Hades / Keepsakes
Hades keepsakes guide: Nectar gifts and first-clear choices
Find practical first gifts and learn when keepsakes can be changed during an escape.
Edition covered
Original Hades PC release and its final base-game systems, not Hades II. Publisher screenshots include early-access builds and illustrate environments rather than exact current HUD values.
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Keepsakes
Quick notes
- Compare four accessible first gifts. Most first Nectar gifts award a keepsake.
- Understand the equipment rules. Keepsakes gain ranks by clearing encounters while equipped.
- Use a god keepsake to guide an opening. Olympian keepsakes influence the next eligible boon encounter toward their god and improve the rarity chance.
- Choose protection for the danger ahead. Extra maximum health is useful across ordinary chambers, while Lucky Tooth can save an otherwise finished attempt.
Understand the equipment rules
| Rule | What to do | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Initial equipment | Choose from the courtyard case | Only the equipped keepsake applies |
| Ranking up | Clear encounters with it equipped | Higher ranks improve its listed benefit |
| Regional changes | Buy regional collection access from the Contractor | Allows changes between regions |
| Removed keepsake | Choose the replacement deliberately | Cannot return to the removed keepsake that run |
Useful tip
Lucky Tooth is consumed after your Death Defiance effects, so it can provide one final recovery late in an attempt.
References
| Reference | Website |
|---|---|
| Keepsakes | hades.fandom.com |
| Old Spiked Collar | hades.fandom.com |
| Lucky Tooth | hades.fandom.com |
| House Contractor | hades.fandom.com |