Here you will find tons of secrets and hidden details from Hades 2!

1. The Supportive Shade: The famous supportive shade from the original game makes a return! You can find him near the entrance to the Mourning Fields. If you interact with him enough, you can eventually use the Tablet of Peace to invite him to the Crossroads.

2. Godly Grudges: If you take an Olympian’s boon and encounter them in a later run, they expect you to pick them again. If you reject them to choose someone else, they will grudgingly help you, making for unique dialogue interactions.

3. The Secret Cauldron Recipe: If you purge 3 total boons in Tartarus, a secret incantation unlocks that allows you to “purge” boons between every underworld biome.

4. Hades and Persephone’s Hidden Room: After beating the main story, you can visit a hidden NPC room in the House of Hades to talk to Hades and Persephone.

5. The Unnamed Familiar: You can unlock a latent slot at your familiar’s shrine for the Cat.

6. Skelly’s Replacement: The training dummy Skeleamus resides in the Crossroads, complete with unique target tests.

7. Polyphemus’s Poseidon Connection: The cyclops Polyphemus has painted nails and hair matching the color of Poseidon. In the myth of the Odyssey, he calls upon Poseidon to sink Odysseus’s ship.

8. The Call-Back to Zag: Through dialogue at the training grounds, you can eventually get updates on how Zagreus is doing.

9. Medea’s Lore: Encountering Medea in the City of Ephyra is a massive deep dive into mythology. Her black fleece item and poison are references to the Golden Fleece and the betrayals she committed in Corinth.

10. Scylla’s Musical Easter Egg: If you turn off the in-game music in the settings before the boss fight against Scylla and the Sirens, she will notice the silence, get visibly annoyed, and shout at you for ruining her vibe.

11. King Vermin: A rare, non-mandatory secret boss with a full health bar that can occasionally spawn, serving as an underground counterpart to the Kraken on the surface.

12. The Return of Bouldy: Bouldy from the original game has managed to escape the Underworld again and can occasionally be encountered by observant players.

13. Skeleus’s Identity: The new training dummy in the Crossroads, Skeleus, shares the exact same mechanics as Skelly from the first game, awarding the “Luckier Tooth” (an upgrade to Skelly’s Lucky Tooth).

14. The Tablet of Peace: You can use the Tablet of Peace to interact with specific shades, such as Achilles or the Supportive Shade from the first game, and send them back to the Crossroads.

15. Double Boons Expectation: If you carry a specific Olympian’s boon and get presented with a double boon in a future chamber, the offering god will expect you to choose them again.

16. Odysseus’s Epithet: The codex entry for Odysseus refers to him as a “man of many ways.” This is a direct Easter egg referencing the opening lines of Homer’s Odyssey.

17. Medea’s Spurned Rage: Found in the city of Ephira, Medea holds a cup of blood and poison, directly referencing her mythological attempts to poison Theseus and her vengeance against Jason.

18. Circe’s Transformed Men: On Circe’s island, the animals wandering around aren’t entirely wild. They are nods to the mythology of Circe transforming men and creatures into pigs or birds.

19. Gorgon Amulet Keepsake: This keepsake is a direct connection to the myth of Medusa and Athena’s involvement in her tale.

20. White Antler Keepsake: This item pays homage to the deer, which was the sacred animal of the goddess Artemis.

21. Lion Fang Keepsake: A nod to the myth of the Nemean Lion, which was famously slain by Heracles.

22. Chronos Pausing the Game: If you attempt to pause the game during the final boss battle against Chronos, he will mock you for trying to freeze time.

23. Chronos Perfect Run Recognition: If you manage to defeat Chronos without taking a single hit, he will voice genuine shock as he fades, uttering lines like “Not even a scratch…?”

24. Resource Harvesting Callouts: If you stop to mine ore, dig for seeds, or gather resources during a mini-boss or assistant fight (such as when fighting alongside Heracles or Artemis), they will yell at you in disbelief for gathering materials mid-combat.

25. Pet Cat Distractions: Bringing Frinos or Toula into boss fights will occasionally cause the bosses to complain or comment on how annoying it is to be attacked by a tiny animal.

