Hades II — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Post-Launch Patch 2 - Hotfix 2 | 2026-04-23 | · During Dream Dives, increased the chance of Boons being offered in Shops in Tartarus or the Summit if either of these is the first or second Region · During Dream Dives, slightly increased how much Gold you will earn from Encounters in Tartarus or the Summit if either of these is the first or second Region · During Dream Dives, Chronos and Unrivaled Chronos have slightly reduced Life · During Dream Dives, Charybdis Tentacles in the Unrivaled Scylla Encounter have reduced Life · Fixed certain sound FX playing louder than expected · Fixed Braid of Atlas (Charon) not improving Cast damage as expected for most Olympian Cast effects · Fixed Haza |
| Post-Launch Patch 2 - Hotfix 1 | 2026-04-15 | · Fixed various rare crashes reported since Post-Launch Patch 2 · Fixed an issue where you could not interact with Nemesis while a Night Bloom servant was present · Fixed one of Aphrodite's new dialogue events occurring earlier than intended · Fixed rewards appearing out of bounds during Dream Dives in the chamber before the final battle on The Summit if you happened to activate Gold Gold Gold (Echo) · Fixed a rare progression-blocking issue that could occur if you cleared the Surface route before ever accepting a Boon of Hera · Other minor fixes |
| Post-Launch Patch 2 Notes | 2026-04-14 | We're very grateful for all your support of Hades II since our v1.0 launch last fall, and all through our Early Access development before then! With that in mind, we're pleased to present our second Post-Launch Patch, which includes some bonus content and quality-of-life improvements we've been working on. Highlights • Fated Prophecy Updates: Prophecies about characters such as Odysseus and Arachne now have new narrated conclusion scenes, which can be viewed in the Fated List once those Prophecies are fulfilled. • Forever Gifting: Most Crossroads characters now can be gifted Bath Salts, Twin Lures, or Ambrosia indefinitely after forging a bon |
| Hades II Earns 'Best Game on Steam Deck' Award! | 2026-01-03 | We're thrilled and honored to see Hades II named Best Game on Steam Deck in the Steam Awards!! Thanks so much to everyone who voted, as your votes determined the nominees in each category and ultimately the winners. So many great games are released on Steam each year that to earn one of these awards is truly a rare honor. (All the more so in our case, as this marks the first time one of our team's games has earned a Steam Award!) We wanted Hades II to provide a great experience on Steam Deck, and worked to get the game running as smoothly and efficiently as possible with an eye toward the portable system's form factor. Hades II was always mea |
| Yuletide Greetings from Supergiant! | 2025-12-22 | As the year draws to a close, we wanted to reflect on the times gone by, but mostly to say THANK YOU for supporting Hades II and our team! Featured here are some of the familiar faces from the Crossroads, under more-festive circumstances than those that Princess Melinoë finds herself in at the beginning of the game. Illustration by our environment artist Joanne Tran. Yuletide Greetings From all of us at Supergiant, we hope you have a happy, relaxing holiday season! We invite you to bask in the warmth and magick of Hecate's cauldron, just in time for any Yuletide festivities, in our 12-hour Witch of the Crossroads Yule Log video! May your nigh |
| Vote for Hades II in the Steam Awards! | 2025-12-18 | Thank you everyone who helped nominate Hades II in the category of Best Game on Steam Deck in this year's Steam Awards! Voting has officially begun, thus we beseech you to cast your vote for Hades II! We got Hades II running smoothly on Steam Deck early in development and worked to make sure the game met the system's highest standards. Not only does it run fast and smooth on Valve's portable gaming system, it should be rather merciful to the battery, letting you enjoy lengthy sessions between charges. The game is designed with on-the-go play in mind, with ultrafast loading times and autosaved progress at every turn, making it easy to play for |
| Hades II Wins Best Action Game! | 2025-12-13 | We are very grateful and honored to have earned the award for Best Action Game for Hades II at The Game Awards! Watch our acceptance moment here. Hades II is not just the culmination of nearly five years of development, but of our studio's entire history aiming to craft fast, responsive, reactive games filled with interesting and surprising moments. Likewise, what an honor it was to be in contention for Best Independent Game, Best Score and Music, Best Artistic Direction, Best Game Direction, and even Game of the Year... especially since we were in the company of such an amazing group of wildly different and beautiful games. We salute all our |
