Hades 2 All Keepsakes and How to Get Them

Keepsakes are unique items that offer you passive bonuses. Read this article to see what all the Keepsakes in Hades 2 are and how to get them.

There are a lot of NPC in Hades 2 that Melinoe can interact with. Apart from all the fighting, improving your relations with other characters can be beneficial. It can even lead to some romance. But, for starters, each NPC that you become friends with will give you a personal item, called Keepsake. In this article, we will explain what Keepsakes are and how to get them, and list all of the Keepsakes currently available in Hades 2.

Hades 2: What Are Keepsakes

Keepsakes are unique items that you can get from each NPC. They offer passive bonuses that you can upgrade during your adventures. Those bonuses are varied and go from restoring Health between locations to improving your damage once certain conditions are met. 

Each NPC will give you its own unique Keepsake as a token of friendship, and there are 27 Keepsakes in Hades 2 so far. More may be added as the game is developed further. You can equip the Keepsakes that you have got so far by selecting the Cabinet in the Crossroads, before going on a run.

How to Get Keepsakes

Thankfully, getting Keepsakes is quite simple. You just have to Gift some Nectar to an NPC and you will get a Keepsake in return. Note that each NPC can only give you one Keepsake, ie, you have to give Nectar to an NPC whose Keepsake you do not already own.

Giving more Nectar to an NPC who already gave you their Keepsake will improve your relations, but will not give you more Keepsakes. 

List of All Keepsakes in Hades 2

This is a list of all Keepsakes in Hades 2 currently available. No doubt more will be added when the game gets its 1.0 release. You will see which NPC gives which Keepsake, and the benefits they provide.

Character	Keepsake	Effect
Hecate	Silver Wheel	After you use Magick, restore it over 3 seconds, up to a total of 1,000 magick for the run.
Odysseus	Knuckle Bones	The next Guardian loses 5% Health. You take 15% less damage from Guardians.
Schelemeus	Luckier Tooth	When you fall to zero Health, automatically restore 51 health once.
Dora	Ghost Onion	Whenever you exit a location, fully restore your Health, up to a total of 50 over the course of the run.
Nemesis	Evil Eye	Deal +20% damage to the last foe that defeated you.
Moros	Engraved Pin	When you fall to zero Health, become impervious for 10 seconds. If no foes remain, restore 30 health.
Eris	Discordant Bell	After each encounter, you deal +0.5% damage but also take that much more.
Charon	Gold Purse	Gain 100 Gold each night.
Hermes	Metallic Droplet	You move, strike, and channel 20% faster for the next 200 seconds.
Artemis	White Antler	If you have up to 20% Health remaining, you have a 20% chance to deal critical damage.
Selene	Moon Beam	You gain an additional upgrade for your Hex from the next Path of Stars you find.
Zeus	Cloud Bangle	You’re more likely to get a boon from Demeter. You can increase the rarity of her Boons once this run
Hera	Iridescent Fan	You’re more likely to get a boon from Zeus. You can increase the rarity of his Boons once this run.
Demeter	Barley Sheaf	You’re more likely to get a boon from Demeter. You can increase the rarity of her Boons once this run
Poseidon	Vivid Sea	You’re more likely to get a boon from Poseidon. You can increase the rarity of his Boons once this run.
Apollo	Purest Hope	You’re more likely to get a boon from Apollo. You can increase the rarity of his Boons once this run.
Aphrodite	Beautiful Mirror	You’re more likely to get a boon from Aphrodite. You can increase the rarity of her Boons once this run.
Hephaestus	Adamant Shard	You’re more likely to get a boon from Hephaestus. You can increase the rarity of his Boons once this run.
Hestia	Everlasting Ember	After you take 250 damage, your Omega moves deal +20% damage.
Heracles	Lion Fang	Deal +30% bonus damage, but that value decreases by 5% after each encounter.
Medea	Blackened Fleece	After you take 250 damage, you Omega moves deal +20% damage.
Circe	Crystal Figurine	After the next Guardian, activate 1 random Arcana Card.
Arachne	Silken Sash	Gain +20 armor. While you have at least 1 armor, gain +2 armor after each encounter.
Narcissus	Aromatic Phial	Fountains restore +20% health. The next one turns one of your Common Boons to Rare.
Echo	Concave Stone	After choosing a Boon, you have a 25% chance to randomly take another Boon (once per run).
Icarus	Experimental Hammer	Gain a random Daedalus Hammer upgrade that lasts for 10 encounters.
Chaos	Transcendent Embryo	Gain a random common Chaos blessing once this night. Every eight encounters, replace it.

How to Upgrade Keepsakes

Upgrading your Keepsakes is also very simple. The more encounters you survive while wearing the Keepsake, the more powerful it gets. It takes around 25 encounters to upgrade a Keepsake from Level 1 to Level 2, and about 50 more encounters to upgrade it to Level 3.

Note that you can only have one Keepsake equipped. An Incantation called Kindred Keepsakes grants you the ability to switch Keepsakes after boss fights. Useful if you have just upgraded a Keepsake to Level 3 and want to work on a different one.