Supergiant Games has published the Post-Launch Patch 1 notes for Hades II on Steam following the v1.0 launch. The update focuses heavily on the True Ending path while also touching a wide range of boons, Daedalus upgrades, keepsakes, encounters, and user settings.
We linked our earlier v1.0 launch coverage to the game’s full release.
Patch Notes – Hades II – Post-Launch Patch 1
Highlights
- True Ending Enhancements: Added new events in the lead-up to the True Ending, and some after. Increased the number of Underworld clears required, and added to and revised parts of the main True Ending scenes before the end credits. Note: The vast majority of changes are to the Underworld route; the Surface route is mostly unchanged. The Epilogue is also unchanged.
- Returning to a Real Possibility: Added Cauldron incantation that lets you return to an earlier point in the story to re-experience key events, such as the True Ending.
- Fated Prophecy Adjustments: Several character-related Prophecies, including the one connected to the story epilogue, should unfold faster than before.
- Crossroads Renewal: Many decorative items have reduced costs in Kudos compared to before. Any excess Kudos already spent will be refunded.
Aspects of the Nocturnal Arms
- Witch’s Staff (Circe): Smolder Ring (Hestia) now also applies Scorch from the bonus Cast when your Casts overlap.
Boons & Blessings
- Anvil Ring (Hephaestus): increased damage for Common Rarity.
- Controlled Burn (Hestia): increased bonus from Poms of Power.
- Ares: increased Plasma pickup range.
- Sword Ring (Ares): increased damage.
- Carnal Pleasure (Ares x Aphrodite): increased effectiveness.
- Success Rate (Hermes): now also affects Nurture of Hera (Selene x Hera).
- Shadow Pounce (Artemis): increased effectiveness.
- Gigaros Dash (Hades): no longer staggers foes when this deals direct damage.
- Life Tax (Hades): increased effectiveness; restorative effect is no longer reduced by Vow of Scars (Oath).
- Last Gasp (Hades): increased effectiveness.
- Howling Soul (Hades): improved aiming of the projectile.
- Fight Fight Fight (Echo): increased effectiveness.
- Favor (Chaos): now also raises chance of finding Duo Boons.
- Various other minor fixes and adjustments.
Daedalus Hammer Upgrades
- Elephant Rockets (Coat – Shiva): increased damage.
- Chakra Collider (Coat – Shiva): increased damage.
Keepsakes
- Jeweled Pom (Hades & Persephone): you no longer keep the bonus Hades blessing if you are not at the Fates’ Whim; fixed an issue causing this to never grant Last Gasp (Hades).
Well of Charon
- Yarn of Ariadne: now also raises chance of finding Duo Boons (as in the original game).
- Mist Veil: now restores Magick that is lost for any reason (not just from using Omega Moves).
Foes & Dangers
- Zagreus: fixed cases where he would stand still for too long.
- Unrivaled Prometheus: adjusted hitboxes of certain Heracles attacks in this Encounter.
- Headmistress Hecate: slightly reduced hitbox of flame attacks to better match the visuals.
- Phantom (Fields): reduced effectiveness of Life-drain effect; removed this effect from some attacks.
Special Encounters
- Added a preview icon for Location exits leading to an Infernal Contract (after the True Ending).
- Added a preview icon for Erebus Location exits leading to Raki (before you have bonded with him).
- Nemesis no longer can show up more than once a night while battling through the Underworld.
- Circe appears slightly more often.
Level Design & Environments
- Various minor fixes and improvements to several Locations.
The Crossroads Renewal Project
- Added Primordial Chaos theme to the Music Maker.
Crossroads Cauldron
- Disintegration of Monstrosity: you are no longer required to cast this as soon as you can afford to.
- Greatest Gift of Gaia: reduced requirements for this to be revealed.
Fated List of Minor Prophecies
- Melinoë, Help Us: increased priority of key events, so that this can be fulfilled faster.
- Silk and Spitefulness: increased priority of key events, so that this can be fulfilled faster.
- Voice and Vanity: increased priority of key events, so that this can be fulfilled faster.
- Born to Win: now revealed sooner and more reliably.
- Natural Talent: fixed an issue causing this to not appear in some cases.
- Denier of Suitors: reduced requirements to fulfill this.
Art & Visual FX
- Added artwork to some True Ending scenes before the credits.
- Added animations for certain characters in some True Ending scenes.
- Added portrait variant for Hecate.
