Hades - Wish I Knew Sooner | Tips, Tricks, and Game Knowledge For New Players 

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I just kind of bought this game when I heard a lot of people like it. I suck at gaming, but I love it. Now when I FINALLY beat Meagara, I was so happy to never fight her again....boy did I not know shit

You know the character designs are god tier when the artist takes something that's been done a million times and makes you want to see these characters in other media besides this game. I would watch the shit out of a hades animated series amongst other things. The characters look so fucking good.

this game is addicting

It wasn't until I was more than 20 hours in that I realized there were 2 options to choose from the Mirror.

I think I underestimated Hermes in the early runs, either the extra dash boon or the one that increases movement speed is such a huge help for the final boss.

Give your first Nectar to Skelly... you get an upgradeable Death Defiance out of it. Really useful in the first few runs.

This game's soundtrack is so fucking dope. The solo bass on the pause screen is so cool too.

A little tip for your build creation : you can have only 4 gods (excluding hermes) on a single run, meaning that once yoy've picked 4 boons from 4 different gods, you can't have boons from other gods (say that you took a boon from zeus, poseidon, athena and demeter, you will not be able to get boons from dionysus, ares, aphrodite or artemis).

Here's a tip for bow players: attacking right after dashing makes your attack charge faster. This is REALLY important if you ever wanna finish a run with the fourth aspect of the bow!

Fun fact! The game really wants you to have two Daedalus hammers by the end of your run (not counting Charon’s anvil in Styx). So if you encounter a door with a hammer and a door with, say, a Hermes boon or a desperately needed centaur heart, feel free not to choose the hammer. If you don’t have two Daedalus upgrades by the time you complete an area of the underworld, one usually shows up in the shop. So yes, the hammers are important, but if you see something else you’d rather have, go for it! Unless you deliberately ignore the hammers, it’s pretty much impossible not to get two of them by the end of your run.

Enemies take damage when they fall into the lava in Asphodel, so get those Poseidon boons to push them into it.

Theres a fated choice logo next to the boons you havent chosen yet. Hunt these for prophecy rewards. They are also on the boon list you can bring up. Its helpful when planning for duo boons

Hades is the epitome of a game where you tell yourself "just one more run" over and over.

This is literally one of the best games I’ve ever played. I’m so glad this has been added to consoles

Game is an absolute masterpiece. Like a true rare 10/10. It achieves everything it wants to be with utter perfection. Legendary status for me.

When talking about keepsakes I think it's really good to mention Dusa's feather duster. It has a certain % chance to drop HP when breaking urns. It has gotten me pretty far.

One of my favorite strats is starting with Cthonic Coinpurse (Hypnos’s keepsake) giving a head start on gold then switching to skelly’s tooth after the first boss.

Much more forgiving than a lot of recent roguelikes. You WILL get something from each run, rather than having to get to certain checkpoints or rooms in oprder to make perma upgrades.

Here is a tip, find Cerberus and give him a juicy steak. I'll be waiting.

For early game, unlock the Rail gun ASAP and slap as many Artemis crit boons/Support Fire and any Daedalus ammo/speed up boons and you'll clear out rooms in seconds. If you go even further and get the Deflecting Dash on top of that, or go for the 300% special Nuke from a Daedalus hammer, you become an untouchable walking arsenal.

You can actually give Nectar to Chaos. The Keepsake you get from this, when equipped, lets you enter a chaos gate without spending health. Since boons from Chaos are the best in the game provided you can survive the debuff period, definitely equip this if you're serious about chasing power. Also a reason to consider passing up a Daedalus hammer: Some of the offers can drastically change your moveset, such as the sword's basic attack being a slow and heavy downward chop, or turning your Adamant Rail into a shotgun with melee range and reduced ammo. If you're getting ready to fight satyrs in Styx, maybe now isn't a good time to find out what that fated choice option does.

2:03 "Personally, I always start with an Athena boon" I did so too at first, but it was a rookie mistake. The start of the game is the worst possible time to wear Athena's Keepsake. The best starting Athena boons are Divine Dash (large-area Deflect) and Phalanx Cast (massive AoE damage). Until all 5 "standard" Boon slots (Attack, Special, Call, Cast, or Dash) are filled, the game will offer you the Boons to fill empty slots. And if you don't block the Attack, Special, and Call with other gods' Boons, your chances of getting Dash or Cast from Athena will be 20% each rather than 50%.

