Hades 2: How To Unlock And Upgrade Every Keepsake

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How To Unlock Keepsakes
Every Keepsake In Hades 2
How To Upgrade Keepsakes

Beating Chronos in Hades 2 is no easy feat. It’s almost impossible, even. The dude is time itself, what do you expect? If you want to even have a fool’s chance of beating TIME, then you need to do everything in your power to get more powerful. This means interacting with every single system in Hades 2, repeatedly, forever.

Keepsakes are one of the quickest ways to gain power in Hades 2, even if their effects can’t necessarily be combined. Keepsakes are powerful items that Melinoe can equip to gain modifiers to her run. The specific effect can vary wildly, so we thought we would dive into Keepsakes, how to unlock them, how to upgrade them, and what they do.

Note: Do be aware that Hades 2 is still in Early Access, so anything and everything is subject to change.

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How To Unlock Keepsakes

Keepsakes are gifted to you when you indulge in the ancient Olympian tradition of ‘giving people alcohol’. More specifically, handing over the Nectar Of The Gods – a golden liquid made from divine Golden Apples. Nectar as a resource is quite difficult to gather, so we put together a guide covering the resource which you should check out.

Every friendly character in Hades 2 will grant you a Keepsake when you give them a Nectar. Most characters will accept your Nectar immediately and hand over your reward. Some characters, however, will not. If this happens, you need to progress the story and keep on talking to that character until a rapport has been built.

Every Keepsake In Hades 2

There are a total of 27 Keepsakes in Hades 2, and they all do different things. Here’s a list of all of them, who to bribe, and what they do.

Keepsake	Character	Effects
Silver Wheel	Headmistress Hecate	Restore 1000/1500/2000 Mana per night
Knuckle Bones	Odysseus	First Guardian fought loses 5%/10%/15% HP and you take 15% less damage
Luckier Tooth	Schelemeus	After falling to 0 HP, revive and heal a percentage of your current Max HP. Percentage increases with level.
Ghost Onion	Dora	Whenever you exit a Location restore you HP to Max, up to a total value of 50/75/100 per night
Evil Eye	Nemesis	Deal +20%/+25%/+30% damage to the last enemy that killed you (very hand for killing Chronos)
Engraved Pin	Moros	After you fall to zero HP, become Impervious for 10 seconds. If you kill all enemies in a location before the time runs out, revive and gain 30/40/50 HP
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 start a run/equip this Keepsake during a run
Metallic Droplet	Hermes	You 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% Critic Chance
Moon Beam	Selene	You gain +1/+2/+3 Hex upgrades from the next Path Of Stars
Cloud Bangle	Zeus	Boons from Zeus are more likely and you can rarify a Common/Rare/Epic blessing once per night
Iridescent Fan	Hera	Boons from Hera are more likely and you can rarify a Common/Rare/Epic blessing once per night
Vivid Sea	Poseidon	Boons from Poseidon are more likely and you can rarify a Common/Rare/Epic blessing once per night
Barley Scarf	Demeter	Boons from Demeter are more likely and you can rarify a Common/Rare/Epic blessing once per night
Purest Hope	Apollo	Boons from Apollo are more likely and you can rarify a Common/Rare/Epic blessing once per night
Beautiful Mirror	Aphrodite	Boons from Aphrodite are more likely and you can rarify a Common/Rare/Epic blessing once per night
Adamant Shard	Hephaestus	Boons from Hephaestus are more likely and you can rarify a Common/Rare/Epic blessing once per night
Everlasting Ember	Hestia	Boons from Hestia are more likely and you can rarify a Common/Rare/Epic blessing once per night
Lion Fang	Heracles	You deal +30%/+40%/+50% damage but this decreases every encounter
Blackened Fleece	Medea	After taking 250 damage over the course of a night, your Omega Moves deal +20%/+30%/+40% damage
Crystal Figurine	Circe	After defeating the next boss, activate a random Arcana Card at rank 1/2/3
Silken Sash	Arachne	Gain +20 Shield and increase this by +2/+3/+4 every time you complete a location.
Aromatic Phial	Narcissus	Fountains restore 20% Life and the next fountain you visit will improve a Common Boons to Rare/Epic/Heroic
Concave Stone	Echo	After choosing a Boon, 25%/30%/35% you will get an additional Boon once per night
Experimental Hammer	Icarus	Gain a random Daedalus Hammer effect for the next 10/15/20 encounters
Chaos	Transcendent Embryo	Gain a random Common/Rare/Epic Chaos Blessing once per night and replace it every 8 encounters.

How To Upgrade Keepsakes

Upgrading Keepsakes will drastically increase their power during a run. Upgrading Keepsakes requires you to do battle with enemies. Every ‘room’ you clear will push your equipped Keepsake one step towards upgrading. It’s important to note you have to fight enemies to progress a Keepsake. You will not gain any EXP for visiting Charon, for example.

To reach level 2, you need to clear 25 rooms. Level 3 requires an additional 50 clears for a total of 75 rooms before you max out a Keepsake. This will take multiple runs, but it is well worth the effort.

That’s all we have on Keepsakes in Hades 2 for now. Be sure to check out our other guides for more Hades 2 content.