General
Updated basics guide for the Any Heat category / video format - overview for any heat by SleepSoul
Chamber/Spawn Manipulation guide - guide going over how to manipulate spawns in combat by BIGP, Oshimia, and 02chewy. This version combines BIGP's chamber guide 2.0 and 02chewy's chamber ID guide
How to Aim and Use Meg - video guide by SatanIsAChillGuy. Relevant to note the Asphodel witches meg in particular is outdated. Link to Hades Speedrunning discord message with updated meg: 4 Witch Meg
Hades Speedrunning Glossary - aiming to document all* the abbreviations and jargon that our community likes to use. This is probably useful primarily as a resource for new runners, but even experienced runners might find something new in there. Compiled by ananke, hell, SleepSoul, Museus, Kalobi, and many others
Weapon/Aspect specific
Sword
Sword - Sword weapon overview by trash_lapras
Zagreus Sword - video format, Aspect of Zagreus overview by duunk0
Arthur Speedrun Guide - Guide to Aspect of Arthur sword by Nalei
Spear
Spear - Spear weapon overview by trash_lapras
Achilles Spear - Aspect of Achilles overview by 185
Achilles Spear Mechanical Guide - An addendum to 185's guide by CardDweeb. Covers more nuanced mechanical matters e.g. specific enemy clearing tips, flurry jab mechanics, etc.
Achilles Spear explained - Video format, Aspect of Achilles overview followed by a narrated demonstration run by duunk0
Shield
Beowulf Shield - Aspect of Beowulf overview by Papertronics
Beowulf Boon Guide - Guide to boon decision making on Beowulf by kirrbyy
Beowulf Shield Explained - Video format, Aspect of Beowulf overview followed by a narrated demonstration run by duunk0
Zeus Shield Explained - Video format, Aspect of Zeus overview followed by a narrated demonstration run by duunk0
Bow
Hera Bow - Aspect of Hera overview by Croven and cgull
Hera Bow Explained - Video format, Aspect of Hera overview followed by a narrated demonstration run by duunk0
Rama Bow Explained - Video format, Aspect of Rama overview followed by a narrated demonstration run by duunk0
Zagreus Bow build path - Aspect of Zagreus build path overview by Oshimia
Fists
Ananke's Fists Guide - In depth guide for all fists aspects by Ananke with help from CherryDad, Drk, HeckMayster, Tounis, and SleepSoul
A beginner's Guide to speedrunning Demeter fists - Video format, Aspect of Demeter overview followed by narrated demonstration run by HeckMayster
Gilgamesh Tech playlist - video playlist demonstrating various Gilgamesh techniques/strats by CherryDad
Rail
Wmic's Eris guide (2023) - Aspect of Eris overview by Wmic. The most modern Eris guide.
Eris Rail - Aspect of Eris overview by Lili. One of the earliest in-depth guides we have. It's a bit old but still a lot of good info here
Hestia Rail - Aspect of Hestia overview by Zyruvias
Hestia Rail Explained - Video format, Aspect of Hestia overview followed by a narrated demonstration run by duunk0
High Heat
Be sure to check the pinned posts in the #high-heat channel for more info.
Extreme Measures 4 guide - detailed guide by NephiOH
Fresh File
Be sure to check the pinned posts in the #fresh-file channel for more info.
Hades Fresh File First Run Guide - first run guide by sofPOG/sophie
Hades Fresh File First Run Combos Guide - supplement to sophie's above guide with info on how to implement combos for efficiency etc by Retr0Spektre
Fresh File guide [JP/日本語] - Fresh File guide in Japanese by 185
Fresh File To Credits Bow Guide - Fresh File To Credits is a category where you need to clear 10 runs from a new save as quickly as possible. This is a guide aiming to clear FFTC with focus on the bow by pseudonym7777
Fresh File First Run 101 - video format by Pryde
Fresh File Tips playlist - YouTube playlist by Vorime
Fresh File In Depth Guide for Bow - Fresh File bow guide by Museus
Fresh File In Depth Guide for not first run Sword - non-first run Fresh File Sword guide by Museus
Routed
Be sure to check the pinned posts in the #routed-runs channel for more info.
Introduction to routed runs - overview by Museus and SatanIsAChillGuy
Routed Speedrunning Basics - How to Run a Route - video form by cgull
Overexplained Routed Speedrun - real time overxplained of a routed run by cgull
Game Mechanics
Enemy HP, Armour, and Difficulty values used to determine spawn numbers
Room Generation, Biome Depth - Detailed information on which rooms can be offered at variable depths in a biome, and a primer on how room generation + room forcing for midshops/midbosses works.
Probabilities, minimum biome depth, cooldown spreadsheet - Supplement to above room generation guide, Probabilities, minimum biome depths, and cooldowns for Chaos, Erebus, Well Shop, Purging Pools, and Infernal Troves on a per biome basis (with chamber 1 special case)
Hades bugs and other unintuitive behavior - collection of bugs, glitches, and other unintuitive behavior
Peripherals
Resources - tools, modpacks, game saves, splits, etc.
High Heat Leaderboard - leaderboard tracking high heat runs created by capriceyuri
Sub-6 Leaderboard - leaderboard tracking sub-6 IGT runs created by capriceuri
Savestate Practice Tutorial - Video walkthrough to creating savestates by Vorime
Streaming/Recording Runs - guide to streaming and recording your runs by Museus
Hades Megasheet - spreadsheet with info on boon/weapon stats, etc
Colorblind Mod - Installation and Configuration
How To Separate Audio In OBS - easy windows plugin for obs to split your game audio from spotify, discord, etc
