
We were able to make it through two and a half realms with this boon without perishing, which is quite the feat. Some might call it overpowered, others will call it a godsend. Plus, you are still able to acquire max life increases after the reduction, so you can quickly alleviate the negative side effect. Yes, your max life is cut by 60%, but that pales in comparison to the gains of 2 health points per hit. While the game is still challenging with this boon equipped, it certainly takes a bit of the stress out of playing. This will cut your max life by 60%, but you will be gifted two health points for every hit, and with how fast a slash of the Stygian Blade is, you will quickly rack up health.Ĭomparatively, the only other ways to heal in the game are infrequent, with a rare drop from an enemy or Charon supplying it in his store providing desperately needed relief. If your weapon of choice is the default Stygian Blade, one of the three options with the Daedalus Hammer will be the Cursed Slash. One of the options for rewards is the Daedalus Hammer, which grants an improvement, known in the game as a boon, to the specific weapon you are wielding on that run.

Charon is one of the less chatty characters in the game Look for the Cursed Slash boon Hades is a game won by a thousand replays, and slowly building out Zagreus is the way to go, versus hoarding your resources and spending them in sporadic but large increments. Don’t hesitate to use them as often as possible and deplete your collection of them. Upon death and your return to the House of Hades, you will have acquired gemstones, keys, and darkness, each of which can be spent on a variety of things. This mindset can be used throughout the game. If you have the obals (gold) for it, buy everything he has to offer, unless you have no need for it, like health when you’re already maxed out. If the door to a chamber is marked by a coin purse with a golden skull, it’ll take you to the River Styx boatman Charon, the in-game vendor. After completing a chamber, more often than not, you are then able to choose between a handful of subsequent rooms based on their reward. This may be an increase in your max health, a temporary power-up gifted by the gods, or an item that you can spend to permanently buff Zagreus even after death. When a chamber ends, you are given a reward. The dash can also be modified to double as an attack Don’t be frugal An added bonus of dashing is that you are invulnerable while doing it, so as long as you’re spamming that button, your chances of death dramatically decrease. Each chamber will be filled with a variety of creatures that attack in different ways, and standing still will most likely result in death.


A basic attack, a special attack, a ranged magic attack, and a dash. Zagreus, no matter which weapon he wields, will always have four core moves. If there’s one piece of advice to employ while playing Hades, it’s dash, dash, dash. If you’re one of the many people finally checking it out, here are some tips to dominate the underworld. With over 1,000,000 copies sold, and some online claiming it to be game of the year, it seems that Hades is more popular than ever.
