Zagreus' Journey

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

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.

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.

Please uninstall your Hades mods by renaming the Mods folder and running modimporter.exe when playing with this mod enabled!

You can install this mod just like any other Hades II mod available on Thunderstore, the recommended mod manager is r2modman. 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 would like more information, 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

If you have Hades and Hades II installed in the same folder, you should not need to change any configuration options.

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.

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 may 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.

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, Additional 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.

After uncommenting and 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.