| Steam Points Shop Goods, Frinos Plush, & More! | 2025-12-01 | It's been an exciting few weeks since we launched Hades II! We wanted to share details on a couple of related announcements. Steam Points Shop Goods We have new items available here in the Steam Points Shop, if you'd like to take a look! There's a new Steam Deck Startup Video, Animated Stickers, Profile Backgrounds, and more. Chances are you might have some Steam Points available, so we hope you enjoy these! Visit the Steam Points Shop to browse the selection. Official Merchandise We're excited to offer the first set of official Hades II merchandise, in collaboration with our friends at Fangamer.com! Now you can confide in your very own Frino |
| Hades II: For Your Consideration! | 2025-11-24 | After nearly five years of development, and more than a year of Early Access, we launched v1.0 of Hades II this fall! It since became the most critically acclaimed game of the year according to Metacritic and OpenCritic, an incredible honor considering how many fantastic games have shipped this year. If you likewise had a good experience it, we would greatly appreciate your consideration in this year's Steam Awards, which are a powerful way to lend your support for your personal favorites! Our foremost goal with Hades II was to ensure our first-ever sequel could be a worthy successor to the original. We also wanted Hades II to be the sort of |
| Hades II Nominated for Game of the Year & More at The Game Awards!! | 2025-11-17 | We're so honored to see Hades II nominated for six awards in The Game Awards, including Best Art Direction Best Score & Music Best Independent Game Best Action Game Best Game Direction Game of the Year Hades II is one of the most nominated games in the awards, and as a result, we're one of the most nominated publishers as well! We're very grateful to be in the running amid so many outstanding nominees, during what's been an incredible year for games. You can help choose the winners at thegameawards.com, and if you enjoyed Hades II, we'd certainly appreciate your vote! |
| Hades II v1.0 Hotfix 3 | 2025-11-12 | · Fixed a rare issue that could prevent progress in the battle with Prometheus · Fixed a particular pre-fight greeting line from Headmistress Hecate playing too frequently · Fixed several narrative events that were not playing when they were supposed to · Updates to translations in some languages · Other minor fixes |
| Post-Launch Patch 1 Notes | 2025-10-31 | From all of us at Supergiant Games, thank you for playing Hades II. We've been very excited to see so many of you battling beyond the Underworld since our v1.0 Launch, and we're grateful for all the feedback, which inspired us throughout development and continues to do so. This Post-Launch Patch contains various improvements, previously noted in our Patch 1 Preview but with a few additional fixes: Highlights • True Ending Enhancements: Added new events in the lead-up to the True Ending, and some after. As part of this, increased the number of Underworld clears required, and added to and revised parts of the main True Ending scenes before the |
| Post-Launch Patch 1 Preview & Notes | 2025-10-23 | From all of us at Supergiant Games, thank you for playing Hades II. We've been very excited to see so many of you battling beyond the Underworld since our v1.0 Launch, and we're grateful for all the feedback, which inspired us throughout development and continues to do so. We now have our Post-Launch Patch 1, with enhancements to the True Ending among other improvements, available to preview: How to Play the Patch 1 Preview First, we recommend backing up your save files, since the Patch 1 Preview may contain more technical issues than would typically be found in one of our full patch launches. To locate them: On Windows, navigate to \\%USERPR |
| Hades II v1.0 Hotfix 2 | 2025-10-03 | · Fixed the Achievement Close Comrades not always unlocking when expected · Fixed the Achievement Goddess of Nightmares not always unlocking when expected · Fixed Unseen Sigil Encounters sometimes not ending when expected · Fixed Nightmare not being awarded after vanquishing Typhon in rare cases · Fixed Empath’s Intuition (Cauldron) not unlocking in a timely manner in some cases · Fixed Family Dispute events not unlocking as intended in rare cases · Fixed Arachne's portrait being hidden behind her tapestry in rare cases · Fixed some Crossroads Renewal decorations not unlocking in rare cases · Fixed Charybdis not fighting if you entered from a |
