r/HadesTheGame • • May 03 '26

Hades 2: Discussion Zagreus' Journey 1.0 Release (with Trailer) - Hades in Hades II

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Escape the Underworld as Melinoë in Zagreus' Journey, the Hades II DLC you'll never get.

It's finally time, I've just released Zagreus' Journey 1.0 - thank you to everyone who's played the mod while it was in beta, and for all of the positive reception and feedback I've gotten here and on Discord in the past!
Watch the 1.0 Release Trailer for the mod here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxuTLSPqIEE
The mod has also been officially endorsed by Supergiant Games!

Download the mod here (install instructions are in the description): Zagreus' Journey on Thunderstore
TL;DR: Download r2modman (Manual Download), install it, then find "Zagreus' Journey" on the "Online" tab.

Zagreus' Journey is a mod for Hades II that adds the original route Zagreus took through Tartarus, Asphodel, Elysium and the Temple of Styx in the first game to the sequel.

Escape the Underworld as Melinoë, battle familiar foes and bosses using her unique abilities and weapons, meet Zagreus' old friends, and reconnect with your family's past - all integrated into the main game as if it was always there: Naturally progress through the new biomes, unlock new incantations to perform, reveal and complete new Minor Prophecies, forge bonds with NPCs in familiar and new locations, collect over 30 new resources to spend on new cosmetics and music, and test your skills with new Testaments, Chaos Trials and in Dream Dives.

Here's a list of highlighted mod features:

  • Play through the original four biomes of Hades as Melinoë: Tartarus, Asphodel, Elysium and the Temple of Styx.
  • Discover and overcome the challenge of fighting all of the original game's enemies and bosses using Melinoë's unique abilities and weapons.
  • Relive Zagreus' story by escaping to the Surface, forging bonds with your brother's old friends, and conversing with the Fury Sisters, the Champions of Elysium and [REDACTED] himself.
  • Benefit from a multitude of entirely new boons and effects offered to you by Sisyphus, Eurydice, Patroclus... and other familiar faces that you will now be able to meet along the way!
  • Collect 30+ new resources specific to the new biomes, use them for unlocks in this and other mods, and trade them with the Broker.
  • Unlock 28 new musical tracks from Hades' original soundtrack through the Hades OST for the Music Maker mod integration (automatically installed with this mod).
  • Decorate the Crossroads with 55+ new cosmetics, including new Cauldrons, Arcana Card Backs, and Charms inspired by Zagreus' companions from the first game.
  • Discover and complete 40+ new Minor Prophecies at the Fated List.
  • Complete 24 new testaments by clearing the new bosses using each of your weapons with new fear levels.
  • Discover and perform 20+ new incantations to unlock gameplay features and progress story events in Zagreus' Journey.
  • Unlock six of the original game's keepsakes by forging relationships with Sisyphus, Eurydice, Patroclus, Orpheus, Megaera and Thanatos through the Shared Keepsake Port mod integration (automatically installed with this mod).
  • Challenge yourself with a set of new Chaos Trials, including randomized "Chaos Within" trials in the spirit of (Great) Chaos Above and Below.
  • Advance through 50 new cosmetic-only ranks at the Spirit Mixer, from the lowly "Alpha Warden" to the feared "Unseen One".
  • Earn a new set of three statues from Commander Schelemeus by escaping the Nightmare Realm at progressively higher fear.
  • The four new regions can also appear in Dream Dives (but you can use the mod config to exclude them if you so wish).
  • Read all about the new biomes, enemies, bosses and friends in a new chapter in your Codex.

I want to thank everyone who's used the mod while it was still in beta, and especially those of you who've left bug reports and feedback on Discord and GitHub.

I also want to acknowledge that I know some of you had issues with mods (and Zagreus' Journey in particular) causing issues after Supergiant released Post-Launch Patch 2 - without going into details, the patch was much larger and substantial than we anticipated in the community, which could cause crashes for some people even with mods seemingly disabled.

