don't go into zag's bedroom, that saves the game)

[leaden whale]

I don’t rlly like spin that much tbh, so should i just upg achilles spear or try n get other aspects of weapons?

[dusty vault]

Either works

Just keep in mind some aspects will feel a bit underpowered due to the limited amount of blood you have at the beginning

There's a pinned tier list on what's the "strength" you can expect from each aspect/per level

(you can still win with them underleveled just to clarify)

[leaden whale]

Alr

What does post rush mean

[dusty vault]

Press special twice (if you mean achilles)

Achilles swaps retrieving the special with you rushing to it

[leaden whale]

Does the game get harder based on how many escape attempts you have? Because i used to get to Elysium easily but now i can’t even get past the furies w/o having to use all my death defiances

[dusty vault]

Some things can change but not on pure escape attempts

Once you reach meg enough times you'll find her sisters instead for example

Same applies to the other bosses having some changes the more you defeat them

[restive portal]

Mostly any increase in difficulty is related to a mechanic you only get after defeating final boss the first time. Until then, difficulty is fixed but obviously using different weapons and picking different boons affects each run.

Unlock more mirror talents (and remember the mirror has 2 sides) to give yourself an easier time.

[dusty vault]

^ if anything the game becomes easier cuz you get more of the mirror

Especially the last skills

[restive portal]

And using a god keepsake to start a run with a decent likelihood of a preferred build helps.

If you tell us your favourite weapon/aspect I'm sure we can give tips for a few simple but strong builds ideas. Also, things like Zeus or Poseidon dash can work well on almost any weapon.

[signal quest]

isnt the increased dodge keepsake pretty decent too?

[leaden whale]

I guess its my skill issue or the fury sister that shouts ‘murderer!!’ Is hard for me

[leaden whale]

Where do you get that?

[signal quest]

can agree

[leaden whale]

I’m still 2 days into playing hades so ig i have time for improvement

[dusty vault]

God keepsake means the keepsakes that are from any of the gods (except hermes)

So like zeus/poseidon/etc

[leaden whale]

Ohhhh

[dusty vault]

Their effect forced the first boon to see to be the god you have the keepsake grom

[leaden whale]

I remember someone telling me on reddit to use athena keepsake for tartarus n then skelly for asphodel

[dusty vault]

So if you start with zeus you'd get zeus first (some niche cases can make this not work but is rare)

[dusty vault]

Starting athena for her dash is very comfy

Not my choice but I see the why

[leaden whale]

Prob

[dusty vault]

Nah, both plume/butterfly are pretty bad

Needing to keep them on for the entire run kills any consistency/no other keepsake (especially the defensive keepsakes)

[leaden whale]

What is an easy way to deal w the increased dmg n harder enemies in Elysium? Its been rlly hard for me

[dusty vault]

Sure, a good plume run can give you that defense but if it doesn't work out is

It kinda just boils down to learn enemy patterns/have a good build

[leaden whale]

Wait Achilles is gay?..

[dusty vault]

Ye

[leaden whale]

Oh

[leaden whale]

Are there any straight characters or is it just bouldy

[dusty vault]

Sir, that's a boulder

Also jokes aside, meg/Orpheus/dad are some

(but also I feel like I should ask, why do you want to know)

[leaden whale]

Is orpheus a girl or a dude

[dusty vault]

Dude

[leaden whale]

Just curious, the gendering in the game confuses me, is hypnos a girl or a boy

[dusty vault]

Boy

[leaden whale]

Ight

[dire river]

have you met chaos?

[restive portal]

One thing about Elysium is that enemies move around and attack a lot. There's a Poseidon boon (Razor Shoals) which makes enemies take damage when they move, and a Zeus boon (Jolted) which makes them take damage when they attack. This can help a lot in Elysium. If you pick up Poseidon dash (nearly as safe as Athena dash) and then look for a Zeus attack boon somewhere else, you can even end up with both (esp. via "Sea Storm").

[hollow hull]

Razor shoals damages enemies regardless of their movement

[restive portal]

No, it definitely doesn't.

[hollow hull]

🤔

When you knock them away, they are inflicted with rupture

But the rupture damages regardless of movement

[restive portal]

No, rupture only damages when they move.

[hollow hull]

Oh boy you’re right

That’s crazy I didn’t know that

[restive portal]

It's why it's so effective against certain enemies.

[hollow hull]

Mb

[restive portal]

And not things like the butterfly balls so much.

[hollow hull]

Interesting

[restive portal]

But (iirc, and I'm not 100% on this) the knock back counts as "being moved".

So multiple knock back should be super effective.

