Pact of Punishment Guide | Hades Guide Tips and Tricks

What are the best pacts to take i the pact of punishment? In this video I share my strategy for building up more and more heat with each run to unlock Diamonds, Titan's Blood, and Ambrosia. Thanks for tuning in and I hope this is informative. Please let me know if the comments if you have any thoughts and opinions on this.

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Hades is a god-like rogue-like dungeon crawler that combines the best aspects of Supergiant's critically acclaimed titles, including the fast-paced action of Bastion, the rich atmosphere and depth of Transistor, and the character-driven storytelling of Pyre.
BATTLE OUT OF HELL
As the immortal Prince of the Underworld, you'll wield the powers and mythic weapons of Olympus to break free from the clutches of the god of the dead himself, while growing stronger and unraveling more of the story with each unique escape attempt.
UNLEASH THE FURY OF OLYMPUS
The Olympians have your back! Meet Zeus, Athena, Poseidon, and many more, and choose from their dozens of powerful Boons that enhance your abilities. There are thousands of viable character builds to discover as you go.

BEFRIEND GODS, GHOSTS, AND MONSTERS
A fully-voiced cast of colorful, larger-than-life characters is waiting to meet you! Grow your relationships with them, and experience hundreds of unique story events as you learn about what's really at stake for this big, dysfunctional family.
BUILT FOR REPLAYABILITY
New surprises await each time you delve into the ever-shifting Underworld, whose guardian bosses will remember you. Use the powerful Mirror of Night to grow permanently stronger, and give yourself a leg up the next time you run away from home.
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE
Permanent upgrades mean you don't have to be a god yourself to experience the exciting combat and gripping story. Though, if you happen to be one, crank up the challenge and get ready for some white-knuckle action that will put your well-practiced skills to the test.
SIGNATURE SUPERGIANT STYLE
The rich, atmospheric presentation and unique melding of gameplay and narrative that's been core to Supergiant's games is here in full force: spectacular hand-painted Underworld environments and a blood-pumping original score bring the Underworld to life.

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[TheLordDracula]

I know this video is old but I'm just getting into Hades and this is super useful.

[skarmius]

As someone who's coming up to 80 hours of Hades, these guides still peak my interest if only to hear the opinions of others.

[ezergilechimekazikura]

Also about heightened security: Hades's vases leaving green handy goo wich is considered (at least as far as I can tell) to be a trap, so with heightened security You just give Hades ultimate cheese 120 damage wild card.

[jumpingjackgaming]

Thanks for these tips, I just beat Hades for the first time last night. It took me 39 tries it was so awesome to get through. With the heat guide it changes the game so much. The replay ability is endless, characters dialogue continues to go on. This is by far one of the best games ever!!!

[zweavill]

As someone just getting into the heat mechanics this was really helpful. Thanks very much for the analysis!

[Cornbinks]

Extreme Measures is notable in making the boss fights significantly more fun! Less a punishment and more a reward than the others.

[MichaelBTucker]

This content is a knock out of the park. I would love to see more of this, not just hades.

[Freezecr]

So that's why I never felt confident about taking tight deadline, I have been using calisthenics program for a while and never thought that that was the reason it was taking so long. Thanks for bringing that up, loved the list.

[kamilslup]

How to make heightened security managable:
Stay mindful of the map's layout

Alterative option: Sure Footing boon from athena


Changes from the future: budget cuts is gone, we got 4th extreme measures, now hades has a 3rd phase. Also no choice has been renamed to approval process, which also affects item choice in wells of charon and tight deadline can now go as low as 5 minutes per region

[MichaelAW]

Im shocked you dont have more subs and views. So easy to listen to.

[TheGrouch]

Before they buffed forced overtime I actually felt that it was worse than hard labor. I usually play very methodical so I try to not go ham on everything and dodge more etc so I didn't have much trouble with the extra damage. However the extra speed is so jarring even at rank 1 (10% back then) I got hit all the time. But once you reach higher heats you are almost forced to take tight deadline and forced overtime as everything else does not only make the game harder but actually makes it less fun, like no choice and underworld customs.

Even though it is the most effective I still don't like tight deadline and forced overtime as they transform your playstyle in a certain way. You are pretty much forced to go apeshit on everything and I'm just not a fan of that type of reckless playstyle. Hell I've seen most people just facetank Hades in the end because killing him faster negates more damage than trying to dodge.

[stevenscangas]

such a high quality content creator, no clickbait, and thoroughly explains stuff with relevant clips

[Gerry]

Excellent guide. I'm sitting at about 7 heat on my runs lately and getting used to Forced Overtime is really challenging me - it feels like the biggest turn of the difficulty dial. I think Damage Control might be the best alternative since it also doesn't have the same high level of punishment that Hard Labor does, but I think I'd get used to that more easily. That said, it is very loadout dependent

[arvandor]

I like to take the mechanics based ones first as well, like extreme measures, middle management, and forced overtime, just because they're ones I feel like you're eventually going to need to get used to, so you may as well practice it earlier before you have to really start making things tough. There's a lot of weapon aspect dependent nuances to heat choice later on, but yeah, early on those are good ones to get used to. Edit: Also, I used to always take heightened security, but... I'm pretty sure the green flasks on the Hades fight are affected, and they

[alexwansss]

That's right, of course you remember how much damage purple arrows do hahahaha
Though it makes Athena's Sure Footing a lot more appealing

[francocoscarelli]

at last i killed Hades, now working my way with heat, great guide. Loved extreme measure, only tried for the furys, such cool change for the game. I would love something like this in enter the gungeon

[daveyjonez]

Just got this game on the Switch a couple weeks ago. Finally beat my first run a couple days ago, and was really confused on how bounties worked. Thanks for the vid!

[Jeffxblack]

Just started playing after the reveal of Hades 2! You’ve been very helpful, I appreciated you sir!

[Ortex]

The one that increases trap and magma damage is absolutely brutal when you get to the second phase of the Hades fight. Getting caught by the green arms is basically an immediate death sentence.

[chriskoo]

thanks jawless paul for being such a informative and entertaining source of hades wisdom!