Hades 2 post-launch update announced, patch notes

Posted on October 23, 2025 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Switch 2

Supergiant Games has announced the first post-launch update for Hades 2. It’ll be a bit before the patch rolls out on Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch, but look for it in the near future.

While the title recently released, the team is far from finished with the game. Hades 2 will be getting enhancements to the True Ending, lots of other improvements and adjustments, and bug fixes.

We have the full notice from Supergiant below. Just beware that you may want to hold off on reading everything if you’ve yet to play the game.

Hades 2 post-launch update patch notes

True Ending Enhancements: Added new events in the lead-up to the True Ending, and some after. As part of this, increased the number of Underworld clears required, and added to and revised parts of the main True Ending scenes before the end credits. Note: The vast majority of changes are to the Underworld route; the Surface route is mostly unchanged.
Returning to a Real Possibility: Added Cauldron incantation lets you return to an earlier point in the story in case you wish to re-experience key events, such as the True Ending.
Fated Prophecy Adjustments: A number of character-related Prophecies, including the one connected to the story epilogue, should unfold faster than before.
Crossroads Renewal: Many decorative items have reduced costs in Kudos compared to before. Any excess Kudos you have already spent will be refunded.

The full set of changes currently in Patch 1 is as follows:

Aspects of the Nocturnal Arms

Witch’s Staff (Circe): Smolder Ring (Hestia) now also applies Scorch from the bonus Cast when your Casts overlap

Boons & Blessings

Anvil Ring (Hephaestus): increased damage for Common Rarity
Controlled Burn (Hestia): increased bonus from Poms of Power
Ares: increased Plasma pickup range
Sword Ring (Ares): increased damage
Carnal Pleasure (Ares x Aphrodite): increased effectiveness
Success Rate (Hermes): now also affects Nurture of Hera (Selene x Hera)
Shadow Pounce (Artemis): increased effectiveness
Gigaros Dash (Hades): no longer staggers foes when this deals direct damage
Life Tax (Hades): increased effectiveness; restorative effect is no longer reduced by Vow of Scars (Oath)
Last Gasp (Hades): increased effectiveness
Howling Soul (Hades): improved aiming of the projectile
Fight Fight Fight (Echo): increased effectivenes
Various other minor fixes and adjustments

Daedalus Hammer Upgrades

Elephant Rockets (Coat – Shiva) : increased damage
Chakra Collider (Coat – Shiva) : increased damage

Keepsakes

Jeweled Pom (Hades & Persephone): you no longer keep the bonus Hades blessing if you are not at the Fates’ Whim; fixed an issue causing this to never grant Last Grasp (Hades)

Well of Charon

Yarn of Ariadne: now also raises chance of finding Duo Boons (as in the original game)
Mist Veil: now restores Magick that is lost for any reason (not just from using Omega Moves)

Foes & Dangers

Unrivaled Prometheus: adjusted hitboxes of certain Heracles attacks in this Encounter
Headmistress Hecate: slightly reduced hitbox of flame attacks to better match the visuals
Phantom (Fields): reduced effectiveness of Life-drain effect; removed this effect from some attacks

Special Encounters

Added a preview icon for Location exits leading to an Infernal Conflict (after the True Ending)
Nemesis no longer can show up more than once a night while battling through the Underworld appears slightly more often

Level Design & Environments

Various minor fixes and improvements to several Locations

The Crossroads Renewal Project

Added Primordial Chaos theme to the Music Maker

Crossroads Cauldron

Disintegration of Monstrosity: you are no longer required to cast this as soon as you can afford to
Greatest Gift of Gaia: reduced requirements for this to be revealed

Fated List of Minor Prophecies

Melinoë, Help Us: increased priority of key events, so that this can be fulfilled faster
Silk and Spitefulness: increased priority of key events, so that this can be fulfilled faster
Voice and Vanity: increased priority of key events, so that this can be fulfilled faster
Born to Win: now revealed sooner and more reliably
Natural Talent: fixed an issue causing this to not appear in some cases
Denier of Suitors: reduced requirements to fulfill this

