Hades II
Steam News 26 June 20241y ago

Early Access Patch 3 Notes

This patch improves numerous Olympian Boons to further enhance core combat and related choices. It also adds new UI icons, Cauldron incantations, and more. Though we'll continue monitoring your feedback, we're now focus…

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addedThis patch improves numerous Olympian Boons to further enhance core combat and related choices. It also adds new UI icons, Cauldron incantations, and more. Though we'll continue monitoring your feedback, we're now focusing on our first Major Update slated for later this year. Thank you for playing!
changedGeneral Gameplay📢 Many Duo Boons and some Legendary Boons should be offered more frequently 📢 Charon's Gold Rewards now include Nightmare after a certain point · Reworked Gathering Tool upgrades; now let you find +1 Elemental Essence for your Infusion Boons · Entering
changedGeneral GameplayChaos
changedGeneral Gameplaywhile in the
changedGeneral GameplayMourning Fields
removedGeneral Gameplayno longer causes you to skip a Location in that region · Slightly increased the minimum number of Boons and similar rewards you can find past Erebus · Warding Circles in Erebus now stagger foes that touch them

This patch improves numerous Olympian Boons to further enhance core combat and related choices. It also adds new UI icons, Cauldron incantations, and more. Though we'll continue monitoring your feedback, we're now focusing on our first Major Update slated for later this year. Thank you for playing!

Note: 📢 indicates changes inspired by community feedback!

General Gameplay

📢 Many Duo Boons and some Legendary Boons should be offered more frequently 📢 Charon's Gold Rewards now include Nightmare after a certain point · Reworked Gathering Tool upgrades; now let you find +1 Elemental Essence for your Infusion Boons · Entering

Chaos

while in the

Mourning Fields

no longer causes you to skip a Location in that region · Slightly increased the minimum number of Boons and similar rewards you can find past Erebus · Warding Circles in Erebus now stagger foes that touch them

Aspects of the Nocturnal Arms

· Witch's Staff (Circe): indirect damage from Omega Moves now contributes to activating Serenity · Sister Blades (Artemis): you now are immune to hit-stun effects during Riposte · Umbral Flames (Eos): improved Omega Attack tracking, though slightly increased Magick cost and reduced max damage from upgrade path; Attack sequence now continues after using it · Argent Skull (Persephone): now any Cast damage (not just Omega Cast) extends your Omega Special

Altar of Ashes

· Rearranged Grasp costs and positions of several Cards; you may need to reset your Arcana loadout · Swapped the names and theming of The Moon and Night · Death: reworked; Omega moves have a chance to deal Critical damage if the last one used was different · The Moon: now costs 0 Grasp but has an Awakening requirement to activate any surrounding Card · The Unseen: improved Magick restoration · Divinity: Awakening requirement expanded to include activating a column of Cards (not just a row) · Origination: now specifies that Curses from different Olympians are required; this is relevant with Demeter, whose Cyclone now is considered a Curse (along with her Freeze)

Crossroads Cauldron

· Temporal Fluctuation: new! Lets time-slow effects such as Phase Shift (Selene) work vs.

Chronos

· Circles of the Moon: new! Activating Warding Circles in Erebus fully charges your Hex · Ashen Memories of Life: new! Whenever you claim rewards of Ash, slightly raise your Life limit · Psychic Slivers of Clarity: new! Whenever you claim rewards of Psyche, slightly raise your Magick limit · Bones of Burnished Bronze: new! Whenever you claim rewards of Bones, gain some Armor · Nectar of Godly Savor: new! Whenever you claim rewards of Nectar, gain +1 Lv. for a random Boon

Keepsakes

· White Antler (Artemis): reworked; now provides Critical bonus for one Region, but reduces Life limit 📢 Silken Sash (Arachne): you no longer lose your Armor from this if you switch to a different Keepsake 📢 Moon Beam (Selene): now also causes Selene or a Path of Stars to be offered soon 📢 Olympian Keepsakes are now even more likely to make their respective Olympian Boons appear

Boons & Blessings

· Heaven Strike (Zeus): increased bonus from Poms of Power · Heaven Flourish (Zeus): increased bonus from Poms of Power · Storm Ring (Zeus): now deals damage from all Casts (not just Omega Cast) · Ionic Gain (Zeus): reworked; now spawns an Aether Font nearby that fully restores Magick

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Steam News / 26 June 2024

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