- Added blinking animation to Melinoë’s ‘hesitant’ portrait.
- Added death animation for the Yargonaut.
- Updated animations for opening or closing certain menu screens to be smoother than before.
- Eidolon Eyeballs now are easier to spot.
- Numerous other minor visual fixes and improvements.
Voice & Narrative
- Added new events with Chronos, Zagreus, Hecate, and Hades on the path to the True Ending.
- Added new events with Chronos, Zagreus, Hecate, Schelemeus, and Hades and Persephone after the True Ending.
- Added more contextual voice lines for Melinoë and Hecate in certain situations.
- Adjusted several events after the True Ending in light of other changes.
- Scylla now reveals her sensational hit Bewitching Eyes sooner than before.
- Icarus now can be persuaded to return to the Crossroads sooner than before.
- Other minor fixes and improvements.
Music & SFX
- Artemis’ singing in the Crossroads no longer cuts off abruptly at a certain distance.
- Updated sound effects for Cinerary Circle (Hades).
- Fixed some Keepsake equip sounds playing late.
- Adjusted effects on some Chronos voice lines after the True Ending.
- Other minor fixes and improvements.
Settings
- Danger Pulse: new! You can now toggle off the persistent flashing at critical Life levels.
- FPS Limit: new! You can now limit max frames-per-second while VSync is off.
Miscellaneous
- Improved compatibility with macOS Tahoe security permissions.
- Inventory details for Gigaros and Entropy appear sooner than before.
- Updated inventory hints for several resources.
- Added feedback when Keepsakes from Athena and Selene cannot be used in a certain situation.
- Updates and fixes to translations in all languages.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed Argent Skull (Hel) not firing reliably while Melinoë is backed against a wall.
- Fixed Argent Skull (Medea) text erroneously stating its passive bonus also applied to Omega Special.
- Fixed Argent Skull Omega Attack sometimes being unable to reach the Erymanthian Boar (Ephyra).
- Fixed cases where you could claim rewards while simultaneously using Time Piece (Chronos).
- Fixed Calling Card (Zagreus) unexpectedly refreshing all uses for the night after ranking up.
- Fixed Back Burner (Apollo) not applying its bonus when using certain moves.
- Fixed Steady Growth (Demeter) resetting its countdown after being Rarified.
- Fixed Rapture Ring (Aphrodite) dragging foes after they are slain.
- Fixed Seismic Servo (Hephaestus x Poseidon) not always working as expected on Boons of Hephaestus.
- Fixed cases where you could unexpectedly gain Unseen Ire (Hades) twice.
- Fixed Corrosion on Sight (Medea) not affecting Lubbers.
- Fixed Numbness (Path of Stars) not properly applying its effect.
- Fixed Mirrored Thrasher (Daedalus – Staff) disabling your Attacks in certain cases.
- Fixed interaction between Inverted Blaze (Daedalus – Flames) and Dividing Blaze (Daedalus – Flames).
- Fixed high-cost Boons of Hermes found in shops not always having improved Rarity.
- Fixed some visual effects from Typhon not appearing consistently.
- Fixed projectiles from Charybdis not splitting as expected after striking certain obstacles.
- Fixed cases in which Jetty could get stuck while resurfacing.
- Fixed several cases where Melinoë could end up out of bounds in a Location.
- Fixed Raki occasionally swooping in to peck at already-defeated Guardians.
- Fixed an issue where a slowdown effect could persist unexpectedly after Gale blocks an attack.
- Fixed visual issues with Demeter’s Freeze interacting with other visual effects.
- Fixed visual issues with Infernal Troves.
- Fixed incorrect text sometimes appearing on the Victory Screen.
- Fixed incorrect Gold preview when Nemesis wants to trade for Quick Buck (Hermes).
- Fixed cases where music could stop playing unexpectedly.
- Fixed cases where the Past Deeds screen would not show the foe that put an end to your night.
- Fixed cases where Odysseus and Dora could appear too close together in the taverna.
- Fixed certain visual effects persisting during Melinoë’s Return to Shadow escapes.
- Fixed a visual issue where text formatting would not reset after resetting the Oath of the Unseen.
- Fixed Play Screen showing your location as The Crossroads despite just having left for the night.
- Fixed several text errors.
- Other minor fixes.
Quote of the Patch
‘Regarding the birth of Zeus and the manner in which he came to be king, there is no agreement.’
~Library of History (Diodorus Siculus, C. H. Oldfather translation)
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Source: Steam
