Hades Trophy Guide & Roadmap

• Successfully complete at least one run
• Purchase the “Contractors Desk, Deluxe” Work Order, which first requires the following Work Orders:
  • All “Fountain Chamber, (region)” orders
  • “Keepsake Collection, Regional”
  • “Fated List of Minor Prophecies”
  • “Plunder, Lesser”
  • “Urns of Wealth, Lesser”
  • “Court Musician’s Sentence”

After you have fulfilled the above requirement the Work Order should show up at the House Contractor for purchase.

After the Infernal Gates are unlocked, you need to be at a minimum Heat level run for them to be potentially available. Each region requires a minimum of 5 heat per region to be available, so 5 Heat to be available in Tartarus, 10 in Asphodel, and 15 in Elysium (gates don’t appear in the final region). Once you find a Gate and enter, you will be faced with a challenge where you need to defeat a tough encounter of enemies without taking damage for a potential upgrade to rewards during the current run. If you take damage during the encounter then you will only be rewarded with a Red Onion that heals 1 HP, and won’t earn this trophy.

See Infernal Arms for information on how to unlock the hidden Weapon Aspects.

When you see this bag of coins you can choose to “borrow” it, which Charon doesn’t like and causes him to pull you to a different area and force you to fight him as a boss in order to continue your run. If you successfully beat him in the fight then he gives you a Loyalty Card item, which gives you a 20% discount on all of Charon’s shop prices for the rest of the current run.

Charon is quite a hard boss, especially if you happen to have the money bag show up early in a run where you aren’t quite set up yet, so be wary picking it up unless you are confident in where you are at in a run or are alright with potentially burning Death Defiance to beat Charon. He primarily attacks using large swings of his oar, or by summoning sets of homing orbs towards you from the sides of the screen. The orbs can be relatively easily dashed through, but his oar attack has a huge range in front of him and can be hard to avoid if you aren’t close to Charon to dodge behind him.

Hades is the exception with obtaining his Keepsake. You can give him one Nectar to start, but then don’t get anything from him and he has a locked heart on his relationship meter. You need to complete the story (successfully escape 10 times) before you can unlock that heart slot, then can obtain his Keepsake.

1875 is a lot, so while playing you want to always switch to a new Keepsake when possible if you max rank the one you are using. Every room you complete in the Temple of Styx area also counts as an encounter, so if you want to complete extra encounters quickly during a run you can run through the other paths before advancing to the final boss.

See Complete Set for info on how to unlock the Chthonic Companions.

Achilles: Complete the “Divided by Death” Prophecy (also earns the associated trophy, see for instructions on completing the Prophecy).

Dusa: Gift 6 Nectar, complete “A Place of Revelry” Prophecy, which requires purchasing at least 12 Lounge related things from the House Contractor, with at least one of them being one of the rugs, along with both “Service, Deep Cleaning” and “Service, Detailing”, then speak to her again in the House to complete the prophecy.

Megaera: Gift 6 Nectar, then fight the Furies a random number of times to trigger two story events in the House of Hades with Megaera.

Sisyphus: Complete the “End to Torment” Prophecy (also earns the associated trophy, see for instructions on completing the Prophecy).

Skelly: Gift 6 Nectar, then unlock 4 total Weapon Aspects that aren’t the “Aspect of Zagreaus” on weapons, then next time you return to the House of Hades Skelly will prompt you to kill him with the Stygian Blade with the Level 5 Aspect of Zagreus equipped.

Thanatos: Gift 6 Nectar, then beat Thanatos’ score when he appears during a run to potentially prompt a specific discussion about how strong Zagreaus is.

You first need to unlock the hidden aspect on the Eternal Spear for purchase before you can unlock any others (though you still need to unlock it with Titan Blood for the trophy). This is done by unlocking any 5 total aspects of the weapons (other than the Aspect of Zagreus). You also need to have unlocked the “Fated List of Minor Prophecies” Work Order, then reach the final boss in an escape attempt (not required to win the run).  You can then speak to Achilles back in the House, and after a few conversations, he should tell you about the hidden weapon aspects and give you the unlock phrase for the Eternal Spear (“I see you through the eyes of the crimson phoenix”). Go out to the courtyard and interact with the Spear to have Zagreus speak the phrase, revealing the Aspect of Guan Yu.

