Supergiant Games shared the Patch 2 Notes for Hades II Early Access. This chonky update contains a variety of improvements, fixes, enhancements, and more! However, beware, for it also contains spoilers. If you want to remain completely unaware of what is going on in the game, the time to leave is now. Otherwise, let’s dive right in and check out some of the general improvements!
For a full list of changes, including Nocturnal Arms and Abilities, check out the official Steam page.
Hades II – Early Access Patch 2 Includes:
General Gameplay:
- You now can encounter up to one additional Olympian each night (as in the previous game)
- You now are likely to find one more Boon or other major reward while in Erebus
- Increased invulnerability duration after your Death Defiance effects activate
- Improved rewards of Ash and Psyche can now be found in Oceanus and the Rift of Thessaly
- You now can press-and-hold to harvest repeatedly from Crescent Pick Outcroppings
- Toula should now stay closer to you in Encounters, especially in the Fields of Mourning
- Nemesis no longer offers Death Defiance items if you do not need to refill the effect
- Reduced Gold cost of Selene’s Boon and Path of Stars in Charon’s Shop
- Minor adjustments to the order in which Olympians may first appear early on
- Normalized chances of finding Fishing Points in various regions
Foes & Encounters
- Chronos: various fixes and adjustments; there should be fewer cases where he’s patently unfair
- Infernal Cerberus: minor adjustments to some attack patterns in the first phase
- Eris: grenade attacks no longer wildly bounce around
- Polyphemus: reduced effectiveness of Mutant Sheep
- Goldwrath: reduced accuracy and tracking of beam attack
- Queen Lamia: slightly increased Armor; increased speed; other minor changes
- Reed-Stalker: increased projectile speed and target distance; reduced rotation speed
- Mourner: slightly increased rotation speed; slightly increased speed while attacking
- Lamia: slightly increased life and Elite armor
- Dire Shambler: reduced tracking speed between attacks
- Hippo: self-destruct area should more closely match the visuals
Menus & UI
- Added many new UI icons for Keepsakes, Weapons, Well of Charon offerings, and more
- Insight Into Offerings (Cauldron) now also lets you check each Olympian’s list of offerings in the Book of Shadows while choosing their Boons (or the equivalent with other characters)
- [/]With the prior change, adjusted default key binding for Rarify; some custom bindings have been reset
- Added a warning when you are down to your last use of Death Defiance
- Opening the Book of Shadows should show entries for nearby characters more reliably
- Removed the Unused Grasp notification when exiting the Altar of Ashes while at a high Grasp limit
- Updated Pitch-Black Stone screen to use Aspect-specific icons
- Adjusted input action bar layout at the bottom of the Boon Screen and similar
- Added borders to icons for Selene Hexes on the Gifts of the Moon screen
- Added informational pop-up when using F10 to report bugs
