h1-for-new-players

[tough scarab]

thank you

[grave storm]

it's mostly natural unless you excessively hoard premium currency

[leaden whale]

guys i got to the 4th place on my 14th run

[grave storm]

ie the stuff you get from beating bosses

[leaden whale]

but now my weapons do no damage

i still havent found an upgrade with titan blood?

[grave storm]

you need to have all weapons unlocked (6)

[leaden whale]

ok i have now

what ||aspect|| is best for the spear?

[dusty vault]

most people use achilles (at least in speedrun topic)
ik zag spear is kinda eh but hades spear should still work

[olive cape]

is there a way to see what finished bounties without the pact?

[grave storm]

your own memory or writing it down, as said by Skelly

[olive cape]

heh..ok:-)

[leaden whale]

what hammers for fists?

[idle vine]

what if I have a duo boon and I change one of the pre requesties boon with another boon from the same god, the duo boon will remain?

[grave storm]

yes, but depending on the boon you might mess with its effects

like say, you take Ice Wine and get rid of Trippy Shot

[idle vine]

I have Low Tolerance and now can change Drunken Strike to Drunken Flourish

[dusty vault]

what weapon are you using?

[idle vine]

bow

my mistake

it is aphrodite's boon

[grave storm]

bow's good with Drunk Flourish

[idle vine]

Heartbreak Strike (aphrodite) change to Drunken Flourish (dionis)

[grave storm]

hmm keep Heartbreak strike

[idle vine]

i have russian language turned on and need to translate stuff ((

[grave storm]

yeah heartbreak strike + Drunk Flourish

a mood, I used to play in chinese and have to translate in my head too

if it's a core boon you can usually say [god] [slot] and people will get it

like Aphrodite attack, Dionysus special

[leaden whale]

noooooo

omg i almost beat ||hades||

16 runs :(((

it was my first try

[turbid stag]

try again

you can do it

[leaden whale]

if only i had death defiance lol

i only has 1 life

[turbid stag]

pump darkness into it you can get 3

if you meant you had used them all, try again haha

Check wells and Athena for more defiance charges

[idle vine]

what are the best upgrades for bow?

[turbid stag]

Meaning hammers or boons?

[idle vine]

hammers

[turbid stag]

Twin shot

Flurry shot on zag bow

The special ones are useful on Chiron not zag mostly

[knotty rune]

pretty much every bow hammer is good

except the special on non chiron

for a new player id say perfect shot is best

[rapid vine]

Trying to get the hidden aspects, In order to get ||guan yu|| (and all other aspects), do i invest 5 titanblood before or after getting to ||hades?||

And yes i got the list of prophecies before all of this

[turbid stag]

Either or

Just spend it and you’ll get the dialogue eventually

It may not be immediate

[rapid vine]

I know

Do i have to keep dying to get the Achilles line?

[dusty vault]

pls spoiler mark the name of the final boss and the name of the hidden aspect

[rapid vine]

Sorry

Fixed it

[simple kernel]

What is hades monthly challenge

[oak otter]

check the "builds and combat" channel's Pin

it's a themed challenge for playing Hades a certain way, and posting results

[leaden whale]

no i meant i never bought them 😭

i dont even have all the mirror unlocked

[turbid stag]

lol get defiances then hahahah

[leaden whale]

i want the rest of mirror first plus i think its more fun if i beat the game without revives

i got really lucky and got some op combo for the fists

[turbid stag]

do you, but that would be a suboptimal way of winning

that being said, cool challenge

if i was feeling masochistic i might give that a go

[leaden whale]

i got some really good duo thing

[slow ferry]

Which one

[leaden whale]

it was like duo any deflection gives doom effect immediately

[dusty vault]

oooh merciful end

[leaden whale]

and my dash could deflect so it was so op

[dusty vault]

glorious one

[leaden whale]

was so close maybe if i had 1 revive i would habe done it

what is averahe runs to beat boss 4

15?

[dusty vault]

no idea, but dont bother with that

[granite root]

wdym, as in 15 min? or 15 attempts until you make it?

[leaden whale]

attempts

[granite root]

I agree with @dusty vault here, that's too subjective

[errant bramble]

Lets say 1000 because then when you do it in less you’ll feel better about yourself

[leaden whale]

thanks

[tough scarab]

so what's the point of clicking in a boon to do some tag of sorts

a boon you already have, when checking you inventory

[dusty vault]

To display the boons only, good for showing what helped your build after a win

[tough scarab]

ah ok

also, can i not re roll daedalus boons with that mirror of the night perk?

[faint umbra]

No, hammers cannot be rerolled

[tough scarab]

god damnit, i dont like that

thank you both

[oak otter]

but there is an anvil that kinda does reroll hammer upgrades

[turbid stag]

yeah, but you cant fated persuasion a crap hammer

[lone chasm]

Is there any benefit to giving a character more than one nectar? Ive gotten all but 1 keepsake

[slow ferry]

later you'll want to give characters lots of nectar to progress the story

[azure coral]

How do you survive the third boss fight?

[sudden steppe]

General tips for third boss fight would be, kill the bull man first and dodge Theseus spear and bull man rush attack by using the pillars, and just learning bull man’s other attack patterns

His axe swing only hits a wide arc in front of him

Dash into him to dodge that (timing is key), and you’ll end up behind him, where you can whack him

[azure coral]

Thanks. Definitely a step up in difficulty from the previous bosses

[sudden steppe]

If you’re using ranged weapons instead, just stay out as far away from him as possible

True, third boss fight is the second big hurdle most players face in the game, the first being first boss fight

[azure coral]

Never had a problem with the first

Not that I’m good. I’m not. I’m painfully average

[cinder harness]

Can u aim adamant rail special while moving with controller?

[grim plinth]

bruh help please

[odd shoal]

fellow potato

the hidden one?

[grim plinth]

yes

[odd shoal]

its pinned in #h1-story-discussion

[grim plinth]

dude this game is just getting worse this is bs

[odd shoal]

?

[grim plinth]

it took so long for me to get the titan blood for the bow

and now i have to grind more for a weapon im never gonna use

just to grind for 3 more to unlock it

[minor badge]

Eventually you learn to like all weapons. I used to be similar.

[supple herald]

"Next boon increased rarity" does this increase duo boon chance? is their rate same as legendary or

[odd shoal]

Yes

[sudden steppe]

You can’t, since the left stick is used for aiming

[polar finch]

rail special auto targets anyways

[knotty rune]

you can use it while reloading

thats free dps

[sinful compass]

Yep

[hoary cypress]

Is there a point in giving Bouldy nectar?

[chilly briar]

yes

cool boons

[hoary cypress]

oh, how does that work?

[chilly briar]

umm

you give nectar

you get boon

🗿

[ripe kite]

I would wait till you don't need nectar

Its only for that run you'll get a boon

[hoary cypress]

ok, I must be doing something wrong, because I gave 2 nectars to Bouldy so far and didn't get any boons.

[leaden whale]

Anyone can tell me how can I use Titan Blood for aspects? Currently on my 10 something try, last unlocked is tier 2 of the Mirror

Also using the Shielf of Chaos rn, heard it's built around the bullcharge right?

yah i think u need all the weapons first

Oh alright thanks

[chilly briar]

how

if you dont know how to unlock aspects

how are you usin shield of chaos

[dusty vault]

"aegis, the shield of chaos"

is the entire name of the weapon

[chilly briar]

🥴

[leaden whale]

@dusty vault lmao yes that's what I meant

[leaden whale]

Unlocked all weapons but still cant use titan's blood, anyone knows why?