[dusty vault]

You can't proc shoals/Sea storm against the thwomps (whatever their actual name was)

Nor drakons

[hollow hull]

Skullcrushers lol

[faint umbra]

The thwomps…..

[hollow hull]

I mean

They are thwomps

But zag says what they are when he encounters them usually

[restive portal]

You absolutely can put shoals on thwomps. It can even kill them while they're moving and airborne.

I.e. out of sight.

Applying knock back is what adds shoals, but knock back doesn't require you move the enemy. Once it's applied, if they don't move it has no effect, but thwomps can move.

[versed flame]

Is the chthonic keys no longer usable after I unlocked all the mirror buff?

[cedar delta]

Have you already unlocked every weapon?

[versed flame]

Yes

[cedar delta]

Then you can trade your keys at the broker and contractor

[versed flame]

The big guys in the lounge?

[cedar delta]

The one with the parted hair behind the counter

[versed flame]

Also how can I get more diamonds after defeating hydra with different weapon? Other than completing prophecies and buying from charon?

[cedar delta]

Complete bounties. Please don't ping me for every reply

Bounties are available after you clear your first run, by the way

[autumn locust]

Question, how do people play this game with keyboard and mouse + a controller

[hollow hull]

i think it's mostly controller+mouse or controller+kb

[autumn locust]

Oh

Oh how? Mind me asking?

[hollow hull]

Probably left hand on joystick and right hand doing other stifff

The main advantage is 360 degrees movement instead of 8 directional

[leaden whale]

Why cant i gift achilles nectar anymore, i check my codex and theres a heart w a lock or something

[tulip cape]

||You need ambrosia from beating the elysium boss||

[pastel cipher]

||that's not exactly true, to unlock the lock you need to first meet the prerequisites (of which I can't remember but it involves completeing a specific prophecy)||

[sterile mica]

Achilles's favour might be the hardest, it requires other people's favours as well

[dusty vault]

aphro's and achilles's take a while

[late holly]

is 45 fps is playable for hades?

[final dune]

wat

[hasty chasm]

anything after 55 is actually impressive whaaa

only ever got to 58 from chaos shield

[final dune]

this user did not beat 64 heat

99.9% chance

and if they did this is an alt

lets see

[sweet brook]

asking what to do after beating 64 heat in the new player's channel is certainly a choice lmao

[hasty chasm]

yo good run

[sweet brook]

that's literally not your run

that's angel's run

her exact screenshot

[hasty chasm]

bro look at my run in fan works

[sweet brook]

now that looks legit

your "proof" was angel's screenshot

[tulip cape]

me who can’t beat first clear

[restive portal]

And now they run away in shame.

[dusty vault]

Aw I missed something funny

[jovial notch]

anyways i don’t play the game anymore but it took me like 80+ attempts to do 53 heat

so this was funny

unfortunately they deleted everything

[sweet brook]

No I think they got banned lmao

[final dune]

yeah and purged

[nova hull]

Does Winter Harvest work on bosses? (Shatter chill foes at 10%)

[hollow hull]

Pretty sure yeah

There’s a vid of killing asterius through his remaining hp and it uses winter harvest

[sweet brook]

yeah it works on bosses

she gets a voiceline when that happens

[nova hull]

Family Favourite, does it mean that for every different Olympian you have a boon from you gain extra %dmg? But only once stack per olympian (and not chaos either)?

[final dune]

yes

it’s by far the better option

pstatus sucks

[nova hull]

Does refreshing nectar (rank up next 3 boons) give larger chances for Duo? Or do Duo trigger automatically when you have prerequisit skills

*boons

[dusty vault]

Former, is +10% for duos/legendaries

[nova hull]

Is the bow never dogpoo? Spear with range seems to have almost the same range and is ten times faster+mobility

[dusty vault]

Bow is on the top of weapons

Get used to the dash strike power shot timing

Also the hammer do a lot of impact for it

The difference vs spear is that you have more than 2-3 good hammers

Also very good aspects across the entire weapon (minus chiron but is still an ok "first few wins" aspect)

[nova hull]

Bow is for elves >:C

Btw what does Dark Foresight do? Increase chance of those rewards specifically?

[faint umbra]

i love bow :(

it just has a good rhythm when you get used to it

also i know how to build it because i played it a lot

[dusty vault]

Basically yeah

You'll see way more gold laurels (in run buffs) and see less blue laurel (darkness/keys/etc)

Its one of the best mirror skills

[nova hull]

When spear says "attack 40% longer" does that count dash attack?

[dusty vault]

No

[hollow hull]

It doesn’t?

[dusty vault]

Afaik no

Anyone's free to correct me on that tho

[nova hull]

Any tips on fishing?