After revealing the Eternal Spear hidden aspect you can then unlock the remaining ones in any order. They all share the requirement of needing at least 5 Titan Blood invested in their other Aspects before you can unlock the hidden one, so do that first for them.

For the Stygian Blade, you need to speak to Nyx in the House at any time after fulfilling the prior two requirements. She will eventually reveal to you the phrase “I see your kingly pardon from a prison of stone”, which is then used to unlock the Aspect of Arthur.

For the Heart-Seeking Bow, you need to speak with Artemis by accepting boons from her after fulfilling the prior requirements. After a couple of conversations, she should reveal to you the phrase “I see you drawn in the arms of the seventh avatar”, allowing you to unlock the Aspect of Rama.

For the Shield of Chaos, you need to speak with Chaos during a run while wielding the shield after fulfilling the prior requirements. After a couple of conversations, he should reveal to you the phrase “I see you stand your ground against the serpent’s flame”, allowing you to unlock the Aspect of Beowulf.

For the Adamant Rail, you need to speak with Zeus by accepting boons from him after fulfilling the prior requirements. After a couple of conversations, he should reveal to you the phrase “I see your prideful fall down from the heaves to the flames”, allowing you to unlock the Aspect of Lucifer.

Finally, for the Twin-Fists of Malphon, you have probably the most complicated requirement. You need to speak with Asterius (the Minotaur boss who appears in Elysium with Theseus), but NOT during the boss battle at the end of the area. When progressing through Elysium you sometimes find the room doors have a skull beside the reward icon, which means the next room will have a boss enemy in it. In Elysium, this can either be the normal harder versions of basic foes, OR it can be Asterius who fights you one on one in an early match. You need to encounter him in this context twice, with the second time revealing to you the phrase “I see you overcome the wild and make peace with death”, allowing you to unlock the Aspect of Gilgamesh.

Finally, once you have revealed all the hidden aspects, you can spend Titan Blood to unlock all Aspects on each weapon and earn this trophy. You don’t need to spend Titan Blood on leveling the Aspect of Zagreus on any of the weapons if you don’t want to, only to remove the chains over the Aspect icons allowing them to be selected.

Once you obtain a Legendary Boon, you need to then get rid of it during a run at a Pool of Purging. These are the red pools that look similar to the Well of Charon, but instead of purchasing items you get rid of boons in exchange for money. They can appear randomly in enemy encounter rooms, and always appear on the floor after the first three bosses along with the Well of Charon. The Pool of Purging will present you with a random selection of 3 of your current boons, so if you have more than 3 when you interact with it you can potentially not have the Legendary show up, meaning you’d need to try again at another pool or reroll the current one with a Fated Prophecy item.

You can view the requirements for being offered Legendary Boons in-game by purchasing the “Codex Index” Work Order from the House Contractor after also purchasing the “Fated List of Minor Prophecies”. This displays a list of boons for the Gods in the codex when you press . The Legendary Boon will be listed below the standard boons and above the Duo boons, and display a list on the side of the requirement to have it be potentially offered during a run.

Stygian Blade: Default weapon

Heart-Seeking Bow: 1 Chthonic Key

Shield of Chaos: 3 Chthonic Keys

Eternal Spear: 4 Chthonic Keys

Twin Fists of Malphon: 8 Chthonic Keys, all above weapons unlocked

Adamant Rail: 8 Chthonic Keys, all above weapons unlocked

After unlocking the Adamant Rail you will complete the “Infernal Arms” Prophecy and also earn this trophy.

Charon is probably the easiest character to max their favor on if you are just trying to get this trophy, because you run into him almost every run, then his favor is simply spending a total of 10,000 gold in his shop. Once completed, you only need to give him 1 Ambrosia to raise his affinity to maximum and forge a bond with him.

