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Hades II›Events›Early Access Patch 8 Notes
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Early Access Patch 8 Notes

Hades II · published 18 months ago · build 17512830

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We appreciate all the feedback following last week's Warsong Update! This patch includes fixes and targeted adjustments for a smoother play experience as you battle toward the final confrontation. We're now shifting focus to our third Major Update outlined in our Roadmap. Until then, thank you for playing!

Note: 📢 indicates changes inspired by community feedback!

Nocturnal Arms & Abilities


· Sister Blades: slightly increased speed of the first two strikes in the Attack sequence
· Argent Skull: increased starting number of Shells; reduced Attack recovery time

Aspects of the Nocturnal Arms


· Argent Skull (Melinoë): reduced bonus Power per spent Shell now that the starting number is greater

Boons & Blessings


· Heinous Affront (Zeus x Ares): significantly increased how frequently this can affect foes
📢 Premium Service (Hephaestus): increased power level while using Black Coat (Melinoë)
· Success Rate (Hermes): removed Fig Leaf (Dionysus) as an offering requirement for this

Foes & Dangers


· Typhon: reduced damage and frequency of some attacks; adjusted Life and Armor of some minions; improved camera motion between phases
· Spawn of Typhon: reduced damage of some attacks; reduced range and speed of headbutt attack
· Prometheus: reduced damage of some attacks; other minor changes
· Aetos: slightly increased damage of fly-up attack
· Satyr Sapper: reduced damage of ranged attack
· Auto-Watcher: slightly reduced damage
· Auto-Seeker: reduced damage of ranged attack
· Blasket: reduced damage

Miscellaneous


📢 Improved feedback when gathering Blood Drops from Ares
📢 Increased appearance rate of Poppy Seeds in Tartarus
· Updates and fixes to translations in some languages

Bug Fixes


📢 Fixed certain effects not increasing Moonstone Axe Omega Special channeling speed as expected
📢 Fixed Black Coat Omega Attack having unintentionally reduced range in the previous patch
📢 Fixed Extended Family (Hera) not being affected by Boons from Artemis, Athena, or Dionysus
📢 Fixed Nova Flourish (Apollo) not increasing the area of the Moonstone Axe Omega Special
📢 Fixed Steady Growth (Demeter) sometimes not working correctly
📢 Fixed Mint Condition (Hephaestus) not functioning in the newest Warden encounter in Thessaly
📢 Fixed Gorgon Amulet (Athena) sometimes summoning multiple Athenas in the Mourning Fields
📢 Fixed Fig Leaf (Dionysus) not functioning in the newest Warden encounter in Thessaly
📢 Fixed Hermes sometimes unexpectedly showing up as the first Olympian on the surface over and over after reaching the final confrontation
📢 Fixed several narrative events related to the final confrontation playing or not playing when expected
📢 Fixed visual issues with the Altar of Ashes in ultrawide resolutions
📢 Fixed a visual issue with the numbering on the Death Arcana in the Altar of Ashes
· Other minor fixes

Quote of the Patch


'Zeus now cast his new weapon, pale and blinding, through the fabric of the sky, ripping it end to end; then he hurled another, stronger, at his father: it fell like a white-hot sword thrust with inexorable force.'

~Greek Myths: A New Retelling (C. Higgins)

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