Zagreus' Journey

Refer to the FAQ in the wiki with any questions before opening an issue.

You can find all of the latest changes in the Changelog on the mod page.

Zagreus' Journey is a mod for Hades II that adds the original route Zagreus took through Tartarus, Asphodel, Elysium and the Temple of Styx in the first game to the sequel.
Escape the Underworld as Melinoë, battle familiar foes and bosses using her unique abilities and weapons, meet Zagreus' old friends, and reconnect with your family's past.

Wonder what it plays like? Take a look at what Haelian and Boated think of the mod:

• So, someone put Hades 1 in Hades 2 and it's amazing. | Haelian
• They put Hades 1 in Hades 2 and it's PERFECT | Boated

It is highly recommended to complete the true ending of Hades before playing with this mod, as not all story events are included.

Installation

In order to use this mod you must have Hades installed on your system at all times when playing Hades II. The mod will not work without it. If you have Hades and Hades II installed in different parent folders, please refer to the Configuration wiki page for instructions on how to ensure the mod can discover your Hades installation. You must start the game once to generate the configuration file.

You must uninstall your Hades mods by renaming the Mods folder and running modimporter.exe before installing this mod!

You can install this mod just like any other Hades II mod available on Thunderstore, the recommended mod manager is r2modman. Install r2modman by using Manual Download on the linked page, and running the setup executable in the downloaded .zip file.

Afterwards, you can find Zagreus' Journey on the Online tab in r2modman, or use Install with Mod Manager on the mod's Thunderstore page. The mod manager will automatically install any other mods this mod needs to work correctly. Start the game through the mod manager to make sure mods are enabled - use the Start Modded button on the top left.

Starting the game the first time with the mod enabled will install a number of files. This may take some time depending on your hardware, and the game will display a black screen during this time. You can follow along the installation progress in the console window that opens when playing the game modded.

If the mod was installed successfully, a popup will open in the Training Grounds to let you know.

This mod requires an additional 1GB of disk space.

If you have Hades and Hades II installed in different parent folders, such as through different storefronts (Steam/Epic Games/Microsoft Store/Game Pass), you will need to provide the path of your Hades installation in the mod's configuration file in your mod manager. Set the hadesGameFolder configuration option to the folder where Hades is installed (such as C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Hades if installed through Steam, C:\Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\Games\Hades if installed through Epic Games, or C:/Xbox/Hades for Microsoft Store/Game Pass).

If you would like more information or experience any issues, please refer to the Installation wiki page.

Before removing the mod from r2modman, you must first uninstall it through the uninstall configuration setting, to prevent any issues with leftover files. Only uninstall the mod while in the Crossroads to prevent issues.

Configuration

Note that the configuration file is only created after the first game start with the mod enabled in your mod manager. If you need to make any changes (such as to the hadesGameFolder setting), you will need to start the game once first to generate the config file.

You can find an explanation of all options on this wiki page.

Feedback & Bug Reports

Though the mod can be played through from start to finish, it is still in a beta state, so there are some missing features, and you may occasionally encounter bugs.

Please directly leave bug reports as a new issue on the project's GitHub repository, or start a discussion for general feedback, suggestions and questions.

If you do not have a GitHub account, you can also join the Hades II Modding Discord server and post in the #h1-run-h2 channel.

Features

• Play through the original four biomes of Hades as Melinoë: Tartarus, Asphodel, Elysium and the Temple of Styx.
• Discover and overcome the challenge of fighting all of the original game's enemies and bosses using Melinoë's unique abilities and weapons.
• Relive Zagreus' story by ascending to the Surface, meeting your brother's old friends and conversing with the Fury Sisters, the Champions of Elysium and [REDACTED] himself.
• Unlock four of the original game's keepsakes by forging relationships with Sisyphus, Eurydice, Patroclus and Thanatos through the Shared Keepsake Port mod (automatically installed with this mod).
• Collect 30+ new resources specific to the new biomes, use them for unlocks in this and other mods, and trade them with the Broker.
• Decorate the Crossroads with 40+ new cosmetics, including new Cauldrons, Fan Posters for your tent, and Charms inspired by Zagreus' companions from the first game.
• Complete 24 new testaments by clearing the new bosses using each of your weapons with new fear levels.
• Read about all of the "new" biomes, enemies, bosses and friends in a new chapter in your Codex.

Feature Roadmap

Among many smaller improvements and fixes, the following major features are planned for future releases (in no particular order):

• Secret boss fight (you know the one)
• Erebus gates (When there is enough Fear in the Night)
• New incantations for meta-progression on the new route
• New story events and dialogue between Melinoë and other characters from Hades II, concerning the new route
• Displaying statistics for the new route with the Record Keeper
• Additional boons for story NPCs (Sisyphus, Eurydice, Patroclus)

You can track all planned features and fixes on the project's GitHub Issues page.

Integrations with other Mods

Some other mods integrate with Zagreus' Journey to provide additional features, alternative functionality, or use the resources introduced by this mod:

• Hades OST for the Music Maker unlocks songs from Hades' original soundtrack through progression in Zagreus' Journey, and buying them from the Music Maker will require resources introduced by this mod.
• Charon's Tip Jar adds a tip jar to Charon's shop rooms during Zagreus' Journey underworld runs.
• Flip the Arcana adds flipped versions of the Arcana cards with wildly different effects, and will require resources from Zagreus' Journey to unlock them if both mods are installed.

Are you developing a mod that integrates with Zagreus' Journey, or would like to add such an integration? Let me know on Discord in the #h1-run-h2 channel.

Contributors

• NikkelM (GitHub, @NikkelM on Discord), Mod Creator

• iDeathHD (GitHub, @iDeathHD on Discord), Hell2Modding Maintainer
• @burn on Discord, Artwork & Resource Design
• Magic_Gonads (GitHub, @Magic_Gonads on Discord), ModUtil Maintainer
• zannc (GitHub, @dwbl on Discord), Creator of Shared Keepsake Port (automatically installed with this mod)
• @Aunuch on Discord, Collaborator on the mod's Key Art
• ...and the many other modding community members that tested early versions, provided feedback and reported bugs!

Contribute Yourself!

You can contribute to this mod by providing translations! The mod adds many different kinds of text, such as for the new resources, boons etc.
If you would like to translate some or all of these into your native language, you can find all texts in the src/Game/Text/<language shorthand> folder of the mod's repository. If you decide to translate a category, please translate all texts in that category to ensure consistency for players.

For Cosmetics, texts are located in src/Scripts/CosmeticsData.lua, directly assigned to each cosmetic item.

After translating your chosen texts, open a Pull Request with your changes on GitHub, and they will be included in the next release!

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Disclaimer

This mod is a fan-project and not affiliated with or endorsed by Supergiant Games. All original code, art, music, voice & game design of Hades is copyright Supergiant Games.