How to Get All Keepsakes in Hades 2

Keepsakes are some of the most precious assets at your disposal in Hades 2. These trinkets have passive effects that can change the course of a run, whether that’s giving you an extra life when you die, boosting your critical hit chance, or guaranteeing that certain boons are active. They don’t just make your build stronger — they make staying alive more plausible the deeper you go in the Underworld and even up onto the Surface.

If you’ve gone through the original Hades, the mechanic will ring a bell: Keepsakes are tied to Nectar, a limited resource you can bestow upon the many gods, heroes, and spirits you meet along the way. Paying it forward rewards you with a Keepsake unique to a character, and once unlocked, you can plug it in before you set off on a run.

This guide shows you how to obtain Keepsakes in Hades 2, how to upgrade them, and includes a full list of every Keepsake in the game.

How to Unlock Keepsakes

It’s simple:

• Stand next to a character and interact (RT controller / G keyboard).
• Select Nectar from your inventory and offer it to them.
• On your first gift, they will reciprocate by offering their Keepsake to you.

You can only obtain one Keepsake per character, so the secret to acquiring them all is spreading your Nectar across the cast. Because some NPCs show up at random on runs, it’s brilliant to have at least one Nectar available so you don’t lose out.

How to Upgrade Keepsakes

Keepsakes are levelled simply by surviving encounters while keeping them equipped. Every chamber you clear while using the Keepsake contributes to its levelling up.

• Rank 1 → 2: Requires 25 encounters.
• Rank 2 → 3: Requires another 50 encounters.

With every rank, the effect becomes stronger. For example, Dora’s Ghost Onion heals 50 total HP at rank 1, 75 at rank 2, and maximises at 101 at rank 3. Some Keepsakes scale exponentially, and this can turn a trinket in the early game into a beast in the late game.

You can equip Keepsakes at the cabinet in the staging room before your run. Initially, you can only wear one per night, but further upgrades allow switching between regions. Keep in mind that once you remove a Keepsake in the middle of a run, you cannot wear it again until your next try.

Complete List of Keepsakes in Hades 2

At early access, 33 Keepsakes are available. They’re listed below in the order they appear in the Keepsake cabinet, with the character they’re from and their rank 1 effect. Higher ranks augment these effects.

Core Cast Keepsakes

• Silver Wheel (Hecate): Receive +50 Magick tonight.
• Knuckle Bones (Odysseus): The next Guardian takes -5% life. You lower damage from Guardians by 10%.
• Luckier Tooth (Schelemeus): Restores 51 life once a night when you fall to 0 HP.
• Ghost Onion (Dora): Fully restores life when exiting rooms, up to 50 healing total.
• Evil Eye (Nemesis): Do 20% more damage to the last foe that killed you.
• Gold Purse (Charon): Start with 100 crowns.

Other Allies and Gods

• Engraved Pin (Moros): First kill in a battle, you receive Doom, but you may clear it to restore 30 health.
• Discordant armour (Eris): Deal +0.5% increased damage after each encounter per enemy, but receive the same amount of increased damage.
• Metallic Droplet (Hermes): 20% movement speed and attack speed boost for 200 seconds.
• White Antler (Artemis): +20% chance to critically hit armour to the next area, but set max life to 30.
• Moon Beam (Selene): The next Path of Stars provides +3 upgrades.
• Cloud Bangle (Zeus): Guarantees a Zeus boon. Upgrade one of his boons once per night.
• Iridescent Fan (Hera): Guarantees a Hera boon. Upgrade one of her boons daily.
• Vivid Sea (Poseidon): Guarantees a Poseidon boon. Upgrade one of his boons daily.
• Barley Sheaf (Demeter): Guarantees a Demeter boon. Upgrade one of her boons daily.
• Harmonic Photon (Apollo): Guarantees an Apollo boon. Upgrade one of his boons daily.
• Beautiful Mirror (Aphrodite): Guarantees an Aphrodite boon. Upgrade one of her boons every night.
• Adamant Shard (Hephaestus): Guarantees a Hephaestus boon. Upgrade one of his boons every night.
• Everlasting Ember (Hestia): Guarantees a Hestia boon. Upgrade one of her boons every night.
• Sword Hilt (Ares): Guarantees an Ares boon. Upgrade one of his boons every night.
• Gorgon Amulet (Athena): When you have no Death Defiance, Athena may appear with boons.
• Fig Leaf (Dionysus): Random space can produce one encounter that is completely empty of enemies.

Special Characters

1. Silken Sash (Arachne): Receive +30 armour, and recover +2 armour after each room when you have more than 1.
2. Aromatic Phial (Narcissus): The following turns one random boon into a rarer type, and fountains cure +15% more.
3. Concave Stone (Echo): After choosing a boon, 25% chance to reroll once per night.
4. Lion Fang (Heracles): +30% damage dealt, but 5% loss of bonus for each encounter.
5. Blackened Fleece (Medea): When Ω-moves hit, take 250 damage first before dealing +20% more damage.
6. Crystaline Figure (Circe): After the next Guardian fight, activate two random Arcana Cards.
7. Experimental Hammer (Icarus): Start with a random Daedalus Hammer upgrade for 10 battles.
8. Jewelled Pom (Hades & Persephone): At Fates’ Whim, receive a random Hades blessing and +1 level for most boons.
9. Calling Card (Zagreus): At Fates’ Whim, rarify Olympian blessings up to twice.
10. Time Piece (Chronos): At Fates’ Whim, sell most rewards for crowns up to twice.
11. Transcendent Embryo (Chaos): Receive a random Chaos blessing every night, replaced every eight encounters.