Hades 2 is a roguelike game where each subsequent retry doesn’t mean you have to start from scratch. There are certain features that get carried over, as well as new improvements and functions. Many of these can be found the Crossroads, your main hub. Here’s our guide on how to unlock all Incantations in Hades 2.
Hades 2 Incantations guide: How to unlock all Incantations and Alchemy recipes
There are dozens of unlockable Incantations in Hades 2. Many of these won’t be available right from the get-go. Some require progressing further into the campaign or obtaining certain items. Others, meanwhile, come from interactions with characters. Because of these facets, you’ll find yourself returning to the Crossroads hub, rechecking the cauldron in the middle of the area every now and then.
How do Incantations work
Incantations can be accessed via the cauldron in the Crossroads hub. When new recipes/spells become available, they’ll appear as part of the list. You’ll also see the materials and resources that are needed. If ever you don’t know where an item comes from, you can check your inventory tab to see the necessary information.
Likewise, there’s a second tab for Alchemy recipes. These processes can be repeated if you need to brew/craft additional resources. Just remember you need to clear the required number of encounters to complete each process fully.
In any case, our Hades 2 Incantations guide is divided into several sections. We’ve opted to group these features based on related functions or themes.
Incantations that add new Crossroads NPCs or functions
A few of these Hades 2 Incantations become available early in the game. They mostly add new NPCs at the Crossroads hub or, in the case of Fated Intervention, a functional checklist with various objectives.
Fated Intervention
Effect: Unlocks the Fated List, which shows objectives that you can complete to obtain rewards.Required materials: 1x Silver, 2x Ashes, and 2x Moly.
Summoning of Mercantile Fortune
Effect: Spawns the Wretched Broker vendor, who sells materials and gifts in exchange for Bones.Required materials: 10x Bones.
Kinship Fortune
Effect: The Wretched Broker will now sell Nectar. This helps kickstart romance interactions.Required materials: 60x Bones.
Floral Fortune
Effect: Exchange plants and other goods for Bones at the Wretched Broker.Required materials: 1x Ashes and 1x Nightshade.
Summoning of Personal Insights
Effect: Spawns the Record Keeper at the Taverna. You can check statistical details about the weapons and boons that you’ve used during your entire playthrough.Required materials: 2x Shaderot and 2x Poppy.
Summoning of Historic Travails
Effect: Causes the Learned Sage NPC to appear at the Tavern. You can check your loadout and how you fared in previous runs.Required materials: 3x Marble and 1x Zodiac Sand.
Incantations for resource gathering and farming
These Incantations are mostly related to collecting or farming for resources. Naturally, you’ll want to have your Gathering Tools ready.
Forget-Me-Not
Effect: Allows you to mark recipes via the Book of Shadows so you can remember the items that you need.Required materials: 1x Moly.
Reagent Sensing
Effect: After clearing an encounter, a silver wisp will float toward resources that can be collected.Required materials: 1x Moly.
Night’s Craftwork
Effect: Unlocks the Gathering Tools panel in the Silver Pool (i.e. Melinoe’s room).Required materials: 1x Moly.
Greater Favor of Gaia
Effect: Reveals potential enhancements for your Gathering Tools.Required materials: 2x Marble, 4x Bronze, and 4x Iron.
Flourishing Soil
Effect: Create soil plots for your garden; allows you to grow and harvest plants.Required materials: 1x Moly.
Rich Soil
Effect: Creates two additional soil plots for your garden.Required materials: 3x Lotus.
Verdant Soil
Effect: Create the last two soil plots for your garden.Required materials: 1x Wheat and 1x Garlic.
Incantations that add dungeon fixtures for healing and items
This section has Incantations that create fixtures found in dungeons. Examples include fountains that restore your HP, and repositories that allow you to purchase items or equip other Keepsakes.
Cleansing of Fountain-Waters
Effect: +10% healing from fountains.Required materials: 1x Moly and 1x Lotus.
Purification of Fountain-Waters
Effect: Fountains replenish an additional +10% HP.Required materials: 1x Nightshade and 1x Cattail.
Woodsy Lifespring
Effect: Reveal a hidden fountain in a random chamber in the Erebus region.Required materials: 3x Silver and 1x Moly.
Briny Lifespring
Effect: Reveal a hidden fountain in a random chamber in the Oceanus region.Required materials: 3x Lime and 3x Lotus.
Golden Lifespring
Effect: Reveal a hidden fountain in a random chamber in the Tartarus region.Required materials: 3x Marble and 3x Shaderot.
Sandy Lifespring
Effect: Reveals a hidden fountain in a random chamber in the Rifts of Thessaly region.Required materials: 3x Iron and 3x Driftwood.
Kindred Keepsakes
Effect: Spawns your Keepsake repository so you can change equipped accessories after each major boss fight.Required materials: 4x Lime, 2x Moly, and 1x Lotus.
Rise of Stygian Wells
Effect: Some locations in the Underworld might have a Well of Charon, which allows you to purchase goodies.Required materials: 1x Moly and 1x Nightshade.
Surge of Stygian Wells
Effect: The Well of Charon is guaranteed to appear in transitional areas between zones/regions.Required materials: 3x Moly and 3x Cattail.
Rush of Fresh Air
Effect: Causes a Shrine of Hermes to appear randomly in chambers in the Surface World.Required materials: 3x Fabric, 1x Wool, and 2x Driftwood.
