The Crossroads is already a place I can’t wait to return to again and again.

With these helpful pointers, you should be able to make the first hours go by a bit smoother.

When you take damage, that Life stays gone for a long time.

Melinoe and Selene on either side of a background looking at Olympus in hades 2

The upgrades that add healing rooms and improve the post-boss fountains' healing come later.

As a result, making it far into a run will meanavoiding damage.

Learn how Melinoe’ssprintworks, the timing and range of herdodge, and howenemies attack.

Hades 2 Hub World - The Crossroads

An ounce of prevention is a kilo of cure, after all.

The cleaner you could make your fights, the easier a time you’ll have in the long run.

This extends to the choices you make.

Melinoe fighting next to some Moly in Hades 2

This means you won’t have manyincantationsto cast,Arcanato unlock or activate, orweaponsto experiment with.

As a result, your priority should be togather the resources that are required for these upgrades.

Those include:

Character

Keepsake

Effect

Hecate

Silver Wheel

Restores your Magick automatically.

The Wretched Broker’s menu in Hades 2

This is fantastic for builds that rely heavily on Omega Moves.

Charon

Gold Purse

You begin a run with a good deal of money.

Schelemeus

Luckier Tooth

Once per run, this Keepsake will revive you from the dead with some Life.

A full Keepsake Collection in Hades 2

Treat this as a Death Defiance if you’re familiar with that concept.

Like the Silken Sash, this will prolong your runs significantly.

Many of these Keepsakes will only work once or until they are exhausted.

Melinoe standing next to some Moly in Erebus in Hades 2

Thanks to this,you should be on the lookout for Boons that require that you ‘Prime’ Magick.

Im already impressed with Supergiants commitment to improving body diversity in the Hades 2 technical test

Getting a boon from Hera in Hades 2

A story-related unlock at the cauldron in Hades 2

Hecate’s Phase Transition in Hades 2

Talking to Chaos in Hades 2

Hephaestus and Nemesis from Hades 2

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