Hades 2: Every Keepsake and How to Acquire Them

Keepsakes in Hades 2 are instrumental in improving the abilities of the protagonist, Melinoë, by offering players unique advantages and strategic depth to gameplay. As players move further into the underworld, understanding and utilizing keepsakes effectively becomes essential to overcome the variety of challenges they would face. This guide gives a comprehensive insight into the keepsakes available in the game, with detailed strategies on how to obtain and upgrade them to ensure that players have the best chance of success in their infernal escapades.

Overview of Keepsake Mechanics

Keepsakes are special items that the player can gather to use for different benefits in pursuing the game. Each keepsake is attached to a certain NPC and has a special effect on the player, which is upgradable. For starters, a keepsake needs to be acquired by offering an NPC Nectar, which will build up a relationship such that the NPC then rewards the player with their respective keepsake.

There are 27 different keepsakes, each with three tiers of progression. Upgrading a keepsake requires equipping it in encounters; this encourages the player to pick and use their keepsakes depending on the current challenges and objectives faced while playing the game, making the choice of which keepsake to carry a critical decision in every foray into the underworld.

How to Obtain Keepsakes in Hades 2

In Hades 2, keepsakes can be compared to unique items that power up your character with special abilities and strengths. Getting these keepsakes involves interacting with different NPCs and presenting them with Nectar, a type of game currency. With every Nectar given to an NPC, you are rewarded with their respective keepsake.

How to get Nectar in Hades 2

Getting Nectar in Hades 2 can be done in a number of different ways, all of which offer a unique path to this critical resource:

• Encounter Rewards: Nectar can be farmed by completing specific encounters in the game.
• Buying from Charon: Charon, the in-game vendor, sells Nectar for gold. It’s fast, but it’s expensive.
• Trading at The Crossroads: The Wretched Broker will offer you a chance to trade some items you collect for Nectar.
• Casting Kinship Fortune Incantation: This magical incantation will reward you with Nectar.
• Summoning Moros: You can also get Nectar the second time you call Moros throughout the game.

These methods allow players to collect nectar, hence making more chances to acquire and upgrade keepsakes.

How to Upgrade Keepsakes

Upgrading your keepsakes in Hades 2 is an important aspect of increasing your character’s potential in the game. Each keepsake can be upgraded by using it in battles and encounters, which greatly enhances their effects.

The road to Rank 2 from Rank 1 (the initial rank) requires equipping the keepsake and successfully emerging from 25 encounters. The harder part is going from Rank 2 to the maximum of Rank 3, which needs 50 victorious encounters to have been completed with the keepsake equipped. This emphasizes the importance of persistence and strategic planning in the usage of keepsakes in order to progress in the game.

List of All Keepsakes in Hades 2

In Hades 2, keepsakes are important items given to the player by various characters in the game; each of them has unique. Knowing how to acquire and upgrade keepsakes will greatly help the player with a more enriched and strategic experience in playing the game.

Keepsake	Giver	Effects
Silver Wheel	Hecate	Automatically restores 1,000/1,500/2,000Magick per night.
Knuckle Bones	Odysseus	The first boss fought after equipping this loses 5%/10%/15% of their health, and you take 15% less damage from bosses.
Luckier Tooth	Schelemeus	After falling to zero Life, you will restore a large percentage of it automatically. The percentage grows with each rank.
Ghost Onion	Dora	Whenever you exit a location, you restore your Life to max, up to a total value of 50/75/100.
Evil Eye	Nemesis	Deal +20%/+25%/+30% damage to the last enemy that killed you.
Engraved Pin	Moros	After you fall to zero Life, you become Impervious for 10 seconds. If you kill the remaining enemies within 10 seconds, you gain 30/X/X Life back.
Discordant Bell	Eris	After each encounter deal and take +0.5%/+1%/+1.5% damage.
Gold Purse	Charon	Gain 100/125/150 gold when you equip this Keepsake.
Metallic Droplet	Hermes	Your move, strike, and channel are 20% faster for the next 200/300/400 seconds.
White Antler	Artemis	While you have less than 30 Life, you have a +20%/+30%/+40% critical chance.
Moon Beam	Selene	You gain +1/+2/+3 Hex upgrades from the next Path of Stars you acquire.
Cloud Bangle	Zeus	Boons from Zeus are more likely and you can Rarify a Common/Rare/Epic blessing of his once per night.
Iridescent Fan	Hera	Boons from Hera are more likely and you can Rarify a Common/Rare/Epic blessing of hers once per night.
Vivid Sea	Poseidon	Boons from Poseidon are more likely and you can Rarify a Common/Rare/Epic blessing of his once per night.
Barley Shef	Demeter	Boons from Demeter are more likely and you can Rarify a Common/Rare/Epic blessing of hers once per night.
Purest Hope	Apollo	Boons from Apollo are more likely and you can Rarify a Common/Rare/Epic blessing of his once per night.
Beautiful Mirror	Aphrodite	Boons from Aphrodite are more likely and you can Rarify a Common/Rare/Epic blessing of hers once per night.
Adamant Shard	Hephaestus	Boons from Hephaestus are more likely and you can Rarify a Common/Rare/Epic blessing of his once per night.
Everlasting Ember	Hestia	Boons from Hestia are more likely and you can Rarify a Common/Rare/Epic blessing of hers once per night.
Lion Fang	Heracles	You deal +30%/+40%/+50% damage, but this reduces by 5% per encounter.
Blackened Fleece	Medea	After taking 250 damage over the course of a run, your Omega Moves deal +20%/+30%/+40% damage.
Crystal Figurine	Circe	After the next boss fight, activate a random Arcana card at rank 1/2/3.
Silken Sash	Arachne	Gain +20 shield and buff this by +2/+3/+4 every time you complete a location if you still have some shield remaining.
Aromatic Phial	Narcissus	Fountains restore +20% Life, and the next fountain you use will improve a Common Boon of yours to Rare/Epic/Heroic level.
Concave Stone	Echo	After choosing a Boon, 25%/X/X you will get an additional Boon. This happens once per night.
Experimental Hammer	Icarus	Gain 1 random Daedalus Hammer effect for the next 10/15/20 encounters.
Transcendent Embryo	Chaos	Gain a random Common/Rare/Epic Chaos blessing once this night, and replace it every 8 encounters.

The right keepsake choice can dramatically impact just how each run plays out. For example, keepsakes like Luckier Tooth or Ghost Onion provide very real survivability benefits that can be key to newer players or during particularly grueling runs. On the other hand, keepsakes like Lion Fang or Evil Eye skyrocket damage output, favor an aggressive playstyle, and make battles much shorter affairs.

Players can choose and upgrade keepsakes to unlock a massive number of tactical possibilities for a playstyle tailored to each encounter. Whether a focus on defense, bolstering certain abilities, or boosters to boon acquisition, keepsakes in Hades 2 give a layer of strategic depth that is deep, engaging, and rewarding.