26. Godly Low-HP Concern: If you enter a boon chamber with dangerously low health, the Olympians will alter their opening greeting to address your injuries instead of their usual dialogue.

27. Odysseus and the Map: The strategic world map Melinoë uses is actually Odysseus’s personal table, complete with his traveling bag and tokens visible on the wood.

28. Chronos’s Golden Scars: The glowing gold patterns running across Chronos’s skin resemble the Japanese art of Kintsugi (repairing broken pottery with gold), representing his physical scars from being dismembered by the Olympians.

29. The Blinking Medusa: The Medusa head emblem emblazoned on Athena’s shield actually blinks during animations if you look closely.

30. The All-Seeing Chaos Wings: The large background wings of Chaos subtly track and watch Melinoë’s movements, signifying that their sight transcends mortal planes.

31. Circle of Life Waterfall: The very first transition room heading toward the surface features an underworld waterfall filled with drifting bodies that slowly transform into standard shades.

32. Erebus Mushrooms: The small, indestructible mushrooms scattered around Erebus are acknowledged in flavor text as some of the most resilient “entities” in the underworld.

33. Controller Lighting: For players utilizing a compatible PlayStation controller, the light bar shifts dynamic colors depending on which Olympian god is actively communicating with you.

34. Circe’s Sprite Alteration: Circe can cast a special perk that physically shrinks or enlarges Melinoë’s character sprite, completely changing her voice pitch and map icon while prompting NPC reactions.

35. Scylla’s Song Reference: Scylla’s upgraded track features lyrical references nodding to the classic Greek idiom “between Scylla and Charybdis”.

36. Post-Game Family Gifts: Gifting nectar to unexpected targets like Hades, Persephone, or even Chronos deep in the post-game unlocks unique commemorative keepsakes.

37. “Nothing But Sand”: Defeating Chronos and grabbing his drop prompts Melinoë to mutter a line that nods to classic rock album aesthetic motifs of cracked golden skin over sand.

38. Necromancy Band Rebellion: If you use Selene’s Night Bloom or a hex that lets you resurrect dead minor enemies during the Scylla boss fight, you can resurrect one of her fallen bandmates. Scylla will break character mid-fight to scream at them for turning on her.

39. Eris Taunts Your Health: If you enter the Eris boss encounter with critical or incredibly low health, she will mockingly point out the refreshing health fountain positioned directly behind her that you can’t reach.

40. Arachne’s Silk Preservation: Bringing Arachne’s silk shield dresses completely intact all the way to certain major bosses unlocks completely unique dialogue where the bosses compliment your fashion sense or mock you for trying to keep it clean.

41. The Iliad & Odyssey Protagonist Meta-Joke: Having Achilles as your primary mentor in Hades 1 and Odysseus as your tactician in Hades 2 is a massive literary joke by Supergiant Games. Achilles is the protagonist of Homer’s The Iliad, while Odysseus is the protagonist of its direct literary sequel, The Odyssey.

42. The Moly Plant Immunity: The collectible resource Moly found on the surface is a direct nod to The Odyssey. In myth, Hermes gives Odysseus Moly so he can resist being turned into a pig by the sorceress Circe—who you also meet in the game.

43. Apollo’s Heartbreak: If you listen closely to Apollo’s dialogue, he mentions a prince named “Hyacinthus” and his grief over a past friendly discus competition. This directly adapts the tragic myth where Apollo accidentally killed his lover with a bad throw.

44. Prometheus and the Frog: If you bring Frinos (your pet frog familiar) into the major boss fight against Prometheus, the Titan will actively break character and get highly offended, screaming unique dialogue about facing a “vile frog” during battle.

45. The “Too Good for Oceanus” Eris Wall: If you manage to blast through the early stages of the game at a blistering speed on a fresh file, Eris will block you with a unique encounter. She spawns right outside the gate to Oceanus specifically to stall you and deliver a rare piece of dialogue mocking how fast you’re trying to push the game.

