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Hades God Mode and Hell Mode: how to make the game easier or harderLearn how God Mode and Hell Mode work in Hades
Learn how God Mode and Hell Mode work in Hades
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What is Hades God Mode?
God Mode in Hades is a setting that you can turn on if you are struggling with the challenge of the game, or if you want an easier time for any other reason.
And in case you were worried,turning on God mode does not disable achievements in Hades, or carry any other sort of penalty. This is true for every platform that has an achievements system, incidentally, so Xbox and PlayStation players can join their PC brethren in turning on God Mode whenever they feel the urge.
How to turn on God Mode
What is Hades Hell Mode?
While God Mode is for making the game easier, Hell Mode is a great way to make Hades more challenging for veteran players or those who find the game too easy.
If you’ve already beaten the game once, you’ll know about the Pact of Punishment, which allows you to customise various aspects of your next run to make it harder in exchange for rare resource drops after defeating each boss. Hell Mode gives you a Pact of Punishment from the very beginning of a save file, and makes five Pact conditions mandatory for every single run:
That final condition is unique to Hell Mode, and doesn’t appear in any save file that doesn’t have Hell Mode enabled. Note also that the other conditions are just given 1 rank as mandatory; the player can feel free to add and remove subsequent ranks to these and other conditions as per usual.
So in essence, Hell Mode makes enemies stronger, healthier, and more plentiful; healing items weaker; and Zagreus less impervious to high damage situations.
How to turn on Hell Mode
Unlike God Mode, Hell Mode in Hades cannot be enabled or disabled at any time. Instead, it is a choice you must make when starting a new save file. After selecting a new save slot, a box will appear below the slot with the words “Hell Mode” next to it. Check this box and then select the save slot again to start a new journey with Hell Mode enabled. Make sure this is what you want, because you can’t change it later!
And that’s all there is to know about both God Mode and Hell Mode in Hades. While you’re here, you may be interested in ourHades boonsandHades weaponsguides.
