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Hades II keeps the god-boon core of Hades I but adds Magick, Omega moves and the Arcana Wheel. Most early deaths come from one of three things: spent Magick with no payoff, Omega moves fired on the wrong timer, or an Arcana layout that never gets Awakened. Read the beginner guide and the Arcana guide first.
All Hades II guides
What changed from Hades I, how Omega moves and Magick work, and the habits that keep a run alive through the first region.
Tier list Best weapons — tier listS to C rankings for the Nocturnal Arms in Hades II, judged on clear speed, safety and how each one uses Omega moves.
Tier list Best boons — tier listWhich gods and boons pull the most weight in Hades II, and where the new gods (Apollo, Hestia, Hera, Selene) land.
Boons Best Cast & the binding circleAll 17 Cast boons, the five that lock each other out, and the real damage per second behind each ring.
Hexes Best Selene HexAll 9 Hexes with their effects, Godsent god pairings, Moonglow bonuses and Path of Stars counts.
Vows Best Vows by Fear costAll 17 Vows priced in Fear, plus the safest combinations to hit 16, 24 and 32 Fear.
Vows Testaments & Nightmare rewardsHow Nightmare scales with Testament Fear, per-weapon progression, and the three statue thresholds.
Affinity Best Gifts & Nectar orderHow Nectar works in Hades II, who returns a Keepsake, the 192 total cost, and every source.
Systems How Arcana Cards workThe Arcana Wheel, Grasp cost, card tiers and Awakening. The system that replaced the mirror from Hades I.
Builds Stats explainedOmega moves, Magick, Cast, Special and the stats that decide a Hades II run. What each number does.
Builds Best builds and synergiesGod and weapon pairings that stack instead of fighting each other. The runs that snowball into a win.
Gods Gods overviewEvery boon source in Hades II — the Olympians, the new gods and the NPC boon givers — and what each brings.
Weapons Weapons guideThe Nocturnal Arms in Hades II, their aspects and how each weapon wants to be played.
Progression Keepsakes guideWhat each keepsake does, when to equip it, and how the familiar system changes your run.
Difficulty Nightmare guideHow difficulty rises past the first clear, what each level changes, and how to prepare a build for it.
Story Romance and bonds guideHow relationships and romances work in Hades II, and the choices that move them.
Crafting Incantations guideHow the Crossroads cauldron works: the resources you gather, what incantations unlock, and the order that saves the most time.
Mistakes Common mistakesThe habits that end more Hades II runs than bad luck: wasted Magick, poor Omega timing and ignoring Arcana.
Bosses Boss guideHow to beat each Hades II boss: the tells to watch, the windows to hit, and the builds that fit.
Runs Routes guideThe underworld and surface routes compared, and how to pick the path your build clears.
Companions Familiars guideHow familiars work, how you unlock them, and how they gather while you fight.
Progression Resources guideWhat Hades II asks you to gather, where it drops, and the spending order that keeps progress moving.
Combat Hexes guideMagick and Hexes explained, plus the timing that turns your biggest ability into a fight winner.
Gods Dionysus guideDionysus only appears in a random clasped-hands chamber on Olympus; plenty reach Typhon without meeting him.
Incantations Thalamus guideThalamus is grown from Origin Seeds dug out of Chaos — one seed yields exactly the two Thalamus the incantation needs.
Platforms Cross-save guideSupergiant cross-save covers Steam, Epic, Switch and Switch 2; PS5 and Xbox are walled off by design.
Reference tables
Every boon and Arcana Card in Hades II, one filterable table each. The boon table covers all 327 unique boons across 22 boon sources — the nine Olympians, Chaos, Hermes, Selene, four NPC gods and six allies — with each Duo Boon stored once and both parent gods named on it. The Arcana table covers all 24 cards with costs and Awakenings.
Data notes
The tables above are built from the game wiki's own boon and Arcana data — boon effects, scaling values, card costs, Grasp and Awakening text. Where a figure matters, we mark it and check it before publishing it as fact.
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