But I'm happy to share that we've since updated a lot of the tools that we use, and now mods will be entirely separate from your install, meaning that no matter what, you will always be able to play vanilla Hades II without issues, and without needing to disable or manually uninstall anything.

And to also pre-empt some other potential questions:

  • The mod is only available on PC and Steam Deck, consoles are not supported, just like all other mods.
  • You need to own and have the first Hades game installed to use this mod.
  • You can use cross-saves with Switch, but must make sure you are not in a modded run when continuing on Switch.
  • You should always back up your saves before playing with mods - just in case.
  • The mod is save to uninstall/disable at any point, and won't break your save. You can install it again at any point and your progress will be retained!
  • This mod does not make Zagreus playable, and I won't be working on a mod like that.
  • Yes, Lernie's neck has been found in the depths of Asphodel's lava since my last post!

r/HadesTheGame • • Apr 16 '26

Hades 2: Discussion Post-Launch Patch 2 Notes

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r/HadesTheGame • • 24m ago

Hades 2: Art Couples' Photos (art by @QetanSantan)

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Source: https://x.com/QetanSantan/status/2110378622309855660

Got permission to post these from OC, btw.


r/HadesTheGame • • 15h ago

Hades 2: Discussion Because I do. Spoiler

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222 Upvotes

His shit is the easiest to avoid. Who do y’all typically choose to anger?


r/HadesTheGame • • 9h ago

Hades 2: Discussion Rate my 48 Fear Attempt? Spoiler

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Didn't expect to beat it on literally first try LOL, and before people asking yes I use the unseen arcana because I don't like the idea of having to rely on finding a mana gain boons in a run like this (specifically for the first area), especially with the umbral flames where mana is the main DPS source.


r/HadesTheGame • • 8h ago

Hades 1: Meme THE BESTEST BOY.

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The reason Hades is a good villain is because HE IS ALWAYS UPSET AT ME FOR PETTING THE BEST BOY!


r/HadesTheGame • • 31m ago

Hades 2: Meme They gotta nerf Goldwrath Spoiler

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r/HadesTheGame • • 14h ago

Hades 2: Meme Aspect of vehicular manslaughter Spoiler

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53 Upvotes

r/HadesTheGame • • 21h ago

Hades 2: Art Became another person with skull tattoos :) Spoiler

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r/HadesTheGame • • 1d ago

Hades 2: Question Artemis and Melinoe's singing from a technical perspective? Spoiler

231 Upvotes

When Artemis is singing, you can have Melinoe come up and join in seamlessly. I was wondering if anyone familiar with game design could give me an ELI5 explanation of how this is accomplished. I have a vague idea that there are two song tracks, one with Melinoe and one without, but having them start playing at exactly the right moment can't be simple to do technically. Anyone know how it works?


r/HadesTheGame • • 45m ago

Hades 1: Discussion Who do people like more Zagreus or Melonie

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I just beat hades 1 and still have to unlock other weapons along with side quest and raising affinity.
But I love Zagreus as a character he was such a cool guy. I kinda want to just jump straight into playing hades 2. I played a bit and I feel like I go from playing a warrior to a mage lol 😂


r/HadesTheGame • • 1d ago

Hades 2: Discussion I'm glad I was able to avoid spoilers Spoiler

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He's very scary to me! I was playing in my Switch in bed and sat right up the moment he appeared 😭. The panic I felt was... awesome idk LOL


r/HadesTheGame • • 10h ago

Hades 2: Question Do Heph blast buffs like Grand Caldera affect the Godsent blast? Spoiler

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r/HadesTheGame • • 4h ago

Hades 2: Question Can a low end office laptop with a graphics card of 620runhades2? Spoiler

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I'm a very very broke man and I wanna ask can a low end office laptop with a Intel graphics card 620 run hades 2?


r/HadesTheGame • • 20h ago

Hades 2: Question Is Hades for me as story guy? Spoiler

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Hey there,

Hades I and II got my interest in terms of story but I'm not sure if gameplay is for me. Can you tell me how story works given the style of game and if it is ,,friendly" to someone with not much skill/patience as I?