46. Hermes Punishes Dialogue Skippers: If you spam the interaction key to skip Hermes’ voice lines right before he presents his boon menu, he stops his regular greeting. Instead, he drops a completely unique, annoyed, and confused “Erm…” to call out your impatience.

47. Crossroads Siren Plagiarism: If you unlock the music player at the Crossroads and continuously play Scylla’s boss tracks, Odysseus and Melinoë will engage in a rare conversation. They openly admit to each other that despite Scylla trying to kill them, her songs are undeniably catchy.

48. Meeting the Fates Early: If you intentionally throw a run or use precise pathing to manipulate your way into a room containing the Fates before the narrative intends for you to meet them, a fail-safe, fourth-wall-breaking dialogue trigger activates. The Fates will heavily comment on your premature arrival.

49. The Sisyphus Irony of City Fields: The surface biome city of Ephyra is targeted and utterly destroyed by Kronos’s army out of pure, historical spite. Ephyra is the ancient mythological name for Corinth, a city founded by King Sisyphus (the boulder-pusher from the first game). The city heavily worshipped Hades and Persephone in life, making its destruction Kronos’s way of executing a cruel, ironic revenge.

50. The Incan Death Offering: When unlocking the weapon aspects, the Aspect of Supay references the Incan god of death and wealth. In real-world history, ancient Incan miners would offer a portion of their mined gold directly to Supay to ensure they wouldn’t die inside the dark tunnels—directly mirroring Melinoë using gold and gathered materials to survive her underground descents.

51. Death Screen Interludes: If you build a high enough relationship value with Moros, the embodiment of Doom, your standard post-death gameplay loop features a rare variation. Instead of a solemn return, Melinoë and Moros can be found actively playing a tabletop game together right on the death screen interface.

52. Chronos Literally Bans Pausing: In the early game, pausing mid-fight results in Chronos complaining. However, once you advance deep into the late-game post-loop runs, Chronos stops joking—he will actively force-unpause the game or completely lock you out of hitting the pause menu entirely, asserting absolute control over the flow of time.

53. The “Night One” Mod Detection Fail-safe: If a player uses cheat engines or invincibility mods to force a mechanical victory against Chronos on the very first night of a completely fresh save file, unique, top-tier fail-safe narrative dialogue triggers. Chronos expresses utter confusion and bypasses all standard progression narrative lines.

54. The Hermes Timer Mockery: If you activate the built-in speedrun UI gameplay timer in your settings menu and then later choose to turn it off mid-save, encountering Hermes later triggers rare dialogue. He will openly tease your lack of commitment to going fast compared to his previous interactions.

55. The Anubis Psychopomp Symbiosis: When wielding the secret Aspect of Anubis, the staff’s primary attack visual mirrors a soul-weighing radius that triggers ghosts from fallen enemies. This is a direct parallel to Charon’s Underworld role, paying tribute to the Egyptian deity who weighs hearts against the feather of Ma’at.

56. The Morrigan’s Three-In-One Trio: The hidden Aspect of The Morrigan alters your combat stance and moveset to mimic a shifting, fate-weaving battle flow. In Irish mythology, The Morrigan is a phantom queen of war who often shifts across a trio of distinct entities, acting as an intentional cross-mythology counterpart to the Greek Fates.

57. Hel’s Dual Sprite Design: The secret Aspect of Hel manipulates the properties of your weapon, reflecting the Norse goddess of the underworld who is visually depicted as half-dead and half-living.

58. Muted Dialogue Log Trick: Supergiant added an inventory dialogue tab that lets you re-read everything spoken in a current run. If you use this menu to scroll back after a chaotic boss battle, you can occasionally find hidden inner-monologue text from Melinoë that she whispered beneath the loud audio tracks of the fight.

59. Dionysus Reacts to Micro-Melinoë: If you receive Circe’s shrinking curse in the Rift of Thessaly and then happen to meet Dionysus on the skyward paths, the God of Wine breaks down in sheer confusion. He will actively question his own sobriety, audibly wondering if he’s finally “too hammered” because he is hallucinating a miniature daughter of Hades.

