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In the largest update forHades 2since theEarly Accesslaunched, the Olympic Update adds a God-like amount of new content to the game, including big additions likenew Gods and new Boonsalongside smaller additions like the Crossroads Renovation system. The biggest addition toHades 2, and the namesake of the update, is the new Olympus zone.
Olympus is the mythical home of the Gods atop Mount Olympus, and until the Olympic Update players were barred from entry after a certain point – but no longer. Follow this guide to get a basicunderstanding of all the new contentyou can expect to find in Olympus, and to find out how to get to Olympus inHades 2in the first place.
Hades 2 Olympus Zone Overview
Enemies, Locations, Special Features, & Bosses
Though this overview is very spoiler-lite, if youdon’t want to be spoiledon the new Olympic Update content inHades 2at all,skip past this sectionto learn how to unlock Olympus and discover all of its new additions for yourself.
The first thing you will notice in terms of new Olympus content upon entering this new zone is that there is awhole new enemy type: Automatons, which are charged withdefending Olympus from invaders like Chronos’armies. For some reason, the Automatons have turned on Melinoë, who must now battle past them on her way up Mount Olympus.
In total, there aretwo new minibossesthat you can find in Olympus, each kitted with a unique moveset from the rest of the game’s bosses, requiring different strategies to defeat.
At the end of the zone you will encounter a character that has beenhinted at in other parts ofHades 2, now included as thefinal boss of the Olympus zone.This terrifying Titanis a difficult fight if you aren’t prepared for a boss mechanic that requires Melinoë to memorize patterns and avoid massive areas of effect.
Elsewhere in Olympus, you may encountertwo new Alliesthat were hinted at in theHades 2Olympic Update trailer and patch notes. There are alsotwo new Familiarsthat can be recruited to your side, though these aren’t necessarily restricted to Olympus. These two new Familiars can be found elsewhere inboth the Underworld and the Surface.
In terms of other major additions, there are of coursetwo new Gods that you can find once you reach Olympus, both of whom arereturning favorites from the firstHades. These two gods retain most of their Boons with slightly reworked mechanics, so they will feel familiar if you have any experience with the first game.
How To Get To Olympus In Hades 2
To get to Olympus, youmust take the Surface routewhen leaving the Crossroads, and progress through both the first zone Ephyrea and the second, the Rift of Thessaly. At theend of the Rift of Thessaly zoneyou will encounter Eris as a boss barring your way forth.
Until the Olympic Update forHades 2, Olympus was just out of reach beyond this boss fight. Though we could get just about to the ultimate end of the underground route, the surface route was locked off in the first few months of Early Access.
Now, though,once you defeat ErisinHades 2, you will be able to progress forth and unlock the Olympus zone. This is thethird zone of the Surfaceroute inHades 2, and after beating its final boss you will once again be barred from continuing to the final area of the Surface route, which will likely be added in a future update in the Early Access.
That is assuming that the surface will have four zones to mirror the Underworld route. It may well have more than four Zones (or unlock a final, final zone for completing both halves), giving players plenty to look forward to as the Early Access continues.
