Hades II Post-Launch Patch 1 Notes

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