Art & Visual FX

Added artwork to some True Ending scenes before the credits
Added animations for certain character in some True Ending scenes
Added portrait variant for Hecate
Added blinking animation to Melinoë’s ‘hesitant’ portrait
Added death animation for the Yargonaut
Updated animations for opening or closing certain menu screens to be smoother than before
Numerous other minor visual fixes and improvements

Voice & Narrative

Added new events with Chronos , Zagreus , Hecate , and Hades on the path to the True Ending
Added new events with Chronos, Zagreus, Hecate, Schelemeus, and Hades and Persephone after the True Ending
Added more contextual voice lines for Melinoë and Hecate in certain situations
Adjusted several events after the True Ending in light of other changes
Scylla now reveals her sensational hit Bewitching Eyes sooner than before
Icarus now can be persuaded to return to the Crossroads sooner than before
Other minor fixes and improvements

Music & SFX

Artemis’ singing in the Crossroads no longer cuts off abruptly at a certain distance
Updated sound effects for Cinerary Circle (Hades)
Fixed some Keepsake equip sounds playing late
Other minor fixes and improvements

Settings

Danger Pulse: new! You now can toggle off the persistent flashing at critical Life levels
FPS Limit: new! You now can limit max frames-per-second to your preference while VSync is off

Miscellaneous

Improved compatibility with macOS Tahoe security permissions
Inventory details for Gigaros and Entropy appear sooner than before
Updated inventory hints for several resources
Added feedback when Keepsakes from Athena and Selene cannot be used in a certain situation

Bug Fixes

Fixed Argent Skull (Hel) not firing reliably while Melinoë is backed against a wall
Fixed Argent Skull (Medea) text erroneously stating its passive bonus also applied to Omega Special
Fixed cases where you could claim rewards while using the effect of Time Piece (Chronos)
Fixed Calling Card (Zagreus) unexpectedly refreshing all uses for the night after ranking up
Fixed Back Burner (Apollo) not applying its bonus when using certain moves
Fixed Steady Growth (Demeter) resetting its countdown after being Rarified
Fixed Rapture Ring (Aphrodite) dragging foes after they are slain
Fixed Seismic Servo (Hephaestus x Poseidon) not always working as expected on Boons of Hephaestus
Fixed cases where you could unexpectedly gain Unseen Ire (Hades) twice
Fixed Corrosion on Sight (Medea) not affecting Lubbers
Fixed Numbness (Path of Stars) not properly applying its effect
Fixed Mirrored Thrasher (Daedalus – Staff) disabling your Attacks in certain cases
Fixed interaction between Inverted Blaze (Daedalus – Flames) and Dividing Blaze (Daedalus – Flames)
Fixed high-cost Boons of Hermes found in shops not always having improved Rarity
Fixed projectiles from Charybdis not splitting as expected after striking certain obstacles
Fixed cases in which Jetty could get stuck while resurfacing
Fixed several cases where Melinoë could end up out of bounds in a Location
Fixed Raki occasionally swooping in to peck at already-defeated Guardians
Fixed an issue where a slowdown effect could persist unexpectedly after Gale blocks an attack
Fixed visual issues with Demeter’s Freeze interacting with other visual effects
Fixed visual issues with Infernal Troves
Fixed incorrect text sometimes appearing on the Victory Screen
Fixed incorrect Gold preview when Nemesis wants to trade for Quick Buck (Hermes)
Fixed cases where music could stop playing unexpectedly
Fixed cases where the Past Deeds screen would not show the foe that put an end to your night
Fixed cases where Odysseus and Dora could appear too close together in the taverna
Fixed certain visual effects persisting during the Melinoë’s Return to Shadow escapes
Fixed a visual issue where text formatting would not reset after resetting the Oath of the Unseen
Fixed Play Screen showing your location as The Crossroads despite just having left for the night
Other minor fixes

Hades 2 is out digitally on Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch with a physical release coming next month.