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Although Melinoe has to face Chronos alone in Hades 2, she can get some help from her friends from their Keepsakes. These items are not just simple trinkets because they are imbued with magical power from their owners. You can get new Keepsake by befriending various NPCs. In the Hades 2 Early Access version, there are 27 Keepsakes that you can obtain, and each item offers a unique effect, so I highly recommend unlocking them all.
How To Unlock Keepsakes in Hades 2
You can get Keepsakes in Hades 2 by gifting Ambrosia to all friendly NPCs for the first time. I suggest saving your Ambrosia to establish new connections before you try to get close to one character. Since there are 27 Keepsakes, that means you need 27 Ambrosia to unlock them all.
You can get Ambrosia for free by exploring the underworld. However, you can also purchase this rare item from the Wretched Broker after using the Kinship Fortune incantation. This spell requires 60 Bones, and you can purchase one Ambrosia from the Wretched Broker for 30 Bones.
How To Upgrade
After you unlock a Keepsake, you can level up its effect to rank 3 in Hades 2. Luckily, you don’t have to gather any materials to upgrade them and only need to wear one to battle.
- Rank 1 – Automatically unlocked.
- Rank 2 – Win 25 encounters.
- Rank 3 – Win 50 encounters.
So, you must win 75 fights in order to upgrade one Keepsake’s effect fully. This will take quite a while, and I don’t believe there’s a way to shorten it.
All Keepsakes & Their Effects in Hades 2
Here is the list of all 27 Keepsakes you can obtain in Hades 2:
| Owners | Keepsakes | Effects |
|---|---|---|
| Hecate | Silver Wheel | Gradually restores your Magick up to 1,000 points every night. |
| Odysseus | Knuckle Bones | The first boss you encounter loses five percent of their health, and you also get 15 percent less damage from them. |
| Schelemeus | Luckier Tooth | When your HP reaches zero, you will regain 51 points immediately for one time during that night. |
| Dora | Ghost Onion | Whenever you exit a chamber, you can restore your HP to full up to a total value of 50 points. |
| Nemesis | Evil Eye | Deal 20 percent more damage to the last enemy that killed you in your previous run. |
| Moros | Engraved Pin | When your HP reaches zero, you become Impervious for 10 seconds. If you can kill the remaining enemies within that time, you will gain 30 HP back. |
| Eris | Discordant Bell | After each encounter, you will deal and receive 0.5 percent more damage. |
| Charon | Gold Purse | Gain 100 Gold when you wear this Keepsake. |
| Hermes | Metallic Droplet | Your move, strike, and channel are 20 percent faster for the next 200 seconds. |
| Artemis | White Antler | When you have less than 30 HP, you get a 20 percent CRIT buff. |
| Selene | Moon Beam | You get one Hex upgrade from the next Path of Stars you obtain. |
| Zeus | Cloud Bangle | You are more likely to encounter Zeus’ Boons, and you can Rarify one Common Blessing from Zeus once per night. |
| Hera | Iridescent Fan | You are more likely to encounter Hera’s Boons, and you can Rarify one Common Blessing from Hera once per night. |
| Poseidon | Vivid Sea | You are more likely to encounter Poseidon’s Boons, and you can Rarify one Common Blessing from Poseidon once per night. |
| Demeter | Barley Shef | You are more likely to encounter Dementer’s Boons, and you can Rarify one Common Blessing from Dementer once per night. |
| Apollo | Purest Hope | You are more likely to encounter Apollo’s Boons, and you can Rarify one Common Blessing from Apollo once per night. |
| Aphrodite | Beautiful Mirror | You are more likely to encounter Aphrodite’s Boons, and you can Rarify one Common Blessing from Aphrodite once per night. |
| Hephaestus | Adamant Shard | You are more likely to encounter Hephaestus’s Boons, and you can Rarify one Common Blessing from Hephaestus once per night. |
| Hestia | Everlasting Ember | You are more likely to encounter Hestia’s Boons, and you can Rarify one Common Blessing from Hestia once per night. |
| Heracles | Lion Fang | You deal 30 percent more damage, but this buff will be reduced by 5 percent per encounter. |
| Medea | Blackened Fleece | After taking 250 damage throughout a run, your Omega Moves deal 20 percent more damage. |
| Circe | Crystal Figurine | After the next Guardian fight, activate one random Arcana card at rank one. |
| Arachne | Silken Sash | Gain 20 Armor points. When you’re wearing Arachne’s armor, you will restore two points every time you exit a chamber. |
| Narcissus | Aromatic Phial | Fountains restore 20 percent more HP, and the next fountain you touch will upgrade one Common Boon to Rare. |
| Echo | Concave Stone | After picking one Boon, you have a 25 percent chance to get an extra Boon once per night. |
| Icarus | Experimental Hammer | This Hades 2 Keepsake lets you get one random Daedalus Hammer effect for the next ten encounters. |
| Chaos | Transcendent Embryo | Gain one random Common Chaos blessing once per night, but it’ll get replaced every eight encounters. |
