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Despite the repetitiveness of the game Hades, there are a whole host of ways that you can customize Zagreus to suit your playstyle. One of these ways is through equipping Hades' Keepsakes. These are special items that are gra🍬nted to you by the various characters in the game that improve your stats and abilities in many different꧟ ways.
In addition to Keepsakes, there are Legendary Keepsakes, which grant you companions that can be summoned during a run. These are separate from normal Keepsakes and have different unlock requirements, each of them necessit💧ating that you complete a quest for the character in question. All of these details require a comprehensive Hades Ke෴epsake Guide.
Updated August 2, 2023, by Ryan Bamsey: Hades is one of the most notable indie classics of recent years and still commands an impressive playerbase to this day. We've gone ahead and given this guide a lick of paint to make sure it's readable and informative.
What Are Hades Keepsakes?
Acquiring Hades Keepsakes is easy. When you 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:gift a character some Nectar for the first time, they will pay you back with their personal Keepsake. This is still true for the Olympian gods such as Poseidon and Zeus, yo𝐆u just need to offer Nectar to their symbols when you come across them during🦩 a run.
This is not true for Hades and his Keepsake, which is the singular exception. To get his Sigil of the Dead, you have to gift him two Nectars after the completion of the main storyline.
Keepsakes will level up with regular use. After 25 encounters with a Keepsake equipped it will reach the second level of effectiveness, and after a further 50 encounters, it will be fully powered.
Keepsakes of The Underworld
This includes the deities that can be found in th𒐪e house of Hades or dwell in any part of the dungeons of Tartarus, Asphodel, Elysium, and the Temple of Styx.
Character |
Keepsake |
Effect |
Achilles |
Myrmidon Bracer |
Makes Zagreus take 20/25/30% less damage from the front but 10% more damage from the back. |
Cerberus |
Old Spiked Collar |
Increases Zagreus' health by 25/38/50. |
Charon |
Bone Hourglass |
Items from Wells of Charon have their durations increased by 4/6/8 rooms. |
Chaos |
Cosmic Egg |
Allows Zagreus to enter Chaos Gates without losing health. Boons from Chaos have a 20/30/40% chance of being Rare quality or better. |
Dusa |
Harpy Feather Duster |
With this Keepsake, urns have a 3/5/6% chance to drop healing items when broken. |
Eurydice |
Evergreen Acorn |
Prevents damage up to 3/4/5 times during the final encounter of a region. |
Hades |
Sigil of the Dead |
Changes your Call to Hades' Aid which briefly makes Zagreus invisible. The God Gauge begins at 10/20/30% full. |
Hypnos |
Chthonic Coin Purse |
Gives Zagreus 100/125/150 obols once per run. |
Megaera |
Skull Earring |
Makes Zagreus deal 20/30/40% more damage while at low health — 35% HP or less. |
Nyx |
Black Shawl |
Makes Zagreus deal 10/15/20% more damage when targeting undamaged enemies. |
Orpheus |
Distant Memory |
Makes Zagreus deal 10/20/30% more damage to distant enemies. |
Patroclus |
Broken Spearpoint |
Gives Zagreus an invincibility period of 1/1.25/1.5 seconds 🃏after being damaged. This effect refreshes after seven seconds. |
Sisyphus |
Shattered Shackle |
Increases Zagreus' damage by 50/75/100% when using an Attack, Special, or Cast that is not empowered by a god's Boon. |
Skelly |
Lucky Tooth |
Saves Zagreus from death with 50/75/100 health once per run. |
Thanatos |
Pierced Butterfly |
Increases Zagreus' damage by 1/1.5/2% for each enc♑ounter completed without taking any damage. |
Keepsakes of Olympus
The deities will appear to Zagreus as he ꧑travels, but they remain at a🤪 comfortable distance. These gods dwell in lofty Olympus and never let our hero forget it.