[dusty vault]

did you do a run after unlocking all?

[tight garnet]

Hello, I'm platinuming the game, and I would like to know if there is a specific order to start the epiagogue to increase the maximum affinity with the gods, for example:
Zeus
Poseidon...
or
can be anyone
aphrodite
ares
Zeus

[dusty vault]

order can be at random

[leaden whale]

@dusty vault about to

What happens when affinity is maxed?

[dusty vault]

you get a cool sticker when checking your keepsakes

[leaden whale]

Hahaha cool

[tight garnet]

@dusty vault Thank you very much

[leaden whale]

So you suggest doing a few runs to see if anything unlocks in the weapon yard?@dusty vault

[dusty vault]

after doing the run skelly should have new dialogue about your weapons

[leaden whale]

Farthest i got was Theseus and the Minotaur so far

Ah cool, thank you!

Still figuring out the shield so

[dusty vault]

if you get it, interact with the weapon you have equipped

[leaden whale]

Roger that

And can you confirm that Skelly's tooth is a good keepsake?

[dusty vault]

yeah

[leaden whale]

Best aspect for the shield? Looking to invest my first titan blood

Chaos or Zeus?

[dusty vault]

zeus doesnt need much titan blood for being useful compared to chaos shield

[leaden whale]

I'll try, thanks

Is chaos bad or? Heard it was quite good in the first builds

[dusty vault]

is not bad but needs more titan blood

or you mean chaos as in the chaos gates

[tight garnet]

hello, to deliver the ambrosia to aphrodite and any other god presiding over any prerequisite, because I already delivered it to Zeus, and now when I went to deliver it to aphrodite it didn't, you have to fulfill some prophecy before

[leaden whale]

You have to complete a god's favor before you can give them ambrosia. Check the wiki if you want to know what their favor is

[simple kernel]

What weapon is most consistent with builds and combat strength

I main fists but I feel like range would help me

I don’t like bow bc it has no aoe

[lethal drift]

All of them are viable

[timber parrot]

All are viable but if you’re looking for range I prefer the gun

[leaden whale]

@simple kernel theres a fist upgrade that gives them range

[simple kernel]

But piercing is goated

[leaden whale]

idk i havent used all of them

i used the range one and almost beat 4th boss very close

[leaden whale]

guys im confused im using ares boon but when i start the round i dont get his boon?

[faint umbra]

the keepsake just guarantees that the first boon you get will be from ares, not that the first thing you get is a boon

[dusty vault]

In tartarus you can start with a hammer too

And in aspho hermes can go first (not sure of elysium)

[leaden whale]

i had it and started with the || frost woman ||

[neat helm]

I have black shawl is that good?

[faint umbra]

thats a scripted event yeah

dont worry about it, its not a bug. ||its because you reached the surface in your last run||

[leaden whale]

oh okay thanks

another question from the mirror does the more damage to enemies with a cast in them stack

[faint umbra]

nope

[pseudo heath]

what god keepsakes should i take so i can get that gods boon on gauntlets and shield?

(i got them all)

[leaden whale]

@dusty vault i'll still try aspect of chaos i think, zeus one feels a bit weird, will take me a while to get used to it, still a noob here so

Worth maxing y'all?

[sand river]

zeus is poowerful maxed. my fav shield

the hidden aspect for the shield overpowers it in meta. but zeus is fun and strong

[leaden whale]

how to get more titan blood

and hidden aspects

[sand river]

there are instructions for the hidden aspects pinned in #h1-story-discussion. you get fresh bounties every time you defeat a boss with a different weapon for the first time, and you can also trade up with the Broker in the lounge. once you've defeated the final boss for the first time, you'll get some more options for getting Titan Blood and the other bounties more quickly

[balmy olive]

||do I need to complete orpheus's favour in order to hear in the blood during my last run or no?||

late game stuff

[grave storm]

No

it feels more cool if you do though

[balmy olive]

okay just making sure

[tight garnet]

Guys, how do you manage to free Orpheus from Hades' house I've talked to him and Eurydice countless times and I've reached the maximum bond I could so far.
And you haven't released the breach of contract yet, am I missing something?

[dusty vault]

have you increased your relationship with nyx?

[tight garnet]

no i need

?

[dusty vault]

at least 5 hearts iirc

[tight garnet]

Ohhhh

ok

thanks👍

[dusty vault]

after the 5 hearts i dont remember if you need more dialogue from orpheus/eurydice but you need the dialogue of nyx telling you the location of the contract

also need access to admin chamber

[tight garnet]

Ok, I already have access to the admin chamber.

I will improve my relationship with nyx

[grim plinth]

Contracters desk or admin pribileges?

[dusty vault]

contractor desk gives you access to more work orders, admin chamber is for certain npc storie/scheck stats of your runs

[grim plinth]

which one do you reccomend

first

[dusty vault]

contractor desk imo

[grim plinth]

ok

thank you

what can i do to talk to meg

i need 3 more conversations with her and everytime she's either not here or talking with dusa

[dusty vault]

just keep checking the house beetween each run, just rng

[grim plinth]

okay

hey so im looking at the ||guan yu|| and how to unlock it, do i need to put 5 in one aspect? or 5 total

[dusty vault]

need to unlock 5 diferent aspects that are not the zag ones

[grim plinth]

bro

why

thats so dumb

[dusty vault]

the guide is on #h1-story-discussion pinned messages

[grim plinth]

i looked at that

k i did that now i can just talk to him?

[dusty vault]

yup, mercy of rng now

[grim plinth]

do i have to fight ||hades|| with the spear

[dusty vault]

||there is a prophecy to reach him with the hidden aspect||

[grim plinth]

idk what that means but ive beat him once before

[dusty vault]

oh, no need to fight the boss with the spear to unlock the hidden aspect

[grim plinth]

dude

this tame

[dusty vault]

you only need to reach the boss

[grim plinth]

yeah with a bad weapon

[slow ferry]

There are no bad weapons

[grim plinth]

yes there is

fists are the worst then sheild then basic sword then spear rail gun then bow best

[slow ferry]

🙄

[leaden whale]

my list is literslly the opposite to that lol

so i guess its all down to preferance

[chilly briar]

fists worst?