[dusty vault]

Nyaanyaa's Fishing Guide
There can only be three fake bobs, so the fourth bob is always real if the first three were fake. Fake bobs have an interval of 2-5 seconds while the real bob has an interval of 1-2 seconds. So if it takes more than 2 seconds, it should be a fake bob. Meaning you should look for the real bob within a short time after you start fishing or within a short time after a previous bob.

Personally, I just look for the white flash above the bobber and ignore the bobber itself. Some players have said they have better success when putting their thumb on the bobber to not get distracted by that, so maybe you could give that a try.

A Perfect Catch means catching a fish within 340ms. Perfect Catches are 50/50 on being a legendary or rare fish. Any other catch is 50/50 on being a rare or common fish.

[nova hull]

Man I hate when games add an insanely lucrative fishing-minigame to a game which has nothing to do with fishing

[cedar delta]

Poseidon. QED

[nova hull]

Ye but by that logic we'd be shagging shades for coin because of Aphrodite etc.

[cedar delta]

What does ECHR mean? Is it "European Convention on Human Rights"?

[nova hull]

Yes, it's for another server but ye my doctorate is on ECHR and harmonisation of rights in the union etc.

[cedar delta]

Snazzy!

[nova hull]

It's hermes that gives the 10g per area boon ye?

[cedar delta]

Yes

[nova hull]

Is there a way to hide or remove the "amount of tries" counter?

I know it's just singleplayer but my OCD makes me feel like I have to tryhard every run because it's recorded. When I'd rather just be able to goof around

[errant kraken]

yeah i feel that lol

i hate resetting because of that

i don’t think there’s a way to turn it off but if it helps you can think about how really good speedrunners probably have tons of failed attempts because of resetting and needing to die in a run before every speedrun attempt

[dusty vault]

My run count is so inflated cuz of that lmao

Or trying to do specific runs w/o mods

[tulip cape]

I remember when I was like that (I stood in maggma on purpose for 7 runs yesterday

[hollow hull]

That’s something that just comes with time tbh

I was really attached to my win ratio

But to speedrun I’m resetting atleast once per session and usually many times so eventually it’s just part of life

The speedrun modpack has an option to clear run history lol

[tulip anchor]

Hi, new here (a bit late lmao). Got to redacted a few times, but always only on 1 dd and unable to do much. I think I have some grasp of boons and stuff but i'd like to clarify some stuff

firstly how do you get more titan's blood? I want to try more aspects but I just can't seem to find a way except saving up for River Styx.

also i must say it is awkward getting to helpful shade guy in elysium with full hp and dds, then losing them all in the rooms after just to die to thesus

[final dune]

u get more blood by beating first and final boss with each weapon

and then u get another way after ur first clear

[tulip anchor]

So basically I'm limited to 6 until I beat redacted?

alright, guess i'll keep working on it

Dark Thirst really likes picking bow and shield for me lol

[restive portal]

Please spoiler final boss name or move discussion to #h1-discussion (see channel description).

[leaden whale]

Hi everyone hope everyone is well

I just bought the game and reached area 3 by run 10 is that good ?? I'm debating if I should use god mode or not

[hollow hull]

That’s pretty good. You prob done need god mode

[leaden whale]

Really ?

[hollow hull]

Yeah

Just keep playing

[leaden whale]

Nice any tips ??

[hollow hull]

Dashing gives you invincibility, the mirror has two sides which you can unlock after you talk to nyx at some point

% based boosts are best on slow attacks, flat number boosts are best on fast attacks

Try and focus on one source of damage and lean into that one as opposed to spreading yourself thin

Mostly just keep playing and figuring stuff out

Gl

Tidal dash is good

[leaden whale]

Ok thanks

[leaden whale]

You can fish ??!!

[dusty vault]

Perhaps

[leaden whale]

That's cool tbh

[broken girder]

https://tenor.com/view/maybe-possibly-perhaps-gif-14588906

i'm sorry i couldn't resist

[leaden whale]

Haha

How is everyone ??

I'm new to Hades so hopefully nobody minds if I have some questions

[cedar delta]

Q-questions?

[leaden whale]

Haha 😆

[austere plume]

Hey so I can beat the furries sometimes, but I can’t very consistently. any tips? Also when do the furies drop titans blood and how can I know in advance?

[viscid notch]

Try being deliberate when timing your dashes and only use dashes when trying to dodge. Do not try to attack mid dash because you lose your iframes that way. Furies will drop 1 titan blood per weapon, there are more ways to get titan blood after beating the game, but for now you're stuck with 6.

