Incantations

Incantations are rituals that unlock additional Game Mechanics and abilities for Melinoë. They can be performed at the Witch's Cauldon by spending some Resources.

Hades 2 Incantations List
Icon	Incantation	Description	Materials Required	Unlock Requirement
	Night's Craftwork	Reveal Gathering Tools within the Silver Pool. Unlock them to gather Silver, Psyche, and more.	1x Moly
	Greater Favor of Gaia	Reveal enhancements within the Silver Pool that further empower each Gathering Tool.	2x Marble 4x Bronze 4x Iron
	Aspects of Night and Darkness	Reveal Aspects within the Silver Pool that further empower each of the Nocturnal Arms.	5x Bronze 1x Nightshade
	Reagent Sensing	After each Encounter, become alerted to any valuable resources in the area.	1x Moly
	Observance of Gaia's Secrets	Gain a 20% chance to gain one extra resource whenever you pick one up.	7x Moly 7x Lotus 7x Moss
	Gathering of Ancient Bones	Cause a random Nocturnal Arms each night to have Grave Thirst, granting 2 Bones after each Location.	2x Limestone
	Forget-Me-Not	Improve your memory. Press right-click on recipes for at-a-glance reminders for which resources you need.	1x Moly
	Divination of the Elements	Reveal the hidden Elemental Essences of various Boons; Olympians will offer Boons that use these.	5x Psyche
	Fated Intervention	Beseech the Three Fates to lend their aid in a time of great need.	1x Silver 2x Ashes 2x Moly
	Doomed Beckoning	Beseech Moros to reappear, in accordance with the will of the Three Fates.	3x Fate Fabric 1x Nightshade
	Summoning of Mercantile Fortune	Persuade the Wretched Broker to appear, with whom you may trade Bones for various resources.	10x Bones
	Floral Fortune	Exchange Plants and other goods for Bones at the Wretched Broker.	1x Ashes 1x Nightshade
	Kinship Fortune	Expand the Wretched Broker's collection to include Nectar. Gain 1 Nectar.	60x Bones
	Rite of Vapor-Cleansing	Restore The Crossroads Hot Springs, so they may be used (min. 2 guests at a time). Grants 1 Bath Salts.	2x Moly 2x Lotus 2x Nightshade
	Rite of River-Fording	Restore The Crossroads Fishing Pier, so it may be used (minimum of 2 guests at a time). Grants 1 Twin Lures.	4x Driftwood 2x Cattail
	Rite of Social Solidarity	Restore The Crossroads Taverna, where Shades and others rest and recover. Grants 1 Ambrosia.	2x Nectar 2x Garlic
	Empath's Intuition	Update the Book of Shadows with insight into relationship status with one's acquaintances	1x Fate Fabric 3x Myrtle
	Faith of Familiar Spirits	Turn trusted beasts into Animal Familiars. Grants 1 Witch's Delight.	2x Nectar 1x Lotus	Beat Hecate 5 times. Use Crescent Pick twice. Use Tablet of Peace twice. Use Silver Spade once.
	Attending a Faithful Beast	Have your Animal Familiar stay in the Training Grounds; when rested, they spawn slightly more gathering spots	1x Tears 1x Wool 4x Wheat
	Flourishing Soil	Create two Soil Plots, for growing plants from Seeds. Grants 1x Nightshade Seed.	1x Moly
	Rich Soil	Create two additional Soil Plots near the Grove.	3x Lotus
	Verdant Soil	Create two final Soil Plots near the grove.	TBA
	Kindred Keepsakes	Manifest your collection of Keepsakes in the spaces separating each region.	4x Limestone 2x Moly 1x Lotus
	Cleansing of Fountain-Waters	Enhance Fountains so that they restore +10% Healing.	TBA
	Purification of Fountain-Waters	Enhance fountains so that they restore an additional 10% Healing.	1x Nightshade 1x Cattail
	Rise of Stygian Wells	Cause Locations in the Underworld to sometimes contain a Well of Charon.	1x Moly 1x Nightshade
	Surge of Stygian Wells	Cause a Well of Charon to appear in the space between each Underworld region.	3x Moly 2x Cattail
	Rush of Fresh Air	Cause Locations on the Surface to sometimes contain a Shrine of Hermes.	TBA