🚶‍♂️

[grim plinth]

yeah

[opal agate]

can theseus like not block 90% of my attacks

its pain

malding really hard

[grim plinth]

whos theseus

[dusty vault]

after he throws the spear and recovers it he doesnt face you, so you can hit him

and you can dodge behind him after the spin attack too

[opal agate]

yeah but the pauses jsut slow the fight down so much lol

[proven pivot]

Founder King of Athens, tried to kidnap and marry Helen of Troy when she was like 10 (This is before she got kidnapped by Aphrodite and forcibly married to the Troy guy, and also before she married her ACTUAL Husband in Greece), and then got snake strapped to a chair for awhile trying to assist his friend/brother kidnap Persephone. He lost his butt when Heracles rescued him from that

[slow ferry]

He's the boss with the shield

[proven pivot]

He also abandoned a lady on an island after she helped him a ton with the whole Minotaur thing

[grim plinth]

got the first hidden aspect. How tf do i get more titan blood?

how good is ||megs doll||

[slow ferry]

It's one of the better ones, and easiest to get

[grim plinth]

yeah thats why im getting it but she is NEVER HERNEDJRBOI4WEKJN Me<kdlcmKN BZML;

ive killed myself 20 times in a rwo

and she is not bere

[solemn cliff]

It's not worth all that tbh, I wouldn't call it a run changer or anything

[grim plinth]

then whos do i get mr

[dusty vault]

destroying the entire armor of pretty much any mid boss is game changer imo

[grim plinth]

Are dolls one use

[chilly briar]

you can upgrade them

[dusty vault]

||yes, they can be leveled up to 5 uses with ambrosia, and charon wells can sell a 1 refill use||

[grim plinth]

oh.

hm

that sucks

uh

is there a glitch where meg never talks to u or something

ive like

just died 5 more times in a row

and she is still not here

[dusty vault]

probably im wrong on this but i think you need to kill her in a run for her to appear in the house?

[grim plinth]

i got to the boss and it was the rage girl

[solemn cliff]

It'll have to be Meg before you see her again iirc

[grim plinth]

thats like

stupid

dude what is that about

[dusty vault]

pretty sure it should count any of the 3, still rng can still make her not appear or be in a convo with someone

[grim plinth]

so you know how you get 1 titan blood per sister do you get that with ||heat?||

[dusty vault]

||heat|| is a spoiler in this channel

[grim plinth]

ok mb

[dusty vault]

tl;dr of it
||killing a boss with a weapon for the first time will give you the bounty (blood, diamond, ambrosia) but after that the bosses will drop darkness, with heat you add 1 point of it and then can get those 4 bounties again, if you complete the 1 heat then you need to add another point to get them again||

if you fail the run for example at the hydra, the sisters would drop darkness but the rest will drop the bounty

[grim plinth]

alright that makes sense, thank you

[oak otter]

does ||Thanatos|| always vanish when you speak to him at home? meaning I have to give nectar before speaking?

[brazen cobalt]

Yes, same as during a run

If you ||speak to Thanatos||, you won’t be able to gift nectar until your next encounter

Similarly, if you give him nectar during a run, you won’t be able to if he is at the house right after

[azure coral]

Welp got to the final boss. Be smoked me in the ||second phase||

[polar finch]

||the fact that he has two phases is a bit of a spoiler||

[azure coral]

||edited, thanks||

[grim plinth]

same, got him round 2 though 💪

whats the difference between legendary and heroic boons?

Whose doll is the best best?

[dusty vault]

heroic, best rarity for the normal boons (like zeus attack etc) they have a better effect than epic
legendary are special effects that need certain boons to appear (normally a core boon, and a t2 boon)

zeus legendary x example makes another lightning bolt appear everytime a enemy is hit by one of his effects

[grim plinth]

oh

so far ive only gotten one legendary, extra fishing chance :(

but thats good to know that they arent all like that

[dusty vault]

if you have the codex upgrade you can see what boons are needed for them to appear

oh also for heroic, only possible through exchange offer (when a god replaces a boon with theirs of a higher rarity) eurydice first option (2 boons go up extra rarity) and ||demeter rare crop||

[grim plinth]

oh i didnt know that, i just got a heroic though so good to know

also if i got hte codex upgrade, how do i check?

[dusty vault]

check the codex entry of the olympians/chaos then in the bottom right it should say what button to click (is - on switch at least)

[grim plinth]

Ah, got it. Thanks

Final thing, whats the best thing to get from euryodice?

[knotty rune]

#h1-for-new-players message

[grim plinth]

oh cool thanks

whats boons are pommable?

[knotty rune]

youll have to look up a list tbh

but most of them are

[grim plinth]

oh ok

[dusty vault]

ik there was a comment in this server so im trying to find it

[knotty rune]

anything like attack, special, cast, call, dash, jolted, doom, hangover, that type of stuff is, anything thats more indirect or gives you an effect like dios full heal on fountain, or hermes boons isnt

its can be a bit tricky since even boons that arent pomable can still be upgraded if you upgrade the rarity

so you pretty much just have to remember which ones arent for each god

i guess the best rule of thumb is like, if it deals damage directly its pomable, if it doesnt, it probably isnt

[grim plinth]

Thanks

So i got a boon last run and i forgot what it who gave it, but it made all other boons at least epic, who gives that?

[inland talon]

|| Demeter || gives that boon

[grim plinth]

cool ty

[dusty vault]

exclusive access? dio-poseidon duo

||demeter rare crop returns to common then over the combats it upgrades 1 rarity until heroic||

[grim plinth]

it said minimum rarity is epic

[dusty vault]

yeah thats exclusive access

scroll down either dio or poseidon boon list

[grim plinth]

ugh

is the hidden aspect of cornarch better than chiron

[knotty rune]

nah

its probably the worst bow

😔

[brazen cobalt]

?!

[naive creek]

I'd disagree but it's all up to subjective opinion

[brazen cobalt]

I also disagree

[naive creek]

Except for high heat but this is for new olayers

[brazen cobalt]

Hidden aspect got me my first clear

[knotty rune]

maybe better than zag

[oak otter]

really? I like all bows, so far

[knotty rune]

but compared to chiron or hera

[naive creek]

It's hard to use

Probably in the top 3 imo

[polar finch]

||well a guy did 60 heat with rama||

[brazen cobalt]

With the right artemis and chaos boons it can crit for almost 4k

[naive creek]

Tail can do it with ||Gilga|| so that's not saying much

[polar finch]

||wait i only see him doing 50 heat with that though||

[naive creek]

||10 more with a top 2 or just best aspect for high heat is probably the same skill level as using the worst aspect imo||

[grim plinth]

what other games do you guys reccomend

[chilly briar]

dead cells

pretty pog game

[grim plinth]

what is a membership card

[polar finch]

curse of the dead gods is similar ish ig

[chilly briar]

is that the ||charon thing||

[grim plinth]

yeah

[chilly briar]

that gives you 20% discount in shop iirc

[grim plinth]

is it for one run?

[chilly briar]

for the run

[polar finch]

only for the run ye

[chilly briar]

yeah

[grim plinth]

bro 2 death defys

not worth >:(

[polar finch]

||beating charon twice in a row is required for herme's favor||

||beating charon twice in a row is required for herme's favor||

||beating charon twice in a row is required for hermes' favor||

[grim plinth]

twice in one run?

[polar finch]

nope

idk if you can even get the encounter twice in a row and of you could thatd be too much rng

[grim plinth]

what are the odds of the encounter in general

and whats ||hermes' favor||

[polar finch]

to get max affinity

[grim plinth]

whats affinity

[polar finch]

like hearts in the codex

[grim plinth]

oh

[polar finch]

gotta do stuffs to unlock the locked ones

[grim plinth]

oh alright

well ty

[idle vine]

how to change the god door ?

need another god

[slow ferry]

do you have the full mirror yet

[idle vine]

nope

[sinful compass]

It's the last upgrade on the mirror

God's Authority, I think it's called

[slow ferry]

costs a lot of darkness

[idle vine]

ok, thx

[grim plinth]

what is the god door

[sinful compass]

Before entering a room, you know how you can see what reward you'll get?

