Prepare for the Final Confrontation as the Warsong Update is Now Live in Hades II

jasonnieva February 20, 2025

The second Major Update for Hades II is finally here. The Warsong Update brings with it new encounters at the end of the surface route. It also signals the arrival of none other than Ares. There's also updates to the Arcana and resource collection.

Here are the highlights of this new update:

  • The Final Confrontation: Battle to the summit of Mount Olympus and discover what awaits.
  • New Olympian: Meet the god of war himself, and choose from his many Boons.
  • New Familiar: Find one last animal companion to join your journey and aid you in battle.
  • Revamped Boons: Gain many powerful new and improved blessings from various Olympians
  • Revamped Altar of Ashes: Activate several reworked effects, and each Card now has all-new artwork.
  • Revamped Resource Gathering: Worry no more about which resources you can collect.
  • Revamped Menus: Look for new and improved animations across many menu screens.
  • Expanded Story: Discuss the final confrontation and more with many different characters.


General Gameplay

There are also changes made to the general gameplay. For example, you can no longer prioritize Gathering Tools in the Training Grounds. However, you can still harvest any type of resource as long as you have unlocked each Tool. As part of this change, resource appearance rates have been adjusted.

Another change is that Psyche can no longer be found as a Location Reward and Bones may now be found sooner instead. Other changes are:

  • All Guardians and Wardens with Guardian-style Life Bars now are resistant to the slowing effect of your Casts.
  • Any damage resistance effects you have no longer affect any Armor you have.
  • Adjusted requirements for certain key events early on and as a result, it should be possible to reach the surface earlier than before.


Hades II is the sequel to the original god-like rogue-like dungeon crawler and features new, action-packed, and endlessly replayable experience rooted in the Underworld of Greek myth and its deep connections to the dawn of witchcraft. Prepare to fight beyond the Underworld with the use of dark sorcery and take on the Titan of Time. Get the game on Steam now.