Character |
Keepsake |
Effect |
Aphrodite |
Eternal Rose |
Guarantees that the next boon is from Aphrodite. Boons from Aphrodite have a 10/15/20% chance of being Rare quality or better. |
Ares |
Blood-Filled Vial |
Guarantees that the next boon is from Ares. Boons from Ares have a 10/15/20% chance of bei🐼ng Rare quality or bett♏er. |
Artemis |
Adamant Arrowhead |
Guarantees that the next boon is from Artemis. Boons from Artemis have a 10/15/20% chance of being Rare quality or better. |
Athena |
Owl Pendant |
Guarantees that the next boon is from Athena. Boons from Athena have a 10/15/20% chance of being Rare quality or better. |
Demeter |
Frostbitten Horn |
Guarantees that the next boon is from Demeter. Boons from Demeter have a 10/15/20% chance of being Rare quality or better. |
Dionysus |
Overflowing Cup |
Guarantees that the next boon is from Dionysus. Boons from Dionysus have a 10/15/20% chance of being Rare quality or better. |
Hermes |
Lambent Plume |
Increases Zagreus' dodge chance and movement speed by 1/1.1/1.2% for each encounter cleared "quickly". |
Persephone |
Pom Blossom |
Improves a random Boon by one level for every 6/5/4 encounters cleared. The Boon is chosen at random. |
Poseidon |
Conch Shell |
Guarantees that the next boon is from Poseidon. Boons from Poseidon have a 10/15/20% chance of being Rare quality or better. |
Zeus |
Thunder Signet |
Guarantees that the next boon is from Zeus. Boons from Zeus have a 10/15/20% chance of being Rare quality or better. |
Legendary Keepsakes
The Legendary Keepsakes are adorable plushies that are gifted to Zagreus by characters who have formed a really close bond with him. To acquire these, you need to complete a favor for the character in question after giviꦚng them enough Nectars, usually five or six.
Once the favor is complete, gift them an Ambrosia to get the Legendary Keepsake. Ambrosia is an upgraded version of Nectar that Zagreus starts to find after spending some time in Elysium. There are six Hades Legendary Keepsakes.
Character |
Location |
Gift of Ambrosia |
Achilles |
House of Hades |
Achilles asks Zagreus to alter the pact that has him serving Hades. Locate the pact with the aid of Nyx and then purchase the alteration at the House Contractor for five Diamonds. Achilles is now at Patroclus' side in Elysium. When he returns to the House of Hades you can gift him an Ambrosia. |
Dusa |
House of Hades |
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Purchase Lounge renovations from the House Contractor. You'll need 12 Lounge renovations, and these must include at least one rug and cleaning up the mess that Cerberus made |
Megaera |
House of Hades, Tartarus |
After a conversation where she states that she's only trying to prevent your escape because she has to, which occurs after a set amount of encounters with her and her sisters. |
Sisyphus |
Various Underworld locations |
Purchase access to the Administrative Chamber from the House Contactor, speak to Megaera about Sisyphus' situation and have two separate conversations with Nyx about the Administrative Chamber and Sisyphus. Find Sisyphus' file in the Administrative Chamber. When you have the file, you can purchase the Knave-King's Sentence for four Diamonds from the House Contractor. This compl꧑etes th🙈e quest and allows you to gift Sisyphus some Ambrosia. |
Skelly |
House of Hades |
He will request that you slay him with the Stygian Blade with its level five Zagreus Aspect, which can be unlocked for a total of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:five Titan Blood. Once completed, you🔯 can gift Skelly an Ambrosia for his 𒁏Legendary Keepsake. |
Thanatos |
House of Hades, various Underworld locations |
Give him six Nectars, and he is randomly prompted to have a conversation regarding Zagreus having enough strength to escape the Underworld, after ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚwhich you can give him an Ambrosia. |
The following table details the effects of the Hades Legendary Keepsakes. Each of them grants a summon that can be used to gre🐻at effect numerous times durജing a run.
Character |
Keepsake |
Effect |
Achilles |
Companion Antos |
Your summon deals damage to two enemies, one after another. |
Dusa |
Companion Fidi |
Your summon travels with you for a while, firing petrifying shots. |
Megaera |
Companion Battie |
Your summon deals damage in an area near the closest enemy. This summon cannot be us꧋ed against Megaera or her sisters. |
Skelly |
Companion Rib |
Your summon creates a decoy distraction with 250 health. |
Sisyphus |
Companion Shady |
Your summon deals some damage in an area and drops some health, Darkness, and Obols. |
Thanatos |
Companion Mort |
Your summon deals a lot of damage in an area in front of you. This summon cannot be u🙈sed during an encounter with Thanatos. |
Hades Keepsakes and Weapon Builds
Yet another cool feature of Hades is 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the myriad of possible weapon builds that you can experiment with during your battle to escape the Underworld. These require taking certain God Boon paths, and often it helps if you can equip that god's keepsake.
That means there's a much better chance that Zagreus will find them somewhere in the Underworld, and when he does, the Boons they can give him will be of a more heroic, powerful quality. Zagreus can switch Keepsakes between the different realms of the Underworld, which is a helpful detail if you're combining Boons from various Gods.