With the final mirror upgrade, you'll be able to re-roll (change) the reward you get from the room

[idle vine]

why my god status (f button) dont fill at all?

[grim plinth]

huh?

[idle vine]

?

[grim plinth]

what do you mean dont fill?

[idle vine]

call god status bar dont fill

always 0%

[grim plinth]

oh

idk do u have one

[idle vine]

yes

if i have status bar i have that boon

but it doesnt fill

[grim plinth]

whos

[idle vine]

it does matter?

[grim plinth]

yeah whos is it

[sinful compass]

You need a God's call in order for it to fill

Otherwise, it doesn't make sense to fill if there's no god assisting you, eh

[knotty rune]

iirc

you cant reroll a god for another god

just for a pom or coin

but thats atleast still a way to keep them out of your pool

[wary light]

i reached the final boss but it seems it has become a roadblock for me, died multiple times to it

any tips

[slow ferry]

bosses are roadblocks like that yeah

are you making more progress every time?

[wary light]

yea

i've been using the shield and seem to get a wee bit further than last time but cant manage to beat

|| my last run i literally beat him but he resurrected again ||

[slow ferry]

if you're making more progress then there's nothin to fear

shield's a great weapon for bossin

[wary light]

i use the one where it becomes more after rush, seems the most powerful to me

[wise zinc]

You can use the sheild to easily block all of his lasers without having to move away

I still prefer to hide behind a pillar

[wary light]

i actually died to the lasers

[wise zinc]

but it is a decent backup option

[wary light]

damn thats a nice idea

[wise zinc]

You can also get into hugging range of the final boss to dodge them

like litteraly hugging range

But it is riskier, only do that once you know where the safe spot is and just want that bit of extra damage

Do you have all 3 death defiances charges?

[wary light]

2

[slow ferry]

hey dont say the final boss name

[wise zinc]

It should get easier when you get 3

[wary light]

the main reason i got this far in this run was because i got the mechanic where my hp regens if i dont have death defiance

that was a nice one

[wise zinc]

Where did you lose your other DDs?

[wary light]

yea i was avoiding saying the name...

[wary light]

|| one on theseus and the other on hades himself ||

[wise zinc]

||Theseus and asterius are a major road block for many new players, focus on getting really good at the theseus and asterius fight and then you can just face tank hades to victory||

[wary light]

||i was stuck on asterius for like 3 days, once i got the chaos aspect for shield i just can do them regardless of how good my run is now it seems, however i still do lose some hp on them, and sometimes a life||

[wise zinc]

||A bit of HP is fine, do you have the acorn keepsake?||

[wary light]

|| how do you get it?||

[wise zinc]

||Giving nectar to Eurydice, when fully leveled up, it allows you to resist the 1st 5 hits of damage in the final chamber of any area (so the furies, bone hydra, theseus and asterius, and hades)||

||I recommend using regular god keepsakes in tartarus and asphodel, then equipping it for elysium and styx||

[wary light]

|| right now i use the god keepsakes to control my boons and cerberus for hp in the last encounter ||

[wise zinc]

||Cerberus is decent but not nearly as good as acorn, acorn protects you from a hit no matter how much damage it deals||

[wary light]

alright thanks for the info! i will use these to my advantage

[wise zinc]

Yep

If you don't lose any DDs to boss 3, and you have acorn in styx, I'm sure you can do it!

Even if you lose 1 DD, you should be fine with a bit of practice

[wary light]

i will work on my 3rd DD first then

[wise zinc]

Yeah

May I see your mirror so far?

[wary light]

not in game currently, its all maxed upto thick skin except DD

[wise zinc]

Oh okay

Yeah, just work on grinding darkness for DD

[wary light]

sure will

[leaden whale]

is it cool to give this || large nectar to skelly ||

[pastel cipher]

yep, you'll get ||a companion|| out of it

[leaden whale]

why did u lose my money when i finushed one of the stages

[leaden whale]

I’m struggling on this. I can make it to the bull duo boss now and again. But otherwise I can’t get past that and I’m on 40 runs or there snouts

About

Any tips? I do best with the shield or bow and arrow

Also how does one unlock hades chamber?

[digital magnet]

Happens organically when progressing the story.

[leaden whale]

So there’s nothing specific you have to clear or do within the game?

[digital magnet]

What are you dying to?

[leaden whale]

Honestly I struggle with the warriors on the levels after hydra. So by the time I reach the bull and fighter my health is so low

[digital magnet]

The shades you need to kill twice? There are 4 different ones, i think.
Just watch and study their movements to learn the patterns, then it'll get easier with every run.

With the shield you can just knock them into a wall and pummel them easy

[leaden whale]

Yeah, it’s always the projectiles they throw that seem to catch me the most

My dashing must just suck lol

u can get like divine dash from athena i think and it deflects and deals damage i think its really good and makes it easier

[digital magnet]

It's a pretty fast paced game and dashing is basically free and very beneficial with many boons, so always move. 😄

[leaden whale]

I do, I just seem to dash into projectiles too much 😂

[digital magnet]

Well, the Divine Dash is definitely for you then. 😄

[dusty vault]

Your weappn also can destroy projectiles (aside from casts and rail iirc)

[digital magnet]

Yeah, some special attacks do that.

[dusty vault]

Not only the special, normal attacks also do (but sometimes the special is better for that i.e sword and bow)

[leaden whale]

ive yet to even try a run eith the bow

and i finally bought my first death defience but i thought it was for 1 run not for every run so i was reluctunt to huy it for no reason 😭

[dusty vault]

Rip

[leaden whale]

yah also i dont understand why it takes my money when i complete a chamber

[compact trout]

It shouldn't

[dusty vault]

Do you have a clip of it?

[leaden whale]

no

but i had like 389

[idle vine]

I have a gods call boon but the gauge doesn't fill up

[leaden whale]

and then i beat the boss and went up

and i went down to 59

[sinful compass]

Were you in combat?

[radiant cobalt]

uhh i died while i was doing the competition thing with thanatos and now he won't show up anymore?

and when he does it's only ever to talk to sisyphus???

do i do something wrong???

[compact trout]

no, its just rng

just getting unlucky sadly

[radiant cobalt]

jesus, okay

[leaden whale]

Any tips on what to farm first? Keys or titan blood?

[chilly briar]

wins

[heady comet]

Honestly doing runs will give you both

[turbid stag]

Just keep doing runs and you’ll get more stuff

it really is that simple

Farming for a specific thing will raise your blood pressure more than necessary

[oak otter]

you will probably stumble on more keys than titan bloods, anyway

[vale beacon]

You can't go wrong with keys

You can always use them for other things later so they come in handy

Titans blood you get from bosses tho, keys you dont

You get titans blood from the first and final bosses

And it's per weapon

[solemn cliff]

I feel it's better to focus on Gems than keys, especially if you're using Dark Thirst, you can potentially get 2 keys a room depending on your boons

[slow ferry]

Dark thirst doesn't boost gems until way later

[idle vine]

Of course. 15 rooms cleared and 0%

[boreal furnace]

darkness>Keys>Gems

[hoary cypress]

I know that there are only 2 upgrade hammers per run, but if I skip it once, do I still have the chance to get it 2 times or does it count as 1 already?

