Early Access Patch 047 -- v0.32647

Early Access Patch 047 - July 2, 2020

This patch includes a last set of improvements following last week's big Blood Price Update. After any further technical fixes, our focus will shift to our **v1.0 Launch **later this year, and fulfilling the promise so many of you have seen in Hades!! Until then, thank you all so much for playing in Early Access!

Infernal Arms, Aspects, & Abilities

• Twin Fists: fixed **Dash-Upper **not staggering foes as intended 📢 Shield of Chaos (Zagreus Aspect): **reworked; **now adds base damage to Attack and Dash-Strike • Shield of Chaos (Beowulf Aspect): **Hunting Blades (Ares x Artemis) **no longer offered if you have this • Eternal Spear (Hades Aspect): re-scaled Spin Attack radius (it now is larger at the lowest charge) • Eternal Spear (Guan Yu Aspect): increased Skewer special width *(same as before the Blood Price Update) • Adamant Rail (Lucifer Aspect): fixed **Dash **invulnerability persisting after canceling with an attack; range normalized with other Aspects; fixed cases where it triggered some **Boon **effects very frequently

Boons & Blessings

• Electric Shot (Zeus): restored slight homing effect 📢 Lightning Reflexes (Zeus): now can apply **Jolted **Status Curse 📢 Sweet Nectar (Poseidon x Aphrodite): now also affects Pom Slices • Second Wind (Hermes): reduced scaling from rarity; fixed an issue causing duration to scale with rarity

Daedalus Hammer Upgrades

• Flash Fire (Rail): no longer deals damage faster; now gains an attack range bonus

Keepsakes & Items

• Harpy Feather Duster (Dusa): increased healing item drop chance • Gaea's Treasure (Well): reduced cost

Level Design & Environments

• Minor fixes and improvements to several chambers

Art & Visual FX

• Updated **Keepsake **icon for Bone Hourglass (Charon) • Updated look of the eavesdrop point near to **Shades **in the House of Hades • Minor improvements to **Orpheus **model textures • Minor improvements to **Hypnos **model textures

Music & SFX

• Updated sound effects while fulfilling **Legendary Aspect **prophecies • Updated sound effects when activating Strong Drink (Dionysus) • Updated sound effects when activating Side Hustle (Hermes) • Other minor changes, fixes, and mix improvements

Voice & Narrative

• Added special audiovisual effect for **Boon **pick-up sequences, which plays before one-time story events • In multi-character conversations, now only the first character to speak shows the [i]TalkToMe! * indicator • Minor changes and improvements to various narrative events

Miscellaneous

• **Lord Hades **now slams his desk disapprovingly when he believes it is warranted • Improved error messaging around corrupted save data (may you never see it)

Bug Fixes

📢 Fixed various additional crashes reported by players 📢 Fixed **Eclipse (Chaos) **blessing not displaying accurately in some cases while viewing Boon Info • Fixed travel sound of barges in **Asphodel **cutting off between chambers • Fixed **Lord Hades **writing feverishly rather than glaring at characters he is interrogating in some events 📢 Fixed **Mirror, Guard-Post **not being offered as expected by the House Contractor 📢 Fixed a display issue with **Dark Reflections (Fated List) **where **Stubborn Defiance **appeared twice 📢 Fixed an issue where the **Mouse Lock **setting could cause the cursor to get stuck • Other minor fixes

Quote of the Patch

Here we may reign secure, and in my choyce To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, then serve in Heav'n. **~Paradise Lost **(John Milton)