All Prophecies aren’t shown from the start, they gradually appear based on your progression. They range from selecting Boons from each god to completing specific requirements like enemy kill totals to complete a character’s favor. You will complete well over 15 total while working on other trophies, but should always aim to complete ones like selecting all Boons for a God when possible to obtain the rewards. When selecting Boons or Weapon enchantments you can tell which you have not picked for a Prophecy due to the scroll icon displayed beside them, so can aim to pick those whenever they’re available.

• Reach the Temple of Styx region at least once
• Purchase work order “Fountain Chamber, Tartarus”
• Purchase work order “Fated List of Minor Prophecies”

After obtaining the fishing rod you will occasionally see shining spots in the liquid areas around encounter/shop/NPC rooms like in the below screenshots. There is also an audio queue (ding noise) that can be heard when picking up encounter rewards or entering the shop/NPC rewards that can help you to tell when there’s a fishing spot in the rooms.

Move near these locations and press  to start fishing. There will be a bobber placed in the location where the shine was, and you need to watch it to know when to pull up the fish. There will be up to 3 small bobber pulls which aren’t when you want to pull up the fish, you need to wait for the hard bobber pull where the bobber totally goes underwater, then quickly press to catch the fish. If successful you will obtain the fish, which can then be turned into the chef in the lounge area in the House for rewards depending on the rarity of the fish and where it was from.

For this trophy you need to catch at least one fish from each of the main regions of the game:

• Tartarus
• Asphodel
• Elysium
• Styx
• Greece (this is the area where you fight the final boss)

Note that in the Styx area there is a chance for the fishing spot to appear each time you return to the main area from the tunnels, so you should check around in the water each time you come back. In the Greece area the fishing spots can appear in the water anywhere all the way from the area where you fight the final boss, all the way to the end of the area where you speak with the NPC to finish the current run and return to the House.

There is a very small chance for fishing spots to appear in the Chaos area when you enter, but catching a fish here isn’t required for the trophy.

• Reach Asphodol at least once
• Purchase “Fountain Chamber, Tartarus” work order
• Purchase “Fated List of Minor Prophecies” work order

After you have purchased those, then the “Court Musician’s Sentence” work order, Orpheus will normally be sitting on a chair just down and to the right of the House Contractor.

After he has appeared there, you need to give him at least 1 Nectar to raise his affinity. After that, he will sometimes be singing when you return to the House. Listen to him sing and speak to him, then the trophy will be awarded when you leave the room.

If you don’t want to actually spend Darkness on both versions of talents you’re not going to be using, you can choose to reset all of your current upgrades using 1 Chthonic Key. If you have obtained at least 3,265 total Darkness (total is shown on the main menu when selecting your save slot) you can reset your purchases, then spend Darkness on the first rank in each talent, then leave the room to unlock the trophy, then reset the talents again and go back to your normal ability loadout.

This trophy is awarded for completing the “Night and Darkness” Prophecy, which is related to allowing Nyx and Chaos to become close again. To have it become available you first need to have given 6 Nectar to both Nyx and Chaos to both reach their locked heart in the affinity gauge. You also need to have access to the Administrative Chamber (see Back to Work trophy for info if needed). Once you have fulfilled those requirements speaking to Nyx will have her prompt you to upgrade the Eldest Sigil located in the Administrative Office. This unlocks the “Eldest Sigil Restoration” Work Order at the House Contractor, which can be purchased for 3,142 Darkness. After purchasing Nyx uses the Sigil to travel to Chaos, then when returning to the House unlocks both her and Chaos’ affinity gauge, as this counts as the favor for both of them. After purchasing the Sigil Restoration you can go to the Fated List in Zagreaus’ room and complete the “Night and Darkness” Prophecy to earn this trophy.