[austere plume]

Can I check whether I did it with a weapon or not? Also damn all 24 of those cool weapons and I can only get 6, 12 if we have no bonus, and less than 6 if i want the expensive stuff.

[viscid notch]

You can not. Not until you beat the game once.

[austere plume]

Of

[viscid notch]

Yea, it's a bit tough at the beginning

[austere plume]

I’m trying my best making plans and doing good, making it to Elysium most runs if Ms. Murderer doesn’t end my life because I decided to play the twin fists for fun and SHE of all furies shows up

[leaden whale]

Ok I got a duo boon what is that ??

I've never seen this before

[dusty vault]

Boons that are unlocked when taking certain boons from 2 gods

[nova hull]

Work orders are the only true gameplay upgrades, the rest are cosmetic yes?

[leaden whale]

I feel like they are

Thats me tho

[somber frigate]

Yes

[hollow glen]

[spice glacier]

how do i unlock the codex?

[dusty vault]

Just keep talking to Achilles basically

[spice glacier]

okay

[dusty vault]

Is obtained really early into the game

[spice glacier]

i made a lot of progress in 1 run so i never got it

[dusty vault]

(only exception would be if you advanced the story too quick-)

There it is

If you really want it commiting return to home to let the dialogue catch up would help

[nova hull]

Are keys used for anything after unlocking all weapons+skills, or can I turn em in at the broker?

Also (if it's a spoiler you can spoilertag it) how or when do I unlock a use for the super-ambrosia? I've given ordinary to folk but I've still not found any use for the uber one

[dusty vault]

Trade away

Also for ambrosia is gift enough nectar > reach lock > do favor for character to open > ambrosia

Most favors are basically just "keep talking to them"

A few of them are also tied to prophecies

They are on the wiki if you want the specifics

[nova hull]

Ah tyvm. Btw how many gems do bosses give from that 5diamond upgrade

[dusty vault]

Fully honest I don't remember

[pastel spear]

Depends
With dark thirst it's like
20% increase

Iirc

10 for the ||furies||
20 for ||lernie||
30 for the ||prick and the bull||
50 for ||redacted||

[gleaming granite]

50 for the Ceberus boss fight yea

[hard garnet]

beat the furries lads

[gleaming granite]

uhh idk I dont "beat the furries" that often

but tho I can say

in terms of speed

Meg < Tisi < Alecto

for Meg you can just reaction dodge her attacks like no dif

for Tisi she does her double dashes but still reactable if you get used to it

but Alecto, she weird, like she fast as hell, doesnt do much damage tho

[tulip anchor]

i just fight tisi and alecto the same as meg

close enough

[leaden whale]

I just got Hades on my phone
Which means I finally have the ability to chat here😔👌

Also is there anything I should know before I start play this game

[tulip anchor]

try to get stuff that work well together i guess?

[leaden whale]

Okay

[tulip anchor]

are you familiar with roguelikes

[leaden whale]

Yeah I played one before

[tulip anchor]

yeah just know that dying is still making progress

[errant kraken]

the more you play the easier it gets

[final dune]

how are the mobile controls

[leaden whale]

Okay

[errant kraken]

you get more upgrades as you play and you get better so don’t get frustrated

[errant kraken]

surprisingly not too bad

[leaden whale]

Haven’t played yet so I don’t know

[errant kraken]

like

it’s bad

[naive prism]

i already struggle with pc

[errant kraken]

but any game with 20 buttons on mobile will be bad

[naive prism]

can't do mobile 😭

[errant kraken]

but its more functional than i thought it’d be

[naive prism]

terraria mobile...

So bad

[errant kraken]

lmfao i’ve never tried it but it seems like a nightmare

[naive prism]

I beat every boss except ml on mobile

it's terrible

[tulip anchor]

i heard that mobile is like functional but not much more

[dusty vault]

Dashes have iframes, any other action during them will cancel the iframes

[leaden whale]

Okay

[nova hull]

Does Jury Summons (more enemies) increase gold?

[final dune]

you will get the gold cap per room more reliably

but the gold cap is not raised

[nova hull]

Dash attack isn't counted in "Attack" right? Just like Special is its own thing

[dusty vault]

Most attack buffs work on dash strikes

(the ones that don't are pretty much sword exclusive iirc, shadow/cursed slash)

[nova hull]

shadow/cursed slash

?

[dusty vault]

Those only work on the standard attack

Shadow doesn't apply dmg buff/cursed doesn't heal on dash strikes (both are hammers if that's what you were wondering)

[sly plume]

what is the best mirror upgrades?

[dusty vault]

Check pins

[errant kraken]

the better option tends to be situational for a lot of things