[faint umbra]

you still have the chance to get it

[oak otter]

good to know, although I love hammers too much to skip one

[gray haven]

You have a chance to see hammer 1 until you pick it up. It will be readded to the "bag" of options until you take it. Hammer 2 can only appear from Elysium on and only if you already have hammer 1. It will also be readded to the "bag" until you take it.

You can usually skip each hammer 1-2 times and still get both, but it's not guaranteed.

[faint wave]

stygian blade feeling kinda meh. why?

[brazen cobalt]

Which aspect are you using?

[knotty rune]

aspect doesnt matter much. the reason why is because youre using regular attacks and not dash strikes

the 2nd and third hit of the sword are slow and low damage, so you want to only ever spam the first hit by spamming attack button + dash button at the same time

followed by a special attack which resets the animation and lets you spam more

then you want to get chaos boons that increase dash strike damage, and take gods like aphro, artemis, athena or poseidon to put on your attack

[gray haven]

A Dash-Attack is not the first hit of the 3-hit combo. They're different.

Tempest Strike is honestly not very good on Stygius.

I'd say it's literally the worst attack you could pick.

[oak otter]

yes, blade is meh in general

imo

[echo quarry]

Is there an end to the game

[sinful compass]

There is a credits scene and an epilogue as well

[echo quarry]

Sweet! I just started playing but I’m just curious if I’ll ever be able to free hades lol

It’s my first roguelike game figured I’d start with one of the best lol

[sinful compass]

You'll have to beat the game quite a few times before you get to the credits scene btw

[echo quarry]

@sinful compass sounds good thanks!

[hoary cypress]

When u get World Splitter on the sword, does it increase Dash-Attack as well?

[sinful compass]

Not that I know of

[gray haven]

No.

[frozen sundial]

So i defeated meg and got 1 titan blood, when/how can i use this to unlock a weapon aspect?

[slow ferry]

When you get all weapons

[frozen sundial]

K thanks

I was confused cause I read somewhere that said you get it when you beat hades for the first time

[slow ferry]

You're thinking of different features

[radiant cobalt]

...how do you get the ||arthur|| aspect for stygius

[naive zinc]

You have to first unlock the hidden one for Varatha

Spend 5 titan blood into other sword aspects (not zagreus tho, it has to be nemesis or poseidon)

[faint umbra]

names of the hidden aspects are spoilers in this channel, if you could spoiler tag accordingly please

for anything that isnt the spear one you can invest in zagreus aspect though

[naive zinc]

Ohh k, my bad

[dusty vault]

remember to spoiler mark the name of the hidden aspect

[loud estuary]

||so if I play with say the spear and don't kill hades on zero heat, then I beat hades on heat 1 do I get two titan blood? 1? I am confused lol||

[dusty vault]

||heat 0 is tracked appart from runs with heat, if you beat heat 1 you get your 1 heat rewards, you wont receive multiple titan bloods at the same time if you skip levels||

||and what i mean with tracked appart is that you can beat heat 1 to 20 and still be missing 0 heat||

[loud estuary]

OK thanks dude! 😊👍

[mental stone]

Okay... it's my 98th (or so) run and I've reached ||Hades|| the first time. I hope I wont die

[dusty vault]

remember to mark spoilers of the final boss and onwards (including the name of the boss)

[drowsy plover]

Good luck, ||he does have some tricky moves that you need to memorize.||

[mental stone]

Sorry

[boreal furnace]

idk the difference between poms and hammer
which one to o for

[dusty vault]

poms = level up (increases the effect) of a boon
hammer = modification to your weapon

[inner ruin]

hi so i just got hades a few days ago for my switch and I played my first hour of it yesterday. It's fun but I don't understand how exactly I progress in the game (This is my first rouge-like). Do I just keep getting stronger until I'm able to escape the underworld without dying?

[quasi vault]

Yes. As your own skill increases, you'll also unlock certain upgrades that carry over across runs. You get better almost every run, especially early on.

[civic summit]

Also, always talk to everyone to progress the story as well.

[inner ruin]

alright thanks

[frozen sundial]

Anybody know why athenas boons are not spawning for me? I haven't found a single athena boon in 20 runs and even had the fists on to up my chances

[dusty vault]

rng™ just bad luck

Also fists doesnt up your chances of athena (none of the weapons does something like that)

[cloud obsidian]

i had a question about the god boon pool, is this the right channel to ask?

[dusty vault]

Yeah you can ask here

[cloud obsidian]

So suppose i took 4 boons and filled up my god boon pool (for example, Dio, Zeus, Afro, Ares). Now if i take a keepsake of Athena and take a boon for her, is she added to the boon pool as a 5th god?

[dusty vault]

Yup

[cloud obsidian]

aight

cuz i watched a video, and there the guy first removed his boon he got from ||Demeter||, and then took Athenas keepsake. And later on i noticed that he got offered boons from both of them

which made me think of 2 things: 1. removing boon doesnt remove that god from your pool 2. taking keepsakes adds that god to the pool

[dusty vault]

||demeter|| is a spoiler in this channel

And both are correct

[cloud obsidian]

oh my bad

[dusty vault]

Selling boons doesnt remove and getting a boon from one adds them to your pool

[cloud obsidian]

quite interesting

well, thanks for confirming my suspicions

[dusty vault]

(also maybe remove the embed? As it mentions ||heat||)

[vale beacon]

Ohh okay so end boss onward is spoilers here... Hmm

Just kinda funny when you're kinda midway

Too many spoilers in Discussion, but walking on eggshells here

Lol

[cloud obsidian]

|| the game title is a spoiler lol ||

[vale beacon]

Not really

Isn't Hades also the name of the place?

The underworld?

[cloud obsidian]

is it?

i dont think so?

[vale beacon]

Could be wrong

[cloud obsidian]

i just thought its called "the underworld"

[vale beacon]

True

[cloud obsidian]

or hell

[vale beacon]

Well just cuz it's the title doesn't mean it's ||a spoiler lol||

He's your dad after all

Anyway tho haha

To any newbies I highly recommend gifting Athena and using her artifact for tartarus!

It's a strat that has really helped me so far

Her boons give ||deflection|| often

Meaning you can ||knock enemy attacks back at them!||

[cloud obsidian]

wdym artifact?

[vale beacon]

Have you ever given anyone nectar?

[cloud obsidian]

yea

[vale beacon]

The first time you give someone nectar, you get an artifact

[dusty vault]

The name in game is keepsake iirc

[vale beacon]

You know that case that's next to the weapons?

Ooohhh

[cloud obsidian]

oh that

[vale beacon]

Keeosake

[cloud obsidian]

lmao

[vale beacon]

Not sure where I got artifact from

[cloud obsidian]

eh dont blame ya

[vale beacon]

But yeah Athena keepsake

Esp if you get a ||deflect|| for your attack

You can get through tartarus a lot easier

So I always use her first no matter the weapon

[idle vine]

is there a way to know what gods's boons I already have? i played in the morning and have a session which is not ended and I dont remember which boons I have

only names and icons

is Charged Shot good for shield of chaos?

[oak otter]

Press select, and you can navigate your boons on the left

that doesn't pause the game, though, so kill everything first 😉

Charged Shot basically gave me my first win

so nice being able to block and shoot

[leaden whale]

What Boons do you guys pick for the attack with the Shield of Chaos?

