- Hades 2 Keepsakes are trinkets you receive from NPCs that give you limited buffs.
- You can get a total of 27 Keepsakes in Hades 2 in runs.
- You can only equip one Keepsake per run until you defeat a Guardian.
Keepsakes in Hades 2 are as essential as a boon while exploring the Greek world. Much like its predecessor, the current early-access build of Hades 2 features quite a handful of Keepsakes, each with unique properties. If you’re a Hades 2 player with little to no idea about all the Hades 2 keepsakes then this one’s for you. So with that, let’s begin learning about all the Hades 2 Keepsakes and how to use them right here!
All Hades 2 Keepsakes and Effects
As of the writing of this, Hades 2 is still in early access. And while the 1.0 launch is quite far away, the items are already in-game. So, expect the game to include more Keepsakes when it launches out of early access. For now, here are all of 27 Hades 2 Keepsakes you can get in-game:
Keepsake Given by Effects Purest Hope Apollo Higher chance to gain Apollo boons per run. Furthermore, common Apollo blessings can be rare once per run. White Antler Artemis When you have no more than 30 health, you gain +20% chance of dealing critical damage. Beautiful Mirror Aphrodite Higher chance to gain Aphrodite boons per run. Additionally, common Aphrodite blessings can be rare once per run. Silken Sash Arachne Gain +20 armor. Gain +2 armor after each chamber if you have at least one armor. Crystal Figurine Circle Activate one random Arcana card after the next guardian. Gold Purse Charon You receive +100 gold once per run. Ghost Onion Dora Fully restores health whenever exiting a chamber, up to a total of 50 over the run duration. Barley Sheaf Demeter Higher chance to gain Demeter boons per run. Additionally, common Demeter blessings can be rare once per run. Concave Stone Echo After picking a boon, you have a 25% chance to randomly take another boon once per run. Discordant Bell Eris After each encounter, you deal +0.5% damage but also take that much more. Silver Wheel Hecate After using magick, restore it over three seconds to a total of 1000 magick for the run. Metallic Droplet Hermes Melinoe move, strike, and channel 20% faster for the first 200 seconds. Iridescent Fan Hera Higher chance to gain Hera boons per run. Additionally, common Hera blessings can be rare once per run. Adamant Shard Hephaestus You will get a higher chance to gain Hephaestus boons per run. Additionally, common Hephaestus blessings can be rare once per run. Lion Fang Heracles Deal +30% bonus damage, but after each encounter, that value decreases by 5%. Everlasting Ember Hestia Higher chance to gain Hestia boons per run. Additionally, common Hestia blessings can be rare once per run. Experimental Hammer Icarus Gain a random Daedalus Hammer upgrade, lasting for 10 encounters. Engraved Pin Moros After running out of health, become impervious for ten seconds. Restore 30 health when no foes are around. Blackened Fleece Medea Taking 250 damage will make your Omega moves deal +20% damage. Aromatic Phial Narcissus Using fountains will restore +20% health. The next fountain will turn a common boon into rare. Evil Eye Nemesis Deal +20% damage to the last foe that defeated you in a run. Knuckle Bones Odysseus The next area boss loses 5% health. You will also take 15% less damage from the area boss. Vivid Sea Poseidon Higher chance to gain Poseidon boons per run. Additionally, common Poseidon blessings can be rare once per run. Transcendent Embryo Primordial Chaos Gain a random common Chaos blessing once per night. You can replace it every eight encounters. Luckier Tooth Schelemeus (Skelly) Restore 51 health when you run out. Moon Beam Selene Gain +1 upgrades for your hex from the next Path of Stars you find. Cloud Bangle Zeus Higher chance to gain Zeus boons per run. Additionally, common Zeus blessings can be rare once per run.
What Are Keepsakes in Hades 2
To keep it very simple, Keepsake in Hades 2 are trinkets you can collect from the various gods and NPCs. Each Keepsake comes with a unique property that helps improve Melinoe’s performance. Some will give you death defiance, which prevents you from death. Others will give you more money to start a run for that early boost.
When you enter the training room before leaving for your adventure, you can equip only one keepsake from the chest. To receive a Keepsake, hand over a sweet nectar as a gift to any NPC or Gods you encounter. Doing so will reward you with a trinket, which you can use later in your run.
How to Get Keepsakes in Hades 2
The process of getting Keepsake is very simple. Whenever you encounter a character or a god in-game, press the corresponding button prompt to gift them. When you do that, the gift screen opens up. If you have Nectar in your possession, which you sometimes use as a room reward, or purchase one from Charon, you will gift that to the NPC.
As a result, you’ll get a Keepsake if it is the first time you are gifting them. Remember, you can only get one Keepsake per character for the first time. Gifting them after that improves your bond with the character. So, if you have Nectar in your possession, use them!
How to Level up Keepsakes in Hades 2
The only way to level up your Keepsake in Hades 2 is by continuously wearing them throughout your various runs. The more you use it, and clear encounters, the better the Keepsake gets, and its powers also improve. While tracking the exact number of encounters for a Keepsake to level up is hard, what is confirmed is that you have to clear rooms to level up your Keepsake.
So, if you use one and die prematurely, you won’t get any leveling points. So, try to stay alive using the Keepsake and clear as many rooms and encounters as possible.
And these are all the Hades 2 Keepsakes you should get right now. Which one is your favorite Keepsake? Let us know in the comments below!
Currently, Hades 2 only allows you to equip one keepsake per run. However, after you unlock an upgrade, you can replace a keepsake after defeating each area boss.
