There are a lot of Incantations in Hades 2 that unlock a wealth of amazing new features. Here are all the Incantations, their recipes, and effects.
In the Crossroads, players will find a giant cauldron. You’ll use this to unlock Incantations, which are essentially new features designed to make each run easier. Of course, they don’t come for free. So, you’ll need to use the various materials you find in each run to unlock them. You won’t have access to the cauldron immediately, as it’s only unlocked after your second run in the Underworld. Additionally, it’s not always clear how to unlock an Incantation. Some are discovered by simply reaching a certain area, while others require you to talk to a cat three times. Below, we’ve listed every Incantation, its recipe, and its effect, to make your time in Hades 2 a little easier.
All Incantations in Hades 2
There are 43 Incantations in Hades 2 for players to unlock in Hades 2. These range from unlocking secret areas and challenges to opening more features within the Crossroads itself. As there is no particular order in which players will unlock Incantations, we’ve listed them alphabetically. Of course, if more Incantations are added or discovered, we’ll be sure to update this article. You can see all of the Incantations in Hades 2 in the table below:
| Incantation | Cost | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Abyssal Insight | 2 Fate Fabric, 2 Pearl, 2 Moly, 2 Nightshade | Unlocks the Pitch-Black Stone in the Training Grounds where you can do Trials to earn Star Dust. |
| Aspects of Night and Darkness | 5 Bronze, 1 Nightshade | Reveals Weapon Aspects in the Silver Pool for your Main Weapons |
| Attending a Faithful Beast | 1 Tears, 1 Wool, 4 Wheat | Your Familiars will remain in the Training Grounds and, when rested, can harvest twice as much. |
| Briny Lifespring | 3 Limestone, 3 Lotus | Unlock a rest area in Oceanus where you can restore your HP. |
| Circles of Protection | 1 Moly, 1 Lotus, 1 Mandrake | Unlocks Warding Circles in Erebus. |
| Cleansing of Fountain-Waters | 1 Moly, 1 Lotus | Improves healing fountains so that they restore 10% more health. |
| Consecration of Ashes | 6 Ash, 1 Cinder, 6 Fate Fabric | Unlocks the ability to enhance your Arcana Cards at the Altar of Ashes. |
| Divination of the Elements | 5 Psyche | Unlocks the ability to see the element of each of your Boons and use infusions. |
| Doomed Beckoning | 3 Fate Fabric, 1 Nightshade | Summons Moros to the Crossroads. |
| Empath’s Intuition | 1 Fate Fabric, 3 Myrtle | Unlocks the ability to see your relationship progress with every character in The Book of Shadows. |
| Faith of Familiar Spirits | 2 Nectar, 1 Lotus | Allows you to unlock Familiars using Witch’s Delight. |
| Fated Intervention | 1 Silver, 2 Ash, 2 Moly | Unlocks the Fated List, which will grant you rewards for completing tasks. |
| Floral Fortune | 1 Ash, 1 Nightshade | Unlocks the ability to sell plants to the Wretched Broker in exchange for Bones. |
| Flourishing Soil | 1 Moly | Unlocks two Soil Plots in the Crossroads and gives you a Nightshade Seed. |
| Forget-Me-Not | 1 Moly | Unlocks the ability to see which resources you need per item. |
| Gathering of Ancient Bones | 2 Limestone | Gives one of your weapons Grave Thirst, which grants Bones after clearing a location. |
| Golden Lifespring | 3 Marble, 3 Shaderoot | Unlock a rest area in Tartarus where you can restore your HP. |
| Greater Favor of Gaia | 2 Marble, 4 Bronze, 4 Iron | Unlocks the ability to upgrade your Gathering Tools at the Silver Pool. |
| Kinship Fortune | 60 Bones | Unlocks new items to buy at the Wretched Broker’s shop. |
| Kindred Keepsakes | 4 Limestone, 2 Moly, 1 Lotus | Unlocks the ability to switch Keepsakes after beating a boss. |
| Necromantic Influence | 5 Psyche, 5 Nightshade | Unlocks the ability to sprint through Lone Shades to turn them against your enemies. |
| Night’s Craftwork | 1 Moly | Unlocks the ability to make Gathering Tools at the Silver Pool. |
| Observance of Gaia’s Secrets | 7 Moly, 7 Lotus, 7 Moss | Gives you a 20% chance to gain an additional resource every time you pick one up. |
| Permeation of Witching-Wards | 1 Cinder, 1 Shadow, 3 Moly | Allows you to travel through the Warded gateway to the surface. |
| Propensity Toward Gold | 1 Lime, 1 Fate Fabric | Reveals Golden Urns that, when broken, can drop up to 15 Gold Crowns. |
| Purification of Fountain-Waters | 1 Nightshade, 1 Cattail | Improves healing fountains so that they restore 10% more health. |
| Reagent Sensing | 1 Moly | Will play a chiming sound after clearing a room to alert you of any remaining resources. |
| Reviving a Mournful Husk | 1 Myrtle | Creates Golden Boughs in the Mourning Fields that reveal the path to the exit. |
| Rich Soil | 3 Lotus | Unlocks two more Soil Plots in the Crossroads. |
| Rise of Stygian Wells | 1 Moly, 1 Nightshade | Unlocks the chance to spawn a Well of Charon while traversing the Underworld. |
| Rite of River-Fording | 4 Driftwood, 2 Cattail | Unlocks the Fishing Pier in the Crossroads. |
| Rite of Social Solidarity | 2 Nectar, 2 Garlic | Unlocks the Crossroads Taverna. |
| Rite of Vapor-Cleansing | 2 Moly, 2 Lotus, 2 Nightshade | Unlocks the Hot Springs in the Crossroads and adds Bath Salts to the Wretched Broker’s shop. |
| Rush of Fresh Air | 3 Fate Fabric, 1 Wool, 2 Driftwood | Unlocks the chance to spawn a Shrine of Hermes while traversing the surface. |
| Sandy Lifespring | 3 Iron, 3 Driftwood | Unlocks a hidden island in the Rift of Thessaly where you can restore your HP. |
| Summoning a Colony of Bats | 3 Moss, 3 Rubbish | Unlocks the All-Seeing Bats and a map to the City of Ephyra. |
| Summoning of the Mercantile Fortune | 10 Bones | Unlocks the Wretched Broker shop in the Crossroads. |
| Surge of Fresh Air | N/A | Unlocks a Shrine of Hermes in the areas between each surface region. |
| Surge of Stygian Wells | 3 Moly, 3 Cattail | Unlocks a Well of Charon in the areas between each Underworld region. |
| Verdant Soil | 1 Wheat, 1 Garlic | Unlocks a final two Soil Plots in the Crossroads. |
| Unearthed Troves | 5 Limestone, 1 Nightshade | Unlocks the Infernal Troves challenges which require you to beat a certain number of enemies within a time limit. |
| Unraveling a Fateful Bond | 2 Lotus, 2 Moss, 2 Nightshade, 2 Thalamus | Stops your health from draining whenever you visit the surface. |
| Woodsy Lifespring | 3 Silver, 1 Moly | Unlocks a hidden glade in Erebus where you can restore your HP. |
That’s everything you need to know about the Incantations in Hades 2. For more guides just like this one, be sure to check out our Guide Hub.