[turbid stag]

how many runs in are you

[turbid stag]

hell yes

it makes the gameplay different, but i find it very solid

makes it feel like a bow, but with defense

[leaden whale]

@turbid stag full runs? 1

Still trying to figure out

Having a lot of fun with aspect of chaos

[turbid stag]

ok word. chaos with ares special can be solid, rapidly spread doom

or hangover

i like merciful end on the shield a lot

[leaden whale]

I'm currently at hades and been using athena's attack and hangover

Theseus hits me hard everytime

Elysium in general is a pain

[turbid stag]

You’ll improve with time and as you fill out the mirror

[leaden whale]

Full hp but no more death defiances too

I'll send my mirror when I'm done here, let me know what you think

[azure coral]

Defeated the final boss. ||Do you ever reach a point where you can stay on Olympus? Does the locked door in the opening area ever become unlocked? Perhaps when you get the true ending?||

[slow ferry]

||every locked door is eventually unlocked||

[grave storm]

||you can't ever be in Olympus, for reasons mentioned in the post-final-boss sequence||

[low rivet]

Elysium kicks my ass back and forth most times, and is for me, a huge difficulty spike. Thankfully the npc you can meet there helps out if you're running low on Death Defiances

[leaden whale]

@low rivet farming wise what do you guys recommend? Darkness?

[rugged yarrow]

just ||beat hades|| but is there any more?

[dusty vault]

there is a lot to the story after the first win (also when you mean beat if you are talking about the final boss spoiler mark it)

[noble mist]

||One secret boss|| As for areas, there aren't any more

[rugged yarrow]

ok thanks

[spiral pecan]

I think this is spoiling more than the message you're replying to lol

[slim crystal]

If I may ask what is ||this secret boss||

[chilly briar]

i have the same doubt

is it ||charon?||

[dusty vault]

||ye||

[chilly briar]

nice

[slim crystal]

Oh cool

[low rivet]

Bruh I remember the first time I fought them xD, I was like ooh nice yoink

Then laughed when the record needle scratch happened lol

[sacred gull]

Does anyone know how to release the secret aspect of the Spear?

[dusty vault]

guide on #h1-story-discussion pinned messages

[sacred gull]

Ok

[stuck ether]

i' m hard stucking with theseus and minataur right now

[boreal furnace]

Take the shield

[polar finch]

bow gang

[frozen sundial]

Which weapon aspect should I unlock first to make my run easier?

[noble mist]

Doesent really matter that much early on

Just try out a bunch of them and see what you like

[cerulean reef]

Blitz shield

Definitely that blitz shield is so good

[digital magnet]

I find pretty much all the aspects in this game fun and useful.

[echo quarry]

when I give gifts to gods and receive things where do I see what I receive/what do they do?

[dusty vault]

Before starting a run check the cabinet next to the sword

[echo quarry]

Thank you!

Are they reusable or single use?

[dusty vault]

Re-usable (once x run if you switch out mid biome)

[echo quarry]

Thank you!

[balmy olive]

is it possible to unequip keepsakes?

[leaden whale]

not while youre playing

you can switch them mid biome tho, if you bought the keepsake thingy from the house contractor

[fringe yacht]

Between areas, you can swap keepsakes out if you’ve purchased that ability from the house contractor!

[leaden whale]

XD lmao jinx

[fringe yacht]

Beat me to it Momo haha

[leaden whale]

im still relatively new as well 😅

only 30 hours of gameplay

[fringe yacht]

I think you’ve had a good taste of the game after 30 hours!

[leaden whale]

i did! was able to beat the final boss in under half an hour w the spear

p insane really

[fringe yacht]

I’d say the 10-12 hour mark is when you leave the kiddie pool for this game

Nice!

[leaden whale]

but im not sure what these "forms" and "aspect" thingy does tho

i saw them being labelled "redacted" in the admin room

and there are achievements for it on steam

what does it do?

[fringe yacht]

Let’s move the #h1-builds-and-combat to talk about that since that can be spoilers!

[leaden whale]

ah right okidokes!

[valid osprey]

Hey just wondering if god mode can be turned down.

[dusty vault]

Nope ||but you can adjust to it after unlocking heat, kinda||

[valid osprey]

Kk thanks

[gritty girder]

I got hades like last weekend and the furthest I’ve gotten is Theseus and Asterius

Anyone have any advice to get through them

Like not necessarily for builds but just tactics because I try to group them together to fight but my brother says to fight them separately

[still gate]

Kill Asterius first

He’s much harder to fight when Theseus gets to phase 2

[gritty girder]

Oki doki I’ll keep that in mind

Thanks!

[twin juniper]

if you manage to get asterius as a mid-boss he’ll have less hp during the theseus + asterius fight

[leaden whale]

i know you were only askiny for tactics but if you use the shield you can block theseus' annoying second phase and asterius' super big spinny move

[twin juniper]

^ shield is super op for that reason alone

[gritty girder]

I main the fists of malphon with the second skin on it

Where the special pulls the enemy to you

[twin juniper]

oooh yea

[leaden whale]

SECONDED its so op
especially when you get it to that aspect point where it has wings and its aspect sends a wheeling shield

my main ✊

[twin juniper]

i usually go for stygius 4th aspect, or the spear’s 3rd aspect (not giving names for spoilers)

[twin juniper]

yeaaa that one is so useful

you can just toss it out and then guard and let it do all the work

[leaden whale]

pro tip for all beginner players: unlock the shield it will change your life

[radiant cobalt]

is there a way to get thanatos to spawn more frequently in the house

[ivory ocean]

i think it's all just rng

[silver flame]

chances are if you meet him in a run he will probably be back at the house when you finish it

[frail quiver]

I’m pretty sure it’s mostly rng yeah

[radiant cobalt]

i got him twice in two runs; the second time i actually beat hades and he's still not at the house

[frail quiver]

I’ve had 10 straight runs without a character being in the house before, it seems like it picks priority depending on if there’s important dialogue or something like that

[leaden whale]

is there a good place to see builds for each weapon

ik i can ask but just like as a general to know what to go for

[turbid stag]

The victory screens on this discord is full of inspiration

[leaden whale]

ello

[gray haven]

My Newbie Build Guide is pinned here in this channel to hopefully help you get started with something decent.

[frail quiver]

That’s one of the things I love most about Hades

It’s RNG, but you can influence things to get really consistent builds and runs

[gray haven]

Some dialogues are given priority, but it's also just RNG sometimes.

[leaden whale]

thanks

bro woww

bow going crazy didnt expect it but i cant imagine beating the elysiun boss with it

[sand river]

bow rocks

[leaden whale]

ah well i lost

anyway i got some new mirror stuff whats the best mirror upgrades

[twin juniper]

all of them are good in their own right

but naturally the more expensive stuff is better

[leaden whale]

im just thinking family fabourite or priveleged status

[sand river]

priv status is nice if you are doing a build that applies 2+ status effects, but family favorite is going to be better on most builds

like you can end up with 2 statuses on most builds anyway but if it takes awhile for you to get there (e.g. tier two effects like poseidon/zeus/athena) or effects that don't stack and wear off quickly (doom) then it's not going to help you as much

[dusty vault]

If you build has Artemis good luck with p. Status lol her curse is hunter's mark

[grizzled tiger]

Does attack speed make your bow attacks charge fastre

[dusty vault]

Only normal attack iirc, dash strike is unaffected

[grizzled tiger]

Also do you only get titan's blood when you kill a boss with each weapon at least once?