Characters are met in different ways, some by speaking to them in the House of Hades, and some by meeting them during an escape attempt. The requirements to meet them are as follows:

Hades – Spoken to in the House, at his desk
Nyx – Spoken to in the House, right beside the door to Zagreus’ room
Charon – Spoken to in his shop during an escape attempt
Thanatos – Met randomly during enemy encounters, first appears in Elysium after you have fought either Alecto or Tisiphone the first time
Hypnos – Spoken to in the house, in the entrance hallway
Megaera – Fought as the first boss in an escape run, at the end of Tartarus
Alecto – Fought instead of Megaera as the first boss, appears randomly after beating Megaera several times
Tisiphone – Fought instead of Megaera as the first boss, appears randomly after beating Megaera several times
Chaos – Spoken to in Chaos Gates that can appear in encounter rooms

If you want to see how many enemies total you have killed you can purchase the “Pool, Scrying” Work Order at the House Contractor under the Bedchambers section. This adds a Scrying Pool to Zagreus’ room which allows you to view your total number of runs and total number of enemies killed.

You then need to have conversations with Megaera, Hades, and Nyx, all speaking about Sisyphus and his punishment, as well as having spoken to Nyx about the Administrative Chamber after unlocking it. You then look inside the Administrative Chamber to find the document that contains Sisyphus’ contract.

Once this is complete the “Knave-King’s Sentance” Work Order will appear at the House Contractor for 4 diamonds. Purchase this to complete the Prophecy and also complete Sysiphus’ favor.

You first need to purchase the “Court Musician’s Sentence” Work Order for 1 diamond, which causes Orpheus to appear in the House beside the House Contractor. This becoming available requires reaching Asphodel at least once and purchasing both the “Fountain Chamber, Tartarus” and “Fated List of Minor Prophecies” Work Orders.

After this has occurred, you should aim to start giving Nectar to Orpheus and Eurydice, as they both need to be given 5 to complete the Prophecy. After giving Orpheus 1 Nectar he has a chance to be singing when you return to the house (required for the trophy Urge to Sing). You need him specifically to sing the song “Good Riddance”, which is the song you hear Eurydice singing when you enter her chamber in Asphodel during a run.

To have this occur, you first need to have met Orpheus and purchased the “Pool, Scrying” Work Order, then you need to purchase the “Court Music Stand” Work Order for 1 diamond, which places a music stand beside Orpheus which allows you to listen to specific songs also purchased from the House Contractor. You then need to have encountered Eurydice enough times and given her enough Nectar so that she gives you sheet music when you meet her.

Now when you return to the House you need to hear Orpheus singing “Good Riddance”, then speak to Eurydice again in two more runs, as well as Nyx about the Administrative Chamber and Hades about Opehus’ contract. This then finally actually unlocks the “Musician and Muse” Prophecy. To complete it you now need to have given at least 5 Nectar to both Orpheus and Eurydice, then find Orpheus’ contract in the Administrative Chamber. You can then purchased the “Singer’s Gamble” Work Order for 3 diamonds, which allows Orpheus to travel to Asphodel to reunite with Eurydice, completing the Prophecy.

When selecting talents on the Mirror of Night you can only choose either the red or green version for use at one time, but are able to switch between them freely. If you don’t typically use some talents and just want to get a run done using them and revert to your normal build you can use a Chthonic Key to reset all your spent Darkness, then only place it in the talents you still need to use, then complete a low heat run. You can view what talents you still need to use by viewing the “Dark Reflections” Prophecy in the Fated List.

Once you have done that, Persephone will sometimes appear in the House of Hades between runs. Speaking to her and Hades several times will give you the first Prophecy, “The Queen’s Plan”. This Prophecy requires you to forge a bond with 6 of 9 of the Olympian Gods. This is done by first giving them 6 Nectar during runs, at which point they will then ask a favor of you to continue increasing their affinity gauge. After you complete the favor, you can then give the Gods Ambrosia to continue raising their affinity. For this first requirement, you need to have a God reach 7 hearts in their affinity gauge, aside from Hermes who requires 8, or Demeter who requires 6. You then need to have specific dialogue happen with each God where they talk about Persephone, which happens randomly after forging the bond.

