In Hades 2, players can craft spells, unlock fresh weapons and tools, and access new features as they progress through a run. Achieving full completion requires gathering a variety of resources to unlock and upgrade every item in the game.
Resources are organized into three categories: reagents, flora, and indulgences. The following collection arranges every item into lists with practical tips on where to find them.
Hades 2 Guides
All reagents
Reagents can appear as rewards for completing trials, be bought from a cursed merchant, or be gathered in special locations using specific tools.
- Bones – spent at the damn merchant for materials. Earned from battles in Erebus and beyond. Rarely, Charon may sell them for coins. Using a weapon with the Unquenchable Thirst trait before the race makes the hub weapon pulse with dark energy and grants extra bones.
- Dust – a common battle reward in Erebus and beyond. Can be bought from a merchant for 15 bones.
- Shall – earned from battles in Erebus and beyond. Available from the cursed merchant for 30 bones. In some areas, lost shadows can be captured with a toad creature or a Tablet of Calm tool.
- Moira cloth – purchasable from the damn merchant for 60 bones. Occasionally dropped by Arachne, a spider who provides outfits with various effects and armor options.
- Silver – mined with a pickaxe from surface deposits near Ephyra. May drop as a reward from Narcissus in random ocean encounters.
- Limestone – mined from ocean deposits.
- Obsidian – mined from deposits in the Fields of Sorrow.
- Marble – mined from Tartarus deposits.
- Iron – mined from Thessalian Rift deposits.
- Bronze – extracted from surface deposits near Ephyra.
- Plasma – mined from Chaos realm deposits.
- Filthy – rewarded for defeating Erebus guards.
- Pearl – earned by defeating the Ocean Guardian.
- Tears – earned by defeating the Guardian of the Fields of Sorrow.
- Starsand – earned by defeating the Tartarus Guardian.
- Wool – rewarded for defeating the Keeper of Ephyra.
- Golden apple – earned by defeating the Keeper of the Thessalian Rift.
- Dark – can be assembled without tools in the Chaos realm. It is a rare find.
- Shadow – a special resource created via a cauldron recipe. Requires the recipe: Darkness Extraction.
- Moon dust – obtained in a cauldron using the alchemical recipes Lunar Infusion of the Shadows or Lunar Infusion of the Stars. Can be bought from the cursed merchant for 80 bones.
- Stardust – earned from Chaos missions in the Stone of Pitch Darkness or bought from the cursed merchant for 800 bones.
- Nightmare – earned from Chaos missions in the Vow of the Unseen or bought from the cursed merchant for 1000 bones.
- Waste – can be found near Eris on the left side of the crossroads; she can toss extra trash while cleaning (no training required).
Flora
The flora of Hades 2 is varied and abundant. This category covers carefully chosen flowers, mushrooms, and seeds that can be unearthed at digging spots for later cultivation in beds at the Crossroads, the central hub where cauldrons and other essential features converge.
- Moli – climbs without tools during Erebus races.
- Rabies – grows from rabies seeds.
- Rabies seeds – unearthed with a silver shovel at Erebus excavations.
- Mushroom – can be harvested without tools during Erebus rain events.
- Mysterious seeds – mined with a silver shovel at rare excavation sites across regions. They may be granted as a Rich Harvest gift.
- Lotus – can be climbed without tools during ocean races.
- Rogoz – grows from cattail seeds.
- Cattail seeds – mined with a silver shovel at ocean dig sites.
- Myrtle – can be collected from the Fields of Sorrow without tools.
- Wheat – grown from wheat seeds.
- Seeds of wheat – mined with a silver shovel at Fields of Sorrow excavations.
- Shadow disease – assembled without tools in Tartarus.
- Poppy – grown from poppy seeds.
- Poppy seeds – mined with a silver shovel at Tartarus excavations.
- Moss – assembled without tools near Efira.
- Garlic – grows from a clove of garlic.
- Garlic cloves – mined with a silver shovel on the surface near Ephyra.
- Problem – can be mounted in the Thessalian Rift without tools.
- Mandrake root – grown from mandrake seeds.
- Mandrake seeds – mined with a silver shovel at Thessalian Rift excavation sites.
- Thalamus – a Chaos realm rarity. Grows from seed sources.
- Source seeds – won with a silver shovel at Chaos dig sites.
All the treats
Indulgences upgrade character bonds and provide items through Charon’s services. Most can be bought from the cursed merchant and become available after performing the spell Summoning Commodity Abundance.
- Nectar – a rare reward for victories in Erebus and beyond. Also available from the cursed merchant for 30 bones; very occasionally found within Charon’s stock.
- Bath salts – can be purchased gradually from the cursed merchant (50 bones). Extremely rare to find while digging with a silver shovel at special sites across regions.
- Ambrosia – bought from the cursed merchant for 500 bones.
- Witchcraft joy – crafted using the Pet Treat recipe in the cauldron after unlocking the Trust of Familiars spell.
- Reception in obalas – issued after spending a total of one thousand Charon coins.