I thought it was rng at first but I may be wrong?

[dusty vault]

Killing the first and last boss with a weapon for the first time will get you a titan blood

[grizzled tiger]

After tthat am I just hoping to get it from shop?

[dusty vault]

Prophecies and the trader at the lounge
And after the final boss you ||open another way to get it||

[civic summit]

After that is spoilers on this channel ||other ways will open up||

[grizzled tiger]

Ah

I havent beat final boss for first time yet

Just got them to second phase once

But havent gotten there yet

but now that I know

I'll just keep going till I beat him at least once

Is there a way to check what the weapons I've used against first boss are?

idr what i used yet

And does each first boss count as a unique for Titan's Blood?

Also if I have flurry shot on bow does attack speed affect that?

[dusty vault]

Spoiler the things about the final boss btw
Pre beating it, memory is the only way

[grizzled tiger]

Ah

What about the last 2 questions

[dusty vault]

1. all sisters are the same first boss, no extra titan blood
2. not sure

[grizzled tiger]

Ah

Sad

[civic summit]

You can also check just by using the weapon and if the boss drops darkness then you already got that bounty.

[twin juniper]

i think it wouldnt affect flurry shot because thats a special i believe

rather than a base attack

[grizzled tiger]

Does Lightning Rod mean that as long as I dont pick up my gem things

They do aoe dmg nearby?

[twin juniper]

yes

situational but very useful

[grizzled tiger]

I like the sound of that

[twin juniper]

like all boons there are certain builds that can make it very op

[civic summit]

Lightning Rod gets a bad rap because speed runners view it as "slow", but it is actually great passive damage.

[twin juniper]

it matches terribly with demeter’s shot though

[dusty vault]

As always if you get more zeus it gets better

Like other zeus boons

[twin juniper]

if you have the fists or exagryph, zeus’s boons become very very nice

multihitting attacks + chaining electricity

[dusty vault]

His duo boon with aphro and his call is amazing too

[twin juniper]

op

zeus has some of the better boons later in his set

[dusty vault]

I mean for a cast build i wouldnt want it too, why lose damage when the cast itself is doing the work

[twin juniper]

right

[dusty vault]

Ofc if you arent using the cast much, great

[civic summit]

And Static Discharge (Jolted) makes all of the above better.

[twin juniper]

works well with stygius aspect 3 and the bow aspect 3

exit wounds is very nice for stygius 3rd aspect

[dusty vault]

Assuming your casts dont kill all the enemies before

[twin juniper]

right

[civic summit]

But even with a cast build, there will generally be a period where the casts are on the ground and during that period they can either be doing no damage or doing damage via Lightning Rod. I agree that the Lightning Rod isn't nearly as powerful where you are collecting your casts as soon as possible because your build is cast focused but it never becomes bad the way some Duos do.

[grizzled tiger]

Can Charon have titans blood

in his shop

[dusty vault]

In styx ye

[twin juniper]

yes but not till the last floor

and it is expensive

1500 im pretty sure

[dusty vault]

1200

[twin juniper]

yes ok

[civic summit]

In Styx, he will always have either a 1000 Obol Diamond or a 1200 Obol Titan's Blood for sale.

[dusty vault]

They have different prices? Thought both were 1200

[grizzled tiger]

How does the Storm Lightning boon work with Lightning Rod

Or does it not

[gray haven]

It was weaker before. It's generally viewed as decent in the current meta.

[civic summit]

Static Discharge and Double Strike are better options.

[gray haven]

Storm Lightning doesn't affect Lightning Rod at all.

[civic summit]

They have different prices. I just checked the wiki to confirm.

[grizzled tiger]

ah icic

ty friends

[gray haven]

Storm Lightning only works on Chain Lightning.

That's Lightning Strike and Electric Shot.

[grizzled tiger]

Alright what am I missing here, is Pom Porridge just better than Ambrosia Delight

from Eurydice

or am I an idiot

[civic summit]

it is situational

[grizzled tiger]

What I'm getting is that one offers 2 boon upgrades and the other 4?

At random?

[civic summit]

Rarity bumps are better if you have fewer boons.

[dusty vault]

Some boons cant be pommed so depends too

[twin juniper]

yeah what they said. higher rarity can increase stats, but higher levels can do the same in smaller increments

also the more poms you invest in the same boon, the lower the bonus will be each time

so its more beneficial to spread them out evenly

[grizzled tiger]

Is there a lvl where it's usually a good choice to stop focusing a boon

[proven pivot]

When the results you get stop being worth it

It varies depending on boon

[grizzled tiger]

Ah

[proven pivot]

Yeah, they've all got different scaling

[grizzled tiger]

[twin juniper]

yep

[leaden whale]

Trying the Ares special shield, any decent boons to pair with for attack/dash?

Looking for my first clear

Mirror is not fully unlocked either

[twin juniper]

get the one that applies doom on shield throw

[leaden whale]

any tips for generally avoiding damage? i usually waste a death defiance by like asphodel and die at theseus and asterius, even if i do make it to ||hades|| im usually low hp and die by the ||second phase|| and i have cleared the game like 5 times

[dusty vault]

Remember to spoiler mark that name

[leaden whale]

I haven’t cleared it yet but I can make my death defiance last until Theseus at least. Honestly I’ve learned the signs of an impending attack of specific foes and how to combat them after they make their move helps me

[leaden whale]

Oops my bad

I deleted will type again

[dusty vault]

Saying final boss instead works too

[leaden whale]

Ah yeah. Doh. Anyway final boss wasn’t as tough as I expected based on my long term Theseus struggle

[sand river]

yeah what Danji said about learning the attack signs is really important. it can help to spend a few runs JUST going slow and paying attention to your hardest enemies to learn their attack patterns

if you are consistently losing DDs early, pay attention to where/why that's happening too, and focus on how you can evade attacks in those areas

[dusty vault]

For lava damage you should know you get a bit of time without being affected so can dash out the way with minimum damage (dont dash strike during it tho)

[leaden whale]

I struggled where all the warriors are. So I went slow a few runs on there and now I know how they all attack and can reach Theseus every time no problem now

[neon path]

||is there a hidden aspect which is actually making the weapon better? I have the feeling they all come with a big setback (only unlocked 3 so far)||

[wide basin]

all of them change the way you play significantly

but only a few of them have obvious setbacks

[neon path]

Hmm. Ok

[wide basin]

||the hidden aspects for the bow, sword and rail don't have explicitly stated drawbacks, other than being harder to use than the original||

[summer comet]

mhm

[digital magnet]

Sword is obviously a lot slower but hits like a truck.

The only really obvious setback is on the spear, because you lose health.

[grizzled tiger]

Does Nourished Soul work with the sword effect that gives you heal on-hit?

[sinful compass]

Nope

[leaden whale]

why my keepsake expired???

[jagged stump]

What do you mean exactly?