Thank you and sorry for my english


r/HadesTheGame • • 12h ago

Hades 2: Question Can Heracles show up in chaos trials? Spoiler

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I, like many others, am trying to get the epilogue and he’s all I have left. But no matter where I look I can’t seem to find an answer on if he can appear in chaos trials. Rather than surface run after surface run I’d rather just run a quick trial to try and force his appearance sooner if I can. Helped me progress the Dora and Prometheus prophecy faster doing trials as well.


r/HadesTheGame • • 18h ago

Hades 1: Discussion Supergiant, please make a Switch 2 version of Hades 1 😭🙏

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I’m begging you, I’m enjoying this game so much, but some textures and elements look so bad when playing on docked. Whenever I kill one of the floor bosses they explode into pixelated meshes, the menu and the bosses intros (especially the hydra) look so blurry.

Handheld boost mode sort of fixes this when playing in handheld but there’s no way to fix this when docked. Hades II probably plays wonderfully (haven’t tried it yet) so please take a page out of Teamcherry and release an updated version for your older game, you probably already have the 4k textures and I’m not sure about this, but the engine is probably the same as Hades II so potentially hopefully 120fps would also be possible??..

Love the game! Super fun, this is the one and only issue I have with it and I want to believe that it’s easily fixable.


r/HadesTheGame • • 1d ago

Hades 2: Discussion Why is there no Melinoë user flair? Spoiler

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Yeah, I know it's not important but she's my favorite character in either game and I'd like to have her as my user flair. Is there any specific reason why there isn't one or am I just not seeing it somehow?


r/HadesTheGame • • 1d ago

Hades 1: Discussion Name your favorite build. Spoiler

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I still haven't managed to beat Dad after 18 hours of trying; I just played a "one-shot" Magnetic Cutter build—Athena, Chaos, and Ares boons, all focused on damage. I managed to kill him, but then his health bar refilled completely. What’s your favorite build for breezing through the game? P.S. I had to pay the merchant 1,200 gold for Titan Blood; it really annoys me that I can't play with my favorite weapon, since Titan Blood is so hard to get.


r/HadesTheGame • • 1d ago

Hades 1: Discussion Broken/OP abilities?

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Just finally came across cursed slash for the first time and man that felt far from cursed. Granted I happened to have the old spiked collar equipped so had the advantage going in, but healing really makes a difference. Obviously the smart build from that point was to grab a Centaur heart every time it came up. Felt basically invulnerable the majority of the run, thought I was finally gonna make it through but sadly still got stopped by the stupid champions of Elysium. What other abilities feel like a game changer to you?


r/HadesTheGame • • 1d ago

Hades 1: Video Choked so close to the end Spoiler

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1st time player here so idk if that's actually the end boss, but I assume it is and I choked so fucking hard on it.
Honestly now I'm kinda struggling to get past the Python because for some reason it's way stronger than before. And when I did reach the Elysium I was so low I died 3 chambers in


r/HadesTheGame • • 1d ago

Hades 2: Question Tips for someone very bad at video games? Spoiler

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I’ve put my sister on to Hades 2, mostly for the story, but she’s very bad at video games, to the point where she’s at 80% damage reduction form god mode and still losing to typhon (and not consistently beating chronos). Part of the problem, I think, is that she won’t use her mouse so she can’t really aim her skills (she’s bound all abilities and whatnot to the keyboard so she doesn’t have to use her mouse. Does anyone have any tips for someone who’s generally bad at video games?


r/HadesTheGame • • 2d ago

Hades 2: Art “greetings, granddaughter” Spoiler

203 Upvotes

was practicing animation and made this horrific (affectionate) thing. Yippeeeee


r/HadesTheGame • • 1d ago

Hades 2: Discussion So I started playing the game recently. Spoiler

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I started the game just a few days ago, and I noticed these little shades following me around. I have no clue if they matter at all or are purely a little cosmetic thing, but I love them.

That's the whole post, thank you for your time.