Hades Beginner Guide | Hades Boon System Beginner Tips

This Hades beginner boon guide explains the tips and tricks of the Hades boon system to new players! Should you pick a Hermes boon, or take a Chaos gate? How many boons can you take? How do you pick boons that make your build stronger?

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Table of Contents

00:00 Video Introduction
00:32 How Do Hades Boons Work?
01:46 Covering Call Boons
02:10 What Are Passive and Buff Boons?
03:10 General Early Game Boon Strategy
03:25 Covering Chaos and Hermes Boons
05:06 Learning The Hades Upgrade System
05:57 Video Outro
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Hades is the new Roguelike game being developed by Supergiant Games. The game is phenomenal, with deep combat systems and classic roguelike elements and I'm here to break them down and serve you the best tips and tricks to help you make the most of your runs.

In this Hades Beginner Guide series I will be creating simple How To videos for players new to the game and just getting started. We will be examining the resources available in Hades, the powers you collect during a run, and the tips and tricks of combat and building successful runs. I break down the Hades game systems into simple beginner tips that new players can use to guide their runs as they learn the game. I hope you find them valuable!

[mattsimus]

Have a question about Hades' game systems? Leave it in the comments and I'll answer it in the next video!

[PrimateArms]

Coming to this late a year or so late as I’ve just picked Hades up on PS4. This is the the most informative and helpful guide I’ve come across. Thank you.

[fabe]

Damn, the content here is shockingly good for the sub count!

[degreeskelvin]

Yo thanks dude. These were super helpful, probably the best guide videos on YouTube. Looking forward to seeing the channel.

[SalamiCheeks]

You helped me out so much dude thank you. I absolutely love this game but was a bit confused with the whole rarity thing. You did an excellent job of explaining it and I learned things I had no clue were even apart of the game. Great video.

[m.m.]

Awesome Video Man! I wish it had existed when I started. Glad to see more people playing/talking about Hades!

[krakatoa]

Your videos are awesome.
Great information that is well laid out.

This game is amazing.

[LolaliciousSmiley]

Concise and clear commentary. Complete. Useful mechanical advice. Relevant footage. Exactly what I wanted, thanks!

One question I have is, *what is the distinction between either increasing a boon's rarity or leveling it?* As far as I can tell, both leveling and rarity increases affect more continuous elements (like attack % or cooldown timing) similarly, but only rarity increases can affect discrete things (like +1 cast or # of shields thrown).

[kingj]

Short to the point and easy to understand video.

[minimcune]

Great video man! So, this might be a stupid question, but when I press 'b' to look at my boons, i can 'click' on one, and it puts a round gold icon on it, and i can do that for multiple boons...what is that DOING, actually? I thought they were already equipped? Thanks!

[independentman]

nice video but a very very very important point is missed which why i came, whats the difference between rarity and level

[warmsnow]

I just started playing and I wonder there are those big diamond slots during the game and the smaller ones to the right side. I can click on them and they get a little mark on them. What is that for? And are all those active while I'm playing or do I have to switch between them. I really didn't get it so far 😱

[savagebeast]

So I had a comment before and I used voice to text and the words got mixed up lol. I was trying to ask how do you tell the difference between a boon and a buff.

[TheCOMICCOMMANDER]

So when I press the - button it shows a list of all of my boons that I have so far. My question is: WHAT ARE THE LITTLE MARKERS THAT YOU HAVE ON THE BOONS? There are a total of only 5 and you could move them around to other boons. What the Hades are those for???? Thanks folks

[satel]

I just bought Hades and really want jo enjoy the game and what it has to offer. And one thing i noticed is the lack of feedback sometimes (I want to clarify that im not an expert in anything and this is my poor opinion), what I mean by this is that when I pick a boon a It says that I have a 25% something or 10% extra damage or so my brain doesnt care. Like yeah splashing away enemies with the Poseidon boon for dash is good, but why would i like to push them? Also the damage of the dash is poor and the throw attack is usseless on his own.
I feel like anything thats not a bonus for my attack is not good.
Thats the way I'm feeling and I DO NOT WANT TO FEEL LIKE THIS ANYMORE.
My question is, this happened to you when your first play? Do you have any advices for me to see the game correctly and enjoy it, because thats my intention understanding and enjoying the game.
Thanks

[soldbygersom]

How do you unlock the little stuffed toys that are not the keepsakes?

[atheistdingo]

The first 25 runs of this games should only be about farming. Power Zag up to MAX and you should win the game by no more than 30 runs.

[blueroy]

Wait you said you like to pick boons from one god and sprinkle in others, but arent the boons at random? like i cant pick what boons come up in the run like if i want multiple artemis boons? Cause even in the rooms the only time you can make a choice is during trial of the gods

[deffstar]

Do u prefer knockback or lightening effects when using the gun?

[tunod-]

Is there a reason why I can't sell certain boons?