	Surge of Fresh Air	Cause a Shrine of Hermes to appear in the space between each Surface region.	3x Fate Fabric 1x Wool 2x Driftwood
	Circles of Protection	Unlocks Warding Circles throughout Erebus.	1x Moly 1x Lotus 1x Mandrake
	Woodsy Lifespring	Reveal a Hidden Glade in Erebus, where you may restore some Health amid the gloom.	3x Silver 1x Moly
	Briny Lifespring	Reveal a hidden chamber in Oceanus, where you may restore some Health in peace.	3x Limestone 3x Lotus
	Reviving a Mournful Husk	Make use of Golden Boughs in the Fields of Mourning, to better orient yourself there.	1x Myrtle
	Golden Lifespring	Unlocks rest areas in Tartarus where you can restore Health.	3x Marble 3x Shaderot
	Summoning a Colony of Bats	Make use of the All-Seeing Bats in their cages around the City of Ephyra, to better orient yourself there.	3x Moss 3x Rubbish
	Sandy Lifespring	Reveal a hidden isle in the Rift of Thessaly, where you may restore some Health amid the tumult.	3x Iron 3x Driftwood
	Unearthed Troves	Cause Locations you visit to sometimes contain a Infernal Trove.	5x Limestone 1x Nightshade
	Propensity Toward Gold	Reveal Golden Urns in various Locations, which yield 5-15 Gold when shattered.	1x Limestone 1x Fate Fabric
	Necromantic Influence	Gain the ability to sprint into any Lone Shades you encounter to turn them against your foes.	5x Psyche 5x Nightshade
	Consecration of Ashes	Enhance the Altar of Ashes, allowing you to upgrade your Arcana Cards. Grants 3 Moon Dust.	6x Ashes 1x Cinder 6x Fate Fabric
	Abyssal Insight	Activate the Pitch-Black Stone in the Training Grounds, then attempt its Chaos Trials for Star Dust.	2x Fate Fabric 2x Pearl 2x Moly 2x Nightshade
	Permeation of Witching Wards	Gain the ability to traverse Warded gateways, such as the one leading to the Surface...	1x Cinder 1x Shadow 3x Moly
	Unraveling a Fateful Bond	Forestall the effects of your bloodline's ancient Life-draining curse that bars you from the Surface.	2x Nightshade 2x Moss 2x Thalamus 2x Lotus
50px	Insight Into Offerings	Reveal a complete list of Boons (among other details) in the Book of Shadows	2x Ambrosia 2x Poppy 1x Gold Apple	Acquire the Keepsakes from all 10 Olympian Gods plus Chaos (11 total).
50px	Purification of Crystal Clarity	Restore the waters surrounding Narcissus, so that he may carry on fawning over himself.	TBA
	Summoning of Historic Travails	Persuade the Learned Sage to appear, with whom you may review the outcomes of your every night.	1 Zodiac Sand TBA
	Summoning of Personal Insights	Persuade the Record Keeper to appear, from whom you may learn enlightening statistical details.	1 Zodiac Sand TBA
	Power to Pause and Reflect	Suppress the ability for Chronos to prevent you from pausing during your confrontation	3 Zodiac Sand 3 TBA
	Dissolution of Time	Suppress the ability of Chronos to reconstitute himself each night.	Not available in the current patch

Alchemy Incantations[edit | edit source]

As the player progresses in the Hades 2 story, Alchemy Incantations will occasionally become available. These Incantations consume various Reagents to create more powerful items like Shadow and Witch's Delight

Hades 2 Alchemy Incantations
Incantation	Item Gained	Materials Required	Time	Unlock Requirement
Shadow Extraction	Shadow (x1)	30x Ashes 30x Psyche 3x Fate Fabric	12
Beast-Loved Morsel	Witch's Delight (x2)	1x Star Dust 2x Lotus	14
Moonlit Essence from Shadow	Moon Dust (x5)	1x Cinder 1x Shadow	8
Moonlit Essence from Stars	Moon Dust (x3)	1x Star Dust	4
Sweet Nectar	Nectar (x3)	1x Gold Apple	8	Talk to Aphrodite while you have at least 1 Golden Apple. You will usually receive the recipe the next time you talk to her after that.