{RECOMMENDED} Hades Guides Compendium
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{RECOMMENDED} Hades Guides Compendium
Updated 5 months ago by perfectengrish

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

Chamber ID guide - supplement to above chamber guide if you're having issue recognizing which chamber you're in by 02chewy

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 Relevant to note the Asphodel witches meg in particular is outdated.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

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 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.

Save File Information

Streaming/Recording Runs - guide to streaming and recording your runs by Museus

Introduction to Livesplit

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