Incantations for your build – Weapons, boons, and perks
These Incantations are related to the build that you’re going for in terms of Nocturnal Arms weapons/aspects, Arcana Cards, and Olympian Boons.
Gathering of Ancient Bones
Effect: One of your weapons (randomly chosen) grants extra Bones when you clear a location. This effect lasts for one run.Required materials: 2x Lime.
Aspects of Night and Darkness
Effect: Lets you unlock and upgrade weapon aspects.Required materials: 5x Bronze and 1x Nightshade.
Divination of the Elements
Effect: Reveal the elemental affinities of boons. This helps you boost the capabilities of Infusion-type blessings.Required materials: 5x Psyche.
Insight Into Offerings
Effect: Reveal a complete list of all Olympian/deity boons in the Book of Shadows. This lets you see all potential blessings, including legendary and duo boons.Required materials: 2x Ambrosia, 2x Poppy, and 1x Golden Apple.
Consecration of Ashes
Effect: Allows you to enhance/upgrade your Arcana Cards; grants +3 Moon Dust.Required materials: 6x Ashes, 3x Cinder, and 6x Fate Fabric.
Recipe: Moonlit Essence from Shadow
Effect: Creates +5 Moon Dust.Required materials: 1x Cinder and 1x Shadow.
Incantations related to romance
These Incantations have a lot to do with romance interactions with characters. You’re bound to give them various gifts and invite them to join you for some activities.
Rite of Vapor-Cleansing
Effect: Repairs the Crossroads Hot Springs, allowing you to ask a companion to take a bath with you; grants +1 Bath Salts.Required materials: 2x Moly, 2x Lotus, and 2x Nightshade.
Rite of Social Solidarity
Effect: Repairs the Crossroads Taverna, where you can ask companions to have a drink with you; grants +1 Ambrosia.Required materials: 2x Nectar and 2x Garlic.
Rite of River Fording
Effect: Repairs the Crossroads Fishing Pier, allowing you to invite a pal to catch some fish; grants +1 Twin Lure.Required materials: 4x Driftwood and 2x Cattail.
Empath’s Intuition
Effect: Lets you view your relationship/affinity status with various characters. This helps you double-check your standing with romanceable characters.Required materials: 1x Fate Fabric and 3x Myrtle.
Recipe: Sweet Nectar
Effect: Brew +3 Nectar, which can be gifted to various characters.Required materials: 1x Golden Apple.
Incantations related to storyline progression and unlocking new zones
There are some Hades 2 Incantations that lead to newfound discoveries later in the campaign. For instance, it’s possible to remove the wards so you can reach the Surface World. There are even a couple of spells that can aid you during a particular boss fight.
Doomed Beckoning
Effect: Causes Moros to appear in the Crossroads.Required materials: 3x Fabric and 1x Nightshade.
Permeation of Witching-Wards
Effect: Removes the wards and allows you to head to the surface.Required materials: 1x Cinder, 1x Shadow, and 3x Moly.
Recipe: Shadow Extraction
Effect: Creates +1 Shadow used for various incantations.Required materials: 30x Ashes, 30x Psyche, and 3x Fate Fabric.
Unraveling a Fateful Bond
Effect: Removes the HP-draining curse, allowing you to survive on the surface.Required materials: 2x Lotus, 2x Moss, 2x Nightshade, and 2x Thalamus.
Abyssal Insight
Effect: Allows you to start Chaos Trials by interacting with the obelisk next to the weapon selection pentagram.Required materials: 2x Fate Fabric, 2x Pearl, 2x Moly, and 2x Nightshade.
Dissolution of Time
Effect: Suppresses Chronos’ ability to reconstitute himself every night.Required materials: N/A – This requires an unknown amount of Zodiac Sand and Entropy, but the incantation itself cannot be completed at this time.
Power to Pause and Reflect
Effect: Suppresses Chronos’ fourth-wall-breaking ability where he prevents you from pausing the game during the fight.Required materials: 3x Zodiac Sand and 3x Moly.
Incantations with miscellaneous effects in dungeons
These Incantations have various effects in the dungeons that you visit. Some help you earn resources, while others aid in your survival.
Necromantic Influence
Effect: Sprint into lone shades to make them attack enemies.Required materials: 5x Psyche and 5x Nightshade.
Propensity Toward Gold
Effect: You can destroy golden urns to obtain up to 15 gold.Required materials: 1x Lime and 1x Fate Fabric.
Unearthed Troves
Effect: Infernal Troves may appear randomly in some rooms; complete the challenge by defeating enemies to earn gold.Required materials: 5x Lime and 1x Nightshade.
Circles of Protection
Effect: Allows you to activate warding circles in Erebus, which negate damage temporarily.Required materials: 1x Moly, 1x Lotus, and 1x Mandrake.
Reviving a Mournful Husk
Effect: Interact with the golden boughs in the Fields of Mourning. This will mark the locations of rewards and exits in each location.Required materials: 1x Myrtle.
Summoning a Colony of Bats
Effect: Interact with cages in the City of Ephyra to see all the boons/reward chambers in the zone.Required materials: 3x Moss and 3x Rubbish.
In any case, that does it for our Hades 2 Incantations guide. These are the ones that we’ve discovered so far in our playthrough. We’ll update this article in case we learn of other recipes, so stay tuned.
Hades 2 stars Melinoe, the Princess of the Underworld. This roguelike game promises challenging encounters as you keep retrying until you can have the perfect run. If you want more tips and tactics, you can head over to our guides hub.
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