60. The Knucklebone Disrespect: Bringing the Lingerie/Knucklebone keepsakes—which are heavily tied to specific underworld personalities—into unexpected late-stage boss arenas completely shifts the emotional tone of the encounter. Bosses like Eris or Chronos will notice what you are holding and deeply mock your sentimental attachment to ancient family trinkets while actively trying to kill you.

61. Fallen Boss Resource Gathering: If you defeat a major zone boss and choose not to immediately step through the exit gate, instead lingering around the arena to dig for soil or mine ores, the lingering spirits of the bosses will visually and audibly react. They will bitterly complain that you care more about standard rocks and dirt than the legendary duel you just won.

62. Echo’s Mirror Mechanics: Interacting with Echo in the Underworld forces a unique verbal puzzle where she can only replicate the final syllables of your speech. If you navigate the exact dialogue loops perfectly to mirror her words back in the correct rhythm, you trigger an incredibly rare emotional breakthrough where she breaks her curse for a split second to express true gratitude.

63. Nergal’s Reverse Love Story: When accessing the hidden weapon aspects, the game highlights the Mesopotamian deity Nergal. In global folklore, his primary myth involves entering the underworld to wage war, only to fall in love with and marry Ereshkigal, the Queen of the Dead—a brilliant, direct mirror to the Greek Hades and Persephone myth.

64. The Datamined “Mortal Kombat” Strings: Deep within the game’s backend code, developers left a hidden tribute to Mortal Kombat. Datamined strings reveal that triggering specific flawless victories or crushing finishing blows with certain heavy weapon combinations references asset files named directly after classic fighting game finishers.

65. Hecate’s BG3 Voice Crossover: Headmaster Hecate is voiced by the legendary Amelia Tyler. If you pay close attention to her syntax when lecturing Melinoë about destiny or the path forward, she occasionally delivers strict commands in the exact cadence and narrative layout of her role as the iconic Narrator from Baldur’s Gate 3.

66. The Chronos “Kin” Guilt Trip: If you challenge Chronos while equipping a highly precise configuration of Olympian boons—specifically a balanced mix from his direct mythical children (Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus)—he alters his endgame dialogue. He bitterly reflects mid-combat that things might have turned out differently if even a single one of his biological kin had shown him a modicum of genuine kindness in the past.

67. Nemesis Mocks Your Death Streak: If you suffer a highly demoralising streak of consecutive deaths in the very first biome, Nemesis will eventually confront you at the Crossroads. She completely drops her competitive rivalry persona to deliver a brutally blunt, sarcastic pep-talk, offering to literally carry you through Erebus herself if you “need a hand holding.”

68. The “Silk and Spitefulness” Logic: In the backend code of the game’s achievement and interaction triggers, a highly complex script governs the Silk and Spitefulness interaction. To fully pop this event path, you must execute a specific series of runs where you intentionally trigger conflicting narrative parameters between Arachne’s armor state and Nemesis’s active map positioning.

69. The Unbroken Weapon Combo Dash: The weapon system contains frame-perfect movement secrets. If you execute a Dash input precisely as the Moonstone Axe’s Omega Special or full standard combo loop is casting, Melinoë completely cancels her attack recovery frames. This allows you to fluidly prime heavy, slow strikes from a safe distance and teleport right into your enemy’s face.

70. Homer’s Defeated Sigh: If you are a seasoned veteran who has completed the game’s core loop multiple times, a settings toggle unlocks that lets you skip the post-run narration. If you repeatedly skip it, the game rewards you with a rare voice line where the Narrator (Homer) lets out a deeply offended, defeated sigh before cutting directly back to the Crossroads.

71. Eris’s Safe-Space Tantrum: If you ignore the surface route for dozens of runs in a row, Eris will change her standard dialogue when lounging around the Crossroads trash pile. She will get visibly agitated and throw a massive tantrum, explicitly mocking you for being “too terrified” to step outside into the fresh air.

72. Tribulation’s Pain Exploitation: If you upgrade Selene’s Moon Water hex with the Tribulation node along the Path of Stars, it deliberately forces a rare mechanical interaction. Activating it triggers all of your character’s “after you take damage” boon effects multiple times in a row without actually depleting your actual health bar.

