Hades 2 Materials Guide

This Hades 2 materials guide covers all of the materials you gather each night, the tools you use to do so and additional materials found throughout the game. Some materials are collected throughout the realms you explore, others require a specific tool to gather. Others come from Finds (room rewards) and are used for meta-progression. Lastly there are special materials which drop from bosses or are crafted via Alchemy at the cauldron.

After completing the Night's Craftwork Incantation you unlock access to 4 tools and the resources they offer. Bring 1 tool with you on your nightly excursions to increase the odds of a resource appearing. Below are the 4 tools currently in the game, what they gather and their unlock cost.

The Crescent Pick and Silver Spade are both straightforward to use. You walk up to a resource and press RB to gather. To use the Tablet of Peace you need to play a Simon Says style mini-game to compel shades to join the crossroads. Finally, fishing starts one of two mini-games. For a normal fish, wait for the bobber to completely submerge, then hit RB to catch a fish. Rare fish have a special mini-game where you press RB when the bobber drifts over the green fish icon.

After you complete the Greater Favor of Gaia Incantation at the Crossroads you can enhance each of the Tools of Night's Craftwork at the Silver Pool.

Here are each of the upgrades and their associated cost:

You get significantly more Psyche by compelling Shades, than you do collecting minor finds throughout your runs. Early on you should use Tablet of Peace to gather Psyche as the higher your Grasp the more options you have for combining Arcana cards to boost Melinoe's power.

Most fish are easy to catch. Use your Rod of Fishing on a bubbling pool using RB, when you see the bobber completely submerge and hear a "splash" sound, hit RB again to catch the fish. If you hit RB too early or too late the fish escapes and you need to try again at the next location.

To begin fishing you need to break the Ward sealing the surface and enter the City of Ephyra with your pickaxe equipped to obtain Bronze. Fishing doesn't directly give you progression resources. Instead you need to sell the fish to the Wretched Broker, then use the bones to purchase something else. Focus on other resources until you have all the Psyche, Ore and Seeds you need.

Each region in Hades 2 offers you different materials. There's a "flower" which can be gathered without a tool, a seed to be dug up with the spade, ore or stone to be harvested with the pickaxe and fish to be caught with your trusty fishing rod. Mushrooms are one exception, appearing in both Erebus and Ephyra but only when it's raining. Once you unlock the Crescent Pick use it to gather Silver until you have enough to unlock all the Tools and Weapons currently available to you, then focus on Grasp. Ore, Stone and Seeds are vital to complete many of the game's Incantations and unlock new systems.

You encounter several other materials on your Hades 2 journey. They're used to activate Incantations, upgrade weapons and aspects, build relationships with NPCs and trade with the Wretched Broker. Once discovered you can view all materials and their locations in your inventory. Here are a few of the most important ones and their uses.

Learn about the various tools used to gather materials in Hades 2. Some materials, like Fish and Psyche require you to participate in a small mini-game to gather them successfully, even when you have the correct tool equipped. Each of the game's six regions has its own unique materials including one which is unique to the area's boss. There are also several key progression materials which are used to complete Incantations, unlock and upgrade Arcana, build relationships and enhance your weapons or Aspects.