Hades October 13 patch brings balance tweaks and bug fixes
Published , by Chris Jarrard
Since making its formal debut and expanding availability to Steam and Nintendo Switch, Hades has been dominating the digital sales charts and much of the conversation in the gaming community. Its clever mix of action-RPG and roguelike mechanics has left developer SuperGiant with another certified hit. Nearing a month since its big release, a new patch arrives to offer a range of bug fixes and balance tweaks.
The full patch notes for the Hades October 13 update are as follows:
Hades October 13 Patch Notes
Boons & Blessings
Lightning Reflexes (Zeus): improved scaling from Poms
Hydraulic Might (Poseidon): increased power scaling at Heroic rarity
Huge Catch (Poseidon): Conch Shell Keepsake now works as a prerequisite for this to be offered
Clean Kill (Artemis): improved scaling from Poms
Infernal Arms, Aspects, & Abilities
Heart-Seeking Bow: reduced damage of Volley special (it retains other improvements from the v1.0 update)
Heart-Seeking Bow (Chiron Aspect): increased arrows from Volley special (offsetting the change above)
Heart-Seeking Bow (Hera Aspect): additional improvements to interaction with Crush Shot (Aphrodite)
Dash Nova (Blade): increased Sturdy effect duration
Charged Volley (Bow): increased power level (offsetting the Volley change above)
Sniper Shot (Bow): increased size of effective area
Flaring Spin (Spear): increased damage of pulse effect
Foes & Encounters
'Trial of the Gods': increased encounter difficulty in Elysium
Minor adjustments to foe appearance rates in Tartarus
Mirror of Night
Fiery Presence: fixed damage bonus not working correctly; adjusted bonus to compensate
House Contractor
Added Theme, Infinite and Theme, Sonorous, two new late-game decorative themes that spruce up the Boon Info screen and Victory screen (there now are eight unlockable themes in total)
Fated List of Minor Prophecies
Added a new Prophecy after the true ending, on the path to the epilogue
Art & Visual FX
Lord Hades' luxurious mane and moustache now animate as well they ought in certain contexts
Bloodless foes now have a start-moving animation
Minor visual fixes and improvements to some chambers
Voice & Narrative
Thanatos should make his very first appearance more reliably (once you have met the requirements)
Achilles should grant the Codex more reliably early on
Added more Charon voice lines for miscellaneous interactions with him
Added more Asterius voice lines when entering his chamber
Added more Zagreus voice lines in certain contexts; and a new late-game conversation with Achilles
Added a new Inspect Point after the epilogue
Nyx should be more inclined to greet you on approach
Dusa has a wider variety of remarks when startled
Fixed issues preventing some repeatable Zeus and Athena dialogue events from playing
Fixed Zagreus no longer sometimes calling out different types of foes by name in encounters
Minor fixes, changes, and improvements to various narrative events
Miscellaneous
Various updates and improvements to translated content. Cheers to our heroic Community Translators!!
Adjusted animation and presentation after a successful escape attempt after the true ending
Added several names to Community Contributors and Special Thanks in the Credits
Various minor performance optimizations
Various minor text changes and fixes
Bug Fixes
Fixed various additional crashes reported by players
Fixed Mouse Lock not always working properly with multi-display setups
Fixed Sundial, Imported sometimes not appearing as expected from the House Contractor
Fixed additional cases of Codex Index screen displaying incorrect requirements for Boons
Fixed Decorative Themes causing too many 'new inventory' notifications from the House Contractor
Fixed Well Stocked (Achievement) sometimes not unlocking correctly
Fixed Back to Work (Achievement) sometimes not unlocking in the correct chamber
Fixed cases where you could give gifts to Thanatos after he had already shifted away
Fixed cases where you could not interact with Thanatos in the House of Hades
Fixed Orpheus sometimes switching songs when you moved between House of Hades chambers
Fixed effect of Divine Protection (Athena) being visible during a key story scene
Fixed Dusa sometimes embarrassingly getting stuck while flying away in embarrassment
Other minor fixes
Quote of the Patch
'Night bore hateful Doom and dark Fate and Death, she bore Sleep, she bore the tribe of Dreams.'