| Hades II v1.0 Hotfix 1 | 2025-09-30 | · Fixed most Olympian Keepsake effects not activating again after their Boon is skipped · Fixed Phantom (Fields) being able to drain Life from your raised servants · Fixed Fated List Prophecies related to Hidden Aspects not clearing in specific circumstances · Fixed the Achievement Soothing Soak not unlocking from events with Moros · Fixed the Achievement So Mote It Be unlocking sooner than expected · Fixed Gorgon Amulet (Athena) using up the effect of Yarn of Ariadne (Charon) when it shouldn't · Fixed Acceptance of Another Fate not resetting certain random Keepsake effects · Fixed an interaction between Uncommon Upbringing (Hera) and Concave |
| Hades II v1.0 Is Now Available! | 2025-09-25 | We couldn't possibly be more excited to announce that we've completed the Early Access development of Hades II, and officially launched v1.0 of the game!! Whether you've been playing all through Early Access or this will be your very first foray into our take on the Underworld of Greek myth, we welcome you and thank you for joining us! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145350/Hades_II/ About the v1.0 Launch Update Those who've been keeping up with our Early Access development can look forward to a slew of exciting additions in our v1.0 Launch Update, notably the true ending of the story, scores of new events for the game's dozens of fully v |
| v1.0 Launch Update - Patch Notes | 2025-09-25 | The v1.0 Launch of Hades II has finally arrived! The true ending awaits, along with Achievements and many other finishing touches we hope you'll enjoy. While this update marks the conclusion of our Early Access development, we will be monitoring this launch closely and patching any issues that arise. To all our Early Access players, thank you so much! We hope you enjoy the complete game. Note: 📢 indicates changes inspired by community feedback! Highlights • The True Ending: discover what awaits Princess Melinoë at the end of her journey • Achievements: earn 50 different Achievements as you play through the game • Familiar Forms: give your fa |
| Hades II v1.0 Coming September 25! | 2025-09-12 | We're very excited to announce that Hades II v1.0 is coming very soon, on September 25, 2025! We invite you to watch our new v1.0 Launch Trailer for a glimpse of what's in store: If you already have Hades II in Early Access, v1.0 will be a free automatic update. New players will be able to purchase the game digitally at the current price. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145350/Hades_II/ Among the additions coming in v1.0, Hades II offers cross-saves between the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 versions and the version here on Steam. If you've been playing in Early Access and wish to continue the journey on Nintendo's game consoles, y |
| Early Access Patch 11 Notes | 2025-07-23 | While we said our prior patch would likely be our last before our v1.0 launch, as the Fates would have it, there is indeed this one more, which includes further improvements, balance adjustments, and fixes based on your feedback and what we've observed. Thank you for playing in Early Access! Note: 📢 indicates changes inspired by community feedback! General Gameplay · Notice: In preparation for our v1.0 launch and forthcoming story sequences surrounding the True Ending, please note that any Zodiac Sand or Void Lens resources you have when you load your save progress at that time will automatically be converted to Prestige. For now, you may co |
| Early Access Patch 10 Notes | 2025-07-02 | Thank you for playing our recent Unseen Update! This patch makes a number of adjustments to some of the latest additions. We'll keep monitoring your feedback, though this will likely be our final patch before our v1.0 launch, whenever that will be! We're very grateful for your support throughout Early Access! Note: 📢 indicates changes inspired by community feedback! General Gameplay · Reduced further cases of successive attacks causing you to become 'stun-locked' · Whenever you take damage to Armor, it will reduce any temporary Armor you have from sources such as Security System (Hephaestus), prior to reducing the more-permanent kind Nocturn |