Supergiant Games has shared the notes for Hades 2 Early Access Patch 2. It addresses several bugs and quality-of-life issues in the game, many of which are thanks to feedback from the community. Let’s take a look.
Hades 2 Early Access Patch 2 notes
Source: Supergiant Games
Developer Supergiant Games shared the patch notes for Hades 2 on Steam.
General Gameplay
You now can encounter up to one additional Olympian each night (as in the previous game)
You now are likely to find one more Boon or other major reward while in Erebus
Increased invulnerability duration after your Death Defiance effects activate
Improved rewards of Ash and Psyche can now be found in Oceanus and the Rift of Thessaly
You now can press-and-hold to harvest repeatedly from Crescent Pick Outcroppings
Toula should now stay closer to you in Encounters, especially in the Fields of Mourning
Nemesis no longer offers Death Defiance items if you do not need to refill the effect
Reduced Gold cost of Selene's Boon when available in Charon's Shop
Minor adjustments to the order in which Olympians may first appear early on
Normalized chances of finding Fishing Points in various regions
Nocturnal Arms & Abilities
Witch's Staff: Special knocks foes away, but is slightly slower; Omega Special is faster
Sister Blades: Special staggers standard foes longer; Attack visual FX better match the hitbox
Umbral Flames: Attacks are stronger and faster; Omega Attack channels faster and uses less magick; Special gives a speed boost, but has reduced damage; Omega Special can be channeled while moving
Moonstone Axe: reworked Special provides a lingering barrier; Omega Attack channels slightly faster; Omega Special channels faster
Argent Skull: Omega Attack channels faster and hits a larger area
Aspects of the Nocturnal Arms
Witch's Staff (Circe): adjusted activation and duration of Serenity effect; Serenity now adds Omega bonus damage that scales with this Aspect's rank
Witch's Staff (Momus): reworked; each of your Omega Moves automatically fires several times in succession from where you use them
Sister Blades (Artemis): you will Block again if the effect recharges while you are channeling; Block now takes priority over Dodge and similar effects
Umbral Flames (Eos): reworked; Omega Attack now fires a slow shot that occasionally creates damage blasts and also copies your Specials
Moonstone Axe (Melinoë): reworked; now adds Power and Max Life
Dark Side: slightly increased Magick-spend requirement
Foes & Encounters
Chronos: various fixes and adjustments; there should be fewer cases where he's patently unfair
Infernal Cerberus: minor adjustments to some attack patterns in the first phase
Eris: grenade attacks no longer wildly bounce around
Polyphemus: reduced effectiveness of Mutant Sheep
Goldwrath: reduced accuracy and tracking of beam attack
Queen Lamia: slightly increased Armor; increased speed; other minor changes
Reed-Stalker: increased projectile speed and target distance; reduced rotation speed
Mourner: slightly increased rotation speed; slightly increased speed while attacking
Lamia: slightly increased life and Elite armor
Dire Shambler: reduced tracking speed between attacks
Hippo: self-destruct area should more closely match the visuals
Level Design & Environments
Driftwood resources are more common in the Rift of Thessaly (a further increase since last patch)
Burning Oil Slicks in the Rift of Thessaly will extinguish after Encounters, though may be reignited
Adjusted Oil Slicks in some locations in the Rift of Thessaly
Minor fixes to several locations
Fated List of Minor Prophecies
Clearing Original Sins no longer requires choosing the very rare Barren curse from Chaos
Chaos Trials
Trial of Heartache: reduced difficulty and adjusted based on Aspect changes
Trial of Haste: reduced difficulty and adjusted based on Aspect changes
Oath of the Unseen
Vow of Forsaking: no longer helps ensure you quickly get Duo and Legendary Boons
Menus & UI
Added many new UI icons for Keepsakes, Weapons, Well of Charon offerings, and more
Insight Into Offerings (Cauldron) now also lets you check each Olympian's list of offerings in the Book of Shadows while choosing their Boons (or the equivalent with other characters)
With the prior change, adjusted default key binding for Rarify; some custom bindings have been reset
Added a warning when you are down to your last use of Death Defiance
Opening the Book of Shadows should show entries for nearby characters more reliably
Removed the Unused Grasp notification when exiting the Altar of Ashes while at a high Grasp limit
Updated Pitch-Black Stone screen to use Aspect-specific icons
Adjusted input action bar layout at the bottom of the Boon Screen and similar
Added borders to icons for Selene Hexes on the Gifts of the Moon screen
Added informational pop-up when using F10 to report bugs
Other minor changes
Art & Visual FX
Reduced some full-screen flashing or strobing, such as from time-slow effects
Music & SFX
Added SFX for when certain active abilities such as Serenity are ready to use
Updated placeholder SFX for various Keepsakes
Updated SFX for projectile collisions with Umbral Flames (Moros)
Voice & Narrative
Unique voice lines should play more reliably when certain incantations are revealed in the Cauldron
Added voice lines when using Phase Shift (Selene) vs. Chronos (or trying to...)
More voice lines should play when confiding in Frinos in certain contexts
Miscellaneous
While brooding over the family portrait in the Crossroads, you may now snap out of it sooner
You now can fully control the game using keyboard only if you rebind Attack and Special
All timers now pause while in the presence of Charon
An Anvil of Fates will no longer be offered in Tartarus if you have not found a Daedalus Hammer
In the Hades Flashback, adjusted timing of hint for players who don't realize they are in control
Reduced requirements for the incantation Power to Pause and Reflect to be revealed
Melinoë now respawns in the center of her magick circle near her tent (she was a bit off before...)
Improved compatibility with more types of controllers
Updated text for various upgrades and abilities
Bug Fixes
Fixed Double Up (Poseidon) sometimes doubling Mystery Boons; clarified description
Fixed Nightmare resources dropping unexpectedly in Chaos Trials
Fixed Omega moves occasionally becoming unresponsive after being chomped on by Polyphemus
Fixed deadliest attack of Chronos occasionally hitting when Melinoë was in a supposedly safe point