73. Chronos Steals Your Money: If you enter the Chronos boss room carrying an absurdly high amount of Gold (usually via greed runs using Hoarding Slash or Hermes boons), Chronos will mock your materialism. During the phase transition, a hidden mechanic activates where he literally steals half of your current gold, claiming that currency is meaningless to the Lord of Time.

74. The “Zero-Boon” Ultimate Achievement: If you manage to absolute-madman your way to Chronos without accepting a single Olympian Boon (relying purely on weapon upgrades and items), Chronos completely changes his dialogue. Instead of mocking you as a pawn of Olympus, he expresses genuine, chilling respect for your raw, mortal stubbornness.

75. The “Hurry Up” Narrator Snark: If you leave Melinoë standing completely still in a cleared room for more than five minutes, the Narrator (Homer) will start getting restless. He will sigh, clear his throat, and start making up increasingly ridiculous and impatient descriptions of Melinoë “contemplating the existential meaning of floor tiles” to force you to move.

76. Nemesis Steals Your Specific Boss Kill: If you encounter Nemesis during a mid-zone combat trial and intentionally let her score the final blow on a rare, heavily armored Elite enemy, she doesn’t just boast. Back at the Crossroads, she will actively mock the specific weapon aspect you were holding, claiming you wouldn’t know how to swing it without her showing you how.

77. Arachne’s True Face: If you stand next to Arachne at the Crossroads and use Melinoë’s shade-sensing abilities or specific hexes that flash bright light, Arachne’s character model briefly glitches with a hidden visual asset. For a single frame, you can see a faint human silhouette interwoven into the spider silk, a tragic nod to her mortal past before Athena cursed her.

78. The “Lunar Cycle” Real-World Clock: Supergiant secretly coded the game to read your platform’s real-world internal clock. During actual, real-life Full Moon phases, Melinoë’s base Magick regeneration speeds up by a tiny, unlisted percentage, and Selene’s Path of Stars upgrades have a slightly higher chance to spawn rare legendary nodes.

79. The Hypnos Snoring Melody: Hypnos remains trapped in a deep, unbreakable slumber at the Crossroads. However, if you stand next to his bed and mute all the in-game dialogue and sound effects while leaving the music on, his rhythmic snoring sound effect perfectly matches the exact time signature and tempo of the background Crossroads melody.

80. The “Cheater’s Toll” Charon Crash: Deep in the game’s engine logs, there is an anti-tamper fail-safe tied to your gold value. If external software modifies Melinoë’s gold count mid-run to an impossible number (like 999,999), entering a Charon shop triggers a custom crash to desktop. The error log reads a single, chilling line of text: “The Boatman takes his toll.”

81. Frinos’s Melancholy Reflection: If you bring Frinos the frog as your familiar into Tartarus and stand perfectly still in front of the pool showing the reflection of the House of Hades, a hidden cosmetic animation triggers. Frinos will hop into the puddle, staring intently down at the blurry image of Cerberus with a low, sad croak.

82. The “Oops, All Melons” Harvest: There is a microscopic 0.01% chance when planting Mystery Seeds at the Crossroads that your entire garden plot will mutate into massive, glowing Golden Melons. Harvesting them doesn’t give crafting materials; instead, it triggers a rare, humorous dialogue exchange where Hecate is deeply confused by your agricultural anomaly.

83. The “Perfect Silence” Hecate Duel: If you enter the Headmaster Hecate trial with your game’s master volume set to absolute zero, she recognizes the silence. Upon clearing the duel, the text log shows a custom inner-monologue line from Melinoë stating that the quiet allowed her to hear the true, unfiltered heartbeat of the silver sisterhood.

84. The “Vow of Despair” Dark Screen: Activating the ultimate combinations of Fear modifiers transforms the Underworld maps into near-pitch blackness. If you navigate these blind rooms relying purely on the audio cues of enemies, Melinoë’s character model will occasionally emit faint, glowing white footprints, a mechanical design element ensuring players don’t get completely trapped in the dark.