Once you have completed “The Queen’s Plan” Prophecy you obtain the “Family Reunion” Prophecy. This then requires you to speak with each of the 9 Olympian Gods during a run and a dialogue will occur where you invite them to the House of Hades. After inviting all 9 you speak to Persephone and Hades in the House to complete the Prophecy and earn the trophy.

The Well will offer a random selection of 3 items for you to purchase, which offer various effects that give you either immediate items or buffs that are active for a limited number of encounters. Purchase a total of 9 items from the Well during a single run to earn this trophy.

It’s best waiting until you have the Pierced Butterfly at Rank 3 before trying to earn this trophy, as at Rank 3 you gain 2% bonus for every encounter you complete without damage, meaning you only need to complete 15 total during the run. All enemy encounter rooms count, EXCEPT for in the Temple of Styx area only the final room of each of the tunnels counts for the damage increase. You can take damage in prior rooms before the final room, it only matters that you don’t take damage in the final room.

When trying to get this if you are not confident you can avoid damage with melee weapons you can stick with either of the two ranged weapons. Select boons from the likes of Poseidon or Athena for pushback or deflect with attacks.

Like the trophy for the Pierced Butterfly, it would be best to wait to try this when you have the Lambent Plume at Rank 3, where you gain a 1.2% dodge chance increase per room, meaning you would need to succeed in 17 rooms to reach 20% total. Also like the Pierced Butterfly you only have the chance for an increase in the final tunnel rooms in the Temple of Styx area, not the prior rooms. Positively though if during a run you happen to get one of the survival rooms where you need to wait out the 45-second timer you automatically get an increase at the end.

When trying for this you would potentially be better off using the melee weapons such as the Stygian Blade or Twin Fists as they are focused around aggressive quick play. Pick boons to increase damage or stun enemies, allowing you to deal with them quicker.

When you have Thanatos appear in an encounter room he offers to help you and will go around the room killing enemies. When this is occurring there will be a score on the top left of the screen, showing how many enemies he has killed and how many enemies you have killed. If you get a higher score than him in the encounter he will give you a free Centaur Heart on top of the normal room reward.

For this trophy, you need to beat Thanatos’ score in an encounter by at least 15 kills. This is random whether you will even be able to do, because if you have him appear in some rooms there won’t even be 15 enemies total to kill, meaning you’ll have to try again. The best places to earn this is in early rooms in each area, where a large number of weak enemies will appear, like the Dracon in Asphodel or Flame Wheel in Elysium. You should work on taking out the enemies as quickly as possible, while also watching for enemies that Thanatos is aiming at and try to steal the kills from him. You can tell what enemies he is about to kill by a purple mark above them, which after about 5 seconds he will instantly kill the marked enemy. If a large purple circle appears on the ground he will mark all enemies within the area, then kill them at once. A weapon like the Bow is potentially better to do attempt this trophy with, as you can hit the enemies he’s aiming at from range instead of needing to run right up to them all the time.

Activating the Call when the bar is totally full will instead activate a Greater Call, which is basically the same attack as the normal call but sustained for a period of 5 – 10 seconds depending on the God the call is from and what level it is at. Do this for the first time with any call to earn this trophy.

For this trophy, you need to use a Greater Call against the God that is obtained from during a Trial room. For example, say you have Artemis’ Call, and you find a Trial room that gives you a selection between Zeus and Artemis. In the room you need to pick the Zeus Boon first so that Artemis is attacking you while fighting the enemies, then charge up the God Gauge and use the Greater Call before the end of the encounter. This can be hard to do on most encounters if you don’t have Boons that increase the God Gauge quicker, so it’s best to aim for when you are in Elysium if possible. This is because in Elysium you can easily farm up your God Gauge from the humanoid enemies that respawn if you don’t kill the ghosts that appear when you defeat the normal enemy. Leave at least one of them alive, and kill the humanoid enemy to make the ghost appear, then just wait for the ghost to reappear as the humanoid enemy. Repeat until you have charged the God Gauge up all the way, and activate the Greater Call to earn the trophy.