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Hades 2 is a surprisingly resource-heavy game when compared to its predecessor. You’ll need to be on the lookout for various things on your journeys to the underworld (or the surface!) that you’ll use back at the Crossroads to make Melinoe stronger.
While some of these resources are simply plants that you can pluck from the earth with little effort, other resources will require specific tools to obtain. Naturally, this means collecting resources to be able to unlock them in the first place. Each tool has its recipe, and it’s quite easy to grab them all quite early in the game.
Hades 2 is currently in Early Access. The details below may change over development.
Updated June 25, 2025:We’ve updated this guide with details on tool upgrades.
All Tool Recipes
There are four tools to obtain in Hades 2, and all of them are used to obtain different resources:
To equip a tool, you’ll need to head over to its location in theTraining Grounds. You can only equip one at a time, and if you currently have aForget-Me-Notthat requires a resource that can be obtained with one of your tools, a helpful symbol will accompany it.
Melinoe can use any toolas long as they are unlocked. Equipping one, however, will make it usable more times during a run.
The materials you’ll need for each tool can be found below:
Tablet of Peace
5 Silver, 5 Psyche
Silver can bemined in Erebuswith the Crescent Pick. Psyche is a basic encounter reward during runs.
Rod of Fishing
1 Bronze, 1 Fate Fabric
Bronze can bemined in the City of Ephyraon thesurfacewith the Crescent Pick. Fate Fabric can be rarely obtained from friendly characters during a run orpurchased from the Wretched Broker.
When you unlock a new tool, it will beequipped automatically. Make sure you have the correct tool equipped before heading on a run.
How To Upgrade Tools
Late in the game, you’ll be able to cast theGreater Favor of Gaia incantation, which will allow you to upgrade your tools at the Silver Pool.
Each tool can be upgraded up to one time, making them more effective in one way or another.