I will give the single most important thing someone can learn. Give the skeleton outiside the room nectar and use his gift only when you are low hp in the begining of a new zone or after elysium. Oh and also upgrade full death defiance and dash first

I hope this game spreads like the plague it’s so good. They do so much to make my so far 70 hours of game play feel like I’m still discovering new story lines or new builds Etc, this is probably the only rougelite I’ve played were I feel really invested in the characters and wanting to learn more about them and the over all story as well as the core gameplay loop being my favorite out of the binding of Isaac type of rougelite series

Honestly I’m having more fun with Hades than cyberpunk 2077. 2020 was an odd year for gaming.

Me personally, I always just use whichever weapon has dark thirst. Gives a good balance of using different weapons plus extra darkness

Me when Chaos doesn’t ask for my life force in exchange for their boon: 👁👄👁

0:28 This! There really is no secret to beating (not finishing) the game. I upgraded my death defiance to +3 and funnily enough the first time I beat Hades, I didn't even die the whole run. You kinda just get better the more you play. There's still so much more to do after you beat him once though.

Yeah unlock your mirror as fast as you can. Honestly some of the later options not shown in the video get so powerful. Like one where you get a % damage boost for at least 2 buffs on an enemy at the same time. It sherds late game cause by then you will have this no problem, and like 20% extra damage on any boss fight will help you. Also get in the habit of looking ahead boon wise. Go to the codex and compare when you have the option of 2 or more boons. Unless you have memorized every one, you should be looking to see what you can upgrade and looking at all possible synergies. It may seem boring at first, but it makes finding and going for synergies that much easier. Also don't get salty when you die lol. Focus on meta progression and experimentation if you hit a wall.

1) Now for how to cheese the game: get enough titan blood to fully upgrade your sword. 2) Get Excalibur 3) trigger special once and press attack till bad man goes away 4) collect all the attack upgrades(artemis for attack, preferably) 5)get to 400 health 6) face tank Daddy without sweat

Excellent video, I wish I'd found it sooner. I have 60 hours on Hades and I was still unaware of some of this information. You have my gratitude and I wish your Channel continued success.

Happened to download this just before my father passed and started playing it on Bereavment. What a great game to explore a lot of those feelings with. Another note was that I spent 40 days with Lost Ark before playing Hades and it reminded me why MMO elements are just not fun. Everyone talks about the combat in LA but Hades is better without all the time wasting stuff.

High quality content bro I love it! You've earned another sub.

me buying the game Legacy Gaming the next day: Tips and tricks you could have used

Talks about choosing a keepsake to insure a boon from a God, shows Hermes.

If you switch out your keepsakes, you lose the bonuses earned relating to that run

“Add to favourite”. Thx for the tips! Love this game !

Am I the only one hoping they man an anime with that art style??!!

God I never knew about the extra perks in the mirror! Edit: and I'm like 70 hours in

I made the mistake of entering a Chaos Gate before a boss once. Got a boon that halved my speed for the next three encounters just before Theseus and Asterius. Needless to say, I didnt survive.

HADES starter pack tip: get the keys first - get the bow/shield - give nectar to ares for keepsake - doom on your special - and just like that it's a walk in the park

You feel invisible with all your boons and upgrades until you encounter Theseus and the Minotaur

Hades is fantastic and totally addictive. Just recently got it on switch and i cant put it down. Definitely one of my favorite indies along with Dead Cells and Hollow Knight.

Killer combo: the sword, with the hammer upgrades Cursed Slash (+2 health per attack) and Furry Slash (quick attack). Get an Athena deflect boon on attack. Boom, you're invincible. Hold the attack button and go to town.

To anyone reading these comments looking for more tips, I find using hermes dash sprint boon is very useful, it gives you 0.5 secs of immunity after dashing but you can chain them and also it boosts speed by 100% for that time so you move much faster whilst being more defensive, also zeus lightning dash can get very powerful with this combination, also to those who are trying to get more cash/essence/gems quicker sometimes posiden gives some useful % boosts on pickups and also drops, I got 60% boost then I got him again and chose the rewards bundle and got a bunch of stuff including some nectar

Just got to a room in the first level where I had to choose between Athena and Artemis and I choose Athena’s boon cause I like the reflect dash, Artemis of course got pissed, but after surviving her little aoe attacks the combination between hers and Athena’s boons carried me all the way to my first Minotaur encounter, I love it

Im 60 hours in and figured id look up some videos of stuff i may be missing. I knew all of it however the tip of looking up the strongest boons, to learn how to make them in future runs was a fantastic tip. Great video. Sub'd

Doing my first run through in Hades. Wow, this game is tough and it reels you back in. so far so good!

