Hades Beginner's Guide - Key Info for New Players

With Hades launching on PlayStation and Xbox consoles, we figured this would be a perfect time to provide a crash course on everything you need to know for your first few runs on this roguelike escape from hell.

00:00 - Intro
00:30 - Basic Game & Story Info
01:33 - Gameplay Overview
02:51 - Progression & Upgrades
03:07 -- Mirror of Night Upgrades
03:50 -- Keepsakes & Helpful NPCs
04:31 -- House Contractor Upgrades
04:50 - Combat Guide
05:09 -- Combat Basics
05:37 -- Beginner Combat Tips
06:37 - Boons Overview
07:40 -- Duo Boons + Godly Trials
08:23 - God Mode (it's not cheating!)

IGN has plenty of Hades gameplay, Hades gameplay tips and a Hades walkthrough for how to get better at Hades in our Hades game guide. There's also our Hades review and news for any new PS5 or Xbox Hades update from Supergiant Games.

[mistrjt]

Just started playing. How does this not get repetitive and boring?? It doesn’t!! That’s what the developers did right! I play at least a run or two every morning to get my brain going.

[uu_oo]

this is my first real videogame and this guide helped me a lot!

[Scrabble]

thanks for the explanation of the two boon rooms, I thought i was ruining my relationships or something

[subhrajyoti]

It is the most addictive game I have ever played, I finished it ( you have to go though the game 9 times to finish it ) last December on PC and yes it's a beautifully written game with great replyablity and great music . I have 60+ hours on it in steam so ya ...

[blazeblue]

Thanks for the tips and gameplay. I try not so look at gameplays because I want to the the game without any spoilers or beginner tips but this made decid on getting the game. Thanks.

[monke]

I just picked this game up and idk what the hell im doing I’m just having a blast lmao

[xikaryo]

This and Returnal made me fall in love with the genre.

[joshparadox]

I gotta say excellent video of IGN very clear and very informative thank you IGN Really🙏🏽

[apostatecactus]

I've never liked top-down games before but this looks hella fun

[TheScorpia]

Oh man let's go. So fucking happy! The way the story is weaved into the gameplay and the visuals is awesome, incredible. Good luck everyone, 12 is my highest rn

[kako]

I still vividly remember my first time beating the two champions in the coliseum (forgot their name) and it was a feeling that not many games got me to feel after completing a hard challenge.

[aeriagloris]

If you enjoyed this game I would also highly recommend: enter the gungeon, dead cells, crypt of the necrodancer.

[MF-ogct]

Ive gotten to room 25 so far with no god mode in 5 hours of play time. So much fun

[devilicsky]

Sipher Odyssey on PC and mobile was built taking inspiration from this!

[Silverpink]

Thank you for these tips 😊 I am whey better at the game now

[deviousdirtbag]

i wanna play this so bad but im so bad with keybinds, and complicated fights, and everything is just so _complicated_ in hades. It just feels like ill die and die again while making little to no progress.

[randomyoutubeusername]

Telling someone something has a shock/surprise/twist ending is the same thing as spoiling it.

[cainthenothing]

I just kept dying and thought I was playing wrong. Thank you

[nelsongodoy]

Can anyone change the controls for hades? It won't let me reassign controls for buttons I've assigned elsewhere

[BlackDog]

additional tip: dash strikes are your friend, esp. with the sword. in fact, i recommend not even bothering with the 3 hit attack combo with the sword

alternatively, if the sword just isnt ur thing, u can grind out enough chthonic keys and titan blood to unlock the chiron aspect of the coronacht bow