Use aspects to spice up your runs
Weapon aspects fundamentally change how you use each Nocturnal Arm in Hades 2. Each Nocturnal Arm has three weapon aspects that will adjust your moves, give you buffs, and, ultimately, change your playstyle. However, to discover them, you’ll need to learn an incantation that can be a bit tricky to find.
Here are all of the weapon aspects in Hades 2.
How to unlock weapon aspects in Hades 2
To unlock weapon aspects, you’ll need to complete the “Aspects of Night and Darkness” incantation at the Cauldron. However, discovering the incantation is a little up in the air. In the early access period, you would learn the incantation after defeating Hecate with each weapon. From our experience, the incantation appeared at the Cauldron after we defeated Chronos twice, but this was before we defeated Hecate at least once with every weapon.
After you’ve completed the incantation, head to the Silver Pool in the center of the staging area to see the available aspects along with their unlock costs.
All weapon aspects in Hades 2
There are six different Nocturnal Arms in Hades 2 and each weapon has four aspects — three unlocked with the “Aspects of Night and Darkness” incantation and one hidden aspect. Below, we’ve listed the three default aspects along with their unlock costs.
Aspects of the Witch’s Staff
Aspect | Description | Unlock cost |
|---|---|---|
Melinoë | Gain max magick and greater power for your specials. | Unlocked by default |
Circe | Whenever you use casts, so does your animal familiar, forming a psychic leash. | 5 lotus and 5 marble |
Momus | Whenever you use Ω moves, each fire in placed up to three times until you use it again. | 3 lime and 1 pearl |
Aspects of the Sister Blades
Aspect | Description | Unlock cost |
|---|---|---|
Melinoë | Your attacks and specials deal more damage by striking foes from behind. | Unlocked by default |
Artemis | While you channel your Ω attack, you occasionally parry, then riposte right after. | 15 silver and 1 glass rock |
Pan | Your specials seek foes in your casts, and fire more shots if you channel longer. | 2 wool and 2 shaderot |
Aspects of the Umbral Flames
Aspect | Description | Unlock cost |
|---|---|---|
Melinoë | Your attacks and specials may deal critical damage. | Unlocked by default |
Moros | Your attacks linger for two seconds, and explode in a blast if struck by your specials. | 6 bronze and 4 tears |
Eos | Your Ω attack fires a Daybreaker that deals damage in an area around it every two seconds. | 2 driftwood and 2 golden apples |
Aspects of the Moonstone Axe
Aspect | Description | Unlock cost |
|---|---|---|
Melinoë | Gain bonus attack power and max life. | Unlocked by default |
Charon | Your cast erupts like a stronger Ω cast if struck by your Ω special. | 3 pearl and 3 obol points |
Thanatos | Your attack is faster, and each strike grants mortality until you take damage. | 4 night shade and 4 glass rocks |
Aspects of the Argent Skull
Aspect | Description | Unlock cost |
|---|---|---|
Melinoë | Your attacks have more power for each shell fired and not yet retrieved. | Unlocked by default |
Medea | Your attack stays within reach, and explodes after landing your specials or three seconds. | 1 mandrake and 4 iron |
Persephone | Your Ω special is Sprouted, and lets you change direction; boons start with increased levels. | 1 moss and 5 poppies |
Aspects of the Black Coat
Aspect | Description | Unlock cost |
|---|---|---|
Melinoë | Your attacks, sprint, and move speed are faster. | Unlocked by default |
Selene | You start with Sky Fall, a hidden Hex that strikes multiple foes and applies Shine. | 4 silver and 4 moon dust |
Nyx | You have Ω boost, which lets you produce Nightspawn after you activate it. | 4 flux and 1 darkness |