[leaden whale]

i cant equip it after a chqmber

[jagged stump]

Once you unequip a keepsake you can't reequip it

[dusty vault]

(For that run)

[leaden whale]

do bosses count as armoured

[limber palm]

No

[leaden whale]

I WAS NEVER CLOSE TO BEATING THE FINAL BOSS

it was a lie

😭😭😭

[boreal furnace]

I too learned it the hard way

[leaden whale]

I’m finally making it to the final boss but I just can’t get past it argh! Got so close (like not the lie one 😂) but I just feel I need to use a better weapon but not sure what one to try ughhh

[civic nexus]

Shield is really good to observe and learn his attacks safely

[twin juniper]

what abyss said. its very good if you’re having difficulties

[leaden whale]

yeah i finally beat him just now

i think its cuz i stopped spam dashing and learned his attack

[turbid stag]

just lernie's heads and final boss summons

[burnt dirge]

did they change the doomstone models and ||asterius|| attack appearances? bc im pretty sure they were different before

[faint umbra]

doomstone and asterius always looked the same iirc

[empty void]

So I made it to the last ||world|| and barely did damage to them despite having pretty good boons that went with the spear. It has been my best run so far after finally being able to beat the ||two in the arena|| mostly I just pick random boons, but I want to at least be able to get to the ||final boss|| with either the spear thing or ||the gun.|| I know it's best to finish the mirror first but there really is no good way to kind of farm without getting lucky or ||using heat.|| I genuinely just don't get the game plan to at least get to ||hades|| and hopefully at least beat ||Thanatos on the way||

[slow ferry]

Yeah you might have to learn the basics of which boons are good in which contexts in order to win

[twin juniper]

if you do a zero ||heat|| run over and over you can farm darkness really easily, as every boss will drop it instead of their typical drops

[deft imp]

with the gun i recommend you take zeus keepsake and try to get the lightning on attack boon

[plucky ingot]

which one is that

[deft imp]

which what is what

[plucky ingot]

boon

[deft imp]

lightning strike

[plucky ingot]

ok

[empty void]

How do you know if you're getting a free room? Like you finish a encounter, and you have the shop and a hammer, how do you tell if the hammer is you know, a free hammer so you just go in, get the fountain, get the hammer, ect.

[twin juniper]

no way to tell i’m pretty sure

[leaden whale]

So, Ive been playing Hades for a few months and Im confused into where should I go. Should I get to Tartarus, or something else? If so, how do I get to those places?

Would really be a great help, tho 🙂

[twin juniper]

you want to get to the surface

tartarus is only the first level

you escape each level by playing through the rooms and fighting the boss in the last chamber

[leaden whale]

Oh, okay. Tho, how do I get to Tartarus, tho?

[twin juniper]

you’re in the house of hades?

[deft imp]

if its the final shop vs another option the other option is free

[slow ferry]

you get to tartarus by going to your room, and then going out the back into the courtyard, and then you turn right and go through into tartarus

[leaden whale]

Yeah

[twin juniper]

go to the far right exit (your bedroom), go out the back into the courtyard, then go right, to the window, and escape

[leaden whale]

And about the doors, what kind of doors should I go through to get to tartarus?

[twin juniper]

you’re running around and fighting enemies, correct?

[leaden whale]

Yeah

[twin juniper]

you are in tartarus my friend

the rooms are random

[deft imp]

is months here a typo?

[twin juniper]

i was wondering that myself

[leaden whale]

So, it wouldnt change anything if I go to any door, right? Im still on the path to getting to tartarus?

[deft imp]

tartarus is the name of the entire first "zone" of the game

[twin juniper]

you’re already in it, the next step is getting to the next level

and eventually the surface

[deft imp]

its not a specific room, just one of the four zones

[twin juniper]

yes

[slow ferry]

All the doors lead to the end yeah

No matter which door you go into, you're still headed towards the end

[alpine dawn]

hey uh how do i get ||thanatos || to spawn?

i'm on like escape attempt 28

and have almost beaten the game 3 times

[slow ferry]

Impossible

It's just random

[faint umbra]

iirc he first appears in elysium

but it is random

[pastel cipher]

yeah first appears in elysium

but it is random unfortunuately

[alpine dawn]

are there any ways i can boost my chances?

[faint umbra]

nope, unfortunately

[willow zinc]

||how to unlock poseidon locked heart||

||I did the favor and got all the fish's||

Heeeeellllp

[sinful compass]

I believe ||poseidon's favour|| involves beating ||theseus twice||

Oh, wait, no

Correction

You need to have the Rod of Fishing, have caught 18 fish, and have to have caught a fish before the next time you get another one of his boons

[willow zinc]

So get fish first then talk to him?

[sinful compass]

Yep

[willow zinc]

K

[wary light]

I'm so sad

I got last boss to like 10% hp

and died

[sterile solar]

F

[boreal zenith]

Damn same here! Was a Shield build with Ares on attack, Aphrodite Special, Poseidon Dash (so so good) and Athena Cast

The Hammer which makes Bull Rush stay and charge a hadouken is so so good! Managed to cheese Theseus with it

That build was extremely strong (got lucky with Hermes stuff as well)

[knotty rune]

if you swapped to aphro attack and ares special it probably wouldve been enough

[boreal zenith]

You reckon?

I was honestly surprised how good Poseidon Dash is, especially if you can get Rupture on it

[chilly briar]

i feel like rupture does close to no damage

[boreal zenith]

It was stacking the Ares damage as well with (I think) the Dup Boom

[chilly briar]

it doesnt feel like anything

[boreal zenith]

Duo

I do think the Dash is tremendous

[chilly briar]

splash dash good yes

[boreal zenith]

Rupture has to have the knockback effect to make it work

So I got that plus the one which does well against bosses

[digital magnet]

knockback + wall damage is hilarious

[gray haven]

Rupture DPS is really good. It's just one of those unassuming things you need a DPS parser for to see how effective it is.

[chilly briar]

i see

[idle vine]

If I have one duo boon, can I have another one from another gods?

[chilly briar]

yes

[idle vine]

where can I see statistics for which weapon?

like how many boses cleared

[wide basin]

you can't see bosses cleared anywhere

[arctic phoenix]

but u can see the stats for each weapon and boons how much u cleared with those

i mean whole run

[wide basin]

almost all of the stats are measured in either times used or successful completions

the admin chamber will let you see most of the stats available

but you need to unlock that first

[arctic phoenix]

all u can realy see is, how much u cleared with those weapons, boons and clears with them, how much u used them, best time, best heat.
Simple stuff

[leaden whale]

kinda just hit me how impoftant getting lucky in this game is lol

[arctic phoenix]

em

[leaden whale]

well im trying || heat || out but i just kept getting the worst boons and hammers lol

[dusty vault]

Remember that ||heat|| is a spoiler here

[arctic phoenix]

how to

make spoiler

figured it out

how much daniel?

[leaden whale]

just 3

i only just beat the final boss

but i was tryna test some combos

when i look at other peoples victory screen there boons seem to be so high rarity and level compared to me

[arctic phoenix]

tbh, i dont see rng totally blocking the path of winning

ive cleared game after 9 attempt of escape, after wards slithly increasing heat all the time making a lot of win streaks even with bad builds

surely rng can make your run so easy

prooly i think only when u try high

then rng kinda matters

[leaden whale]

i was trying the || timer heat || so i needed to be quick tgats why

[arctic phoenix]

doseant realy bother unless its maxed