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Hades 2: All Weapon Aspects and How to Unlock Them

Certainly worth all the grind

Weapon Aspects are perhaps one of the most important things in Hades 2, especially on later runs. These items are required to upgrade your weapons, and this will be necessary once you start taking on harder enemies. All five existing weapons have certain aspects that can be unlocked and upgraded with the help of different resources. Here are all Weapon Aspects in Hades 2 and how to unlock them.

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All Weapon Aspects in Hades 2

Every weapon aspect you get can be leveled up to level 5, which will make them even more effective. Leveling up makes the unique buffs associated with every aspect even more powerful.

Sister Blades

AspectIngredientsBuff
ArtemisSilver x15, Glassrock x1Perform occasional Parry and Riposte with your Omega Attacks (with buff in the attack speed)
PanWool x1, Shaderot x1Fires more blades as part of your Special
MelinoeSilver x5, Fate Fabric x1Increases damage output of attacks and Special for every attack from behind

Witch’s Staff

AspectIngredientsBuff
CirceSilver x5, Lotus x5Gain Serenity after 21 attacks or Specials (which raises the speed of Omega Attacks and restores Magick)
MomusLime x2, Pearl x1Restores 5 health from your Omega Special if your health is below 50%
MelinoeSilver x2, Psyche x20Increases the speed of Omega moves

Argent Skull

AspectIngredientsBuff
MedeaIron x4, Nightshade x1All damage generates Glory which makes your Omega Special stronger and allows it to last longer
PersephoneMoss x1, Poppy x5All damage generates Glory which makes your Omega Special stronger, and allows it to last longer
MelinoeLime x1, Ash x5Increases attack power based on how many skull shells are fired (but not retrieved)

Umbral Flames

AspectIngredientsBuff
MorosBronze x2, Tears x2Attacks explode in a blast if enemies are hit by your Specials.
EosDriftwood x2, Golden Apple x2Your attacks become bigger and stronger over a duration of 4 seconds and return on sprint
MelinoeSilver x2, Cinder x2All flames from Omega Special attacks have longer durations

Moonstone Axe

AspectIngredientsBuff
CharonPearl x5, Obol Points x1Increases the duration of your casts by 3 seconds and they also erupt if struck by Omega Special
ThanatosGlassrock x3, Dark x1Gain +1 critical chance with every successful Omega hit until you take damage
MelinoeSilver x3, Bronze x1Recover after normal and Special attacks

How to Unlock Weapon Aspects in Hades 2

Weapon Aspects can only be brewed from recipes after you’ve unlocked all five nocturnal arms. Once you have all of them, speak with Hecate, who will hand you the recipe to brew aspects. If you manage to trigger the correct dialogue, you’ll get the incantation recipe for Aspects of Night and Darkness.

Go to the nocturnal arms pool, and all the available aspects will be visible. Make sure to have all the necessary reagents so that you can craft the weapon aspects after finding them. There are several ingredients, but Silver is quite common, and you can find it with our guide.


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Arka Sarkar

Arka is a staff writer at Prima Games who leads the coverage for FC 24. Previously, he has worked at Sportskeeda for about 2 and a half years, where he cover multiple video games as a writer and later, as a content specialist. When he's not working, Arka can be found playing video games (mostly FC 24 of course), reading books, or watching live sports. He also has double masters in Economics and Education, and he's certified to teach kids at high school level.