Hades 2: How To Reach Olympus

Olympus is the brand-new zone added to Hades 2 with the recent Olympic Update. There are additional deities to meet, new Keepsakes and Boons to experiment with, more materials to farm, and fearsome bosses to challenge. Getting to Olympus, however, requires a lot of work, especially if you are just starting.

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This guide goes through everything there is to know about getting to Olympus, starting from unlocking the Surface to dealing with the HP-draining curse and defeating some major bosses. Also, be warned that there are some story-related spoilers in the guide.

How To Access The Surface

To reach Olympus, you will first need to access the Surface. When you try to reach the Surface initially, you will find it sealed off, and to remove the barrier you will need to speak with Hermes on one of your runs. In the same run, you must reach the boss fight with Headmistress Hecate to unlock the Permeation of Witching-Wards incantation at the Cauldron in the Crossroads.

To perform the incantation, you will need to gather these materials:

Material

How to Get

1x Cinder

It is dropped by Headmistress Hecate.

3x Molly

It can be found all over Erebus.

1x Shadow Extraction

It is crafted using an Alchemy recipe that requires:

• 30x Ash
• 30x Psyche
• 3x Fate Fabric

After you have done the incantation, the wards blocking entry to the Surface will be removed, bringing you one step closer to Olympus.

How To Survive The Surface

Accessing the Surface is only half the battle; the moment you step on the Surface, you will notice your HP decreasing gradually, making it impossible to explore the area. To prevent it, you will need to perform another incantation called Unraveling a Fateful Bond, and similar to Permeation of Witching-Wards, this one requires a bit of legwork.

The first thing that you will need to do is to see if Moros, Doom Incarnate appears at the Crossroads after a few failed runs on the Surface. If he does not, be sure to follow these steps:

• Perform the Fated Intervention incantation at the Cauldron.
• Go through the Fated List for Harbinger of Doom.
• Complete the Doomed Beckoning incantation to summon Moros, Doom Incarnate at the Crossroads.

Once he is at the Crossroads, die on the Surface, and speak with him to get the Unraveling a Fateful Bond incantation. To do it, you will need these materials:

Material

How to Get

2x Moss

It is found on the Surface. Just run around the area looking for it before you die. Do not worry about progressing far into the region. Your primary objective is to gather Moss before dying because of the curse.

2x Lotus

You can find it all over Oceanus.

2x Nightshade

You can dig the Nightshade Seeds all across Erebus using the Silver Spade. Once found, perform the Flourishing Soil incantation to create two Soil Plots. Plant the Nightshade Seeds, complete a few runs, and collect the Nightshade.

2x Thalamus

Similar to Nightshade, you can grow it in the Crossroads. You will need to find Origin Seeds, which can only be found in the Chaos realm.

After collecting all the required materials, do the Unraveling a Fateful Bond incantation to explore the Surface without any HP-drain curse.

How To Reach Olympus

To finally reach Olympus, you will need to complete two zones, the City of Ephyra and the Rift of Thessaly.

To progress through the City of Ephyra, you will need to enter various rooms to destroy a total of six pylons. Once destroyed, these pylons summon spirits that will chase after enemies in the area. There are always more than six rooms in the region, so be sure to double-check them before entering.

At the end of the zone, you will need to defeat Polyphemus, Infamous Cyclops.

The Rift of Thessaly, on the other hand, is fairly simple because it's pretty linear, requiring you to navigate Poseidon's fleet. At the end of the zone, you will go against Eris, Strife Incarnate — a much tougher boss battle.

The best way to beat Eris is to always be on the move, and you will not get a lot of windows to attack her, so be sure to make the most out of them.

Aside from Eris, you will also need to defeat a mini-boss named Charybdis.

Once you have defeated Polyphemus and Eris, the path to Olympus will be open. There is a lot to do and explore in Olympus, including defeating Prometheus, Titan of Foresight, but for now, this is the farthest you can explore in Hades 2.

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