I always run the keepsake that makes it cost no health to enter the chaos place and gives higher rarity chance, then will swap to the lucky tooth after the first boss

alright im gonna spill the secret to easily beating hades: artemis x ares duel boon

Really beneficial one. After you unlock Fated Authority, it is pretty easy to target-farm Nectar and/or keys. If you encounter a room that offers both Darkness/Gem reward rooms, if you reroll one of them, it seems that it can only become a Key or a Nectar. Of course, you can also do this for rooms that offer a single choice, but being as it can bounce from gem to darkness to gem again, you may use more Fated Authority this way.

Thank you, this vid provided some much needed information to make the game more enjoyable.

My tip to get better at Hades is *equip the pierced butterfly* . When you are incentivized to not get a single damage you really start to improve your game. It really made a big difference for me.

on the mirror of night i didnt realize that you could switch boosts from pink effects to green ones by pressing the [ i> l

Great video! Can't wait to try this game! You got a new sub!

The ability to load your cast into the bow is incredible. Does insane damage against any enemy, and loading all 3 at once and shooting it can sometimes even one shot the exalted’s

At the end of the game or the final dungeon or level of underworld, Charon will be there and he'll sell some diamonds and titans blood for about 1200 coins, so if you save enough coins you'll be having having easy time getting upgrades for your weapons or for the underworld itself

the best tip i can give is the chirons bow with artemis in the special. try it and see the magic

I've been playing Hades blindly and finally decided to look up some tips, this video taught me so much. Thanks!

deflect dash is the easiest one to say is among top tier, but poseidon for raw damage, zeus if youre looking for a double strike build, and aphrodite/demeter/dinosyus (in that order) if youre looking for a debuff with just one boon. a special mention for artemis if youre looking to do shotgun build with gun aspect.

Start your run with the coin purse and then switch at the end of the first level to the bone hourglass budgeting correctly you should have lots of well blessings for the rest of the run. but take it off right before the final level and equip something else. either a god specific boon or something to help defense. There is a hierarchy of value in the rewards you get. New players don't realize it but gems are the worst reward in the game to chose. 5 gems for a room when it's 10 gems for a key...and keys are also a terrible reward that quickly loses most of it's value after you have unlocked the weapons and mirror upgrades. Nectar however is the best common repeatable reward and should always be chosen when it's available, unless there is a Daedalus hammer. if you upgrade the proper contract you can also get a +1 to a random boon when you pickup nectar. which is the same as a small pom slice. Some boons may seem underwhelming but have several associated boons that you unlock by having it that are far more powerful. But beware as occasionally you can upgrade yourself with something that makes you less effective in combat. for example I had the trident/spear weapon and was doing great until I found an upgrade that said "your dash strike with hit 3 times but your dash distance is reduced" it completely unmade a perfect run as I could no longer get away from enemies like brightswords that tend to hunt down slower players. hadn't taken a hit before I picked it up. I burned through 4 lives and was dead before the end of that same level. (Elysium)

Cheers for the video. Ive been stuck on the level 3 boss fight for awhile now...

Fantastic guide thank you!

When choosing boons, I think you can open up your journal that Achilles gave you and check the gods you’ve encountered and there should be a list of their boons and which ones unlock stronger boons. You might need to unlock the ability to see the list of boons; I can’t remember. Probably from the contractor.

Alright so i would not choose to get Athena at the start. Instead try to get the keepsake that gives you bonus damage (Thanatos) or dodge chance (Hermes). If you get used to the gameplay, you can get a lot of buffs from the first area since the amount of enemies is quite low. Second spend you nectar! Give it to everyone, not only does it give you new stories to discover but people will give you stuff. For example, you need to get your rank almost maxed out with certain characters in order to get the legendary keepsakes (the keepsakes that are at the bottom of your collection). For the third item, upgrade your mirror until you have 3 resurrections. This is huge for getting further in the game and can make your run more forgiving. And for the final item, get gems to make upgrades using the contractor. This can add gold cans to encounters, give you bonus health, infernal cashes contain more reward, ... Although only start doing this after you mirror is upgraded.

Hey thanks for this fantastic video, I wanted some advice for after beating Hades the first time so I could use everything to the best of my ability.

Love your channel! Keep it up!

Made it once to the final boss un a early. Can't even come close nowaday

Really surprised you mentioned the keys on the mirror and not the fact that each one has an alternate (green and orange)... seems way easier to miss. I was most of the way through my first run when a buddy pointed it out to me, and the 60% darkness to hp vs 3hp a room is probably the only reason I beat it in under 40 runs. MUCH easier to miss than the big key button with a number next to it

-I think poseidon's tidal dash boon usually appears when you equip the sword, and pairing them with some other multi-damage boons (stuff that hits multiple enemies at once, like zeus' lightning and another one of artemis' boons) let's you clear out areas SO quickly. (-most "dash and the enemies around you get damaged" boons are just really, really useful. homing stuff too) -gift skelly nectar! it's like having death defiance but better -try not to use all of your coin in charon's shop right before a boss battle. sometimes there's an option that allows you to get death defiance again in the area after the battle, but you need around 200 coins for it (in the case that you end up dying during the battle).

I always focus on Dionysus and Poseidon so I can get the Exclusive Access Duo Boon ASAP. That basically guarantees I end up with the best boons at the end. After that, I try and get Cursed Slash from the Daedalus hammer. That health regeneration is clutch.

note @ 6:00 to avoid confusion - other characters use they/them to refer to Chaos, not he/him. They're referred to in the game as "both a mother and a father" so this distinction is pretty important lore-wise

I love Poseidons dash🏊🏿‍♀️ literally by the level 3, you can easily kill enemies by simple passing by them.

Daedalus Hammer Tips: You can only get ONE between Tartarus and Asphodel. If you pull a hammer in Tartarus, one cannot show up in Asphodel, so don't try rolling rooms looking for one. Once you get to Elysium, you have the chance of pulling a second. If for some reason you don't have two by the time you hit the Temple, then you can get one here as well, but Elysium really seems like it just wants to throw one at you as soon as you show up.

Thanks for this guide! Hades is so much fun 😊

I recently had a run where my cast was so OP I stopped using my weapon. Lmao. It was: Slicing shot v3, Black Metal v2, Engulfing vortex, Vicious cycle, Hunting blades. Basically huge spirals of death seeking enemies and pulling them in, doing extra damage with each consecutive hit. Actual broken build. Hades fight was like 2 minutes

I discovered you could switch perks at the mirror of night after 20 runs, so yeah, you are not the only one. At least it's easy to reset how you spend your points there.

Great content. You are doing good. Will definitely come back for the next. Thumbs Up 👍

Thanks for the video, this is great!

I missed that button on the mirror too until well into the game haha

This and Dead Cells are my favourite games ever.

Deflect is so good! I also love tidal dash, especially if you have rupture.

I don’t know if some know but for those who has a bow, if projectiles are being shot at you, you can cancel them out with your special, though you have to keep enough distance (if you don’t have any Hermes Boon) and you have to be still for a few seconds.

Got the game last weekend, video suggested today xD A quick comfort tip that works well for me, probably worth a try I like to use hexagryph's reload on the mousewheel, especially for the augmented first shot damage on the manual reload Frees up the movement keys so I don't have to drop movement for frequent reloading 💜

AND I SIR, have played dark souls, risk is not always worth it lol

This was pretty helpful.👍

even though this is a great collection and a well explained one... the game teaches you all of those thingsm, they are really hard to miss.

I literally realized after 40+ runs you have to equip the weapon upgrades oh my godddd

Awesome tips. Hades is by far, my favorite indie/roguelike game, if not the best (and addicting) 2020 game of all! Supergiant Games made their "Mona Lisa" (work of art), with this game. Thank you!

This game is good. I thought I was over it until I picked it up again. One tip I learned is that the bow is a little less forgiving than other weapons. (Strangely enough the shield is what I first beat the game with.) I recommend charging dodge shots. Quick shots aren’t gonna cut it. Also making sure to upgrade the hell out of your special and grabbing doom/chain shot effects is absolutely a good idea. Especially in Elysium.

I totally missed the mirror upgrades, and I was playing for weeks 😅 but when I worked it out, I had so many keys that I could upgrade loads, which made me supper powerful! 😆

I can hardly believe I stopped playing The Ascent for Hades. This is a damn good game! Supergiant did it once again!

How do you get more of the items from bosses? Like even if I change my weapons it just gives me the mirror currency. Are you saying that we can only retrieve the item once per weapon? That's it?

the gun weapon's shotgun-like upgrade has to be one of the best when put with good dash abilities and getting the extra dashes from your mirror and Hermes.

haven't seen your channel before but great clean and professional presentation

There is a magical secret that will instantly get you better at Hades. It is called luck and playing the game.

if you choose to pick a boon keepsake at the start of the run you give up the chance for a hammer, just something thing to keep in mind.

Haa! When i first started i didn't realize the mirror had alternate buffs with the switches on the left. LoL

Recently just bought Hades since I heard it plays well on steam deck and I genuinely would not have known about the keys being used to unlock more abilities are the mirror, thank you so much for sharing